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NELSON WILMARTH See also: American politician, was See also: born at See also: Foster, Rhode See also: Island, on the 6th of See also: November 1841
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His first See also: political service was as a member (1869-1875) and president (1871-1872) of the See also: Providence See also: common council
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He was a member of the See also: lower See also: house of the Rhode Island legislature in 1875 and 1876, and See also: speaker in the, latter See also: year
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By this See also: time he had become a power in Republican See also: state politics, and in 1878 and 188o was elected to Congress
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Early in his second See also: term he was chosen See also: United States senator, and was re-elected in 1886, 1892, 1898 and 1905
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In the Senate he was looked upon as the See also: special representative of the high protective See also: industries and moneyed interests, and he took a prominent See also: part in all legislation dealing with the tariff, banking and the See also: merchant marine
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