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Politician members in Rhode Island

Joshua Melancthon Addeman (1840-1930) — also known as Joshua M. Addeman — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Bay of Islands, New Zealand, November 15, 1840. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; secretary of state of Rhode Island, 1872-87. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons; Society of the Cincinnati. Died October 13, 1930 (age 89 years, 332 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Addeman and Maria (Fligg) Addeman; married 1872 to Louise Waterman Winsor.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Perry Belmont (1851-1947) — of Babylon, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 28, 1851. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1881-88; resigned 1888; defeated, 1902 (7th District); U.S. Minister to Spain, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904 (member, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1912; major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York. Member, Sons of the Revolution; Society of the Cincinnati; American Legion. Died in Newport, Newport County, R.I., May 25, 1947 (age 95 years, 148 days). Interment at Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.   Relatives: Son of August Belmont (1816-1890) and Caroline Slidell (Perry) Belmont; brother of August Belmont (1853-1924) and Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont; married 1899 to Jessie Ann Robbins; grandnephew of John Slidell and Thomas Slidell; first cousin once removed of Matthew Calbraith Butler.   Political families: Emmet-Slidell family of New York City, New York; Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   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   Theodore Francis Green (1867-1966) — also known as Theodore F. Green — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 2, 1867. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1907-08; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912 (alternate), 1916 (Honorary Vice-President), 1928, 1936, 1940, 1944 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee; member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker), 1948, 1952, 1960; candidate for Presidential Elector for Rhode Island; candidate for U.S. Representative from Rhode Island, 1918; Governor of Rhode Island, 1933-37; defeated, 1912, 1928, 1930; member of Democratic National Committee from Rhode Island, 1936-40; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1937-61. Baptist. Member, American Arbitration Association; Psi Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Society of the Cincinnati; American Bar Association. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., May 19, 1966 (age 98 years, 229 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Arnold Green and Cornelia Abby (Burges) Green; grandnephew of Samuel Greene Arnold; great-grandson of James Burrill Jr.; great-grandnephew of Tristam Burges and Lemuel Hastings Arnold; second great-grandson of Jonathan Arnold.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Arnold family of Providence, Rhode Island (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: John A. Notte, Jr.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   William Jones (1753-1822) — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., October 8, 1753. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; justice of the peace; Speaker of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1809-10, 1810-11; Governor of Rhode Island, 1811-17. Congregationalist. Welsh ancestry. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; American Antiquarian Society. Died April 9, 1822 (age 68 years, 183 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of William Jones and Elizabeth (Pearce) Jones; married, February 28, 1787, to Anne Dunn; grandfather of Anna Jones Hoppin (who married Elisha Dyer); great-grandfather of Elisha Dyer Jr.; third 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   Charles Warren Lippitt (1846-1924) — also known as Charles W. Lippitt — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 8, 1846. Republican. Manufacturer; banker; Governor of Rhode Island, 1895-97; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1896. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., April 4, 1924 (age 77 years, 179 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Henry Lippitt and Mary Ann (Balch) Lippitt; brother of Henry Frederick Lippitt; married, February 23, 1886, to Margaret Barbara Farnum; uncle 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 National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Claiborne de Borda Pell (1918-2009) — also known as Claiborne Pell; "Senator Oddball" — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., November 22, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Rhode Island, 1964, 1968, 1988, 1996. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Council on Foreign Relations. Died, from Parkinson's disease, in Newport, Newport County, R.I., January 1, 2009 (age 90 years, 40 days). Interment at Berkeley Memorial Cemetery, Middletown, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. and Matilda (Bigelow) Pell; married 1944 to Nuala O'Donnell; great-grandnephew of George Mifflin Dallas (1839-1917); second great-grandson of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne; second great-grandnephew of George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864); third great-grandson of Alexander James Dallas and Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne; third great-grandnephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne; first cousin six times removed of Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812); second cousin twice removed of Robert Walker Irwin; second cousin five times removed of John Claiborne and Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856); third cousin once removed of Corinne Claiborne Boggs; fourth cousin of Barbara Boggs Sigmund and Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Baugh Brewster.   Political family: Claiborne-Dallas family of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Claiborne Pell: G. Wayne Miller, An Uncommon Man: The Life and Times of Senator Claiborne Pell

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