Emery J. San Souci

San Souci was born in Saco, Maine,{{cite book|last=McLoughlin|first=William|title=Rhode Island: A History (States and the Nation)|date=1986|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|page=184|isbn=9780393302714|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r5Z3UNxHdT0C&q=where+did+Governor+Emery+J.+San+Souci+die&pg=PA184}} the son of Euzebe San Souci and Marie Louise (Couett) San Souci.{{cite web|url= http://records.ancestry.com/emery_john_san_souci_records.ashx?pid=80184498|title=Emery John San Souci

|publisher = Ancestry.com |access-date= May 1, 2014}} As a small child he moved with his family in 1860 to St. Albans, Vermont. His father was a member of the Army of the Potomac and was killed in battle in 1864.{{cite web|url= http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/RIGENWEB/2002-02/1013566274|title=RIGENWEB-L Archives|publisher = Ancestry.com |access-date= May 1, 2014}} San Succi attended school in St. Albans until he was eleven.{{cite book|last=Capace|first=Nancy|title=The Encyclopedia of Rhode Island|date=2001|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|page=206|isbn=9780403096107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHPYeCvnASoC&q=Emery+J.+San+Souci+died+1936&pg=PA205}} He left school to work so he could help his mother raise the family.{{cite web|url= https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/16381724/|title=Clippings on 14 August 1936|date=14 August 1936 |publisher = Newport Mercury|access-date= May 1, 2014}}

He worked as a clerk in Biddeford, Maine, before working as a shoe clerk in Greenfield, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island. In 1877, he moved to Hartford, Connecticut, to work for a shoe making company. He worked for that company until 1890 when he opened a shoe and clothing store business with his brothers in Providence.{{cite book|last=McGowan|first=Louis H. and Daniel Brown|title=Providence|date=2006|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|page=116|isbn=9780738544625|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mXDMjqmGwiUC&q=emery+San+Souci+director+of+the+Union+Trust+Company&pg=PA116}} The company became very successful, and he served as secretary and treasurer of the company.{{cite web|url= http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/articles/140.html|title=History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biographical|publisher = Ancestry.com |access-date= May 1, 2014}}

San Souci held many political positions in Providence, and served on the Providence City Council from 1900 to 1907.{{cite book|last=Providence (R.I.) City Council|title=Providence City Manual: Or, Organization of the Municipal Government|date=1915|publisher=Providence (R.I.) City Council|page=299|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CwlNAAAAMAAJ&q=emery+San+Souci+Providence+City+Council&pg=PA299}} In 1908 he was appointed aide-de-camp to Governor Pothier, and served in that position for six years.{{cite book|last=McLoughlin|first=William|title=Rhode Island: A History (States and the Nation)|date=1986|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|page=184|isbn=9780393302714|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r5Z3UNxHdT0C&q=emery+san+souci+aram+j.+pothier&pg=PA184}} He was elected as a Republican Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island in 1914, and was reelected in 1916 and 1918. He served as lieutenant governor from 1915 to 1921.{{cite web|url= http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=104281|title= San Souci, Emery J.|publisher=Our Campaigns|access-date= May 1, 2014}}

In 1921 he was elected Governor of Rhode Island,{{cite book|last=McLoughlin|first=William|title=Rhode Island: A History (States and the Nation)|date=1986|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|page=184|isbn=9780393302714|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r5Z3UNxHdT0C&q=where+did+Governor+Emery+J.+San+Souci+die&pg=PA184}} in large part due to the strong support of women voters. 1921 was the first year women were allowed to vote in state elections in Rhode Island.{{cite book|last=Capace|first=Nancy|title=The Encyclopedia of Rhode Island|date=2001|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|page=206|isbn=9780403096107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHPYeCvnASoC&q=Emery+J.+San+Souci+died+1936&pg=PA205}} He served as governor from January 4, 1921, to January 2, 1923, and did not win the nomination for governor in 1922 in large part to his handling of a large textile strike. He called in the state militia to handle the strike, and he lost the support of many in his party.{{cite book|last=Frias|first=Steven|title=Cranston and Its Mayors: A History|date=2011|publisher=The History Press|page=32|isbn=9781609493226|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dMkB6PHQ0PsC&q=emery+san+souci+Governor+of+Rhode+Island+textile+strike&pg=PA32}}

In 1923 President Harding appointed him Collector of the Port of Providence.{{cite book|last=Capace|first=Nancy|title=The Encyclopedia of Rhode Island|date=2001|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|page=206|isbn=9780403096107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHPYeCvnASoC&q=Emery+J.+San+Souci+died+1936&pg=PA205}} He won reappointment under Presidents Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and held the position until his retirement in 1935. He also served as director of the Union Trust Company of Providence{{cite book|last=Annual Report Showing the Condition of State Banks, Savings Banks, Trust Companies and Loan and Investment Companies Volume 14|title=Rhode Island. Banking Bureau|date=1921|publisher=Rhode Island. Banking Bureau|page=143|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Im4SAAAAYAAJ&q=emery+San+Souci+director+of+the+Union+Trust+Company&pg=PA143}} and as director of St. Vincent de Paul Infant Asylum.{{cite web|url= http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/RIGENWEB/2002-02/1013566274|title=RIGENWEB-L Archives|publisher = Ancestry.com |access-date= May 1, 2014}}

San Souci died at his home in Providence on August 10, 1936. He is interred at Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield, Connecticut.{{cite web|url= https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/16381724/|title=Clippings on 14 August 1936|date=14 August 1936 |publisher = Newport Mercury |access-date= May 1, 2014}}

San Souci and his wife Minnie A. Duffy had two daughters, Mary Louisa San Souci and Euphemia Maybelle San Souci.{{cite web|url= http://records.ancestry.com/emery_john_san_souci_records.ashx?pid=80184498|title=Emery John San Souci|publisher = Ancestry.com |access-date= May 1, 2014}}

• 1922 New England Textile Strike § Pawtucket

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070102002559/http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/article140.html 'History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biographical. NY: The American Historical Society, Inc. 1920']

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