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  Colt, LeBaron Bradford
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NameLeBaron Bradford Colt
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, Rhode Island , United States
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Born June 25, 1846
DiedAugust 18, 1924 (78 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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May 06, 2011 12:12am
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InfoCOLT, LeBaron Bradford, a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Dedham, Dedham County, Mass., June 25, 1846; attended the public schools and Williston Seminary; graduated from Yale University in 1868 and from the law department of Columbia College, New York City, in 1870; devoted a year to European travel; upon his return to the United States in 1871 was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Chicago, Ill.; moved to Bristol, R.I., in 1875 and practiced law in Providence, R.I.; member, State house of representatives 1879-1881; appointed by President James Garfield United States district judge for the first judicial district 1881-1884, when he was appointed by President Chester Arthur presiding judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the first circuit; elected in 1913 as a Republican to the United States Senate; reelected in 1919 and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Bristol, R.I., August 18, 1924; chairman, Committee on Conservation of Natural Resources (Sixty-fifth Congress), Committee on Immigration (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses); interment in Juniper Hill Cemetery.


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  11/05/1918 RI US Senate Won 51.76% (+5.52%)
  01/21/1913 RI US Senate Won 65.67% (+36.57%)
  01/18/1911 RI US Senate Lost 16.55% (-35.25%)
  04/10/1889 RI US Senate - Special Election Lost 2.02% (-49.49%)
  07/05/1884 First District Court of Appeals Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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