Joel Parker (other)
Joel Parker may refer to: *Joel Parker (American football) (b. 1952), American football player * Joel Parker (clergyman) (1799–1873), American Presbyterian clergyman *Joel Parker (jurist) (1795–1875), American jurist from New Hampshire *Joel Parker (politician) Joel Parker (November 24, 1816January 2, 1888) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the 20th governor of New Jersey from 1863 to 1866 and 1872 to 1875. As a Democratic governor during th ...

Joel Parker (American Football)
Joseph Lee Parker (born April 23, 1952), nicknamed Joel Parker, is an American former college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons in the 1970s. He played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter he was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the fifth round of the 1974 NFL Draft. Early years Parker was born in Louisville, Kentucky.National Football League, Historical Players Joel Parker Retrieved July 18, 2014. He was a two-sport high school All-American in football and basketball for the Clearwater Tornadoes of Clearwater High School in Clearwater, Florida.Phil Gulick, Joel Parker: A Saint With A Bent Halo" ''The Evening Independent'' (January 27, 1976). Retrieved July 18, 2014. College career Parker accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Doug Dickey's Florida Gators football team from 1971 to 197 ...
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Joel Parker (clergyman)
Joel Parker (born Bethel, Vermont, 27 August 1799; died New York City, 2 May 1873) was a United States Presbyterian clergyman and educator. Biography He graduated from Hamilton in 1824, and after studying at the Auburn Theological Seminary was ordained in the Presbyterian Church. He was pastor at Rochester in 1826-30. Attracted by the free church movement, in 1830 he went to New York City. The movement looked to provide church services to people who could not afford high pew rents. Parker organized the Dey Street Church in New York whose seats were free. He served as its pastor. In 1833, he was called to Louisiana to pastor First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans. In 1834 Rev. Parker went back up to New York to solicit subscriptions for a new church building. While away in New York rumors reached New Orleans that he had vilified the Roman Catholic community of New Orleans saint that "there were about 40,000 catholics in New Orleans, most of who were atheists (at least the men) and ...
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Joel Parker (jurist)
Joel Parker (January 25, 1795 – August 17, 1875) was an American jurist from New Hampshire. Biography Joel Parker was born at Jaffrey, New Hampshire on January 25, 1795. He studied at Groton Academy, and later Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1811. After studying law, he practiced at Keene. From 1824 to 1826, he was a member of the New Hampshire Legislature. He was appointed an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court in 1833 and became chief justice in 1838. He held this post until his resignation in 1848. He studied at Groton Academy, In 1840 he was chairman of the committee on the revision of the New Hampshire statutes. From 1847 to 1857, he was professor of medical jurisprudence at Dartmouth. In 1848 he became a professor at the Harvard Law School, where he served until his death. Conservative in politics, he opposed during the American Civil War the exercise by President Abraham Lincoln of what he deemed unconstitutional powers. Joel Parker die ...
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