LADD, Herbert Warren, merchant, and Governor of Rhode Island for two terms, 1889-90 and 1891-92, was born in New Bedford, Mass, October 15, 1843, son of Warren and Lucy (Kingman) Ladd. Governor Ladd's life has been a busy one, crowded with incident and successful adventure.  Few men have ever been called upon to endure, at times, more discouraging experiences, or greater trials or sorrows, but against these his indefatigable effort, indomitable will and good judgment have brought him successes and honors attained by few.  He was educated in the public schools of New Bedford, and graduated from the high school of that city in 1860. Following graduation, he entered a wholesale dry goods house. After a year of this experience he accepted a position on the staff of the New Bedford Mercury, where his abilities for newspaper work were at once recognized, and he soon became one of the most efficient reporters and correspondents of that paper. As a writer he was graphic and accurate, and his letters to the Mercury from the South and West during the war were of exceptional merit and interest. The first Sunday newspaper published in New England, outside of Boston, was an "extra" Mercury issued by him to announce the battle of Fredericksburg. In 1864 he retired from journalism and re-entered the dry goods business, with White, Brown & Co., Boston, then the largest importers of foreign dress-goods in the United States.  In the spring of 1871 he came to Providence and started in a fifteen-foot-front store a retail dry goods business. His excellent taste in the selection of goods at once brought him the best trade of the city, while the systematic methods he first introduced into the retail business in this country and the special ability he manifested as an organizer rapidly developed his enterprise, his business increasing until for years the H. W. Ladd Company occupied one of the largest blocks on Westminster street, widely known as one of the finest retail establishments in all New England. During the development of his successful business career in Providence, Mr. Ladd declined all solicitations to become a candidate for public office - his uniform reason given being that he was a business man and not trained in the school of politics - until in 1889 he was induced to become the Republican candidate for governor.  Upon taking office, Governor Ladd undertook the advocacy of many measures in the interests of his state and its people, that bore abundant fruit before his final retirement from administration, bringing to his executive duties the same energy and progressive spirit that had characterized him in his private business. He received an emphatic endorsement for re-election at the hands of his party in 1890, but owing to causes for which he was in no wise responsible, the Republicans were that year defeated. He was again made the standard-bearer in 1891, however, and was elected to his second term. His record of two years in the executive office is a brilliant one, marked everywhere by energetic and progressive work. He was among the first in the country to actively push the movement for good roads, the result of his efforts being that Rhode Island now has a model road law. The State Agricultural School at Kingston, in its infancy when he took the reins of government, was rapidly developed through his interest in its behalf. The establishment of the Soldiers' Home at Bristol is another notable feature of his public work. The agricultural and educational interests of the state commanded his enthusiastic support, and biennial elections, improved tax laws, the early closing of polls, the elevation of the office of Governor to that enjoyed by the executives of other states, were all urgently advocated. A notable awakening in the state's educational affairs followed an address before the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction on illiteracy and educational methods pursued in the state, and he gave practical emphasis to his interest by the presentation of a magnificently equipped observatory, said to have cost $40,000, to Brown University, the University recognizing the splendid gift by conferring on the donor the honorary degree of Master of Arts. An enduring and notable monument that will long serve as a worthy tribute to his administration is the new State Capitol building, now in process of construction, to be the finest marble edifice in America.  Governor Ladd took up the question of Rhode Island's need for a State Capitol in his usual enterprising fashion, his first message containing pictures of the state buildings all over the country, by which was contrasted Rhode Island's poor edifice. The plans for the new capitol were secured after a scheme that is today quoted by architectural authorities as a model for the whole country. Through all his business and political career Governor Ladd took an unfailing interest in public and social affairs.  He was the founder and father of the famous Providence Commercial Club, an organization of business men that meets monthly, and after a good dinner, discusses leading questions of the day, and at whose board distinguished men from all over the land consider it an honor to be invited to sit. The club reached the highest point of prosperity and influence under his Presidency.   Eminent statesmen addressed its members from time to time, and its notable entertainment of the Commercial Club and the Merchants' Club of Boston and a committee of the United States Senate, will never be forgotten.   He was for two years vice-President of the Providence Board of Trade, was for several years President of the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, for which society he was chiefly instrumental in securing a fine home, and is a member of and has been a large contributor to the Young Men's Christian Association.   He is also vice-President of the New England Genealogical Society of Boston, has been for several years President of the Rhode Island School of Design, and is a member of the Hope, Athletic and Press clubs of Providence, and  other organizations.   He  is a Director in the Atlantic National Bank of Providence, but although frequently invited  to fill a similar position in the larger financial institutions of the city, he has been unable to give to them the time which he felt their importance demanded. The movement for enlarged and improved railway terminal facilities for the city and faster train service, in 1876, found in him an earnest supporter. He called the meeting of the famous committee of one hundred that met before the municipal election to lake steps to elect a city council favorable to the so-called "Goddard Plan" for railroad terminals, a movement that in 1884 was the beginning and inspiration of the awakening that has slowly and surely resulted in the plans finally adopted, after hard battles and despotic jealousies that time has not even yet obliterated. Governor Ladd was married, May 25, 1870, to Miss Emma Frances, daughter of Caleb Gerald and Elizabeth (Holmes) Burrows of Providence ; she died just as her husband entered upon his duties as Governor. Of six children, only two are living; Elizabeth Burrows and Hope Ladd. Biographie Index

