John Mason Parker (June 14, 1805 – December 16, 1873) was an American Congressman from

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Biography

John M. Parker was born in

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on June 14, 1805. He attended Granville Academy and Castleton Seminary, graduated from

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in 1828, studied law, and began a practice in

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in 1833. In 1854 Parker was elected to Congress as an

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candidate, and he was reelected as a

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in 1856, serving from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1859. Parker was not a candidate for renomination in 1858. In 1859 he became a

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of the

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, where he served until his death. During his time on the bench, Parker also sat as a Judge on the

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. He was a charter trustee of

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from 1865 to 1870.Cornell University
The Ten-year Book of Cornell University
1878, page 8 He died in Owego on December 16, 1873 and was buried in Owego's Evergreen Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, John M. 1805 births 1873 deaths People from Granville, New York Opposition Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Owego, New York New York Supreme Court Justices Judges of the New York Court of Appeals Middlebury College alumni 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American judges