List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island

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
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.

List Of Lieutenant Governors Of Rhode Island Media

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  Seal of the lieutenant governor

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  John Clarke, Deputy Governor 1669–70, 1671–72

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  William Bradford, last deputy governor of the colony and first deputy governor of the state

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  William Bradford (1755-1795)

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  John Singleton Coply, "Jabez Bowen," oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in

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  John Singleton Coply, "Jabez Bowen," oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in

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  Isaac Wilbour (Rhode Island Governor) 2

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  Byron Diman (1795-1865)

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  Byron Diman (1795-1865)