The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . , l4^ /lo^Mo-^-:^. ?--?/ .^1 BIOGRAPHICAL 225 of the citys life, and in 1908 promoted the FloridaExposition there and managed the amusement featuresof the event. There were few men better known in the public andpohtical life of the State of Rhode Island in the closingyears of the past century and opening years of thepresent than Colonel Harrington. In 1S94 he becamea member of the Rhode Island Legislature, as repre-sentative from Warwick. He was returned to office inl8n6, and again in 1898, refusing reelection at the ex-pira
The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . , l4^ /lo^Mo-^-:^. ?--?/ .^1 BIOGRAPHICAL 225 of the citys life, and in 1908 promoted the FloridaExposition there and managed the amusement featuresof the event. There were few men better known in the public andpohtical life of the State of Rhode Island in the closingyears of the past century and opening years of thepresent than Colonel Harrington. In 1S94 he becamea member of the Rhode Island Legislature, as repre-sentative from Warwick. He was returned to office inl8n6, and again in 1898, refusing reelection at the ex-piration of his last term. As a member of the Repub-lican State Central Committee, he was the leader ofRepublican politics in Warwick, and a vital factor indirecting the policies of the party in the State. Col-onel Harrington was a prominent figure in club andfraternal circles in the city of Providence. He hadattained to the thirty-second degree in the Masonicorder, and was a member of Wafwick Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Jilasons, Chapter Royal Arch Masons, and Calvary Commander
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