Charles D. Parker

Charles D. Parker
Charles D. Parker
12th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
	In office; January 5, 1874 – January 7, 1878
Governor	William Robert Taylor; Harrison Ludington
Preceded by	Milton Pettit
Succeeded by	James M. Bingham
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the St. Croix district
	In office; January 4, 1869 – January 2, 1871
Preceded by	Marcus Fulton
Succeeded by	Revel K. Fay
Personal details
Born	December 27, 1827; Coos County, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died	December 27, 1925 (aged 98); River Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Greenwood Cemetery, River Falls, Wisconsin
Political party	Democratic; Republican (before 1873);
Spouse	Angeline Flora Southworth (m. 1853⁠–⁠1925)
Children	Eva A. (White); (b. 1854; died 1888); Marco Luther Parker; (b. 1858; died 1935); Lincoln H. Parker; (b. 1860; died 1954); Elmer Hiram Parker; (b. 1863; died 1948); Esmer Geralda Parker; (b. 1868; died 1875);
Parent	Luther Parker (father);

Charles Durwin Parker (December 27, 1827 – December 27, 1925) was an American farmer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, and represented St. Croix in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1869 and 1870.

Career

Parker was born in Coos County, New Hampshire, in 1827; his family moved to Waukesha County, Wisconsin Territory, in 1836. Parker then moved to the town of Pleasant Valley, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Parker served as chairman of the Pleasant Valley Town Board and on the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors. He served as a Democrat in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1869 to 1870 and served two terms as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, from 1874 until 1878 under Governors William Taylor and Harrison Ludington. From 1880 until 1888 he was a regent of the University of Wisconsin, and from 1880 until 1895 a member of the Wisconsin Board of Control. He died on his 98th birthday, December 27, 1925, in River Falls, Wisconsin.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Parker was the son of Luther Parker, the Justice of the Peace of the Republic of Indian Stream.^[4]

^ The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin. 9th ed. Madison: Atwood & Rublee, 1870, p. 370.
^ R. M. Bashford (comp.). The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin. 16th ed. Madison: R. B. Bolens, 1877, p. 445.
^ 'Last of "Lost Republic" Survivors Dies'. Manitowoc Herald News, December 28, 1925, p. 1.
^ Pike, Robert E. (1988). Spiked Boots. Dublin, New Hampshire: Yankee Books. p. 110. ISBN 0-89909-137-7.

Political offices
Preceded by Milton Pettit	Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin 1874–1878	Succeeded by James M. Bingham