VT BIO - Caledonia Co - ARNOLD, Lemuel Hastings

Men of Vermont: an Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of 
Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Pub. Co., 1894, Part III, Sons 
of Vermonters, p 9

Lemuel H. ARNOLD was born in St. Johnsbury [Caledonia County, Vermont] 29 
January 1792 [son of Jonathan ARNOLD], and removed to Rhode Island at an 
early age. He graduated at Dartmouth College [Hanover, Grafton County, New 
Hampshire] in 1811, was educated for the bar [admitted to the bar in 1814, 
practiced law in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island], but turned his 
attention to [manufacturing and] mercantile pursuits [in 1821. He was a 
member of the house of representatives of Rhode Island from 1826-1831.] In 
1831 he was elected Governor of Rhode Island, and re-elected in 1832 [served 
as Governor 1831-1833]; he was a member of the Governor's council during the 
Dorr rebellion in 1842 [and 1843], was a representative [from the Second 
District of Rhode Island] in [the United States] Congress [from 04 March 1845 
to 03 March 1847; was defeated when he ran for the United States Senate in 
1845; moved to South Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island in 1846, 
continued the practice of law until his death], and died in Kingsbury 
[Kingston, Washington County], Rhode Island, 27 June 1852 [at sixty years of 
age. Lemuel Hastings ARNOLD is buried at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, 
Providence County, Rhode Island.]

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