LAPHAM, Oscar, lawyer, was born in Burrillville, R. I., June 29,1837, son of Duty and Lucinda (Wheelock) Lapham. His great-grandfather, Solomon Lapham, who came from Massachusetts to the town, then Gloucester, about 1750, was an extensive land owner and farmer. His grandfather, William, was a farmer. His father was first a carpenter, then a farmer, a leader in town affairs, frequently President of the Town Council, and member of the General Assembly, and an authority on probate law.  He received his early education in the district schools of the town, such as they were, and in different boarding schools, prepared for college at the University Grammar School of Providence, entered Brown University and graduated in the class of 1864. During the Civil War he served as Lieutenant, Adjutant and Captain in the Twelfth Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers. His training for active life consisted in manual labor on the farm, study at home, teaching school, the instruction of a father of extraordinary good sense, and the school of experience in the army.   He adopted the law as his profession, was admitted to the Rhode Island Bar in 1867, and established an office in Providence, where he has continued to reside and has enjoyed an extensive and lucrative practice up to the present time.  Mr. Lapham has always taken an active part in politics as a Democrat, and has been honored by his party by many important nominations in municipal and state campaigns. In 1887-88 he represented the city of Providence in the State Senate and was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He was elected a Representative in Congress for the First District of Rhode Island in 1891, and re-elected for the succeeding term. He is a trustee of Brown University and a member of the Advisory and Executive Committee of the University. For many years he was Colonel of the United Train of Artillery, of Providence. He is a member of Squantum and Hope clubs, of the Providence Athletic Association and the Press clubs. He was married, June 20, 1876, to Miss Clara Louise Paine, of Providence; they have no children living. Biographie Index

 LEACH, George, engineer and architect, Providence, was born in Naples, Maine, September 16, 1843 a son of Samuel and Martha (Mayberry) Leach. His parental grandparents were Samuel and Anna (Clark) Leach, and his maternal Daniel and Betsy (Nash) Mayberry, all of Cumberland county, Maine. He received his early education in the public schools. His father was a millwright and the early portion of his life was spent with him in that and kindred trades. Later he took up machinery designing and mechanical engineering.  He has been employed in responsible positions connected with that class of work by the Saco Water Power Machine Shop, Biddeford, Me.; the South Boston Iron Works; the United States Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N. H. j the Whitehead & Atherton Machine Company, Lowell, Mass., and the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, Providence.  Since coming to Providence in 1891 he has been engaged in the designing and erection of the new buildings of the Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company, superintending the construction of the Merchants' Freezing & Cold Storage Company's plant, designing and superintending the construction and fitting up of the Oakdale Manufacturing Company's plant, and other work of a similar nature in and about Providence.   He takes no active interest in politics, societies or religion, although he is very much interested in them all to the extent of being enlightened in all points pertaining to them and a life of morality.   His pursuits being entirely mechanical and not being of very robust health, his time is largely taken up with his business, with only slight variation for recreation and rest.   He married, in 1868, Miss Ester J. Edgecomb; they have one child : Mattie M. Leach. Biographie Index

