Horace E. Hobbs

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Horace Eastow Hobbs (born September 13, 1899 in Hampton , New Hampshire , † July 7, 1999 in Warwick , Rhode Island ) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ) and from 1961 to 1966 mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island.

Life

Horace E. Hobbs was born in 1899 to Oliver Hobbs and his wife Ardenia (nee Blake) in Hampton, New Hampshire, and grew up on their parents' farm there. He attended local schools, including the Hampton Academy and High School , where he graduated from school in 1917. During World War I he served in the United States Army in the rank of corporal . He studied at the University of New Hampshire and Columbia University . At the latter he received a master’s degree . Hobbs then worked as a teacher at Rhode Island College , Brown University and the University of Rhode Island .

In 1960 Hobbs, who had lived in Warwick, Rhode Island since 1930, ran as a Democratic candidate in the city's mayoral election. Although the previous Republican incumbent Raymond E. Stone was the favorite, Hobbs succeeded in winning the election with a narrow result of 15,391 to 15,216 votes. He was re-elected in 1962 and 1964. In 1966 he decided not to run again to instead run for the governor of Rhode Island. In the gubernatorial election he was defeated by the Republican incumbent John Chafee with 63.3% to 36.7% of the votes. Hobbs tried again to become mayor of Warwick and ran in 1968 as an independent against his democratic successor Philip W. Noel . When Hobbs lost this election, he withdrew from politics.

Hobbs was a Freemason and a member of the Warwick Lions Club . He was married and had two children, a son and a daughter. In July 1999, shortly before his 100th birthday, he died at Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick, Rhode Island.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Journal bulletin Rhode Island Almanac , p. 108, Providence Journal Bulletin, 1996
  2. ^ A b Horace E. Hobbs: The new barn burned, but the old one stood , ca.1980 , Hampton Union
  3. ↑ Peter Randall: Hampton, a century of town and beach, 1888-1988 (1989)
  4. ↑ Horace E. Hobbs: September 1905: and school begins , September 14, 1983, Hampton Union
  5. ↑ Horace E. Hobbs, The Teachers of 1913 Were a Diverse Group , Nov. 2, 1983, Hampton Union
  6. ^ Donald A. D'Amato: Warwick: A City at the Crossroads , 146 (Arcadia Publishing, 2001)
  7. ↑ Rhodes Cook: America Votes 31: 2013-2014, Election Returns by State , 314 (2015)
personal data
SURNAME Hobbs, Horace E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hobbs, Horace Eastow (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Hampton , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1999
Place of death Warwick , Rhode Island