Robert MARION, Congress, SC (1766-1811)
MARION, Robert, a Representative from South Carolina; born 1766 in Berkeley District, S.C.; pursued an academic course, and was graduated from the University of the State of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pennsylvania) at Philadelphia in 1784; owned and managed plantation at Belle Isle, S.C.; justice of quorum, St. Stephenâs Parish; justice of the peace, Charleston, S.C.; served in the State house of representatives, 1790-1796, and in the State senate, 1802-1805; elected as a Republican to the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1805, until his resignation on December 4, 1810; died on his plantation in St. Stephenâs Parish, March 22, 1811.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
