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 H. Vanderbilt 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-