Parker, Alton B. (Alton Brooks), 1852-1926

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Alton Brooks Parker (May 14, 1852 – May 10, 1926) was an American judge, best known as the Democrat who lost the presidential election of 1904 to incumbent Theodore Roosevelt in a landslide.

A native of upstate New York, Parker practiced law in Kingston, New York, before being appointed to the New York Supreme Court and elected to the New York Court of Appeals; he served as Chief Judge of the latter from 1898 to 1904, when he resigned to run for president. In 1904, he defeated liberal publisher William Randolph Hearst for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. In the general election, Parker opposed popular incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt. After a disorganized and ineffective campaign, Parker was defeated by 336 electoral votes to 140, carrying only the traditionally Democratic Solid South. He then returned to practicing law. He managed John A. Dix's successful 1910 campaign for Governor of New York and served as prosecution counsel for the 1913 impeachment of Dix's successor, Governor William Sulzer.

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referencedIn Judge Alton B. Parker scrapbooks, 1926. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf Alton B. Parker Papers, 1878-1937, (bulk 1904-1926) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn New York (State). Court of Appeals. Digests of opinions, 1901. New York State Archives
creatorOf National Civic Federation. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1914-1919. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Parker, Charles Astor, 1867-1957. Charles Astor Parker papers, 1861-1952. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Frederick Lieder political button collection, 1856-1918. Houghton Library
referencedIn Norton family. Letters received by the Norton family, 1830-1920 Houghton Library
referencedIn Records of the Office of Speechwriting (Clinton Administration), 1993 - 2001. Michael Waldman's Files, 1995 - 2000 William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908. Letters of Charles Eliot Norton [manuscript] 1885, 1904. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn National Civic Federation records, 1894-1949, 1900-1920 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908. Autograph collection [manuscript] 1820, 1869, 1894-1922. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Hall, Charles Mercer, 1864-1929. Letter, 1905 Feb. 7, Kingston, N.Y. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Treman family. Treman family papers, 1838-1954. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Andrew Carnegie Papers, 1803-1935, (bulk 1890-1919) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Williams, John Sharp, 1854-1932. John Sharp Williams letters, 1904-1907. Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
creatorOf Autograph collection, 1633-1954. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Daniel Scott Lamont Papers, 1853-1928, (bulk 1893-1905) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Brady, Cyrus Townsend, 1861-1920. Papers of Cyrus Townsend Brady [manuscript] 1904 Aug. 13, n.d. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn David B. Hill Papers, 1885-1910 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Hill, David B. (David Bennett), 1843-1910. Papers, 1872-1920. American Periodical Series I
referencedIn Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007. Case Files of Attorneys, Agents, Pensioners, and Others Relating to the Prosecution of Pension Claims and the Investigation of Fraudulent Practices, ca. 1886 - 1933 National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration
referencedIn William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Autograph File, P, 1554-2005. Houghton Library
referencedIn Thompson, Charles Willis. Charles W. Thompson letters, 1901-1912. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Creelman, James, 1859-1915. Papers, 1890-1915. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn McClellan, George B. (George Brintion), 1865-1940. Letterbooks, 1904-1909. New-York Historical Society
creatorOf Williams, John Skelton, 1865-1926. Letter of John Skelton Williams, Richmond, to My dear Major [manuscript] 1904 July 11. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Grover Cleveland Papers, 1743-1945, (bulk 1885-1908) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Portsmouth (Va.) Fifth Ward Parker Davis and Maynard Club Minute Book, 1904 Library of Virginia
referencedIn Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006. National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017 National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration
referencedIn Charles Eliot Norton Collection, 1885, 1904 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn McNutt, Paul V. (Paul Vories), 1891-1955. Mss., 1899-1955 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Taggart, Thomas, 1856-1929. Scrapbook, 1904. Indiana Historical Society Library
creatorOf Straus, Nathan, 1848-1931. [Letter] 1904 October 24, New York [to Alton Brooks] Parker / Nathan Strauss. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
creatorOf New York Sabbath Committee. Pamphlets. New-York Historical Society Library
referencedIn Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933. Additional papers, 1841-1940 Houghton Library
referencedIn Shepard, Edward Morse, 1850-1911. Papers, 1837-1914. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879. Autograph collection [manuscript] 1725-1933. University of Virginia. Library
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