Hosea Washington Parker

Hosea Washington Parker ( * May 30, 1833 in Lempster, Sullivan County, New Hampshire; † August 21, 1922 in Claremont, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. Between 1871 and 1875 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Hosea Parker received a good basic education and then attended Tufts College in Medford (Massachusetts ), and the Green Mountain Liberal Institute in South Woodstock ( Vermont). After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1859 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in his native town Lempster.

Parker was a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1859 and 1860 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. Since 1860 he has been resident in Claremont. In the years 1868, 1880, 1884 and 1888 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant. In 1870, he was in the third district of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Jacob Benton on March 4, 1871. After a re-election in 1872, Parker was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1875 two coherent legislative periods. In 1874, he was defeated by Republican Henry W. Blair.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives Parker again worked as a lawyer. In 1918 he was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the constitution of New Hampshire. Hosea Parker died on August 21, 1922 in Claremont. There he was also buried.