1. Parker Corning was an American businessman and politician from Albany, New York.
18 Facts About Parker Corning
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Parker Corning is most notable for his service as a United States representative from New York from 1923 to 1937.
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Active in politics in the Democratic organization run by Daniel P O'Connell and Corning's brother Edwin Corning, in 1922 Parker Corning was a successful candidate for Congress.
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Parker Corning did not run for reelection in 1936 and returned to his business interests.
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Parker Corning attended The Albany Academy and St Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, from which he graduated in 1891.
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Parker Corning then attended Yale College, from which he graduated in 1895.
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Parker Corning was a founder of Albany Felt Company, which produced felts for industrial uses, including paper machines.
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The Parker Corning family provided most of the company's founding capital, including cash, wool from sheep raised on the family farm, and the land on which the first factory was built.
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Parker Corning was involved in several civic projects, including serving on the board of trustees of the Albany City Homeopathic Hospital and the Albany Rural Cemetery Association.
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Parker Corning was elected as a Democrat to the 68th and to the six succeeding Congresses, and served from March 4,1923 to January 3,1937.
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Parker Corning obtained federal funding for other projects, including the first Dunn Memorial Bridge and the Menands Bridge.
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Parker Corning's opposition stemmed partly from loyalty to Smith, whose relationship with Roosevelt soured after Roosevelt became president, and partly because of Parker Corning's more conservative economic outlook.
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Parker Corning was not a candidate for renomination in 1936, and returned to his business interests.
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Parker Corning died in Albany on May 24,1943, shortly after the death of his wife.
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Parker Corning was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery, Section 31, Lot 2.
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On November 1,1910, Parker Corning married Mrs Anne "Anna" Austin Cassin McClure, who had been married to Archibald Jermain McClure before obtaining a divorce.
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When Parker Corning proposed, his family tried to persuade him not to follow through.
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Corning's grandfathers Erastus Corning and Amasa J Parker were US Representatives from New York.