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-