Albert C. Howard

Albert Crawford Howard (born February 29, 1828 in Cranston , Rhode Island , †  July 3, 1910 in Atlanta , Georgia ) was an American politician . Between 1877 and 1880 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island.

Career

Albert Howard was the younger brother of Henry Howard (1826-1905) who was Governor of Rhode Island between 1873 and 1875 . The sources do not give much information about his life and work. He spent most of his life in Providence County , Rhode Island, where he was involved in commerce and politics. During the civil war he served as a captain in the Union army . Politically, he belonged to the Prohibition Party .

In 1876 Howard was elected lieutenant governor of Rhode Island alongside Republican Charles C. Van Zandt . He held this office between 1877 and 1880. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . After his time as Lieutenant Governor, he was no longer politically active. Albert Howard spent his old age in Atlanta, where he died on July 3, 1910. He found his final resting place in Providence . Howard was married twice and had three children.

literature

• William Richard Cutter: New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial . Clearfield, 1996, ISBN 0-8063-4612-4 , pp. 1814 (English, full text in the Google book search).

Web links

• Albert C. Howard in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard