- Elisha Dyer, Jr.
Elisha Dyer, Jr. (
November 29 ,1839 ,Providence, Rhode Island –November 29 ,1906 , Providence) was aRhode Island politician who was Governor of Rhode Island from 1897-1900. He was the son ofElisha Dyer , Governor of Rhode Island from 1857-59.Dyer earned a bachelor's degree in
chemistry fromBrown University and a Ph.D. in chemistry from theUniversity of Giessen . While attending Brown, he joined the Zeta Psi Fraternity. [Baird, William Raymond (1915). "Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities," pp.349-355] He was a longtime member of the Rhode Island Militia, ultimately rising to the rank ofbrigadier general . He enlisted in the Rhode Island 1st Light Artillery Battery at the start of theAmerican Civil War , but was injured in a training exercise in April 1861; he spent the rest of the war in administrative posts in Rhode Island.Dyer was elected to the
Rhode Island Senate in 1877 and to theRhode Island House of Representatives in 1880. He was Rhode Island Adjutant General from 1882-95. In 1896, he was elected Governor as a Republican. After his single term as Governor, he was again elected to the state Senate in 1904, and then was elected Mayor of Providence in 1905. He died in office on his 67th birthday in 1906.References
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* [http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=bbbfc2da2484b010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD National Governors Association profile]
* [http://www.geocities.com/gmierka/camp7pages/camp7history.html Elisha Dyer profile, Rhode Island Sons of Union Veterans]
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