Marion De Vries

Marion De Vries (August 15, 1865 – September 11, 1939) was a United States Representative from California. He was born on a ranch near Woodbridge, San Joaquin County, California. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the San Joaquin Valley College, Woodbridge, California in 1886 and from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1888. He was admitted to the bar in 1887 and commenced practice in Stockton, California in 1889. He was the assistant district attorney of San Joaquin County from January 1893 to February 1897 when he resigned, having been elected to Congress.

De Vries was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, to August 20, 1900 when he resigned to accept a court position. He was appointed on June 9, 1900 as a member of the Board of General Appraisers (which became the United States Customs Court) at New York City and served until his resignation effective April 1, 1910. He was president of the board 1906-1910. He became an associate judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals from April 2, 1910, serving until June 30, 1921. He served as presiding judge from July 1, 1921, until October 31, 1922 when he resigned and partnered a law firm with George Roscoe Davis. He reengaged in the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and New York City, until 1939, when he retired to his ranch near Woodbridge, California where he died on September 11, 1939. He was buried in the family plot on the De Vries Ranch, a San Joaquin County designated historical site.

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

References

• Marion De Vries at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Federal Judicial Center entry on Marion De Vries

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Grove L. Johnson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 2nd congressional district 1897-1900	Succeeded by Samuel D. Woods

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Name	De Vries, Marion
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Date of birth	August 15, 1865
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Date of death	September 11, 1939
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