Jesse H. Metcalf
Jesse Houghton Metcalf | |
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Lebaron B. Colt | |
Succeeded by | Theodore F. Green |
Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives | |
In office 1889–1891 1907 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Eliza Greene Metcalf Radeke (sister), (niece)Helen Metcalf Danforth | November 16, 1860
Jesse Houghton Metcalf (November 16, 1860 – October 9, 1942) was an American politician, he served as a
Early life
Born in
Career
In 1889 Metcalf received a large bequest from his father's business partner,
In addition, he was president of Rhode Island Hospital, a trustee of the Rhode Island School of Design at Providence and of Brown University, and from 1935 to 1940 a Republican National Committeeman. He was also a part owner of The Providence Journal.[1]
Metcalf was elected as a
In 1930 he was elected as a Compatriot of the Rhode Island Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Patents (Sixty-ninth and Seventieth Congresses) and a member of the Committee on Education and Labor (Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses).
Death and legacy
He died in Providence in 1942; interment was in
In the early 1920s, the logging of ancient Redwood Forests in Northern California nearly extinguished a primordial coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens). A last ditch conservation effort to preserve a grove of these trees was undertaken following publication of a series of photographs showing the size of these ancient trees.
Within Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, within the Redwoods National Park, there is a plaque that reads the following: "The Metcalf Grove This Grove is Given to the State of California for the Preservation of these Ancient Trees by Mr. And Mrs. Jesse M. Metcalf of Rhode Island" Location: 41.765485, -124.129551
References
- ^ "Trolley Cars and Fire Engines" Warwick History, retrieved January 25, 2010.
External links
- United States Congress. "Jesse H. Metcalf (id: M000670)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.