Last Updated on April 23, 2022 by Team FinderWheel
Are you looking for the Governors of Rhode Island? Here is the list of all the Governors of Rhode Island from beginning to present with their tenure and respective political party name.
Rhode Island Governors List
Here is a list of governors of the US state of Governors of Rhode Island by Party Name and Tenure Periods.
| Sr. No. | Governor Name |
Term Start | Term End | Party |
| 1 | Nicholas Cooke | 7 November 1775 | 4 May 1778 | None |
| 2 | William Greene | 4 May 1778 | 3 May 1786 | None |
| 3 | John Collins | 3 May 1786 | 5 May 1790 | None |
| 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 |
| 7 | James Fenner | 6 May 1807 | 1 May 1811 | Democratic-Republican |
| 8 | William Jones | 1 May 1811 | 7 May 1817 | Federalist |
| 9 | Nehemiah R. Knight | 7 May 1817 | 2 May 1821 | Democratic-Republican |
| 10 | William C. Gibbs | 2 May 1821 | 5 May 1824 | Democratic-Republican |
| 11 | James Fenner | 5 May 1824 | 4 May 1831 | Democratic-Republican |
| 12 | Lemuel H. Arnold | 4 May 1831 | 1 May 1833 | Whig |
| 13 | John B. Francis | 1 May 1833 | 2 May 1838 | Democratic |
| 14 | William Sprague III | 2 May 1838 | 2 May 1839 | Democratic |
| 15 | Samuel Ward King | 2 May 1839 | 2 May 1843 | Rhode Island Party |
| 16 | Thomas Dorr | 1 May 1842 | 23 January 1843 | extralegal, Dorr Rebellion |
| 17 | James Fenner | 2 May 1843 | 6 May 1845 | Law and Order |
| 18 | Charles Jackson | 6 May 1845 | 6 May 1846 | Know Nothing |
| 19 | Byron Diman | 6 May 1846 | 4 May 1847 | Law and Order |
| 20 | Elisha Harris | 4 May 1847 | 1 May 1849 | Whig |
| 21 | Henry B. Anthony | 1 May 1849 | 6 May 1851 | Whig |
| 22 | Philip Allen | 6 May 1851 | 20 July 1853 | Democratic |
| 23 | Francis M. Dimond | 20 July 1853 | 2 May 1854 | Democratic |
| 24 | William W. Hoppin | 2 May 1854 | 26 May 1857 | Whig |
| 25 | Elisha Dyer | 26 May 1857 | 31 May 1859 | Republican |
| 26 | Thomas G. Turner | 31 May 1859 | 29 May 1860 | Republican |
| 27 | William Sprague IV | 29 May 1860 | 3 March 1863 | Republican |
| 28 | William C. Cozzens | 3 March 1863 | 26 May 1863 | Democratic |
| 29 | James Y. Smith | 26 May 1863 | 29 May 1866 | Republican |
| 30 | Ambrose Everett Burnside | 29 May 1866 | 25 May 1869 | Republican |
| 31 | Seth Padelford | 25 May 1869 | 27 May 1873 | Republican |
| 32 | Henry Howard | 27 May 1873 | 25 May 1875 | Republican |
| 33 | Henry Lippitt | 25 May 1875 | 29 May 1877 | Republican |
| 34 | Charles C. Van Zandt | 29 May 1877 | 25 May 1880 | Republican |
| 35 | Alfred H. Littlefield | 25 May 1880 | 29 May 1883 | Republican |
| 36 | Augustus O. Bourn | 29 May 1883 | 26 May 1885 | Republican |
| 37 | George P. Wetmore | 26 May 1885 | 29 May 1887 | Republican |
| 38 | John W. Davis | 29 May 1887 | 29 May 1888 | Democratic |
| 39 | Royal C. Taft | 29 May 1888 | 28 May 1889 | Republican |
| 40 | Herbert W. Ladd | 28 May 1889 | 27 May 1890 | Republican |
| 41 | John W. Davis | 27 May 1890 | 26 May 1891 | Democratic |
| 42 | Herbert W. Ladd | 26 May 1891 | 31 May 1892 | Republican |
| 43 | D. Russell Brown | 31 May 1892 | 29 May 1895 | Republican |
| 44 | Charles W. Lippitt | 29 May 1895 | 25 May 1897 | Republican |
| 45 | Elisha Dyer, Jr. | 25 May 1897 | 29-May-00 | Republican |
| 46 | William Gregory | 29-May-00 | 16-Dec-01 | Republican |
| 47 | Charles D. Kimball | 16-Dec-01 | 03-Jan-03 | Republican |
| 48 | Lucius F. C. Garvin | 03-Jan-03 | 03-Jan-05 | Democratic |
| 49 | George H. Utter | 03-Jan-05 | 01-Jan-07 | Republican |
| 50 | James H. Higgins | 01-Jan-07 | 05-Jan-09 | Democratic |
| 51 | Aram J. Pothier | 05-Jan-09 | 05-Jan-15 | Republican |
| 52 | R. Livingston Beeckman | 05-Jan-15 | 04-Jan-21 | Republican |
| 53 | Emery J. San Souci | 04-Jan-21 | 02-Jan-23 | Republican |
| 54 | William S. Flynn | 02-Jan-23 | 06-Jan-25 | Democratic |
| 55 | Aram J. Pothier | 06-Jan-25 | 04-Feb-28 | Republican |
| 56 | Norman S. Case | 04-Feb-28 | 03-Jan-33 | Republican |
| 57 | Theodore Francis Green | 03-Jan-33 | 05-Jan-37 | Democratic |
| 58 | Robert E. Quinn | 05-Jan-37 | 03-Jan-39 | Democratic |
| 59 | William Henry Vanderbilt III | 03-Jan-39 | 07-Jan-41 | Republican |
| 60 | J. Howard McGrath | 07-Jan-41 | 06-Oct-45 | Democratic |
| 61 | John Orlando Pastore | 06-Oct-45 | 19-Dec-50 | Democratic |
| 62 | John S. McKiernan | 19-Dec-50 | 02-Jan-51 | Democratic |
| 63 | Dennis J. Roberts | 02-Jan-51 | 06-Jan-59 | Democratic |
| 64 | Christopher Del Sesto | 06-Jan-59 | 03-Jan-61 | Republican |
| 65 | John A. Notte, Jr. | 03-Jan-61 | 01-Jan-63 | Democratic |
| 66 | John Hubbard Chafee | 01-Jan-63 | 07-Jan-69 | Republican |
| 67 | Frank Licht | 07-Jan-69 | 02-Jan-73 | Democratic |
| 68 | Philip W. Noel | 02-Jan-73 | 04-Jan-77 | Democratic |
| 69 | J. Joseph Garrahy (1930-2012) | 04-Jan-77 | 01-Jan-85 | Democratic |
| 70 | Edward D. DiPrete (1934- ) | 01-Jan-85 | 01-Jan-91 | Republican |
| 71 | Bruce Sundlun (1920-2011) | 01-Jan-91 | 03-Jan-95 | Democratic |
| 72 | Lincoln C. Almond (1936- ) | 03-Jan-95 | 07-Jan-03 | Republican |
| 73 | Donald Carcieri (1942- ) | 07-Jan-03 | 04-Jan-11 | Republican |
| 74 | Lincoln Chafee (1953- ) | 04-Jan-11 | 06-Jan-15 | Independent/Democratic |
| 75 | Gina Raimondo (1971- ) | 06-Jan-15 | 02-Mar-21 | Democratic |
| 76 | Dan McKee | 02-Mar-21 | Incumbent | Democratic |
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