Samuel G. Arnold

Samuel Greene Arnold, Jr. ( born April 12, 1821 in Providence, Rhode Iceland, † February 14, 1880 ibid ) was an American politician who represented the state of Rhode Iceland in the U.S. Senate.

His education was Samuel Arnold by private tutors. In 1841, he graduated from Brown University in his hometown of Providence; it was followed by a law degree from Harvard University, where he graduated in 1845. In the same year he was admitted to the Bar Association. He then worked as a lawyer and historian; he also belonged from 1848 to the governing body of Brown University.

Politically, Arnold was the first time in 1852 worked when he was elected for one year as vice- governor of Rhode Iceland. In 1861 he took part in a peace conference in Washington, which was a futile attempt to prevent the impending civil war. In March of the same year he again took the office of lieutenant-governor of his state, for which it had nominated the Unionists. During the Civil War Arnold rallied an artillery company, which went to Washington to join the Union army there.

On December 1, 1862 Samuel Arnold took as a member of a Republican one of the two seats of Rhode Island in the U.S. Senate, which had become vacant by the resignation of James F. Simmons. His tenure in Washington already ended on March 3, 1863 again. He returned to his home state, where he devoted himself to historical research and in 1868 president of the Rhode Iceland Historical Society was.

His great- nephew Theodore F. Green represented Rhode Iceland from 1937 to 1961 also in the U.S. Senate. Previously, he was from 1933 to 1937 governor of the state.