Daniel J. McKee was sworn in as the 76th Governor of Rhode Island on March 2, 2021. As lieutenant governor from 2015 to 2021, Dan focused on creating more economic…

Gina M. Raimondo, the 75th Governor of Rhode Island and its first woman governor, grew up in Smithfield in a tight-knit Italian-American family, the youngest of Joseph and Josephine Raimondo's…

NICHOLAS COOKE was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He was a shipmaster and manufacturer and acquired landholdings in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Cooke won election six times between 1752…

Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, WILLIAM GREENE JR. became a surveyor. He served as a Deputy in the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1744 and from 1776 to 1778 and…

JOHN COLLINS was born in Newport, Rhode Island. A businessman, he was a member of the Rhode Island General Assembly in 1774 and was reelected to the House of Assistants…

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, ARTHUR FENNER was a prosperous merchant. He was a clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Providence for many years. He became a political…

HENRY SMITH was born in Providence, Rhode Island. As President of the Rhode Island Senate, he became acting governor upon the death of Arthur Fenner. He relinquished the office to…

ISAAC WILBOUR was born in Little Compton, Rhode Island. He was elected to the Rhode Island General Assembly at the age of eighteen, served as Speaker of the Assembly four…

JAMES FENNER was born in Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of Brown University, he served in the Rhode Island General Assembly and then in the U.S. Senate, from which he…

WILLIAM JONES was born in Newport, Rhode Island. A participant in the Revolutionary War, he was commissioned as Captain of Marines on board the Providence as the war was coming to an…