Former Governors - Rhode Island

Governor's Name State Time in Office Party
Gov. Gina Raimondo Rhode Island 2019 - 2021
2015 - 2018
Democratic
Gov. Lincoln Chafee Rhode Island 2011 - 2015
Democratic
Gov. Don Carcieri Rhode Island 2003 - 2011
Republican
Gov. Lincoln Almond Rhode Island 1995 - 2003
Republican
Gov. Bruce G. Sundlun Rhode Island 1991 - 1995
Democratic
Gov. Edward D. DiPrete Rhode Island 1985 - 1991
Republican
Gov. J. Joseph Garrahy Rhode Island 1977 - 1985
Democratic
Gov. Philip W. Noel Rhode Island 1973 - 1977
Democratic
Gov. Frank Licht Rhode Island 1969 - 1973
Democratic
Gov. John Hubbard Chafee Rhode Island 1963 - 1969
Republican
Gov. John A. Notte Rhode Island 1961 - 1963
Democratic
Gov. Christopher Del Sesto Rhode Island 1959 - 1961
Republican
Gov. Dennis Joseph Roberts Rhode Island 1951 - 1959
Gov. John Sammon McKiernan Rhode Island 1950 - 1951
Gov. John Orlando Pastore Rhode Island 1945 - 1950
Democratic
Gov. James Howard McGrath Rhode Island 1941 - 1945
Democratic
Gov. William Henry Vanderbilt Rhode Island 1939 - 1941
Republican
Gov. Robert Emmet Quinn Rhode Island 1937 - 1939
Democratic
Gov. Theodore Francis Green Rhode Island 1933 - 1937
Democratic
Gov. Norman Stanley Case Rhode Island 1928 - 1933
Republican
Gov. Aram Pothier Rhode Island 1925 - 1928
1909 - 1915
Republican
Gov. William Smith Flynn Rhode Island 1923 - 1925
Democratic
Gov. Emery J. San Souci Rhode Island 1921 - 1923
Republican
Gov. Robert Livingston Beeckman Rhode Island 1915 - 1921
Republican
Gov. James Henry Higgins Rhode Island 1907 - 1909
Democratic
Gov. Henry Smith Rhode Island 1905 - 1806
Gov. George Herbert Utter Rhode Island 1905 - 1907
Republican
Gov. Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin Rhode Island 1903 - 1905
Democratic
Gov. Charles Dean Kimball Rhode Island 1901 - 1903
Republican
Gov. William Gregory Rhode Island 1900 - 1901
Republican
Gov. Elisha Dyer Jr. Rhode Island 1897 - 1900
Republican
Gov. Charles Warren Lippitt Rhode Island 1895 - 1897
Republican
Gov. Daniel Russell Brown Rhode Island 1892 - 1895
Republican
Gov. Herbert Warren Ladd Rhode Island 1891 - 1892
1889 - 1890
Republican
Gov. John William Davis Rhode Island 1890 - 1891
1887 - 1888
Democratic
Gov. Royal Chapin Taft Rhode Island 1888 - 1889
Republican
Gov. George Peabody Wetmore Rhode Island 1885 - 1887
Republican
Gov. Augustus Osborn Bourn Rhode Island 1883 - 1885
Republican
Gov. Alfred Henry Littlefield Rhode Island 1880 - 1883
Republican
Gov. Charles Collins Van Zandt Rhode Island 1877 - 1880
Republican
Gov. Henry Lippitt Rhode Island 1875 - 1877
Republican
Gov. Henry Howard Rhode Island 1873 - 1875
Republican
Gov. Seth Padelford Rhode Island 1869 - 1873
Republican
Gov. Ambrose Everett Burnside Rhode Island 1866 - 1869
Republican
Gov. James Youngs Smith Rhode Island 1863 - 1866
Republican
Gov. William Cole Cozzens Rhode Island 1863 - 1863
Democratic
Gov. William Sprague Rhode Island 1860 - 1863
Republican
Gov. Thomas Goodwin Turner Rhode Island 1859 - 1860
Republican
Gov. Elisha Dyer Sr. Rhode Island 1857 - 1859
Republican
Gov. William Warner Hoppin Rhode Island 1854 - 1880
AP
Gov. Francis M. Dimond Rhode Island 1853 - 1854
Gov. Phillip Allen Rhode Island 1851 - 1853
DFS
Gov. Henry Bowen Anthony Rhode Island 1849 - 1851
Whig
Gov. Elisha Harris Rhode Island 1847 - 1849
Whig
Gov. Byron Diman Rhode Island 1846 - 1847
Whig
Gov. Charles Jackson Rhode Island 1845 - 1846
Whig
Gov. James Fenner Rhode Island 1843 - 1845
1824 - 1831
1807 - 1811
F-R; Whig
Gov. Samuel King Rhode Island 1839 - 1843
Whig
Gov. William Sprague Rhode Island 1838 - 1839
Whig
Gov. John Brown Francis Rhode Island 1833 - 1838
Democratic-Republican
Gov. Lemuel Hastings Arnold Rhode Island 1831 - 1833
Gov. William Channing Gibbs Rhode Island 1821 - 1824
Gov. William Channing Gibbs Rhode Island 1821 - 1824
Gov. Edward Cox Rhode Island 1821 - 1821
Gov. Nehemiah Rice Knight Rhode Island 1817 - 1821
F-R
Gov. William Jones Rhode Island 1811 - 1817
F-R
Gov. Isaac Wilbour Rhode Island 1806 - 1807
Gov. Arthur Fenner Rhode Island 1790 - 1805
F-R
Gov. John Collins Rhode Island 1786 - 1790
Democratic-Republican
Gov. William Greene Rhode Island 1778 - 1786
Gov. Nicholas Cooke Rhode Island 1775 - 1778

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