James Parker (Massachusetts politician) explained

James Parker
Office1:Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts
Term Start1:March 4, 1813
Term End1:March 3, 1815
Predecessor1:new seat
Successor1:Samuel S. Conner
Constituency1:19th district
Term Start2:March 4, 1819
Term End2:March 3, 1821
Successor2:18th District eliminated in 1820
Constituency2:18th district
Birth Place:Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Death Place:Gardiner, Maine, U.S.
Nationality:American
Party:Democratic-Republican
Occupation:Physician

James Parker (1768November 9, 1837) was an American politician.

Parker was born and educated in Boston in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He studied medicine, became a doctor, and started a practice in Gardiner in Massachusetts' District of Maine.

In addition to practicing medicine, Parker was an inventor, and received a patent for an improved brick and tile making process.

Active in politics as a Democratic-Republican, he served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1811 to 1812. Parker represented Massachusetts's district in the United States House of Representatives from 1813 to 1815, and the district from 1819 to 1821.

In 1824 Parker was chosen as a presidential elector pledged to support John Quincy Adams.

Parker died in Gardiner on November 9, 1837, and was buried at Gardiner's Oak Grove Cemetery.