Lemuel H. Arnold

Lemuel Hastings Arnold ( born January 29, 1792 in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, † June 27, 1852 in South Kingstown, Rhode Iceland ) was an American politician and 1831-1833 Governor of the State of Rhode Iceland. Between 1845 and 1847 he also represented his country in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

Lemuel Arnold was the son of Jonathan Arnold, who had been a 1782-1783 member of the Continental Congress. He studied until 1811 at Dartmouth College in Vermont. After a subsequent law studies and his 1814 was admitted to a lawyer, he began working in Providence in this profession. From 1821 he worked as a merchant.

Political career

Between 1826 and 1831 was Arnold deputy in the House of Representatives from Rhode Iceland. In 1831 he was elected governor of his state. After a re-election the following year he was able to hold that office between 4 May 1831, 1 May 1833. During this time, the state was hit by a cholera epidemic. When it came to riots in Providence, they were violently suppressed by the Governor.

After he lost the gubernatorial elections of 1833 against John Brown Francis, he retired for a few years out of politics. In the years 1842 and 1843 he was a member of the Government Council. In this time, the so-called Dorr Rebellion falls, a services mentioned above by Thomas Dorr Rebellion to extension of voting rights on citizens without property. In 1845, Arnold competed unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate. For this he was elected to the House of Representatives, where he represented the interests of his state between 4 March 1845 to 3 March 1847.

Further CV

After his return to Rhode Iceland Arnold was working as a lawyer again. This profession he held until his death in June 1852. Lemuel Arnold was married twice and had nine children. His great-grandnephew Theodore F. Green was from 1933 to 1937 also governor of Rhode Iceland and represented the State 1937-1961 as a Senator in Congress.