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A.J. Palmer (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Wystan said:

  New York state senator A. J. Palmer, of Ulster, N. Y., was a member of the Progressive Party, and a sponsor of reform legislation. In April, 1913, he introduced a bill in the N. Y. legislature to repeal public utility franchises of all types after a term of twenty-five years. In March, 1914 he was quoted in a New York Times story on the necessity of paying legislators an adequate wage, as a means of removing money from politics. Here is another Bain/LOC portrait of Senator Palmer:

• Richard Norton said:

  I added his to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Palmer Abraham John Palmer, M.D., (1847 - April 17, 1922) was a physician and a Methodist minister, and a member of the New York Legislature from Ulster, New York who was a member of Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party.

• Barbara (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks to both of you for the further information on A. J. Palmer. We'll incorporate more identification information when we next update the description.