Frank T. Caprio
| Frank Caprio | |
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| Treasurer of Rhode Island | |
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In office January 7, 2007 – January 4, 2011 |
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| Governor | Don Carcieri |
| Preceded by | Paul Tavares |
| Succeeded by | Gina Raimondo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 10, 1966 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Gabriella Caprio |
| Children | Frank Ashley |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Suffolk University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Frank T. Caprio (born May 10, 1966) is an American politician and banker from Rhode Island. He had a twenty-year political career which included being elected as the General Treasurer of Rhode Island. He was the first political candidate in the United States to use on-demand television to reach voters and one of the first candidates to launch an Internet TV channel for use in a political campaign in 2006. Caprio was the Democratic Party nominee in the 2010 Rhode Island gubernatorial election, losing to Independent candidate Lincoln Chafee, who won with 36 percent of the vote. He ran for the Democratic nomination for General Treasurer in 2014, but lost to first-time candidate Seth Magaziner. He also is a Managing Director at Chatham Capital, a mezzanine finance firm with offices in Atlanta, Dallas and Providence.
Frank T. Caprio is the eldest child of Joyce and Judge Frank Caprio, and he is the brother of Rhode Island State Representative David Caprio. He attended public schools in Narragansett, Rhode Island, and graduated from Bishop Hendricken High School in 1984. He earned a degree in economics from Harvard University in 1988. While at Harvard, Caprio was captain of the Harvard baseball team. He was an All-Eastern League outfielder in 1988, and an All-Ivy League defensive back on the championship Harvard football team in 1987. He played against Roger Clemens in a 1987 exhibition game and was scouted by Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams. Caprio earned a J.D. at Suffolk University Law School in 1991 and passed the bar exams in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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