Charles C. Van Zandt

Charles Collins Van Zandt
34th Governor of Rhode Island
In office
May 29, 1877  May 25, 1880
Lieutenant Governor Albert Howard
Preceded by Henry Lippitt
Succeeded by Alfred H. Littlefield
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
In office
1873–1875
Governor Henry Howard
Preceded by Charles Cutler
Succeeded by Henry Tillinghast Sisson
Member of the Rhode Island Senate
In office
1869-1870
Personal details
Born (1830-08-10)August 10, 1830
Newport, Rhode Island
Died June 4, 1894(1894-06-04) (aged 63)
Resting place Island Cemetery, Newport
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Arazelia Greene Porter[1]
Residence Newport, Rhode Island
Alma mater Trinity College
Profession Lawyer
Charles C. Van Zandt.

Charles Collins Van Zandt (August 10, 1830 – June 4, 1894) was the 34th Governor of Rhode Island.

Early life

He was born in Newport, Rhode Island. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, class of 1851.[2] He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1853.[1] In 1863 he married Arazelia, daughter of the judge and poet Albert Gorton Greene.[3]

Political career

In 1855, Van Zandt was elected City Solicitor of Newport and was chosen clerk of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. In 1857, he was himself elected to the House. The following year, he became Speaker of the House. He was a State Senator from 1869 to 1870.[1] He was a delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island in 1868, Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1873 to 1875 serving under Governor Henry Howard, and Governor of Rhode Island from 1877 to 1880.

One of his foremost concerns as a governor was to expand the state's educational system, especially for the literacy needs of the state's large, urban immigrant population.[1]

He lived in an elegant Greek Revival style house on Pelham Street in Newport.

He died in 1894 and was interred at Island Cemetery, Newport, Rhode Island.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rhode Island Governor Charles Collins Van Zandt". National Governors Association. 2011.
  2. The Biographical Cyclopedia of Rhode Island (Volume 2 ed.). National Biographical Publishing Co. 1881. p. 516.
  3. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, 13 vols, 1898.
Political offices
Preceded by
Charles Cutler
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
18731875
Succeeded by
Henry Tillinghast Sisson
Preceded by
Henry Lippitt
Governor of Rhode Island
May 29, 1877 – May 25, 1880
Succeeded by
Alfred H. Littlefield
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