List of governors of Rhode Island
Governor of Rhode Island | |
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since March 2, 2021 | |
Style |
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Status | |
Term length | Four years, renewable once consecutively |
Inaugural holder | Nicholas Cooke |
Formation | November 7, 1775 |
Deputy | Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island |
Salary | $128,210 (2013)[1] |
Website | governor |
Thegovernor of Rhode Islandis thehead of governmentofRhode Islandand serves ascommander-in-chiefof theU.S. state'sArmy National GuardandAir National Guard.The current governor isDan McKee.
Governors
[edit]Rhode Island was one of the originalThirteen Coloniesand was admitted as a state on May 29, 1790.[2]Before it declared its independence, Rhode Island was acolonyof theKingdom of Great Britain.
The state initially continued operating under the provisions of its1663 charter,which simply said that the governor and deputy-governor would be elected from time to time. The 1842constitutionformalized the terms for governor and lieutenant governor to be one year, beginning on the first Tuesday of May after the election.[3]Amendment XVI, taking effect in 1911, changed the term to be two years beginning from the first Tuesday in the January after the election.[4]Terms were lengthened to four years in 1992, but governors were now limited to succeeding themselves only once.[5]A former governor can run again after a four year break. Should the office of governor be vacant, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.[6]The governor and the lieutenant governor are not officially elected on the same ticket.
No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[a][b] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nicholas Cooke (1717–1782) [7] |
November 7, 1775[c] – May 6, 1778 (did not run) |
None[9] | 1776 | William Bradford | |||
1777 | ||||||||
2 | William Greene (1731–1809) [10] |
May 6, 1778[11] – May 3, 1786 (lost election) |
None[9] | 1778 | Jabez Bowen | |||
1779 | ||||||||
1780 | William West | |||||||
1781 | Jabez Bowen | |||||||
1782 | ||||||||
1783 | ||||||||
1784 | ||||||||
1785 | ||||||||
3 | John Collins (1717–1795) [12][13] |
May 3, 1786[14] – May 5, 1790 (lost election) |
None[9] | 1786 | Daniel Owen | |||
1787 | ||||||||
1788 | ||||||||
1789 | ||||||||
4 | Arthur Fenner (1745–1805) [15][16] |
May 5, 1790[17] – October 15, 1805 (died in office) |
Country | 1790 | Samuel J. Potter | |||
1791 | ||||||||
1792 | ||||||||
1793 | ||||||||
1794 | ||||||||
1795 | ||||||||
1796 | ||||||||
1797 | ||||||||
1798 | ||||||||
1799 | George Brown | |||||||
1800 | Samuel J. Potter | |||||||
1801 | ||||||||
1802 | ||||||||
1803 | Paul Mumford (died July 20, 1805) | |||||||
1804 | ||||||||
1805 | ||||||||
Vacant | ||||||||
5 | Henry Smith (1766–1818) [18][19] |
October 15, 1805[18] – May 7, 1806 (lost election) |
Democratic- Republican[d] |
Succeeded from president of the Senate[e] | ||||
6 | Isaac Wilbour (1763–1837) [18][20] |
May 7, 1806[21] – May 6, 1807 (successor took office)[f] |
Democratic- Republican[22] |
1806[g] | Acting as governor | |||
7 | James Fenner (1771–1846) [24][25] |
May 6, 1807[11] – May 1, 1811 (lost election) |
Democratic- Republican[11] |
1807 | Constant Taber | |||
1808 | Simeon Martin | |||||||
1809 | ||||||||
1810 | Isaac Wilbour | |||||||
