# David Marchand

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{{short description|American politician}}
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| name                = David Marchand
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| office              = Member of the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/U.S._House_of_Representatives) from [Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district](/source/Pennsylvania's_11th_congressional_district)
| term_start          = March 4, 1817
| term_end            = March 4, 1821
| predecessor         = [William Findley](/source/William_Findley)
| successor           =[George Plumer](/source/George_Plumer)
| birth_date          = December 10, 1776
| birth_place         = [Irwin, Pennsylvania](/source/Irwin%2C_Pennsylvania)
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1832|3|11|1776|12|10}}
| death_place         = [Greensburg, Pennsylvania](/source/Greensburg%2C_Pennsylvania)
| party               = [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican) 
| children            = [Albert Gallatin Marchand](/source/Albert_Gallatin_Marchand)
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'''David Marchand''' was a member of the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/U.S._House_of_Representatives) from [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania). He was born near [Irwin, Pennsylvania](/source/Irwin%2C_Pennsylvania).  He studied medicine and practiced in [Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania](/source/Westmoreland_County%2C_Pennsylvania).  He was a major general of the Thirteenth Division of the State militia from 1812 to 1814. He had a son, [Albert Gallatin Marchand](/source/Albert_Gallatin_Marchand).

Marchand was elected as a [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican) to the [Fifteenth](/source/15th_United_States_Congress) Congress and reelected to the [Sixteenth](/source/16th_United_States_Congress) Congress.  He was elected [prothonotary](/source/prothonotary) of Westmoreland County in 1821.  He resumed the practice of medicine and died in [Greensburg, Pennsylvania](/source/Greensburg%2C_Pennsylvania), in 1832.  Interment in Greensburg Cemetery.

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*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mara-margolis.html The Political Graveyard]

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