Rowland G. Hazard
Rowland G. Hazard | |
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Portrait of Hazard by Jean Paul Selinger, 1880 | |
| Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives | |
| In office 1880–1880 | |
| In office 1854–1855 | |
| In office 1851–1852 | |
| Member of the Rhode Island State Senate | |
| In office 1866–1867 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rowland Gibson Hazard October 9, 1801 |
| Died | June 24, 1888 (aged 86) Peace Dale, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Caroline Newbold
(m. 1828; died 1869) |
| Relations | Thomas Robinson Hazard (brother) Caroline Hazard (granddaughter) |
| Children | Rowland Gibson Hazard II John Newbold Hazard |
| Parent(s) | Rowland Hazard Mary Peace Hazard |
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Rowland Gibson Hazard (October 9, 1801–June 24, 1888) was an American industrialist, politician, textile merchant, and social reformer. He was a descendant of the prominent settler Thomas Hazard, progenitor of the American Hazard Family, who migrated from England during the Great Puritan Migration of 1630 and settled Rhode Island in the 1600s. While he had links to southern slaveholding states, he is noted for his public stand against slavery.