Lincoln Chafee | |
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74th Governor of Rhode Island | |
In office January 4, 2011 – January 6, 2015 | |
Lieutenant | Elizabeth Roberts |
Preceded by | Don Carcieri |
Succeeded by | Gina Raimondo |
United States Senator from Rhode Island | |
In office November 2, 1999 – January 3, 2007 | |
Appointed by | Lincoln Almond |
Preceded by | John Chafee |
Succeeded by | Sheldon Whitehouse |
Mayor of Warwick | |
In office January 1, 1993 – November 1, 1999 | |
Preceded by | Charles Donovan |
Succeeded by | Scott Avedisian |
Personal details | |
Born | Lincoln Davenport Chafee March 26, 1953 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Political party | Libertarian (2019–present) |
Other political affiliations | Republican (before 2007) Independent (2007–2013) Democratic (2013–2019) |
Spouse(s) |
Stephanie Birney Danforth
(m. 1990) |
Children | 3, including Louisa |
Residence | Teton Village, Wyoming, U.S. |
Education | Brown 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.