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Politicians in Cotton in Rhode Island

  Jacob Babbitt (1809-1862) — of Bristol, Bristol County, R.I. Born in Bristol, Bristol County, R.I., May 9, 1809. Democrat. Banker; cotton manufacturer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1860; major in the Union Army during the Civil War. Shot and wounded (in a "friendly fire" accident) during the Civil War battle of Fredericksburg, Va., and died ten days later, in Mansion House Hospital, Alexandria, Va., December 23, 1862 (age 53 years, 228 days). Interment at Juniper Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Jacob Babbitt (1769-1850) and Bathsheba (Stoddard) Babbitt; married, October 7, 1826, to Abby Eliza Briggs; first cousin once removed of Elijah Babbitt and George Henry Babbitt; first cousin twice removed of Francis Sanford Babbitt.
  Political families: Fairbanks-Adams family; Starkweather-Pendleton family of Preston, Connecticut; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Epitaph: "Know this, if I fall, it will be in defense of our beloved Constitution."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Isaac Bell Jr. (1846-1889) — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 6, 1846. Democrat. Cotton broker; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1885-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1888. Died, from complications of typhoid fever, and pyaemia, in St. Luke's Hospital, New York, New York County, N.Y., January 20, 1889 (age 42 years, 75 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Bell; married 1878 to Jeanette Gordon Bennett (daughter of James Gordon Bennett).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  Jonathan Chace (1829-1917) — of Valley Falls, Cumberland, Providence County, R.I.; Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., July 22, 1829. Republican. Cotton manufacturer; banker; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1876-77; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 2nd District, 1881-85; resigned 1885; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1885-89; resigned 1889. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., June 30, 1917 (age 87 years, 343 days). Interment at North Burial Ground, Providence, R.I.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James De Wolf (1764-1837) — of Bristol, Bristol County, R.I. Born in Bristol, Bristol County, R.I., March 18, 1764. Democrat. Slave trader; built an early cotton mill; manufacturer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1800; Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1819-21; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1821-27. Slaveowner. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 21, 1837 (age 73 years, 278 days). Original interment at De Wolf Family Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.; reinterment at Juniper Hill Cemetery, Bristol, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Mark A. De Wolf and Abigail (Porter) De Wolf; married to Nancy Bradford (daughter of William Bradford); grandfather of James DeWolf Perry; great-granduncle of LeBaron Bradford Colt.
  Political families: Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Bradford-DeWolf-Butler-Perry family of Bristol, Rhode Island (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS James De Wolf (built 1942-43 at Providence, Rhode Island; scrapped 1961) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elisha Dyer (1811-1890) — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., July 20, 1811. Merchant; cotton mill business; Adjutant General of Rhode Island, 1840-45; Governor of Rhode Island, 1857-59; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; president and director, Exchange Bank. Episcopalian. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., May 17, 1890 (age 78 years, 301 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Elisha Dyer (1772-1854) and Frances Dunn (Jones) Dyer; married, October 8, 1833, to Anna Jones Hoppin (granddaughter of William Jones; first cousin of William Warner Hoppin); father of Elisha Dyer Jr.; great-grandfather of Walter Gurnee Dyer.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Fessenden (1797-1881) — of Cumberland, Providence County, R.I. Born in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Mass., June 13, 1797. Cotton goods manufacturer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1855-56; Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1855-56; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1869-70; postmaster. Unitarian; later Baptist. Died January 6, 1881 (age 83 years, 207 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of William Fessenden and Martha (Freeman) Fessenden; brother of Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden; married, December 13, 1821, to Mary Wilkinson; nephew of Nathaniel Freeman Jr.; first cousin once removed of Samuel Fessenden (1845-1903); first cousin thrice removed of Samuel Allyne Otis; second cousin once removed of Walter Fessenden; second cousin twice removed of Harrison Gray Otis; third cousin of Samuel Clement Fessenden (1784-1869), John Milton Fessenden and Reuben Eaton Fenton; third cousin once removed of William Pitt Fessenden, Samuel Clement Fessenden (1815-1882), Thomas Amory Deblois Fessenden, William Fessenden Allen and Joseph Palmer Fessenden; third cousin twice removed of Asahel Otis, James Deering Fessenden, Henry Nichols Blake, Francis Fessenden, Joshua Abbe Fessenden, Samuel Fessenden (1847-1908), Oliver Grosvenor Fessenden and Desda Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Milton Fessenden; fourth cousin of James Otis; fourth cousin once removed of Peter Rawson Taft, Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Asa H. Otis and Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Albert Smith Gallup (1823-1906) — also known as Albert S. Gallup — of Providence, Providence County, R.I.