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.…

NEHEMIAH RICE KNIGHT was born in Cranston, Rhode Island. He represented his home town in the state General Assembly in 1802. In 1805 he won election as clerk of the…

EDWARD COX held the governorship briefly upon Nehemiah Knight’s appointment to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. Sources: *Note: Exact dates of birth and death are not known.

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.…

LEMUEL HASTINGS ARNOLD was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. After graduating from Dartmouth College, he studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1814. He practiced law for seven…

JOHN BROWN FRANCIS was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He worked in the mercantile business and managed the large estate that he inherited from the grandfather who had raised him. He…

Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, WILLIAM SPRAGUE worked with his brother in a mercantile business, and the two men became the most extensive manufacturers of cotton goods in the world.…

SAMUEL WARD KING was born in Johnston, Rhode Island. He attended Brown University but did not graduate, instead choosing to study medicine. He served as a surgeon during the War…

CHARLES JACKSON was born in Providence, Rhode Island. After graduating from Brown University, he studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1820. However, he left the practice of…

BYRON DIMAN was born in Bristol, Rhode Island. Starting at the age of sixteen, he worked for more than two decades in a counting-house, after which he engaged in the…

ELISHA HARRIS was born in Cranston, Rhode Island and attended public schools and the East Greenwich Seminary. He became a bookkeeper after finishing school and then entered the manufacturing business…

A native of Coventry, Rhode Island, HENRY BOWEN ANTHONY graduated from Brown University at the age of eighteen. Several years later he became editor of the Providence Journal, ultimately acquiring…