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Edward Cox
Rhode Island

Gov. Edward Cox

  • January 9, 1821 - May 2, 1821
  • January 1, 1780
  • January 1, 1860
  • Rhode Island
  • Succeeded

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EDWARD COX held the governorship briefly upon Nehemiah Knight’s appointment to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate.

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*Note: Exact dates of birth and death are not known.

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*Note: Exact dates of birth and death are not known.

HistoryBuff.com

Mohr, Ralph S. Governors for Three Hundred Years (1638-1954): Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.State of Rhode Island, Graves Registration Committee, August 1954.

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