Lincoln Chafee

U.S. Congressperson

1953 –

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Who is Lincoln Chafee?

Lincoln Davenport Chafee is an American politician who has been the 74th Governor of Rhode Island since January 2011. Prior to his election as governor, Chafee served in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1999 until losing his Senate re-election bid in 2006 to Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse. In 2007, he left the Republican Party and became an independent. He is the first independent to serve as Governor of Rhode Island since John Collins, who served 1786–1790. On May 29, 2013, he announced he was switching his registration to the Democratic Party. On September 4, 2013, Chafee announced that he would not seek re-election to a second term as Governor.

A Rhode Island native educated at Phillips Academy and Brown University, Chafee worked as a professional farrier for seven years before entering state politics in 1985. He was a delegate to the Rhode Island State Constitutional Convention, a member of the Warwick, Rhode Island city council, and later the mayor of Warwick. Chafee was appointed to the United States Senate in 1999 upon the death of his father, Senator John Chafee, and was elected in the 2000 Senate election for a full six-year term.

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Born
Mar 26, 1953
Providence
Also known as
  • Lincoln Davenport Chafee
  • Mayor Lincoln Chafee
Spouses
Religion
  • Episcopal Church
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Brown University
  • Phillips Academy
  • Montana State University - Bozeman
Lived in
  • Providence

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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