William Parmenter
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William Parmenter was a United States Representative from Massachusetts
. He was born in Boston on March 30, 1789. He attended the city's public schools, including the Boston Latin School
.
He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
in 1829, served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1836 and was a Cambridge
selectman in 1836. He was manager and agent of the New England Crown Glass Co., and President of the Middlesex Bank. Parmenter was elected as a Democrat
to the Twenty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1845), serving as Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs in the (Twenty-eighth Congress). He also served as a naval officer at the port of Boston 1845-1849.
He died in East Cambridge, Massachusetts
on February 25, 1866. His interment was in Cambridge Cemetery.
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. He was born in Boston on March 30, 1789. He attended the city's public schools, including the Boston Latin School
Boston Latin School
The Boston Latin School is a public exam school founded on April 23, 1635, in Boston, Massachusetts. It is both the first public school and oldest existing school in the United States....
.
He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...
in 1829, served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1836 and was a Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
selectman in 1836. He was manager and agent of the New England Crown Glass Co., and President of the Middlesex Bank. Parmenter was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
to the Twenty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1845), serving as Chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs in the (Twenty-eighth Congress). He also served as a naval officer at the port of Boston 1845-1849.
He died in East Cambridge, Massachusetts
East Cambridge, Massachusetts
East Cambridge is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Referred to as Area 1, East Cambridge is bounded by the Charles River on the East, the Somerville border on the North, Broadway and Main Street on the South, and the railroad tracks on the West...
on February 25, 1866. His interment was in Cambridge Cemetery.