Background
Parker, Sherman was born on August 28, 1971.
Parker, Sherman was born on August 28, 1971.
University of Vermont.
He was a Republican who represented part of Saint Charles County (District 12) for two terms. He was elected to the House in 2002 election and was re-elected in 2004 with 73% of the vote. Parker left the House in 2006 to run for Congress, but lost the Republican nomination to the incumbent, Republican
Todd Akin.
During the 92nd Missouri General Assembly, Parker was elected Deputy Majority Whip and served as Vice-Chairman of the Financial Services Committee. He also served on the Education Committee, and the Small Business Committee. During his first year as a legislator, Missouri’s community college chancellors and presidents named Parker their legislator of the year for his work and commitment to higher education.
Parker was also named Missouri Votes Conservation’s Rising Stars, due to his leadership on conservation issues.
In 2002, Parker was named by his peers as the Missouri’s Young Republican of the Year. From 2000 to 2007, he served on the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Saint Charles County.
In 2006, Parker was named by the Saint Louis Business Journal as one of the region"s "Most Influential Minority Business Leaders". He received his Bachelor of Arts in North and South American History and Political Science at the University of Vermont in 1994.
During his junior year there, he attended the Saint Louis University in Madrid, Spain.
Parker died suddenly as a result of a brain aneurysm at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis.
Prior to his legislative duties, Parker served as the Chief Operating Officer for Omicron Development Corporation, was a member of the executive staff of UniGroup, Incorporated., an Account Comptroller for State Street Bank in Boston, Massachusetts, and served as a Special Assistant to three United States Senators: Missouri Senator and former Missouri Governor Christopher "Kit" Bond, former Senator Jim Talent, and former Senator and Governor John Ashcroft.