Henry B. Anthony

Henry Bowen Anthony
Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference
In office
December 1862 – September 2, 1884
Preceded byJohn P. Hale
Succeeded byJohn Sherman
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
January 25, 1875 – February 17, 1875
Preceded byMatthew H. Carpenter
Succeeded byThomas W. Ferry
In office
March 23, 1869 – January 24, 1873
Preceded byBenjamin F. Wade
Succeeded byMatthew H. Carpenter
United States Senator
from Rhode Island
In office
March 4, 1859 – September 2, 1884
Preceded byPhilip Allen
Succeeded byWilliam P. Sheffield
21st Governor of Rhode Island
In office
May 1, 1849 – May 6, 1851
LieutenantThomas Whipple
Preceded byElisha Harris
Succeeded byPhilip Allen
Personal details
Born(1815-04-01)April 1, 1815
Coventry, Rhode Island, US
DiedSeptember 2, 1884(1884-09-02) (aged 69)
Providence, Rhode Island, US
Resting placeSwan Point Cemetery
Political partyWhig
Know Nothing
Republican
Spouse
Sarah Aborn Rhodes
(m. 1837; died 1854)
Alma materBrown University
ProfessionPolitician, Editor
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Henry Bowen Anthony (April 1, 1815 – September 2, 1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the Providence Journal. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving between 1849 and 1851 as a member of the Whig Party. Near the end of the 1850s, he was elected to the Senate by the Rhode Island Legislature and was re-elected 4 times. He would be twice elected to the Senate's highest post as President pro tempore during the Grant administration, and served until his death in 1884.