Charles
Parkhurst was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, in 1842. After graduating
from Amherst College in 1866 he studied theology at Halle and Leipzig.
Pankhurst served as pastor of the Congregational Church at Lenox (1874-80)
and the Presbyterian Church in New York City
(1880-1918). He became interested in municipal affairs and in 1891
was elected as president of the Society for the Prevention of Crime.
In February, 1892, Parkhurst made a tremendous impact on the people
of the city with a powerful sermon attacking Tammany
Hall corruption. He continued to campaign against Richard
Croker, the mayor of New York City,
and in 1901, helped to get Seith Low, elected
to power.
Charles Parkhurst, who wrote several books, including Our
Fight With Tammany (1895) and an autobiography, My
Forty Years in New York (1923), died in 1933.
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