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Wetmore</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Wetmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/George_Wetmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="225" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="182" data-file-height="225" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a></th><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1907</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nathan_F._Dixon_III" title="Nathan F. Dixon III">Nathan F. Dixon III</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Vacant, failure to elect</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 22, 1908 – March 3, 1913</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Vacant, failure to elect</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/LeBaron_Bradford_Colt" class="mw-redirect" title="LeBaron Bradford Colt">Lebaron B. Colt</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">37th</a> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rhode_Island" title="Governor of Rhode Island">Governor of Rhode Island</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />May 26, 1885 – May 29, 1887</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island">Lieutenant</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lucius_B._Darling" title="Lucius B. Darling">Lucius B. Darling</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Augustus_O._Bourn" title="Augustus O. Bourn">Augustus O. Bourn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_W._Davis_(governor)" title="John W. Davis (governor)">John W. Davis</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1846-08-02</span>)</span>August 2, 1846<br /><a href="/wiki/London,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="London, England">London, England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 11, 1921<span style="display:none">(1921-09-11)</span> (aged 75)<br /><a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Edith_Keteltas_Wetmore" class="mw-redirect" title="Edith Keteltas Wetmore">Edith Malvina Keteltas</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="December 22, 1869">1869</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Shepard_Wetmore" title="William Shepard Wetmore">William Shepard Wetmore</a><br />Anstiss Derby Rogers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yale_College" title="Yale College">Yale College</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>George Peabody Wetmore</b> (August 2, 1846 – September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rhode_Island" title="Governor of Rhode Island">Governor</a> of, and a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> from, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_P._Wetmore&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Wetmore_Boys_by_George_Peter_Alexander_Healy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/The_Wetmore_Boys_by_George_Peter_Alexander_Healy.jpg/220px-The_Wetmore_Boys_by_George_Peter_Alexander_Healy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/The_Wetmore_Boys_by_George_Peter_Alexander_Healy.jpg/330px-The_Wetmore_Boys_by_George_Peter_Alexander_Healy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/The_Wetmore_Boys_by_George_Peter_Alexander_Healy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="334" /></a><figcaption>The Wetmore Boys, George and William Jr., by George Peter Alexander Healy</figcaption></figure> <p>George Peabody Wetmore was born in London, England, during a visit of his parents, <a href="/wiki/William_Shepard_Wetmore" title="William Shepard Wetmore">William Shepard Wetmore</a>, a wealthy Yankee trader, and Anstiss Derby Rogers, abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-brown2013_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brown2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received his early education at the private schools of Messrs. Reed and Thurston and of the Rev. William C. Leverett in <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport, Rhode Island</a>. His great-grandfather was politician <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Pickman_Jr." title="Benjamin Pickman Jr.">Benjamin Pickman Jr.</a>, who served as a Congressman from Massachusetts. His second great-grandfather was the merchant <a href="/wiki/Elias_Hasket_Derby" title="Elias Hasket Derby">Elias Hasket Derby</a>, and Derby's wife, Elizabeth Crowninshield Derby, was a member of the prominent <a href="/wiki/Crowninshield_family" title="Crowninshield family">Crowninshield family</a>. </p><p>He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Yale_College" title="Yale College">Yale College</a> in 1867, where he was a member of <a href="/wiki/Skull_and_Bones" title="Skull and Bones">Skull and Bones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 104">: 104 </span></sup> After graduation, he studied for two years at the <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Law_School" title="Columbia Law School">Columbia Law School</a>. He received the degree of LL.B. in 1869, and was admitted to the <a href="/wiki/Bar_(law)" title="Bar (law)">bars</a> of Rhode Island and New York the same year, although he never practiced.<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_P._Wetmore&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wetmore had always taken an active interest in politics and in 1880 and 1884 was a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_elector" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidential elector">presidential elector</a>. He was elected <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Rhode_Island" title="Governor of Rhode Island">Governor of Rhode Island</a> in 1885 and served two terms, but was defeated for a third term. He was a member of the commission which oversaw construction of the new <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_State_House" title="Rhode Island State House">Rhode Island State House</a> at <a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1894 he was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>, receiving the unanimous vote of the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_General_Assembly" title="Rhode Island General Assembly">General Assembly</a> in Senate, House, and joint convention. He was re-elected in 1900 and served from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1907. </p><p>In 1907, he was challenged for his seat by another Republican, industrialist <a href="/wiki/Samuel_P._Colt" title="Samuel P. Colt">Samuel P. Colt</a>. The three-way contest between Wetmore, Colt and <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Hale_Ives_Goddard" title="Robert Hale Ives Goddard">Robert Hale Ives Goddard</a> resulted