Charles W. Lippitt

Charles W. Lippitt.

Charles Warren Lippitt (October 8, 1846 – April 4, 1924) was an American politician and the 44th Governor of Rhode Island.

Early Life and Family

Lippitt was born in Providence, Rhode Island on October 8, 1846. He graduated from Brown University. Later he was involved in his father’s cotton and woolen manufacturing firm. His father Henry Lippitt was governor of Rhode Island 1875-1877 and his brother Henry F. Lippitt was a U.S. Senator for Rhode Island. He married Margaret B. Farnum February 23, 1886.^[1]

Political career

He held the governor's office from May 29, 1895 to May 25, 1897.

He was a candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President in 1896.^[2]

Lippitt Hall on the central quad of the University of Rhode Island in Kingston is named after Governor Charles W. Lippitt.^[3]

He died on April 4, 1924.

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

References

	Rhode Island portal
	Biography portal

1. ^ The Political Graveyard, Lippitt family of Rhode Island.
2. ^ The Political Graveyard, as above.
3. ^ "URI History & Timeline". University of Rhode Island. http://www.uri.edu/home/about/history_timeline.html. Retrieved 14 July 2009. 

Political offices
Preceded by Daniel Russell Brown	Governor of Rhode Island 1895–1897	Succeeded by Elisha Dyer, Jr.

Persondata
Name	Lippitt, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	October 8, 1846
Place of birth
Date of death	April 4, 1924
Place of death