Wetmore, George Peabody, 1846-1921

LC control no.	n 96097372
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Wetmore, George Peabody, 1846-1921 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1846-08-02
Death date	1921-09-11
Place of birth	London (England)
Place of death	Boston (Mass.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators Governors
Found in	NUCMC data from Library of Congress Manuscript Division for His Papers, 1885-1916 (Wetmore, George Peabody (1846-1921); governor of Rhode Island and U.S. representative and senator) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed July 31, 2023: (Wetmore, George Peabody, a Senator from Rhode Island; born during a visit of his parents abroad, in London, England, August 2, 1846; received his early education at a private school; graduated from Yale College in 1867 and from the law department of Columbia College, New York City, in 1869; admitted to the bar of Rhode Island and of New York in 1869, but never practiced; trustee of several institutions; presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1880 and 1884; Governor of Rhode Island 1885-1886; unsuccessful candidate for a third term; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1889; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1894; reelected in 1900 and served from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1907; elected January 22, 1908, to fill the vacancy caused by the failure of the legislature to elect in the term commencing March 4, 1907, and served until March 3, 1913; declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1912; chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Fifty-fourth Congress), Committee on the Library (Fifty-fifth through Sixty-second Congresses); died in Boston, Mass., on September 11, 1921; interment in Island Cemetery, Newport, R.I.)
Associated language	eng