Richard Ward Greene

Richard Ward Greene (b. 21 Jan 1792 at Potowomut, Rhode Island) was an attorney, having graduated from Brown University and having studied law at Litchfield College and under Boston lawyer Ebenezer Rockwell. He was appointed U.S. attorney for Rhode Island in 1826 and also served in both houses of the state legislature. In May 1848 was elected as Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. He resigned in 1854. His nephew, Albert Collins Greene, was a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. His uncle was the Revolutionary War General, Nathanael Greene.

Greene was the son of Christopher Greene and Deborah Ward. He married Katherine Celia Greene on 12 Nov 1851.

He died on 14 March 1875 in Providence, Rhode Island. In his will he left (USD)$75,000 to the Methodist Episcopal Sunday Schools.^[1]

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