S.no. |
Governor |
Term start |
Term end |
Party |
Place |
1 |
Nicholas Cooke |
7 November 1775 |
4 May 1778 |
None |
Providence, Rhode Island |
2 |
William Greene |
4 May 1778 |
3 May 1786 |
None |
Warwick, Rhode Island |
3 |
John Collins |
3 May 1786 |
5 May 1790 |
None |
Newport |
4 |
Arthur Fenner |
5 May 1790 |
15 October 1805 |
Country Party |
|
5 |
Henry Smith |
15 October 1805 |
7 May 1806 |
Country |
|
6 |
Isaac Wilbour |
7 May 1806 |
6 May 1807 |
Country |
Little Compton, Rhode Island |
7 |
James Fenner |
6 May 1807 |
1 May 1811 |
Democratic-Republican |
Providence, Rhode Island |
8 |
William Jones |
1 May 1811 |
7 May 1817 |
Federalist |
Newport, Rhode Island |
9 |
Nehemiah R. Knight |
7 May 1817 |
2 May 1821 |
Democratic-Republican |
Cranston, Rhode Island |
10 |
William C. Gibbs |
2 May 1821 |
5 May 1824 |
Democratic-Republican |
Newport, Rhode Island |
11 |
James Fenner |
5 May 1824 |
4 May 1831 |
Democratic-Republican |
Providence, Rhode Island |
12 |
Lemuel H. Arnold |
4 May 1831 |
1 May 1833 |
Whig |
St. Johnsbury, Vermont |
13 |
John B. Francis |
1 May 1833 |
2 May 1838 |
Democratic |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
14 |
William Sprague III |
2 May 1838 |
2 May 1839 |
Democratic |
Cranston, Rhode Island |
15 |
Samuel Ward King |
2 May 1839 |
2 May 1843 |
Rhode Island Party |
Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island |
16 |
Thomas Dorr |
1 May 1842 |
23 January 1843 |
extralegal, Dorr Rebellion |
Providence, Rhode Island |
17 |
James Fenner |
2 May 1843 |
6 May 1845 |
Law and Order |
Providence, Rhode Island |
18 |
Charles Jackson |
6 May 1845 |
6 May 1846 |
Know Nothing |
Providence, Rhode Island |
19 |
Byron Diman |
6 May 1846 |
4 May 1847 |
Law and Order |
Bristol, Rhode Island |
20 |
Elisha Harris |
4 May 1847 |
1 May 1849 |
Whig |
Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island |
21 |
Henry B. Anthony |
1 May 1849 |
6 May 1851 |
Whig |
Coventry, Rhode Island, US |
22 |
Philip Allen |
6 May 1851 |
20 July 1853 |
Democratic |
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
23 |
Francis M. Dimond |
20 July 1853 |
2 May 1854 |
Democratic |
Bristol, Rhode Island |
24 |
William W. Hoppin |
2 May 1854 |
26 May 1857 |
Whig |
Providence, Rhode Island |
25 |
Elisha Dyer |
26 May 1857 |
31 May 1859 |
Republican |
Providence, Rhode Island |
26 |
Thomas G. Turner |
31 May 1859 |
29 May 1860 |
Republican |
Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island |
27 |
William Sprague IV |
29 May 1860 |
3 March 1863 |
Republican |
Cranston, Rhode Island |
28 |
William C. Cozzens |
3 March 1863 |
26 May 1863 |
Democratic |
Newport, Rhode Island |
29 |
James Y. Smith |
26 May 1863 |
29 May 1866 |
Republican |
Groton, New London County, Connecticut |
30 |
Ambrose Everett Burnside |
29 May 1866 |
25 May 1869 |
Republican |
Liberty, Indiana |
31 |
Seth Padelford |
25 May 1869 |
27 May 1873 |
Republican |
Taunton, Massachusetts |
32 |
Henry Howard |
27 May 1873 |
25 May 1875 |
Republican |
Cranston, Rhode Island |
33 |
Henry Lippitt |
25 May 1875 |
29 May 1877 |
Republican |
|
34 |
Charles C. Van Zandt |
29 May 1877 |
25 May 1880 |
Republican |
Newport, Rhode Island |
35 |
Alfred H. Littlefield |
25 May 1880 |
29 May 1883 |
Republican |
Scituate, Rhode Island, U.S. |
36 |
Augustus O. Bourn |
29 May 1883 |
26 May 1885 |
Republican |
Providence, Rhode Island |
37 |
George P. Wetmore |
26 May 1885 |
29 May 1887 |
Republican |
London, England |
38 |
John W. Davis |
29 May 1887 |
29 May 1888 |
Democratic |
Rehoboth, Massachusetts |
39 |
Royal C. Taft |
29 May 1888 |
28 May 1889 |
Republican |
Northbridge, Massachusetts |
40 |
Herbert W. Ladd |
28 May 1889 |
27 May 1890 |
Republican |
