William Parmenter

William Parmenter

William Parmenter (born March 30, 1789 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  February 25, 1866 in East Cambridge , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1837 and 1845 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Parmenter attended the public schools in his home country and the Boston Latin School . In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future US President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 . In 1829 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts ; In 1836 he was a member of the State Senate . In the same year he was a councilor in Cambridge . From 1824 to 1836 Parmenter was the manager of New England Crown Glass Co. He was also president of Middlesex Bank .

In the congressional election of 1836 Parmenter was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Samuel Hoar on March 4, 1837 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1845 . From 1843 to 1845 he was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs. The period after 1841 was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whig Party . In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, William Parmenter served as a Naval Officer with the Boston Harbor Administration between 1845 and 1849 . He died in East Cambridge on February 25, 1866.

Web links

• William Parmenter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Parmenter in the database of Find a Grave (English)