List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island

The office of lieutenant governor of Rhode Island is held by Sabina Matos, who was sworn in on April 14, 2021, after Daniel McKee went from Lieutenant Governor to Governor. The office is the second highest-ranking office in the state, behind the office of the governor.

List
 No.  Name  Party  Term Start  Term End  Governor(s) served under  Residence 1  Byron Diman  Law & Order   1843  1846  James FennerCharles Jackson  Bristol 2  Elisha Harris  Whig   1846  1847  Byron Diman  Coventry 3  Edward W. Lawton   1847  1849  Elisha Harris  Newport 4  Thomas Whipple   1849  1851  Henry B. Anthony  Coventry 5  William Beach Lawrence  Democratic  1851  1852  Philip Allen  Newport 6  Samuel G. Arnold  Whig  1852  1853  Philip Allen  Providence 7  Francis M. Dimond  Democratic  1853  1854  himself  Bristol 8  John J. Reynolds   1854  1855  William W. Hoppin  N. Kingstown 9  Anderson C. Rose   1855  1856  William W. Hoppin  New Shoreham 10  Nicholas Brown III   1856  1857  William W. Hoppin  Warwick 11  Thomas G. Turner  Republican  1857  1859  Elisha Dyer  Warren 12  Isaac Saunders   1859  1860  Thomas G. Turner  Scituate 13  J. Russell Bullock   1860  1861  William Sprague IV  Bristol 14  Samuel G. Arnold  Democratic & Constitutional Unionist  1861  1862  William Sprague IV  Providence 15  Seth Padelford  Republican  1863  1865  William C. CozzensJames Y. Smith  Providence 16  Duncan Pell   1865  1866  James Y. Smith  Newport 17  William Greene   1866  1868  Ambrose Everett Burnside  Warwick 18  Pardon Stevens   1868  1872  Ambrose Everett BurnsideSeth Padelford  Newport 19  Charles Cutler   1872  1873  Seth Padelford  Warren 20  Charles C. Van Zandt  Republican  1873  1875  Henry Howard  Newport 21  Henry Tillinghast Sisson  Republican  1875  1877  Henry Lippitt  Little Compton 22  Albert Howard   1877  1880  Charles C. Van Zandt  E. Providence 23  Henry Fay   1880  1883  Alfred H. Littlefield  Newport 24  Oscar Rathbun   1883  1885  Augustus O. Bourn  Woonsocket 25  Lucius B. Darling  Republican  1885  1887  George P. Wetmore  Pawtucket 26  Samuel R. Honey   1887  1888  John W. Davis  Newport 27  Enos Lapham   1888  1889  Royal C. Taft  Warwick 28  Daniel Littlefield  Republican  1889  1890  Herbert W. Ladd  Central Falls 29  William T. C. Wardwell   1890  1891  John W. Davis  Bristol 30  Henry A. Stearns  Republican  1891  1892  Herbert W. Ladd  Lincoln 31  Melville Bull  Republican  1892  1894  D. Russell Brown  Middletown 32  Edwin Allen   1894  1897  D. Russell BrownCharles W. Lippitt  Hopkinton 33  Aram J. Pothier  Republican  1897  1898  Elisha Dyer, Jr.  Woonsocket 34  William Gregory  Republican  1898  1900  Elisha Dyer, Jr.  N. Kingstown 35  Charles D. Kimball  Republican  1900  1901  William Gregory  Providence 36  George L. Shepley  Republican  1902  1903  Charles D. Kimball  Providence 37  Adelard Archambault  Democratic  1903  1904  Lucius F. C. Garvin  Woonsocket 38  George H. Utter  Republican  1904  1905  Lucius F. C. Garvin  Westerly 39  Frederick H. Jackson  Republican  1905  1908  George H. Utter  Providence 40  Ralph Watrous  Republican  1908  1909  James H. Higgins  Warwick 41  Arthur W. Dennis  Republican  1909  1910  Aram J. Pothier  Providence 42  Zenas Work Bliss  Republican  1910  1913  Aram J. Pothier  Cranston 43  Rosewell Burchard  Republican  1913  1915  Aram J. Pothier  L. Compton 44  Emery J. San Souci  Republican  1915  1921  R. Livingston Beeckman  Providence 45  Harold Gross  Republican  1921  1923  Emery J. San Souci  Providence 46  Felix A. Toupin  Democratic  1923  1925  William S. Flynn  Lincoln 47  Nathaniel W. Smith  Republican  1925  1927  Aram J. Pothier  S. Kingstown 48  Norman S. Case  Republican  1927  1928  Aram J. Pothier  Providence 49  James G. Connelly  Republican  1929  1933  Norman S. Case  Pawtucket 50  Robert E. Quinn  Democratic  1933  1937  Theodore Francis Green  W. Warwick 51  Raymond E. Jordan  Democratic  1937  1939  Robert E. Quinn  Pawtucket 52  James O. McManus  Republican  1939  1941  William Henry Vanderbilt III  W. Warwick 53  Louis W. Cappelli  Democratic  1941  1944  J. Howard McGrath  Providence 54  John O. Pastore  Democratic  1945  1945  J. Howard McGrath  Providence 55  John S. McKiernan  Democratic  1945  1957  John O. PastorehimselfDennis J. Roberts  Providence 56  Armand H. Cote  Democratic  1957  1959  Dennis J. Roberts  Pawtucket 57  John A. Notte, Jr.  Democratic  1959  1961  Christopher Del Sesto  Providence 58  Edward P. Gallogly  Democratic  1961  1965  John A. Notte, Jr.John Chafee  Providence 59  Giovanni Folcarelli  Democratic  1965  1967  John Chafee  Scituate 60  Joseph O'Donnell, Jr.  Republican  1967  1969  John Chafee  N. Smithfield 61  J. Joseph Garrahy  Democratic  1969  1977  Frank LichtPhilip W. Noel  Providence 62  Thomas R. DiLuglio  Democratic  1977  1985  J. Joseph Garrahy  Johnston 63  Richard A. Licht  Democratic  1985  1989  Edward D. DiPrete  Providence 64  Roger N. Begin  Democratic  1989  1993  Edward D. DiPreteBruce Sundlun  Woonsocket 65  Robert Weygand  Democratic  1993  1997  Bruce SundlunLincoln C. Almond  E. Providence 66  Bernard Jackvony  Republican  1997  1999  Lincoln C. Almond  E. Greenwich 67  Charles J. Fogarty  Democratic  1999  2007  Lincoln C. AlmondDonald Carcieri  Glocester 68  Elizabeth H. Roberts  Democratic  2007  2015  Donald CarcieriLincoln Chafee  Cranston 69  Daniel McKee  Democratic  2015  2021  Gina Raimondo  Cumberland 70  Sabina Matos  Democratic  2021  present  Daniel McKee  Providence

Trivia
During the 2010 elections, the Cool Moose Party candidate Bob Healey ran as Lieutenant Governor wanting to officially abolish the office he was running for.

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