Samuel Wilson Parker (September 9, 1805 – February 1, 1859), was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1851 to 1855.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1839 and 1843. He served in the State senate 1841-1843. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1849 to the Thirty-first Congress.
Parker was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855). He did not seek renomination in 1855.
Death
He died near Sackets Harbor, New York, February 1, 1859. He was interred in the private cemetery on the Old Elm farm,[1], in Connersville, Indiana.
