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William Parker (Boston)

American politician (1793–1873)

Summary

American politician (1793–1873)

Field	Value
name	William Parker
order	Acting
office	Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
term_start	January 6, 1845
term_end	February 27, 1845
predecessor	Martin Brimmer
successor	Thomas Aspinwall Davis
office2	Member of the
Boston Board of Aldermen
from Ward 10 {{Citation	title = A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers	page = 9	publisher = City of Boston Printing Department
location	Boston, MA	year = 1909}}
term_start2	1846
term_end2	1847
term_start3	January 6, 1845
term_end3	March 6, 1845
term_start4	1842
term_end4	1843
term5	1828
birth_date	November 7, 1793
death_date	October 29, 1873
party	Whig
spouse	Julia Maria Stevens
children	Julia C. Parker, Sarah M. Parker, Grace Helen Parker
profession	Attorney

Boston Board of Aldermen from Ward 10 {{Citation | title = A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers | page = 9 | publisher = City of Boston Printing Department

William Parker (November 7, 1793 – October 29, 1873) was an American businessman and politician, who served as acting mayor of Boston, Massachusetts in early 1845.

He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1844–45 and 1847 Boston mayoral elections.

Early life

Parker was one of thirteen children. Parker was the son of Bishop Samuel Parker and Ann (née Culter) Parker.

References

Footnotes

Bibliography

Whitmore, William H.: The Inaugural Addresses of Mayors of Boston Volume 1. Page 308, (1894).
Sprague, William Buell.: Annals of the American Pulpit: Or, Commemorative Notices of Distinguished American Clergymen of Various Denominations, from the Early Settlement of the Country to the Close of the Year Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-five Pages 296-298, (1859).
A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822–1908, Roxbury, 1846–1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, (1909) pp. 44, 53, 88, 301, 374-375, 400.

References

{{Citation. "A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers". City of Boston Printing Department. (1909)
{{Citation. Winsor. Justin. "The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts 1630 - 1880., Volume III". James R. Osgood and Company. (1881)

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