No.
|
Governor
|
Term in office
|
Party
|
Election
|
Lt. Governor
[a]
[b]
|
1
|
|
|
Nicholas Cooke
(1717?1782)
[7]
|
November 7, 1775
[c]
–
May 6, 1778
(did not run)
|
None
|
1776
|
|
William Bradford
|
1777
|
2
|
|
William Greene
(1731?1809)
[10]
|
May 6, 1778
–
May 3, 1786
(lost election)
|
None
|
1778
|
Jabez Bowen
|
1779
|
1780
|
William West
|
1781
|
Jabez Bowen
|
1782
|
1783
|
1784
|
1785
|
3
|
|
John Collins
(1717?1795)
[13]
|
May 3, 1786
[14]
–
May 5, 1790
(lost election)
|
None
|
1786
|
Daniel Owen
|
1787
|
1788
|
1789
|
4
|
|
|
Arthur Fenner
(1745?1805)
[16]
|
May 5, 1790
[17]
–
October 15, 1805
(died in office)
|
Country
|
1790
|
Samuel J. Potter
|
1791
|
1792
|
1793
|
1794
|
1795
|
1796
|
1797
|
1798
|
1799
|
George Brown
|
1800
|
Samuel J. Potter
|
1801
|
1802
|
1803
|
Paul Mumford
(died July 20, 1805)
|
1804
|
1805
|
Vacant
|
5
|
|
|
Henry Smith
(1766?1818)
[19]
|
October 15, 1805
–
May 7, 1806
(lost election)
|
Democratic-
Republican
[d]
|
Succeeded from
president of
the Senate
[e]
|
6
|
|
Isaac Wilbour
(1763?1837)
[20]
|
May 7, 1806
[21]
–
May 6, 1807
(successor took office)
[f]
|
Democratic-
Republican
|
1806
[g]
|
|
Acting as governor
|
7
|
|
James Fenner
(1771?1846)
[25]
|
May 6, 1807
–
May 1, 1811
(lost election)
|
Democratic-
Republican
|
1807
|
|
Constant Taber
|
1808
|
|
Simeon Martin
|
1809
|
1810
|
|
Isaac Wilbour
|
8
|
|
|
William Jones
(1753?1822)
[27]
|
May 1, 1811
–
May 7, 1817
(lost election)
|
Federalist
|
1811
|
|
Simeon Martin
|
1812
|
1813
|
1814
|
1815
|
1816
|
Jeremiah Thurston
|
9
|
|
|
Nehemiah R. Knight
(1780?1854)
[29]
|
May 7, 1817
[30]
–
January 9, 1821
(resigned)
[h]
|
Democratic-
Republican
|
1817
|
|
Edward Wilcox
|
1818
|
1819
|
1820
|
?
|
|
Edward Wilcox
(unknown)
[33]
|
January 9, 1821
–
May 2, 1821
(did not run)
|
Democratic-
Republican
|
Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
[i]
|
Vacant
|
10
|
|
William C. Gibbs
(1787?1871)
[35]
|
May 2, 1821
[36]
–
May 5, 1824
(did not run)
|
Democratic-
Republican
|
1821
|
|
Caleb Earle
|
1822
|
1823
|
11
|
|
James Fenner
(1771?1846)
[25]
|
May 5, 1824
[37]
–
May 4, 1831
(lost election)
|
Democratic-
Republican
|
1824
|
|
Charles Collins
|
1825
|
1826
|
1827
|
1828
|
1829
|
1830
|
12
|
|
|
Lemuel H. Arnold
(1792?1852)
[39]
|
May 4, 1831
[40]
–
May 1, 1833
(lost election)
|
National
Republican
|
1831
|
1832
[j]
|
13
|
|
|
John Brown Francis
(1791?1864)
[42]
|
May 1, 1833
[43]
–
May 2, 1838
(lost election)
|
Democratic-
Republican
/
Anti-Masonic
|
1833
|
|
Jeffrey Hazard
|
|
Democratic
|
1834
|
1835
|
|
George Engs
|
1836
|
|
Jeffrey Hazard
|
1837
|
Benjamin Babock Thurston
|
14
|
|
|
William Sprague III
(1799?1856)
[46]
|
May 2, 1838
[47]
–
May 2, 1839
(lost election)
|
Whig
|
1838
|
|
Joseph Childs
|
15
|
|
Samuel Ward King
(1786?1851)
[49]
|
May 2, 1839
[50]
–
May 2, 1843
(did not run)
|
Whig
|
1839
[k]
|
Byron Diman
|
1840
|
1841
|
1842
[l]
|
16
|
|
|
James Fenner
(1771?1846)
[25]
|
May 2, 1843
[51]
–
May 6, 1845
(lost election)
|
Law and Order
|
1843
|
|
1844
|
17
|
|
|
Charles Jackson
(1797?1876)
[53]
|
May 6, 1845
[54]
–
May 6, 1846
(lost election)
|
Liberation
|
1845
|
18
|
|
|
Byron Diman
