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    Parker, Ralph J.

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    House 1915-22 (District 1)

    Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election

    Counties Served:  Fillmore, Houston

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 12/17/1867
    Birth Place: Frankford Township, Minnesota
    Birth County: Mower
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death: 12/27/1922
    Gender: Male
    Religion:
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names:
    City of Residence (when first elected): Spring Valley
    Occupation (when first elected): Attorney

    EDUCATION

    Spring Valley Schools; At Least Elementary School;
    University of Minnesota, Law School; Law Degree; 1890

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    County Attorney: Fillmore County, Minnesota; 1903 to 1909 [Elected]
    Judge: 10th Judicial District, Minnesota (District Judge, he took the oath of office on his sick bed); 12/22/1922 to 12/27/1922 [Elected]

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse:
    Children:
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    He was of Irish ancestry.

    He died at the hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.

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    Total Days Served: 2909

    SESSIONS SERVED

    42nd Legislative Session (1921-1922)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 01
    Elected: 11/2/1920
    Residence: Spring Valley
    Term of Office: 1/4/1921 to 12/22/1922 (unfinished term)
    Counties Represented: Fillmore, Houston
    Occupation: Attorney
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Elections
    • Judiciary (Chair)
    • Public Highways
    • Public Utilities
    • Rules
    • Workmens Compensation
    Reason for unfinished term: Elected to other office
    Session Notes: He had been elected a Judge in the November, 1922 elections. He was sworn in, on his sick bed, on December 22, 1922. He died on December 27, 1922.
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    41st Legislative Session (1919-1920)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 01
    Elected: 11/5/1918
    Residence: Spring Valley
    Term of Office: 1/7/1919 to 1/3/1921
    Counties Represented: Fillmore, Houston
    Occupation: Attorney
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Civil Administration
    • Elections
    • Judiciary (Chair)
    • Reconstruction and Relief
    • Rules
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    40th Legislative Session (1917-1918)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 01
    Elected: 11/7/1916
    Residence: Spring Valley
    Term of Office: 1/2/1917 to 1/6/1919
    Counties Represented: Fillmore, Houston
    Occupation: Attorney
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus Party Notes: "The Liberals have controlled the House only in 1933, 1937, 1955, 1957, 1959 and 1961." (Mitau, G. Theodore. Politics in Minnesota, 1970, p. 83.)
    Committees:
    Leadership Position: Speaker of the House
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    39th Legislative Session (1915-1916)

      Session Details
    Body: House
    District: 01
    Elected: 11/3/1914
    Residence: Spring Valley
    Term of Office: 1/5/1915 to 1/1/1917
    Counties Represented: Fillmore, Houston
    Occupation: Attorney
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Banks and Banking
    • Corporations Other Than Municipal
    • Judiciary
    • Judiciary: Substantive Law
    • Mileage
    • State Census
    • Taxes and Tax Laws
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    OTHER INFORMATION

    Articles & Books About
    Ralph J. Parker Memorial. Minnesota Journal of the House, January 18, 1923, p. 125-126.


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