Parmenio Adams

Parmenio Adams ( born September 9, 1776 in Hartford, Connecticut, † February 19, 1832 in Alexander, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1824 and 1827 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Parmenio Adams attended the public schools of his home. In 1806 he moved to Phelps Corner, today Attica in New York State. Between 1806 and 1816 he was a member of the state militia, in which he rose to be Major. He also took part in the British -American War of 1812. In the years 1815 and 1816 and again from 1818 to 1821 he was sheriff in Genesee County. He also worked in agriculture, where he operated a flour mill, among others. He was also involved as a contractor in the construction of the Erie Canal.

Politically, Adams member of the Democratic- Republican Party. In the 1820s he joined the movement against the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party. He supported the incumbent since 1825 President John Quincy Adams. In the congressional elections of 1822 he lost to Isaac Wilson. Adams put but against the outcome of the election opposition a. When this was granted, he was allowed to take his seat in Congress on January 7, 1824. After a re-election he was able to exercise it until March 3, 1827.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives to Parmenio Adams withdrew from politics and went back to his private affairs. He died on 19 February 1832 in Alexander.