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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaSamuel Wilson PARKER
(1805-1859)
PARKER, Samuel Wilson, a
Representative from Indiana; born near Watertown, Jefferson County,
N.Y., September 9, 1805; pursued academic studies; was graduated
from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1828; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Connersville,
Fayette County, Ind.; served as prosecuting attorney of Fayette
County from December 10, 1836, to December 10, 1838; member of the
State house of representatives in 1839 and 1843; served in the
State senate 1841-1843; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1849
to the Thirty-first Congress; elected as a Whig to the
Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3,
1855); did not seek renomination in 1855; died near Sackets Harbor,
N.Y., February 1, 1859; interment in the private cemetery on the
Old Elm farm, in Connersville, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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