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American politician (1922–1999)

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John Chafee Chair of the Senate Environment Committee In office January 4, 1995 – October 24, 1999 Preceded by Max Baucus Succeeded by Bob Smith United States Senator from Rhode Island In office December 29, 1976 – October 24, 1999 Preceded by John Pastore Succeeded by Lincoln Chafee 60th United States Secretary of the Navy In office January 31, 1969 – May 4, 1972 President Richard Nixon Preceded by Paul Ignatius Succeeded by John Warner 66th Governor of Rhode Island In office January 1, 1963 – January 7, 1969 Lieutenant Edward P. Gallogly Giovanni Folcarelli Joseph O'Donnell Preceded by John Notte Succeeded by Frank Licht Member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from the Warwick's 3rd district In office January 1957 – January 1963 Preceded by Herbert B. Carkin Succeeded by Carmine R. DiPetrillo Personal details Born John Lester Hubbard Chafee (1922-10-22)October 22, 1922 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. Died October 24, 1999(1999-10-24) (aged 77) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. Party Republican Spouse Virginia Coates Children 6, including Lincoln Education Yale University (BA) Harvard University (LLB) Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom Military service Allegiance United States Branch/service United States Marine Corps Years of service 1942–1945 1951–1953 Rank Captain Battles/wars World War II Guadalcanal campaign Battle of Okinawa Korean War Battle of Chosin Reservoir Chafee's voice Chafee on amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act. Recorded November 29, 1995

**John Lester Hubbard Chafee** ([/ˈtʃeɪfiː/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English) [*CHAY-fee*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key); October 22, 1922 – October 24, 1999) was an American politician and officer in the [United States Marine Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps). A member of the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), he served as the 66th [governor of Rhode Island](/source/Governor_of_Rhode_Island), as the [secretary of the Navy](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy), and as a [United States senator](/source/United_States_Senate).

## Early life and family

Chafee was born in [Providence, Rhode Island](/source/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island), to a politically active family. He was the son of Janet Melissa (née Hunter) and John Sharpe Chafee.[1] His great-grandfather, [Henry Lippitt](/source/Henry_Lippitt), was [governor of Rhode Island](/source/Governor_of_Rhode_Island) (1875–1877), and among his great-uncles were a Rhode Island governor, [Charles Warren Lippitt](/source/Charles_Warren_Lippitt), and United States Senator [Henry Frederick Lippitt](/source/Henry_Frederick_Lippitt). His uncle, [Zechariah Chafee](/source/Zechariah_Chafee), was a [Harvard law](/source/Harvard_Law_School) professor, and a notable [civil libertarian](/source/Civil_liberties). His cousin was [Frederick Lippitt](/source/Frederick_Lippitt), former Minority Leader in the [Rhode Island House of Representatives](/source/Rhode_Island_House_of_Representatives). He had two daughters and four sons, one of whom is former [Rhode Island Governor](/source/List_of_Governors_of_Rhode_Island) and former United States Senator [Lincoln Chafee](/source/Lincoln_Chafee). One of his daughters, Tribbie, died following an accident at a horse show in October 1968 at the age of 14. His eldest child, John H. Chafee, is a UCLA alumnus.

John Chafee graduated from a [coeducational](/source/Coeducation) primary school, Providence's [Gordon School](/source/Gordon_School), in 1931 and then attended [Providence Country Day School](/source/Providence_Country_Day_School). In 1940, he graduated from [Deerfield Academy](/source/Deerfield_Academy) in [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts).[2] Chafee was an [Episcopalian](/source/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)).[3]

## Marine Corps service

Chafee was in his third year as an undergraduate at [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) when [the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor](/source/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor).[4] He interrupted his undergraduate studies and enlisted in the [Marine Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps),[5] spending his 20th birthday fighting on the island of [Guadalcanal](/source/Guadalcanal_campaign) from August 8 until November 1942, when the [First Marine Division](/source/1st_Marine_Division_(United_States)) was relieved. After receiving his commission as a [second lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant), he fought in the [Battle of Okinawa](/source/Battle_of_Okinawa) in the spring of 1945.

Following the war, he received degrees from [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) in 1947 and [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School) in 1950. At Yale, he was a member of the [Delta Kappa Epsilon](/source/Delta_Kappa_Epsilon) (Phi chapter) and [Skull and Bones](/source/Skull_and_Bones) fraternities. In 1951, he was recalled to active service to be a Marine rifle company commander during the [Korean War](/source/Korean_War) with Dog Company, [2nd Battalion, 7th Marines](/source/2nd_Battalion%2C_7th_Marines).[6]

Author [James Brady](/source/James_Brady_(columnist)), in his memoir of the Korean War and serving as a Marine under Chafee, writes that "[n]owhere, at any time, did John Chafee serve more nobly than he did as a Marine officer commanding a rifle company in the mountains of North Korea," and that "[h]e was the only truly great man I've yet met in my life..."[7]

Chafee's military awards include three awards of the [Presidential Unit Citation](/source/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)), the [Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal](/source/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal), the [World War II Victory Medal](/source/World_War_II_Victory_Medal), the [Korean Service Medal](/source/Korean_Service_Medal) and the [United Nations Korea Medal](/source/United_Nations_Korea_Medal).

## Early political career

Chafee became active in behind-the-scenes Rhode Island politics by helping elect a [mayor](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Providence%2C_Rhode_Island) of [Providence](/source/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island) in the early 1950s. He successfully ran for a seat in the [Rhode Island House of Representatives](/source/Rhode_Island_House_of_Representatives) in 1956 and later became the minority leader. He was re-elected in 1958 and 1960, the latter a year when many [Republicans](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) were swept from office in his state.

## Governor of Rhode Island

Official portrait in the [Rhode Island State House](/source/Rhode_Island_State_House)

Chafee was elected governor in [1962](/source/1962_Rhode_Island_gubernatorial_election), defeating Democratic incumbent [John A. Notte Jr.](/source/John_A._Notte_Jr.) The election was notable for being one of the narrowest in Rhode Island history, Chafee received 50.06% of the vote to Notte's 49.94%, winning by a margin of just 398 votes. However, Chafee quickly became popular with both Rhode Island's Republicans and Democrats, allowing him to win re-election by margins of almost 2-to-1 in [1964](/source/1964_Rhode_Island_gubernatorial_election) and [1966](/source/1966_Rhode_Island_gubernatorial_election). The 1964 victory made Chafee one of the few bright spots in a disastrous year for Republicans nationally; in the concurrent [presidential election](/source/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Rhode_Island), [Lyndon Johnson](/source/Lyndon_Johnson) carried the state with an unheard-of 81 percent of the vote.

As governor, Chafee helped create the state's public transportation administration as well as what was known as the Green Acres program, a conservation effort. In 1968, he served as chair of the [Republican Governors Association](/source/Republican_Governors_Association). He served as governor until 1969, when he was surprisingly defeated by underdog [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) [Frank Licht](/source/Frank_Licht). Reasons ascribed for the defeat include the fact that, after running three times on a strong anti-income tax platform, Chafee now said that such a tax was imperative (indeed his anti-tax opponent went on to champion one in 1971);[8] and that he stopped campaigning after his daughter was killed.[9]

## Secretary of the Navy

Chafee in 1969

Chafee was appointed [Secretary of the Navy](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Navy) in 1969 by [President](/source/President_of_the_United_States) [Richard Nixon](/source/Richard_Nixon). Chafee's tenure as secretary was marked by a willingness to make bold decisions and stand by them. Emblematic of this was his decision to elevate Admiral [Elmo Zumwalt](/source/Elmo_Zumwalt) as [Chief of Naval Operations](/source/Chief_of_Naval_Operations) over 33 more senior officers, and his judicious handling of the [USS *Pueblo*](/source/USS_Pueblo_(AGER-2)) situation, in which [North Korean](/source/North_Korea) forces, during the previous administration, had boarded and captured a navy intelligence ship. Chafee's action as Secretary of the Navy that is most clearly remembered is his disapproval of the recommendation to [court martial](/source/Court_martial) [Commander](/source/Commander_(rank)) [Lloyd Bucher](/source/Lloyd_Bucher), the commanding officer of the *Pueblo*, once the release of the crew had been secured. Because it was clear that the guilt clearly rested on the North Koreans and not Bucher or the sailors on the *Pueblo*, Chafee stated that "Bucher and his men have suffered enough", and that a court martial would only add insult to injury. He served as Secretary of the Navy until 1972, when he resigned to run for the [U.S. Senate](/source/United_States_Senate).

## U.S. Senate

After an unsuccessful candidacy for the Senate in [1972](/source/1972_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island) against [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) incumbent [Claiborne Pell](/source/Claiborne_Pell), Chafee was elected to that body in [1976](/source/1976_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island) to succeed retiring Democrat [John Pastore](/source/John_Pastore). He was the first Republican to win a Rhode Island Senate election since [1930](/source/1930_United_States_Senate_elections#Rhode_Island).[10][11] He joined the [Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works](/source/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works) in 1977 and made environmental matters a chief concern, often breaking with his party to the delight of conservation groups. He chaired that committee during his last term in office, from 1995 to 1999. As a result of his work, Chafee was a recipient of the Lady Bird Johnson Environmental Award.

