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{{short description|American lawyer}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Clifton G. Parker
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|office1 = President of the [[Vermont Bar Association]]
|term_start1 = 1959
|term_end1 = 1960
|predecessor1 = [[Sterry R. Waterman]]
|successor1 = Luke A. Crispe
|order2 = 11th
|office2 = Vermont Attorney General
|term_start2 = 1947
|term_end2 = 1952
|predecessor2 = [[Alban J. Parker]]
|successor2 = [[F. Elliott Barber Jr.]]
|office3 = [[State's Attorney]] of [[Lamoille County, Vermont]]
|term_start3 = 1936
|term_end3 = 1941
|predecessor3 = [[Benjamin N. Hulburd]]
|successor3 = George A. King
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|10|02}}
|birth_place = [[Wolcott, Vermont]], US
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|4|19|1906|10|02}}
|death_place = [[Burlington, Vermont]], US
|resting_place = Pleasant View Cemetery, [[Morrisville, Vermont]], US
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse = Florence Simmons (m. 1926)
|children = 6
|education = Hardwick Academy, [[Hardwick, Vermont]], US
|profession = Attorney
}}
'''Clifton G. Parker''' (October 2, 1906 – April 19, 1988) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as [[Vermont Attorney General]] for three terms.
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In 1939, he was appointed first assistant clerk of the [[Vermont House of Representatives]], and he served until 1941.{{sfn|''Vermont Legislative Directory''}}{{sfn|"Parker Named Ass't House Clerk"}} In 1943 he was elected Clerk of the House as the replacement for [[Harold J. Arthur]] during Arthur's military service for [[World War II]].{{sfn|"Asa S. Bloomer Elected Speaker of the House"}}{{sfn|"List of Clerks of the Vermont House of Representatives"}} Parker served as Clerk until 1947, when he was succeeded by Arthur.{{sfn|"List of Clerks of the Vermont House of Representatives"}}
In December 1941 he accepted [[Alban J. Parker]]'s (no relation) appointment as Vermont's deputy attorney general, and he served until the end of Parker's term in 1947.{{sfn|''Vermont Legislative Directory''}}{{sfn|"Clifton Parker is Named Deputy Attorney General"
He was active in the Vermont Bar Association, and served as its president from 1959 to 1960.{{sfn|"Past Presidents of the Vermont Bar Association"}} In addition, he was a member of the state Board of Bar Examiners for several years.{{sfn|''Vermont Legislative Directory''}} Parker was also active in local government for both Morrisville and [[Morristown, Vermont|Morristown]], including serving on the water and power commission, town attorney, and [[Moderator (town official)#Vermont|town meeting moderator]].{{sfn|"Obituary, Clifton Parker"}}
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