Isaac Parker (congressman)

For similarly named people, see Isaac Parker (disambiguation)

Isaac Parker (June 17, 1768 - July 25, 1830) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Boston, he attended the common schools and was graduated from Harvard University in 1786. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Castine, Maine (which until 1820 had been a part of Massachusetts.) He held several local offices and moved to Portland, Maine, continuing the practice of law.

Parker was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth Congress, serving from March 4, 1797 to March 3, 1799. He was appointed United States Marshal for Maine district on March 5, 1799, and served until December 21, 1803. He moved to Boston, having been appointed by Governor Strong an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on January 28, 1806, and presided as chief justice from August 24, 1814, until his death. From 1815 to 1827 he was a professor of law in Harvard University, and served as president of the State constitutional convention in 1820. He served as a trustee of Bowdoin College for eleven years and as an overseer of Harvard University for twenty years. Parker died in Boston; interment was in Copps Hill Cemetery.

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Preceded by Henry Dearborn	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 12th congressional district (Maine district) March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	Succeeded by Silas Lee