UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF

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UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1842
James Fenner, Whig . . 1843-1845
Charles Jackson,' Democrat 1845-1846
Byron Diman, Whig . 1846-1847
Elisha Harris, Whig . 1847-1849
Henry B. Anthony, Whig 1849-1851
Philip Allen, Democrat . 1851-1853
Francis M. Dimond (acting), Democrat 1853-1854
William W. Hoppin, Whig and American . 1854-1857
Elisha Dyer, Republican 18571859
Thomas G. Turner, Republican . 18591860
William Sprague,' Unionist . . I86oi863
William C. Cozzens (acting), Unionist 1863
James Y.

Smith

, Republican 18631866

Ambrose

E. Burnside, 1866-1869
Seth Padelford, . 1869-1873
Henry Howard, 3873-1875
Henry Lippitt, 1875 1877
Charles C. Van Zandt, . 1877-1880
Alfred H. Littlefield, . 18801883

Augustus

AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

O. Bourn, . 1883-1885
George P. Wetmore, 18851887
Tohn W. Davis, Democrat, ^ 18871888
oyal C. Taft, Republican, . 1888-1889

Herbert

W. Ladd, . 1889-1890
John W. Davis, Democrat 1890-1891
erbert W. Ladd, Republican 1891-1892
D. Russell Brown, ^ 1892-1895
Charles W. Lippitt, . 1895-1897
Elisha Dyer, . 1897-1900
William Gregory, . 19001901
Charles Dean Kimball, Republican ^ 1901-1903
L. F. C. Garvin, Democrat 1903-1905
George H. Utter, Republican . 1905-1907
James H. Higgins, Democrat 1907-1909
Aram J. Pothier, Republican 1909-
History.For many years the standard authority on the period before the ratification of the constitution was S. G.

Arnold

, History of Rhode Island, 16361790 (2 vols., New

York

, 185960 4th ed., Providence, 1894). His work has, however, been partially superseded by I. B.. Richman, Rhode Island: Its Making and Meaning, 16361683 (2 vols., 1902), and Rhode Island: A Study in Separatism (Boston and New

York

, 1905). Edward Field (Editor), State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation at the end of the Century: A History (3 vols., Boston, 1902), is valuable for the more

recent

RECENT

history of the state. See also Adelos Gorton, The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton (Philadelphia, 19o8); W. B. Weeden, Early Rhode Island: A Social History of the People (New York, 1910) ; F. G. Bates, Rhode Island and the Formation of the Union (New York, 1898) ; A. M. Mowry, The Dori War; or the Constitutional Struggle in Rhode Island (Providence, 1901); Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, 16361792 (10 vols., Providence, 185665) ; Rhode Island Historical Society, Collections (io vols., to be continued, Providence, 18271902); Proceedings and Publications, 23 numbers (Providence, 1872-1902, to be continued). The Quarterly (8 vols., 18921901, discontinued); Rhode Island Historical Tracts,

Series

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

I., 20 vols. (Providence,
18771884),

Series

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

II., 5 vols. (Providence, 1889-96). For general bibliographies see J. R. Bartlett, Bibliography of Rhode Island (Providence, 1864) ; C. R. Brigham, in Field, III., pp. 65181; and Richman, in A Study in Separatism, pp. 353-85.
i Jackson was a Liberation Whigfavouring the liberation of-Dore from prisonbut he was elected on the Democratic ticket.
2 Sprague was elected over the radical Republican candidate through a coalition of Democrats and conservative Republicans.

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