John Brown Francis

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John Brown Francis

United States Senator from Rhode Island
In office January 25, 1844 – March 4, 1845
Preceded by	William Sprague III
Succeeded by	Albert C. Greene
13th Governor of Rhode Island
In office 1833–1838
Preceded by	Lemuel H. Arnold
Succeeded by	William Sprague III
Personal details
Born	(1791-05-31)May 31, 1791 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	August 9, 1864(1864-08-09) (aged 73) Warwick, Rhode Island
Political party	Whig Law and Order Party
Profession	Politician, Manufacturer

John Brown Francis (May 31, 1791 – August 9, 1864) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island.

Biography

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended the common schools of Providence, Rhode Island and graduated from Brown University in 1808. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, attended the Litchfield Law School, and was admitted to the bar but never practiced. Francis was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1821 to 1829 and a member of the board of trustees of Brown University from 1828 to 1857. He was a member of the Rhode Island Senate in 1831 and 1842, and was the 13th Governor of Rhode Island from 1833 to 1838.

From 1841 to 1854, Francis was chancellor of Brown University; he was elected as a member of the Law and Order Party to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Sprague and served from January 25, 1844, to March 4, 1845. He was not a candidate for reelection; while in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills (Twenty-eighth Congress).

Francis was a member of the Rhode Island Senate from 1845 to 1856, and then retired from public life and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death at "Spring Green," Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1864; interment was in North Burial Ground, Providence.

Francis' grandfather, John Brown, was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island and a member of the family for whom Brown University was named.

References

John Brown Francis at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

John Brown Francis at Find A Grave

Political offices
Preceded by Lemuel H. Arnold	Governor of Rhode Island 1833 – 1838	Succeeded by William Sprague III
United States Senate
Preceded by William Sprague III	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Rhode Island January 25, 1844 – March 4, 1845 Served alongside: James F. Simmons	Succeeded by Albert C. Greene

v t e Governors of Rhode Island

	Cooke Greene Collins A. Fenner H. Smith Wilbour J. Fenner Jones Knight Gibbs J. Fenner Arnold Francis Sprague III King Dorr J. Fenner Jackson Diman Harris Anthony Allen Dimond Hoppin Dyer Turner Sprague IV Cozzens J. Smith Burnside Padelford Howard H. Lippitt Van Zandt Littlefield Bourn Wetmore Davis Taft Ladd Davis Ladd Brown C. Lippitt Dyer, Jr. Gregory Kimball Garvin Utter Higgins Pothier Beeckman San Souci Flynn Pothier Case Green Quinn Vanderbilt McGrath Pastore McKiernan Roberts Del Sesto Notte J. Chafee Licht Noel Garrahy DiPrete Sundlun Almond Carcieri L. Chafee

v t e United States Senators from Rhode Island

Class 1	Foster Potter Howland Malbone Champlin Hunter De Wolf Robbins Dixon I Sprague III Francis A. Greene James Simmons Arnold Sprague IV Burnside Aldrich Lippitt Gerry Hebert Gerry McGrath Leahy Pastore J. Chafee L. Chafee Whitehouse

Class 2	Stanton Bradford R. Greene Ellery Fenner Mathewson Howell Burrill Knight Simmons Clarke Allen Anthony Sheffield Chace Dixon III Wetmore Colt Metcalf Green Pell Reed

John Brown Francis at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 36123873 LCCN: n93029527

Persondata
Name	Francis, John B.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	May 31, 1791
Place of birth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of death	August 9, 1864
Place of death	Warwick, Rhode Island

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