Richard W. Parker

Richard W. Parker

Richard Wayne Parker (born August 6, 1848 in Morristown , New Jersey , †  November 28, 1923 in Paris , France ) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1923 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives several times .

Career

Richard Parker, grandson of Congressman James Parker (1776–1868), attended Princeton College until 1867 . After a subsequent law degree at Columbia College and his admission as a lawyer in 1869, he began to work in Newark from 1870 in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1885 and 1886 he was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . In 1892 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress .

In the congressional elections of 1894 Parker was then elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Thomas Dunn English on March 4, 1895 . After seven re-elections, he was able to complete eight legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1911. Since 1903 he represented the seventh district of his state as the successor to Allan Langdon McDermott . The Spanish-American War fell during his time as a member of Congress . Between 1909 and 1911 he was chairman of the judicial committee . In 1910, Parker was not confirmed. As a result, he practiced as a lawyer again.

After the resignation of the MP Walter I. McCoy he was elected in the due by-election for the ninth seat of his state as his successor in the Congress, where he took up his new mandate on December 1, 1914. After two re-elections, he could remain in the House of Representatives until March 3, 1919. During this time the First World War fell . In 1916 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Charles Evans Hughes was nominated as a presidential candidate. In 1918 Parker was defeated by Democrat Daniel F. Minahan . In the elections of 1920 he was then re-elected to Congress, where he replaced Minahan on March 4, 1921. Since he was not re-elected in 1922, he could only serve one term in the House of Representatives until March 3, 1925. He died on November 28, 1923 in the French capital Paris and was buried in Perth Amboy .

Web links

• Richard W. Parker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard W. Parker in the database of Find a Grave (English)