Leonard Jarvis

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Leonard Jarvis was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 19, 1781. He attended the common schools, graduated from Harvard University in 1800, and then moved to Surry, Maine. He was the sheriff of Hancock County, Maine from 1821 to 1829. He was a collector of customs for the Penobscot district from 1829 to 1831.

He was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress and the three succeeding Congresses. He served from March 4, 1829 to March 3, 1837. During the Twenty-fourth Congress, he was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Naval Affairs. He was a Navy agent for the port of Boston from 1838 to 1841. He returned to Surry, Maine, where he died on October 18, 1854. He was interred in Hillside Cemetery.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.