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Parker, Amasa J

lawyer, state senator, was born May 6, 1843, in Delhi, N. Y.; and is a son of the late Judge Amasa J. Parker. In 1863 he graduated from Union college, and in the year following from the Albany Law school, and has since practiced his profession in Albany, N. Y. Since 1864 he has been connected with the national guard, having served from private to brigadiergeneral. In 1882 he was elected to the New York state assembly; and for three terms has been a member of the state senate, in 1886-87, in 1892-93, and again in 1894-95.

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