Robert E. Parsons was an American

United States

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 politician

Politician

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 who was the Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1948 to 1949.

Early life

Robert E. Parsons was born in Unionville, Farmington

Farmington, Connecticut

Farmington is a town located in Hartford County in the Farmington Valley area of central Connecticut in the United States. The population was 25,340 at the 2010 census. It is home to the world headquarters of several large corporations including Carrier Corporation, Otis Elevator Company, and Carvel...

, Hartford 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...

, April 15, 1892. He was an Automobile dealer in Farmington. There still is a Robert E. Parsons Chevrolet Dealership in Farmington.

Political career

Parsons was a Republican and was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Farmington from 1933 to 1940. He was a member of the Connecticut Senate for the 5th District from 1943 to 1945.

On March 7, 1948, when James C. Shannon

James C. Shannon

James C. Shannon was an American politician and the 77th Governor of Connecticut.- Early years :Shannon was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on July 21, 1896. He completed his bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in 1918. He then completed his LL.B...

 succeeded James L. McConaughy

James L. McConaughy

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 as Governor of Connecticut upon the death of the former, Parsons succeeded Shannon as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. Shannon and Parsons served for the remainder of the gubernatorial term, which ended on January 5, 1949.

Parsons died in 1966.