Lemuel H. Arnold

Lemuel H. Arnold

Lemuel Hastings Arnold (January 29, 1792ndash June 27, 1852) was the Governor of the State of Rhode Island, as well as a U.S. Congressman.cite book|last=Brown|first=John Howard|title=Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States|publisher=The Cylopedia Publishing Company|date=1900|pages=p123|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=XGBkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA123&dq=Lemuel+Hastings+Arnold&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=5YKHSLSvG4fQigGBpvzpAQ]

He was born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1811, studied law, was admitted to the bar and began his law practice in Providence, Rhode Island.

A member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1826 to 1831, he was then elected Governor of Rhode Island and served in that position from 1831 to 1833. Arnold also served as a member of the Rhode Island Executive Council during the Dorr Rebellion from 1842 to 1843. Following an unsuccessful attempt for a seat in the United States Senate in 1845, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Whig Party and served one term from 1845 to 1847.cite book|title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography|publisher=James T White & Co.|date=1899|pages=p395|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fd4DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA395&dq=Lemuel+Hastings+Arnold+South+Kingstown&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=SIeHSIDRKYziiwHWgpGgAg]

After leaving politics, he practiced law in South Kingstown, Rhode Island until his death. He was buried in Swan Point Cemetery in Providence.

His son, Richard Arnold, was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War. His daughter, Sally Lyman Arnold, was married to Union Brig. Gen. Isaac P. Rodman, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam.cite book|title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography|publisher=James T White & Co.|date=1899|pages=p396|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fd4DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA396&vq=His+daughter,+Sally+was+the+wife+of+Gen&dq=Lemuel+Hastings+Arnold+South+Kingstown&lr=&as_brr=3&source=gbs_search_s]

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7254341 Profile page for Lemuel Hastings Arnold] on the Find-A-Grave web site

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