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Cader Atkins Parker Full Name: Cader Atkins Parker Date of birth: May 16, 1810 Date of death: January 19, 1886 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 8 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Lone Star / Titus   Red River, Titus (1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. Remained in effect from its passage until first reapportionment after 1880 Census. University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (2) 14th Legislature, Regular Session - 1/13/1874, pp. 1-2. Listed in group of "Senators elect" that took the oath of office. "Upon calling the roll of Senators by the Secretary, the following Senators answered to their names, came forward, presented their credentials, took the oath of office, administered by Judge Livingston Lindsey and took their seats," Senate Journal. (3) "Because of the adoption of the new constitution [of 1876], any member of the 14th Legislature who wished to continue to serve had to run for reelection," p. 220. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Foreword, biographical sketch, photos/portraits, and reprint of biographical sketch from The Gospel Messenger, March 1884, pp. 4-8, 24, 32-40, Ancestors and Descendants of Cader Atkins Parker, 1810-1886, by his great grandson Robert S. Roddenberry, Jr., 1959. HeritageQuest Online. Biographical sketch, p. 194. Burial in Providence Cemetery near Mount Vernon. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999. Other Resources Cader Atkins Parker, birth date 5/16/1810 in Cumberland County, North Carolina; death date 1/19/1886; interment in Providence Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Franklin County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. Cader Parker, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 14th R.S. - 1874 Agriculture (Chair)  Asylums   Penitentiary   Privileges and Elections   Removal of Judge M. Priest, 4th Judicial District   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   Rooms in Capitol Building   Stock and Stock Raising

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