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Hosea Washington Parker (May 30, 1833 – August 21, 1922) was a
U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from
New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
.


Biography

Born in
Lempster, New Hampshire Lempster is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,118 at the 2020 census. Settlements include the town center (Lempster village) and the village of East Lempster. History First granted by colonial govern ...
, Parker pursued classical studies. He attended Tufts College,
Medford, Massachusetts Medford is a city northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, Medford's population was 59,659. It is home to Tufts University, which has its campus alo ...
, and was graduated from the Green Mountain Liberal Institute,
South Woodstock, Vermont South Woodstock is an unincorporated area, unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the New England town, town of Woodstock, Vermont, Woodstock in Windsor County, Vermont, Windsor County, Vermont, United States. Its elevation is ...
. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859, commencing practice in Lempster. He served as member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative district ...
in 1859 and 1860. He moved to Claremont, New Hampshire, in 1860, and served as delegate to the
Democratic National Convention The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 ...
in 1868, 1880, 1884, and 1888. Parker was elected as a
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to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875). While in Washington, he was largely responsible for the refusal of patent extension resulting in the overthrow of the Sewing Machine monopoly. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law and served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1918. He died in Claremont, New Hampshire, August 21, 1922, and was interred in Mountain View Cemetery.


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, Hosea Washington 1833 births 1922 deaths New Hampshire lawyers Democratic Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire People from Lempster, New Hampshire 19th-century American lawyers