Clifton G. Parker

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Clifton Goodrich Parker (born October 2, 1906 in Wolcott , Vermont , † April 19, 1988 ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ). He was Attorney General of Vermont from 1947 to 1953 .

Career

Clifton Goodrich Parker, son of Katy May Goodrich (* 1885) and Herbert Parker, was born in Lamoille County in 1906 . He attended public schools in Wolcott and the Hardwick Academy. His youth were overshadowed by the First World War . Parker studied law at the law firm of Dutton & Morse in Hardwick (Vermont). He was admitted to the bar in 1932. In 1934 he opened his own legal practice in Morristown, Vermont. He became a Lamoille County prosecutor in 1936 - a post he held until 1941. From 1939 he was Water and Light Commissioner in the Village of Morrisville . Parker served as First Assistant Clerk of the House in the Vermont General Assembly from 1939 to 1941 , and as a clerk from 1943 to 1947 . He held the post of Assistant Attorney General of Vermont from 1941 to 1947. His term of office was overshadowed by the Second World War . He was elected Attorney General of Vermont in 1946 and re-elected in 1948 and 1950.

After the 1940 Census , Parker was married to Francis M. Simmons (33 years) from New Hampshire , daughter of Frank Simmons (70 years). The couple had four children: Florence M. (12 years old), Charlotte E. (8 years old), Robert C. (6 years old) and Arlyn S. (4 years old).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Clifton G. Parker Obituary
  2. ^ Goodridge, Edwin Alonzo: The Goodridge Genealogy , Lenz & Riecker, 1918, p. 239
  3. ^ Clifton G. Parker in the 1940 Census
personal data
SURNAME Parker, Clifton G.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parker, Clifton Goodrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolcott , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1988