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Ralph J. Parker

Sessions Served

Other Information

House 1915-22 (District 1)

Party when first elected: Nonpartisan Election

Counties Served: Fillmore, Houston

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 12/17/1867

Birth Place: Frankford Township, Minnesota

Birth County: Mower

Birth Country: United States

Date of Death: 12/27/1922

Gender: Male

Religion:

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names:

City of Residence (when first elected): Spring Valley

Occupation (when first elected): Attorney

EDUCATION

Spring Valley Schools; At Least Elementary School;
University of Minnesota, Law School; Law Degree; 1890

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

County Attorney: Fillmore County, Minnesota; 1903 to 1909 [Elected]

Judge: 10th Judicial District, Minnesota (District Judge, he took the oath of office on his sick bed); 12/22/1922 to 12/27/1922 [Elected]

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GENERAL NOTES

He was of Irish ancestry.

He died at the hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.

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Total Days Served: 2910

SESSIONS SERVED

42nd Legislative Session (1921-1922)

Session Details Convened Date: 1/4/1921

Body: House

District: 01

Elected: 11/2/1920

Residence: Spring Valley

Term of Office: 1/3/1921 to 12/22/1922 (unfinished term)
Oath Date: 1/4/1921

Counties Represented: Fillmore, Houston

Occupation: Attorney

Party: Nonpartisan Election

Committees:

Elections
Judiciary (Chair)
Public Highways
Public Utilities
Rules
Workmens Compensation

Reason for unfinished term: Elected to other office

Session Notes: He had been elected a Judge in the November, 1922 elections. He was sworn in, on his sick bed, on December 22, 1922. He died on December 27, 1922.

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41st Legislative Session (1919-1920)

Session Details Convened Date: 1/7/1919

Body: House

District: 01

Elected: 11/5/1918

Residence: Spring Valley

Term of Office: 1/6/1919 to 1/2/1921
Oath Date: 1/7/1919

Counties Represented: Fillmore, Houston

Occupation: Attorney

Party: Nonpartisan Election

Committees:

Civil Administration
Elections
Judiciary (Chair)
Reconstruction and Relief
Rules

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40th Legislative Session (1917-1918)

Session Details Convened Date: 1/2/1917

Body: House

District: 01

Elected: 11/7/1916

Residence: Spring Valley

Term of Office: 1/1/1917 to 1/5/1919
Oath Date: 1/2/1917

Counties Represented: Fillmore, Houston

Occupation: Attorney

Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus Party Notes: "The Liberals have controlled the House only in 1933, 1937, 1955, 1957, 1959 and 1961." (Mitau, G. Theodore. Politics in Minnesota, 1970, p. 83.)

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Leadership Position: Speaker of the House