| LC control no. | n 86021424 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Arnold, Samuel Greene, 1821-1880 |
| Birth date | 1821-04-12 |
| Death date | 1880-02-14 |
| Place of birth | Providence (R.I.) |
| Place of death | Providence (R.I.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Historians |
| Found in | His Viaje por AmeĢrica del Sur, 1951: t.p. (Samuel Greene Arnold) NUC pre-1956 (Arnold, Samuel Greene, 1821-1880) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed May 24, 2018 (Arnold, Samuel Greene, (granduncle of Theodore Francis Green), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Providence, R.I., April 12, 1821; received his early education under private tutors; graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1841 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1845; admitted to the bar in 1845; lawyer and historian; trustee of Brown University 1848-1880; elected lieutenant governor of Rhode Island in 1852 and served as Acting Governor; member of the peace commission held at Washington, D.C. in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; again elected lieutenant governor in 1861 and 1862; during the Civil War organized a company of light artillery which went to Washington, D.C., and was mustered into the Union Army; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James F. Simmons and served from December 1, 1862, to March 3, 1863; returned to historical research; president of the Rhode Island Historical Society 1868-1880; died in Providence, R.I., February 14, 1880; interment in Swan Point Cemetery) |
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