Herbert Parsons (October 28, 1869 – September 16, 1925) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York
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.
Early life
Parsons was born in New York City on October 28, 1869. He was the son of
John Edward Parsons
John Edward Parsons (October 24, 1829 – January 16, 1915) was an American lawyer in New York City. He was president of the New York City Bar Association from 1900 to 1901 and the president of the Cooper Union from 1905 to 1915.
Early life
Pa ...
, a former president of the
New York City Bar Association
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, and Mary Dumesnil McIlvaine.
Parsons attended private schools in New York City,
St. Paul's School,
Concord, New Hampshire
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The village of ...
,
Yale University
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, the
University of Berlin
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,
Harvard Law School
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Each class ...
, and was graduated from
Yale University
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in 1890.
Career
He was
admitted to the bar
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in 1894 and commenced practice in New York City.
He served as member of the board of
aldermen
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of New York City in 1900–1904.
He was elected as a
Republican
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to the
Fifty-ninth,
Sixtieth, and
Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911). A 1910 run for reelection to the
Sixty-second Congress was unsuccessful, and Parsons resumed the practice of law in New York City.
He served as delegate to all Republican New York State conventions from 1904 to 1920, and to the
Republican National Convention
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s in 1908, 1912, 1916, and 1920. During the
First World War
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he served on the general staff of the
American Expeditionary Forces
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.
Personal life
Parsons was married to
Elsie Worthington Clews, an anthropologist and folklorist of the indigenous people of the American Southwest. She was the daughter of financier and author
Henry Clews
Henry Clews (August 14, 1834 – January 31, 1923) was a British-American financier and author.
Early life
Clews was born on August 14, 1834, in Staffordshire, England.Ingham, John N. "Clews, Henry." 'Biographical Dictionary of American Business ...
. They were married in
Newport, Rhode Island
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on September 1, 1900.
Together, they were the parents of:
* Elsie "Lissa" Parsons (b. 1901)
* John Edward Parsons (b. 1903)
* Herbert Parsons (b. 1909)
* Henry McIlvaine "Mac" Parsons (1911–2004), a noted
behavioral psychologist
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.
Parsons died in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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, September 16, 1925. He was interred in
Lenox Cemetery.
Sources
References
External links
Cartoon of the Day (November 16, 1907) HarpWeek
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1869 births
1925 deaths
Harvard Law School alumni
Yale University alumni
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)