Abraham John Palmer

Abraham John Palmer, M.D., (1847 - April 17, 1922) was a physician and a Methodist minister, and a member of the New York Legislature from Ulster, New York who was a member of Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party.[1]

Biography

He was elected in 1913 to the New York Legislature as the representative from Ulster, New York. In April, 1913, he introduced a bill in the New York Legislature to repeal public utility franchises of all types after a term of twenty-five years.[2] He died on April 17, 1922.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Third Party Runs Third In Ulster". New York Times. October 23, 1912. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A04EFDC133CE633A25750C2A9669D946396D6CF. Retrieved 2010-07-09. "Dr. Abraham J. Palmer, who was nominated for the State Senate by the Progressives, and afterward endorsed by the Republicans ..." 
  2. ^ Electrical World. 1914. http://books.google.com/books?id=d6gvAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA717&lpg=RA1-PA717&dq=%22A.+J.+Palmer%22+senator&source=bl&ots=0Cq7smz5YI&sig=IPUdYIlcbipN4TPy0MlUKiBqfd4&hl=en&ei=81gbS7KsAtOolAeAnIDyCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CCwQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22A.%20J.%20Palmer%22%20senator&f=false. "A bill introduced in the New York Legislature by Senator A. J. Palmer, of Ulster, and Assemblyman S. Sufrin, of New York City, Progressives, limits the grant of fixed-period public-utility franchises to twenty-five years and of indeterminate permits to a maximum of fifty years. It also provides for the repeal of abandoned franchises and recovery of control of unlimited or perpetual franchises heretofore granted." 
  3. ^ "Dr. Abraham J. Palmer". New York Times. April 19, 1922. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E0DE6DC1739EF3ABC4152DFB2668389639EDE. Retrieved 2010-07-09. "Dr. Abraham J. Palmer, widely known as a lecturer and Methodist minister, died suddenly Monday night at his home, ..."