Abraham John Palmer (January 18, 1847 – April 17, 1922) was an American physician, Methodist minister and politician.
Abraham J. Palmer | |
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 Photograph of Palmer in either 1910 or 1915 | |
| Born | January 18, 1847 |
| Died | April 17, 1922 (aged 75) New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupation | New York State Senator |
| Political party | Bull Moose Party |
| Other political affiliations | Republican Party |
Life
editPalmer was born in Frenchtown, New Jersey on January 18, 1847. Little is known of his childhood.
He was a teenager throughout the American Civil War. He turned 18 on January 18, 1865.
Sometime after 1866 he had moved to New York.
Palmer was elected in November 1912 as a Progressive with Republican endorsement to the New York State Senate (27th D.), and was a member of the 136th and 137th New York State Legislatures in 1913 and 1914.[1]
In April, 1913, he introduced a bill in the New York Legislature to repeal public utility franchises of all types after a term of twenty-five years.[2]
In February 1914, he announced that he would not vote with the Progressives anymore, after a combination of Democratic and Progressive legislators had elected Homer D. Call as State Treasurer.
He died on April 17, 1922.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Third Party Runs Third In Ulster". The New York Times. October 23, 1912. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
Dr. Abraham J. Palmer, who was nominated for the State Senate by the Progressives, and afterward endorsed by the Republicans ...
- ^ Electrical World. 1914.
A bill introduced in the New York Legislature by Senator A. J. Palmer, of Ulster, and Assemblyman S. Sufrin, of New York City, Progressives, limits the grant of fixed-period public-utility franchises to twenty-five years and of indeterminate permits to a maximum of fifty years. It also provides for the repeal of abandoned franchises and recovery of control of unlimited or perpetual franchises heretofore granted.
- ^ "Dr. Abraham J. Palmer" (PDF). The New York Times. April 19, 1922. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
Dr. Abraham J. Palmer, widely known as a lecturer and Methodist minister, died suddenly Monday night at his home, ...