Lincoln Chafee

Lincoln Chafee
74th Governor of Rhode Island
In office
January 4, 2011 – January 6, 2015
LieutenantElizabeth Roberts
Preceded byDon Carcieri
Succeeded byGina Raimondo
United States Senator
from Rhode Island
In office
November 2, 1999 – January 3, 2007
Appointed byLincoln Almond
Preceded byJohn Chafee
Succeeded bySheldon Whitehouse
Mayor of Warwick
In office
January 1, 1993 – November 1, 1999
Preceded byCharles Donovan
Succeeded byScott Avedisian
Personal details
Born
Lincoln Davenport Chafee

(1953-03-26) March 26, 1953 (age 71)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Political partyLibertarian (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations
Republican (before 2007)
Independent (2007–2013)
Democratic (2013–2019)
Spouse(s)
Stephanie Birney Danforth
(m. 1990)
Children3, including Louisa
ResidenceTeton Village, Wyoming, U.S.
EducationBrown University (BA)

Lincoln Davenport Chafee (born March 26, 1953) is an American politician. He was the Governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015. Before becoming governor, he was a junior U.S. Senator of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2007.

In 2016, he made a brief and unsuccessful bid for President of the United States in the 2016 Democratic primaries. In January 2020, Chafee announced he would run again, but this time for the Libertarian nomination.[1] He ended his second campaign in April 2020.

  1. Fitzpatrick, Edward (January 6, 2020). "Lincoln Chafee expected to announce another run for president, this time as a Libertarian". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 6, 2020.

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