Marcellus H. Evans
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Marcellus H. Evans
|image = Marcellus H. Evans (New York Congressman).jpg
|caption = Evans in 1922
|state = New York
|district = {{ushr|New York|5|5th}}
|term_start = January 3, 1935
|term_end = January 3, 1941
|predecessor = Loring M. Black Jr.
|successor = James J. Heffernan
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|9|22}}
|birth_place = New York City, US
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1953|11|21|1884|9|22}}
|death_place = New York City, US
|party = Democratic
}}
Marcellus Hugh Evans (September 22, 1884 – November 21, 1953) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1935 to 1941.
Life
Born in Brooklyn, he attended St. John the Baptist School and St. James Academy in Brooklyn and was graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 1910. He was admitted to the bar in 1910, and practiced law in Brooklyn.The Citizens Union of New York, [https://books.google.com/books?id=j0AtAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22marcellus+h+evans%22+fordham&pg=RA1-PA72 The Searchlight], Volume 12, Number 3, October 28, 1922, page 72
= Political career =
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 12th D.) in 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1926.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (6th D.) from 1927 to 1934, sitting in the 150th, 151st, 152nd, 153rd, 154th, 155th, 156th and 157th New York State Legislatures.
= Congress =
Evans was elected as a Democrat to the 74th, 75th and 76th United States Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1941. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1940 for renomination as a Democrat and for election as a Republican to the 77th Congress.
= Later career and death =
He resumed the practice of law and died in Brooklyn on November 21, 1953. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery, Queens.Thomas E. Spencer, [https://books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&dq=%22evans%2C+marcellus+hugh%22+calvary&pg=PA238 Where They're Buried], 1998, page 238Brooklyn Daily Eagle, [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/56101380/ Death Notice, Marcellus Hugh Evans], November 24, 1953
References
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External links
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- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/lawyer.E-F.html Marcellus H. Evans] at [http://politicalgraveyard.com/ The Political Graveyard]
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6th District | years = 1927–1934 | after = Edward J. Coughlin}}
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Category:Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Queens)
Category:Politicians from Brooklyn
Category:Fordham University School of Law alumni
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Category:New York (state) state senators
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Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature
Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives