List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island
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The office of lieutenant governor of Rhode Island is held by Sabina Matos, who was sworn in on April 14, 2021, after Daniel McKee went from Lieutenant Governor to Governor. The office is the second highest-ranking office in the state, behind the office of the governor.
List
No. | Name | Party | Term Start | Term End | Governor(s) served under | Residence |
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1 | Byron Diman | Law & Order | 1843 | 1846 | James Fenner Charles Jackson |
Bristol |
2 | Elisha Harris | Whig | 1846 | 1847 | Byron Diman | Coventry |
3 | Edward W. Lawton | 1847 | 1849 | Elisha Harris | Newport | |
4 | Thomas Whipple | 1849 | 1851 | Henry B. Anthony | Coventry | |
5 | William Beach Lawrence | Democratic | 1851 | 1852 | Philip Allen | Newport |
6 | Samuel G. Arnold | Whig | 1852 | 1853 | Philip Allen | Providence |
7 | Francis M. Dimond | Democratic | 1853 | 1854 | himself | Bristol |
8 | John J. Reynolds | 1854 | 1855 | William W. Hoppin | N. Kingstown | |
9 | Anderson C. Rose | 1855 | 1856 | William W. Hoppin | New Shoreham | |
10 | Nicholas Brown III | 1856 | 1857 | William W. Hoppin | Warwick | |
11 | Thomas G. Turner | Republican | 1857 | 1859 | Elisha Dyer | Warren |
12 | Isaac Saunders | 1859 | 1860 | Thomas G. Turner | Scituate | |
13 | J. Russell Bullock | 1860 | 1861 | William Sprague IV | Bristol | |
14 | Samuel G. Arnold | Democratic & Constitutional Unionist | 1861 | 1862 | William Sprague IV | Providence |
15 | Seth Padelford | Republican | 1863 | 1865 | William C. Cozzens James Y. Smith |
Providence |
16 | Duncan Pell | 1865 | 1866 | James Y. Smith | Newport | |
17 | William Greene | 1866 | 1868 | Ambrose Everett Burnside | Warwick | |
18 | Pardon Stevens | 1868 | 1872 | Ambrose Everett Burnside Seth Padelford |
Newport | |
19 | Charles Cutler | 1872 | 1873 | Seth Padelford | Warren | |
20 | Charles C. Van Zandt | Republican | 1873 | 1875 | Henry Howard | Newport |
21 | Henry Tillinghast Sisson | Republican | 1875 | 1877 | Henry Lippitt | Little Compton |
22 | Albert Howard | 1877 | 1880 | Charles C. Van Zandt | E. Providence | |
23 | Henry Fay | 1880 | 1883 | Alfred H. Littlefield | Newport | |
24 | Oscar Rathbun | 1883 | 1885 | Augustus O. Bourn | Woonsocket | |
25 | Lucius B. Darling | Republican | 1885 | 1887 | George P. Wetmore | Pawtucket |
26 | Samuel R. Honey | 1887 | 1888 | John W. Davis | Newport | |
27 | Enos Lapham | 1888 | 1889 | Royal C. Taft | Warwick | |
28 | Daniel Littlefield | Republican | 1889 | 1890 | Herbert W. Ladd | Central Falls |
29 | William T. C. Wardwell | 1890 | 1891 | John W. Davis | Bristol | |
30 | Henry A. Stearns | Republican | 1891 | 1892 | Herbert W. Ladd | Lincoln |
31 | Melville Bull | Republican | 1892 | 1894 | D. Russell Brown | Middletown |
32 | Edwin Allen | 1894 | 1897 | D. Russell Brown Charles W. Lippitt |
Hopkinton | |
33 | Aram J. Pothier | Republican | 1897 | 1898 | Elisha Dyer, Jr. | Woonsocket |
34 | William Gregory | Republican | 1898 | 1900 | Elisha Dyer, Jr. | N. Kingstown |
35 | Charles D. Kimball | Republican | 1900 | 1901 | William Gregory | Providence |
36 | George L. Shepley | Republican | 1902 | 1903 | Charles D. Kimball | Providence |
37 | Adelard Archambault | Democratic | 1903 | 1904 | Lucius F. C. Garvin | Woonsocket |
