Rhode Island Politics Tour 1. John Hopkins Clarke (1789-1870) – U.S. Senator (1847-1853). No markers on this lot. 2. Augustus S. Miller (1847-1905) – Mayor of Providence (1903-1905); Died in office. 3. Tristam Burges (1770-1853) – Member of the House of Representatives (1825-1835); great-great uncle of Theodore Francis Green. 4. Four stones: a. John Brown (1736-1803) – U.S. Congressman (1799-1801); instigator of the Gaspee Affair; slave trader. b. John Brown Francis (1791-1864) – U.S. Senator (1844-1845); Governor of Rhode Island (1833-1838); grandson of John Brown. c. James Manning (1738-1791) – Delegate for Rhode Island to the Continental Congress (1786); First President of Brown University. d. David Howell (1747-1824) – Delegate to the Continental Congress (1782-1785); Attorney General of Rhode Island (1789-1790); Acting President of Brown University for two years. 5. Jeremiah Brown Howell (1771-1822) – Son of David Howell; U.S. Senator (1811-1817). 6. Stephen Hopkins (1707-1785) – Colonial Governor of Rhode Island; Delegate to the Continental Congress; Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 7. James Brown Mason (1775-1819) – Member of the House of Representatives (1815-1819). 8. Joseph L. Tillinghast (1790-1844) – Member of the House of Representatives (1837-1843). 9. Samuel Eddy (1769-1839) – Member of the House of Representatives (1819-1825); Secretary of State of Rhode Island (1798-1819). 10. Jackson lot a. Richard Jackson Jr. (1764-1838) – Member of the House of Representatives (1808-1815). b. Charles Jackson (1797-1876) – Governor of Rhode Island (1845-1846). 11. Nicholas Cooke (1717-1782) – First Governor of the State of Rhode Island (1776-1778); Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (1775-1776) 12. Thomas M. Burgess (1806-1856) – Second Mayor of Providence (1841-1852). 13. James F. Simmons (1795-1864) – U.S. Senator (1841-1847, 1857-1862). 14. Jonathan Chace (1829-1917) – U.S. Senator (1885-1889); Member of the House of Representatives (1881- 1885); Buried in the Friends’ Ground. 15. Fenner Tomb a. Arthur Fenner (1745-1805) – Governor of Rhode Island (1790-1805). b. James Fenner (1771-1846) – Governor of Rhode Island (three separate terms over 28 years) and U.S. Senator (1805-1807); namesake of Governor Street in Providence. 16. Philip Allen (1785-1865) – U.S. Senator (1853-1859); Governor of Rhode Island (1851-1853); Uncle of Thomas W. Dorr. 17. Samuel Willard Bridgham (1774-1840) – First Mayor of Providence (1832-1840). .