William Swan Garvin (July 25, 1806 – February 20, 1883) was a western Pennsylvania newspaper proprietor who is most widely known for his term as a Jacksonian and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
At the age of thirteen, he became an apprentice for Mercer County's Western Press, a Democratic newspaper.
[3][4][5] After journeying as a newspaper printer, he returned to the Western Press as its proprietor in 1830.
He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during that session.
[15] Garvin died on February 20, 1883, and was buried in the Mercer Citizens’ Cemetery.