James Parker
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts
In office
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
Preceded bynew seat
Succeeded bySamuel S. Conner
Constituency19th district
In office
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
Preceded byThomas Rice
Succeeded by18th District eliminated in 1820
Constituency18th district
Personal details
Born1768 (1768)
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
DiedNovember 9, 1837(1837-11-09) (aged 68–69)
Gardiner, Maine, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
OccupationPhysician

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 19th district in the United States House of Representatives from 1813 to 1815, and the 18th 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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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byNone; district created. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 19th congressional district March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 Succeeded bySamuel S. Conner Preceded byThomas Rice Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 18th congressional district March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 Succeeded byNone; Maine District split


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