Homer C. Parker

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Homer Cling Parker (born September 25, 1885 in Baxley , Appling County , Georgia - †  June 22, 1946 in Atlanta , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1935 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Homer Parker attended the public schools in his home country and then Statesboro High School through 1904 . He then studied until 1908 at Mercer University in Macon . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began to work in his new profession. During the First World War he served in the US Army from 1917 . He remained in military service until 1922. Between 1924 and 1924, Parker served as the mayor of Statesboro . From 1927 to 1931 he served as Adjutant General in command of the Georgia National Guard.

Politically, Parker was a member of the Democratic Party . After the death of MP Charles Gordon Edwards , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the due by-election for the first seat of Georgia , where he took up his new mandate on September 9, 1931. After being re-elected in the regular elections of 1932 , he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1935 . During this time, the first New Deal laws of the federal government were passed there under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1933 the 20th and 21st amendments came into force. It was about the postponement of the beginning of the legislative periods of the Congress and the term of office of the President from March to January as well as the repeal of the 18th Amendment from 1919. This allowed the trade in alcoholic beverages again. Between 1933 and 1935, Homer Parker was chairman of an election committee ( Committee on Elections No. 1 ).

In 1934 Parker was not nominated for re-election by his party. Between 1936 and 1937 and from 1940 until his death he was head of the State Comptroller General of Georgia. Homer Parker died in Atlanta on June 22, 1946 and was buried in Statesboro.

Web links

  • Homer C. Parker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Parker, Homer C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parker, Homer Cling (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Baxley , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1946
Place of death Atlanta , Georgia