Roswell A. Parmenter

Roswell A. Parmenter was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

Roswell A. Parmenter was born in Pittstown, New York, on September 20, 1821, the son of Dr. Azel Fiske Parmenter and Lavina Parmenter. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Troy.
Parmenter was City Attorney of Troy from 1853 to 1854, and from 1871 to 1883.
Parmenter was a member of the New York State Senate in 1874 and 1875.
At the New York state election, 1881, he ran on the Democratic ticket for New York Attorney General, but was defeated by Republican Leslie W. Russell.
Parmenter was Corporation Counsel of Troy from 1886 to 1890.
Parmenter died in Troy on February 1, 1904, at the age of 82.