Among the bills Chafee fostered while in the minority was the [Clean Water Act](/source/Clean_Water_Act) of 1986, and the 1990 amendments to the [Clean Air Act](/source/Clean_Air_Act_(United_States)). He also was an architect of the 1980 [Superfund program](/source/CERCLA) to clean up [hazardous waste](/source/Hazardous_waste) sites as well as the [Oil Pollution Act of 1990](/source/Oil_Pollution_Act_of_1990). Chafee authored the [Coastal Barrier Resources Act](/source/Coastal_Barrier_Resources_Act) of 1982, establishing the Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS). Upon Chafee's death in 1999, the CBRS was renamed the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System.

Like most Republicans from New England, Chafee's voting record was moderate to liberal. He was [pro-choice](/source/Pro-choice) on [abortion](/source/Abortion) and supported the [North American Free Trade Agreement](/source/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement). He took a moderate stance on taxes and government assistance to the needy. He opposed the [death penalty](/source/Capital_punishment), school prayer, and the ban on homosexuals serving in the military. Chafee was one of the few Republicans to support strict [gun control](/source/Gun_control) laws. He sponsored a bill that, if passed, would have prohibited the "manufacture, importation, exportation, sale, purchase, transfer, receipt, possession, or transportation of handguns and hand ammunition." Chafee voted in favor of the [bill](/source/Passage_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day) establishing [Martin Luther King Jr. Day](/source/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day) as a [federal holiday](/source/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States) and the [Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987](/source/Civil_Rights_Restoration_Act_of_1987) (as well as to override [President Reagan](/source/Ronald_Reagan)'s veto).[12][13][14] Chafee voted in favor of the nomination of [William Rehnquist](/source/William_Rehnquist) as [Chief Justice of the United States](/source/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States) and the [nomination of](/source/Clarence_Thomas_Supreme_Court_nomination) [Clarence Thomas](/source/Clarence_Thomas) to the [U.S. Supreme Court](/source/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States),[15] but voted against the [nomination of Robert Bork](/source/Robert_Bork_Supreme_Court_nomination).

During the late 1980s and 1990s, Senator Chafee became an advocate for improving the U.S. health care system. He supported legislation to expand [Medicaid](/source/Medicaid) coverage for low-income children and pregnant women, sponsored legislation to expand the availability of home and community-based services for persons with disabilities, and worked to enact legislation to establish Federally Qualified Health Centers. In 1992, he was appointed chairman of the Senate Republican Task Force on Health, and he worked to develop a consensus among Republicans on health care. In 1993, he joined with Democratic Louisiana Senator [John Breaux](/source/John_Breaux) to form the Senate Mainstream Coalition, a coalition of six Democratic and six Republican senators seeking bipartisan consensus on health reform. He sponsored legislation that increased funds to states to assist youths in making the transition from foster care to independent living; recognized the need for special help for youths ages 18 to 21 who have left foster care; offered states greater flexibility in designing their independent living programs; and, established accountability for states in implementing independent living programs. As a testimonial to the late Senator Chafee, the program is now entitled the [John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program](/source/Foster_Care_Independence_Act).

Chafee sat on the [U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence](/source/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence) and was chairman of the [Senate Finance Committee](/source/Senate_Finance_Committee)'s [Subcommittee on Health Care](/source/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_Health_Care), but his biggest imprint was on environmental concerns. He also served in his party's leadership, chairing the [Senate Republican Conference](/source/Republican_Conference_Chairman_of_the_United_States_Senate) from 1985 to 1990.

On February 12, 1999, Chafee voted against both articles of [impeachment](/source/Impeachment_of_Bill_Clinton) against President [Bill Clinton](/source/Bill_Clinton).

On March 15, 1999, Chafee announced that he would not seek re-election in [2000](/source/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island).[16]

In October 1999, less than two weeks before his death, Chafee was one of four Senate Republicans to vote in favor of the [Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty](/source/Comprehensive_Test_Ban_Treaty). The treaty was designed to ban underground nuclear testing and was the first major international security pact to be defeated in the Senate since the [Treaty of Versailles](/source/Treaty_of_Versailles).[17][18] His last major act was authoring and sponsoring the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st century, which authorized funding for transportation programs for the next six years.[19][20]

## Death

On October 24, 1999, around seven months after Chafee announced his retirement from the Senate, he died from [heart failure](/source/Heart_failure) at the [National Naval Medical Center](/source/National_Naval_Medical_Center) in [Bethesda, Maryland](/source/Bethesda%2C_Maryland), two days after his 77th birthday. President Clinton eulogized him, saying, "He embodied the decent center. For him, civility was not simply a matter of personal manners. He believed it was essential to the preservation of our democratic system."[21] Chafee was succeeded in the Senate by his son, [Lincoln](/source/Lincoln_Chafee), who went on to win a full term in his own right in [2000](/source/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Rhode_Island) and later served as [Governor of Rhode Island](/source/Governor_of_Rhode_Island).

