Philip W. Noel

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Philip William Noel (1931-) was Governor of Rhode Island from 1973 to 1977.

Noel was born June 5, 1931 in Warwick, Rhode Island.

A Democrat, he was elected Mayor of Warwick, serving from 1967 to 1972. He was elected Governor of Rhode Island in 1973 and served until 1977, during which time he was an unsuccessful candidate in the primary for U.S. Senator.

His wife, Joyce Sandberg, was Miss Rhode Island in the Miss America 1953 pageant.

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Preceded by
Horace E. Hobbs
Mayor of Warwick
19671972
Succeeded by
Eugene J. McCaffrey, Jr.
Preceded by
Frank Licht
Governor of Rhode Island
1973–1977
Succeeded by
J. Joseph Garrahy