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Amasa Junius Parker (June 2, 1807 Sharon, Connecticut - May 13, 1890 Albany, New York) was a U.S. Representative from New York and a justice of the New York Supreme Court.

Life

Amasa Junius Parker was born in Sharon, Connecticut on 2 June 1807. He moved with his parents to Hudson, New York, in 1816. He was taught by private tutors and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1825. He was the principal of Hudson (New York) Academy from 1823 to 1827. Later he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828, and commenced practice in Delhi, New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1833 and 1834. He was elected a regent of the State University of New York from 1835 to 1844.

Parker was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839) as the representative from Delaware and Broome counties. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law. In 1844, he moved to Albany, New York and served as vice chancellor and circuit judge from 1844 to 1847. In 1847 he was elected a justice of the New York Supreme Court for the third district, and in 1853 became one of the supreme court justices sitting on the New York Court of Appeals, holding both offices until 1855. He was one of the founders of the Albany (New York) Law School in 1851. He was twice defeated as a Democratic candidate for Governor of New York, in 1856 by Republican John Alsop King, and in 1858 by Republican Edwin D. Morgan. He served as delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867 and 1868.

His wife was Harriet Langdon Roberts, granddaughter of Woodbury Langdon, one of New Hampshire's representatives to the Continental Congress. They had four children, among them Mary Parker who married Erastus Corning (1827-1897) and was the mother of Edwin Corning and General Amasa J. Parker, Jr. of the National Guards of the State of New York.

He is buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery.

Source

• United States Congress. "Amasa J. Parker (id: P000054)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

References

1. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0CEFDD123BE533A25757C1A9639C94619ED7CF
2. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?ArticleID=43129&report=SingleArticle&file=Data

• 1807 births
• 1890 deaths
• Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York
• Members of the New York Assembly
• New York Court of Appeals judges
• Union College, New York alumni
• New York Democrats