Richard C. Parsons

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(October 10, 1826 — January 9, 1899) Richard Chappel Parsons was a lawyer, editor, and politician. Parsons was born in New London, Connecticut in 1826 and moved to Ohio in 1845. There, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1851. Parsons practiced law in Cleveland and served on the city council, as well as in the State House of Representatives. In 1862, he was appointed consul to Rio de Janeiro, but only served for six months before resigning to act as collect of internal revenue in Cleveland. Parsons served in that capacity for four years, from 1862 to 1866, before serving as Marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1867 to 1872. He was then elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. After his service in Congress, Parsons worked as editor, and eventually became part owner, of the Cleveland Daily Herald. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000089]

Member of Ohio Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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