John F. Parrott Explained

John Fabyan Parrott
State2:New Hampshire
District2:At-large
Term Start2:March 4, 1817
Term End2:March 3, 1819
Preceded2:Jeduthun Wilcox
Succeeded2:William Plumer, Jr.
Order3:United States Senator from
New Hampshire
Term Start3:March 4, 1819
Term End3:March 3, 1825
Preceded3:Clement Storer
Succeeded3:Levi Woodbury
Office4:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term4:1809–1814
Birth Date:8 August 1767
Birth Place:Portsmouth, Province of New Hampshire, British America
Death Place:Greenland, New Hampshire, U.S.
Party:Democratic-Republican

John Fabyan Parrott (August 8, 1767July 9, 1836) was a United States representative and a Senator from New Hampshire.

He was born in Portsmouth in the Province of New Hampshire to John Parrott, a merchant and ship captain, and his wife Deborah Walker.[1] He followed his father's line of work and began trading in Europe and the Caribbean, something which stopped with the passing of the Embargo Act of 1807.[1] Parrott was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1809 to 1814 and also held various local offices. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1812 to the Thirteenth Congress, but was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for the Fifteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1819. He was then elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1819 to March 3, 1825. He was a Democratic Republican (later Adams-Clay Republican).

Later, in 1826, he was the postmaster of Portsmouth. He was also a member of the New Hampshire Senate from 1830 to 1831. He died in Greenland, New Hampshire and was interred in the family burying ground on the Parrott estate. His papers are kept at the University of North Carolina.[2]

His sons included Robert Parker Parrott and Peter Pearse Parrott.

References

  1. Web site: nhhistory.org - John Fabyan Parrott. November 15, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717232733/http://www.nhhistory.org/eimages/June2008/JohnFabyanParrott.html. July 17, 2011.
  2. Web site: University of North Carolina Manuscripts Dept - John Fabyan Parrott. November 15, 2008.