Lucius FC Garvin

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Lucius Garvin

Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin (born November 13, 1841 in Knoxville , Tennessee , † October 2, 1922 in Cumberland , Rhode Island ) was an American politician and governor of the state of Rhode Island from 1903 to 1905 .

Early years and advancement

Lucius Garvin was the son of James Garvin, a professor at East Tennessee University . Lucius first attended Guilford College in North Carolina and then until 1862 Amherst College . Immediately after graduating from school, he joined a regiment from Massachusetts as a soldier , where he served during the American Civil War. After the war he studied medicine at Harvard University until 1867 . After his admission as a doctor, he began working in the profession in Pawtucket and then after moving to Cumberland.

Political rise

Until 1876, Garvin was a member of the Republicans . Then he fell out with this party on the issue of the right to vote and joined the Democrats . Between 1883 and 1888 he was an MP in the Rhode Island House of Representatives . He returned there from 1895 to 1903. From 1889 to 1892 he was a member of the State Senate . In the gubernatorial elections of 1901 he was defeated by William Gregory . A year later he was elected as the new governor as his party's candidate against Charles D. Kimball , who had replaced the late Gregory as governor.

Governor of Rhode Island

Lucius Garvin took up his new office on January 3, 1903. After being re-elected, he could remain in this office until January 3, 1905. As governor, Garvin advocated the extension of the right to vote to citizens born outside the United States. He also voted for a fairer distribution of the electoral districts. Garvin was also an opponent of the corruption that was widespread at the time. Many of his plans failed because of the opposition of the Republicans, who at that time had a majority in the legislature. In 1904 Garvin failed in his attempt to re- elect George H. Utter , the Republican candidate.

Another résumé

In the gubernatorial elections of 1905 Garvin lost again to Utter. In the following years, Lucius Garvin applied for a seat in the US Congress five times without success . In 1912 he briefly joined the Progressive Party of former President Theodore Roosevelt , but by 1916 he returned to the Democrats. In 1921 he was elected to the State Senate again. He held this mandate until his death in 1922. Lucius Garvin was married twice and had a total of five children.

literature

  • Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 4, Meckler Books, Westport, 1978. 4 volumes.

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