List governors of Rhode Island

Colonial governors

John Coggeshall May-Nov. 1647
Benedict Arnold between 1663 and 1678
William Coddington 1674-1676, 1678
Samuel Ward 1762-1763, 1765-1767

Governors of the State

Nicholas Cooke 1775-1778
William Greene 1778-1786
John Hakes 1786-1790
Arthur Fenner Anti-Federalist 1790-1805
Henry Smith 1805-1806
Isaac Wilbur 1806-1807
James Fenner Dem. - Reference mark. 1807-1811
William Jones Federalist 1811-1817
Nehemiah R. Knight Dem. - Reference mark. 1817-1821
William C. Gibbs Dem. - Reference mark. 1821-1824
James Fenner Dem. - Reference mark. 1824-1831
Lemuel H. Arnold Nat. Reference mark. 1831-1833
John Brown Francis Democrat 1833-1838
William Sprague Democratic 1838-1839
Samuel Ward King 1840-1843
Thomas Dorr (see Rebellion of Dorr) 1842
James Fenner 1843-1845
Charles Jackson 1845-1846
Byron Diman 1846-1847
Elisha Harris Whig 1847-1849
Henry B. Anthony Whig 1849-1851
Philip Allen Democrat 1851-1853
Francis Mr. Dimond Democrat 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 1887-1888
Royal C. Taft Republican 1888-1889
Herbert W. Ladd Republican 1889-1890
John W. Davis Democrat 1890-1891
Herbert W. Ladd Republican 1891-1892
D. Russell Brown Republican 1892-1895
Charles W. Lippitt Republican 1895-1897
Elisha Dye R Republican 1897-1900
William Gregory Republican 1900-1901
Charles D. Kimball Republican 1901-1903
Lucius F.C. Garvin Democrat 1903-1905
George H. Utter Republican 1905-1907
James H. Higgins Democrat 1907-1909
Aram J. Pothier Republican 1909-1915
R. Livingston Beeckman Republican 1915-1921
Emery J. San Concern Republican 1921-1923
William S. Flynn Democrat 1923-1925
Aram J. Pothier Republican 1925-1928
Norman S. Case Républicain 1928-1933
Theodore Francis Green Démocrate 1933-1937
Robert E. Quinn Démocrate 1937-1939
William Henry Vanderbilt III Républicain 1939-1941
J. Howard McGrath Démocrate 1941-1945
John Orlando Pastore Démocrate 1945-1950
John S. McKiernan Démocrate 1950-1951
Dennis J. Roberts Démocrate 1951-1959
Christopher Del Sesto Republican 1959-1961
John A. Notte, Jr. Democrat 1961-1963
John Hubbard Chafee Republican 1963-1969
Frank Licht Democrat 1969-1973
Philip W. Christmas Democrat 1973-1977
J. Joseph Garrahy Democrat 1977-1985
Edward D. DiPrete Republican 1985-1991
Bruce Sundlun Democrat 1991-1995
Lincoln C. Almond Republican 1995-2003
Donald Carcieri Republican 2003 -

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