38 | George H. Utter | Republican | 1904 | 1905 | Lucius F. C. Garvin | Westerly |
39 | Frederick H. Jackson | Republican | 1905 | 1908 | George H. Utter | Providence |
40 | Ralph Watrous | Republican | 1908 | 1909 | James H. Higgins | Warwick |
41 | Arthur W. Dennis | Republican | 1909 | 1910 | Aram J. Pothier | Providence |
42 | Zenas Work Bliss | Republican | 1910 | 1913 | Aram J. Pothier | Cranston |
43 | Rosewell Burchard | Republican | 1913 | 1915 | Aram J. Pothier | L. Compton |
44 | Emery J. San Souci | Republican | 1915 | 1921 | R. Livingston Beeckman | Providence |
45 | Harold Gross | Republican | 1921 | 1923 | Emery J. San Souci | Providence |
46 | Felix A. Toupin | Democratic | 1923 | 1925 | William S. Flynn | Lincoln |
47 | Nathaniel W. Smith | Republican | 1925 | 1927 | Aram J. Pothier | S. Kingstown |
48 | Norman S. Case | Republican | 1927 | 1928 | Aram J. Pothier | Providence |
49 | James G. Connelly | Republican | 1929 | 1933 | Norman S. Case | Pawtucket |
50 | Robert E. Quinn | Democratic | 1933 | 1937 | Theodore Francis Green | W. Warwick |
51 | Raymond E. Jordan | Democratic | 1937 | 1939 | Robert E. Quinn | Pawtucket |
52 | James O. McManus | Republican | 1939 | 1941 | William Henry Vanderbilt III | W. Warwick |
53 | Louis W. Cappelli | Democratic | 1941 | 1944 | J. Howard McGrath | Providence |
54 | John O. Pastore | Democratic | 1945 | 1945 | J. Howard McGrath | Providence |
55 | John S. McKiernan | Democratic | 1945 | 1957 | John O. Pastore himself Dennis J. Roberts |
Providence |
56 | Armand H. Cote | Democratic | 1957 | 1959 | Dennis J. Roberts | Pawtucket |
57 | John A. Notte, Jr. | Democratic | 1959 | 1961 | Christopher Del Sesto | Providence |
58 | Edward P. Gallogly | Democratic | 1961 | 1965 | John A. Notte, Jr. John Chafee |
Providence |
59 | Giovanni Folcarelli | Democratic | 1965 | 1967 | John Chafee | Scituate |
60 | Joseph O'Donnell, Jr. | Republican | 1967 | 1969 | John Chafee | N. Smithfield |
61 | J. Joseph Garrahy | Democratic | 1969 | 1977 | Frank Licht Philip W. Noel |
Providence |
62 | Thomas R. DiLuglio | Democratic | 1977 | 1985 | J. Joseph Garrahy | Johnston |
63 | Richard A. Licht | Democratic | 1985 | 1989 | Edward D. DiPrete | Providence |
64 | Roger N. Begin | Democratic | 1989 | 1993 | Edward D. DiPrete Bruce Sundlun |
Woonsocket |
65 | Robert Weygand | Democratic | 1993 | 1997 | Bruce Sundlun Lincoln C. Almond |
E. Providence |
66 | Bernard Jackvony | Republican | 1997 | 1999 | Lincoln C. Almond | E. Greenwich |
67 | Charles J. Fogarty | Democratic | 1999 | 2007 | Lincoln C. Almond Donald Carcieri |
Glocester |
68 | Elizabeth H. Roberts | Democratic | 2007 | 2015 | Donald Carcieri Lincoln Chafee |
Cranston |
69 | Daniel McKee | Democratic | 2015 | 2021 | Gina Raimondo | Cumberland |
70 | Sabina Matos | Democratic | 2021 | present | Daniel McKee | Providence |
Trivia
During the 2010 elections, the Cool Moose Party candidate Bob Healey ran as Lieutenant Governor wanting to officially abolish the office he was running for.[1]
List Of Lieutenant Governors Of Rhode Island Media
John Clarke, Deputy Governor 1669–70, 1671–72
William Bradford, last deputy governor of the colony and first deputy governor of the state
References
- ↑ "Healey election website". Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2021-08-26.