William Parmenter

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William Parmenter (1789–1866) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on March 30, 1789. He attended the Citys public schools, including the Boston Latin School.

He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1829, served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1836 and was a Cambridge selectman in 1836. He was manager and agent of the New England Crown Glass Co., and President of the Middlesex Bank. Parmenter was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1845), serving as Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs in the (Twenty-eighth Congress). He also served as a naval officer at the port of Boston 1845-1849.

He died in East Cambridge, Massachusetts on February 25, 1866. His interment was in Cambridge Cemetery.

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• William Parmenter at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Samuel Hoar

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district March 4, 1837–March 3, 1845

Succeeded by Benjamin Thompson