Alem Marr (June 18, 1787March 29, 1843) was a Jacksonian member of the

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from

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. Marr was born in

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. In 1795 he and his family relocated near

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. He graduated from

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in 1807, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1813 and commenced practice in

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. Marr was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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and retired to his farm near Milton where he died; his remains were interred in Milton Cemetery.

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1787 births 1843 deaths Politicians from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania People from Danville, Pennsylvania Princeton University alumni Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub