Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . a public school in Ware, Mass., havingpreviously taught in Sunderland during a part of hissenior year in college. Immediately upon attaininghis majority he enlisted in Company E Fifty-irrstMassachusetts Volunteers, recruited in Worcestercounty. The regiment served in North Carolina,under General Foster. The march to Goldsboro,the burning of the bridge at that place to cut offthe communications from the south with Leesarmy, and the engagemen
Men of progress; biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the state of Rhode Island and Providence plantations . a public school in Ware, Mass., havingpreviously taught in Sunderland during a part of hissenior year in college. Immediately upon attaininghis majority he enlisted in Company E Fifty-irrstMassachusetts Volunteers, recruited in Worcestercounty. The regiment served in North Carolina,under General Foster. The march to Goldsboro,the burning of the bridge at that place to cut offthe communications from the south with Leesarmy, and the engagements at Kingston, Whitehalland Goldsboro were the chief features of his experi-ence in the army. After the mustering out of hisregiment he taught a select school in Leverett,Mass., where he began the study of medicine. Sub-sequently, he was a student with Dr. SylvanusClapp of Pawtucket. He was graduated from theHarvard Medical School, March 13, 1867, havingpassed a year prior to graduation as Interne at theBoston City Hospital. In May 1867 he began thepractice of medicine in Lonsdale, R. I, where hehas continued to reside and actively practice L. F. C GARVIN. He has always taken an active interest in publicaffairs. He was a Republican until 1876, supportingLincoln and Grant for the presidency, but in thatyear advocated the election of Samuel J. Tilden,and has ever since acted with the Democratic party. MEN OF PROGRESS. 35 Since 1880 he has been active in the propaganda ofwhat he believes to be much needed reforms in thestate. Beginning with 1883 he has been electedten times to represent the town of Cumberland inthe General Assembly, and is a member of thepresent House of Representatives. During thisperiod he has aided in the enactment of the follow-ing eight popular measures, four of which were in-troduced by himself: The Ten Hour law, the LaborBureau, the Extension of Suffrage, the AustralianBallot, Weekly Payments, Free Text-Books, Plu-rality Elections, and Factory Insp
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