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Henry F. Lippitt | |
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| United States Senator fromRhode Island | |
| In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich |
| Succeeded by | Peter Goelet Gerry |
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| Born | Henry Frederick Lippitt (1856-10-12)October 12, 1856 Providence, Rhode Island |
| Died | December 28, 1933(1933-12-28) (aged 77) Providence, Rhode Island |
| Resting place | Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Louise Lippitt Henry Lippitt Frances Lippitt John Bowen Lippitt Frederick Lippitt Mary Ann Lippitt |
| Parent | Henry Lippitt |
| Education | Brown University (1878) |
| Occupation | Business executive |
Henry Frederick Lippitt (October 12, 1856 – December 28, 1933) was a member of the prominent Lippitt family, which made its fortune in the textile business, and served asUnited States Senator fromRhode Island.
Born inProvidence on October 12, 1856, Lippitt was the son ofHenry Lippitt and Mary Ann (Balch) Lippitt.[1] He attended Mowry & Goff's, a private school in Providence, and received hisBachelor of Arts degree fromBrown University in 1878.[1][2] He was president of his graduating class and admitted to membership inPhi Beta Kappa.[1] After graduation, Lippitt and joined his family's cottontextile manufacturing business.[1]
Lippitt was director of the Slater Trust Company of Pawtucket and of several mill insurance companies.[3] He was also vice president of the People'sSavings Bank of Providence and a director of the Mechanics National Bank.[4]
He served on theGovernor's staff with the rank ofcolonel in 1888-1889[4] and was president of the New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (now theNational Textile Association) in 1889.[4]
Lippitt was elected to the United States Senate as aRepublican and served from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1917. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Sixty-second Congress). Lippitt had been elected by the state legislature, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916, following passage of theSeventeenth Amendment, which provided that U.S. Senators be chosen by popular vote.
After leaving the Senate, he again became actively engaged in the textile industry.[1] He served as Chairman of the Board of the Manville-Jenckes tire fabric company of Pawtucket.[1]
He was a member of theSquantum Association,Hope Club, Agawam Hunt Club, Rhode Island Yacht Club, New York Yacht Club, Larchmont Yacht Club, and University Club of New York.[5] He was also a member of New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association,[5] and in 1892 he joined the Rhode Island Society of theSons of the American Revolution.
Senator Lippitt died in Providence December 28, 1933.[1] He was interred in the Lippitt family plot atSwan Point Cemetery.[6]
In 1881 Lippitt married Mary Louise Bowen, a member of another family prominent in the Rhode Island textile manufacturing business.[4] Their children included Louise, Henry, Frances, and John Bowen Lippitt.[4]
Following the death of his first wife, Lippitt marriedLucy Herron Laughlin in 1915, a sister of former First LadyHelen Herron Taft and widow of Thomas K. Laughlin ofPittsburgh.[4] They had two children: Rhode Island politician and philanthropistFrederick Lippitt and aviatorMary Ann Lippitt.[7]
Henry F. Lippitt was the son of Rhode Island GovernorHenry Lippitt[1] and the brother of Rhode Island GovernorCharles W. Lippitt.[1] He was also a great-uncle ofJohn H. Chafee[8] and a great-great-uncle ofLincoln D. Chafee, both U.S. Senators as well as governors of Rhode Island.[8]
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| First | Republican nominee forU.S. Senator fromRhode Island (Class 1) 1916 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 1) from Rhode Island 1911–1917 | Succeeded by |
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