Parker Corning

Parker Corning

Parker Corning (born January 22, 1874 in Albany , New York , † May 24, 1943 ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1937 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives . Congressman Erastus Corning was his grandfather.

Career

Parker Corning attended public schools, the Boys' Academy in Albany and St. Paul's School in Concord , New Hampshire . In 1895 he graduated from Yale University . Then he went to the production of steel and woolen goods. He also worked in banking. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the 1922 congressional elections for the 68th Congress , Corning was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 28th constituency of New York , where he succeeded Peter G. Ten Eyck on March 4, 1923 . He was re-elected six times in a row. Since he on a run again in 1936 renounced, he left the after January 3, 1937 Congress of.

After his time at the Congress, he resumed his previous business activities. He died on May 24, 1943 in Albany. His body was then interred in the Rural Cemetery in Menands .

Web links

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

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