Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . n, participatingin the batdes of Roanoke Island, Newbern, and thesiege of Fort Macon. He was promoted to FirstLieutenant June 7, 1862, and to Captain February 14,1863. He was with the regiment on the steamerEscort when the rebel blockade on the PamlicoRiver was broken by running past the batteries toWashington, N. C. On the expiration of his termof service, not anticipating any further active servicefor the regiment, which had been changed
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . n, participatingin the batdes of Roanoke Island, Newbern, and thesiege of Fort Macon. He was promoted to FirstLieutenant June 7, 1862, and to Captain February 14,1863. He was with the regiment on the steamerEscort when the rebel blockade on the PamlicoRiver was broken by running past the batteries toWashington, N. C. On the expiration of his termof service, not anticipating any further active servicefor the regiment, which had been changed to oneof heavy artillery, he returned to Providence andstudied law, first in the office of Samuel Currey andafterwards at the Law School of Union University,Albany, N. Y., where he graduated in May 1866, withthe degree of LL. B. He was admitted to the barof the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, January i,1867, and practised law in Providence until electedJustice of the Supreme Court. He was Commissionerof the United States Circuit Court for the District ofRhode Island from 1874 until 1890. From 1888 to1890 he was Chief Supervisor of Elections for Rhode. W. W. DOUGLAS. Island under appointment from the United StatesCircuit Court. In 1890 when serving as Senator fromProvidence he was elected .\ssociate Justice of theSupreme Court, and took his seat in August of thatyear. In addition to his law practice he has taken
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