John M. Parker was born in Granville, New York on June 14, 1805. He attended Granville Academy and Castleton Seminary, graduated from Middlebury College in 1828, studied law, and began a practice in Owego, New York in 1833.[1]
In 1854 Parker was elected to Congress as an Opposition Party candidate, and he was reelected as a Republican in 1856, serving from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1859.[2]
Parker was not a candidate for renomination in 1858. In 1859 he became a Justice of the New York Supreme Court, where he served until his death. During his time on the bench, Parker also sat as a Judge on the New York Court of Appeals.
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