Hosea Washington Parker

Hosea Washington Parker

Hosea Washington Parker (born May 30, 1833 in Lempster , Sullivan County , New Hampshire , † August 21, 1922 in Claremont , New Hampshire) was an American politician . Between 1871 and 1875 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Hosea Parker received a good basic education and then attended Tufts College in Medford ( Massachusetts ) and the Green Mountain Liberal Institute in South Woodstock ( Vermont ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1859, he began to practice his new profession in his native Lempster.

Parker was a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1859 and 1860 . From 1860 he was based in Claremont. In 1868, 1880, 1884 and 1888 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . In 1870 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third district of New Hampshire , where he succeeded Republican Jacob Benton on March 4, 1871 . After re-election in 1872, Parker was able to serve two consecutive terms in Congress until March 3, 1875 . In 1874 he was defeated by Republican Henry W. Blair .

After his tenure in the House of Representatives was over, Parker returned to practice as a lawyer. In 1918 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the New Hampshire constitution. Hosea Parker died in Claremont on August 21, 1922. He was also buried there.

Web links

• Hosea Washington Parker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Hosea Washington Parker in the database of Find a Grave (English)