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Henry

Bowen Anthony (April 1, 1815 –

September 2, 1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner

of the Providence Journal. He

was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island,

serving between 1849 and 1851 as a member of the Whig Party. Near the end

of the 1850s, he was elected to the Senate by the Rhode Island Legislature and

was re-elected 4 times. He would be twice elected to the Senate's highest post

as President pro tempore during the Grant administration,

and served until his death in 1884. The son of William Anthony and Mary

Kennicut Greene, Anthony was born in Rhode Island. He attended Brown University, graduating in 1833 at the age of 18. After

his graduation, he went to work as a broker in his brother's cotton products

firm, sometimes residing in Savannah, Georgia. He later invested in the firm when his

father died in 1845 and earned a substantial income from his investment. He

became editor of the Providence Journal in 1838. In 1840, he

was admitted into the partnership, the paper then being published by Knowles,

Vose & Anthony until the death of Vose in 1848, when it was continued by

Knowles & Anthony until 1863, when it became Knowles, Anthony &

Danielson. Anthony also wrote poetry. As editor of the Journal,

Anthony was a conservative, supporting law and order, property

requirements for voting, and restrictions on the political power of immigrants. In

1849, and again in 1850, he was elected governor of Rhode Island. As a Whig at the first

election he had a majority of 1,556; at the second, fewer than 1,000 votes were

cast against him. After declining a third election, he gave himself once more

entirely to his editorial work. In 1855, he traveled in Europe, sending letters

with unfavorable observations back to the Journal. On returning, he

joined the Know Nothing movement

and used the Journal to back its American Party. In Rhode

Island, the American Party merged into the Republican Party,

and Anthony was elected to the United States Senate as

an "American-Republican." Anthony served as a Republican Senator from

Rhode Island from March 4, 1859, until his death on September 2, 1884. Initially conciliatory toward the

secessionists, he was a strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln's efforts to restore the Union during

the American Civil War.[1] After the war, in recognition of his support

for the Union, he was elected a third class (i.e. honorary) companion of the

District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. He

was twice the chairman of the committee on printing, his practical knowledge of

that subject enabling him to introduce many reforms in government  printing. The Government

Printing Office was formed during his tenure. He was at

different times a member of the committees on claims, on naval affairs, on

mines and mining, and on post offices and post roads. In the trial of Andrew Johnson, he voted for impeachment. He continued to

contribute to the Providence Journal during his service in the

Senate. He served as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate from

1869 to 1873 and again briefly in 1875. He gave up that post when he was elected

conference chairman in 1875. As chair, Anthony acted much like the later

majority leaders, giving committee assignments to members of his party, calling

up bills for debate, and often speaking for his party on the issues of the day.

He was also the author of the "Anthony Rule," an early attempt to

limit debate in the Senate in the days before cloture. He was known as the

"Father of the Senate". Anthony's funeral, which took place from the

First Congregational Church in Providence on 6 September 1884 was the largest

funeral ever known in Rhode Island. Anthony bequeathed a portion of his

library, known as the "Harris Collection of American Poetry,"

to Brown University. It

consisted of about 6,000 volumes, mostly small books, many exceedingly rare. It

was begun in the first half of the 19th century by Albert G. Greene, continued

by Caleb Fiske Harris, and, after his death, completed by his kinsman Senator

Anthony. His name is engraved on a Civil War vintage artillery piece belonging

to the Squantum Club in East Providence, Rhode Island. The artillery piece is

reputed to have been the only gun from Battery A, 1st Rhode Island Light

Artillery which did not fall into Confederate hands at the Battle of Bull Run.

There is another nearly identical piece, known as the "Bull Run Gun",

enshrined at the Rhode Island State House for

which is claimed the same distinction.

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