Lincoln Davenport Chafee is an American politician who served as the 74th governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015 and as a United States senator from 1999 to 2007. Previously, he served as mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island, from 1993 to 1999. A member of the Libertarian Party since 2019, he previously was a Republican until 2007, an independent from 2007 to 2013, and a Democrat from 2013 to 2019. He is the last non-Democrat to hold statewide or Congressional office in Rhode Island.
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Governor of Rhode Island, council member, mayor, United States senator
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 26, 1953
