Ronald Machtley
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Ronald Keith Machtley was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island from 1989 to 1995.
Machtley was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on July 13, 1948 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 was elected as a Republican to the One Hundred First and to the two succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1989 to January 3, 1995.
He was not a candidate for reelection in 1994, but was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Rhode Island.
Since 1996, Machtley has served as president of Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
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This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
| Preceded by Fernand J. St. Germain |
United States Representative for the 1st Congressional District of Rhode Island 1989–1995 |
Succeeded by Patrick J. Kennedy |
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