| Amasa J. Parker | |
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Amasa Junius Parker |
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| Born | Amasa Junius Parker 2 June 1807 Sharon, Connecticut |
| Died | 13 May 1890 Albany, New York |
| Resting place | Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Union College, Schenectady, New York |
| Occupation | Politician |
Amasa Junius Parker (June 2, 1807 - May 13, 1890) was a U.S. Representative from New York and a justice of the New York Supreme Court.
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Amasa Junius Parker was born in Sharon, Connecticut on 2 June 1807, the son of Anna (née Fenn) and Rev. Daniel Parker. He moved with his parents to Hudson, New York, in 1816. He was taught by private tutors and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1825. He was the principal of Hudson (New York) Academy from 1823 to 1827. Later he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828, and commenced practice in Delhi, New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1833 and 1834. He was elected a regent of the State University of New York from 1835 to 1844.[1]
Parker was elected as a Democrat to the 25th United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1837, to March 3, 1839, as the representative from Delaware and Broome counties.[1] Afterwards he resumed the practice of law. In 1844, he moved to Albany, New York and was Judge of the Third Circuit from 1844 to 1847. In 1847 he was elected a justice of the New York Supreme Court for the third district, and in 1854 was one of the ex officio judges of the New York Court of Appeals.
He was one of the founders of the Albany (New York) Law School in 1851. He was twice defeated as a Democratic candidate for Governor of New York, in 1856 by Republican John Alsop King, and in 1858 by Republican Edwin D. Morgan. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867.
He married Harriet Langdon Roberts, granddaughter of Woodbury Langdon, one of New Hampshire's representatives to the Continental Congress. They had four children, among them General Amasa J. Parker, Jr. of the National Guards of the State of New York,[2] and Mary Parker who married Erastus Corning (1827–1897) and was the mother of Edwin Corning and Parker Corning.
He died in Albany, New York and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York ? – ? |
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