_____________________ | ______________________|_____________________ | _Zechariah Chafee ________| | (1815 - 1889) | | | _____________________ | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | _Zechariah Chafee _____| | (1859 - 1943) m 1884 | | | _____________________ | | | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Mary Frances Robinson ___| | (1824 - 1901) | | | _____________________ | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | _John Sharpe Chafee ___| | (1896 - 1984) m 1919 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _Wilkes Sharpe _______|_____________________ | | | (1789 - 1866) | | _Lucian Sharpe ___________| | | | (1830 - 1899) m 1857 | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | | |_Sally Adams Chaffee _|_____________________ | | | (1784 - 1866) | |_Mary Dexter Sharpe ___| | (1860 - 1934) m 1884 | | | _Lewis Dexter _______+ | | | (1763 - 1824) m 1793 | | _Lewis Dexter ________|_Lydia Comstock _____ | | | (.... - 1867) (1766 - 1832) | |_Louisa Dexter ___________| | (1831 - 1901) m 1857 | | | _Jonathan Angell ____+ | | | (1757 - 1825) | |_Mary Angell _________|_Mary Brayton _______ | (1799 - 1885) (1764 - 1826) | |--John Lester Hubbard Chafee | (1922 - 1999) | _____________________ | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | | _Archibald Hunter ________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | | | _Duncan T. Hunter _____| | | (1863 - 1902) m 1893 | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | | | | | |_Mary Grahame ____________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | | |_Janet Melissa Hunter _| (1897 - 1977) m 1919 | | _Charles Lippitt ____+ | | (1754 - 1845) m 1783 | _Warren Lippitt ______|_Penelope Low _______ | | (1786 - 1850) m 1811 (1758 - 1839) | _Henry Frederick Lippitt _| | | (1818 - 1891) m 1845 | | | | _Young Seamans ______ | | | | | | |_Eliza Seamans _______|_Mary Larcher _______ | | (1792 - 1881) m 1811 |_Abby Frances Lippitt _| (1861 - 1946) m 1893 | | _____________________ | | | _Joseph Balch ________|_____________________ | | (1796 - 1872) m 1821 |_Mary Ann Balch __________| (1823 - 1889) m 1845 | | _____________________ | | |_Mary Ann Bailey _____|_____________________ (1800 - 1879) m 1821
GOVERNMENT: Secretary of the Navy, 1969-1972; Republican Governor of Rhode Island, 1962-1969; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1977-1999.
!BIOGRAPHY: "CHAFEE, John Hubbard, (father of Lincoln Chafee), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 22, 1922; graduated, Deerfield (Mass.) Academy 1940; graduated, Yale University 1947 and Harvard Law School 1950; admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1950 and commenced practice in Providence; served in United States Marine Corps 1942-1945, 1951-1953; served in Rhode Island house of representatives 1957-1963; Governor of Rhode Island 1963-1969; Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Richard Nixon 1969-1972; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1972; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in November 1976 for the term commencing January 3, 1977; subsequently appointed by the Governor, December 29, 1976, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Pastore for the term ending January 3, 1977; reelected in 1982, 1988, and 1994, and served until his death of heart failure on October 24, 1999; Senate Republican Conference chairman (1985-1991), Committee on Environment and Public Works (1995-1999); interment in family plot; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 9, 2000." --Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000269)
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