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Rhode Island: Continental Congress


Delegates to Continental Congress from Rhode Island, 1774-89 (May be incomplete!)
Stephen Hopkins 1774-80 Samuel Ward 1774-76 William Ellery 1776- Henry Marchant 1777-79 John Collins 1778-80 Ezekiel Cornell 1780-82 Daniel Mowry, Jr. 1780- James Mitchell Varnum 1780- Jonathan Arnold 1782-84 John Collins 1782-83 David Howell 1782-85 James Manning 1786 Nathan Miller 1786 Sylvester Gardner 1787 Jonathan J. Hazard 1788 John Gardner 1789 Peleg Arnold 179?

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1776 Mar 26: Samuel Ward, died in office.

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