Charles D. Parker

Charles Durwin Parker (December 27, 1827 December 27, 1925) was a Wisconsin politician.

Charles Durwin Parker
12th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
In office
1874–1878
Governor
Preceded byMilton Pettit
Succeeded byJames M. Bingham
Personal details
Born(1827-12-27)December 27, 1827
Coos County, New Hampshire, U.S.
DiedDecember 27, 1925(1925-12-27) (aged 98)
River Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
FatherLuther Parker

Career

Parker was born in Coos County, New Hampshire in 1827; his family moved to Waukesha County, Wisconsin in 1836. Parker then moved to the town of Pleasant Valley, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Parker served as chairman of the Pleasant Valley Town Board and on the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors. He served as a Democrat in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1869 to 1870 and served two terms as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, from 1874 until 1878 under Governors William Taylor and Harrison Ludington. From 1880 until 1888 he was a regent of the University of Wisconsin, and from 1880 until 1895 a member of the Wisconsin Board of Control. He died on his 98th birthday, December 27, 1925, in River Falls, Wisconsin.[1][2][3]

Family

Parker was the son of Luther Parker, the Justice of the Peace of the Republic of Indian Stream.[4]

References

  1. The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin. 9th ed. Madison: Atwood & Rublee, 1870, p. 370.
  2. R. M. Bashford (comp.). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin. 16th ed. Madison: R. B. Bolens, 1877, p. 445.
  3. 'Last of "Lost Republic" Survivors Dies'. Manitowoc Herald News, December 28, 1925, p. 1.
  4. Pike, Robert E. (1988). Spiked Boots. Dublin, New Hampshire: Yankee Books. p. 110. ISBN 0-89909-137-7.

Further reading

Political offices
Preceded by
Milton Pettit
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
18741878
Succeeded by
James M. Bingham
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