heavily centralized management style when he spoke out to promote the Corps of Engineers priorities and was then asked to leave in the summer of 2002. In recent years Parker has been a Washington lobbyist, specializing in infrastructure issues. Post-politics In August 2020, Parker endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for President, along with 26 other former Republican members of Congress. See also List of American politicians who switched parties in office List of United States representatives who switched parties References External links Parker's lobbying profile |- |- |- 1949 births American lobbyists Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi George W. Bush administration personnel Living people Mississippi Republicans People from Laurel, Mississippi Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives United States Department of Defense officials Members of Congress who became lobbyists