LEAVITT, Edward Chalmers, artist. Providence, was born in Providence, March 9, 1842, son of Rev. Jonathan and Charlotte Esther (Stearns) Leavitt. His paternal ancestor was John Leavitt, who came to Massachusetts Bay in the first ship and settled in Hingham, and on the maternal side he is descended from John Alden and Priscilla Mullens, who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower.  He was educated in private schools in Providence, and at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire. During the Civil War, in 1862 and 1863, he served in the navy on the U. S. S. Galena.  In his profession of artist Mr. Leavitt is especially noted as a painter of fruit, flowers and still life.  He exhibited in the National Academy for several years, and has made many successful exhibitions in Providence and Boston. He is a member of the Boston and Providence art clubs, and the Providence Press Club. He is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics his proclivities are mainly Republican. He has been twice married : first, May 19,1877, to Ellen M. Fuller; and second, April 22, 1880, to Elizabeth S. Chace. Biographie Index

LEE, Thomas Zanslaur, Justice of the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District of Rhode Island, was born in Woonsocket, September 26, 1866, son of Thomas and Ellen (Monahan) Lee.  His education was acquired in the public schools of Woonsocket and at St. Bernard's Academy, supple-merited by special courses of study with private tutors. His earlier experience in the active duties of life was in the mechanical department of news-paper work, during a connection of two and a half years with the Woonsocket Reporter. Following this he read law in the office of the well-known legal firm of Browne & Van Slyck, was admitted to the Rhode Island bar in August 1888, and after a short professional association with Col. Walter R. Stiness, of Providence, established himself in his native city, where be has won a large and lucrative practice.  In May 1888 he was elected Recording Clerk of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and held the position until May   1889.    In January 1889 he was elected Coroner of the city of Woonsocket, and served in that capacity three years. In May 1891, he was elected Reading Clerk of the House of Representatives, was re-elected in 1892, was again elected in 1894, unanimously, and unanimously re-elected in 1895 and 1896.   On February 3, 1S93, at the age of twenty-six, he was elected Justice of the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Charles F. Ballou, being at the time of his election the youngest justice presiding over a court on record in the United States.   Two years later, in May 1895, he was unanimously re-elected, after one of the most spirited political contests that Northern Rhode Island has ever seen.   It is a noteworthy fact of his judicial career, that since his elevation to the bench no decision of Judge Lee's court has ever been overruled, nor has any exception to his rulings been sustained, by either division of the Supreme Court. Judge Lee is a member of the Providence Athletic Association, the Union Club, the Rhode Island Yacht Club, the Providence Press Club, the United Company of the Train of Artillery, all of Providence, and of the High School Association, Young Business Men's Club and St Anne's Gymnasium, of Woonsocket. He is a Past Grand in Woonsocket Lodge No. 10, and a member of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, I. O. O. F.; also Past Chancellor in Myrtle Lodge No. i, and member of the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, Knights of Pythias. In politics he is a Republican. He is unmarried. Biographie Index

LINCOLN, Levi Cook, Treasurer and Manager of the Woonsocket Electric Machine and Power Company, was born in Providence, April 15, 1858, son of Samuel and Olive (Cook) Lincoln. His father was a native of Hingham, Mass., and his mother was a daughter of Capt. Amos and Olive (Darling) Cook, of Cumberland, R. I. He was educated in the public schools, and after leaving the high school in Lonsdale he entered Mowry & Goffs English and Classical School in Providence, from which he graduated June 16, 1875. From May 1, 1877, to January 1, 1888, a period of nearly eleven years, he served as clerk in the Citizens' National Bank of Woonsocket. In October 1883 he took charge of the Woonsocket Electric Machine and Power Company, and has served as the Treasurer and Manager of that corporation ever since.  Mr. Lincoln is a member of Woonsocket Lodge and Palestine Encampment of Odd Fellows, Myrtle Lodge Knights of Pythias, Fountain Division Sons of Temperance, and the Woonsocket Business Men's Association.   In politics he is a Republican. He was married, April 27, 1877, to Miss Anjanette Bailey; they have one child, a daughter, Florence C. Lincoln, born May 14, 1878. Biographie Index

