Herbert Parsons

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Herbert Parsons

Herbert Parsons (born October 28, 1869 in New York City , † September 16, 1925 in Pittsfield , Massachusetts ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1905 and 1911 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Herbert Parsons, son of Mary Dumesnil McIlvaine (1834-1896) and John Edward Parsons (1829-1915), was born about four years after the end of the Civil War in New York City and grew up there. During this time he attended private schools, St. Paul's School in Concord ( New Hampshire ), Yale University , Humboldt University in Berlin , Harvard Law School and graduated from Yale University in 1890. He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and then began practicing in New York City. Between 1900 and 1904 he sat on the Board of Aldermen in New York City. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . On September 1, 1900, he married Elsie Worthington Clews (1875-1941), daughter of Lucy Madison Worthington and Henry Clews. The couple had only one daughter: Elsie Parsons (1901–1966). She was married to John Drummond Kennedy (1897–1975).

In the 1904 congressional elections for the 59th Congress , Parsons was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 13th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Francis Burton Harrison on March 4, 1905 . After two successful elections he suffered in 1910 a defeat and withdrew from the after March 3, 1911 Congress of.

After his time in Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer in New York City. He participated as a delegate at all Republican New York State Conventions between 1904 and 1920 , and at the Republican National Conventions in 1908, 1912, 1916 and 1920 . During the First World War he served on the General Staff of the American Expeditionary Forces . He died on September 16, 1925 in Pittsfield and was then buried in Lenox in the cemetery of the same name.

Web links

  • Herbert Parsons in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Miss Clews is married," The New York Times, Sept. 2, 1900, p. 5
  2. ^ Dr Elsie Clews Parsons in the Find a Grave database
  3. ^ Elsie Parsons Kennedy in the Find a Grave database
  4. ↑ John Drummond Kennedy in the Find a Grave database
personal data
SURNAME Parsons, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH September 16, 1925
Place of death Pittsfield , Massachusetts