Samuel G. Arnold

Samuel G. Arnold

Samuel Greene Arnold Jr. (born April 12, 1821 in Providence , Rhode Island , †  February 14, 1880 ibid) was an American politician who represented the state of Rhode Island in the US Senate .

Samuel Arnold received his school education from private tutors. In 1841 he graduated from Brown University in his hometown of Providence; it followed a law degree at Harvard University , where he graduated in 1845. In the same year he was admitted to the bar. He then worked as a lawyer and historian; in addition, he was a member of the executive committee of Brown University from 1848.

Arnold first became politically active in 1852, when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island for one year . In 1859 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1861 he took part in a peace conference in Washington, DC , which was a fruitless attempt to prevent the looming civil war . In March of the same year he took over the office of lieutenant governor of his state, for which the unionists had nominated him. During the Civil War, Arnold put together an artillery company that went to Washington to join the Union Army .

On December 1, 1862, Samuel Arnold took one of the two seats in the US Senate as a member of the Republicans , which had become vacant after the resignation of James F. Simmons . His term in Washington ended on March 3, 1863. He returned to his home state, where he devoted himself to historical research and in 1868 became President of the Rhode Island Historical Society .

His great-nephew Theodore F. Green also represented Rhode Island in the US Senate from 1937 to 1961. He was previously governor of the state from 1933 to 1937 .

Web links

• Samuel G. Arnold in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel G. Arnold in the database of Find a Grave (English)