8 | William Jones (1753–1822) [26][27] |
May 1, 1811[26] – May 7, 1817 (lost election) |
Federalist[11] | 1811 | Simeon Martin | |||
1812 | ||||||||
1813 | ||||||||
1814 | ||||||||
1815 | ||||||||
1816 | Jeremiah Thurston | |||||||
9 | Nehemiah R. Knight (1780–1854) [28][29] |
May 7, 1817[30] – January 9, 1821 (resigned)[h] |
Democratic- Republican[11] |
1817 | Edward Wilcox | |||
1818 | ||||||||
1819 | ||||||||
1820 | ||||||||
— | Edward Wilcox (unknown) [33] |
January 9, 1821[11] – May 2, 1821 (did not run) |
Democratic- Republican[11] |
Succeeded from lieutenant governor[i] |
Vacant | |||
10 | William C. Gibbs (1787–1871) [34][35] |
May 2, 1821[36] – May 5, 1824 (did not run) |
Democratic- Republican[11] |
1821 | Caleb Earle | |||
1822 | ||||||||
1823 | ||||||||
11 | James Fenner (1771–1846) [24][25] |
May 5, 1824[37] – May 4, 1831 (lost election) |
Democratic- Republican[11] |
1824 | Charles Collins | |||
1825 | ||||||||
1826 | ||||||||
1827 | ||||||||
1828 | ||||||||
1829 | ||||||||
1830 | ||||||||
12 | Lemuel H. Arnold (1792–1852) [38][39] |
May 4, 1831[40] – May 1, 1833 (lost election) |
National Republican[11] |
1831 | ||||
1832[j] | ||||||||
13 | John Brown Francis (1791–1864) [41][42] |
May 1, 1833[43] – May 2, 1838 (lost election) |
Democratic- Republican/ Anti-Masonic[44] |
1833 | Jeffrey Hazard | |||
Democratic[44] | 1834 | |||||||
1835 | George Engs | |||||||
1836 | Jeffrey Hazard | |||||||
1837 | Benjamin Babock Thurston | |||||||
14 | William Sprague III (1799–1856) [45][46] |
May 2, 1838[47] – May 2, 1839 (lost election) |
Whig[11] | 1838 | Joseph Childs | |||
15 | Samuel Ward King (1786–1851) [48][49] |
May 2, 1839[50] – May 2, 1843 (did not run)[48] |
Whig[11] | 1839[k] | Byron Diman | |||
1840 | ||||||||
1841 | ||||||||
1842[l] | ||||||||
16 | James Fenner (1771–1846) [24][25] |
May 2, 1843[51] – May 6, 1845 (lost election) |
Law and Order[11] | 1843 | ||||
1844 | ||||||||
17 | Charles Jackson (1797–1876) [52][53] |
May 6, 1845[54] – May 6, 1846 (lost election) |
Liberation[11] | 1845 | ||||
18 | Byron Diman (1795–1865) [55][56] |
May 6, 1846[57] – May 4, 1847 (did not run)[55] |
Law and Order[11] | 1846 | Elisha Harris | |||
19 | Elisha Harris (1791–1861) [58][59] |
May 4, 1847[60] – May 1, 1849 (did not run) |
Whig[11] | 1847 | Edward W. Lawton | |||
1848 | ||||||||
20 | Henry B. Anthony (1815–1884) [61][62] |
May 1, 1849[63] – May 6, 1851 (did not run) |
Whig[11] | 1849 | Thomas Whipple | |||
1850 | ||||||||
21 | Philip Allen (1785–1865) [64][65] |
May 6, 1851[66] – July 20, 1853 (resigned)[m] |
Democratic[11] | 1851 | William Beach Lawrence | |||
1852 | Samuel G. Arnold | |||||||
1853 | Francis M. Dimond | |||||||
22 | Francis M. Dimond (1796–1859) [67][68] |
July 20, 1853[69] – May 2, 1854 (lost election) |
Democratic[11] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant | |||
23 | William W. Hoppin (1807–1890) [70][71] |
May 2, 1854[72] – May 26, 1857 (did not run)[70] |
Whig[n] | 1854 | John J. Reynolds | |||
1855 | Anderson C. Rose | |||||||
1856 | Nicholas Brown III | |||||||
24 | Elisha Dyer (1811–1890) [76][77] |
May 26, 1857[78] – May 31, 1859 (did not run) |
Republican[11] | 1857 | Thomas G. Turner | |||
1858 | ||||||||
25 | Thomas G. Turner (1810–1875) [79][80] |
May 31, 1859[81] – May 29, 1860 (lost nomination)[o] |
Republican[11] | 1859 | Isaac Saunders | |||
