RHODE ISLAND GOVERNOR
BIOGRAPHIES
RHODE ISLAND GENEALOGIES BY FILE
NAME
Rhode
Island Governor Biographies
Chafee II, John Lester Hubbard
Rhode
Island Other Biographies
Rhode
Island Governor Genealogies by Surname
Colonial
Governors of Rhode Island with Dates:
Coddington I, William 1640-1647, (President of Newport/Portsmouth) 1651-1653, 1674-1676
Coggeshall, John (President of Providence Plantations ) 1647
Clarke, Jeremiah (President of Providence Plantations) 1648-1649
Smith, John (President of Providence Plantations) 1649-1650, (President of Providence/Warwick) 1652-1653
Easton, Nicholas (President of Providence Plantations) 1650-1651, 1654-1655, 1672-1673
Gorton, Samuel (President of Providence/Warwick) 1651-1652
Dexter, Gregory (President of Providence/Warwick) 1653-1654
Sanford, John (President of Newport/Portsmouth) 1653-1654
Williams, Roger (President) 1654-57
Arnold, Benedict (President) 1657-1659, (Governor) 1663-1665, 1669-1671, 1677-1678
Brenton, William (President) 1660-1663, (Governor) 1666-1668
Coddington II, William 1683-1684
Clarke, Walter 1676-77, 1686, 1696-1697
Cranston, John 1678-1680
Sanford, Peleg 1680-1683
Bull, Henry 1685-1686, 1689-1690
Easton, John 1690-1694
Carr I, Caleb 1695
Cranston, Samuel 1698-1727
Jenckes, Joseph 1727-1731
Wanton, William 1732-1733
Wanton, John 1734-1740
Ward, Richard 1741-1743
Greene I, William 1743-1745, 1746-1747, 1748-1755, 1757-1758
Wanton, Gideon 1745-1746, 1747-1748
Hopkins, Stephen 1755-1756, 1758-1761, 1763-1764, 1767
Ward I, Samuel 1762-1763, 1765-1767
Lyndon, Josias 1768-1769
Wanton, Joseph 1769-1775
State Of Rhode Island
Governors with Dates:
Cooke, Nicholas 1775-1778
Greene II, William 1778-1786
Collins, John 1786-1790
Fenner, Arthur 1790-1805
Smith, Henry 1805-1806
Wilbour, Isaac (Acting Governor) 1806
Fenner, James 1807-1811, 1824-1831, 1843-1845
Jones, William 1811-1817
Knight II, Nehemiah Rice 1817-1821
Gibbs, William Chandler 1821-1824
Arnold, Lemuel Hastings 1831-1833
Francis II, John Brown 1833-1838
Sprague III, William 1838-1839
King, Samuel Ward 1839-1843
Jackson, Charles 1845-1846
Diman, Byron 1846-1847
Harris, Elisha 1847-1849
Anthony, Henry Bowen 1849-1851
Allen, Philip 1851-1853
Dimond, Francis Moore 1853-1854
Hoppin, William Warner 1854-1857
Dyer II, Elisha 1857-1859
Turner, Thomas Goodwin 1859-1860
Sprague, William (nephew of William Sprague III) 1860-1863
Cozzens, William Cole 1863
Smith, James Young 1863-1866
Burnside, Ambrose Everett 1866-1869
Padelford, Seth 1869-1873
Howard, Henry 1873-1875
Lippitt I, Henry 1875-1877
Van Zandt, Charles Collins 1877-1880
Littlefield, Alfred Henry 1880-1883
Bourn, Augustus Osborn 1883-1885
Wetmore, George Peabody 1885-1887
Davis II, John William 1887-1888, 1890-1891
Taft, Royal Chapin 1888-1889
Ladd, Herbert Warren 1889-1890, 1891-1892
Brown, Daniel Russell 1892-1895
Lippitt, Charles Warren 1895-1897
Dyer III, Elisha 1897-1900
Gregory II, William J. 1900-1901
Kimball, Charles Dean 1901-1903
Garvin, Lucius Fayette Clark 1903-1905
Utter II, George Herbert 1905-1907
Higgins, James Henry 1907-1909
Pothier, Aram Jules 1909-1915, 1925-1928
Beeckman, Robert Livingston 1915-1921
San Souci, Emery John 1921-1923
Flynn, William Smith 1923-1925
Case, Norman Stanley 1928-1933
Green, Theodore Francis 1933-1937
Quinn, Robert Emmet 1937-1939
Vanderbilt, William Henry 1939-1941
McGrath II, James Howard 1941-1945
Pastore, John Orlando 1945-1950
McKiernan I, John Sammon 1950-1951
Roberts II, Dennis Joseph 1951-1959
Del Sesto, Christopher 1959-1961
Notte II, John Anthony 1961-1963
Chafee II, John Lester Hubbard 1963-1969