in months of deadlocked ballots and a vacant seat in Rhode Island's delegation to the <a href="/wiki/60th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="60th Congress">60th Congress</a> beginning on March 4, 1907. Eventually Colt withdrew, and Wetmore returned to the Senate on January 22, 1908, and served until March 3, 1913. Colt's brother, <a href="/wiki/LeBaron_Bradford_Colt" class="mw-redirect" title="LeBaron Bradford Colt">LeBaron B. Colt</a>, was elected to succeed Wetmore upon Wetmore's retirement from the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-bioguide_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bioguide-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Senate, Wetmore was, first, chairman of the Committee on Manufactures, and then chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library for sixteen years. He was also a member of the Appropriations, District of Columbia, Naval Affairs, Public Buildings and Grounds, and other committees. His last term in the Senate ended March 3, 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He had a deep interest in the building up of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a> and the development of the naval base in <a href="/wiki/Narragansett_Bay" title="Narragansett Bay">Narragansett Bay</a>. He served as chairman of the joint commission appointed by Congress to prepare plans for the completion of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol">United States Capitol</a> in Washington; was chairman of the first <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a> Commission and a member of the commission that erected the National Lincoln Memorial in Washington; and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Grant_Memorial" class="mw-redirect" title="Grant Memorial">Grant Memorial</a> Commission, as well as many others for the erection of statues and memorials. He was greatly interested in the improvement and development of Washington and the District of Columbia on a definite artistic plan, and was particularly identified with the legislation creating the <a href="/wiki/National_Commission_of_Fine_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="National Commission of Fine Arts">National Commission of Fine Arts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural_work">Cultural work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_P._Wetmore&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cultural work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chateau-sur-Mer,_Newport,_Rhode_Island.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Chateau-sur-Mer%2C_Newport%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg/220px-Chateau-sur-Mer%2C_Newport%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Chateau-sur-Mer%2C_Newport%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg/330px-Chateau-sur-Mer%2C_Newport%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Chateau-sur-Mer%2C_Newport%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg/440px-Chateau-sur-Mer%2C_Newport%2C_Rhode_Island.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chateau_Sur_Mer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chateau Sur Mer">Chateau Sur Mer</a>, Wetmore's home in Newport, Rhode Island, built by his father in 1852</figcaption></figure> <p>In private life Mr. Wetmore was for many years associated with various organizations for promoting the fine arts. He was one of the organizers of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera" title="Metropolitan Opera">Metropolitan Opera</a> in New York and a member of the committee in charge of the construction of the Metropolitan Opera House. He was a trustee of the <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="Peabody Museum of Natural History">Peabody Museum of Natural History</a> at <a href="/wiki/Yale" class="mw-redirect" title="Yale">Yale</a> and of the <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Education_Fund" title="Peabody Education Fund">Peabody Education Fund</a>. In 1888 he was nominated as a <a href="/wiki/Fellow" title="Fellow">Fellow</a> of the University, but declined to have his name considered. He was one of the founders of the Jockey Club, vice president of the National Horse Show Association of America, and a director of other organizations for improving the breeding of horses.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At his home in Newport he was a trustee of the <a href="/wiki/Redwood_Library_and_Athenaeum" title="Redwood Library and Athenaeum">Redwood Library and Athenaeum</a>, president and a trustee of the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Hospital" title="Newport Hospital">Newport Hospital</a>, and president of the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Reading_Room" title="Newport Reading Room">Newport Reading Room</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Casino" title="Newport Casino">Newport Casino</a>. In 1877 he was admitted as a member of the Massachusetts <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati" title="Society of the Cincinnati">Society of the Cincinnati</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_P._Wetmore&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 262px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="width: 260px; height: 215px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -30px; left: -5px; width: 300px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Senator_George_P._Wetmore_of_Rhode_Island_in_a_Krieger_electric_automobile.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Senator George P. Wetmore in Krieger Electric Carriage "Landaulette" automobile, c. 1906" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Senator_George_P._Wetmore_of_Rhode_Island_in_a_Krieger_electric_automobile.jpg/300px-Senator_George_P._Wetmore_of_Rhode_Island_in_a_Krieger_electric_automobile.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Senator_George_P._Wetmore_of_Rhode_Island_in_a_Krieger_electric_automobile.jpg/450px-Senator_George_P._Wetmore_of_Rhode_Island_in_a_Krieger_electric_automobile.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Senator_George_P._Wetmore_of_Rhode_Island_in_a_Krieger_electric_automobile.jpg/600px-Senator_George_P._Wetmore_of_Rhode_Island_in_a_Krieger_electric_automobile.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9357" data-file-height="7704" /></a></span></div></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Senator_George_P._Wetmore_of_Rhode_Island_in_a_Krieger_electric_automobile.jpg" title="File:Senator George P. Wetmore of Rhode Island in a Krieger electric automobile.jpg"> </a></div>Senator George P. Wetmore in <a href="/wiki/Krieger_Electric_Carriage" class="mw-redirect" title="Krieger Electric Carriage">Krieger Electric Carriage</a> "Landaulette" automobile, c. 1906 </div> </div> </div> <p>On December 22, 1869, he was married to Edith Malvina Keteltas (1848–1927) in New York City. Her father, Eugene Keteltas, had been a member of the Yale College Class of 1822, but left before graduating and instead graduated from <a href="/wiki/Union_College" title="Union College">Union College</a> in 1822.