James Parker (Massachusetts)

James Parker ( * 1768 in Boston, Massachusetts, † November 9, 1837 in Gardiner, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1813 and 1821 he represented two times the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Parker attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent medical studies and his medical license, he began to work in this profession in Gardiner in the former Maine District of the State of Massachusetts. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic- Republican Party. In the years 1811 and 1812 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1812, Parker was in the then newly established 19th electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1813. Until March 3, 1815, he was initially able to do only one term in Congress. This was marked by the events of the British -American War. In the elections of 1818, Parker was elected to Congress again in the 18th district of his state, where he replaced Thomas Rice on March 4, 1819. Until March 3, 1821 he completed another term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

After the end of his time in Congress, James Parker practiced as a doctor again. He died on November 9, 1837 in Gardiner in 1820 founded the state of Maine, where he was also buried.