John Hartwell Marable

John Hartwell Marable was an American politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. He was born near Lawrenceville, Virginia, on November 18, 1786. He pursued an academic course and studied in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to compiled university records, he attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1805 and 1806. He practiced medicine and moved to Yellow Creek, Tennessee, where he continued to engage in the practice.

He was a member of the Tennessee Senate in 1817 and 1818. He was elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1825 to March 3, 1829. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the Twenty-first Congress. He resumed the practice of medicine and died in Montgomery County, Tennessee on April 11, 1844. He was interred in Marable Cemetery near Clarksville, Tennessee.

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000120 John Hartwell Marable's entry at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] .
* [http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/notables/political/pennincongressim.html The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine's list of alumni, faculty, and trustees in Congress] .
* [http://www.marable-family.net/jlmarable/ Marable Family]