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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 254 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1842 See also:

James See also:Fenner, Whig . . 1843-1845 See also:Charles See also:Jackson,' Democrat 1845-1846 See also:Byron Diman, Whig . 1846-1847 See also:Elisha See also:Harris, Whig . 1847-1849 See also:Henry B. See also:Anthony, Whig • 1849-1851 See also:Philip See also:Allen, Democrat . 1851-1853 See also:Francis M. Dimond (acting), Democrat • 1853-1854 See also:William W. Hoppin, Whig and See also:American . 1854-1857 Elisha See also:Dyer, Republican 1857–1859 See also:Thomas G. See also:Turner, Republican . 1859–1860 William Sprague,' Unionist . . I86o–i863 William C.

Cozzens (acting), Unionist • 1863 James Y. See also:

Smith, Republican • 1863–1866 See also:Ambrose E. See also:Burnside, „ • 1866-1869 See also:Seth Padelford, „ . 1869-1873 Henry See also:Howard, „ 3873-1875 Henry Lippitt, 1875 1877 Charles C. See also:Van Zandt, „ . 1877-1880 See also:Alfred H. Littlefield, „ . 1880—1883 See also:Augustus O. Bourn, „ . 1883-1885 See also:George P. Wetmore, • 1885–1887 Tohn W. See also:Davis, Democrat, ^ 1887–1888 oyal C.

See also:

Taft, Republican, . • 1888-1889 See also:Herbert W. See also:Ladd, „ . 1889-1890 See also:John W. Davis, Democrat • 1890-1891 erbert W. Ladd, Republican 1891-1892 D. See also:Russell See also:Brown, ^ 1892-1895 Charles W. Lippitt, „ . 1895-1897 Elisha Dyer, . 1897-1900 William See also:Gregory, „ . 1900–1901 Charles See also:Dean Kimball, Republican ^ 1901-1903 L. F.

C. Garvin, Democrat • 1903-1905 George H. Utter, Republican . 1905-1907 James H. See also:

Higgins, Democrat 1907-1909 See also:Aram J. See also:Pothier, Republican 1909- See also:History.—For many years the See also:standard authority on the See also:period before the ratification of the constitution was S. G. See also:Arnold, History of Rhode See also:Island, 1636–1790 (2 vols., New See also:York, 1859–60 4th ed., See also:Providence, 1894). His See also:work has, however, been partially superseded by I. B.. Richman, Rhode Island: Its Making and Meaning, 1636–1683 (2 vols., 1902), and Rhode Island: A Study in Separatism (See also:Boston and New York, 1905). See also:Edward See also:Field (Editor), See also:State of Rhode Island and Providence See also:Plantation at the end of the See also:Century: A History (3 vols., Boston, 1902), is valuable for the more See also:recent history of the state.

See also Adelos See also:

Gorton, The See also:Life and Times of See also:Samuel Gorton (See also:Philadelphia, 19o8); W. B. Weeden, See also:Early Rhode Island: A Social History of the See also:People (New York, 1910) ; F. G. See also:Bates, Rhode Island and the Formation of the See also:Union (New York, 1898) ; A. M. Mowry, The Dori See also:War; or the Constitutional Struggle in Rhode Island (Providence, 1901); Records of the See also:Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, 1636–1792 (10 vols., Providence, 1856–65) ; Rhode Island See also:Historical Society, Collections (io vols., to be continued, Providence, 1827–1902); Proceedings and Publications, 23 See also:numbers (Providence, 1872-1902, to be continued). The Quarterly (8 vols., 1892–1901, discontinued); Rhode Island Historical Tracts, See also:Series I., 20 vols. (Providence, 1877–1884), Series II., 5 vols. (Providence, 1889-96). For See also:general See also:bibliographies see J. R.

See also:

Bartlett, Bibliography of Rhode Island (Providence, 1864) ; C. R. Brigham, in Field, III., pp. 651–81; and Richman, in A Study in Separatism, pp. 353-85. i Jackson was a Liberation Whig—favouring the liberation• of-See also:Dore from See also:prison—but he was elected on the Democratic See also:ticket. 2 Sprague was elected over the See also:radical Republican See also:candidate through a See also:coalition of Democrats and conservative Republicans.

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