Michael Parker (politician)

Michael Parker (born 31 October 1949 in Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi) is an American politician. Between 1989 and 1999 he represented the fourth electoral district of the state of Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Michael Parker attended the Franklin County High School in Meadville and thereafter until 1970, the William Carey College in Hattiesburg until 1967. He then worked as a businessman in various industries. He was, among other things, funeral director, head of an insurance company and a boss who work in the wood processing industry company.

Parker was originally a member of the Democratic Party, as their candidate, he was elected in 1988 from Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington in the fourth district. There he stepped on 3 January 1989, the successor to Wayne Dowdy. In 1992 he was appointed in this position. But already during this election campaign, Parker removed as very conservative Democrat from his party. So he refused the presidential candidate Bill Clinton 's support. Nevertheless, he was, in 1994, elected as a Democrat in the U.S. Congress. In 1995, he completed the move to the Republican Party. He was then elected as a Republican in the House of Representatives in 1996.

1998 Parker decided not to further candidacy for Congress. Instead, he competed unsuccessfully for the governorship of Mississippi. After the accession of President George W. Bush Parker Army Ministry was entrusted with the civilian leadership of the Army Corps of Engineers. This army facility for monitoring and managing the rivers and their dyke systems in the United States. Parker was dismissed from this post again because he had a falling out in detail issues with the Bush administration early in 2002. After that, Parker worked in Washington as a lobbyist, which dealt mainly with infrastructure measures.