Category: Rhode Island

Governor | Republican | CHAFEE, JOHN HUBBARD, (Great-nephew of Henry F. Lippitt; father of Lincoln D. Chafee), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 22, 1922; graduated, Deerfield (Mass.) Academy 1940; graduated, Yale University 1947 and Harvard Law School 1950; admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1950 and commenced… Continue reading John Chafee

Lt. Governor | Democrat-Republican | POTTER, SAMUEL JOHN, a Senator from Rhode Island; born in South Kingston Township, R.I., June 29, 1753; completed preparatory studies; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced; deputy governor of Rhode Island 1790-1803; presidential elector in 1792 and 1796; elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate… Continue reading Samuel Potter

Senator | Republican | ANTHONY, HENRY BOWEN, a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Coventry, R.I., April 1, 1815; attended a private school in Providence, R.I.; graduated from Brown University in 1833; editor of the Providence Journal in 1838, and afterwards became one of its owners; elected Governor of Rhode Island in 1849 and reelected… Continue reading Henry Anthony

Senator | Democrat | PELL, CLAIBORNE DE BORDA, (son of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr., great-great-grandson of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, great-great-grandnephew of George Mifflin Dallas, great-great-great-grandnephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne, great-great-great-grandnephew of Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in New York City, November 22, 1918; graduated, Princeton University 1940 and Columbia… Continue reading Claiborne Pell

Representative | Republican | ALDRICH, NELSON WILMARTH, (Father of Richard Steere Aldrich, cousin of William Aldrich, grandfather of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, and great-grandfather of John Davison Rockefeller), a Representative and a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Foster, R.I., November 6, 1841; attended the public schools of East Killingly, Conn., and the Academy of East… Continue reading Nelson Aldrich

Representative | Democrat | FOGARTY, JOHN EDWARD, a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Providence, R.I., March 23, 1913; attended La Salle Academy and Providence College; apprenticed as a bricklayer in 1930; moved to Harmony, R.I., and was employed as a bricklayer; served as president of Bricklayers Union No. 1 of Rhode Island; elected as… Continue reading John Fogarty

Representative | Federalist | BOURNE, BENJAMIN, a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Bristol, R.I., September 9, 1755; was graduated from Harvard College in 1775; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Providence; held several public offices; quartermaster of the Second Rhode Island Regiment in 1776; member of the general assembly… Continue reading Benjamin Bourne

Attorney General | Anti-Mason | PEARCE, DUTEE JERAULD, a Representative from Rhode Island; born on the island of Prudence, R.I., April 3, 1789; was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1808; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Newport, R.I.; held various local offices; attorney general of Rhode Island 1819-1825;… Continue reading Dutee Pearce

Secretary of State | Democrat-Republican | EDDY, SAMUEL, a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Johnston, near Providence, R.I., March 31, 1769; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1787; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1790 and practiced a short time in Providence; clerk of the Rhode Island… Continue reading Samuel Eddy

Treasurer | Democrat | Gina Raimondo on Wikipedia