Jesse H. Metcalf
 Jesse Houghton Metcalf (November 16 1860 – October 9 1942) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Providence Metcalf was educated in private schools there studied textile manufacturing in Yorkshire England and engaged in textile manufacturing. Metcalf's father Jesse Metcalf was a textile manufacturer and his mother Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf was the co-founder of the Rhode Island School of Design.