Parrott, Marcus J. (Marcus Junius), 1828-1879

Born in South Carolina, educated at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, and admitted to the bar to practice law in Ohio, Parrott moved to Leavenworth, Kansas in 1855. He was court reporter for the first session of the Territorial Supreme Court in 1855. After serving as a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1855, he was elected as a Republican to the 35th and 36th Congress (1857-1861).

From the guide to the Correspondence with Charles Lanman, with a photograph. Washington., 1858, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)

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