Rob Roy Rawlings
Rob Roy Rawlings (February 20, 1920 – August 5, 2001)[1] was an American politician.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]He was born in Westerly, Rhode Island on February 20, 1920.[2] He studied at South Kingstown High School, the University of Rhode Island, and Duke University.[2][3]
Political career
[edit | edit source]Rob Roy Rawlings served in the Rhode Island Senate representing Richmond prior to re-districting.[3] He then sought re-election as a state senator from District 25.[4][5]
Although Frank Heppner writes that Rawlings was affiliated with the Republican Party,[6] records maintained by Rhode Island's government indicate that he secured the Democratic Party nomination in 1958,[7] 1960,[8] 1962,[9] and 1964.[10] In 1966, Rawlings contested the 52nd district seat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives as a Democratic candidate,[11] then subsequently ran for state senate from district 25 in 1968,[12] 1970,[13] 1972,[14] 1974,[15] 1976,[16] and 1978.[17]
Personal life and businesses
[edit | edit source]Rawlings married Barbara T. Tefft and they had one son together.[3] Rawlings predeceased his wife, who died in 2004.[18] His son died in 2014.[19] The elder Rawlings operated Meadow Brook Golf Club and had been the president of an eponymous grain dealer Roy Rawling Inc.[3] His father Roy Willard Rawlings and sister Lucy Rawlings Tootell also served in state government.
References
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- Democratic Party Rhode Island state senators
- 1920 births
- 2001 deaths
- People from Westerly, Rhode Island
- University of Rhode Island alumni
- Duke University alumni
- 20th-century members of the Rhode Island General Assembly
- People from South Kingstown, Rhode Island
- Politicians from Washington County, Rhode Island