Richard Parker (congressman)

Richard Parker (December 22, 1810 – November 10, 1893) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia.

Richard Parker

Biography

Born in Richmond, Virginia, Parker completed preparatory studies, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Berryville, Virginia. He held several local offices before being elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1848, serving from 1849 to 1851. He was elected judge of the thirteenth judicial circuit of Virginia on January 15, 1851, serving until 1869. In this capacity, Parker presided over the trials of John Brown and his associates in 1859, sentencing them to death for their raid on nearby Harpers Ferry. After retiring from the court, Parker resumed practicing law in Winchester, Virginia, until his death there on November 10, 1893. He was interred in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester. ,

External links

United States Congress. "Richard Parker (id: P000068)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Richard Parker at Find a Grave

Stoddert Family papers trace their roots to Richard Parker, found at the University of Maryland Libraries

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Henry Bedinger	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 10th congressional district March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	Succeeded by Charles J. Faulkner

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

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
John Brown's raiders	Osborne Perry Anderson John Brown Owen Brown (son) Watson Brown John Anthony Copeland Jr. Barclay Coppock Edwin Coppock Shields Green John Henry Kagi Lewis Sheridan Leary Francis Jackson Meriam Dangerfield Newby Aaron Dwight Stevens
Other individuals	John Wilkes Booth Owen Brown (father) John Brown, Jr. James Buchanan John E.P. Daingerfield Israel Greene Thomas Wentworth Higginson Samuel Gridley Howe George Henry Hoyt Andrew Hunter Stonewall Jackson Robert E. Lee James M. Mason Richard Parker Theodore Parker Richard Realf James Redpath Franklin Benjamin Sanborn Secret Six Heyward Shepherd Gerrit Smith Lysander Spooner George Luther Stearns George H. Steuart J. E. B. Stuart Lewis Washington Walt Whitman Henry A. Wise
Locations	Allstadt House and Ordinary B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing Charles Town, West Virginia Gibson-Todd House Harpers Ferry Armory Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Historic District John Brown's Fort Kennedy Farm Sandy Hook, Maryland Winchester, Virginia
Afterwards	Battle Hymn of the Republic Burning of Winchester Medical College Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Heyward Shepherd monument John Brown (biography) John Brown Farm State Historic Site John Brown House (Akron, Ohio) John Brown Museum John Brown Tannery Site John Brown's Body (poem) John Brown's Body (song) John Brown's last speech John Brown's Provisional Constitution The Last Days of John Brown A Plea for Captain John Brown Remarks After the Hanging of John Brown Tragic Prelude Virginia v. John Brown
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Virginia's 10th congressional district
Griffin Harrison Gray Dawson Hawes Strother Moore Rives Gordon Chinn Taliaferro Lucas Bedinger Parker Faulkner Kidwell Clemens Brown (inactive 1863–85) J. Tucker Yost H. Tucker Yost Quarles H. Flood H. Tucker J. Flood (inactive 1933–53) Broyhill Fisher Wolf Comstock Wexton

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