Albion Keith Parris (1788 - 1857)

Born 19 Jan 1788 in Hebron, District of Maine, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Whitman) Parris — married 28 Jan 1810 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1857 at age 69 in Portland, Maine, USA

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Preceded by 4th Governor Daniel Rose Preceded by John Holmes

Albion Parris 5th Governor of Maine 1822—1827 US Senator (Class 1) from Maine[1] 1827—1828

Succeeded by 6th Governor Enoch Lincoln Succeeded by John Holmes

Biography

Albion Parris is Notable.

PARRIS, Albion Keith, (cousin of Virgil Delphini Parris), a Representative from Massachusetts and a Senator from Maine; born in Hebron, Maine (at that time a part of Massachusetts), January 19, 1788. Albion Keith Parris (1788-1857) was born in Hebron and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806.

Admitted to the bar in 1806, he settled in Paris Hill. In 1815 he won a seat in Congress, while Maine was still part of Massachusetts. He was a leader in the push for Maine statehood.

Parris served as governor of Maine from 1822 to 1827 when he was appointed a U.S. Senator. However, he resigned the following year to become associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

After returning he was elected Mayor of Portland in opposition to the Maine Liquor Law.^[2]

Albion Parris was also the first president of the Maine Historical Society from 1822 to 1823.

Education

Graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1806; Studied law with Judge Ezekiel Whitman then living in New Gloucester and was admitted to the bar in 1809; he commenced practice in Paris, Maine,

Marriage

In 1810, he married Sarah Whitman, the eldest daughter of the Reverend Levi Whitman of Wellfleet. Sarah was a first cousin of Judge Ezekiel Whitman whom Albion had studied law. He had four daughters and two sons, all except one daughter survived him.^[3]

Timeline

1809: Prosecuting attorney of Oxford County

1810: Marriage to Sarah Whitman

1811: Member, Massachusetts house of representatives

1813-1814: Member, State senate

1814-1815: Elected as a Republican from the State of Massachusetts to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1815, to February 3, 1818, when he resigned;

1818-1820: Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Maine ;

1819: Delegate to the Maine constitutional convention

1820-1821: Judge of probate for Cumberland County, Maine, ;

1822-1827: Governor of Maine;

1827-1828: Elected to the United States Senate from Maine and served from March 4, 1827, to August 26, 1828, when he resigned;

1828-1836: Judge of the supreme court of Maine

1836-1850: Second Comptroller of the United States Treasury ;

1852: Mayor of Portland, Maine, ; was not a candidate for reelection; :1854: Unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in Maine;

1857: Died in Portland, Maine, (February 11, 1857) ; interment in Western Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ Resigned to become a judge on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, vacant August 26, 1828 – January 15, 1829 when successor elected.
2. ↑ Maine Memory Network: Albion Parris
3. ↑ Albion Parris on Wikipedia

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• Find A Grave Memorial# 7125172

• Info for timeline: Biographical Directory of the US Congress: Paris Albion

• See Also:
  • Maine Historical Society: Maine History.489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101 (207) 774-1822