Robert E. Parsons (April 15, 1892 – July 1966) was an American politician who was the 90th lieutenant governor of Connecticut from 1948 to 1949.
[1] Robert E. Parsons was born in Unionville, Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut, April 15, 1892.
[3] Parsons was a Republican and was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Farmington from 1933 to 1940.
On March 7, 1948, when James C. Shannon succeeded James L. McConaughy 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.