26 | William Sprague IV (1830–1915) [82][83] |
May 29, 1860[84] – March 3, 1863 (resigned)[p] |
Democratic[q] | 1860 | J. Russell Bullock | |||
1861 | ||||||||
1862 | Samuel G. Arnold (resigned December 1, 1862) | |||||||
Vacant | ||||||||
27 | William C. Cozzens (1811–1876) [85][86] |
March 3, 1863[87] – May 26, 1863 (lost election) |
Democratic[11] | Succeeded from president of the Senate[r] | ||||
28 | James Y. Smith (1809–1876) [88][89] |
May 26, 1863[11] – May 29, 1866 (did not run)[88] |
Republican[11] | 1863 | Seth Padelford | |||
1864 | ||||||||
1865 | Duncan Pell | |||||||
29 | Ambrose Burnside (1824–1881) [90][91] |
May 29, 1866[92] – May 25, 1869 (did not run)[90] |
Republican[11] | 1866 | William Greene | |||
1867 | ||||||||
1868 | Pardon Stevens | |||||||
30 | Seth Padelford (1807–1878) [93][94] |
May 25, 1869[95] – May 27, 1873 (did not run) |
Republican[11] | 1869 | ||||
1870 | ||||||||
1871 | ||||||||
1872 | Charles Cutler | |||||||
31 | Henry Howard (1826–1905) [96][97] |
May 27, 1873[98] – May 25, 1875 (did not run)[96] |
Republican[s] | 1873 | Charles C. Van Zandt | |||
1874 | ||||||||
32 | Henry Lippitt (1818–1891) [99][100] |
May 25, 1875[101] – May 29, 1877 (did not run) |
Republican[11] | 1875 | Henry Tillinghast Sisson | |||
1876 | ||||||||
33 | Charles C. Van Zandt (1830–1894) [102][103] |
May 29, 1877[104] – May 25, 1880 (did not run)[102] |
Republican[t] | 1877 | Albert Howard | |||
1878 | ||||||||
1879 | ||||||||
34 | Alfred H. Littlefield (1829–1893) [105][106] |
May 25, 1880[107] – May 29, 1883 (did not run) |
Republican[11] | 1880 | Henry Fay | |||
1881 | ||||||||
1882 | ||||||||
35 | Augustus O. Bourn (1834–1925) [108][109] |
May 29, 1883[110] – May 26, 1885 (did not run) |
Republican[11] | 1883 | Oscar Rathbun | |||
1884 | ||||||||
36 | George P. Wetmore (1846–1921) [111][112] |
May 26, 1885[113] – May 31, 1887 (lost election) |
Republican[11] | 1885 | Lucius B. Darling | |||
1886 | ||||||||
37 | John W. Davis (1826–1907) [114][115] |
May 31, 1887[116] – May 29, 1888 (lost election) |
Democratic[11] | 1887 | Samuel R. Honey | |||
38 | Royal C. Taft (1823–1912) [117][118] |
May 29, 1888[119] – May 28, 1889 (did not run)[117] |
Republican[11] | 1888 | Enos Lapham | |||
39 | Herbert W. Ladd (1843–1913) [120][121] |
May 28, 1889[122] – May 27, 1890 (lost election) |
Republican[11] | 1889 | Daniel Littlefield | |||
40 | John W. Davis (1826–1907) [114][115] |
May 27, 1890[123] – May 26, 1891 (lost election) |
Democratic[11] | 1890 | William T. C. Wardwell | |||
41 | Herbert W. Ladd (1843–1913) [120][121] |
May 26, 1891[124] – May 31, 1892 (did not run) |
Republican[11] | 1891 | Henry A. Stearns | |||
42 | Daniel Russell Brown (1848–1919) [125][126] |
May 31, 1892[127] – May 29, 1895 (did not run) |
Republican[11] | 1892 | Melville Bull | |||
1893 | ||||||||
1894 | Edwin Allen | |||||||
43 | Charles W. Lippitt (1846–1924) [128][129] |
May 29, 1895[130] – May 25, 1897 (did not run) |
Republican[11] | 1895 | ||||
1896 | ||||||||
44 | Elisha Dyer Jr. (1839–1906) [131][132] |
May 25, 1897[133] – May 29, 1900 (did not run)[131] |
Republican[11] | 1897 | Aram J. Pothier | |||
1898 | William Gregory | |||||||
1899 | ||||||||
45 | William Gregory (1849–1901) [134][135] |
May 29, 1900[136] – December 16, 1901 (died in office) |
Republican[11] | 1900 | Charles D. Kimball | |||
46 | Charles D. Kimball (1859–1930) [137][138] |