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her grandfather, Philip Doddridge Keteltas, was Yale 1792, her great-grandfather, Rev. Abraham Keteltas, was Yale 1752, and her great-great-grandfather, William Smith, was Yale 1719.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Edith Keteltas Wetmore's brother was Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Henry Keteltas who served in the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> as a captain in the <a href="/wiki/15th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="15th Infantry Regiment (United States)">15th United States Infantry</a>. He was wounded and received two brevets (honorary promotions) for gallantry in action during the war. His sword is preserved and on display at the Chateau-sur-Mer mansion in Newport. </p><p>Mr. and Mrs. Wetmore, who were included in <a href="/wiki/Ward_McAllister" title="Ward McAllister">Ward McAllister</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/The_Four_Hundred_(1892)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Four Hundred (1892)">Four Hundred</a>", were the parents of four children, two sons who died and two daughters that lived together at the family's Newport estate until their deaths:<sup id="cite_ref-brown2013_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brown2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Edith Malvina Keteltas Wetmore (1870–1966), who was an "avid patron of the arts, a prominent collector of rare children’s books from around the world, gardener, and a well-known Newport socialite."<sup id="cite_ref-brown2013_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brown2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maude_A._K._Wetmore" title="Maude A. K. Wetmore">Maude Alice Keteltas Wetmore</a> (1873–1951)<sup id="cite_ref-brown2013_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brown2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> political organizer and philanthropist</li> <li>William Shepard Keteltas Wetmore (1875–1925), who received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> degree from Yale in 1897.<sup id="cite_ref-brown2013_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brown2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Rogers Pickman Derby Keteltas Wetmore (1882–1917).<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>His first cousin, once removed, Mary Toppan Pickman, married Massachusetts Congressman and diplomat <a href="/wiki/George_B._Loring" title="George B. Loring">George B. Loring</a>. </p><p>Mr. Wetmore died September 11, 1921, in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>. His funeral was held at <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Church_(Newport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity Church (Newport)">Trinity Church</a> in Newport, and he was buried in Newport's <a href="/wiki/Island_Cemetery" class="mw-redirect" title="Island Cemetery">Island Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_P._Wetmore&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>George Wetmore's estate in <a href="/wiki/Newport_Rhode_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Newport Rhode Island">Newport Rhode Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chateau-sur-Mer" title="Chateau-sur-Mer">Chateau-sur-Mer</a>, is today owned by the <a href="/wiki/Preservation_Society_of_Newport_County" title="Preservation Society of Newport County">Preservation Society of Newport County</a> and is open for tours during the summer. It is considered one of the best surviving examples of a Victorian mansion. </p><p>Wetmore was also a litigant in the Supreme Court of the United States decision: <i><a href="/wiki/George_Peabody_Wetmore_v._Tennessee_Copper_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="George Peabody Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company">George Peabody Wetmore v. Tennessee Copper Company</a></i>, 218 US 369 (1910).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=George_P._Wetmore&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://library.brown.edu/riamco/xml2pdffiles/US-RNR-ms546.pdf">"Guide to the Wetmore family papers 1847–1950 and undated (bulk 1847–1854)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>brown.edu</i>. Redwood Library and Athenaeum. 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 24,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=brown.edu&rft.atitle=Guide+to+the+Wetmore+family+papers+1847%E2%80%931950+and+undated+%28bulk+1847%E2%80%931854%29&rft.date=2013&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flibrary.brown.edu%2Friamco%2Fxml2pdffiles%2FUS-RNR-ms546.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+P.+Wetmore" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFraternity1917" class="citation book cs1">Fraternity, Psi Upsilon (1917). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=iCN-AAAAIAAJ"><i>The twelfth general catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity</i></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 24,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+twelfth+general+catalogue+of+the+Psi+Upsilon+Fraternity&rft.date=1917&rft.aulast=Fraternity&rft.aufirst=Psi+Upsilon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DiCN-AAAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGeorge+P.+Wetmore" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bioguide-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bioguide_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bioguide_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bioguide_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000312">Official Congressional Biography and Resources</a> (accessed January 1, 2009)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NYT-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1921/09/12/archives/george-p-wetmore-exsenator-dies-former-governor-of-rhode-island-is.html">"GEORGE P. WETMORE, EX-SENATOR, DIES; Former Governor of Rhode Island Is Victim of Heart Attack in Boston Hotel. HE WAS 75 YEARS OLD Had Planned to Return to His Newport Home With His WifeThis Week"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. September 12, 1921. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">0362-4331</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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