Attilio R. Frassinelli was an American

United States

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 politician

Politician

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 who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1967 to 1971.

Early life

Frassinelli was born August 7, 1907 in Stafford Springs, Tolland County, Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

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Political career

Frassinelli was a Democrat and a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Connecticut in 1952 and alternate delegate in 1956 and 1960. From 1967 to 1971, he was the last of four consecutive Lieutenant Governors of Connecticut of governor John N. Dempsey, who had been a governor since 1961.