## Legacy

The [USS *Chafee* (DDG-90)](/source/USS_Chafee_(DDG-90)), the [John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor](/source/Blackstone_Valley) and the [John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge](/source/John_H._Chafee_National_Wildlife_Refuge) were named in his honor.

Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island named its World Trade Center on campus after John H. Chafee for his continuing support for global trade and his association with the university.

The Chafee Social Science Center at the [University of Rhode Island](/source/University_of_Rhode_Island) is named in his honor. It is the tallest building in southern Rhode Island.

The [Foster Care Independence Act of 1999](/source/Foster_Care_Independence_Act), passed on November 23, 1999, after his death, is known as the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program. The programs are administered at the state level by Social Service Agencies. One such program, in example, is the [North Carolina Links program](/source/North_Carolina_LINKS_Program)

### Awards and honors

- [Presidential Medal of Freedom](/source/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom) (posthumous) (2000)[22]

- Navy [Presidential Unit Citation](/source/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)) (Three awards – [Guadalcanal](/source/Guadalcanal_campaign), [Okinawa](/source/Okinawa_campaign), [Chosin Reservoir](/source/Chosin_Reservoir))

- [Combat Action Ribbon](/source/Combat_Action_Ribbon) with gold star

- [American Campaign Medal](/source/American_Campaign_Medal)

- [Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal](/source/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal) with two campaign stars

- [World War Two Victory Medal](/source/World_War_Two_Victory_Medal)

- [National Defense Service Medal](/source/National_Defense_Service_Medal)

- [Korean Service Medal](/source/Korean_Service_Medal) with two campaign stars

- [Korean Presidential Unit Citation](/source/Korean_Presidential_Unit_Citation)

- [United Nations Service Medal](/source/United_Nations_Service_Medal)

- [Korean Defense Service Medal](/source/Korean_Defense_Service_Medal)

- Audubon Medal ([National Audubon Society](/source/National_Audubon_Society))[23]

- A bronze statue of Chafee was erected in [Colt State Park](/source/Colt_State_Park), overlooking [Narragansett Bay](/source/Narragansett_Bay), in 2003[24]

## See also

- [List of United States Marines](/source/List_of_United_States_Marines)

- [Rockefeller Republican](/source/Rockefeller_Republican)

- [List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1950–1999)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1950%E2%80%931999))

- [List of members of the American Legion](/source/List_of_members_of_the_American_Legion)

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["TO ADOPT, OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, A BILL TO RESTORE BROAD COVERAGE OF FOUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS BY DECLARING THAT IF ONE PART OF AN INSTITUTION RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS, THEN THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE. TWO-THIRDS OF THE SENATE, HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, OVERRODE THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO"](https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/100-1988/s487).

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### General and cited references

- [Brady, James](/source/James_Brady) (2005). [*The Scariest Place in the World: A Marine Returns to North Korea*](https://books.google.com/books?id=hvZ6zGVN-SYC). New York City: Thomas Dunne Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-312-33243-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-312-33243-2).

## External links

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- [Biography](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000269) at the *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)* Retrieved on 2008-02-05

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- [An Analysis of the Governor's Financial Program](https://catalog.sos.ri.gov/repositories/2/digital_objects/21) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181009052657/https://catalog.sos.ri.gov/repositories/2/digital_objects/21) October 9, 2018, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) from the Rhode Island State Archives

Offices and distinctions Party political offices Preceded by Christopher Del Sesto Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968 Succeeded by Herbert F. DeSimone Preceded by John Love Chair of the Republican Governors Association 1967–1968 Succeeded by Ronald Reagan Preceded by Ruth M. Briggs Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (Class 2) 1972 Succeeded by James Reynolds Preceded by John McLaughlin Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (Class 1) 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994 Succeeded by Lincoln Chafee Preceded by James A. McClure Chair of the Senate Republican Conference 1985–1990 Succeeded by Thad Cochran Political offices Preceded by John Notte Governor of Rhode Island 1963–1969 Succeeded by Frank Licht Preceded by Paul Ignatius United States Secretary of the Navy 1969–1972 Succeeded by John Warner U.S. Senate Preceded by John Pastore United States Senator (Class 1) from Rhode Island 1976–1999 Served alongside: Claiborne Pell, Jack Reed Succeeded by Lincoln Chafee Preceded by Robert Stafford Ranking Member of the Senate Environment Committee 1989–1995 Succeeded by Max Baucus Preceded by Max Baucus Chair of the Senate Environment Committee 1995–1999 Succeeded by Bob Smith

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