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Politician members in Rhode Island

Zenas Work Bliss (1867-1957) — also known as Zenas W. Bliss — of Cranston, Providence County, R.I.; Edgewood, Cranston, Providence County, R.I. Born in Johnston, Providence County, R.I., January 10, 1867. Republican. Real estate business; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1903-09; Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, 1910-13; Rhode Island State Tax Commissioner. Unitarian. Member, Loyal Legion; American Economic Association; American Political Science Association; Freemasons. Died in Cranston, Providence County, R.I., January 10, 1957 (age 90 years, 0 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Zenas Randall Bliss and Martha Nancy (Work) Bliss; married, October 26, 1892, to Lydia Collins Kelly.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Wilberforce Douglas (b. 1841) — also known as William W. Douglas — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., November 26, 1841. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1871-73; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1890; justice of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1891-1905; chief justice of Rhode Island state supreme court, 1905-08. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Rev. William Douglas and Sarah (Sawyer) Douglas; married, June 30, 1884, to Anna Jean Bennett.   Elisha Dyer Jr. (1839-1906) — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., November 29, 1839. Republican. Chemist; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1877; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1882; Adjutant General of Rhode Island, 1882-95; Governor of Rhode Island, 1897-1900; mayor of Providence, R.I., 1906; died in office 1906. Member, Freemasons; Zeta Psi; Loyal Legion; Society of the Cincinnati; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., November 29, 1906 (age 67 years, 0 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Elisha Dyer and Anna Jones (Hoppin) Dyer; married 1862 to Nancy Anthony Viall; grandfather of Walter Gurnee Dyer; great-grandson of William Jones; first cousin once removed of William Warner Hoppin; third cousin twice removed of Peter Rawson Taft and Denwood Lynn Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of Alphonso Taft.   Political families: Davis family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Oscar Lapham (1837-1926) — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Burrillville, Providence County, R.I., June 29, 1837. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Rhode Island state senate, 1887; U.S. Representative from Rhode Island 1st District, 1891-95. Member, Loyal Legion; Phi Beta Kappa. Died March 29, 1926 (age 88 years, 273 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Duty Lapham and Lucinda (Wheelock) Lapham; married, June 20, 1876, to Clara Louise Paine.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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