Roger Williams

Roger Williams

male, deceased (1684)
Calvinist ministers and theologian, Massachusetts colonial, Rhode Island colonial, minister, Reformed theologian, from Rhode Island…GovernorofRhodeIsland, Religious history of the United States, separation of church and state, Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Rhode Island politician
Roger Williams (December 21, 1603-April 1, 1684) was an English theologian, a notable proponent of the separation of Church and State, an advocate...
John Brown

John Brown

male, deceased (1803)
Slave Trade Act of 1794, federal slave importation laws, From Providence, Rhode Island, GovernorofRhodeIsland, slaveholder, slave trade…from Rhode Island
John Brown (1736-1803) was an American merchant and statesman from Providence, Rhode Island and founder of Brown University. Born in Providence,...
Ambrose Burnside

Ambrose Burnside

male, deceased (1881)
American, sideburns, East Tennessee, battle of the crater, battle of fredericksburg, gun politics…from Rhode Island, GovernorofRhodeIsland
Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 - September 13, 1881) was an American railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode...
Donald Carcieri

Donald Carcieri

male, 66 years old
Republican, United States Republican Party, medical marijuana, governor, Lambda Chi Alpha brother, GovernorofRhodeIsland
Donald L. "Don" Carcieri (born December 16, 1942) is the Governor of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Politically a centerist Republican, Carcieri...
Benedict Arnold

Benedict Arnold

male, deceased (1678)
GovernorofRhodeIsland, american revolution, governor, Newport Tower
Benedict Arnold (21 December 1615-19 June 1678) was governor of Rhode Island. He was governor during 1663-66, 1669-72, and 1677-78. He was born in...
John Chafee

John Chafee

male, deceased (1999)
Bonesman, American military personnel of World War II, Harvard Law School alumni, United States Marine, Yale University alumni, providence…GovernorofRhodeIsland, governor, secretary of the navy, United States Secretary of the Navy, from Rhode Island
John Lester Hubbard Chafee (October 22 1922 - October 24 1999) was an American politician. He served as an officer in the United States Marine...
Frank Licht

Frank Licht

male, deceased (1987)
Jewish person, From Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island lawyer, Brown University, GovernorofRhodeIsland, income tax…Rhode Island Senate, Rhode Island politician, Rhode Island State House, Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, governor
Frank Licht (March 13, 1916 - May 30, 1987) was Governor of Rhode Island from 1969 to 1973. Licht was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Jacob...
Lincoln Almond

Lincoln Almond

male, 73 years old (Providence, Rhode Island, United States)
Rhode Island politician, Ron Machtley, American, MTBE, Lincoln Carter Almond, Pascoag…University of Rhode Island alumni, Rhode Island Constitution, state of emergency, GovernorofRhodeIsland, Univ of Rhode Island BS with distinction 1985
Lincoln Carter Almond (born June 16 1936), an American politician and member of the Republican Party. A protege of the late Senator John Chafee,...
Bruce Sundlun

Bruce Sundlun

male, 89 years old (Providence, Rhode Island, United States)
American military personnel of World War II, Jewish American, From Providence, Rhode Island, politician, Gordon School, providence…Bachelor of Laws, Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Recipient of US Distinguished Flying Cross, Recipient of the Purple Heart medal, Politics of the United States
Bruce Sundlun (born January 19 1920) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Sundlun was member of the Democratic Party and...