Andrew Parker (politician)

Andrew Parker (May 21, 1805 – January 15, 1864) was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who was a one-term Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1851 to 1853.

Andrew Parker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th district
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Personal details
Born
Andrew Parker

(1805-05-21)May 21, 1805
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJanuary 15, 1864(1864-01-15) (aged 58)
Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeWestminster Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materDickinson College
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Formative years

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Andrew Parker was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1805. He attended public schools and graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1824.

Career

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Parker studied law in Carlisle, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.

He was subsequently appointed deputy attorney general of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. He later moved to Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, in 1831, where he practiced law.

Parker was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress. He continued the practice of law in Mifflintown until his death.

Death an interment

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Parker died in Mifflintown on January 15, 1864. He was buried in that community's Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery.

Sources

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  This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

  • United States Congress. "Andrew Parker (id: P000055)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Andrew Parker entry at The Political Graveyard
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district

1851–1853
Succeeded by