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Parley Parker Christensen (July 19, 1869 – February 10, 1954) was an American politician and nominee of the Farmer–Labor Party for President of the United States in 1920. He was member of the Utah House of Representatives and of the Los Angeles, California, City Council. He was also a city attorney and a county attorney in Utah and the chairman of the Illinois Progressive Party. ==Biography== Parley Parker Christensen was born on July 19, 1869, in Weston, Idaho, the son of Peter and Sophia M. Christensen, both of Denmark. and he was taken to Newton, Utah, when he was a child.〔〔〔The Los Angeles Public Library file states he was born in 1873.〕 Mr. Christensen as a boy pioneered with his parents in Idaho and Utah() where his father drove wagons of freight from the railway terminus in Utah up cross country into Idaho, Montana, and the Dakotas. This background gave Mr. Christensen an insight into the struggle of those who labor and those who wrest their living from the soil.〔 He graduated from the University of Utah Normal School in 1890,〔Sillito writes that Christensen graduated from the University of Deseret, the original name of the University of Utah.〕 then was a teacher and principal in Murray and Grantsville in that state. From 1892 to 1895 he was school superintendent in Toole County. He then earned a bachelor of laws degree from Cornell University law school in New York, and returned to practice law in Salt Lake City.〔(John R. Sillito, "Parley P. Christensen," ''Utah History Encyclopedia'' )〕〔(Florence H. Goddard, Los Angeles Public Library Reference File (from a questionnaire returned by Christensen), May 24, 1937 )〕〔 After 1920 Christensen traveled in Europe and Russia, and met with Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin;〔 he wrote that he was impressed by Lenin's approachability and his command of the English language.〔("Lenine Thinks U.S. War With Japan Likely," ''San Francisco Chronicle," December 1, 1921, page 5 )〕 He was also an early active Esperantist, and in 1920-22 travelled around the world using the language. He was the vice president of the Esperantista Asocio de Norda Ameriko 1931-32, and taught Esperanto in Los Angeles and Pasadena.〔''Enciklopedio de Esperanto, () (esperanto)〕 In 1923 he was living in Chicago, and in 1926 he moved to California, where he became a Los Angeles City Council member in 1935. Christensen was known for being very large, over six feet four inches and weighing 287 pounds. He was notable for wearing an array of all-white linen suits.〔(Linton Weeks, "The 5 Most Unusual Nominees for President," NPR, June 5, 2011 )〕 He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He was a Unitarian. In 1937 he was a registered Democrat.〔〔 He later moved to 1140 North California Street in Burbank. Christensen died in Los Angeles on February 10, 1954, at the age of 84, after "an illness of some months," leaving two sisters, Elenora Lamimam and Esther Conholm. Cremation and inurnment were at Chapel of the Pines.〔〔〔("Death Takes Ex-Councilman Christensen, 84," February 11, 1954, page 26 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Parley P. Christensen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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