US Congressman, Abolitionist. Elected as a Republican to represent the territory of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1857 to 1861. The son of a Quaker, he graduated from Dickinson College, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1849, and earned a law degree at Cambridge University in 1851. Moving to Ohio, he practiced as an attorney in Dayton and served in the Ohio State House of Representatives. Parrott then moved to Kansas in 1855 and became a member of the Free State Party. At that time, the territory of Kansas was approaching statehood and was torn between pro-slavers and free state advocates, a violent conflict that earned it the name "Bleeding Kansas". Parrott publicly supported the abolitionist cause and as a lawyer he defended several "free-staters". He was elected to Congress in 1856. He then ran for a seat in the United States Senate and lost a close election, finishing third in ballot voting to the popular James H. Lane and Samuel Pomeroy. He lost reelection to Congress in 1862 and again in 1874.
US Congressman, Abolitionist. Elected as a Republican to represent the territory of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1857 to 1861. The son of a Quaker, he graduated from Dickinson College, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1849, and earned a law degree at Cambridge University in 1851. Moving to Ohio, he practiced as an attorney in Dayton and served in the Ohio State House of Representatives. Parrott then moved to Kansas in 1855 and became a member of the Free State Party. At that time, the territory of Kansas was approaching statehood and was torn between pro-slavers and free state advocates, a violent conflict that earned it the name "Bleeding Kansas". Parrott publicly supported the abolitionist cause and as a lawyer he defended several "free-staters". He was elected to Congress in 1856. He then ran for a seat in the United States Senate and lost a close election, finishing third in ballot voting to the popular James H. Lane and Samuel Pomeroy. He lost reelection to Congress in 1862 and again in 1874.
Bio by: K Guy
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"Marquis J. Parrott" in cemetery's database; grave apparently unmarked or if there was a marker it is no longer visible or legible
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