Charles D. Kimball

Charles D. Kimball.

Charles Dean Kimball (September 13, 1859 - December 8, 1930) was an American politician and the 47th Governor of Rhode Island.

Early life

Kimball was born in Providence, Rhode Island on September 13, 1859 as the son of Emery S. Kimball and Mary C. (Briggs) Kimball. He married Gertrude C. Greenalgh November 24, 1885.^[1] After school education, he made his career in business.

Political career

Kimball was a member of Rhode Island House of Representatives 1894-99 and Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island 1900-01.^[2] He became acting governor of Rhode Island after the death of incumbent governor William Gregory. He held the governor's office from December 16, 1901 to January 3, 1903. Kimball worked for changes in the State constitution to give the governor veto powers and change state elections from an annual to a biennial basis, both of which were eventually achieved.^[3]

Kimball was an active member of the Freemasons.^[4]

He died on December 8, 1930. Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island.^[5]

Notes

1. ^ The Political Graveyard, Index to Politicians: Kimball.
2. ^ The Political Graveyard, Index to Politicians: Kimball.
3. ^ National Governors Association, Rhode Island Governor Charles Dean Kimball. It says in the National Governors Association biography that Kimball was in favour of "changing state elections from a biennial to an annual basis...which [was] eventually achieved", but since the state elections was changed from an annual basis to a biennial basis at this time, the biographer must have made a mistake when writing the text.
4. ^ The Political Graveyard: Freemasons, politicians, Rhode Island at politicalgraveyard.com
5. ^ The Political Graveyard, Index to Politicians: Kimball.

Sources

• Sobel, Robert and John Raimo. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978. Greenwood Press, 1988. ISBN 0-313-28093-2

Political offices
Preceded by William Gregory	Governor of Rhode Island 1901–1903	Succeeded by Lucius F. C. Garvin

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Name	Kimball, Charles
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Date of birth	September 13, 1859
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Date of death	December 8, 1930
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