James A. Parsons

James A. Parsons (born around 1868 in Steuben County , New York , † March 4, 1945 in Albany , New York) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Nothing is known about the youth of James A. Parsons. He studied law . In 1890 he was admitted to the bar in Nebraska . He moved back to New York in 1893 and settled there in Hornell, Steuben County. In the following years he worked there as City Attorney and City Recorder .

The Attorney General Thomas Carmody named him in 1911 to the Fourth Deputy Attorney General. His first job was to continue the Queens bribery process. He replaced Arthur Train , who was responsible for the case as Special Deputy Attorney General and was appointed by Carmody's predecessor Edward R. O'Malley . After Carmody's resignation, Parsons was appointed New York Governor Martin H. Glynn on September 2, 1914, as the new Attorney General of New York for the remaining four months of Carmody's tenure. In the 1914 election he ran unsuccessfully for the post of Attorney General of New York. The Republican Egburt E. Woodbury went out of the race as the winner.

Parsons took part in 1912 as a substitute ( alternate delegate ) at the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore ( Maryland ) and in 1920 as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco ( California ).

He was the advisor to Governor Alfred E. Smith , who appointed him New York State Public Service Commissioner in 1923 . In 1924 he became a judge at the New York Court of Claims - a position he held until his resignation in 1936.

literature

• Parsons Succeeds Train , The New York Times, January 12, 1911
• Glynn Names Parsons , The New York Times, September 3, 1914

Web links

• James A. Parsons on The Political Graveyard website