Joel Parker
Governor of New Jersey
Born on: November 24, 1816Died on: January 2, 1888
Aged: 71 years 39 days (853 months)
Birth Sign: Sagittarius
Joel Parker was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the 20th governor of New Jersey from 1863 to 1866 and 1872 to 1875.
As a Democratic governor during the American Civil War, Parker was one of the leading critics of the Abraham Lincoln administration's domestic and military policy, though he was generally a supporter of the Union war effort.
In 1868 and 1876, he was nominated for President of the United States as a favorite son by New Jersey's party delegation.
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