Barbara Leonard | |
Office: | 23rd Secretary of State of Rhode Island |
Governor: | Bruce Sundlun |
Term Start: | January 2, 1993 |
Term End: | January 3, 1995 |
Predecessor: | Kathleen Connell |
Successor: | James Langevin |
Birth Name: | Barbara Martin |
Birth Date: | 12 June 1924 |
Birth Place: | Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Woody Leonard |
Barbara M. Leonard (née Martin; June 12, 1924 – January 24, 2013) was an American Republican politician. She was born in Newport in 1924.[1]
She was a candidate for the United States Senate in 1984 as a Republican, but lost to incumbent Claiborne Pell.[2] She served as the Secretary of State of Rhode Island from 1993 to 1995 as a Republican. Leonard served on several state boards and commissions, including the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, the state's Port Authority and the state Advisory Committee on Refugee Resettlement.
Leonard died on January 24, 2013, aged 88.[3]
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