Albion Parris

Albion Keith Parris (January 19, 1788 – February 11, 1857) was the 5th Governor of Maine, a United States representative from the District of Maine, Massachusetts, a United States senator from Maine, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine, an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and the 2nd Comptroller of the Currency for the United States Department of the Treasury. Education and career Born on January 19, 1788, in Hebron, District of Maine (then part of Massachusetts), Parris graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806 and read law in 1809. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Paris, District of Maine from 1810 to 1811. He was prosecutor for Oxford County, District of Maine from 1811 to 1813. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from Paris, District of Maine from 1813 to 1814. He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate from Oxford and Somerset Counties, District of Maine from 1814 to 1815. United States representative