He was Postmaster of Potsdam from 1865 to 1866 , and also served as a justice of the peace and as president of the Village of Potsdam . He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1868 to 1871 . In the Senate , Parker served as chairman of the Committee on Insurance and Public Health . In 1876 , Parker was a candidate to be one of New York 's presidential electors , but Democratic nominee Samuel Tilden carried the state and received its electoral votes . Parker was elected as a Republican to the 47th and to the three succeeding Congresses ( March 4 , 1881 – March 3 , 1889 ) . He was appointed by President Grover Cleveland as a member of the first labor investigation commission . He served as a delegate to the 1892 Republican National Convention and as First Assistant Attorney General from September 8 , 1890 to March 4 , 1893
1892 Republican National Convention
1892 Republican National Convention
Abraham X. Parker