(1795?1865)
[56]
|
May 6, 1846
[57]
–
May 4, 1847
(did not run)
|
Law and Order
|
1846
|
Elisha Harris
|
19
|
|
|
Elisha Harris
(1791?1861)
[59]
|
May 4, 1847
[60]
–
May 1, 1849
(did not run)
|
Whig
|
1847
|
|
Edward W. Lawton
|
1848
|
20
|
|
Henry B. Anthony
(1815?1884)
[62]
|
May 1, 1849
[63]
–
May 6, 1851
(did not run)
|
Whig
|
1849
|
Thomas Whipple
|
1850
|
21
|
|
|
Philip Allen
(1785?1865)
[65]
|
May 6, 1851
[66]
–
July 20, 1853
(resigned)
[m]
|
Democratic
|
1851
|
|
William Beach Lawrence
|
1852
|
|
Samuel G. Arnold
|
1853
|
|
Francis M. Dimond
|
22
|
|
Francis M. Dimond
(1796?1859)
[68]
|
July 20, 1853
[69]
–
May 2, 1854
(lost election)
|
Democratic
|
Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
|
Vacant
|
23
|
|
|
William W. Hoppin
(1807?1890)
[71]
|
May 2, 1854
[72]
–
May 26, 1857
(did not run)
|
Whig
[n]
|
1854
|
|
John J. Reynolds
|
1855
|
|
Anderson C. Rose
|
1856
|
Nicholas Brown III
|
24
|
|
|
Elisha Dyer
(1811?1890)
[77]
|
May 26, 1857
[78]
–
May 31, 1859
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1857
|
|
Thomas G. Turner
|
1858
|
25
|
|
Thomas G. Turner
(1810?1875)
[80]
|
May 31, 1859
[81]
–
May 29, 1860
(lost nomination)
[o]
|
Republican
|
1859
|
|
Isaac Saunders
|
26
|
|
|
William Sprague IV
(1830?1915)
[83]
|
May 29, 1860
[84]
–
March 3, 1863
(resigned)
[p]
|
Democratic
[q]
|
1860
|
|
J. Russell Bullock
|
1861
|
1862
|
Samuel G. Arnold
(resigned December 1, 1862)
|
Vacant
|
27
|
|
William C. Cozzens
(1811?1876)
[86]
|
March 3, 1863
[87]
–
May 26, 1863
(lost election)
|
Democratic
|
Succeeded from
president of
the Senate
[r]
|
28
|
|
|
James Y. Smith
(1809?1876)
[89]
|
May 26, 1863
–
May 29, 1866
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1863
|
|
Seth Padelford
|
1864
|
1865
|
|
Duncan Pell
|
29
|
|
Ambrose Burnside
(1824?1881)
[91]
|
May 29, 1866
[92]
–
May 25, 1869
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1866
|
|
William Greene
|
1867
|
1868
|
Pardon Stevens
|
30
|
|
Seth Padelford
(1807?1878)
[94]
|
May 25, 1869
[95]
–
May 27, 1873
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1869
|
1870
|
1871
|
1872
|
|
Charles Cutler
|
31
|
|
Henry Howard
(1826?1905)
[97]
|
May 27, 1873
[98]
–
May 25, 1875
(did not run)
|
Republican
[s]
|
1873
|
|
Charles C. Van Zandt
|
1874
|
32
|
|
Henry Lippitt
(1818?1891)
[100]
|
May 25, 1875
[101]
–
May 29, 1877
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1875
|
Henry Tillinghast Sisson
|
1876
|
33
|
|
Charles C. Van Zandt
(1830?1894)
[103]
|
May 29, 1877
[104]
–
May 25, 1880
(did not run)
|
Republican
[t]
|
1877
|
Albert Howard
|
1878
|
1879
|
34
|
|
Alfred H. Littlefield
(1829?1893)
[106]
|
May 25, 1880
[107]
–
May 29, 1883
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1880
|
Henry Fay
|
1881
|
1882
|
35
|
|
Augustus O. Bourn
(1834?1925)
[109]
|
May 29, 1883
[110]
–
May 26, 1885
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1883
|
Oscar Rathbun
|
1884
|
36
|
|
George P. Wetmore
(1846?1921)
[112]
|
May 26, 1885
[113]
–
May 31, 1887
(lost election)
|
Republican
|
1885
|
Lucius B. Darling
|
1886
|
37
|
|
|
John W. Davis
(1826?1907)
[115]
|
May 31, 1887
[116]
–
May 29, 1888
(lost election)
|
