Abraham J. Palmer Explained

Abraham John Palmer (January 18, 1847 – April 17, 1922) was an American physician, Methodist minister and politician.

Life

Palmer 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]

Notes and References

1. News: Third Party Runs Third In Ulster . Dr. Abraham J. Palmer, who was nominated for the State Senate by the Progressives, and afterward endorsed by the Republicans ... . . October 23, 1912 . 2010-07-09 .
2. Book: 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. .
3. News: Dr. Abraham J. Palmer . Dr. Abraham J. Palmer, widely known as a lecturer and Methodist minister, died suddenly Monday night at his home, ... . The New York Times . April 19, 1922 . 2010-07-09 .