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Marcus J. Parrott

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Marcus Junius Parrott (October 27, 1828 – October 4, 1879) was a delegate to Congress from the Kansas Territory from 1857 until 1861. He was born in Hamburg, South Carolina. He graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1849. He studied law at Cambridge University. He practiced law in Dayton, Ohio, serving in the Ohio House of Representatives He moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1855. He died in Dayton, Ohio.[1]

References

  • United States Congress. "Marcus J. Parrott (id: P000085)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas Territory

March 4, 1857 - January 29, 1861
Succeeded by
statehood achieved