Robert E. Quinn (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Emmet Quinn (April 2, 1894 - May 19, 1975) was an American politician and a former governor of Rhode Island. Quinn was born on April 2, 1894 in Phenix, Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University in 1915. He then completed his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1918. He became the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1932 to 1937. He was nominated for governorship of Rhode Island when incumbent Governor Francis Green chose to run for a seat in the United States Senate. He held the governor's office from January 5, 1937 to January 3, 1939. During his administration, Quinn advocated a merit system for state workers, a personal income tax, and exemption for the poor from real estate taxes. Quinn was unsuccessful in his re-election bid. He returned to his law practice and won appointment to a Superior Court judgeship in 1941. During World War II, he entered the military as a Commander in the Navy's legal branch.