The Marlborough Historical Society will meet at 2 p.m. at the historic Milton Train Station to learn more about Alton Brooks Parker, an Esopus, Ulster County resident who garnered the Democratic nod to run against the popular President Teddy Roosevelt in 1904.
Our presenter: Kingston attorney John Wadlin is a lifelong Ulster County resident. He graduated from Syracuse University and earned his law degree there. Since 1970 he has been with the firm of Rusk Wadlin Heppner and
Martuscello and is currently of counsel at the firm. John is the past president of the Ulster County Bar Association and the Catskill Landowners' Association. He served as Trustee for 17 years and as Chairman of the Board at SUNY Ulster.
From Wikipedia:
"Alton Brooks Parker (May 14, 1852 - May 10, 1926) was an American judge. He is best known as the Democrat who lost the presidential election of 1904 to Theodore Roosevelt.
A native of upstate New York, Parker practiced law in Kingston, New York, betore being appointed to the New York Supreme Court and elected to the New York Court of Appeals; he served as Chief Judge of the latter from
1898 to 1904, when he resigned to run for president. In 1904, he defeated liberal publisher William Randolph Hearst for the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States. In the general election, Parker opposed popular incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt. After a disorganized and ineffective campaign, Parker was defeated by 336 electoral votes to 140, carrying only the traditionally Democratic solid south.