Albion K. Parris

Infobox Congressman
name =Albion Keith Parris


imagesize =181px
state =Massachusetts
district =20th
term_start =March 4, 1815
term_end =February 3, 1818
preceded =Levi Hubbard
succeeded =Enoch Lincoln
order2 =5th Governor of Maine
term_start2 =January 5, 1822
term_end2 =January 3, 1827
preceded2 =Daniel Rose
succeeded2 =Enoch Lincoln
order3 =United States Senator
from Maine
term_start3 =March 4, 1827
term_end3 =August 26, 1828
preceded3 =John Holmes
succeeded3 =John Holmes
order4 =10th Mayor of Portland, Maine
term_start4 =1852
term_end4 =1852
preceded4 =Neal S. Dow
succeeded4 =J.B. Cahoon
birth_date =January 19, 1788
birth_place =Hebron, Maine
death_date =February 11, 1857
death_place =Portland, Maine
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party =Democratic-Republican
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alma_mater =Dartmouth College
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Albion Keith Parris (January 19, 1788–February 11, 1857) was an American politician and jurist of Maine. Parris served in many elected and appointed positions throughout this life, including state legislator, U.S. Senator, Governor, state Supreme Court judge, and mayor.

Parris was born in Hebron, Maine, then a part of Massachusetts. His father, Samuel, was from Massachusetts and has been one of the first settlers of the town following the American Revolutionary War. His cousin was Virgil Delphini Parris, also a politician. Parris entered Dartmouth College in 1803, graduating in 1806. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar, beginning practice in 1809 in Paris, Maine. In 1810, he married Sarah Whitman, the eldest daughter of the Reverend Levi Whitman of Wellfleet. He had three daughters and two sons (including Albion Woodbury Small), all of who survived him.

In 1811, Parris became the Oxford County prosecutor. From 1813 to 1814, Parris served in the State House; from 1814 to 1816 he was a member of the State Senate.

On March 4, 1815, Parris began his term as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, elected as a Democratic-Republican. On to February 3, 1818, he resigned to become a judge of the District Court of Maine, serving until 1820. In 1819, Parris was a delegate to the Maine constitutional convention.

On January 27, 1818, Parris was nominated by President James Monroe to become a probate judge for Cumberland County, to a seat vacated by David Sewall. The appointment was confirmed by the Senate on the next day, and Parris served as a judge until January 1, 1822, when he resigned to become the Governor. Parris served as Governor until 1827.

That year, Parris was elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from March 4, 1827, to August 26, 1828, when he resigned to become a judge on the Maine Supreme Court. Parris served as a Supreme Court judge until 1836, he when became the Second Comptroller of the Treasury; Parris served in this position until 1850.

In 1852, Parris became the mayor of Portland. He did not seek reelection and launched an unsuccessful bid in 1854 as a Democrat to become Governor; he was defeated by Anson P. Morrill. In his later years he was an active member of the High Street Church and a Sunday School teacher. He died at age 69 in Portland and was interred at the Western Cemetery.

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