Background
CORNING, Parker was born on January 22, 1874 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Erastus and Mary (Parker) Corning.
United States representative politician
CORNING, Parker was born on January 22, 1874 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Erastus and Mary (Parker) Corning.
Born in Albany, he attended the public schools, The Albany Academy, and Saint Paul"s School in Concord, New Hampshire. He graduated from Yale University in 1895, engaged in the manufacture of steel and woolens, and was also interested in banking.
Originally known as Albany Felt Company, it made of industrial felts for use in paper machines. By the time of Corning"s death it was doing millions of dollars of business in several countries. Today it is a public company headquartered in {Rochester, New Hampshire, that makes composite materials for use in the aerospace industry as well as industrial fabrics.
Corning was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1923 to January 3, 1937.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1936 and resumed his former pursuits. In 1943 he died in Albany.
Interment was in Albany Rural Cemetery. On November 1, 1910, Parker Corning married Mistress
Anna Cassin McClure, divorced wife of Archibald Jermain McClure.
Parker Corning owned a number of successful Thoroughbred racehorses that were raced under his wife"s name.