John Francis Parker

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John Francis Parker
Minority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1967–1989
Preceded by	Philip A. Graham
Succeeded by	David H. Locke
Mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts[1]
In office 1947[1]–1954[1]
Preceded by	Merrill Aldrich
Succeeded by	Joseph C. Chamberlain
Member of the Massachusetts Senate[1] 1st Bristol District[3]
In office 1953[2]–1989[1]
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.
Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party
In office 1965–1967
Preceded by	Frederic C. Dumaine Jr.
Succeeded by	Josiah Spaulding
Personal details
Born	John Francis Parker[3] May 29, 1907[3] Dorchester, Massachusetts[2]
Died	December 1992[1]
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Profession	Newspaper compositor[3]

John Francis Parker (May 29, 1907-December 1992) was the last of a long line of part-time mayors of Taunton, Massachusetts. By his efforts the City Council decided to make the position full-time. Parker was elected to the State Senate in 1953, and served for many years as the Minority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate, the post he held when he retired from public life in 1989. He was also a member of the Taunton School Committee.^[1]

Parker desired to succeed Congressman Joseph William Martin Jr. (R-MA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, however Parker refused to oppose the elderly former Speaker in the Republican primary of 1968. Martin was defeated in the primary by Governor’s Councilor Margaret Heckler (R-MA) effectively ending Parker's efforts of attaining higher office.

A middle school within the city is named in honor of his service to the city, and a section of U.S. Route 44 is named in honor of Parker and his wife, Mae, who had no children. The Taunton Municipal Golf Course was changed to the John F. Parker Municipal Golf Course.

See also[]

• Massachusetts legislature: 1953–1954, 1955–1956, 1957–1958, 1959–1960, 1961–1962, 1963–1964, 1965–1966, 1967–1968, 1969–1970, 1971–1972, 1973–1974, 1975–1976, 1977–1978, 1979–1980, 1981–1982, 1983–1984, 1985–1986, 1987–1988

Notes[]

Further reading[]

• John F. Parker (1985), Legislative Life, Its Realities, Facts, Wit & Humor – via Internet Archive. ("New Legislators' Orientation, State House, Boston")

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