What is Lincoln Chafee?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Lincoln Chafee |image = Lincoln Chafee official portrait.jpg |order = 74th [[Governor of Rhode Island]] |lieutenant = [[Elizabeth H. Roberts|Elizabeth Roberts]] |term_start = January 4, 2011 |term_end = January 6, 2015 |predecessor = [[Donald Carcieri|Don Carcieri]] |successor = [[Gina Raimondo]] |jr/sr1 = United States Senator |state1 = [[Rhode Island]] |appointer1 = [[Lincoln Almond]] |term_start1 = November 2, 1999 |term_end1 = January 3, 2007 |predecessor1 = [[John Chafee]] |successor1 = [[Sheldon Whitehouse]] |office2 = Mayor of [[Warwick, Rhode Island|Warwick]] |term_start2 = January 1, 1993 |term_end2 = November 1, 1999 |predecessor2 = Charles Donovan |successor2 = [[Scott Avedisian]] |birth_name = Lincoln Davenport Chafee |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|3|26}} |birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Providence, Rhode Island]], U.S.}} |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] (2019–present) |otherparty = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (before 2007)<br>[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] (2007–2013)<br>[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (2013–2019) |spouse = {{marriage|Stephanie Birney Danforth|1990}} |residence = [[Teton Village, Wyoming]], U.S. |children = 3, including [[Louisa Chafee|Louisa]] |education = [[Brown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) }} '''Lincoln Davenport Chafee''' (born March 26, 1953) is an American politician. He was the [[Governor of Rhode Island]] from 2011 to 2015. Before becoming governor, he was a [[United States Senate|junior U.S. Senator]] of [[Rhode Island]] from 1999 to 2007. In 2016, he made a brief and [[Lincoln Chafee 2016 presidential campaign|unsuccessful bid]] for [[President of the United States]] in the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2016 Democratic primaries]]. In January 2020, Chafee announced he would [[Lincoln Chafee 2020 presidential campaig