William Marvin

William Marvin (April 14, 1808 – July 9, 1902) born at Fairfield, New York, was the seventh governor of Florida.

Marvin was practicing law at Phelps, New York when United States President Andrew Jackson appointed him U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida Territory at Key West, a position he held from 1835-1839. From 1839 he served as a territorial judge, until March 1847 when President James K. Polk appointed him to be the first judge of the newly-created United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Marvin resigned the bench in 1863 to return to private practice in New York City. He was appointed provisional governor of Florida on July 13, 1865 by President Andrew Johnson to reestablish the government of the state after the end of the American Civil War. After leaving office on December 20, 1865 he was elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat, however the Senate refused to recognize the election and denied him a seat. Following the decision by the federal government to reconstruct the former confederate states, he refused to run for any office. In 1867, he left Florida and moved to Skaneateles, New York, where he remained in private practice until his death on July 9, 1902.

Marvin was the author of a nationally recognized textbook entitled Law of Wreck and Salvage.

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Preceded by Abraham K. Allison	Governor of Florida July 13, 1865 – December 20, 1865	Succeeded by David S. Walker

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