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    John Brown (January 27, 1736 – September 20, 1803) was an American merchant, politician and slave trader from Providence, Rhode Island. Together with his...
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  • Kentucky John Y. Brown Jr. (1933–2022), Kentucky governor John Young Brown III (born 1963), Kentucky Secretary of State John Brown (Rhode Island politician) (1736–1803)...
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    The history of Rhode Island is an overview of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and the state of Rhode Island from pre-colonial times...
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    Johnston is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 29,568 at the 2020 census. Johnston is the site of the Clemence...
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    1776) was an American farmer, politician, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and...
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  • Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island. It is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the...
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    Independence. He was from a prominent Rhode Island family, the grandson of William Hopkins who was a prominent colonial politician. His great-grandfather Thomas...
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    The governor of Rhode Island is the head of government of Rhode Island and serves as commander-in-chief of the U.S. state's Army National Guard and Air...
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    The 2022 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Democratic governor Dan McKee...
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  • George Brown (January 10, 1746 – June 19, 1836) was a Rhode Island politician and judge who served as a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from...
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    portal Rhode Island portal Biography portal John Brown Francis (May 31, 1791 – August 9, 1864) was a governor and United States Senator from Rhode Island. John...
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    of Major General John Sullivan had been besieging the British forces in Newport, Rhode Island, which is situated on Aquidneck Island, but they had finally...
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    Barrington is a suburban, residential town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States, approximately 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Providence. As of...
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    2018 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Rhode Island, concurrently with the election of Rhode Island's...
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    first lieutenant governor was George Brown. In Rhode Island, the lieutenant governor and governor of Rhode Island are elected on separate tickets. Seven...
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    elected as the first moderator and Joseph Brown as clerk. Stephen Hopkins later became a governor of Rhode Island and was a signer of the Declaration of...
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  • the American Revolutionary War, Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, Deputy Governor of Rhode Island, and anti-federalist leader. West also was a...
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    Moses Brown School is an independent, Quaker, college preparatory school located in Providence, Rhode Island, offering pre-kindergarten through secondary...
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    The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) is a public community college in Rhode Island. It is the only community college in the state and the largest...
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    1865) was an American manufacturer and politician from Rhode Island. He served as Governor of Rhode Island and as a Democratic member of the United...
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    served as a United States Senator from Rhode Island from 1950 to 1976 and as the 61st governor of Rhode Island from 1945 to 1950. He was the first Italian...
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    This is a list of prominent people who were born in the state of Rhode Island or who spent significant periods of their lives in the state. James Burrill...
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    West Warwick is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 31,012 at the 2020 census. West Warwick was incorporated in 1913...
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  • Since the Great Depression, Rhode Island politics have been dominated by the Rhode Island Democratic Party, and the state is considered part of the Democrats'...
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    Theodore Foster (category People from colonial Rhode Island)
    (April 29, 1752 – January 13, 1828) was an American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National...
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  • Representative from Pennsylvania John Brown (Rhode Island politician) (1736–1803), U.S. Representative from Rhode Island John Brewer Brown (1836–1898), U.S. Representative...
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  • list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Newport, Rhode Island. Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, Royal Navy William Ellery Channing...
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  • list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Aram Chobanian, cardiologist; ninth president of Boston University;...
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    May 19, 1966) was an American politician from Rhode Island. A Democrat, Green served as the 57th Governor of Rhode Island (1933–1937) and in the United...
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    and John Sharpe Chafee. His great-grandfather, Henry Lippitt, was governor of Rhode Island (1875–1877), and among his great-uncles were a Rhode Island governor...
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