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Henry B. Anthony

Personal data
Date of birthApril 1, 1815
Place of birthCoventry, Rhode Island, U.S.
Date of deathSeptember 2, 1884(age 69)
Place of deathProvidence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Political partyWhig, Republican
ProfessionPolitician, Editor
ReligionQuaker
Assumed officeMarch 4, 1859 - September 2, 1884
Succeeded byWilliam P. Sheffield
Preceded byPhilip Allen

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Henry Bowen Anthony (April 1, 1815 � September 2, 1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as the editor and later part owner of the Providence Journal and later was the Governor of Rhode Island between 1849 and 1851, as a member of the Whig Party.

The son of William Anthony and Mary Kennicut Greene, Anthony was born in Rhode Island. He attended Brown University, graduating in 1833 at the age of 18. During his tenure as the editor of the Providence Journal, his anti-Catholic editorials whipped up the flames of hatred against the growing Irish and French Canadian communities in Rhode Island. It not be until the 20th century that Catholics would gain acceptance in Rhode Island. Anthony won his election to the governorship on an anti-Catholic platform. He was a strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln as a U.S. Senator during the American Civil War.

Anthony served from 1859 as a Republican Senator from Rhode Island, he served as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate in 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873 and finally in 1875. He gave up that post when he was elected conference chairman in 1875. As chair, Anthony acted much like the later majority leaders, giving committee assignments to members of his party, calling up bills for debate, and often speaking for his party on the issues of the day. He was also the author of the "Anthony Rule," an early attempt to limit debate in the Senate in the days before cloture. Known as the Father of the Senate.


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Political offices
Preceded by
Elisha Harris
Governor of Rhode Island
1849 - 1851
Succeeded by
Philip Allen
Preceded by
Benjamin F. Wade
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
March 23, 1869 - January 24, 1873
Succeeded by
Matthew H. Carpenter
Preceded by
Matthew H. Carpenter
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
January 1875 - February 17, 1875
Succeeded by
Thomas W. Ferry
United States Senate
Preceded by
Philip Allen
United States Senator from Rhode Island
Served alongside: James F. Simmons, Samuel G. Arnold, William Sprague, Ambrose E. Burnside and Nelson W. Aldrich

March 4, 1859 - September 2, 1884
Succeeded by
William P. Sheffield


Governors of Rhode Island

Cooke * Greene * Collins * A. Fenner * H. Smith * Wilbour * J. Fenner * Jones * Knight * Gibbs * J. Fenner * Arnold * Francis * Sprague III * King * J. Fenner * Jackson * Diman * Harris * Anthony * Allen * Dimond * Hoppin * Dyer * Turner * Sprague IV * Cozzens * J. Smith * Burnside * Padelford * Howard * H. Lippitt * Van Zandt * Littlefield * Bourn * Wetmore * Davis * Taft * Ladd * Davis * Ladd * Brown * C. Lippitt * Dyer, Jr. * Gregory * Kimball * Garvin * Utter * Higgins * Pothier * Beeckman * San Souci * Flynn * Pothier * Case * Green * Quinn * Vanderbilt * McGrath * Pastore * McKiernan * Roberts * Del Sesto * Notte * Chafee * Licht * Noel * Garrahy * DiPrete * Sundlun * Almond * Carcieri |

United States Senators from Rhode Island

Class 1Foster * Potter * Howland * Malbone * Champlin * Hunter * De Wolf * Robbins * Dixon I * Sprague III * Francis * A. Greene * James * Simmons * Arnold * Sprague IV * Burnside * Aldrich * Lippitt * Gerry * Hebert * Gerry * McGrath * Leahy * Pastore * J. Chafee * L. Chafee * Whitehouse
Class 2Stanton * Bradford * R. Greene * Ellery * Fenner * Mathewson * Howell * Burrill * Knight * Simmons * Clarke * Allen * Anthony * Sheffield * Chace * Dixon III * Wetmore * Colt * Metcalf * Green * Pell * Reed

Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate

Langdon * Lee * Langdon * Izard * H Tazewell * Livermore * Bingham * Bradford * Read * Sedgwick * Laurance * Ross * Livermore * Tracy * Howard * Hillhouse * Baldwin * Bradley * Brown * Franklin * Anderson * Smith * Bradley * Milledge * Gregg * Gaillard * Pope * Crawford * Varnum * Gaillard * Barbour * Gaillard * Macon * Smith * L Tazewell * White * Poindexter * Tyler * W R King * Southard * Mangum * Sevier * Atchison * W R King * Atchison * Cass * Bright * Stuart * Bright * Mason * Rusk * Fitzpatrick * Bright * Fitzpatrick * Foot * Clark * Foster * Wade * Anthony * Carpenter * Anthony * Ferry * Thurman * Bayard * Davis * Edmunds * Sherman * Ingalls * Manderson * Harris * Ransom * Harris * Frye * (Special: Bacon * Curtis * Gallinger * Brandegee * Lodge) * Clarke * Saulsbury * Cummins * Moses * Pittman * W H King * Harrison * Glass * McKellar * Vandenberg * McKellar * Bridges * George * Hayden * Russell * Ellender * Eastland * Magnuson * Young * Magnuson * Thurmond * Stennis * Byrd * Thurmond * Byrd * Thurmond * Byrd * Stevens * Byrd * Inouye



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