Isaac Parker
American politician (1838-1896) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 58
Isaac Charles Parker, also known as "Hanging Judge" Parker, was an American politician and jurist.
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Photo of Isaac Parker taken between 1860 and 1865
Photo of Parker's courtroom reconstructed at the Fort Smith National Historic Site, taken some 70 years later in 1966
Parker in his later years
Present-day image of the reconstructed gallows now located at the Fort Smith National Historic Site, taken in 2008About this person
He served as a United States representative in two separate districts subsequently from Missouri and was appointed as the first United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, which also had jurisdiction over the adjacent Indian Territory to the west. He was appointed by 18th President Ulysses S. Grant in 1875 and served in the federal judiciary until his death in 1896.
