Andrew Parker (politician)
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Andrew Parker
|birthname = Andrew Parker
|state=Pennsylvania
|district={{ushr|PA|17|17th}}
|term_start=March 4, 1851
|term_end=March 3, 1853
|birth_date={{birth date|1805|5|21}}
|birth_place=Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1864|1|15|1805|5|21}}
|death_place=Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|resting_place=Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|party=Democratic
|alma_mater=Dickinson College
|profession=Politician, lawyer
}}
Andrew Parker (May 21, 1805 – January 15, 1864) was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who was a one-term Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1851 to 1853.
Formative years
Andrew Parker was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1805. He attended public schools and graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1824.
Career
Parker studied law in Carlisle, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.
He was subsequently appointed deputy attorney general of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. He later moved to Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, in 1831, where he practiced law.
Parker was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress. He continued the practice of law in Mifflintown until his death.
Death an interment
Parker died in Mifflintown on January 15, 1864. He was buried in that community's Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery.
Sources
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- [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker1.html#752.04.46 Andrew Parker entry] at The Political Graveyard
External links
- {{find a Grave|29190932}}
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Category:American Presbyterians
Category:Dickinson College alumni
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Category:People from Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives