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Joseph O'Donnell Jr.
Joseph H. O'Donnell, Jr. (May 22, 1925 – December 12, 2005) was the Lieutenant Governors of Rhode Island, Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. state of Rhode Island from 1967 to 1969. He was a Republican Party (United States), Republican. From 1963 to 1966, he was the Rhode Island State Director of Administration. He is the only Republican elected lieutenant governor of Rhode Island since 1940, though Bernard Jackvony was later appointed to fill a vacancy. Career In 1963, O'Donnell began working as the director of the Rhode Island Department of Administration. In 1964, he ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governors of Rhode Island, Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island. In July 1966, he resigned from the Department of Administration to campaign full-time as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. References 1925 births 2005 deaths Lieutenant Governors of Rhode Island 20th-century American politicians {{RhodeIsland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chafee
John Lester Hubbard Chafee ( ; October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party (United States), he served as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as the Secretary of the Navy, and as a United States Senator. Early life and family Chafee was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to a politically active family. He was the son of Janet Melissa (née Hunter) and John Sharpe Chafee. His great-grandfather, Henry Lippitt, was governor of Rhode Island (1875–1877) and among his great-uncles were a Rhode Island governor, Charles Warren Lippitt, and United States Senator Henry Frederick Lippitt. His uncle, Zechariah Chafee, was a Harvard law professor, and a notable civil libertarian. His cousin was Frederick Lippitt, former House Minority Leader for the Rhode Island House of Representatives. He had two daughters and four sons, one of whom is former Rhode Island Governor and former United States S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Folcarelli
Giovanni Folcarelli (May 30, 1926 – May 26, 1982) was the Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. State of Rhode Island from 1965 to 1967. He was a Democrat. Folcarelli attended Boston College and earned an LL.B. degree. He also served in World War II in the United States Army Air Forces The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and ''de facto'' aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II ... from 1944 to 1946. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Folcarelli, Giovanni 1926 births 1982 deaths Rhode Island Democrats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Smithfield, Rhode Island
North Smithfield is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, settled as a farming community in 1666 and incorporated into its present form in 1871. North Smithfield includes the historic villages of Forestdale, Primrose, Waterford, Branch Village, Union Village, Park Square, and Slatersville. The population was 12,588 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (2.83%) is water. North Smithfield is in a New England upland region. The Branch River and Blackstone Rivers provided much of the power for the early mills in the town. The town consists mainly of temperate forests, with minor elevation changes. At , Woonsocket Hill in North Smithfield is one of the highest points in Rhode Island. Residents can expect mild summers and harsh winters. History In the 17th century British colonists settled in North Smithfield developing a farming community that they named after Smithfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Since Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, conservatism has been the dominant ideology of the GOP. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. The Republican Party's intellectual predecessor is considered to be Northern members of the Whig Party, with Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being Whigs before switching to the party, from which they were elected. The collapse of the Whigs, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country, strengthened the party's electoral success. Upon its founding, it supported c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaSalle Academy
La Salle, LaSalle or Lasalle is part of the names of two men born in 17th century France, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, for whom many places and things are named. The name may refer to: Places Canada *La Salle, Manitoba *Ontario **LaSalle, Ontario, a municipality in Essex County **La Salle Township, Ontario, a geographic township in Nipissing District *Quebec **LaSalle, Quebec, a borough of Montreal **LaSalle—Émard, a federal electoral district in Quebec **Lasalle (electoral district), a former electoral district in Quebec France * Lasalle, Gard * La Salle, Saône-et-Loire * La Salle, Vosges * La Salle-de-Vihiers, in the Maine-et-Loire department * La Salle-en-Beaumont, in the Isère department * La Salle-et-Chapelle-Aubry, in the Maine-et-Loire department * La Salle-les-Alpes, in the Hautes-Alpes department * La Salle-Prunet, in the Lozère department Haiti *La Salle, Grand'Anse, a rural village in the Pestel commune Italy *La Sall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