December 16, 1901[139] – January 6, 1903 (lost election) |
Republican[11] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant | |||
1901[u] | ||||||||
George L. Shepley (elected February 18, 1902) | ||||||||
47 | Lucius F. C. Garvin (1841–1922) [140][141] |
January 6, 1903[142] – January 3, 1905 (lost election) |
Democratic[11] | 1902 | Adelard Archambault | |||
1903 | George H. Utter | |||||||
48 | George H. Utter (1854–1912) [143][144] |
January 3, 1905[145] – January 1, 1907 (lost election) |
Republican[11] | 1904 | Frederick H. Jackson | |||
1905 | ||||||||
49 | James H. Higgins (1876–1927) [146][147] |
January 1, 1907[148] – January 5, 1909 (did not run)[146] |
Democratic[11] | 1906 | ||||
1907 | Ralph Watrous | |||||||
50 | Aram J. Pothier (1854–1928) [149][150] |
January 5, 1909[151] – January 5, 1915 (did not run)[149] |
Republican[11] | 1908 | Arthur W. Dennis | |||
1909 | Emery J. San Souci | |||||||
1910 | ||||||||
1911 | ||||||||
1912 | Rosewell Burchard | |||||||
51 | Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866–1935) [152][153] |
January 5, 1915[154] – January 4, 1921 (did not run) |
Republican[11] | 1914 | Emery J. San Souci | |||
1916 | ||||||||
1918 | ||||||||
52 | Emery J. San Souci (1857–1936) [155][156] |
January 4, 1921[157] – January 2, 1923 (lost nomination)[v] |
Republican[11] | 1920 | Harold Gross | |||
53 | William S. Flynn (1885–1966) [159][160] |
January 2, 1923[161] – January 6, 1925 (did not run)[w] |
Democratic[11] | 1922 | Felix A. Toupin | |||
54 | Aram J. Pothier (1854–1928) [149][150] |
January 6, 1925[162] – February 4, 1928 (died in office) |
Republican[11] | 1924 | Nathaniel W. Smith | |||
1926 | Norman S. Case | |||||||
55 | Norman S. Case (1888–1967) [163][164] |
February 4, 1928[165] – January 3, 1933 (lost election) |
Republican[11] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant | |||
1928 | James G. Connelly | |||||||
1930 | ||||||||
56 | Theodore F. Green (1867–1966) [166][167] |
January 3, 1933[168] – January 5, 1937 (did not run)[x] |
Democratic[11] | 1932 | Robert E. Quinn | |||
1934 | ||||||||
57 | Robert E. Quinn (1894–1975) [169][170] |
January 5, 1937[171] – January 3, 1939 (lost election) |
Democratic[11] | 1936 | Raymond E. Jordan | |||
58 | William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901–1981) [172][173] |
January 3, 1939[174] – January 7, 1941 (lost election) |
Republican[11] | 1938 | James O. McManus | |||
59 | J. Howard McGrath (1903–1966) [175][176] |
January 7, 1941[177] – October 6, 1945 (resigned)[y] |
Democratic[11] | 1940 | Louis W. Cappelli | |||
1942 | ||||||||
1944 | John Pastore | |||||||
60 | John Pastore (1907–2000) [178][179] |
October 6, 1945[180] – December 19, 1950 (resigned)[z] |
Democratic[11] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
John S. McKiernan | |||
1946 | ||||||||
1948 | ||||||||
61 | John S. McKiernan (1911–1997) [181][182] |
December 19, 1950[183] – January 2, 1951 (successor took office) |
Democratic[11] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant | |||
62 | Dennis J. Roberts (1903–1994) [184][185] |
January 2, 1951[186] – January 6, 1959 (lost election) |
Democratic[11] | 1950 | John S. McKiernan | |||
1952 | ||||||||
1954 | ||||||||
1956 | Armand H. Cote | |||||||
63 | Christopher Del Sesto (1907–1973) [187][188] |
January 6, 1959[189] – January 3, 1961 (lost election) |
