James Parker (politician, 1768)

James Parker (born 1768 in Boston , Province of Massachusetts Bay , †  November 9, 1837 in Gardiner , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1813 and 1821 he represented the state of Massachusetts twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Parker attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent medical degree and his license as a doctor, he began to work in Gardiner in what was then the Maine district of the state of Massachusetts in this profession. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1811 and 1812 .

In the congressional election of 1812 Parker was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly established 19th  constituency of Massachusetts , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1813. Until March 3, 1815, he could initially only complete one legislative period in Congress . This was shaped by the events of the British-American War . In the elections of 1818 Parker was re-elected to Congress in the 18th district of his state, where he replaced Thomas Rice on March 4, 1819 . By March 3, 1821, he completed another term in the US House of Representatives.

After his tenure in Congress, James Parker returned to practice as a doctor. He died on November 9, 1837 in Gardiner in the state of Maine, which was founded in 1820, where he was also buried.

Web links

• James Parker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• James Parker in the database of Find a Grave (English)