Alban J. Parker
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Alban J. Parker
|image =
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|office1 = Member of the Vermont Senate from Windsor County
|term_start1 = January 14, 1954
|term_end1 = January 6, 1955
|alongside1 = Susan E. Drown, Henry D. Vail
|predecessor1 = Frank W. Corliss
|successor1 = Lewis E. Springer, Jr., Guy H. Cleveland, J. Harold Stacey
|office2 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Springfield
|term_start2 = January 1949
|term_end2 = January 1953
|predecessor2 = Charles N. Safford
|successor2 = Howard R. Finn
|order3 = 10th
|office3 = Vermont Attorney General
|term_start3 = January 1941
|term_end3 = January 1947
|predecessor3 = Lawrence C. Jones
|successor3 = Clifton G. Parker
|office4 = State's Attorney of Windsor County, Vermont
|term_start4 = February 1933
|term_end4 = June 1937
|predecessor4 = Lawrence F. Edgerton
|successor4 = Henry F. Black
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|03|21}}
|birth_place = Morrisville, Vermont, U.S
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|05|10|1893|03|21}}
|death_place = Springfield, Vermont
|resting_place = Oakland Cemetery, Springfield, Vermont
|party = Republican
|spouse = Alice G. Harriman (m. 1918)
Caroline Bernardini (m. 1941)
|children = 3
|education = Middlebury College
|profession = Attorney
|allegiance = United States
|branch = United States Army
|branch_label = Service
|unit = U.S. Army Ordnance Corps
|battles = World War I
|battles_label = Wars
|rank = Second Lieutenant
|serviceyears = 1917–1919
}}
Alban J. Parker (March 21, 1893 – May 10, 1971) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as Vermont Attorney General from 1941 to 1947.
Biography
Alban James Parker was born in Morrisville, Vermont on March 21, 1893, the son of Joel R. and Ann R. (Bullock) Parker.{{sfn|The Vermont of Today}} He graduated from Morrisville's People's Academy in 1911, and attended Middlebury College.{{sfn|The Vermont of Today}} After graduating in 1916, he worked as a school teacher and principal in Keene, New Hampshire, Hartford, Vermont, and White River Junction, Vermont.{{sfn|The Vermont of Today}}
Parker enlisted for World War I, was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Ordnance Corps, and served in the aerial armament field at posts including Camp Devens, Massachusetts, and Selfridge Field, Michigan until receiving his discharge in October 1919.{{sfn|The Vermont of Today}}{{sfn|Roster of Vermont Men and Women in the World War}}
Upon returning to Vermont, Parker resumed his career as a teacher and principal, and also studied law in the Hartford office of attorney Raymond J. Trainor.{{sfn|The Vermont of Today}} In 1926 he was admitted to the bar and began to practice in partnership with Trainor.{{sfn|The Vermont of Today}} He subsequently relocated to Springfield, Vermont, where he continued to practice law.{{sfn|The Vermont of Today}}
A Republican, from 1933 to 1937 Parker served as state's attorney for Windsor County.{{sfn|The American Bar}} From 1937 to 1941 he was Vermont's Deputy Attorney General.{{sfn|The American Bar}}
In 1940, Parker was the successful Republican nominee for Vermont Attorney General.{{sfn|"Four Appointments Are Still Held Up"}} He was reelected in 1942 and 1944, and served from January 1941 to January 1947.{{sfn|The American Bar}} He did not run for reelection in 1946.{{sfn|"Clifton Parker Candidate for Attorney-Gen."}}
After serving as attorney general, Parker resumed practicing law.{{sfn|The American Bar}} From 1949 to 1953 he served in the Vermont House of Representatives.{{sfn|The American Bar}} In January 1954, he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Vermont State Senate.{{sfn|"Corliss, New FHA Chief"}}
Parker died in Springfield on May 10, 1971.{{sfn|"Attorney A. J. Parker Dies"}} He was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Springfield.{{sfn|"Attorney A. J. Parker Dies"}}
Family
In 1918, Parker married Alice G. Harriman of Middlebury.{{sfn|The Vermont of Today}} In 1941, he married his second wife, Caroline Bernardini.{{sfn|"Attorney A. J. Parker Dies"}}
Parker was the father of three children, daughters Harriet Ann and Judith, and son Richard Henry.{{sfn|The Vermont of Today}}{{sfn|"Attorney A. J. Parker Dies"}}
References
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Sources
=Books=
- {{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Herbert T. |date=1927 |title=Roster of Vermont Men and Women in the World War |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |location=Tuttle Company |publisher=Rutland, Vermont |page=984 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|Roster of Vermont Men and Women in the World War}}}}
- {{cite book |last=Stone |first=Arthur F. |date=1929 |title=The Vermont of Today, with its Background, Attractions and People |volume=3 |url=https://archive.org/stream/vermontoftodaywi03ston#page/88/mode/2up/search/alban |location=New York, New York |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |page=89 |ref={{sfnRef|The Vermont of Today}}}}
- {{cite book |date=1962 |title=The American Bar |volume=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Q48AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Vermont+House+of+Representatives%2C+1949-53%22 |location=Minneapolis, Minneapolis |publisher=J.C. Fifield Company |page=1481 |ref={{sfnRef|The American Bar}}}}
=Newspapers=
- {{cite news |agency=Vermont Press Bureau |date=January 31, 1941 |title=Four Appointments Are Still Held Up |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108670536/appointments/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Four Appointments Are Still Held Up"}}}}
- {{cite news |agency=Morning Press Bureau |date=March 29, 1946 |title=Clifton Parker Candidate for Attorney-Gen.: Alban J. Parker Will Not Run for Reelection; Calls Six Years Enough |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108670601/clifton/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Clifton Parker Candidate for Attorney-Gen."}}}}
- {{cite news |agency=Morning Press Bureau |date=January 20, 1954 |title=Corliss, New FHA Chief, Ruled Off State Social Welfare Board |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108670685/corliss/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Corliss, New FHA Chief"}}}}
- {{cite news |date=May 11, 1971 |title=Obituaries: Attorney A. J. Parker Dies, Prominent in Windsor Politics |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108670759/attorney/ |newspaper=Bennington Banner |location=Bennington, Vermont |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Attorney A. J. Parker Dies"}}}}
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{{s-bef|before=Lawrence C. Jones}}
{{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for Vermont Attorney General|years=1940, 1942, 1944}}
{{s-aft|after=Clifton G. Parker}}
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{{succession box | before=Lawrence C. Jones |title=Vermont Attorney General | years=1941–1947 | after=Clifton G. Parker}}
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Category:Republican Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives
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