Robert Marion

For the United States Army general, see Robert L. Marion.

Robert Marion (1766 – March 22, 1811) was a U.S. representative from South Carolina.

Robert Marion
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st district
In office March 4, 1805 – December 4, 1810
Preceded by	Thomas Lowndes
Succeeded by	Langdon Cheves
Member of the South Carolina Senate from St. John's, Berkeley Parish
In office November 22, 1802 – November 23, 1805
Preceded by	Henry Laurens, Jr.
Succeeded by	Thomas Porcher
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from St. Stephen's Parish
In office January 3, 1790 – December 19, 1795
Personal details
Born	1766 (1766) Berkeley District, Province of South Carolina, British America
Died	March 22, 1811(1811-03-22) (aged 44–45) St. Stephen's Parish, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Alma mater	University of the State of Pennsylvania
Profession	planter, politician

Born 1766 in the Berkeley District of the Province of South Carolina, Marion graduated from the University of the State of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pennsylvania), Philadelphia, in 1784. He owned and managed a plantation at Belle Isle, South Carolina.

He served as a justice of quorum for St. Stephen's Parish and was the justice of the peace of Charleston, South Carolina. He then served in the state house of representatives from 1790 to 1796, and in the state senate from 1802 to 1805. Marion was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1805, until his resignation on December 4, 1810.

He died on his plantation in St. Stephen's Parish, March 22, 1811.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Robert Marion (id: M000130)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Thomas Lowndes	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 1st congressional district 1805–1810	Succeeded by Langdon Cheves