ANTHONY, HENRY BOWEN
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(1815-1884), was born at Coventry, R. I., and died at Providence. He was graduated at Brown University in 1833, and became the editor of the Providence Journal and the most influential of New England journalists. He was elected Whig Governor of Rhode Island in 1849 and 1850. From 1859 to 1884 he was uninterruptedly Republican U. S. Senator from Rhode Island, and was several times chosen president pro tempore of the Senate. His career there is among the longest on record. His valuable collection, the Harris Library, was left to Brown University.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
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