What is Abraham X. Parker?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Abraham X. Parker | image = Abraham X. Parker.jpg | caption = Abraham X. Parker | state_senate = New York State | district = 17th | term_start = 1868 | term_end = 1871 | predecessor = Abel Godard | successor = Wells S. Dickinson | state_assembly1 = New York | district1 = St. Lawrence County, 3rd District | term_start1 = 1863 | term_end1 = 1864 | predecessor1 = Calvin T. Hulburd | successor1 = Daniel Shaw | birth_date = {{birth date|1831|11|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Granville, Vermont]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1909|8|9|1831|11|14|df=yes}} | death_place = Potsdam, [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | resting_place = Bayside Cemetery, Potsdam, New York, U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Jenny Wright | children = {{flatlist| * Mabel * Thurlow * Jennie * Kittie * Harriet (Hattie) * Alice * Bessie }} }} '''Abraham X. Parker''' (14 November 1831 – 9 August 1909) was an American lawyer and politician from [[New York (state)|New York]], known for his time in the [[New York State Assembly]] from 1863 to 1864, the [[New York State Senate]] from 1867 to 1871, and the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1881 to 1889. == Biography == Parker was born in November 14, 1831, in [[Granville, Vermont]], He studied law with Henry L. Knowles,{{sfn|''Life Sketches''|page=116}} and completed his legal education at Albany Law School, becoming a lawyer in 1854.{{sfn|''Life Sketches''|page=116}} He practiced law in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]] with Eli Cook and Freeman J. Fithian before briefly working in [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]].{{sfn|''Life Sketches''|page=116}} In 1856, he partnered with John G. McIntyre in Potsdam.{{sfn|''Life Sketches''|page=116}} Parker served in the [[New York State Assembly]] in 1863 and 1864,{{sfn|''Life Sketches''|page=117}} chairing the Committee on Claims and later the Committee on Commerce and Navigation. He was also Postmaster of Potsdam, a justice of the peace, and the Village of Potsdam's p