Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Benjamin Parker

Full Name: Benjamin F. "Ben" Parker
Birth date: February 10, 1819
Death date: December 28, 1896

Terms of Service

House, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Democrat
House, 8th Legislature
11/7/1859 - 11/4/1861
House, 6th Legislature
11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857

(1) B. Parker, democrat, "Elections in Texas. Returns from different districts," p. 1, 11/4/1880. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(3) "On December 19, 1863, Benjamin and Irena Parker joined the Pilgrim Predestinarian Regular Baptist Church of Jesus near Elkhart, Texas, and were baptized. Parker was called to serve as assistant pastor of Pilgrim Church on November 19, 1864. He became pastor there on July 17, 1869, and served in that position until his death, on December 28, 1896." Handbook of Texas Online .
Handbook of Texas Online
(4) Palestine, Anderson County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) Elk Heart, Anderson County, Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(6) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. Benjamin Parker, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Photograph. B. Parker, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Other Resources

PARKER, BENJAMIN F. (1819-1896). Handbook of Texas Online .
Biographical sketch and portrait. Born 1813 in Crawford County, Illinois. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature 1860.