The governor of Rhode Island is the head of government of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's Army National Guard and Air National Guard . The current governor is Dan McKee , a member of the Democratic Party . In their capacity as commander of the national guard, the governor of Rhode Island also has the title of captain general . Rhode Island is one of the few states that currently does not have a governor's mansion or other official residence .
14-479: Charles Warren Lippitt (October 8, 1846 – April 4, 1924) was an American politician and the 44th Governor of Rhode Island . Lippitt was born in Providence, Rhode Island on October 8, 1846. He graduated from Brown University . Later, he was involved in his father's cotton and woolen manufacturing firm. His father, Henry Lippitt , was governor of Rhode Island from 1875 to 1877 and his brother Henry F. Lippitt
28-762: A career in business in New York City. His son, Charles Warren Lippitt III, was a captain in the United States Air Force and died on active duty in 1968. Another son, Alexander Farnum Lippitt (b. 1896), attended Harvard from 1916 to 1917. He enlisted in the Army in August 1917 and served as a 1st Lieutenant in the 166th Infantry Regiment of the 42nd Division . He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for leading his men in
42-682: A counterattack against the Germans. He was wounded in action, sent back to the United States and died at Fort Mott in Cape May, New Jersey on October 6, 1918. Lippitt Park in Providence was dedicated in his memory. Lippitt served as a military aide, with the rank of colonel, to his father during his father's term of office as governor from 1875 to 1877. Lippitt served as Governor of Rhode Island from May 29, 1895 to May 25, 1897. He
56-596: Is vested in the governor, typically through various directors and commissioners. The lieutenant governor, though nominally in the executive branch, is a largely ceremonial position. The governor and lieutenant governor are elected on separate tickets by the electorate of Rhode Island. The governor's offices are located in the State House. Rhode Island is one of the few states that lacks a governor's mansion . Rhode Island government has numerous departments, agencies, and divisions. The major ones are: The judicial branch of
70-613: The Senate . The House of Representatives has a total of 75 members currently. The Senate has 38 members. The General Assembly meets in the State House . The state elects a governor , a lieutenant governor , a secretary of state , a general treasurer , and an attorney general . The governor appoints a Sheriff, who, unlike most other sheriffs, has statewide jurisdiction. The governor appoints many officers to act as commissioners, directors, or other officers. The executive authority
84-745: The General Laws, and executive orders. The governmental structure is modeled on the Government of the United States in having three branches: executive , legislative , and judicial . Pursuant to Articles VI, VII, and VIII of the Rhode Island Constitution, the legislature is vested in the Rhode Island General Assembly . The General Assembly is bicameral , composed of the House of Representatives and
98-502: The United States , and the responsibility to submit the annual state budget to the Rhode Island General Assembly . The governor also has the power to grant pardons and veto bills, resolutions and votes subject to a two-thirds override. Government of Rhode Island The government of the state of Rhode Island is prescribed from a multitude of sources; the main sources are the Rhode Island Constitution ,
112-479: The chief executive of the Government of Rhode Island , the governor is supported by a number of elected general officers and appointed directors of state agencies. Responsibilities granted to the governor by the Rhode Island Constitution include the position of commander-in-chief of all components of the Rhode Island National Guard , so long as they remain un-federalized by the president of
126-844: The death of Gorton, in 1978, the family's "seat" in the Society was "inherited" by their cousin Frederick Lippitt , who held the seat until his death in 2005. Governor Charles Warren Lippitt died in Yorktown, New York on April 4, 1924. He was interred in the Swan Point Cemetery in Providence. Lippitt Hall on the central quad of the University of Rhode Island in Kingston is named after Governor Charles W. Lippitt. Governor of Rhode Island The following are
140-401: The requirements to be elected Governor of Rhode Island: Section I, Article IX of the Rhode Island Constitution reads, Power vested in governor. – The chief executive power of this state shall be vested in a governor, who, together with a lieutenant governor, shall be elected by the people. The Governor of Rhode Island is elected every four years and is limited to two consecutive terms. As
154-637: The same foundation as the castle. The Waves was designed by renowned architect John Russell Pope as his own summer residence and was converted to condominiums in the late 20th Century. Bricks from Lippitt's Castle can still be found in the waters near where the mansion once stood. Lippitt joined the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in 1896 and served as the Society's president from 1908 to 1909. In 1897 he
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#1732802477532168-625: Was a United States senator from Rhode Island. He married Margaret B. Farnum on February 23, 1886. His son, Charles Warren Lippitt, Jr. (1894–1970), served as a sergeant in the 103rd Field Artillery Regiment during the First World War. He then attended Harvard College and graduated in the class of 1921. He later served in World War II and rose to the rank of colonel in the Army Reserve where he served until 1966. He pursued
182-608: Was admitted as an hereditary member of the Rhode Island Society of the Cincinnati . His sons, Colonel Charles Warren Lippitt, Jr. (1894-1970) and Gorton Thayer Lippitt, also joined the Sons of the American Revolution. Charles, Jr. became a member of the Society of the Cincinnati after his father's death and served as its President General from 1965 to 1968 and Gorton became a member after Charles' death in 1970. Upon
196-461: Was an unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President in 1896. In 1899 Lippitt built an immense castle style brick mansion, near Bailey's Beach in Newport, Rhode Island , named The Breakwater but commonly referred to as "Lippitt's Castle". After Lippitt's death his son Charles Jr. had the castle torn down and sold the land. It was replaced in 1926 by a mansion named The Waves on
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