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Rhode Island
Gov. William Channing Gibbs
- May 2, 1821 - May 5, 1824
- February 10, 1789
- February 24, 1871
- Rhode Island
- Married Mary Kane; ten children
- National Guard
About
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, WILLIAM CHANNING GIBBS rose to the rank of Major General in the state militia. He represented Newport in the General Assembly from 1816 until 1820. During his three gubernatorial terms, the question of expanding suffrage was placed on the state ballot but rejected. During Gibbs’ final year as governor, a Constitutional Convention drafted a document that addressed voting rights irregularities, but voters rejected any change to the Constitution.
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.