Isaac Charles Parker (October 15, 1838 â€" November 17, 1896) was an
American politician and jurist. He served as a United States
Representative 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 Indian
Territory.Parker became known as the "Hanging Judge" of the American
Old West, because he sentenced numerous convicts to death. In 21 years
on the federal bench, Judge Parker tried 13,490 cases. In more than
8,500 of these cases, the defendant either pleaded guilty or was
convicted at trial. Parker sentenced 160 people to death; 79 were
executed.Born in Ohio, Parker was the youngest son of Joseph Parker
and his wife Jane Shannon. He was the great-nephew of Ohio Governor
Wilson Shannon. He was raised on the family farm near Barnesville,
Ohio. He attended Breeze Hill Primary School, followed by the
Barnesville Classical Institute, a private school. He taught in a
county primary school to pay for his secondary education. At 17, he
began an apprenticeship in law, called "reading the law" with an
established firm, and passed the Ohio bar exam in 1859 at the age of
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