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    Samuel Ward King (May 23, 1786 – January 20, 1851) was the 15th Governor of Rhode Island from 1839 to 1843. He was born in Johnston, Rhode Island to William...
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    order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Whig governor Samuel Ward King won re-election against Democratic nominee Thomas F. Carpenter in a...
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  • Samuel King may refer to: Sam King (golfer) (Samuel Leonard King, 1911–2003), English professional golfer Sam King (baseball) (Samuel Warren King, 1852–1922)...
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    machinery of government. Both governors issued proclamations, and Governor Samuel Ward King of the "Law and Order" party appealed to Washington, DC for Federal...
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  • Samuel or Sam Ward may refer to: Samuel Ward (banker) (1786–1839), American banker Samuel Ward (field hockey) (born 1990), British field hockey player...
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    was a highly respected banker with the firm of Prime, Ward & King. His grandfather, Col. Samuel Ward, Jr. (1756—1832), was a veteran of the Revolutionary...
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  • 1824, which at the time consisted of Nathaniel Prime, Samuel Ward, Joseph Sands, James G. King and Robert Ray (Prime's son-in-law). In 1826, after Joseph...
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    leading in April to the selections of both Dorr and Samuel Ward King as Governor of Rhode Island. King showed no signs of introducing the new constitution;...
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  • 60-percent of the state's freemen. In 1841 and 1842, Rhode Island Governor Samuel Ward King faced opposition from Thomas Wilson Dorr and his followers in the Rhode...
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    Samuel Ward (1572–1643) was an English academic and a master at the University of Cambridge. He served as one of the delegates from the Church of England...
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    Samuel Ward (1577–1640) was an English Puritan minister of Ipswich. Born in Suffolk, he was a son of John Ward, minister of Haverhill, and his wife, Susan...
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    Samuel Ward III (May 1, 1786 — November 27, 1839) was an American banker. Samuel Ward III was born in Rhode Island on May 1, 1786. He was the son of Samuel...
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    tried to ratify by popular referendum. However, conservative Governor Samuel Ward King opposed the constitution, leading to the Dorr Rebellion. The rebellion...
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  • the Dorr Rebellion. Term was concurrent with latter part of that of Samuel Ward King. The Law and Order Party maintained their majority in the August elections...
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    of the Rhode Island House of Representatives Mat Franco, magician Samuel Ward King, 15th Governor of Rhode Island; enacted laws that led to the Dorr Rebellion...
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  • received a majority and the office was filled in an acting capacity by Samuel Ward King. He served as Rhode Island's lieutenant governor in 1842 and 1843....
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    governor Samuel Ward King won election in his own right, defeating Democratic nominee Thomas F. Carpenter. Thomas F. Carpenter, Democratic, attorney Samuel Ward...
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    May 10, 1838. p. 1. Retrieved June 15, 2023. Sobel 1978, p. 1341. "Samuel King". National Governors Association. Retrieved June 13, 2023. "Rhode-Island...
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    conservative General Assembly and the state's conservative governor, Samuel Ward King, held the extralegal People's Convention, calling on Rhode Islanders...
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    April 21, 1841. Incumbent Whig governor Samuel Ward King won re-election without opposition. Samuel Ward King, Whig, incumbent governor "State and Congressional...
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    early 1842, Dorr established a rival government to that of Governor Samuel Ward King after a contested gubernatorial election. As the Dorr Rebellion came...
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    David Ward King (October 27, 1857 – February 9, 1920) was an American farmer and inventor of the King road drag. His invention, which was the horse-drawn...
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  • Richard King, 1st Baronet (1730–1806), British naval officer and colonial governor Samuel Ward King (1786–1851), 15th Governor of Rhode Island Samuel Wilder...
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  • Leicester King (1789–1856), Ohio State Senate Nancy J. King (born 1949), Maryland State Senate Ralph E. King (1902–1974), Louisiana State Senate Samuel Ward King...
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    office) Daniel Abbott, of Providence; July 5, 1738 – May 1, 1740 Richard Ward, of Newport; May 1, 1740 – July 15, 1740 (became governor) William Greene...
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    Samuel Ward (May 25, 1725 – March 26, 1776) was an American farmer, politician, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, governor of the Colony of Rhode Island...
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  • of the Latter Day Saint movement (born 1771) September 18 – Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, French polymath (born 1783 in the Ottoman Empire) June 14 –...
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  • and Order Party's constitution by a narrow margin. However, Governor Samuel Ward King, a Charterite, refused to recognize the results of the referendums...
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    Revelation 14:14–19). Julia Ward Howe was married to Samuel Gridley Howe, a scholar in education of the blind. Both Samuel and Julia were also active leaders...
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    Diary Of Samuel Ward: A Translator Of The 1611 King James Bible, eds. John Wilson Cowart and M.M. Knappen, contains surviving pages of Samuel Ward's diary...
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