List of governors of Rhode Island

This is a list of the governors of Rhode Island, from 1775 to the present day; for earlier governors of Rhode Island see List of colonial governors of Rhode Island.

List of governors
#GovernorPicturePartyTook officeLeft officeNotes  1Nicholas CookeNoneNovember 7, 1775May 4, 1778  2William GreeneNoneMay 4, 1778May 3, 1786  3John CollinsNoneMay 3, 1786May 5, 1790  4Arthur Fenner75pxCountry PartyMay 5, 1790October 15, 1805  5Henry Smith CountryOctober 15, 1805May 7, 1806  6Isaac WilbourCountryMay 7, 1806May 6, 1807  7James Fenner75pxDemocratic-RepublicanMay 6, 1807May 1, 1811  8William Jones75pxFederalistMay 1, 1811May 7, 1817  9Nehemiah R. Knight75pxDemocratic-RepublicanMay 7, 1817May 2, 1821  10William C. Gibbs75pxDemocratic-RepublicanMay 2, 1821May 5, 1824  11James Fenner75pxDemocratic-RepublicanMay 5, 1824May 4, 1831  12Lemuel H. Arnold75pxWhigMay 4, 1831May 1, 1833  13John B. Francis75pxDemocraticMay 1, 1833May 2, 1838  14William Sprague III75pxDemocraticMay 2, 1838May 2, 1839  15Samuel Ward King75pxRhode Island PartyMay 2, 1839May 2, 1843  16Thomas Dorr75pxextralegal, Dorr RebellionMay 1, 1842January 23, 1843  17James Fenner75pxLaw and OrderMay 2, 1843May 6, 1845  18Charles Jackson75pxWhig,Liberation PartyMay 6, 1845May 6, 1846  19Byron Diman75pxLaw and OrderMay 6, 1846May 4, 1847  20Elisha Harris75pxWhigMay 4, 1847May 1, 1849  21Henry B. Anthony75pxWhigMay 1, 1849May 6, 1851  22Philip Allen75pxDemocraticMay 6, 1851July 20, 1853  23Francis M. Dimond75pxDemocraticJuly 20, 1853May 2, 1854  24William W. Hoppin75pxWhigMay 2, 1854May 26, 1857  25Elisha DyerRepublicanMay 26, 1857May 31, 1859  26Thomas G. Turner75pxRepublicanMay 31, 1859May 29, 1860  27William Sprague IV75pxRepublicanMay 29, 1860March 3, 1863  28William C. Cozzens75pxDemocraticMarch 3, 1863May 26, 1863  29James Y. Smith75pxRepublicanMay 26, 1863May 29, 1866  30Ambrose Everett Burnside75pxRepublicanMay 29, 1866May 25, 1869  31Seth Padelford75pxRepublicanMay 25, 1869May 27, 1873  32Henry Howard75pxRepublicanMay 27, 1873May 25, 1875  33Henry Lippitt75pxRepublicanMay 25, 1875May 29, 1877  34Charles C. Van Zandt75pxRepublicanMay 29, 1877May 25, 1880  35Alfred H. Littlefield75pxRepublicanMay 25, 1880May 29, 1883  36Augustus O. Bourn75pxRepublicanMay 29, 1883May 26, 1885  37George P. Wetmore75pxRepublicanMay 26, 1885May 29, 1887  38John W. Davis75pxDemocraticMay 29, 1887May 29, 1888  39Royal C. Taft75pxRepublicanMay 29, 1888May 28, 1889  40Herbert W. Ladd75pxRepublicanMay 28, 1889May 27, 1890  41John W. Davis75pxDemocraticMay 27, 1890May 26, 1891  42Herbert W. Ladd75pxRepublicanMay 26, 1891May 31, 1892  43D. Russell Brown75pxRepublicanMay 31, 1892May 29, 1895  44Charles W. Lippitt75pxRepublicanMay 29, 1895May 25, 1897  45Elisha Dyer, Jr.RepublicanMay 25, 1897May 29, 1900  46William Gregory75pxRepublicanMay 29, 1900December 16, 1901  47Charles D. Kimball75pxRepublicanDecember 16, 1901January 3, 1903  48Lucius F. C. Garvin75pxDemocraticJanuary 3, 1903January 3, 1905  49George H. Utter75pxRepublicanJanuary 3, 1905January 1, 1907  50James H. Higgins75pxDemocraticJanuary 1, 1907January 5, 1909  51Aram J. Pothier75pxRepublicanJanuary 5, 1909January 5, 1915  52R. Livingston Beeckman75pxRepublicanJanuary 5, 1915January 4, 1921  53Emery J. San Souci75pxRepublicanJanuary 4, 1921January 2, 1923  54William S. Flynn75pxDemocraticJanuary 2, 1923January 6, 1925  55Aram J. Pothier75pxRepublicanJanuary 6, 1925February 4, 1928  56Norman S. Case75pxRepublicanFebruary 4, 1928January 3, 1933  57Theodore Francis Green75pxDemocraticJanuary 3, 1933January 5, 1937  58Robert E. Quinn75pxDemocraticJanuary 5, 1937January 3, 1939  59William Henry Vanderbilt III75pxRepublicanJanuary 3, 1939January 7, 1941  60J. Howard McGrathDemocraticJanuary 7, 1941October 6, 1945  61John Orlando Pastore75pxDemocraticOctober 6, 1945December 19, 1950  62John S. McKiernan75pxDemocraticDecember 19, 1950January 2, 1951  63Dennis J. Roberts75pxDemocraticJanuary 2, 1951January 6, 1959  64Christopher Del Sesto (1907–1973)75pxRepublicanJanuary 6, 1959January 3, 1961  65John A. Notte, Jr. (1909–1983)DemocraticJanuary 3, 1961January 1, 1963  66John Hubbard Chafee (1922–1999)75pxRepublicanJanuary 1, 1963January 7, 1969  67Frank Licht (1916–1987)DemocraticJanuary 7, 1969January 2, 1973  68Philip W. Noel (1931— )75pxDemocraticJanuary 2, 1973January 4, 1977  69J. Joseph Garrahy        (1930–2012)75pxDemocraticJanuary 4, 1977January 1, 1985  70Edward D. DiPrete        (1934– )75pxRepublicanJanuary 1, 1985January 1, 1991  71Bruce Sundlun        (1920–2011)75pxDemocraticJanuary 1, 1991January 3, 1995  72Lincoln Almond        (1936– )75pxRepublicanJanuary 3, 1995January 7, 2003  73Donald Carcieri        (1942– )75pxRepublicanJanuary 7, 2003January 4, 2011  74Lincoln Chafee        (1953– )75pxIndependent/DemocraticJanuary 4, 2011January 6, 2015  75Gina Raimondo        (1971– )75pxDemocraticJanuary 6, 2015March 2, 2021  76Daniel McKee        (1951– )75pxDemocraticMarch 2, 2021Incumbent

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