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Councilor Jonathan Wetherbee Parker View All Years

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Date of Death: 1/1/1852
Birth Place: Clarendon, Vermont
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
Senate: LA1 (1838) - LA4 (1841)
Home County: Scott
Family Members Who Served in the Iowa Legislature: Brother: George W. Parker; GAs 8 - 10
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Jonathan Wetherbee Parker
Scott County
He was one of the pioneer lawmakers of Iowa Territory. He was born in Clarendon, Vermont, on the 10th of August, 1810. After acquiring the usual education he began the study of law in Pennsylvania and came with his father’s family to Davenport in 1836. He was admitted to the bar at the first term of court held in Scott County and immediately began practice. In 1838, upon the organization of the Territory of Iowa, he was elected to represent Scott and Clinton counties in the Council of the First Legislative Assembly and was reelected, serving in the Second, Third and Fourth Territorial Legislatures. He attained high rank as a legislator and was President of the Council during the session of 1841-2. In 1841, he was mayor of Davenport. In 1852, while on a visit to Cincinnati, he died of cholera at the early age of forty one.
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