John M. Parker
John Milliken Parker Sr. | |
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37th Governor of Louisiana | |
In office May 11, 1920 – May 13, 1924 | |
Lieutenant | Hewitt Bouanchaud Delos R. Johnson |
Preceded by | Ruffin G. Pleasant |
Succeeded by | Henry L. Fuqua |
Personal details | |
Born | John Milliken Parker March 16, 1863 |
Spouse | Cecile Airey Parker |
Alma mater | Eastman Business College |
Occupation | Businessman |
John Milliken Parker Sr. (March 16, 1863 – May 20, 1939), was an American
Early years
Parker was born in Bethel Church, Mississippi to John Milliken Parker and Roberta Bunchner, wealthy parents whose families each owned substantial plantation lands in that state.[1] He was educated at the historic prep school Chamberlain-Hunt Academy in Port Gibson, Mississippi, Belle View Academy in Virginia, and Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York. A prominent businessman, he was the president of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange and the Board of Trade.
In 1891, Parker participated in the mob that
Early political career
Parker first ran for Governor of Louisiana in
In the aftermath of both losses, Parker was seen as a likely candidate for Governor in
Parker's record as governor
Prior to the term of Parker the state had no continuous paved roads east to west or north to south crossing the entire state.[6] In 1922, he sent the Federal Bureau of Investigation a message begging for help in fighting the Ku Klux Klan, which had grown so powerful in Louisiana that it not only controlled the northern half of the state but had kidnapped, tortured, and killed two people who opposed it.[7][8][9]
Post-gubernatorial years
After his gubernatorial term ended, Parker devoted himself to his experimental farm at Bayou Sara near
Parker died in 1939 at the age of seventy-six in Pass Christian, Mississippi, east of New Orleans. He is interred at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans.
The 12,000-seat John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum on the LSU campus is named in his honor.
World War I
Roosevelt selected Parker as one of eighteen officers (others included
References
- ^ "John M. Parker Papers". University Libraries. October 31, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
Bethel Church, Miss
- ^ Bennett H. Wall, "Louisiana: A History", (Harlan Davidson, Inc., 2008), pp. 268
- ^ a b c Greaves Cowan & McGuire 2008, p. 151.
- ^ a b c Carter 1968, p. 317.
- ^ Greaves Cowan & McGuire 2008, p. 152.
- ^ McKinney, Karen JS. “Getting Out of the Mud: Louisiana and Good Roads before 1928.” Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, vol. 60, no. 3, 2019, p. 292. JSTOR website Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ Federal Bureau of Investigation (March 11, 2004). "A Byte Out of FBI History: Imperial Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan in Kustody". Federal Bureau of Investigation. Archived from the original on September 19, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ISBN 1-893693-09-0
- ^ Miller, Sons of Darkness Sons of Light, pp. 187–188
- Huey P. Long, Jr., Every Man a King: The Autobiography of Huey P. Long (New Orleans: National Book Club, Inc., 1933), p. 183.
- OCLC 394557.
Sources
- Greaves Cowan, Walter; McGuire, Jack B. (2008). "John M. Parker (1920-1924)". Louisiana Governors: Rulers, Rascals, Reformers. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi. pp. 149–57. ISBN 978-1-934110-90-4.
- Carter, Hodding (1968). The Past as Prelude: New Orleans, 1718-1968. New Orleans, La.: Pelican Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN 9781455610143.
Notes
External links
- Cemetery Memorial by La-Cemeteries
- John M. Parker at Find a Grave
- John M. Parker Papers at The Historic New Orleans Collection