Background
Parker, Herbert was born on March 2, 1856 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George A. and Harriet Newell (Felton) Parker.
Parker, Herbert was born on March 2, 1856 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of George A. and Harriet Newell (Felton) Parker.
Student Harvard, class of ’78, Bachelor of Arts, 1896. (Doctor of Laws, Tufts, 1905).
Admitted to bar, 1884. Principally engaged as trial lawyer. Associate justice 2d District Court of Eastern Worcester, 1886-1887.
Assistant district attorney and district attorney, Middle (Massachusetts) District, 1887-1899. Attorney general of Massachusetts, 1901-1905. Director State Mutual Life Insurance Company of Worcester.
President of the board of trustees Public Reservations of Massachusetts (standing committee).
Member Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1919. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Mary Carney Vose, September 22, 1886.