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Clifton G. Parker

{{short description|American lawyer}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Clifton G. Parker

|image =

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|office1 = President of the Vermont Bar Association

|term_start1 = 1959

|term_end1 = 1960

|predecessor1 = Sterry R. Waterman

|successor1 = Luke A. Crispe

|order2 = 11th

|office2 = Vermont Attorney General

|term_start2 = 1947

|term_end2 = 1952

|predecessor2 = Alban J. Parker

|successor2 = F. Elliott Barber Jr.

|office3 = State's Attorney of Lamoille County, Vermont

|term_start3 = 1936

|term_end3 = 1941

|predecessor3 = Benjamin N. Hulburd

|successor3 = George A. King

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|10|02}}

|birth_place = Wolcott, Vermont, US

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|4|19|1906|10|02}}

|death_place = Burlington, Vermont, US

|resting_place = Pleasant View Cemetery, Morrisville, Vermont, US

|party = Republican

|spouse = Florence Simmons (m. 1926)

|children = 6

|education = Hardwick Academy, Hardwick, Vermont, US

|profession = Attorney

}}

Clifton G. Parker (October 2, 1906 – April 19, 1988) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as Vermont Attorney General for three terms.

Biography

Clifton Goodrich Parker was born in Wolcott, Vermont on October 2, 1906, the son of H. Alton and Katie (Goodrich) Parker.{{sfn|"Obituary, Clifton Parker"}} He graduated from Hardwick Academy, and became a clerk for a local judge.{{sfn|"Obituary, Clifton Parker"}} He then studied law at the office of attorney James Campbell in St. Johnsbury, and attained admission to the bar in 1935.{{sfn|"Obituary, Clifton Parker"}} He practiced law in Morrisville, initially as the partner of Frederick G. Fleetwood, and later as a sole practitioner.{{sfn|"Obituary, Clifton Parker"}}

A Republican, Parker served as state's attorney of Lamoille County from 1936 to 1941.{{sfn|Vermont Legislative Directory}}

In 1939, he was appointed first assistant clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives, and he served until 1941.{{sfn|Vermont Legislative Directory}}{{sfn|"Parker Named Ass't House Clerk"}} In 1943 he was elected Clerk of the House as the replacement for Harold J. Arthur during Arthur's military service for World War II.{{sfn|"Asa S. Bloomer Elected Speaker of the House"}}{{sfn|"List of Clerks of the Vermont House of Representatives"}} Parker served as Clerk until 1947, when he was succeeded by Arthur.{{sfn|"List of Clerks of the Vermont House of Representatives"}}

In December 1941 he accepted Alban J. Parker's (no relation) appointment as Vermont's deputy attorney general, and he served until the end of Parker's term in 1947.{{sfn|Vermont Legislative Directory}}{{sfn|"Clifton Parker is Named Deputy Attorney General"}} In 1946, Clifton Parker was the successful Republican nominee to succeed Alban Parker.{{sfn|"Clifton Parker Today Becomes Attorney General"}} He was reelected in 1948 and 1950, and served from 1947 until resigning effective December 31, 1952.{{sfn|"State's Attorney Deshaw Candidate to Succeed Parker as Atty. General"}}{{sfn|"It's Official Now: GOP Slate Victors in State Election"}}{{sfn|"Parker Resigns Attorney-General Post as of Dec. 31"}} He was succeeded by F. Elliott Barber Jr., who won the 1952 election for the term beginning in January 1953; the Governor of Vermont appointed Barber to fill the vacancy caused by Parker's resignation.{{sfn|"Parker Resigns Attorney-General Post as of Dec. 31"}}

He was active in the Vermont Bar Association, and served as its president from 1959 to 1960.{{sfn|"Past Presidents of the Vermont Bar Association"}} In addition, he was a member of the state Board of Bar Examiners for several years.{{sfn|Vermont Legislative Directory}} Parker was also active in local government for both Morrisville and Morristown, including serving on the water and power commission, town attorney, and town meeting moderator.{{sfn|"Obituary, Clifton Parker"}}

Parker was an amateur radio operator and a licensed boat captain; during World War II he invented a navigational device which was used by the United States Navy, and he also designed several railroad radio communication systems.{{sfn|"Obituary, Clifton Parker"}}

Parker died in Burlington on April 19, 1988.{{sfn|"Obituary, Clifton Parker"}} He was buried at Pleasant View Cemetery in Morrisville.{{sfn|"Vermont Death Records"}}

