Local ballot list of candidates for Rhode Island offices
A roster of candidates for statewide and legislative offices including United States Senator LEBARON BRADFORD COLT in Bristol and 1st District Representative CLARK BURDICK in Newport with addresses, 2nd District candidate WALTER R. STINESS in Warwick, 3rd District AMBROSE KENNEDY in Woonsocket, Governor R. LIVINGSTON BEECKMAN in Newport, Lieutenant Governor EMERY J. SAN SOUCI in Providence, Secretary of State J F PARKER in Providence, Attorney General HERBERT A. RICE in Providence, General Treasurer WALTER A. READ in Glocester, State Senator JOSEPH F. FARRALLY in Bristol, and Representatives JAMES F. LAVANDER and WILLIAM H. THAYER in Bristol.
Rhode Island War Governor Beeckman Card Calls for Re-Election
The piece praises R Livingston Beeckman as War Governor for Rhode Island, highlighting wartime leadership, state reforms, debt reduction, and war-effort mobilization. It urges voters to reelect Beeckman, noting his candidacy and ballot placement under the eagle.
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Rhode Island
Union
National Guard
Beeckman
R. Livingston Beeckman
Overman Bill Faces Strong Senate Battle
After the war declaration and amid proposals to empower the President, Senator Overman backed a consolidation act to improve economy and wartime efficiency. Senator Colt led opposition or support dynamics on the bill within the Judiciary Committee, influencing its fate.
Senator Colt Praised for War Measure Support
The Democratic Vice President commends Senator Colt for broad minded statesmanship in backing the President on a major war bill. Senator Overman applauds Colt’s non partisan work on the Judiciary Committee and on the floor, calling his votes and speech the finest expression of bipartisan effort. The bill aided Pershing and an army of two million, a key war measure with wide support.
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Senator Colt
General Pershing
Senator Overman
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Germany
United States
Colt
Clark Burdick for Congress First District Narrative Biography
Clark Burdick Republican candidate for Congress in Rhode Island’s First District has lived in Newport since birth. He studied at Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1894, serving in local government roles including Newport City Solicitor and Newport School Committee. He chaired multiple legislative committees, supported woman’s suffrage, led labor and war effort committees, helped acquire Coddington Point for the Naval Training Station, entertained international visitors, and advocates a strong postwar world with a large navy, merchant marine, and full support for veterans.
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Ornare Burdick
Congress
Wenfrorkr
Newport
Harvard Law School
General Assembly
House
Legislative
Judiciary
First Representative Council
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Red Cross
Y. M. CA
Thee
Liberty Loan
United War Fund
Newport Station
Coddington Point
Naval Training Station
Ishin
Burdick
League of Nations
Rhode Island
Joseph Franklin Farrally for State Senator in Bristol
Biographical sketch of Republican candidate Joseph Franklin Farrally of Bristol Rhode Island born in Pittsfield Massachusetts and active in local services. Highlights include editing the Bristol Phoenix civil and war service roles and community leadership with no salary attached. Opponent William L. Connery described as a grocery clerk and real estate partner.
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Mr. Farrally
Pittsfield
Mass
Bristol
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Farrally
Bristol Phoenix
Rogers Free Library
Food Administration
Rhode Island Press Club
Massachusetts Press Club
Herbert F. Bennett
Sons of Veterans
Burnside
Twenty-first
Massachusetts Volunteers
Frederick H. Jackson
General Assembly
William L. Connery
Frank N. Easterbrooks
Straight & Connery, Real Estate and Insurance
Lavander Seeks First District Representative Seat
James F. Lavander of Bristol seeks the First District seat claiming deep local ties and a legal career. Born 1882 in Bristol, he graduated Bristol High, attended LaSalle Academy and Brown, and earned a law degree from Boston University in 1908. He has served Bristol in war drives, served on war fund committees, and works as a lawyer in Bristol and Providence. His Democratic opponent is James E. Conley, a Bristol painter at Cranston Worsted Mills.
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James F. Lavander
Lavander
Bristol
Bristol High School
LaSalle Academy
Brown University
Providence
Boston University Law School
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Bristol Coungy
Knights of Columbus
Distiiee Dapunor Theta Organization
Taos
K of C
St. Joseph’ S Hospital
United War Fund
General Assembly
James E. Conley
Cranston Worsted Mills
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Republican Party
Lebaron
Bradford Colt
High Street
Clark Burdick Kay Street
Walter R. Stiness
Ambrose Kennedy Oakley
Woonsocket
R. Livingston Beeckman Lodge
Emery J. San Souci
Webster Avenue
J. Fred Parker
Wayland Avenue
Herbert A. Rice
Medway Street
Walter A. Read
Joseph F. Farrally
State Street
Wood Street
William H. Thayer
Rovington BC
FO LE Baron Bcol
U.S
Senator Golt
America
Berlin
Overman
U. S
Olt
Washington
Ambrose Kenner
Clark Burdic
Marshall
Clark -Burdick
Joseph Franklin Farrally
Republican Town Committee
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