Hosea W. Parker Explained

Hosea Washington Parker
State:New Hampshire
District:3rd
Term Start:March 4, 1871
Term End:March 3, 1875
Office2:Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term Start2:1859
Term End2:1860
Birth Date:May 30, 1833
Birth Place:Lempster, New Hampshire, US
Death Place:Claremont, New Hampshire, US
Restingplace:Mountain View Cemetery
Profession:Lawyer

Hosea Washington Parker (May 30, 1833  - August 21, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

Biography

Born in Lempster, New Hampshire, Parker pursued classical studies. He attended Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts, and was graduated from the Green Mountain Liberal Institute, South Woodstock, Vermont. 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 in 1859 and 1860. He moved to Claremont, New Hampshire, in 1860, and served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868, 1880, 1884, and 1888.

Parker was elected as a Democrat 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.