Background
Parker, Richard Wayne was born on August 6, 1848 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Honorary Cortlandt and Elizabeth Wolcott (Stites) Parker.
Parker, Richard Wayne was born on August 6, 1848 in Morristown, New Jersey, United States. Son of Honorary Cortlandt and Elizabeth Wolcott (Stites) Parker.
Brother of James and Charles Wolcott P. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1867, Master of Arts, 1870. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1869.
Admitted to bar, 1870, and began practice at Newark.
Member New Jersey Assembly, 1885, 1886. Member 54th to 61st Congresses (1895-1911), 7th New Jersey District, and 63d Congress (for unexpired term, December 1914-March 1915) and 64th, 65th and 67th Congresses (1915-1919) and (1921-1923), 9th New Jersey District.
Married Eleanor K. Gordon, January 2, 1884.