List of Rhode Island governors

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Gina Raimondo, current Governor of Rhode Island

This list includes all of the governors of the US state of Rhode Island .

Rhode Island

Surname Term of office Political party
Nicholas Cooke 1775-1778
William Greene 1778-1786
John Collins 1786-1790

State of Rhode Island

Surname Term of office Political party
Arthur Fenner 1790-1805 Country party
Henry Smith 1805-1806 Country party
Isaac Wilbour 1806-1807 Country party
James Fenner 1807-1811 Democratic Republican
William Jones 1811-1817 federalist
Nehemiah Rice Knight 1817-1821 Democratic Republican
William Channing Gibbs 1821-1824 Democratic Republican
James Fenner 1824-1831 Democratic Republican
Lemuel Hastings Arnold 1831-1833 Whig
John Brown Francis 1833-1838 Whig
William Sprague III 1838-1839 Whig
Samuel Ward King 1840-1843 Whig
James Fenner 1843-1845 Law and Order Party
Charles Jackson 1845-1846 Whig
Byron Diman 1846-1847 Law and Order Party
Elisha Harris 1847-1849 Whig
Henry Bowen Anthony 1849-1851 Whig
Philip Allen 1851-1853 democrat
Francis M. Dimond 1853-1854 democrat
William Warner Hoppin 1854-1857 Know-nothing party
Elisha Dyer 1857-1859 republican
Thomas Goodwin Turner 1859-1860 republican
William Sprague IV 1860-1863 republican
William Cole Cozzens 1863 democrat
James Youngs Smith 1863-1866 republican
Ambrose Everett Burnside 1866-1869 republican
Seth Padelford 1869-1873 republican
Henry Howard 1873-1875 republican
Henry Lippitt 1875-1877 republican
Charles Collins Van Zandt 1877-1880 republican
Alfred Henry Littlefield 1880-1883 republican
Augustus Osborn Bourn 1883-1885 republican
George Peabody Wetmore 1885-1887 republican
John William Davis 1887-1888 democrat
Royal Chapin Taffeta 1888-1889 republican
Herbert Warren Ladd 1889-1890 republican
John William Davis 1890-1891 democrat
Herbert Warren Ladd 1891-1892 republican
Daniel Russell Brown 1892-1895 republican
Charles Warren Lippitt 1895-1897 republican
Elisha Dyer Jr. 1897-1900 republican
William Gregory 1900-1901 republican
Charles Dean Kimball 1901-1903 republican
Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin 1903-1905 democrat
George Herbert Utter 1905-1907 republican
James Henry Higgins 1907-1909 democrat
Aram Jules Pothier 1909-1915 republican
Robert Livingston Beeckman 1915-1921 republican
Emery John San Souci 1921-1923 republican
William Smith Flynn 1923-1925 democrat
Aram Jules Pothier 1925-1928 republican
Norman Stanley Case 1928-1933 republican
Theodore Francis Green 1933-1937 democrat
Robert Emmet Quinn 1937-1939 democrat
William Henry Vanderbilt 1939-1941 republican
James Howard McGrath 1941-1945 democrat
John Orlando Pastore 1945-1950 democrat
John Sammon McKiernan 1950-1951 democrat
Dennis Joseph Roberts 1951-1959 democrat
Christopher Del Sesto 1959-1961 republican
John Anthony Notte 1961-1963 democrat
John Lester Hubbard Chafee 1963-1969 republican
Frank light 1969-1973 democrat
Philip William Noel 1973-1977 democrat
John Joseph Garrahy 1977-1985 democrat
Edward Daniel DiPrete 1985-1991 republican
Bruce G. Sundlun 1991-1995 democrat
Lincoln Carter Almond 1995-2003 republican
Donald L. Carcieri 2003-2011 republican
Lincoln Davenport Chafee 2011-2015 More independent
Gina Marie Raimondo since 2015 Democrat

See also