Marion Biggs

Marion Biggs (May 2, 1823 – August 2, 1910) was an American slave owner[1] and politician who served two terms as a United States representative from California from 1887 to 1891.

Marion Biggs was born on May 2, 1823, near Curryville, Pike County, Missouri.

[3] He was close friends with Thomas Hart Benton, a Missouri politician.

In 1844, Biggs attended the 1844 Whig National Convention as a Missouri delegate.

He was a commissioner to attend the centennial celebration of the inauguration of George Washington as President of the United States in 1889.

[2][4] When that area was chosen to become Miwok Middle School, Biggs was re-interred in the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery.