Abraham X. Parker

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Abraham X. Parker (November 14, 1831 - August 9, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Granville, Vermont, Parker attended the St. Lawrence Academy and the Albany (New York) Law School. He was admitted to the bar in Albany, New York, in 1854 and in 1856 commenced practice in Potsdam, New York. He served as member of the State assembly in 1863 and 1864. Postmaster of Potsdam in 1865 and 1866. He served as president of the village of Potsdam. He served in the State senate 1868-1871. Secretary of the State normal school at Potsdam.

Parker was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1889). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1888. He was appointed by President Cleveland a member of the first labor investigation commission. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892. First Assistant Attorney General from September 8, 1890, to March 4, 1893. He returned to Potsdam, New York, and resumed the practice of law. He served as president of the Thomas S. Clarkson Memorial School of Technology. He died in Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, New York, on August 9, 1909. He was interred in Bayside Cemetery.

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• Abraham X. Parker at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress