About James Parker
Lived 1768 – 1837 (aged 68–69). James Parker was an American politician.
James Parker (1768 – November 9, 1837) was an American politician.
Parker was born and educated in Boston in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He studied medicine, became a doctor, and started a practice in Gardiner in Massachusetts' District of Maine.
In addition to practicing medicine, Parker was an inventor, and received a patent for an improved brick and tile making process.
Active in politics as a Democratic-Republican, he served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1811 to 1812. Parker represented Massachusetts's district in the United States House of Representatives from 1813 to 1815, and the district from 1819 to 1821.
In 1824 Parker was chosen as a presidential elector pledged to support John Quincy Adams.
Parker died in Gardiner on November 9, 1837, and was buried at Gardiner's Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Who was James Parker?
American politician in Massachusetts (1768-1837)
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James Parker was born in 1768 in Boston.
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James Parker died on 9 November 1837 in Gardiner.
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James Parker was a politician.
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