List of Governors of Rhode Island
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[edit] List of Rhode Island Governors
[edit] Colonial Governors
This is an incomplete list of the Governors of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
- John Coggeshall May-Nov 1647
- Benedict Arnold At times between 1663 to 1678
- William Coddington 1674-1676, 1678
- Samuel Ward 1762-1763, 1765-1767
[edit] State Governors
- Nicholas Cooke None 1775-1778
- William Greene None 1778-1786
- John Collins None 1786-1790
- Arthur Fenner Anti-Federalist 1790-1805
- Henry Smith Unknown 1805-1806
- Isaac Wilbur Unknown 1806-1807
- James Fenner Dem.-Rep. 1807-1811
- William Jones Federalist 1811-1817
- Nehemiah R. Knight Dem.-Rep. 1817-1821
- William C. Gibbs Dem.-Rep. 1821-1824
- James Fenner Dem.-Rep. 1824-1831
- Lemuel H. Arnold Nat. Rep. 1831-1833
- John Brown Francis Democratic 1833-1838
- William Sprague Democratic 1838-1839
- Samuel Ward King Rhode Island Party 1840-1843
- Thomas Dorr (extralegal, see Dorr Rebellion) 1842
- James Fenner Law and Order 1843-1845
- Charles Jackson Liberation 1845-1846
- Byron Diman Law and Order 1846-1847
- Elisha Harris Whig 1847-1849
- Henry B. Anthony Whig 1849-1851
- Philip Allen Democratic 1851-1853
- Francis M. Dimond Democratic 1853-1854
- William W. Hoppin Whig and Know-Nothing 1854-1857
- Elisha Dyer Republican 1857-1859
- Thomas G. Turner Republican 1859-1860
- William Sprague Democratic & Conservative 1860-1863
- William C. Cozzens Democratic 1863-1863
- James Y. Smith Republican 1863-1866
- Ambrose Everett Burnside Republican 1866-1869
- Seth Padelford Republican 1869-1873
- Henry Howard Republican 1873-1875
- Henry Lippitt Republican 1875-1877
- Charles C. Van Zandt Republican 1877-1880
- Alfred H. Littlefield Republican 1880-1883
- Augustus O. Bourn Republican 1883-1885
- George P. Wetmore Republican 1885-1887
- John W. Davis Democratic 1887-1888
- Royal C. Taft Republican 1888-1889
- Herbert W. Ladd Republican 1889-1890
- John W. Davis Democratic 1890-1891
- Herbert W. Ladd Republican 1891-1892
- D. Russell Brown Republican 1892-1895
- Charles W. Lippitt Republican 1895-1897
- Elisha Dyer Republican 1897-1900
- William Gregory Republican 1900-1901
- Charles D. Kimball Republican 1901-1903
- Lucius F. C. Garvin Democratic 1903-1905
- George H. Utter Republican 1905-1907
- James H. Higgins Democratic 1907-1909
- Aram J. Pothier Republican 1909-1915
- R. Livingston Beeckman Republican 1915-1921
- Emery J. San Souci Republican 1921-1923
- William S. Flynn Democratic 1923-1925
- Aram J. Pothier Republican 1925-1928
- Norman S. Case Republican 1928-1933
- Theodore Francis Green Democratic 1933-1937
- Robert E. Quinn Democratic 1937-1939
- William Henry Vanderbilt III Republican 1939-1941
- J. Howard McGrath Democratic 1941-1945
- John Orlando Pastore Democratic 1945-1950
- John S. McKiernan Democratic 1950-1951
- Dennis J. Roberts Democratic 1951-1959
- Christopher Del Sesto Republican 1959-1961
- John A. Notte, Jr. Democratic 1961-1963
- John Hubbard Chafee Republican 1963-1969
- Frank Licht Democratic 1969-1973
- Philip W. Noel Democratic 1973-1977
- J. Joseph Garrahy Democratic 1977-1985
- Edward D. DiPrete Republican 1985-1991
- Bruce Sundlun Democratic 1991-1995
- Lincoln C. Almond Republican 1995-2003
- Donald Carcieri Republican 2003-
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