List of Governors of Rhode Island

List of Rhode Island Governors

• Nicholas Cooke None 1775–1778
• William Greene None 1778–1786
• John Collins None 1786–1790
• Arthur Fenner Anti-Federalist 1790–1805
• Henry Smith Unknown 1805–1806
• Isaac Wilbur Unknown 1806–1807
• James Fenner Dem.-Rep. 1807–1811
• William Jones Federalist 1811–1817
• Nehemiah R. Knight Dem.-Rep. 1817–1821
• William C. Gibbs Dem.-Rep. 1821–1824
• James Fenner Dem.-Rep. 1824–1831
• Lemuel H. Arnold Nat. Rep. 1831–1833
• John Brown Francis Democratic 1833–1838
• William Sprague Democratic 1838–1839
• Samuel Ward King Rhode Island Party 1840–1843
• James Fenner Law and Order 1843–1845
• Charles Jackson Liberation 1845–1846
• Byron Diman Law and Order 1846–1847
• Elisha Harris Whig 1847–1849
• Henry B. Anthony Whig 1849–1851
• Philip Allen Democratic 1851–1853
• Francis M. Dimond Democratic 1853–1854
• William W. Hoppin Whig and Know-Nothing 1854–1857
• Elisha Dyer Republican 1857–1859
• Thomas G. Turner Republican 1859–1860
• William Sprague Democratic & Conservative 1860–1863
• William C. Cozzens Democratic 1863–1863
• James Y. Smith Republican 1863–1866
• Ambrose Everett Burnside Republican 1866–1869
• Seth Padelford Republican 1869–1873
• Henry Howard Republican 1873–1875
• Henry Lippitt Republican 1875–1877
• Charles C. Van Zandt Republican 1877–1880
• Alfred H. Littlefield Republican 1880–1883
• Augustus O. Bourn Republican 1883–1885
• George P. Wetmore Republican 1885–1887
• John W. Davis Democratic 1887–1888
• Royal C. Taft Republican 1888–1889
• Herbert W. Ladd Republican 1889–1890
• John W. Davis Democratic 1890–1891
• Herbert W. Ladd Republican 1891–1892
• D. Russell Brown Republican 1892–1895
• Charles W. Lippitt Republican 1895–1897
• Elisha Dyer Republican 1897–1900
• William Gregory Republican 1900–1901
• Charles D. Kimball Republican 1901–1903
• Lucius F. C. Garvin Democratic 1903–1905
• George H. Utter Republican 1905–1907
• James H. Higgins Democratic 1907–1909
• Aram J. Pothier Republican 1909–1915
• R. Livingston Beeckman Republican 1915–1921
• Emery J. San Souci Republican 1921–1923
• William S. Flynn Democratic 1923–1925
• Aram J. Pothier Republican 1925–1928
• Norman S. Case Republican 1928–1933
• Theodore Francis Green Democratic 1933–1937
• Robert E. Quinn Democratic 1937–1939
• William Henry Vanderbilt III Republican 1939–1941
• J. Howard McGrath Democratic 1941–1945
• John Orlando Pastore Democratic 1945–1950
• John S. McKiernan Democratic 1950–1951
• Dennis J. Roberts Democratic 1951–1959
• Christopher Del Sesto Republican 1959–1961
• John A. Notte, Jr. Democratic 1961–1963
• John Hubbard Chafee Republican 1963–1969
• Frank Licht Democratic 1969–1973
• Philip W. Noel Democratic 1973–1977
• J. Joseph Garrahy Democratic 1977–1985
• Edward D. DiPrete Republican 1985–1991
• Bruce Sundlun Democratic 1991–1995
• Lincoln C. Almond Republican 1995–2003
• Donald Carcieri Republican 2003-