Homer Cling Parker (September 25, 1885 – June 22, 1946) was aU.S. Representative fromGeorgia.
Born inBaxley, Georgia, Parker attended the public schools. He graduated from Statesboro High School,Statesboro, Georgia in 1904 andMercer University,Macon, Georgia in 1908. He was in theUnited States Army from 1917 to 1922 during theWorld War I era, where he was a captain in the infantry.[1] He continued in theJudge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army and was stationed atCamp Gordon, Georgia, becoming a major.[1][2][3]
He was a lawyer in private practice. He served as solicitor of the city court from 1914 to 1917. He served as mayor ofStatesboro, Georgia from 1924 to 1927. He served in theGeorgia National Guard from 1927 to 1931 and was appointed as thestate adjutant general.[2]
Parker was elected as aDemocrat to theSeventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofUnited States Representative Charles G. Edwards. He was reelected to theSeventy-third Congress (September 9, 1931 – January 3, 1935). He served as chair of the Committee on Elections No. 1 (Seventy-third Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934. He was appointed comptroller general of Georgia, 1936–1937.
Parker was elected comptroller general of Georgia from 1940 to 1946. He died on June 22, 1946, inAtlanta, Georgia. He was interred in East Side Cemetery,Statesboro, Georgia.
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