John Fabyan PARROTT, Congress, NH (1767-1836)

PARROTT John Fabyan , a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Portsmouth, N.H., August 8, 1767; attended the common schools; member, State house of representatives 1809-1814; held various local offices; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1812 to the Thirteenth Congress; elected to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819); elected as a Democratic Republican (later Adams-Clay Republican) to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1825; postmaster of Portsmouth, N.H., 1826; member, State senate 1830-1831; died in Greenland, Rockingham County, N.H., July 9, 1836; interment in the family burying ground on the Parrott estate.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present