Isaac Wilbour Explained

Isaac Wilbour
State1:Rhode Island
District1:At-large
Term Start1:March 4, 1807
Term End1:March 3, 1809
Preceded1:Joseph Stanton, Jr.
Succeeded1:Elisha Reynolds Potter
Order2:6th
Office2:Governor of Rhode Island
Term Start2:May 7, 1806
Term End2:May 6, 1807
Lieutenant2:Himself
Predecessor2:Henry Smith
Successor2:James Fenner
Order3:4th
Office3:Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
Term Start3:1806
Term End3:1807
Governor3:Himself
Predecessor3:Paul Mumford
Successor3:Constant Taber
Term Start4:1810
Term End4:1811
Governor4:James Fenner
Predecessor4:Simeon Martin
Successor4:Simeon Martin
Order5:34th
Office5:Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
Term Start5:1819
Term End5:1827
Predecessor5:James Fenner
Successor5:Samuel Eddy
Birth Date:25 April 1763
Birth Place:Little Compton, Colony of Rhode Island, British America
Death Place:Little Compton, Rhode Island, U.S.
Resting Place:Seaconnet Cemetery
Party:Democratic-Republican

Isaac Wilbour (April 25, 1763October 4, 1837) was an American politician from Rhode Island holding several offices, including the sixth Governor of the state.

Biography

Wilbour was born in Little Compton in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He served in the state legislature in 1805 and 1806. From October 1805 to May 1806 he served as speaker. He was Lieutenant Governor from 1806 to 1807. There had been no winner in the gubernatorial election in 1806, so he was Acting Governor from May 7, 1806, to May 6, 1807.

Wilbour represented Rhode Island in the United States House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican from 1807 to 1809. He ran again in 1808 and 1812 but lost both times. He served as Lieutenant Governor again from 1810 to 1811.

In May 1818 he became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island and acted as Chief Justice of that court from May 1819 to May 1827.[1]

Wilbour died in Little Compton, Rhode Island, and his remains were buried in the Seaconnet Cemetery.

References

Notes and References

  1. Manual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1891), p. 208-13.