Andrew Parker (politician)

Andrew Parker (May 21, 1805 – January 15, 1864) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Andrew Parker was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He attended public schools and graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1824. He studied law in Carlisle, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. He was appointed deputy attorney general of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. He moved to Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, in 1831, where he practiced law.

Parker was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress. He continued the practice of law in Mifflintown until his death there in 1864. He was buried in Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery there.

Sources

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

  • United States Congress. "Andrew Parker (id: P000055)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Andrew Parker entry at The Political Graveyard
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Samuel Calvin		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district
4 March 1851 – 3 March 1853		 Succeeded by
Samuel Lyon Russell



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