Licht, Frank 1969-1973
Noel, Philip William 1973-1977
Garrahy II, John Joseph 1977-1985
DiPrete, Edward Daniel 1985-1991
Sundlun, Bruce George 1991-1995
Almond I, Lincoln Carter 1995-2003
Carcieri, Donald L. 2003-2011
Chafee, Lincoln Davenport 2011-
U.S. Senators from
Rhode Island, Genealogies by Surname, With Dates of
Service:
Stanton IV, Joseph 1790-1793
Foster, Theodore 1790-1803
Bradford, William 1793-1797
Greene, Ray 1797-1801
Ellery II, Christopher 1801-1805
Potter, Samuel John 1803-1804
Howland, Benjamin 1804-1809
Fenner, James 1805-1807
Mathewson, Elisha 1807-1811
Malbone II, Francis 1809
Champlin V, Christopher Grant 1809-1811
Howell, Jeremiah Brown 1811-1817
Hunter II, William 1811-1821
Burrill II, James 1817-1820
De Wolf, James 1821-1825
Knight II, Nehemiah Rice 1821-1841
Robbins, Asher 1825-1839
Dixon I, Nathan Fellows 1839-1842
Simmons, James Fowler 1841-1847, 1857-1862
Sprague III, William 1842-1844
Francis II, John Brown 1844-1845
Greene, Albert Collins 1845-1851
Clarke III, John Hopkins 1847-1853
James, Charles Tillinghast 1851-1857
Allen, Philip 1853-1859
Anthony, Henry Bowen 1859-1884
Arnold II, Samuel Green 1862-1863
Sprague, William 1863-1875
Burnside, Ambrose Everett 1875-1881
Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth 1881-1911
Sheffield I, William Paine 1884-1885
Chace, Jonathan 1885-1889
Dixon III, Nathan Fellows 1889-1895
Wetmore, George Peabody 1895-1907, 1908-1913
Lippitt II, Henry Frederick 1911-1917
Colt, LeBaron Bradford 1913-1924
Gerry, Peter Goelet 1917-1929, 1935-1947
Metcalf III, Jesse Houghton 1924-1937
Hebert, Felix 1929-1935
Green, Theodore Francis 1937-1961
McGrath II, James Howard 1947-1949
Leahy, Edward Laurence 1949-1950
Pastore, John Orlando 1950-1977
Pell, Claiborne de Borda 1961-1997
Chafee II, John Lester Hubbard 1977-1999
Reed, John Francis "Jack" 1997-at least 2011
Chafee, Lincoln 1999- 2007
Whitehouse, Sheldon, 2007-at least 2011
Rhode
Island Other Genealogies by Surname
Darman, Richard Gordon
Donilon, Thomas E.
Ellery II, William
Greene II, Nathaniel
Marchant, Henry
Miller, George William
Rhode
Island Genealogies by File Name
Aldrich-RI-1
Allen-RI-1
Almond-RI-1
Anthony-RI-1
Arnold-RI-1
Arnold-RI-2
Arnold-RI-3
Beeckman-RI-1
Bourn-RI-1
Bradford-RI-1
Brenton-RI-1
Brown-RI-3
Bull-RI-1
Burnside-RI-1
Burrill-RI-1
Carcieri-RI-1
Carr-RI-1
Case-RI-1
Chafee-RI-1
Champlin-RI-1
Clarke-RI-1
Clarke-RI-2
Coddington-RI-1
Coggeshall-RI-1
Collins-RI-1
Colt-RI-1
Cooke-RI-1
Cozzens-RI-1
Cranston-RI-1
Darman-RI-1
Davis-RI-1
Del Sesto-RI-1
De Wolf-RI-1
Dexter-RI-1
Diman-RI-1
DiPrete-RI-1
Dixon-RI-1
Donilon-RI-1
Dyer-RI-1
Easton-RI-1
Ellery-RI-1
Fenner-RI-1
Flynn-RI-1
Foster-RI-1
Francis-RI-1
Garrahy-RI-1
Garvin-RI-1
Gibbs-RI-1
Gorton-RI-1
Green-RI-1
Greene-RI-1
Greene-RI-2
Gregory-RI-1
Harris-RI-1
Hebert-RI-1
Higgins-RI-1
Hopkins-RI-1
Hoppin-RI-1
Howard-RI-1
Howell-RI-1
Howland-RI-1
Hunter-RI-1
Jackson-RI-1
James-RI-1
Jenckes-RI-1
Jones-RI-1
Kimball-RI-1
King-RI-1
Knight-RI-1
Ladd-RI-1
Leahy-RI-1
Licht-RI-1
Lippitt-RI-1
Littlefield-RI-1
Lyndon-RI-1
Malbone-RI-1
Marchant-RI-1
Mathewson-RI-1
McGrath-RI-1
McKiernan-RI-1
Metcalf-RI-1
Miller-RI-1
Noel-RI-1
Notte-RI-1
Padelford-RI-1
Pastore-RI-1
Pell-RI-1
Pothier-RI-1
Potter-RI-1
Quinn-RI-1
Reed-RI-1
Robbins-RI-1
Roberts-RI-1
Sanford-RI-1
San Souci-RI-1
Simmons-RI-1
Smith-RI-1
Smith-RI-2
Smith-RI-3
Smith-RI-4
Sprague-RI-1
Stanton-RI-1
Sundlun-RI-1
Taft-RI-1
Turner-RI-1
Utter-RI-1
Vanderbilt-RI-1
Van Zandt-RI-1
Wanton-RI-1
Ward-RI-1
Wetmore-RI-1
Whitehouse-RI-1
Wilbur-RI-1
Williams-RI-1
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