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State of Rhode Island
Governors
List of Rhode Island State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| Nicholas Cooke | Nov 7, 1775
May 4, 1778 | No Party Affiliation |
| William Greene | May 4, 1778
May 3, 1786 | No Party Affiliation |
| John Collins | May 3, 1786
May 5, 1790 | No Party Affiliation |
| Arthur Fenner | May 5, 1790
Oct 15, 1805 | Country Party |
| Henry Smith | Oct 15, 1805
May 7, 1806 | Country |
| Isaac Wilbour | May 7, 1806
May 6, 1807 | Country |
| James Fenner | May 2, 1843
May 6, 1845 | Law and Order |
| William Jones | May 1, 1811
May 7, 1817 | Federalist |
| Nehemiah R. Knight | May 7, 1817
May 2, 1821 | Democratic-Republican |
| William C. Gibbs | May 2, 1821
May 5, 1824 | Democratic-Republican |
| Lemuel H. Arnold | May 4, 1831
May 1, 1833 | Whig |
| John B. Francis | May 1, 1833
May 2, 1838 | Democratic |
| William Sprague | May 29, 1860
Mar 3, 1863 | Republican |
| Samuel Ward King | May 2, 1839
May 2, 1843 | Rhode Island Party |
| Thomas Dorr | May 19, 1842
Jan 23, 1843 | Dorr Rebellion |
| Charles Jackson | May 6, 1845
May 6, 1846 | Know Nothing |
| Byron Diman | May 6, 1846 -May 4, 1847 | Law and Order |
| Elisha Harris | May 4, 1847
May 1, 1849 | Whig |
| Henry B. Anthony | May 1, 1849
May 6, 1851 | Whig |
| Philip Allen | May 6, 1851
Jul 20, 1853 | Democratic |
| Francis M. Dimond | Jul 20, 1853
May 2, 1854 | Democratic |
| William W. Hoppin | May 2, 1854
May 26, 1857 | Whig |
| Elisha Dyer | May 26, 1857
May 31, 1859 | Republican |
| Thomas G. Turner | May 31, 1859
May 29, 1860 | Republican |
| William C. Cozzens | Mar 3, 1863
May 26, 1863 | Democratic |
| James Y. Smith | May 26, 1863
May 29, 1866 | Republican |
| Ambrose Everett Burnside | May 29, 1866
May 25, 1869 | Republican |
| Seth Padelford | May 25, 1869
May 27, 1873 | Republican |
| Henry Howard | May 27, 1873
May 25, 1875 | Republican |
| Henry Lippitt | May 25, 1875
May 29, 1877 | Republican |
| Charles C. Van Zandt | May 29, 1877
May 25, 1880 | Republican |
| Alfred H. Littlefield | May 25, 1880
May 29, 1883 | Republican |
| Augustus O. Bourn | May 29, 1883
May 26, 1885 | Republican |
| George P. Wetmore | May 26, 1885
May 29, 1887 | Republican |
| John W. Davis | May 29, 1887
May 29, 1888 | Democratic |
| Royal C. Taft | May 29, 1888
May 28, 1889 | Republican |
| Herbert W. Ladd | May 26, 1891
May 31, 1892 | Republican |
| John Davis | May 27, 1890
May 26, 1891 | Democratic |
| D. Russell Brown | May 31, 1892
May 29, 1895 | Republican |
| Charles W. Lippitt | May 29, 1895
May 25, 1897 | Republican |
| Elisha Dyer, Jr. | May 25, 1897
May 29, 1900 | Republican |
| William Gregory | May 29, 1900
Dec 16, 1901 | Republican |
| Charles D. Kimball | Dec 16, 1901
Jan 3, 1903 | Republican |
| Lucius F. C. Garvin | Jan 3, 1903
Jan 3, 1905 | Democratic |
| George H. Utter | Jan 3, 1905
Jan 1, 1907 | Republican |
| James H. Higgins | Jan 1, 1907
Jan 5, 1909 | Democratic |
| Aram J. Pothier | Jan 6, 1925
Feb 4, 1928 | Republican |
| R. Livingston Beeckman | Jan 5, 1915
Jan 4, 1921 | Republican |
| Emery J. San Souci | Jan 4, 1921
Jan 2, 1923 | Republican |
| William S. Flynn | Jan 2, 1923
Jan 6, 1925 | Democratic |
| Norman S. Case | Feb 4, 1928
Jan 3, 1933 | Republican |
| Theodore Francis Green | Jan 3, 1933
Jan 5, 1937 | Democratic |
| Robert E. Quinn | Jan 5, 1937
Jan 3, 1939 | Democratic |
| William Henry Vanderbilt III | Jan 3, 1939
Jan 7, 1941 | Republican |
| J. Howard McGrath | Jan 7, 1941
Oct 6, 1945 | Democratic |
| John Orlando Pastore | Oct 6, 1945
Dec 19, 1950 | Democratic |
| John S. McKiernan | Dec 19, 1950
Jan 2, 1951 | Democratic |
| Dennis J. Roberts | Jan 2, 1951
Jan 6, 1959 | Democratic |
| Christopher Del Sesto | Jan 6, 1959
Jan 3, 1961 | Republican |
| John A. Notte, Jr. | Jan 3, 1961
Jan 1, 1963 | Democratic |
| John Hubbard Chafee | Jan 1, 1963
Jan 7, 1969 | Republican |
| Frank Licht | Jan 7, 1969
Jan 2, 1973 | Democratic |
| Philip W. Noe | Jan 2, 1973
Jan 4, 1977 | Democratic |
| J. Joseph Garrahy | Jan 4, 1977
Jan 1, 1985 | Democratic |
| Edward D. DiPrete | Jan 1, 1985
Jan 1, 1991 | Republican |
| Bruce Sundlun | Jan 1, 1991
Jan 3, 1995 | Democratic |
| Lincoln C. Almond | Jan 3, 1995
Jan 7, 2003 | Republican |
| Donald Carcieri | Jan 7, 2003
Incumbent | Republican |
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