Career
Frassinelli was born August 7, 1907 in Stafford Springs, Tolland County, Connecticut. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Connecticut in 1952 and alternate delegate in 1956 and 1960. From 1967 to 1971, he was the last of four consecutive Lieutenant Governors of Connecticut of governor John North. Dempsey, who had been a governor since 1961.