Virgil D. Parris

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Virgil D. Parris

Virgil Delphini Parris (born February 18, 1807 in Buckfield , Massachusetts , †  June 13, 1874 in Paris , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1838 and 1841 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Virgil Parris was born in Buckfield in 1807, which was then part of Massachusetts and which was added to Maine in 1820. He was a cousin of Albion K. Parris (1788-1857), who between 1815 and 1829 represented the states of Massachusetts and Maine in both chambers of Congress and was meanwhile also governor of Maine. First he attended the public schools in Maine and then until 1827 Union College in Schenectady ( New York ). After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1830, he began to practice in Buckfield in his new profession.

In 1831 Parris was employed with the Maine Senate administration. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1832 and 1837 he was an MP in the Maine House of Representatives . Following the death of Congressman Timothy J. Carter , Parris was elected to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the Maine's fifth electoral by- election. There he took up his new mandate on May 29, 1838. After a re-election in 1838, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1841 .

In 1840 Parris was no longer nominated by his party. In 1842 and 1843 he was a member and intermittent president of the Maine Senate. In this capacity he held the office of governor for a short time. Between 1844 and 1848 he was US Marshal for the Maine District. In 1853 he was special envoy for the Department of Post for New England . In 1852 and 1872 Parris took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions , at which Franklin Pierce and later Horace Greeley were nominated as presidential candidates. He died in Paris (Maine) on June 13, 1874.

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SURNAME Parris, Virgil D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parris, Virgil Delphini (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Buckfield , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1874
Place of death Paris , Maine