View a list of Rhode Island governors since 1775
Governor Nicholas Cooke
Term: 1775 - 1778
Party: No Party
Governor William Greene
Term: 1778 - 1786
Party: No Party
Governor John Collins
Term: 1786 - 1790
Party: No Party
Governor Arthur Fenner
Term: 1790 - 1805
Party: Country
Governor Henry Smith
Term: 1805 - 1806
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor Isaac Wilbour
Term: 1806 - 1807
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor James Fenner
Term: 1807 - 1811
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor William Jones
Term: 1811 - 1817
Party: Federalist
Governor Nehemiah Rice Knight
Term: 1817 - 1821
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor Edward Wilcox
Term: 1821 - 1821
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor William Channing Gibbs
Term: 1821 - 1824
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor James Fenner
Term: 1824 - 1831
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor Lemuel Hastings Arnold
Term: 1831 - 1833
Party: National Republican
Governor John Brown Francis
Term: 1833 - 1838
Party: Democratic-Republican
Governor William Sprague
Term: 1838 - 1839
Party: Whig
Governor Samuel King
Term: 1839 - 1843
Party: Whig
Governor James Fenner
Term: 1843 - 1845
Party: Law & Order
Governor Charles Jackson
Term: 1845 - 1846
Party: Whig
Governor Byron Diman
Term: 1846 - 1847
Party: Whig
Governor Elisha Harris
Term: 1847 - 1849
Party: Whig
Governor Henry Bowen Anthony
Term: 1849 - 1851
Party: Whig
Governor Phillip Allen
Term: 1851 - 1853
Party: Democratic
Governor Francis M. Dimond
Term: 1853 - 1854
Party: Democratic
Governor William Warner Hoppin
Term: 1854 - 1880
Party: Whig
Governor Elisha Dyer Sr.
Term: 1857 - 1859
Party: Republican
Governor Thomas Goodwin Turner
Term: 1859 - 1860
Party: Republican
Governor William Sprague
Term: 1860 - 1863
Party: Republican
Governor William Cole Cozzens
Term: 1863 - 1863
Party: Democratic
Governor James Youngs Smith
Term: 1863 - 1866
Party: Republican
Governor Ambrose Everett Burnside
Term: 1866 - 1869
Party: Republican
Governor Seth Padelford
Term: 1869 - 1873
Party: Republican
Governor Henry Howard
Term: 1873 - 1875
Party: Republican
Governor Henry Lippitt
Term: 1875 - 1877
Party: Republican
Governor Charles Collins Van Zandt
Term: 1877 - 1880
Party: Republican
Governor Alfred Henry Littlefield
Term: 1880 - 1883
Party: Republican
Governor Augustus Osborn Bourn
Term: 1883 - 1885
Party: Republican
Governor George Peabody Wetmore
Term: 1885 - 1887
Party: Republican
Governor William Davis
Term: 1887 - 1888
Party: Democratic
Governor Royal Chapin Taft
Term: 1888 - 1889
Party: Republican
Governor Herbert Warren Ladd
Term: 1889 - 1890
Party: Republican
Governor John William Davis
Term: 1890 - 1891
Party: Democratic
Governor Herbert Warren Ladd
Term: 1891 - 1892
Party: Republican
Governor Daniel Russell Brown
Term: 1892 - 1895
Party: Republican
Governor
Charles Warren Lippitt
Term: 1895 - 1897
Party: Republican
Governor
Elisha Dyer Jr.
Term: 1897 - 1900
Party: Republican
Governor William Gregory
Term: 1900 - 1901
Party: Republican
Governor Charles Dean Kimball
Term: 1901 - 1903
Party: Republican
Governor Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin
Term: 1903 - 1905
Party: Democratic
Governor George Herbert Utter
Term: 1905 - 1907
Party: Republican
Governor James Henry Higgins
Term: 1907 - 1909
Party: Democratic
Governor Aram Pothier
Term: 1909 - 1915
Party: Republican
Governor Robert Livingston Beeckman
Term: 1915 - 1921
Party: Republican
Governor Emery J. San Souci
Term: 1921 - 1923
Party: Republican
Governor William Smith Flynn
Term: 1923 - 1925
Party: Democratic
Governor Aram Pothier
Term: 1925 - 1928
Party: Republican
Governor Norman Stanley Case
Term: 1928 - 1933
Party: Republican
Governor Theodore Francis Green
Term: 1933 - 1937
Party: Democratic
Governor Robert Emmet Quinn
Term: 1937 - 1939
Party: Democratic
Governor William Henry Vanderbilt
Term: 1939 - 1941
Party: Republican
Governor James Howard McGrath
Term: 1941 - 1945
Party: Democratic
Governor John Orlando Pastore
Term: 1945 - 1950
Party: Democratic
Governor John Sammon McKiernan
Term: 1950 - 1951
Party: Democratic
Governor Dennis Joseph Roberts
Term: 1951 - 1959
Party: Democratic
Governor Christopher Del Sesto
Term: 1959 - 1961
Party: Republican
Governor John A. Notte
Term: 1961 - 1963
Party: Democratic
Governor John Hubbard Chafee
Term: 1963 - 1969
Party: Republican
Governor Frank Licht
Term: 1969 - 1973
Party: Democratic
Governor Philip W. Noel
Term: 1973 - 1977
Party: Democratic
Governor J. Joseph Garrahy
Term: 1977 - 1985
Party: Democratic
Governor Edward D. DiPrete
Term: 1985 - 1991
Party: Republican
Governor Bruce G. Sundlun
Term: 1991 - 1995
Party: Democratic
Governor Lincoln Almond
Term: 1995 - 2003
Party: Republican
Governor Don Carcieri
Term: 2003 - 2011
Party: Republican
Governor Lincoln Chafee
Term: 2011 - 2015
Party: Democratic
Governor Gina Raimondo
Term: 2015 - 2021
Party: Democratic
Governor Dan McKee
Term: 2021 - Present
Party: Democratic
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