Andrew Parker (politician) explained

Andrew Parker
Birthname:Andrew Parker
State:Pennsylvania
Term Start:March 4, 1851
Term End:March 3, 1853
Birth Date:21 May 1805
Birth Place:Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting Place:Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Alma Mater:Dickinson College
Profession:Politician, lawyer

Andrew Parker (May 21, 1805 – January 15, 1864) was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who was a one-term Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1851 to 1853.

Formative years

Andrew Parker was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1805. He attended public schools and graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1824.

Career

Parker studied law in Carlisle, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.

He was subsequently appointed deputy attorney general of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. He later moved to Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, 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.

Death an interment

Parker died in Mifflintown on January 15, 1864. He was buried in that community's Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery.

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