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| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from theKansas Territory's at-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1857 – January 29, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | John Wilkins Whitfield |
| Succeeded by | Martin F. Conway (Representative) |
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| Born | Marcus Junius Parrott (1828-10-27)October 27, 1828 Hamburg, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | October 4, 1879(1879-10-04) (aged 50) Dayton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Dickinson College (BA) University of Cambridge Harvard University |
Marcus Junius Parrott (October 27, 1828 – October 4, 1879) was a delegate to Congress from theKansas Territory from 1857 until 1861.
Parrott was born inHamburg, South Carolina, on October 27, 1828.[1] He attended the local schools, and was an 1849 graduate ofDickinson College inCarlisle, Pennsylvania. He studied atHarvard Law School in 1850 and 1851,[2] was admitted to the Ohio bar, and settled inDayton.[3] He served in theOhio House of Representatives as aDemocrat in 1853 and 1854, and then moved toLeavenworth, Kansas.[3]
In 1855, Parrott was appointed reporter of decisions for the first session of the Kansas Territory's Supreme Court.[1] In October 1855, Parrott was elected to serve as a delegate to the territory's 1856 constitutional convention inTopeka.[1] He was defense counsel for GovernorCharles L. Robinson during his impeachment trial, and thanks to Parrott's work, Robinson won an acquittal.[1] In 1856, he was elected as aRepublican to serve as the territory's non-voting delegate to Congress.[1] In 1857, he was a delegate to the territorial constitutional convention. He was reelected to Congress in 1858, and served in the35th and36th Congresses (March 4, 1857 to January 29, 1861).[1]
Parrott's term ended when Kansas was admitted to the Union, and he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to one Kansas' two seats in theUnited States Senate; he lost a close race to Lane andSamuel C. Pomeroy. After leaving Congress, Parrott practiced law and farmed in Leavenworth. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House of Representatives as an Independent in 1862, and as a Democrat in 1872.
Parrott returned to Dayton to live with his brother when his health began to fail in the late 1870s.[1] He died in Dayton on October 4, 1879,[1] and was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Dayton.
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