Ray Greene

Ray Greene

Ray Greene (born February 2, 1765 in Warwick , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , †  January 11, 1849 ibid) was a British- American politician of the Federalist Party .

Life

Ray Greene was born in Warwick in 1765 to William Greene , who a few years later became the second governor of Rhode Island. He first studied classical antiquity and graduated from Yale College in 1784 . After completing his law degree , he was admitted to the bar and began working as a lawyer in Providence , the capital of Rhode Islands.

In 1794 Ray Greene was appointed Attorney General of the State of Rhode Island. He stayed that way until 1797; that year he was elected a federalist to the US Senate , where he served as the successor to the resigned William Bradford . In 1799 Greene was re-elected for another term, but he resigned on March 5, 1801 because he had been nominated for a legal position. US President John Adams had designated him as district judge for Rhode Island, but there was no official appeal. Adams, who made the nomination shortly before retiring from the presidency, had overlooked a formality that invalidated the process. His successor Thomas Jefferson was unwilling to correct this mistake, so that Ray Greene was ultimately left without office.

Greene was married to Mary Magdalene Flagg († 1817) since 1794. He died in 1849 and was buried in his family's cemetery on Greene Farm in Warwick. His son William (1797-1883) was Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island between 1866 and 1868 .

Web links

• Ray Greene in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ray GREENE "Attorney General, RI" "US Senator"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.