Samuel Greene Arnold Jr. (1821 - 1880)

Born 12 Apr 1821 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa Gindrat Arnold — married 23 Nov 1848 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1880 at age 58 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Preceded by James F. Simmons

Samuel G. Arnold US Senator (Class 1) from Rhode Island 1862—1863

Succeeded by William Sprague IV

Biography

Samuel G. Arnold Jr. is Notable.

US Senator. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island prior to the Civil War, and was a member of the 1861 Peace Convention that attempted to stave off the impending conflict. He facilitated the raising of a 3-month enlistment Light Artillery Battery for the Union Army, which he led until it was mustered into Federal service under Captain (and later Brevet Brigadier General) Charles H. Tompkins. He served on the staff of Governor William Sprauge with the rank of Colonel until he was elected as a Senator from Rhode Island to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator James F. Simmons, serving from December 1862 to March 1863. He later became a prominent Rhode Island Historian, and served as President of the Rhode Island Historical Society from 1868 to 1880.

Bio by: RPD2

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 (granduncle of Theodore Francis Green), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Providence, R.I., April 12, 1821; received his early education under private tutors; graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1841 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1845; admitted to the bar in 1845; lawyer and historian; trustee of Brown University 1848-1880; elected lieutenant governor of Rhode Island in 1852 and served as Acting Governor; member of the peace commission held at Washington, D.C. in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; again elected lieutenant governor in 1861 and 1862; during the Civil War organized a company of light artillery which went to Washington, D.C., and was mustered into the Union Army; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James F. Simmons and served from December 1, 1862, to March 3, 1863; returned to historical research; president of the Rhode Island Historical Society 1868-1880; died in Providence, R.I., February 14, 1880; interment in Swan Point Cemetery.|Bibliography: Dictionary of American Biography; Arnold, Samuel Greene. History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. 2 vols. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1859-1860; Arnold, Samuel Greene. The Life of Patrick Henry of Virginia. Auburn, NY: Miller, Orton & Milligan, 1854.

Buried

Swan Point Cemetery Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Show Map Plot Group 85, Location L Memorial ID 6844480

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial# 6844480

• Samuel G. Arnold on Wikipedia

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

• "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VY-5G9 : 22 January 2020), Samuel G. Arnold, 1848.

• "Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, Swan Point Cemetery Records, ca.1846-ca.1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZQ84-973Z : 22 April 2020), Samuel Greene Arnold, 1880.

• https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/290:1064?tid=&pid=&queryId=52b05d053bbd5dd75bd15d64b3646554&_phsrc=dSq1674&_phstart=successSource