Mathies “Matt” Parrott (May 11, 1837 – April 21, 1900) was the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1896 to 1898.
Born in Schoharie County, New York, Parrott moved to Iowa and was in the newspaper and printing business. He served in the Iowa Senate from 1886 to 1894 and was Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1896 to 1898. He also served as Mayor of Waterloo from 1877 to 1880.[1][2] He died in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1900.[3][4]
Notes
- ^ John C. Hartman, ed. (1915), History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people, Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co. – via HathiTrust
- ^ Annals of Iowa ser.3 v.16, 1928 – via HathiTrust
- ^ “Senator Mathies Parrott”. Iowa General Assembly. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
- ^ “Matt Parrot”. The Annals of Iowa. 4 (6): 477–478. 1900. doi:10.17077/0003-4827.2597.
