The center grave is that of Thomas Wilson Dorr (1805-1854). Mr. Dorr was elected to the Rhode Island state legislature in 1834. He spent his career fighting to reform the state's oppressive suffrage laws that restricted voting rights soley to landowners. The state ignored Dorr's reformation demands, however, and the Rhode Island Suffrage Association was formed. In 1842 the new political party held their own convention, adopted a consitution, and even elected their own state government. Thomas Wilson Dorr was elected governor of this rogue administration. The legitimate governor, Samuel Ward King, declared martial law, arrested many of Dorr's followers and even indicted Dorr for treason. Dorr was tried and convicted of treason in 1844, one of only two convictions for treason at the state level in US history. This brief period in Rhode Island history was known as the Dorr Rebellion. Thomas Wilson Dorr is buried at the historic Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island.
This is the grave of Thomas Wilson Dorr, Rhode Island's outlaw governor.
This is the Dorr family plot at Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island.
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