Parker Corning

Parker Corning ( born January 22, 1874 in Albany, New York, † May 24, 1943 ) was an American politician. Between 1923 and 1937 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. Congressman Erastus Corning was his grandfather.

Career

Parker Corning attended public schools, the Boys ' Academy in Albany and St. Paul 's School in Concord (New Hampshire). In 1895 he graduated from Yale University. Then he went to the manufacture of steel and woolen goods. He also worked in banking. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1922 for the 68th Congress Corning was the 28th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Peter G. Ten Eyck on March 4, 1923. He was re-elected six times in a row. Since he gave up for reelection in 1936, he retired after January 3, 1937 from the Congress.

After his time Congress he resumed his former business activities. He died on 24 May 1943 in Albany. His body was then buried in the Rural Cemetery in Menands.