Ray Greene (politician)

Ray Greene ( born February 2, 1765 in Warwick, Rhode Iceland, † January 11, 1849 ibid ) was an American politician of the Federalist Party.

Ray Greene was born in 1765 in Warwick, a son of William Greene, who a few years later the second Governor of Rhode Iceland was. He studied the classical Ancient Studies and graduated in 1784 at Yale College. After completing his law studies, he was admitted to the bar and started to work as a lawyer in Providence, the capital of Rhode Island.

1794 Ray Greene was appointed Attorney General of the State of Rhode Iceland. This he remained until 1797; This year, he was elected as a Federalist to the U.S. Senate, where he served as successor to the retiring William Bradford. 1799 Greene was confirmed for a second term, but he laid down his mandate already on 5 March 1801 because he had been nominated for a legal office. U.S. President John Adams had provided him as a District Judge for Rhode Iceland, but ultimately was not the official appointment. Adams, who made the nomination of the president shortly before his departure, had overlooked a formality that made the process invalid; his successor, Thomas Jefferson was not willing to correct this error, so Ray Greene ultimately remained without office.

Greene was married since 1794 with Mary Magdalene Flagg († 1817). He died in 1849 and was buried in his family cemetery on the Greene Farm in Warwick.