Background
He was born in Coos County, New Hampshire in 1827. His family moved to Waukesha County, Wisconsin in 1836.
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Charles Durwin Parker
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Parker then moved to the town of Pleasant Valley, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. Parker served as chairman of the Pleasant Valley Town Board and on the Saint Croix County Board of Supervisors. He served as a Democrat in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1869 to 1870 and served two terms as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, from 1874 until 1878 under Governors William Taylor and Harrison Ludington.
He died in 1925 in River Falls, Wisconsin.
Parker was the son of Luther Parker, President of the Republic of Indian Stream.
Membership
From 1880 until 1888 he was a regent of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and from 1880 until 1895 a member of the Wisconsin Board of Control.
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Political Party
Democratic party