Aram J. Pothier
| Aram J. Pothier | |
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| 55th Governor of Rhode Island | |
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In office January 6, 1925 – February 4, 1928 |
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| Lieutenant | Nathaniel W. Smith Norman S. Case |
| Preceded by | William S. Flynn |
| Succeeded by | Norman S. Case |
| 51st Governor of Rhode Island | |
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In office January 5, 1909 – January 5, 1915 |
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| Lieutenant | Arthur Dennis Zenas W. Bliss Rosewell Burchard |
| Preceded by | James H. Higgins |
| Succeeded by | Robert Livingston Beeckman |
| Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island | |
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In office 1897–1898 |
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| Governor | Elisha Dyer, Jr. |
| Preceded by | Edwin Allen |
| Succeeded by | William Gregory |
| 3rdMayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island | |
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In office 1894–1896 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Pond |
| Succeeded by | George Greene |
| Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives | |
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In office 1887–1888 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 26, 1854 Quebec, Canada |
| Died | February 4, 1928 (aged 73) Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States |
| Resting place |
Precious Blood Cemetery Woonsocket, Rhode Island |
| Nationality | French Canadian |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Françoise de Charmigny |
| Relations | Zacharie Cloutier |
| Parents | Jules Pothier Domiltilde (Dallaire) Pothier |
| Residence | Woonsocket, Rhode Island |
| Alma mater | Nicolet College |
| Profession |
Banker Politician |
Aram Jules Pothier (July 26, 1854 – February 4, 1928) was an American banker and politician of French Canadian descent. He served as the 51st and 55th Governor of Rhode Island.
Pothier was born Quebec, Canada, the son of Jules Pothier and Domiltilde (Dallaire) Pothier. He attended the common schools in Canada and graduated from Nicolet College in Quebec. At the time of his graduation, his parents had already moved to Woonsocket, Rhode Island and he moved to Woonsocket to join them. He was a clerk for former Congressman Latimer W. Ballou at the Woonsocket Institute for Savings.
He began his political career in 1885 as a Republican member of the Woonsocket School Committee. He was appointed by Governor Taft to the 1889 Paris Exposition. Pothier was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1887 to 1888, and served as city auditor from 1889 to 1894.
He was mayor of Woonsocket from 1894 to 1895, and declined renomination. From 1897 to 1898 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, during the first year that Elisha Dyer, Jr. was governor. After his term as lieutenant governor, he retired from public office, but returned as a member of the Rhode Island Board of Education in 1907. Governor Dyer appointed him to the 1900 Paris Exhibition.
Pothier was elected Governor of Rhode Island in 1908 and entered into service on January 5, 1909. He was reelected to three more one-year terms. At that time, biennial elections replaced annual elections for state officials, and Pothier won the first election for a two-year term as governor in 1912. He retired after this term, on January 5, 1915, when he was succeeded by fellow Republican Robert Livingston Beeckman. In 1915, retiring from politics, he became President of the Woonsocket Institute for Savings and the Providence Union Trust Company. He was again drafted by the Republican Party to run for governor in 1924. He won that election and reelection in 1926, serving from January 6, 1925 until his death on February 4, 1928. He was the first Rhode Island governor of French Canadian descent.
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