LITTLEFIELD, Nathan Whitman, attorney-at-law, Providence, was born in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Mass., May 21, 1846, son of Rufus Ames and Abigail Russell (Whitman) Littlefield.  Both parents are living at East Bridgewater and celebrated their golden wedding June 10,1895. Rufus Ames Littlefield is a lineal descendant of Edmund Littlefield, who came to Boston from England in the year 1636 and who afterwards settled at Wells, Me., where he erected the first mill in that region and did much to develop the manufacturing industries of that place. One of the descendants of Edmund Littlefield was Daniel Littlefield, who very early settled in what is now West Bridgewater, Mass., and was the progenitor of the branch of the family of which several generations have resided in that and neighboring towns. Rufus Ames Littlefield is related to the Ames family of North Easton, Mass., of which Ex-.Gov. Oliver Ames was a member, and also to the Standishes of the Old Colony. Abigail Russell (Whitman) Littlefield is a lineal descendant of John Whitman of Weymouth, Mass., whose son Thomas was one of the first residents of the ancient town of Bridgewater, Mass., where he settled about the year 1662, and who was the progenitor of a family which has given to the nation Dr. Marcus Whitman, the Savior of Oregon ; Ezekiel Whitman, for many years Chief Justice of the Superior and Supreme Courts of the State of Maine, and a large number of men who have been eminent in professional life, in business and as educators; like their ancestor, John Whitman, his descendants have been broad-minded and liberal men, very self-reliant, yet unassuming, tenacious of their own opinions, yet tolerant of the opinions of others even in times when toleration was rare. She was educated at the Charlestown Female Seminary, at that time the best school for young ladies in Massachusetts, and was a very proficient scholar, especially in mathematics; her mother was Samantha (Keith) Whitman, a lineal descendant of James Keith, the first minister of Bridgewater, Mass., and a woman of great amiability and strength of character ; she is also a descendant of John and Priscilla Alden. Nathan W. Littlefield was educated in the common schools of East Bridgewater, at Bridgewater Academy, and at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., where he was graduated in 1865. The same year he entered Dartmouth College and was graduated in 1869, the Centennial of the College, with the highest honors.   At that time Dartmouth had the finest college gymnasium in the country, and he was a recognized leader in athletics from the first, being chosen captain of his class during his freshman year, which position he held during the entire course, and was also for two years an assistant instructor of gymnastics in the college. After graduation he entered upon educational work and was for several years Principal of the High School of Newport, R. I. The report of the Superintendent of Schools of that city for the year 1872-73, referring to his departure to another field, says: " Mr.  Littlefield is a man of sound and liberal scholarship, and an efficient teacher and earnest worker. His amiable disposition and rare virtues have endeared him to his pupils and associates; and I am sure that we share deeply in their regrets that the school must lose his labors and influence." The following year he was Principal of the High School and Superintendent of the Schools of the village of Westerly, R. L, which position he resigned, although assured of a large increase of salary if he would remain, to enter upon the work of preparation for his chosen profession; and in October 1874 he entered the Law School of Boston University, from which he was graduated in 1876, and was soon after admitted to the Boston Bar, but entered upon the practice of the law at Providence in January 1877.  His practice has been exclusively upon the civil side of the court, and largely in equity and probate cases and in the law of real estate, in which, from the beginning of his professional career, he has been engaged in some of the most important litigation which has come before the Rhode Island courts, both as regards the legal principles involved and the pecuniary interests at stake.   A recent case involving the titles to several large tracts of land taken by the city of Providence for park purposes was one of the most involved and difficult which ever came before the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, and resulted in the complete establishing of the titles of his client and an award of nearly a quarter of a million of dollars as damages.   In 1893 he was appointed a Standing Master in Chancery.   He is a member of several fraternal organizations, also of the Business Men's Association, and the Patria Club of Pawtucket.   In politics he is a Democrat of the Jeffersonian school, and has been the candidate of his party for State Representative and Senator from Pawtucket. On August 13, 1873, he was married to Miss Arietta V. Redman, daughter of Hon.  Erastus Redman of Ellsworth, Me., who died at Providence, October 18, 1879; on April 20, 1877, a son was born to them, Nathan W. Littlefield, Jr.  December 1, 1886, he was married to Miss Mary Wheaton Ellis, daughter of Asher Ellis of Pawtucket; on December 19, 1889, a son was born to them, Alden Llewellyn Littlefield. Biographie Index

