Marion De Vries

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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. 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 De Vries Ranch.

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