Alfred Marshall (politician)

Alfred Marshall
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 6th district
In office March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843
Preceded by	Leonard Jarvis, Jr.
Succeeded by	Hannibal Hamlin
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office 1827–1828
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office 1834–1835
Personal details
Born	1797 New Hampshire
Died	October 2, 1868 China, Maine
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Lydia Brackett.[1]
Children	Isabelle Isaphene Marshall, b. March 9, 1826; d. October 9, 1863.[2] Jacob Smith Marshall, b. May 26, 1828; d. August 21, 1860. John Brackett Marshall, b. December 3, 1831; d. August 11, 1841.[3]
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	Maine State Militia
Rank	General

Alfred Marshall (1797–1868) was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in New Hampshire about 1797. Marshall married Lydia Brackett on December 21, 1824, and they had three children Isabelle Isaphene Marshall, Jacob Smith Marshall, and John Brackett Marshall.^[4]

He was elected a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1827, 1828, 1834, and 1835 and served as a general in the Maine State militia.

He was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843). After his return to Maine, he became a collector at Belfast from 1846-1849. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and the hotel business. He died in China, Kennebec County on October 2, 1868. He is interred in Village Cemetery.

Notes

1. Brackett, Herbert Ierson (1907), Brackett genealogy: descendants of Anthony Brackett of Portsmouth and Captain Richard Brackett of Braintree, Washington, D.C.: H. I. Brackett, pp. 320–321.
2. Brackett, Herbert Ierson (1907), Brackett genealogy: descendants of Anthony Brackett of Portsmouth and Captain Richard Brackett of Braintree, Washington, D.C.: H. I. Brackett, p. 321.
3. Brackett, Herbert Ierson (1907), Brackett genealogy: descendants of Anthony Brackett of Portsmouth and Captain Richard Brackett of Braintree, Washington, D.C.: H. I. Brackett, p. 322.
4. Brackett, Herbert Ierson (1907), Brackett genealogy: descendants of Anthony Brackett of Portsmouth and Captain Richard Brackett of Braintree, Washington, D.C.: H. I. Brackett, pp. 320–322.

References

• United States Congress. "Alfred Marshall (id: M000150)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.