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Farmer Politicians in Rhode Island
including Planters, Ranchers, Growers, Animal Breeders

Abial T. Browning (1865-1918) — of Lebanon, New London County, Conn.; Franklin, New London County, Conn. Born in South Kingstown, Washington County, R.I., October 3, 1865. Democrat. Dairy farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Franklin, 1907-08; defeated, 1904, 1910. Died May 17, 1918 (age 52 years, 226 days). Interment at Windham Center Cemetery, Windham, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Abial Tripp Browning and Mary Elizabeth (Holberton) Browning; married 1889 to Lillian M. Larkin; third cousin twice removed of Sylvester Gardiner Shearman; 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   Melville Bull (1854-1909) — of Middletown, Newport County, R.I. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., September 29, 1854. Republican. Farmer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1883-85; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1885-92; member of Rhode Island Republican State Central Committee, 1885-95; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1888; Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, 1892-94; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1895-1903; defeated, 1902. Died July 5, 1909 (age 54 years, 279 days). Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Leslie Combs (1852-1940) — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Little Compton, Newport County, R.I., July 31, 1852. Republican. Farmer; rancher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1896 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1904; Kentucky Republican state chair, 1900; U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1902-06; Guatemala, 1903-07; Peru, 1907-11. Died November 18, 1940 (age 88 years, 110 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Gen. Leslie Combs and Mary Elizabeth (Brownell) Combs; married, October 18, 1876, to Mary C. Swigert.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   George Gray (b. 1824) — of Elmore, Lamoille County, Vt. Born in Little Compton, Newport County, R.I., August 1, 1824. Republican. Farmer; lumber manufacturer; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Elmore, 1888. Congregationalist. Burial location unknown.   Herman Elisha Learned (b. 1879) — also known as Herman E. Learned — of Lisbon, New London County, Conn.; Westerly, Washington County, R.I.; Quonochontaug, Charlestown, Washington County, R.I. Born in Lisbon, New London County, Conn., May 5, 1879. Republican. Farmer; lumber business; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Lisbon, 1911-12; defeated, 1904; hotelier. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Addison M. Learned and Augusta (Preston) Learned; married, April 24, 1912, to Elisabeth Heath Sweet.   John Martin (c.1730-1786) — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Rhode Island, about 1730. Planter; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; mayor of Savannah, Ga., 1778; Governor of Georgia, 1782-83; Georgia state treasurer, 1783-84. Died in January, 1786 (age about 56 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Mary Deborah Spencer.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Nathan Pendleton (1754-1841) — of Westerly, Washington County, R.I.; Stonington (part now in North Stonington), New London County, Conn.; Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y. Born in Westerly, Washington County, R.I., April 2, 1754. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; shipmaster; farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Stonington, 1802-07. Died in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., January 26, 1841 (age 86 years, 299 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Pendleton and Mary (Stanton) Pendleton; married, January 22, 1775, to Amelia Babcock; married, October 20, 1816, to Rhoda (Babcock) Gavitt; father of Nathan Pendleton (1779-1827); grandfather of James Monroe Pendleton; granduncle of Charles Marsh Pendleton and Cyrus Henry Pendleton; great-granduncle of Calvin Crane Pendleton, Edward Wheeler Pendleton, Joseph Palmer Dyer, Charles Henry Pendleton, Harris Pendleton, Chauncey C. Pendleton, Nathan William Pendleton, James Pendleton and Eckford Gustavus Pendleton; second great-granduncle of Cornelius Welles Pendleton and Claudius Victor Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of Enoch C. Chapman.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Roy Rawlings (b. 1883) — of Richmond, Washington County, R.I. Born in Franklin, Morgan County, Ill., March 8, 1883. Republican. Farmer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1923-33; Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1927-33; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1932. Burial location unknown.   Image source: Rhode Island Manual 1931   Clayton F. Wright (b. 1849) — of Sterling, Windham County, Conn.; Killingly, Windham County, Conn. Born in Rhode Island, November, 1849. Democrat. Farmer; candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Killingly, 1910, 1912, 1918, 1926. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Albin Wright and Lucinda (Matteson) Wright; married 1871 to Media Crossman; first cousin of Asahel Johnson Wright.

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