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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaHomer Cling PARKER
(1885-1946)
PARKER, Homer Cling, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Baxley, Appling County, Ga.,
September 25, 1885; attended the public schools; graduated from
Statesboro High School, Statesboro, Ga.,1904; graduated from Mercer
University, Macon, Ga., 1908; United States Army, 1917-1922;
lawyer, private practice; solicitor of the city court, 1914-1917;
served as mayor of Statesboro, Ga., 1924-1927; appointed adjutant
general of Georgia, 1927-1931; Georgia National Guard, 1927-1931;
elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Charles
G. Edwards; reelected to the Seventy-third Congress (September 9,
1931-January 3, 1935); chair, Committee on Elections No. 1
(Seventy-third Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination
in 1934; appointed comptroller general of Georgia,1936-1937;
elected comptroller general of Georgia, 1940-1946; died on June 22,
1946, in Atlanta, Ga.; interment in East Side Cemetery, Statesboro,
Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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