Alban J. Parker

Alban James Parker was born in Morrisville, Vermont on March 21, 1893, the son of Joel R. and Ann R. (Bullock) Parker.[1] He graduated from Morrisville's People's Academy in 1911, and attended Middlebury College.[1] After graduating in 1916, he worked as a school teacher and principal in Keene, New Hampshire, Hartford, Vermont, and White River Junction, Vermont.[1]

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.[1][2]

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.[1] In 1926 he was admitted to the bar and began to practice in partnership with Trainor.[1] He subsequently relocated to Springfield, Vermont, where he continued to practice law.[1]

A Republican, from 1933 to 1937 Parker served as state's attorney for Windsor County.[3] From 1937 to 1941 he was Vermont's Deputy Attorney General.[3]

In 1940, Parker was the successful Republican nominee for Vermont Attorney General.[4] He was reelected in 1942 and 1944, and served from January 1941 to January 1947.[3] He did not run for reelection in 1946.[5]

After serving as attorney general, Parker resumed practicing law.[3] From 1949 to 1953 he served in the Vermont House of Representatives.[3] In January 1954, he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Vermont State Senate.[6]

Parker died in Springfield on May 10, 1971.[7] He was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Springfield.[7]

In 1918, Parker married Alice G. Harriman of Middlebury.[1] In 1941, he married his second wife, Caroline Bernardini.[7]

Parker was the father of three children, daughters Harriet Ann and Judith, and son Richard Henry.[1][7]