Democratic
|
1887
|
|
Samuel R. Honey
|
38
|
|
|
Royal C. Taft
(1823?1912)
[118]
|
May 29, 1888
[119]
–
May 28, 1889
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1888
|
|
Enos Lapham
|
39
|
|
Herbert W. Ladd
(1843?1913)
[121]
|
May 28, 1889
[122]
–
May 27, 1890
(lost election)
|
Republican
|
1889
|
Daniel Littlefield
|
40
|
|
|
John W. Davis
(1826?1907)
[115]
|
May 27, 1890
[123]
–
May 26, 1891
(lost election)
|
Democratic
|
1890
|
|
William T. C. Wardwell
|
41
|
|
|
Herbert W. Ladd
(1843?1913)
[121]
|
May 26, 1891
[124]
–
May 31, 1892
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1891
|
|
Henry A. Stearns
|
42
|
|
Daniel Russell Brown
(1848?1919)
[126]
|
May 31, 1892
[127]
–
May 29, 1895
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1892
|
Melville Bull
|
1893
|
1894
|
Edwin Allen
|
43
|
|
Charles W. Lippitt
(1846?1924)
[129]
|
May 29, 1895
[130]
–
May 25, 1897
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1895
|
1896
|
44
|
|
Elisha Dyer Jr.
(1839?1906)
[132]
|
May 25, 1897
[133]
–
May 29, 1900
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1897
|
Aram J. Pothier
|
1898
|
William Gregory
|
1899
|
45
|
|
William Gregory
(1849?1901)
[135]
|
May 29, 1900
[136]
–
December 16, 1901
(died in office)
|
Republican
|
1900
|
Charles D. Kimball
|
46
|
|
Charles D. Kimball
(1859?1930)
[138]
|
December 16, 1901
[139]
–
January 6, 1903
(lost election)
|
Republican
|
Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
|
Vacant
|
1901
[u]
|
|
George L. Shepley
(elected February 18, 1902)
|
47
|
|
|
Lucius F. C. Garvin
(1841?1922)
[141]
|
January 6, 1903
[142]
–
January 3, 1905
(lost election)
|
Democratic
|
1902
|
|
Adelard Archambault
|
1903
|
|
George H. Utter
|
48
|
|
|
George H. Utter
(1854?1912)
[144]
|
January 3, 1905
[145]
–
January 1, 1907
(lost election)
|
Republican
|
1904
|
Frederick H. Jackson
|
1905
|
49
|
|
|
James H. Higgins
(1876?1927)
[147]
|
January 1, 1907
[148]
–
January 5, 1909
(did not run)
|
Democratic
|
1906
|
1907
|
Ralph Watrous
|
50
|
|
|
Aram J. Pothier
(1854?1928)
[150]
|
January 5, 1909
[151]
–
January 5, 1915
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1908
|
Arthur W. Dennis
|
1909
|
Emery J. San Souci
|
1910
|
1911
|
1912
|
Rosewell Burchard
|
51
|
|
Robert Livingston Beeckman
(1866?1935)
[153]
|
January 5, 1915
[154]
–
January 4, 1921
(did not run)
|
Republican
|
1914
|
Emery J. San Souci
|
1916
|
1918
|
52
|
|
Emery J. San Souci
(1857?1936)
[156]
|
January 4, 1921
[157]
–
January 2, 1923
(lost nomination)
[v]
|
Republican
|
1920
|
Harold Gross
|
53
|
|
|
William S. Flynn
(1885?1966)
[160]
|
January 2, 1923
[161]
–
January 6, 1925
(did not run)
[w]
|
Democratic
|
1922
|
|
Felix A. Toupin
|
54
|
|
|
Aram J. Pothier
(1854?1928)
[150]
|
January 6, 1925
[162]
–
February 4, 1928
(died in office)
|
Republican
|
1924
|
|
Nathaniel W. Smith
|
1926
|
Norman S. Case
|
55
|
|
Norman S. Case
(1888?1967)
[164]
|
February 4, 1928
[165]
–
January 3, 1933
(lost election)
|
Republican
|
Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
|
Vacant
|
1928
|
|
James G. Connelly
|
1930
|
56
|
|
|
Theodore F. Green
(1867?1966)
[167]
|
January 3, 1933
[168]
