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Dennis Joseph Roberts (8 April 1903-30 June 1994) was the Democratic Mayor of Providence from 1941 to 1951 (succeeding John F. Collins and preceding Walter H. Reynolds) and Governor of Rhode Island from 2 January 1951 to 6 January 1959 (succeeding John S. McKiernan and preceding Christopher Del Sesto).

Biography[]

Dennis Joseph Roberts was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1903, and he practiced law before serving in the State Senate from 1935 to 1939, as Mayor of Providence from 1941 to 1951, and as Governor from 1951 to 1959. He died in 1994.

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