United States Congressman from Rhode Island

(1791-1873) Born in Newport, R.I., he was an Internal Revenue Collector, 1812-15; served as Sheriff of Newport County, 1818-27; and was Postmaster of Newport in 1827. Served as U.S. Congressman, 1837-43; was a member of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives, 1843-47; and the Rhode Island State Senate, 1847-49. Cranston was a presidential elector on the Republican (Abraham Lincoln-Andrew Johnson) ticket of 1864.

Signature: 5 x 3, in ink, "Robt. B. Cranston." Rhode Island has been written below in another hand.