Albert C. Greene
Albert Collins Greene | |
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| United States Senator fromRhode Island | |
| In office March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851 | |
| Preceded by | John B. Francis |
| Succeeded by | Charles T. James |
| 49thAttorney General of Rhode Island | |
| In office 1825–1843 | |
| Governor | James Fenner Lemuel H. Arnold John B. Francis William Sprague III Samuel Ward King |
| Preceded by | Dutee J. Pearce |
| Succeeded by | Joseph M. Blake |
| Member of theRhode Island House of Representatives | |
| In office 1815–1825 | |
| Member of theRhode Island Senate | |
| In office 1843–1844 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 15, 1792 East Greenwich, Rhode Island |
| Died | January 8, 1863(aged 70) Providence, Rhode Island |
| Resting place | Grace ChurchCemetery |
| Citizenship | US |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Celia Greene Julia Bourne Greene |
| Relations | Nathanael Greene William Greene Richard Ward Greene |
| Children | William Albert Greene Mary Eliza Greene Ann Frances Greene Catharine Celia Greene Susan Eliza Greene |
| Parent(s) | Perry Greene Elizabeth (Belcher) Greene |
| Alma mater | Kent Academy Litchfield Law School Brown University |
| Profession | Politician,Lawyer |
Albert Collins Greene(April 15, 1792 – January 8, 1863) was anAmericanlawyer and politician fromRhode Island.He served as aUnited States senatorandAttorney General of Rhode Island.
Early life[edit]
Greene was born inEast Greenwich, Rhode Islandand graduated fromKent Academy.He studied law, was admitted to thebarin 1812, and completed his legal training at theLitchfield Law SchoolinLitchfield, Connecticut,from 1812 to 1813.[1]He commenced thepractice of lawin East Greenwich.
Political career[edit]
He was a member of theRhode Island House of Representativesfrom 1815 to 1825, serving as speaker of the State House from 1821 to 1825.[2]He wasbrigadier general,and thenmajor general,of the Fourth Brigade of State Militia from 1816 to 1823.[3]He served asattorney generalof Rhode Island from 1825 to 1843.[4]In 1827, he received the honorary degree ofMaster of ArtsfromBrown University.[5]
Greene was a member of theRhode Island Senatefrom 1843 to 1844, and was elected as aWhigcandidate to the U.S. Senate, serving from March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1851; he was not a candidate for reelection, and was elected to the Rhode Island Senate in 1851 and 1852.[5]In 1857, he was again a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.[2]
He retired from public life, and died inProvidence;[4]interment was inGrace ChurchCemetery.[6]
Family life[edit]
Greene was the son of Perry Greene and Elizabeth (Belcher) Greene. On May 16, 1814, Greene married Catherine Celia Greene, daughter of Rhode Island GovernorWilliam Greene.[6]He and Catherine had five children: William Albert Greene, Mary Eliza Greene, Ann Frances Greene, Catharine Celia Greene and Susan Eliza Greene. Their daughter Catherine marriedRichard Ward Greene,Chief Justice of theRhode Island Supreme Court.[1]After his wife Catherine died, he married Julia Bourne on August 22, 1841.[7]
Greene's uncle wasNathanael Greene,amajor generalof theContinental Armyin theAmerican Revolutionary War.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ab"Albert Collins Greene".Litchfield Historical Society.Retrieved27 March2014.
- ^abCapace, Nancy (2001).The Encyclopedia of Rhode Island.North American Book Dist LLC. p. 332.ISBN9780403096107.
- ^abRhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry (1863).Transactions of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry.Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry. p. 80.
- ^abBrown University and, Bates, Mrs. Louise Prosser (1914).Historical catalogue of Brown University, 1764-1914.The University.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^abLanman, Charles (1876).Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States: During Its First Century. From Original and Official Sources.J. Anglim. p. 173.ISBN9780722283950.
- ^ab"Guide to the Albert C. Greene Papers 1804-1863"(PDF).Rhode Island Historical Society.Retrieved27 March2014.
- ^"Albert Collins Greene".Ancestry.com.Retrieved27 March2014.
External links[edit]
- United States Congress."Albert C. Greene (id: G000424)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Wilson, J. G.;Fiske, J.,eds. (1900)..Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.New York: D. Appleton.
- Portrait of Albert C. Greene
- Albert C. GreeneatFind a Grave
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- 1792 births
- 1863 deaths
- Rhode Island Attorneys General
- Speakers of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
- Members of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
- Rhode Island state senators
- United States senators from Rhode Island
- Rhode Island lawyers
- People from East Greenwich, Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Whigs
- 19th-century American legislators
- Whig Party United States senators
- People from Kent County, Rhode Island
- Politicians from Providence, Rhode Island
- People from Providence County, Rhode Island
- Brown University alumni
- Litchfield Law School alumni
- 19th-century American lawyers
- American militia officers
- Greene family of Rhode Island