Albert C. Greene

Infobox Senator
name=Albert Collins Greene


jr/sr=United States Senator
state=Rhode Island
party=Whig
term=March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851
preceded=John B. Francis
succeeded=Charles T. James
date of birth=April 15, 1792
place of birth=East Greenwich, Rhode Island, USA
date of death=January 8, 1863
place of death=Providence, Rhode Island, USA
spouse=
profession=Politician, Lawyer

Albert Collins Greene (April 15, 1792 – January 8, 1863) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in East Greenwich, he graduated from Kent Academy, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1812, and commenced practice in East Greenwich. He was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1815 to 1825, serving as speaker from 1821- to 1825. He was brigadier general, and then major general, of the Fourth Brigade of State Militia from 1816 to 1823 and was attorney general of Rhode Island from 1825 to 1843.

Greene was a member of the Rhode Island Senate in 1843-1844, and was elected as a Whig to the U.S. Senate, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1851; he was not a candidate for reelection, and was elected to the Rhode Island Senate in 1851 and 1852. In 1857 he was again a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. He retired from public life, and died in Providence; interment was in Grace Church Cemetery.

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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7254016 Albert C. Greene] at Find A Grave