Richard Parker

★ U.S. Representative

Born: August 6, 1848
Died: November 28, 1923
Age at death: 75
Home state: New Jersey
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1894–1922

Career timeline

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11-3

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Parker288,464

Opponents249,185

Elections run

Between 1894 and 1922, Richard Parker ran in 14 U.S. House elections, winning 11 and losing 3. Parker's biggest single-election total was 32,830 votes, in the 1900 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 6. Parker's closest win came in the 1906 U.S. House election in New Jersey's District 7, decided by 510 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in New Jersey's District 9, every U.S. House race in New Jersey's District 7, or every U.S. House race in New Jersey's District 6.

How many votes has Richard Parker received?

Richard Parker has received 288,464 popular votes across 14 U.S. elections, with a career record of 11–3.

Election history

Richard Parker’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1922	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	19,18247.41%	Daniel Minahan (head-to-head)
1920	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	32,24059.33%	Daniel Minahan (head-to-head) Goebel George L Wolfson
1918	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	9,33842.82%	Daniel Minahan (head-to-head) Bircher Biershing
1916	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	14,64147.89%	Matthews Wherett John Berryman (head-to-head)
1914	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	9,48237.3%	Gregory Seymour Bohn Roper Edmund L Roff (head-to-head)
1912	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Lost	5,81824.2%	Walter McCoy Walker (head-to-head) William E. Bohm John Berryman (head-to-head)
1908	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	24,86356.62%	Townsend
1906	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	16,49349.5%	Kraemer Ball John Johnson Riddle
1904	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	25,57861.43%	Jackson James E Billings (head-to-head) Rusby Greengrass Burgholz
1902	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	19,87856.59%	Richard T Miller Frank Clinton Day Walker (head-to-head) Edmund L Roff (head-to-head)
1900	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	32,83060.7%	George H Lambert William Strother Jones Moritz Hoffmann Gray (head-to-head)
1898	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	23,84352.49%	Henry G Atwater Henry Carless Daniel B Raub
1896	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	31,05964.24%	Joseph A Beecher William J Peoples James E Billings (head-to-head) Oliver B Harden
1894	U.S. HouseNew Jersey	Won	23,21957.9%	Thomas English Walker (head-to-head) James Buchanan Gray (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (P000070) and Wikidata (Q1523689). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.