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts |
41 |
John W. Davis |
27 May 1890 |
26 May 1891 |
Democratic |
Rehoboth, Massachusetts, USA |
42 |
Herbert W. Ladd |
26 May 1891 |
31 May 1892 |
Republican |
New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts |
43 |
D. Russell Brown |
31 May 1892 |
29 May 1895 |
Republican |
Bolton, Connecticut, U.S. |
44 |
Charles W. Lippitt |
29 May 1895 |
25 May 1897 |
Republican |
Providence, Rhode Island |
45 |
Elisha Dyer, Jr. |
25 May 1897 |
29 May 1900 |
Republican |
Providence, Rhode Island |
46 |
William Gregory |
29 May 1900 |
16 December 1901 |
Republican |
Astoria, Long Island, New York |
47 |
Charles D. Kimball |
16 December 1901 |
3 January 1903 |
Republican |
Providence, Rhode Island |
48 |
Lucius F. C. Garvin |
3 January 1903 |
3 January 1905 |
Democratic |
Knoxville, Tennessee |
49 |
George H. Utter |
3 January 1905 |
1 January 1907 |
Republican |
Plainfield, New Jersey, New Jersey |
50 |
James H. Higgins |
1 January 1907 |
5 January 1909 |
Democratic |
Lincoln, Rhode Island |
51 |
Aram J. Pothier |
5 January 1909 |
5 January 1915 |
Republican |
Quebec, Canada |
52 |
R. Livingston Beeckman |
5 January 1915 |
4 January 1921 |
Republican |
New York City, New York |
53 |
Emery J. San Souci |
4 January 1921 |
2 January 1923 |
Republican |
Saco, Maine, U.S. |
54 |
William S. Flynn |
2 January 1923 |
6 January 1925 |
Democratic |
|
55 |
Aram J. Pothier |
6 January 1925 |
4 February 1928 |
Republican |
Quebec, Canada |
56 |
Norman S. Case |
4 February 1928 |
3 January 1933 |
Republican |
Providence, R.I. |
57 |
Theodore Francis Green |
3 January 1933 |
5 January 1937 |
Democratic |
Providence, Rhode Island |
58 |
Robert E. Quinn |
5 January 1937 |
3 January 1939 |
Democratic |
Phenix, Rhode Island, U.S. |
59 |
William Henry Vanderbilt III |
3 January 1939 |
7 January 1941 |
Republican |
New York City |
60 |
J. Howard McGrath |
7 January 1941 |
6 October 1945 |
Democratic |
Woonsocket, Rhode Island, U.S. |
61 |
John Orlando Pastore |
6 October 1945 |
19 December 1950 |
Democratic |
Providence, Rhode Island |
62 |
John S. McKiernan |
19 December 1950 |
2 January 1951 |
Democratic |
Providence, Rhode Island |
63 |
Dennis J. Roberts |
2 January 1951 |
6 January 1959 |
Democratic |
Providence, Rhode Island |
64 |
Christopher Del Sesto |
6 January 1959 |
3 January 1961 |
Republican |
Providence, Rhode Island |
65 |
John A. Notte, Jr. |
3 January 1961 |
1 January 1963 |
Democratic |
Providence, Rhode Island |
66 |
John Hubbard Chafee |
1 January 1963 |
7 January 1969 |
Republican |
Providence, Rhode Island |
67 |
Frank Licht |
7 January 1969 |
2 January 1973 |
Democratic |
Warwick, Rhode Island |
68 |
Philip W. Noel |
2 January 1973 |
4 January 1977 |
Democratic |
Warwick, Rhode Island |
69 |
J. Joseph Garrahy (1930-2012) |
4 January 1977 |
1 January 1985 |
Democratic |
Providence, Rhode Island |
70 |
Edward D. DiPrete (1934- ) |
1 January 1985 |
1 January 1991 |
Republican |
Cranston, Rhode Island |
71 |
Bruce Sundlun (1920-2011) |
1 January 1991 |
3 January 1995 |
Democratic |
Providence, Rhode Island |
72 |
Lincoln C. Almond (1936- ) |
3 January 1995 |
7 January 2003 |
Republican |
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S. |
73 |
Donald Carcieri (1942- ) |
7 January 2003 |
4 January 2011 |
Republican |
East Greenwich, Rhode Island, U.S. |
74 |
Lincoln Chafee (1953- ) |
4 January 2011 |
6 January 2015 |
Independent/Democratic |
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
75 |
Gina Raimondo (1971- ) |
6 January 2015 |
2 March 2021 |
Democratic |
Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S. |
76 |
Dan McKee |
2 March 2021 |
Incumbent |
Democratic |
Cumberland, Rhode Island, United States |