John Chafee

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Governor of Rhode Island Republican Party politician United States Secretary of the Navy United States senator human

John Chafee was a moderate Republican U.S. senator from Rhode Island known for his environmental advocacy and centrist, socially liberal positions within the Republican Party.

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instanceOf Governor of Rhode Island ⓘ
Republican Party politician ⓘ
United States Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
United States senator ⓘ
human ⓘ
child Lincoln Chafee NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard Law School ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
familyName Chafee NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName John NERFINISHED ⓘ
honor John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor designation associated with his legacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge named in his honor NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology environmentalism ⓘ
moderate Republicanism ⓘ
social liberalism ⓘ
knownFor centrist positions within the Republican Party ⓘ
environmental advocacy ⓘ
support for abortion rights ⓘ
support for environmental protection legislation ⓘ
support for gun control measures ⓘ
memberOf United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps ⓘ
notableWork contributions to the Clean Air Act amendments ⓘ
support for the Clean Water Act ⓘ
support for the Superfund program ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEndTime 1969 (Governor of Rhode Island) ⓘ
1972 (United States Secretary of the Navy) ⓘ
1999 (United States senator from Rhode Island) ⓘ
officeStartTime 1963 (Governor of Rhode Island) ⓘ
1969 (United States Secretary of the Navy) ⓘ
1976 (United States senator from Rhode Island) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Rhode Island ⓘ
United States Secretary of the Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States senator from Rhode Island ⓘ
member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives ⓘ
religion Episcopalianism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Virginia Coates NERFINISHED ⓘ
stateRepresentedInTheSenate Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ

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Rockefeller Republican → hasNotableFigure → John Chafee ⓘ
Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island → hasNotableBurial → John Chafee ⓘ
subject surface form: Swan Point Cemetery