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Henry Lippitt

American politician

Summary

American politician

Field	Value
name	Henry Lippitt
image	Henry Lippitt Governor.jpg
order	33rd
office	Governor of Rhode Island
term_start	May 25, 1875
term_end	May 29, 1877
lieutenant	Henry T. Sisson
predecessor	Henry Howard
successor	Charles Van Zandt
birth_date
death_date
restingplace	Swan Point Cemetery
party	Republican
otherparty
spouse	Mary Ann Balch
partner
children	Charles Warren Lippitt,
Henry F. Lippitt, Jeanie Lippitt Weeden, Mary Balch (Lippitt) Steedman, Robert Lincoln Lippitt
parents	Warren Lippitt,
Eliza (Seamans) Lippitt
signature	Henry Lippitt governor of Rhode Island-signature.jpg
residence	Lippitt Mansion,
Providence, Rhode Island

| honorific-prefix = | honorific-suffix = Henry F. Lippitt, Jeanie Lippitt Weeden, Mary Balch (Lippitt) Steedman, Robert Lincoln Lippitt Eliza (Seamans) Lippitt Providence, Rhode Island

Henry Lippitt (October 9, 1818 – June 5, 1891) was the 33rd Governor of Rhode Island from 1875 to 1877.

Family

Secretary of the Navy]]; and the great-great-grandfather of [[Lincoln Chafee]], the former U.S. Senator and governor of Rhode Island.

Business

Lippitt was the president of the Lippitt Woolen Company and owned various textile mills, including Lippitt Mill in West Warwick and the Hanora Mills and Social Mill in Woonsocket. He was also a vice president of the Rhode Island Institution for Savings and the president of the Rhode Island National Bank.

Governorship

Lippitt was a Republican and succeeded fellow Republican Henry Howard as governor of Rhode Island on May 25, 1875. He was governor for two years and was then succeeded by another Republican, Charles C. Van Zandt, on May 29, 1877.

Home

The Governor Henry Lippitt House is located on the East Side of Providence. Completed in 1865, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976, and in 1981 was donated by the Lippitt family to Preserve Rhode Island.

References

"The Political Graveyard, Greene-Lippitt family of Rhode Island".

Wikipedia Source

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