Nathaniel Bullock | |
Office: | Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island |
Governor: | Samuel Ward King |
Term Start: | 1842 |
Term End: | 1843 |
Predecessor: | Byron Diman |
Successor: | Byron Diman |
Birth Name: | Nat McDonald Bullock |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1777 |
Birth Place: | Bristol, Rhode Island |
Death Place: | Bristol, Rhode Island |
Party: | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Nathaniel Bullock (May 1, 1777 - November 13, 1867) was a lawyer, lieutenant governor, of Rhode Island, and Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives.[1]
Bullock was born to Samuel Bullock (1737-1821) and Silence (Bowen) Bullock (1744-1825) and was part of a prominent extended family in New England.[1] Jonathan Russell Bullock was his son.[1] He graduated from Brown University in 1798.[2]
Bullock ran for governor in 1839, placing second in an election where no candidate received a majority and the office was filled in an acting capacity by Samuel Ward King.[3] He served as Rhode Island's lieutenant governor in 1842 and 1843.[2]
The Library of Congress has a campaign broadside including him on the Democratic Republican and "Farmers' Prox." 1840 ticket.[4]
He was involved with Freeman's Bank and the construction of its bank building in Bristol.[5]