George P. Wetmore
| George Peabody Wetmore | |
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United States Senator from Rhode Island |
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In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1907 |
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| Preceded by | Nathan F. Dixon III |
| Succeeded by | Vacant, failure to elect |
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In office January 22, 1908 – March 3, 1913 |
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| Preceded by | Vacant, failure to elect |
| Succeeded by | Lebaron B. Colt |
| 37th Governor of Rhode Island | |
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In office May 26, 1885 – May 29, 1887 |
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| Lieutenant | Lucius B. Darling |
| Preceded by | Augustus O. Bourn |
| Succeeded by | John W. Davis |
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August 2, 1846 London England |
| Died | September 11, 1921 (aged 75) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican |
George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846 – September 11, 1921) was the 37th Governor of and a United States Senator from Rhode Island.
George Peabody Wetmore was born in London, England, during a visit of his parents abroad. His father was William Shepard Wetmore, a wealthy Yankee trader. George Wetmore received his early education at the private schools of Messrs. Reed and Thurston and of the Rev. William C. Leverett in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1867 he graduated from Yale College, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. After graduation he studied for two years at the Columbia Law School. He received the degree of LL.B. in 1869, and was admitted to the bars of Rhode Island and New York the same year, although he never practiced.
He had always taken an active interest in politics and in 1880 and 1884 was a presidential elector. He was elected Governor of Rhode Island in 1885 and served two terms, but was defeated for a third term. He was a member of the commission that built the new Rhode Island State House at Providence.
In 1894 he was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, receiving the unanimous vote of the General Assembly in Senate, House, and joint convention. He was re-elected in 1900 and served from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1907.
In 1907, he was challenged for his seat by another Republican, industrialist Samuel P. Colt. The three-way contest between Wetmore, Colt and Democrat Robert Hale Ives Goddard resulted in months of deadlocked ballots and a vacant seat in Rhode Island's delegation to the 60th Congress beginning on March 4, 1907. Eventually Colt withdrew, and Wetmore returned to the Senate on January 22, 1908 and served until March 3, 1913. Colt's brother, LeBaron B. Colt, was elected to succeed Wetmore upon Wetmore's retirement from the Senate.
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