Hazard served three one-year terms in the Rhode Island House of Representatives , winning election as a state representative in 1851 , 1854 and 1880 . He also was a state senator from 1866 to 1867 . In 1856 , he was one of Rhode Island 's delegates to the founding convention of the Republican party . Four years later he was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention
1860 Republican National Convention
1860 Republican National Convention
Rowland G. Hazard