Abraham John Palmer (1847 – April 17, 1922) was an American physician, Methodist minister and politician from New York.
Life edit
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, ...