Jesse Houghton Metcalf | |
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| United States Senator fromRhode Island | |
| In office November 5, 1924 – January 3, 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Lebaron B. Colt |
| Succeeded by | Theodore F. Green |
| Member of theRhode Island House of Representatives | |
| In office 1889–1891 1907 | |
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| Born | (1860-11-16)November 16, 1860 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | October 9, 1942(1942-10-09) (aged 81) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Resting place | Swan Point Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Relations | Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf (mother), Eliza Greene Metcalf Radeke (sister), Helen Metcalf Danforth (niece) |
Jesse Houghton Metcalf (November 16, 1860 – October 9, 1942) was an American politician, he served as aUnited States senator[1] fromRhode Island.
Born inProvidence, Metcalf was educated in private schools there, studiedtextile manufacturing inYorkshire, England, and engaged in textile manufacturing. Metcalf's father, Jesse Metcalf, was a textile manufacturer, and his mother,Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, was the co-founder of theRhode Island School of Design.
In 1889 Metcalf received a large bequest from his father's business partner,Henry J. Steere. Metcalf served as a member of theRhode Island House of Representatives from 1889 to 1891 and in 1907, and was a member of the ProvidenceCommon Council from 1888 to 1892. He was chairman of the Metropolitan Park Commission of Rhode Island from 1909 to 1924, and a member of the penal and charitable board from 1917 to 1923.
In addition, he was president ofRhode Island Hospital, a trustee of theRhode Island School of Design at Providence and ofBrown University, and from 1935 to 1940 aRepublican National Committeeman. He was also a part owner ofThe Providence Journal.[2]
Metcalf was elected as aRepublican to the United States Senate on November 4, 1924, to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofLeBaron B. Colt; on the same day he was also elected for the term commencing March 4, 1925. He was reelected in 1930 and served from November 5, 1924, to January 3, 1937; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936. He is the last Republican to date to holdRhode Island's Class 2 Senate seat.
In 1930 he was elected as a Compatriot of the Rhode Island Society of theSons of the American Revolution.
While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Patents (Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Education and Labor (Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses).
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He died in Providence in 1942; interment was inSwan Point Cemetery. The Jesse H. Metcalf Lodge atCamp Yawgoog, the funds for which were donated by his wife, houses the Camp Sandy Beach dining hall and was named in his honor. Metcalf's sister,Eliza G. Radeke, served as president of theRhode Island School of Design from 1913 to 1931.
In the early 1920s, the logging of ancient Redwood Forests in Northern California nearly extinguished a primordial coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens). A last ditch conservation effort to preserve a grove of these trees was undertaken following publication of a series of photographs showing the size of these ancient trees.
Within Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, within the Redwoods National Park, there is a plaque that reads the following:"The Metcalf GroveThis Grove is Given to the State of California for thePreservation of these Ancient TreesbyMr. And Mrs. Jesse M. Metcalfof Rhode Island"Location: 41.765485, -124.129551
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| Preceded by | Republican nominee forU.S. Senator fromRhode Island (Class 2) 1924,1930,1936 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | U.S. senator (Class 2) from Rhode Island 1924 – 1937 Served alongside:Peter G. Gerry,Felix Hebert,Peter G. Gerry | Succeeded by |
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