Andrew Parker (May 21, 1805 – January 15, 1864) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from

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Andrew Parker was born in

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. He attended public schools and graduated from

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, in 1824. He studied law in Carlisle, was admitted to the

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in 1826 and commenced practice in

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. He was appointed deputy attorney general of

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. He moved to

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, 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 there in 1864. He was buried in Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery there.

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Andrew Parker entry
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