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Rhode Island
Gov. Henry Smith
- October 15, 1905 - May 7, 1806
- February 10, 1766
- June 28, 1818
- Rhode Island
- Succeeded
About
HENRY SMITH was born in Providence, Rhode Island. As President of the Rhode Island Senate, he became acting governor upon the death of Arthur Fenner. He relinquished the office to the Lieutenant Governor less than one year later.
Source
Mohr, Ralph S. Governors for Three Hundred Years (1638-1954): Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.State of Rhode Island, Graves Registration Committee, August 1954.
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. 9. New York: James T. White & Company.
Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 4. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols.