1663-1666 Benedict Arnold
1666-1669 William Brenton
1669-1672 Benedict Arnold
1672-1674 Nicholas Easton
1674-1676 William Coddington, Sr.
1676-1677 Walter Clarke
1677-1678 Benedict Arnold
1678-1678 William Coddington, Sr.
1678-1680 John Cranston
1680-1683 Peleg Sanford
1683-1685 William Coddington, Jr.
1685-1686 Henry Bull
1686-1686 Walter Clarke
1686-1689 Sir Edmund Andros
1689-1690 Henry Bull
1690-1695 John Easton
1695-1695 Caleb Carr
1696-1698 Walter Clarke
1698-1727 Samuel Cranston
1727-1732 Joseph Jencks
1732-1733 William Wanton
1734-1740 John Wanton
1740-1743 Richard Ward
1743-1745 William Greene
1745-1746 Gideon Wanton
1746-1747 William Greene
1747-1748 Gideon Wanton
1748-1755 William Greene
1755-1757 Stephen Hopkins
1757-1758 William Greene
1758-1762 Stephen Hopkins
1762-1763 Samuel Ward
1763-1765 Stephen Hopkins
1765-1767 Samuel Ward
1768-1769 Josias Lyndon
1769-1775 Joseph Wanton
1775-1778 Nicholas Cooke
1778-1786 William Greene, Jr.
1786-1790 John Collins
1790-1805 Arthur Fenner
1806-1807 Isaac Wilbour
State Governors, First Constitution
1807-11 James Fenner
1811-17 William Jones
1817-21 Nehemiah R. Knight
1821-24 William C. Gibbs
1824-31 James Fenner
1831-33 Lemuel H. Arnold
1833-38 John B. Francis
1838-39 William Sprague
1840-43 Samuel W. King
State Governors, Constitution 1843
1843-1845 James Fenner
1845-1846 Charles Jackson
1846-1847 Byron Diman
1847-1849 Elisha Harris
1849-1851 Henry B. Anthony
1851-1853 Philip Allen
1853-1854 Francis M. Dimond
1854-1857 William W. Hoppin
1857-1859 Elisha Dyer, Sr
1859-1860 Thomas G. Turner
1860-1863 William Sprague II
1863-1863 William C. Cozzens
1863-1866 James Y. Smith
1866-1869 Ambrose E. Burnside
1869-1873 Seth Padelford, Taunton
1873-1875 Henry Howard
1875-1877 Henry Lippitt
1877-1880 Charles C. Van Zandt
1880-1883 Alfred H. Littlefield
1883-1885 Augustus O. Bourn
1885-1887 George P. Wetmore
1887-1888 John W. Davis
1888-1889 Royal C. Taft
1889-1890 Herbert W. Ladd
1890-1891 John W. Davis
1891-1892 Herbert W. Ladd
1892-1895 D. Russell Brown
1895-1897 Charles W. Lippitt
1897-1900 Elisha Dyer, Jr.
1900-1901 William Gregory
1901-1903 Charles D. Kimball
1903-1905 Lucius F. C. Garvin
1905-1907 George H. Utter
1907-1909 James H. Higgins
1909-1915 Aram J. Pothier
1915-1921 R. Livingston Beeckman
1921-1923 Emery J. San Souci
1923-1925 William S. Flynn
1925-1928 Aram J. Pothier
1928-1933 Norman S. Case
1933-1937 Theodore F. Green
1937-1939 Robert E. Quinn
1939-1941 William H. Vanderbilt
1941-1945 J. Howard McGrath
1945-1950 John O. Pastore
1950-1951 John S. McKiernan
1951-1959 Dennis J. Roberts
1959-1961 Christopher Del Sesto
1961-1963 John A. Notte, Jr.
1963-1969 John H. Chafee
1969-1973 Frank Licht
1973-1977 Philip W. Noel
1977-1985 J. Joseph Garrahy
1985-1991 Edward D. DiPrete
1991-1995 Bruce G. Sundlun
1995-2003 Lincoln C. Almond
2003-2011 Donald L. Carcieri
2011 now Lincoln Chafee
References
Office of the Secretary of State, Rhode Island Governors
Rhode Island Presidents and Governors