Albion Parris

Albion Keith Parris (January 19, 1788 – February 11, 1857) was the fifth governor of Maine, a United States representative from the District of Maine, Massachusetts, a United States senator from Maine, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine, an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and the 2nd Comptroller of the Currency for the United States Department of the Treasury.

Education and career

Born on January 19, 1788, in Hebron, District of Maine (then part of Massachusetts), Parris graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806 and read law in 1809. He was a delegate to the Maine constitutional convention in 1819. He died on February 11, 1857, in Portland.

Special service

In the fall of 1846, Parris served as one of the three commissioners negotiating a treaty at Washington, D.C., with the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indians.

Family

Parris was the cousin of Virgil D. Parris, a United States representative from Maine.