Parker, John Milliken, 1863-1939

John Milliken Parker (1863-1939) was born in Mississippi, was in the cotton business at New Orleans, La., from 1880 onwards, was member of the New Orleans Board of Trade, New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Southern Commercial Congress, and was president of the Mississippi Valley Trade Association, 1919. He served as governor of Louisiana from 1920 to 1924 and managed flood relief in Louisiana in 1927. The Progressive Party made Parker its candidate for vice president of the United States in 1916, but the party organization came to an end before the election.

From the guide to the John Milliken Parker Papers, 1902-1938, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

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