Parris, Virgil, 1807-1874

LC control no.	n 2005170908
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Parris, Virgil, 1807-1874 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated place	Paris (Me.)
Birth date	1807-02-18
Death date	1874-06-13
Place of birth	Buckfield (Me.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupation	Legislator Marshal Senator Mail agent Naval store keeper
Found in	NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for His Papers, 1826-1867 (Virgil Parris; state representative, member of U.S. Congress (1838-1841), state senator, U.S. marshal, mail agent, and naval store keeper; of Paris, Me.) Biog. dir. U.S. Congress WWW, Feb. 3, 2005 (Parris, Virgil; Virgil Delphini Parris; 1807-1874) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, viewed June 21, 2018 (PARRIS, Virgil Delphini, (cousin of Albion Keith Parris), a Representative from Maine; born in Buckfield, Me., Feb. 18, 1807; attended the common schools, Hebron Academy, Hebron, Me., and Colby College, Waterville, Me.; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1827; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Buckfield, Me.; assistant secretary of the Maine senate in 1831; member of the State house of representatives 1832-1837; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Timothy J. Carter; reelected to the Twenty-sixth Congress and served from May 29, 1838, to Mar. 3, 1841; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1840; member of the State senate in 1842 and 1843, part of the time serving as president pro tempore and as Acting Governor of the State; United States marshal for the district of Maine 1844-1848; special mail agent for New England in 1853; appointed naval storekeeper at Kittery Navy Yard in 1856; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1852 and 1872; died in Paris, Oxford County, Me., June 13, 1874)