John Lester Hubbard Chafee, Secretary of the Navy, Senator, Governor

1922 - 1999  (77 years)

• Name	John Lester Hubbard Chafee
  Suffix	Secretary of the Navy, Senator, Governor
  Birth	22 Oct 1922	, , Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Oct 1999	Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland
  Burial	Chafee Lot (Family farm), Ives Road, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I94269	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2006

  
  

  Father	John Sharpe Chafee,   b. 11 Jul 1896, , , Rhode Island d. 19 Jun 1984, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Janet Melissa Hunter,   b. 14 Apr 1897, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 3 Aug 1977, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	20 Oct 1919	, , Rhode Island
  Family ID	F39735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia Coates
  Marriage	Abt 1950
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F39740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 22 Oct 1922 - , , Rhode Island Death - 24 Oct 1999 - Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland Burial - - Chafee Lot (Family farm), Ives Road, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: "Descendants of Louisa Dexter," descendancy chart from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 22 Jul 2004. Cites Social Security Death Index (birth); "The Providence Journal" (marriage, burial). GOVERNMENT: Secretary of the Navy, 1969-1972; Republican Governor of Rhode Island, 1962-1969; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1977-1999. !BIOGRAPHY: "CHAFEE, John Hubbard, (father of Lincoln Chafee), a Senator from Rhode Island; born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 22, 1922; graduated, Deerfield (Mass.) Academy 1940; graduated, Yale University 1947 and Harvard Law School 1950; admitted to the Rhode Island bar in 1950 and commenced practice in Providence; served in United States Marine Corps 1942-1945, 1951-1953; served in Rhode Island house of representatives 1957-1963; Governor of Rhode Island 1963-1969; Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Richard Nixon 1969-1972; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1972; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in November 1976 for the term commencing January 3, 1977; subsequently appointed by the Governor, December 29, 1976, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Pastore for the term ending January 3, 1977; reelected in 1982, 1988, and 1994, and served until his death of heart failure on October 24, 1999; Senate Republican Conference chairman (1985-1991), Committee on Environment and Public Works (1995-1999); interment in family plot; posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on August 9, 2000." --Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000269)