LYNCH, John Howard, Providence, was born in Blackburn, England, August 22, 1867, son of Maurice and Margaret (Downey) Lynch. He came to America with his parents at an early age, and was educated in the public schools of Rhode Island.  Entering into mercantile life, he followed the retail grocery trade from 1879 to 1890, and in the latter year engaged in the undertaking business, which he has since conducted successfully to the present time. Mr. Lynch has served three terms as Recording Secretary of the Young Men's Lyceum and Social Club, is Treasurer of Court Thomas A.  Doyle, No. 21, Foresters of America, and is a member of Tyler Council Knights of Columbus and Branch 599, Catholic Knights of America. He is unmarried. Biographie Index

McGUINNESS, Edwin Daniel, Mayor of Providence in 1896, was born in Providence, May 17, 1856, son of Bernard and Mary (Gormley) McGuinness.    His ancestry on both sides is Irish.  He  received  his early education in the public schools of Providence, was fitted for college in the high school, entered Brown University and graduated in the class of 1877.   He adopted the law as a profession, entered Boston University Law School in 1877, and graduated there from with the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1879, and was admitted to the Rhode Island Bar July 1, 1879.   Since that time he has been engaged in active practice, and has received an extensive and profitable clientage. Mr.  McGuinness has always taken an active interest in public affairs.   He was elected Secretary of State of Rhode Island in 1887, and again in 1890. He was Alderman from the Third Ward from September 1889 to January 1893.   He received the unanimous nomination of the Democratic convention for Mayor in 1893 and 1894, and, although not elected, his vote was a flattering testimonial of his personal popularity among his fellow-citizens.   In the municipal election of 1895 he was elected Mayor of the city of Providence for the year 1896, receiving the support of a large independent vote. In politics he is a Democrat and has always been active and influential in the councils of his party.   He was Adjutant of the Fifth Battalion Rhode Island Militia from 1879 to 1881, and Major from 1881 to 1887. He has been Supreme Trustee of the Catholic Knights of America since 1889, and was President of the Brownson Lyceum for two years. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Rhode Island Historical Society, the Brownson Lyceum, the Providence Athletic Association, the Press Club, and Reform Club of New York. Mayor McGuinness was married, November 22, 1881, to Miss Ellen T. Noonan; they have one child : Mary Frances McGuinness, born October 8. 1882. Biographie Index

MATHIEU, Joseph Edouard Victor, M. D., Central Falls, was born in St. Barnabe, county of St Hyacinthe, Province of Quebec, August 8, 1856, son of Edouard and Rosalie (Lapre) Mathieu. His ancestors on both sides came from Normandie, France, about the sixteenth century, and with others of the name were among the first settlers of the Island of Orleans, near the city of Quebec. His father was born in St. Ours, Richelieu, P. Q., and when twenty-two years old removed to St. Barnabe, where he engaged in business, keeping a country store and exporting the farmers' produce; he was Postmaster for sixteen years, and Mayor for twenty years; in 1872 he removed to the city of St. Hyacinthe, accepting a railroad agency, a position which he occupied until his death in 1895. Joseph's mother was born in St. Barnabe, and was educated in the convent of La Presentation at St. Hyacinthe.  He received his early education in the parochial school until the age of eleven, when he entered the St. Hyacinthe Seminary and pursued a classical course. He studied medicine at the Victoria University of Montreal, from which he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1879, and soon after graduation came to Rhode Island, engaging in the practice of his profession in Central Falls, where he has since resided. Dr. Mathieu has held the office of Coroner for the city of Central Falls since 1893. and is Medical Examiner for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, and the New York Mutual Reserve Fund Association; also Physician for the Loyal Mount Hope Lodge of Odd Fellows, Court Flower Dexter of the Ancient Order of Foresters of America, Lodge 277 Order of the Sons of St. Georges, Lady Lincoln Lodge 46 Order of the Daughters of St. Georges, the Association of St. Jean Baptiste, of Central Falls, and the Catholic Knights of America. He is a member of the Pawtucket Medical Society and the Rhode Island Medical Society, also of most of the local societies and social organizations. Dr. Mathieu was married. February 14, 1882, to Miss Amanda Blanche Richer, of St. Hyacinthe, P. Q.: they have had three children: Yvonne, born February 22, 1883, died February 28, 1885 : Bertha Corinne, born December 25,1885, and Estelle Marie Mathieu, born in September 1890. Biographie Index

