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Lieutenant
  
Spouse(s)
  
Mary Ann Balch

Resigned
  
May 29, 1877

Political party
  

Party
  
Preceded by
  
Name
  
Henry Lippitt

Children
  
Charles W. Lippitt

Henry Lippitt

Born
  
October 9, 1818 (
1818-10-09
)

Parents
  
Warren Lippitt,Eliza (Seamans) Lippitt

Role
  
Former Governor of Rhode Island

Died
  
June 5, 1891, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Previous office
  
Governor of Rhode Island (1875–1877)

Resting place
  
Succeeded by
  

Governor henry lippitt house providence


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

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Family

Lippitt was the son of Warren Lippitt and Eliza (Seamans) Lippitt, married to Mary Ann Balch. Lippitt was the father of Charles Warren Lippitt, another Rhode Island Governor, and the father of Henry F. Lippitt, a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the grandfather of Rhode Island House Minority Leader Frederick Lippitt, the great-grandfather of John Chafee, another Rhode Island Governor, U.S. Senator and 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

Henry Lippitt Wikipedia


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