Historical Record
Previous Governors of Rhode Island
Governors who previously held office in Rhode Island, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesDan McKeeDemocrat2021–2027
Gina RaimondoDemocrat2015–2021
Lincoln ChafeeDemocrat2011–2015
Donald CarcieriRepublican2003–2011
Lincoln AlmondRepublican1995–2003
Bruce SundlunDemocrat1991–1995
Edward D. DiPreteRepublican1985–1991
J. Joseph GarrahyDemocrat1977–1985
Philip NoelDemocrat1973–1977
Frank LichtDemocrat1969–1973
John ChafeeRepublican1963–1969
John A. Notte Jr.Democrat1961–1963
Christopher Del SestoRepublican1959–1961
Dennis J. RobertsDemocrat1951–1959
John S. McKiernanDemocrat1950–1951
John PastoreDemocrat1945–1950
J. Howard McGrathDemocrat1941–1945
William Henry Vanderbilt IIIRepublican1939–1941
Robert E. QuinnDemocrat1937–1939
Theodore F. GreenDemocrat1933–1937
Norman S. CaseRepublican1928–1933
Aram J. PothierRepublican1925–1928
William S. FlynnDemocrat1923–1925
Emery J. San SouciRepublican1921–1923
Robert Livingston BeeckmanRepublican1915–1921
Aram J. PothierRepublican1909–1915
James H. HigginsDemocrat1907–1909
George H. UtterRepublican1905–1907
Lucius F. C. GarvinDemocrat1903–1905
Charles D. KimballRepublican1901–1903
William GregoryRepublican1900–1901
Elisha Dyer Jr.Republican1897–1900
Charles W. LippittRepublican1895–1897
Daniel Russell BrownRepublican1892–1895
Herbert W. LaddRepublican1891–1892
John W. DavisDemocrat1890–1891
Herbert W. LaddRepublican1889–1890
Royal C. TaftRepublican1888–1889
John W. DavisDemocrat1887–1888
George P. WetmoreRepublican1885–1887
Augustus O. BournRepublican1883–1885
Alfred H. LittlefieldRepublican1880–1883
Charles C. Van ZandtRepublican1877–1880
Henry LippittRepublican1875–1877
Henry HowardRepublican1873–1875
Seth PadelfordRepublican1869–1873
Ambrose BurnsideRepublican1866–1869
James Y. SmithRepublican1863–1866
William C. CozzensDemocrat1863–1863
William Sprague IVDemocrat1860–1863
Thomas G. TurnerRepublican1859–1860
Elisha DyerRepublican1857–1859
William W. HoppinRepublican1854–1857
Francis M. DimondDemocrat1853–1854
Philip AllenDemocrat1851–1853
Henry B. AnthonyIndependent1849–1851
Elisha HarrisIndependent1847–1849
Byron DimanIndependent1846–1847
Charles JacksonIndependent1845–1846
James FennerIndependent1843–1845
Samuel Ward KingIndependent1839–1843
William Sprague IIIIndependent1838–1839
John Brown FrancisIndependent1833–1838
Lemuel H. ArnoldIndependent1831–1833
James FennerIndependent1824–1831
William C. GibbsIndependent1821–1824
Edward WilcoxIndependent1821–1821
Nehemiah R. KnightIndependent1817–1821
William JonesIndependent1811–1817
James FennerIndependent1807–1811
Isaac WilbourIndependent1806–1807
Henry SmithIndependent1805–1806
Arthur FennerIndependent1790–1805
John CollinsIndependent1786–1790
William GreeneIndependent1778–1786
Nicholas CookeIndependent1775–1778