Family

In 1926, Parker was married to Florence Simmons, and they were the parents of six children – Dee, Robert, Charlotte, Arlyn, Carolyn, and William.{{sfn|"Obituary, Clifton Parker"}}{{sfn|"Obituary, Eleanor Simmons Parker"}}

References

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Sources

=Books=

  • {{cite book |date=1951 |title=Vermont Legislative Directory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HFMLAQAAIAAJ&q=%22state%27s+attorney%2C+Lamoille+County%2C+1936-1941%22 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Vermont Secretary of State |page=674 |ref={{sfnRef|Vermont Legislative Directory}}}}

=Newspapers=

  • {{cite news |date=January 11, 1939 |title=Parker Named Ass't House Clerk |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-clerk/160693622/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=4 |ref={{sfnRef|"Parker Named Ass't House Clerk"}}}}
  • {{cite news |date=December 5, 1941 |title=Clifton Parker is Named Deputy Attorney General |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-parker/160693680/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=2 |ref={{sfnRef|"Clifton Parker is Named Deputy Attorney General"}}}}
  • {{cite news |date=January 7, 1943 |title=Asa S. Bloomer Elected Speaker of the House |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-parker/160693778/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-bloomer/160693809/ 13] |ref={{sfnRef|"Asa S. Bloomer Elected Speaker of the House"}}}}
  • {{cite news |agency=Vermont Press Bureau |date=February 1, 1947 |title=Clifton Parker Today Becomes Attorney General |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-parker/160693872/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=2 |ref={{sfnRef|"Clifton Parker Today Becomes Attorney General"}}}}
  • {{cite news |date=March 31, 1952 |title=State's Attorney Deshaw Candidate to Succeed Parker as Atty. General |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-deshaw/160693948/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=9 |ref={{sfnRef|"State's Attorney Deshaw Candidate to Succeed Parker as Atty. General"}}}}
  • {{cite news |date=December 27, 1952 |title=Parker Resigns Attorney-General Post as of Dec. 31; Elliott Barber Jr. Named to Office |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-parker/160694013/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=2 |ref={{sfnRef|"Parker Resigns Attorney-General Post as of Dec. 31"}}}}
  • {{cite news |agency=Vermont Press Bureau |date=January 5, 1953 |title=It's Official Now: GOP Slate Victors in State Election |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-official/160694070/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=5 |ref={{sfnRef|"It's Official Now: GOP Slate Victors in State Election"}}}}
  • {{cite news |date=April 21, 1988 |title=Obituary, Clifton Parker |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-obituary/160694117/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=18 |ref={{sfnRef|"Obituary, Clifton Parker"}}}}
  • {{cite news |date=February 2, 1989 |title=Obituary, Florence Simmons Parker |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-florence/160694183/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |page=10 |ref={{sfnRef|"Obituary, Eleanor Simmons Parker"}}}}

=Internet=

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.vt.us/houseclerk/History%20of%20Elected%20Officials%20Site/House%20Clerks.htm |title=List of Clerks of the Vermont House of Representatives |website= |publisher=Clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives |location=Montpelier, VT |access-date=December 22, 2016 |ref={{sfnRef|"List of Clerks of the Vermont House of Representatives"}}}}
  • {{cite web |url=https://www.vtbar.org/UserFiles/files/About%20the%20VBA/Past%20President%20List.pdf |title=Past Presidents of the Vermont Bar Association |date=2014 |website=vtbar.org/ |publisher=Vermont Bar Association |page=1 |ref={{sfnRef|"Past Presidents of the Vermont Bar Association"}} |access-date=2016-12-22 |archive-date=2015-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118222727/https://www.vtbar.org/UserFiles/files/About%20the%20VBA/Past%20President%20List.pdf |url-status=dead }}
  • {{Cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/27570162?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a2238436e66492b64614456527958487a2f696464664b6f734b4a576c4375416856797941514e4e2f56567a673d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d |title=Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, Entry for Clifton Goodrich Parker |date=1988 |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |location=Lehi, Utah |access-date=December 10, 2024 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Vermont Death Records"}}}}

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{{s-bef|before=Alban J. Parker}}

{{s-ttl|title=Republican nominee for Vermont Attorney General|years=1946, 1948, 1950}}

{{s-aft|after=F. Elliott Barber Jr.}}

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{{succession box | before=Alban J. Parker |title=Vermont Attorney General | years=1947–1952 | after=F. Elliott Barber, Jr.}}

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Category:1906 births

Category:1988 deaths

Category:People from Wolcott, Vermont

Category:Vermont lawyers

Category:Vermont Republicans

Category:State's attorneys in Vermont

Category:Vermont attorneys general

Category:20th-century American lawyers