Jesse H. Metcalf

For the actor, see Jesse Metcalfe.

Jesse Houghton Metcalf
United States Senator from Rhode Island
In office November 5, 1924 – January 3, 1937
Preceded by	Lebaron B. Colt
Succeeded by	Theodore F. Green
Personal details
Born	November 16, 1860(1860-11-16) Providence, Rhode Island
Died	October 9, 1942(1942-10-09) (aged 81) Providence, Rhode Island
Political party	Republican

Jesse Houghton Metcalf (November 16, 1860 – October 9, 1942) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Providence, he was educated in private schools there, studied textile manufacturing in Yorkshire, England, and engaged in textile manufacturing. In 1889 Metcalf received a large bequest from his father's business partner, Henry J. Steere. Metcalf served as a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1889 to 1891 and in 1907, and was a member of the Providence Common Council from 1888 to 1892. He was chairman of the Metropolitan Park Commission of Rhode Island from 1909 to 1924, and a member of the penal and charitable board from 1917 to 1923. In addition, he was president of Rhode Island Hospital, a trustee of the Rhode Island School of Design at Providence and of Brown University, and from 1935 to 1940 a Republican National Committeeman. He was also a part owner of The Providence Journal.^[1]

Metcalf was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate (the upper house of the Congress) on November 4, 1924, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of LeBaron B. Colt; on the same day he was also elected for the term commencing March 4, 1925. He was reelected in 1930 and served from November 5, 1924, to January 3, 1937; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Patents (Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Education and Labor (Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses). He died in Providence in 1942; interment was in Swan Point Cemetery. The Jesse H. Metcalf Lodge at Camp Yawgoog, the funds for which were donated by his wife, houses the Camp Sandy Beach dining hall and was named in his honor.

References

1. ^ "Trolley Cars and Fire Engines" Warwick History, retrieved January 25, 2010.

• Jesse H. Metcalf at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States Senate
Preceded by LeBaron B. Colt	United States Senator (Class 2) from Rhode Island 1924 – 1937 Served alongside: Peter G. Gerry, Felix Hebert, Peter G. Gerry	Succeeded by Theodore F. Green

Persondata
Name	Metcalf, Jesse
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	November 16, 1860
Place of birth	Providence, Rhode Island
Date of death	October 9, 1942
Place of death	Providence, Rhode Island