Abraham X. Parker

Abraham X. Parker, New York Congressman

Abraham X. Parker (November 14, 1831 Granville, Addison County, Vermont – August 9, 1909 Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

Parker attended St. Lawrence Academy and Albany Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1854, and practiced in Potsdam. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (St. Lawrence Co., 3rd D.) in 1863 and 1864. He was Postmaster of Potsdam from 1865 to 1866, and later was President of the Village of Potsdam. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1868 to 1871.

Parker was elected as a Republican to the 47th and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1889). He was appointed by President Grover Cleveland as a member of the first labor investigation commission. He served as a delegate to the 1892 Republican National Convention; and as First Assistant Attorney General from September 8, 1890, to March 4, 1893. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law in Potsdam. He served as president of the Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial School of Technology. He died in Potsdam on August 9, 1909, and was interred in Bayside Cemetery.

Sources

• Abraham X. Parker at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

New York Assembly
Preceded by Calvin T. Hulburd	New York State Assembly St. Lawrence County, 3rd District 1863–1864	Succeeded by Daniel Shaw
New York State Senate
Preceded by Abel Godard	New York State Senate 17th District 1868–1871	Succeeded by Wells S. Dickinson
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Amaziah B. James	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 19th congressional district 1881–1885	Succeeded by John Swinburne
Preceded by Charles R. Skinner	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 22nd congressional district 1885–1889	Succeeded by Frederick Lansing