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in East Berne, Albany County, N.Y., September 20, 1823. Democrat. Cotton manufacturer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1853-54; postmaster at Providence, R.I., 1858-61. Member, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 21, 1906 (age 82 years, 182 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Albert Gallup and Eunice (Smith) Gallup; married, June 5, 1849, to Jane Adams Balch; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Brewster Stanton.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Shearman-Stanton-Browning family of Rhode Island (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Frederick Lippitt (1856-1933) — also known as Henry F. Lippitt — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 12, 1856. Republican. Cotton manufacturer; bank director; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912, 1916 (speaker). Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., December 28, 1933 (age 77 years, 77 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Lippitt and Mary Ann (Balch) Lippitt; brother of Charles Warren Lippitt; married, December 15, 1881, to Marie Louise Bowen; married 1915 to Lucy Hayes (Herron) Laughlin (sister-in-law of William Howard Taft; sister of Helen Louise Herron); father of Frederick Lippitt; granduncle of John Lester Hubbard Chafee; great-granduncle of Lincoln Davenport Chafee; first cousin five times removed of William Greene; second cousin once removed of Andrew Clark Lippitt; second cousin four times removed of William Greene Jr.; third cousin of Costello Lippitt; third cousin thrice removed of Ray Greene; fourth cousin once removed of Dennison Franklin Holden.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Houghton family of Corning, New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Upham family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Alfred Henry Littlefield (1829-1893) — also known as Alfred H. Littlefield — of Lincoln, Providence County, R.I. Born in Scituate, Providence County, R.I., April 2, 1829. Republican. Dry goods merchant; thread and yarn manufacturer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1876-77; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1878-79; Governor of Rhode Island, 1880-83; president, First National Bank of Pawtucket; president, Pawtucket Gas Company; president, Pawtucket Street Railway. Died in Central Falls, Providence County, R.I., December 21, 1893 (age 64 years, 263 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of John Littlefield and Deborah (Himes) Littlefield; married, February 9, 1853, to Rebecca Jane Northup; fourth cousin of George Washington Greene; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Burrows, Jared Lewis Rathbone, Charles Stetson and Isaiah Stetson.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
William C. Lovering William Croad Lovering (1835-1910) — also known as William C. Lovering — of Taunton, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Woonsocket, Providence County, R.I., February 25, 1835. Republican. Cotton manufacturer; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1874-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1880; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1897-1910 (12th District 1897-1903, 14th District 1903-10); died in office 1910. Died in Washington, D.C., February 4, 1910 (age 74 years, 344 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Taunton, Mass.
  Relatives: Father of Frances Lovering (who married Charles Francis Adams).
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Crowninshield-Adams family of Savannah, Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Louis A. Frothingham
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
  James Youngs Smith (1809-1876) — also known as James Y. Smith — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Poquonock Bridge, Groton, New London County, Conn., September 15, 1809. Republican. Lumber business; cotton manufacturer; mayor of Providence, R.I., 1855-57; Governor of Rhode Island, 1863-66; defeated, 1861. Died March 26, 1876 (age 66 years, 193 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
  Relatives: Son of Amos D. Smith and Priscilla (Mitchell) Smith; married to Emily Brown.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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