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Cozzens, William Cole

merchant, governor, was born Aug. 26, 1811, in Newport, R. I. He became the head of the dry goods firm of William C. Cozzens and Co., and about 1857 president of the Rhode Island Union bank. In 1854 he was mayor of Newport, subsequently a representative in the general assembly, and in 1861 a senator. In 1862 the governor and lieutenant-governor having resigned, Mr. Cozzens, who had been chosen president of the senate, became acting governor of the state for about three months. He died in December, 1876, in Newport, R. I.