district residence succeeded religion birth_place image_size party term_end preceded birth_date order term_start spouse article_title state name occupation alma_mater
1st smithfield , ri , usa patrick j. kennedy protestant johnstown , pa , usa 180px republican january 3 , 1995 william e. truehart fernand st. germain 13 july 1948 7th president of bryant university 1996 january 3 , 1989 katherine webb ronald machtley
 rhode island ronald keith machtley academic , lawyer , heisenberg -lrb- -rrb- suffolk university law school b.s. -rrb- united states naval academy -lrb- j.d.
ronald machtley

ronald keith `` ron '' machtley -lrb- born july 13 , 1948 -rrb- was a republican member of the united states house of representatives from rhode island from 1989 to 1995 .
since 1996 , machtley has served as president of bryant university in smithfield , rhode island .
machtley was born in johnstown , pennsylvania and attended public schools .
he received a b.s. from the united states naval academy in 1970 , serving in the united states navy from 1970 to 1975 and the united states naval reserve from 1975 to 1995 .
machtley received a juris doctor from suffolk university law school in boston , massachusetts in 1978 and was admitted to the rhode island bar in the same year .
machtley ran for congress as a republican in the 1st district and defeated 28-year incumbent democrat fernand st. germain in a considerable upset .
he was reelected two more times and was very popular even as rhode island was trending more and more democratic .
in 1992 , for instance , he was reelected with a staggering 70 percent of the vote even as bill clinton easily carried the state .
he was a moderate republican in the mold of john chafee .
machtley gave up his seat to run for governor of rhode island in 1994 .
he was the heavy favorite in the republican primary , but was soundly defeated by lincoln almond , who went on to victory in november .
to date , he is the last republican elected to the house from rhode island .
machtley was named president of bryant in 1996 and shepherded it through its transition to university status in 2004 .
he currently makes upwards of $ 700,010 annually .
he is also an avid golfer and squash player .
he is a member of newport country club and is a rhode island commodore .
