Seth Padelford [SEP] position held
Seth Padelford
Seth Padelford (October 3, 1807 – August 26, 1878) was the 31st Governor of Rhode Island from 1869 to 1873.
Padelford was born in Taunton, Massachusetts. He worked as a grocer, as well as serving on the Providence, Rhode Island City Council, the Providence School Committee and in the Rhode Island House of Representatives.
Padelford was a Unitarian and an ardent abolitionist with ties to the New England Emigrant Aid Company, which armed and organized settlers who took part in the "Bleeding
position of physician to the U. S. Marine Hospital, then located in Providence. In 1869 he removed his residence to River Point, in the town of Warwick, R. I., where he remained until his death.
He was a member of the Rhode Island State Senate from 1865 to 1889, and again in 1874; during the former period he represented Coventry and in the latter Warwick. In 1871 he was appointed by Governor Seth Padelford a member of the Board of State Charities and Connections, which office he filled with