List of governors of Rhode Island

This is a list of the governors of Rhode Island, from 1775 to the present day; for earlier governors of Rhode Island see List of colonial governors of Rhode Island.

Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Flag of the Governor
Seal of the Governor
Incumbent Daniel McKee since March 2, 2021
Style	The Honorable or Her Excellency
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Nicholas Cooke; 1775
Formation	Constitution of Rhode Island
Succession	Every four years, unless re-elected.
Salary	$128,210 (2013)

List of governors

#	Governor	Picture	Party	Took office	Left office	Notes
1	Nicholas Cooke		None	November 7, 1775	May 4, 1778
2	William Greene		None	May 4, 1778	May 3, 1786
3	John Collins		None	May 3, 1786	May 5, 1790
4	Arthur Fenner		Country Party	May 5, 1790	October 15, 1805
5	Henry Smith		Country	October 15, 1805	May 7, 1806
6	Isaac Wilbour		Country	May 7, 1806	May 6, 1807
7	James Fenner		Democratic-Republican	May 6, 1807	May 1, 1811
8	William Jones		Federalist	May 1, 1811	May 7, 1817
9	Nehemiah R. Knight		Democratic-Republican	May 7, 1817	May 2, 1821
10	William C. Gibbs		Democratic-Republican	May 2, 1821	May 5, 1824
11	James Fenner		Democratic-Republican	May 5, 1824	May 4, 1831
12	Lemuel H. Arnold		Whig	May 4, 1831	May 1, 1833
13	John B. Francis		Democratic	May 1, 1833	May 2, 1838
14	William Sprague III		Democratic	May 2, 1838	May 2, 1839
15	Samuel Ward King		Rhode Island Party	May 2, 1839	May 2, 1843
16	Thomas Dorr		extralegal, Dorr Rebellion	May 1, 1842	January 23, 1843
17	James Fenner		Law and Order	May 2, 1843	May 6, 1845
18	Charles Jackson		Whig, Liberation Party	May 6, 1845	May 6, 1846
19	Byron Diman		Law and Order	May 6, 1846	May 4, 1847
20	Elisha Harris		Whig	May 4, 1847	May 1, 1849
21	Henry B. Anthony		Whig	May 1, 1849	May 6, 1851
22	Philip Allen		Democratic	May 6, 1851	July 20, 1853
23	Francis M. Dimond		Democratic	July 20, 1853	May 2, 1854
24	William W. Hoppin		Whig	May 2, 1854	May 26, 1857
25	Elisha Dyer		Republican	May 26, 1857	May 31, 1859
26	Thomas G. Turner		Republican	May 31, 1859	May 29, 1860
27	William Sprague IV		Republican	May 29, 1860	March 3, 1863
28	William C. Cozzens		Democratic	March 3, 1863	May 26, 1863
29	James Y. Smith		Republican	May 26, 1863	May 29, 1866
30	Ambrose Everett Burnside		Republican	May 29, 1866	May 25, 1869
31	Seth Padelford		Republican	May 25, 1869	May 27, 1873
32	Henry Howard		Republican	May 27, 1873	May 25, 1875
33	Henry Lippitt		Republican	May 25, 1875	May 29, 1877
34	Charles C. Van Zandt		Republican	May 29, 1877	May 25, 1880
35	Alfred H. Littlefield		Republican	May 25, 1880	May 29, 1883
36	Augustus O. Bourn		Republican	May 29, 1883	May 26, 1885
37	George P. Wetmore		Republican	May 26, 1885	May 29, 1887
38	John W. Davis		Democratic	May 29, 1887	May 29, 1888
39	Royal C. Taft		Republican	May 29, 1888	May 28, 1889
40	Herbert W. Ladd		Republican	May 28, 1889	May 27, 1890
41	John W. Davis		Democratic	May 27, 1890	May 26, 1891
42	Herbert W. Ladd		Republican	May 26, 1891	May 31, 1892
43	D. Russell Brown		Republican	May 31, 1892	May 29, 1895
44	Charles W. Lippitt		Republican	May 29, 1895	May 25, 1897
45	Elisha Dyer, Jr.		Republican	May 25, 1897	May 29, 1900
46	William Gregory		Republican	May 29, 1900	December 16, 1901
47	Charles D. Kimball		Republican	December 16, 1901	January 3, 1903
48	Lucius F. C. Garvin		Democratic	January 3, 1903	January 3, 1905
49	George H. Utter		Republican	January 3, 1905	January 1, 1907
50	James H. Higgins		Democratic	January 1, 1907	January 5, 1909
51	Aram J. Pothier		Republican	January 5, 1909	January 5, 1915
52	R. Livingston Beeckman		Republican	January 5, 1915	January 4, 1921
53	Emery J. San Souci		Republican	January 4, 1921	January 2, 1923
54	William S. Flynn		Democratic	January 2, 1923	January 6, 1925
55	Aram J. Pothier		Republican	January 6, 1925	February 4, 1928
56	Norman S. Case		Republican	February 4, 1928	January 3, 1933
57	Theodore Francis Green		Democratic	January 3, 1933	January 5, 1937
58	Robert E. Quinn		Democratic	January 5, 1937	January 3, 1939
59	William Henry Vanderbilt III		Republican	January 3, 1939	January 7, 1941
60	J. Howard McGrath		Democratic	January 7, 1941	October 6, 1945
61	John Orlando Pastore		Democratic	October 6, 1945	December 19, 1950
62	John S. McKiernan		Democratic	December 19, 1950	January 2, 1951
63	Dennis J. Roberts		Democratic	January 2, 1951	January 6, 1959
64	Christopher Del Sesto (1907–1973)		Republican	January 6, 1959	January 3, 1961
65	John A. Notte, Jr. (1909–1983)		Democratic	January 3, 1961	January 1, 1963
66	John Hubbard Chafee (1922–1999)		Republican	January 1, 1963	January 7, 1969
67	Frank Licht (1916–1987)		Democratic	January 7, 1969	January 2, 1973
68	Philip W. Noel (1931— )		Democratic	January 2, 1973	January 4, 1977
69	J. Joseph Garrahy (1930–2012)		Democratic	January 4, 1977	January 1, 1985
70	Edward D. DiPrete (1934– )		Republican	January 1, 1985	January 1, 1991
71	Bruce Sundlun (1920–2011)		Democratic	January 1, 1991	January 3, 1995
72	Lincoln Almond (1936– )		Republican	January 3, 1995	January 7, 2003
73	Donald Carcieri (1942– )		Republican	January 7, 2003	January 4, 2011
74	Lincoln Chafee (1953– )		Independent/Democratic	January 4, 2011	January 6, 2015
75	Gina Raimondo (1971– )		Democratic	January 6, 2015	March 2, 2021
76	Daniel McKee (1951– )		Democratic	March 2, 2021	Incumbent