Marcus Junius Parrott

Marcus Junius Parrott

Marcus Junius Parrott (born October 27, 1828 in Hamburg , Aiken County , South Carolina , † October 4, 1879 in Dayton , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1857 and 1861 he represented the Kansas Territory as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Marcus Parrott attended the common schools and then the Dickinson College in Carlisle ( Pennsylvania ). After studying law at Cambridge University and being admitted to the bar, he began working in his new profession in Dayton, Ohio. His political career also began in Ohio. There he was between 1853 and 1854 a member of the State House of Representatives .

In 1855 Parrott moved to Leavenworth in what was then the Kansas Territory and worked as a record clerk at the local Supreme Court. Politically, he became a member of the newly formed Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1856 he was elected as their candidate for the Kansas Territory delegate to the US House of Representatives. In Washington he replaced the Democrat John Wilkins Whitfield on March 4, 1857 . After re-election in 1860, he was able to exercise his mandate in Congress until January 29, 1861. On that day, the territory was dissolved and Kansas became a regular state of the United States . Those years in both Congress and Kansas were overshadowed by the events leading up to the Civil War . In Kansas there were already war-like clashes between supporters on both sides.

In 1862, Parrott ran unsuccessfully as an Independent for a seat in the US House of Representatives. He later switched to the Democratic Party. As their candidate, he again applied unsuccessfully for a seat in Congress in 1872. He then retired from politics and devoted himself to agricultural affairs in Leavenworth. Marcus Parrott died in Dayton in October 1879.

Web links

• Marcus Junius Parrott in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Marcus Junius Parrott in the database of Find a Grave (English)