Why it took Seneca leader and Civil War general Ely S. Parker 176 years to be admitted to the NY bar
- Posted on November 15, 2025
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Why it took Seneca leader and Civil War general Ely S. Parker 176 years to be admitted to the NY bar

Ely S. Parker, a Tonawanda Seneca from western New York, never took no for an answer.