MATTESON, Charles, Chief Justice of Supreme  Court of  Rhode Island, was born Coventry, R. I., March 21, 1840, son of Asahel and Julia M. (Johnson) Matteson. His father was a merchant of Coventry, and served for several years as a State Senator. His early education was acquired in a private school in Providence, and at the Providence Conference Seminary in East Greenwich, after which he served a clerkship of two years in his father's store. He then re-entered Greenwich Academy, and in 1856 began a college preparatory course of studies in the University Grammar School, Providence. The following year he entered Brown University, and in 1861 graduated from that institution. For a year after leaving college he studied law in the office of the United States District Attorney for Rhode Island, Hon.  Wingate Hayes, and then entered Harvard Law School, in which he remained during the years 1862 and 1863. Upon admission to the Rhode Island Bar, in January 1864, he began practice in Providence, at first alone, but the succeeding year became associated with Mr. Hayes, his former preceptor, under the firm name of Hayes & Matteson.  The copartner ship continued until July 1871, when Mr. Matteson retired and devoted himself especially to corporation practice, becoming attorney and counsel for various corporations and later serving as Director and Trustee of several corporate institutions. His marked ability as a lawyer and his fidelity to important trusts led to his election to the bench of the Supreme Court in February 1875, to fill the vacancy resulting from the promotion of Judge Durfee to the Chief Justice-ship, and in April 1891, he succeeded to the position of Chief Justice, in which capacity he has since served, with honor to himself and with credit to the state. Judge Matteson was married, August 22, 1872, to Miss Belle Himes, daughter of Paul Himes, of Warwick, R. I.; they have three sons: Archibald C, George A. and Paul Matteson. Biographie Index

MILLER, Augustus Samuel, attorney-at-law, was born August 13, 1847, at Plainfield, Conn., the son of Simon Williams and Ann (Lawton) Miller. He is descended from Rev. Alexander Miller of Plainfield, Conn. (1711-1798), a staunch advocate of religious liberty in that state, a leader among those who " soberly dissented from the church established by Connecticut." Alexander Miller was the son of Robert Miller (1672-1727) who came to this country at the close of the seventeenth century, and settled in Voluntown, Conn. He is also descended from Roger Williams through his paternal grand-mother, whose grandfather. Major Benjamin Potter, married Jemima Williams, daughter of Joseph Williams, Esq., grandson of Roger Williams. On his mother's side he is descended from the Lawtons of Portsmouth, R. I., who settled in Aquidneck in 1638.  His grandfather, Darius Perry Lawton, was one of the earliest manufacturers in New England, having built a mill and begun the manufacture of woolens in Plainfield in 1811. He received his early education in the public and private schools of Plainfield and prepared for college in Mowry & Goff's English and Classical school, Providence. He entered Brown University and graduated in the class of 1871 with the degree of A. B.. afterward receiving the degree of A. M. He adopted the law as his profession and was admitted to the Rhode Island Bar, April 2, 1874. He was assistant clerk of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island from May 1873 to October 1876.   In June 1878 he formed a law partnership with Hon. H. J. Spooner. The firm afterward became Spooner, Miller & Brown, by the admission of Arthur L. Brown, Esq. The firm became Miller & Brown, January 1, 1885, and so continued till January 1, 1894, when it was dissolved. He was admitted and qualified as attorney and counselor in the United States Supreme Court Jan. 9,1890. He has always enjoyed a large practice and been employed in a number of important cases. He has taken an active part in public life and politics. He was chairman of the Democratic City Committee in 1881-83, member of the Common Council of Providence 1885-87 and its President in 1887. He was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly in 1884-85 and in 1889-91, and was Speaker of the House 1889 91. He was the Senator from Providence in the Rhode Island Senate 1893-94, and has received other important nominations in State and municipal campaigns. He is President of the American Enamel Company, incorporated in 1866, the oldest and largest establishment of the kind in the country, doing enameling of all kinds on wood and metal.  He was President of the Franklin Lyceum in 1880. He is a member of the American Bar Association.  He was a member of the Hope Club for nineteen years and its Vice-President for several years. He is a member, and was the first President, of the Young Men's Democratic Club. He is a member of the Athletic Club, Elmwood Club, Press Club, Art Club, Rhode Island Historical Society and Rhode Island State Fair Association. He has marked literary taste, and has written for the magazines and newspapers, when his avocation permitted. He married, February 17, 1881, Miss Elizabeth LeMoine Davis : they have had two children : Mary Eleanor Davis (deceased) and William Davis. Biographie Index

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