William Greene (politician, 1797)

William Greene

William Greene (born January 1, 1797 in Warwick , Rhode Island , †  March 24, 1883 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1866 and 1868 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island.

Career

William Greene came from a prominent family of politicians. His father Ray Greene (1765-1849) was a US Senator ; his grandfather, who was also named William Greene and lived from 1731 to 1809, was the governor of Rhode Island. Other ancestors held important offices in the colonial era and were governors or lieutenant governors of the colony. The founder of the city of Warwick was also one of his ancestors. Greene first studied at Brown University . After a subsequent law studies at the Litchfield Law School in Connecticut and his admission to the bar, he began around 1820 in Cincinnati ( Ohio to work in this profession). There he was also a member and, in the meantime, president of the school committee. He did not return to Warwick until 1862. Politically, he had since joined the Republican Party founded in 1854 .

In 1866, Greene was elected Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island alongside Ambrose Burnside . He held this office between 1866 and 1868. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate . In May 1868 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Ulysses S. Grant was nominated as a presidential candidate. After his time as Lieutenant Governor, he was no longer politically active. He died on March 24, 1883 in Warwick, where he was also buried.

Web links

• William Greene in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• William Greene at The Political Graveyard
• William Greene on Rootsweb