Lucian W. Parrish

Lucian Walton Parrish ( born January 10, 1878, Grayson County, Texas, † March 27, 1922 in Wichita Falls, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1919 and 1922 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1887 Lucian Parrish came with his parents in the Clay County. He attended the public schools in Bowie and Joy. He then studied at North Texas State Normal College in Denton. He then worked for two years as a teacher. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Texas at Austin and his 1909 was admitted to the bar he began in Henrietta to work in this profession.

Politically, Parrish was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1918 he was in the 13th electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Marvin Jones on March 4, 1919. After a re-election, he could remain until his death on March 27, 1922 in Congress. During this time, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified. Lucian Parrish died in Wichita Falls and was buried in Henrietta.