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Parris, Albion Keith

lawyer, jurist, congressman, United States senator, governor, was born Jan. 19, 1788, in Auburn, Maine. In 1811 he was appointed attorney for Oxford county, Maine; in 1813 was elected to the general court; and in 1814 was chosen a state senator. He was elected a representative in congress in 1815, and again in 1817. He was appointed judge of the federal district court in 1818. In 1820 he was appointed judge of probate for Cumberland county. He was five times elected governor of Maine from 1822 to 1827; and was a senator in congress in 1827 and 1828. He was appointed judge of the supreme court of the state in 1828, holding the office until 1836, when he became second comptroller in the federal treasury department. He left that office in 1850, and returned to Portland.

In 1852 he was elected mayor. He died Feb. 11, 1857, in Portland, Maine.