–
January 5, 1937
(did not run)
[x]
|
Democratic
|
1932
|
|
Robert E. Quinn
|
1934
|
57
|
|
Robert E. Quinn
(1894?1975)
[170]
|
January 5, 1937
[171]
–
January 3, 1939
(lost election)
|
Democratic
|
1936
|
Raymond E. Jordan
|
58
|
|
|
William Henry Vanderbilt III
(1901?1981)
[173]
|
January 3, 1939
[174]
–
January 7, 1941
(lost election)
|
Republican
|
1938
|
|
James O. McManus
|
59
|
|
|
J. Howard McGrath
(1903?1966)
[176]
|
January 7, 1941
[177]
–
October 6, 1945
(resigned)
[y]
|
Democratic
|
1940
|
|
Louis W. Cappelli
|
1942
|
1944
|
John Pastore
|
60
|
|
John Pastore
(1907?2000)
[179]
|
October 6, 1945
[180]
–
December 19, 1950
(resigned)
[z]
|
Democratic
|
Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
|
John S. McKiernan
|
1946
|
1948
|
61
|
|
John S. McKiernan
(1911?1997)
[182]
|
December 19, 1950
[183]
–
January 2, 1951
(successor took office)
|
Democratic
|
Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
|
Vacant
|
62
|
|
Dennis J. Roberts
(1903?1994)
[185]
|
January 2, 1951
[186]
–
January 6, 1959
(lost election)
|
Democratic
|
1950
|
|
John S. McKiernan
|
1952
|
1954
|
1956
|
Armand H. Cote
|
63
|
|
|
Christopher Del Sesto
(1907?1973)
[188]
|
January 6, 1959
[189]
–
January 3, 1961
(lost election)
|
Republican
|
1958
|
John A. Notte Jr.
|
64
|
|
|
John A. Notte Jr.
(1909?1983)
[191]
|
January 3, 1961
[192]
–
January 1, 1963
(lost election)
|
Democratic
|
1960
|
Edward P. Gallogly
|
65
|
|
|
John Chafee
(1922?1999)
[194]
|
January 1, 1963
[195]
–
January 7, 1969
(lost election)
|
Republican
|
1962
|
1964
|
Giovanni Folcarelli
|
1966
|
|
Joseph O'Donnell Jr.
|
66
|
|
|
Frank Licht
(1916?1987)
[197]
|
January 7, 1969
[198]
–
January 2, 1973
(did not run)
|
Democratic
|
1968
|
|
J. Joseph Garrahy
|
1970
|
67
|
|
Philip Noel
(
b.
1931)
[200]
|
January 2, 1973
[201]
–
January 4, 1977
(did not run)
|
Democratic
|
1972
|
1974
|
68
|
|
J. Joseph Garrahy
(1930?2012)
[203]
|
January 4, 1977
[204]
–
January 1, 1985
(did not run)
|
Democratic
[203]
|
1976
|
Thomas R. DiLuglio
|
1978
|
1980
|
1982
|
69
|
|
|
Edward D. DiPrete
(
b.
1934)
[205]
|
January 1, 1985
[206]
–
January 1, 1991
(lost election)
|
Republican
[205]
|
1984
|
Richard A. Licht
|
1986
|
1988
|
Roger N. Begin
|
70
|
|
|
Bruce Sundlun
(1920?2011)
[207]
|
January 1, 1991
[208]
–
January 3, 1995
(lost nomination)
[aa]
|
Democratic
[207]
|
1990
|
1992
|
Robert Weygand
|
71
|
|
|
Lincoln Almond
(1936?2023)
[210]
|
January 3, 1995
[211]
–
January 7, 2003
(term-limited)
[ab]
|
Republican
[210]
|
1994
|
|
Bernard Jackvony
|
1998
|
|
Charles J. Fogarty
|
72
|
|
Donald Carcieri
(
b.
1942)
[213]
|
January 7, 2003
[214]
–
January 4, 2011
(term-limited)
[ab]
|
Republican
[213]
|
2002
|
2006
|
Elizabeth H. Roberts
|
73
|
|
|
Lincoln Chafee
(
b.
1953)
[215]
|
January 4, 2011
[216]
–
January 6, 2015
(did not run)
|
Independent
[ac]
|
2010
|
74
|
|
|
Gina Raimondo
(
b.
1971)
[218]
|
January 6, 2015
–
March 2, 2021
(resigned)
[ad]
|
Democratic
[218]
|
2014
|
Dan McKee
|
2018
|
75
|
|
Dan McKee
(
b.
1951)
[220]
|
March 2, 2021
[221]
–
Incumbent
[ae]
|
Democratic
[220]
|
Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor
|
Sabina Matos
|
2022
|