Abraham X. Parker

Abraham X. Parker ( born November 14, 1831 in Granville, Vermont; † August 9, 1909 in Potsdam, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1881 and 1889 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Abraham X. Parker attended St. Lawrence Academy and the Albany Law School. After receiving his admission to the bar he practiced in Potsdam in St. Lawrence County. He sat in the years 1863 and 1864 in the New York State Assembly. Then he held between 1865 and 1866 the post of Postmaster of Potsdam. He was president of the Village of Potsdam. Between 1868 and 1871 he sat in the Senate from New York. He was Secretary of the State Normal School in Potsdam. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1880 for the 47th Congress Parker was in the 19th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Amaziah B. James on March 4, 1881. He was re-elected once. In 1884 he was a candidate in the 22nd electoral district of New York for a congress seat. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1885, the successor of Charles R. Skinner. He was re-elected once. Since he gave up for reelection in 1888, he retired after March 3 in 1889 from the Congress.

President Grover Cleveland appointed him to the First Laboratory Investigation Commission. In 1892 he attended the Republican National Convention as a delegate. On September 8, 1890, he was First Assistant Attorney General - a position which he held until March 4, 1893. He then returned to Potsdam, where he resumed his work as a lawyer. He was president of the Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial School of Technology. On August 9, 1909, he died in Potsdam and was then buried at the Bayside Cemetery.