Republican[11] | 1958 | John A. Notte Jr. | |||
64 | John A. Notte Jr. (1909–1983) [190][191] |
January 3, 1961[192] – January 1, 1963 (lost election) |
Democratic[11] | 1960 | Edward P. Gallogly | |||
65 | John Chafee (1922–1999) [193][194] |
January 1, 1963[195] – January 7, 1969 (lost election) |
Republican[11] | 1962 | ||||
1964 | Giovanni Folcarelli | |||||||
1966 | Joseph O'Donnell Jr. | |||||||
66 | Frank Licht (1916–1987) [196][197] |
January 7, 1969[198] – January 2, 1973 (did not run)[196] |
Democratic[11] | 1968 | J. Joseph Garrahy | |||
1970 | ||||||||
67 | Philip Noel (b.1931) [199][200] |
January 2, 1973[201] – January 4, 1977 (did not run)[199] |
Democratic[11] | 1972 | ||||
1974 | ||||||||
68 | J. Joseph Garrahy (1930–2012) [202][203] |
January 4, 1977[204] – January 1, 1985 (did not run) |
Democratic[203] | 1976 | Thomas R. DiLuglio | |||
1978 | ||||||||
1980 | ||||||||
1982 | ||||||||
69 | Edward D. DiPrete (b.1934) [205] |
January 1, 1985[206] – January 1, 1991 (lost election) |
Republican[205] | 1984 | Richard A. Licht | |||
1986 | ||||||||
1988 | Roger N. Begin | |||||||
70 | Bruce Sundlun (1920–2011) [207] |
January 1, 1991[208] – January 3, 1995 (lost nomination)[aa] |
Democratic[207] | 1990 | ||||
1992 | Robert Weygand | |||||||
71 | Lincoln Almond (1936–2023) [210] |
January 3, 1995[211] – January 7, 2003 (term-limited)[ab] |
Republican[210] | 1994 | ||||
Bernard Jackvony | ||||||||
1998 | Charles Fogarty | |||||||
72 | Donald Carcieri (b.1942) [213] |
January 7, 2003[214] – January 4, 2011 (term-limited)[ab] |
Republican[213] | 2002 | ||||
2006 | Elizabeth H. Roberts | |||||||
73 | Lincoln Chafee (b.1953) [215] |
January 4, 2011[216] – January 6, 2015 (did not run) |
Independent[ac] | 2010 | ||||
74 | Gina Raimondo (b.1971) [218] |
January 6, 2015 – March 2, 2021 (resigned)[ad] |
Democratic[218] | 2014 | Dan McKee | |||
2018 | ||||||||
75 | Dan McKee (b.1951) [220] |
March 2, 2021[221] – Incumbent[ae] |
Democratic[220] | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Sabina Matos | |||
2022 |
See also
[edit]- Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Rhode Island
- List of Rhode Island state legislatures
Notes
[edit]- ^Office was named Deputy Governor until 1798.
- ^Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- ^Cooke was deputy governor when colonial governorJoseph Wantonwas deposed on November 7, 1775, and was chosen to replace him.[8]
- ^Sobel
- ^As the office of lieutenant governor was vacant, President of the Senate Smith succeeded to governor.[18]
- ^Wilbour was insteadelectedto theUnited States House of Representatives.[18]
- ^No candidate received a majority of the vote for governor, so Lieutenant Governor-elect Wilbour acted as governor for the term.[23]
- ^Knight resigned, having beenelectedto theUnited States Senate.[31][32]
- ^Very little is known of Wilcox, and he does not appear on most lists of governors, but it is known he was lieutenant governor at the time Knight resigned,[31]and at least one reference specifically states he succeeded Knight.[11]
- ^No candidate received a majority of the vote for governor, and four run-offs were attempted during the year but all were similarly deadlocked. Arnold remained as governor, and in January 1833, the state legislature formalized it, permitting him to continue on as governor until the end of the term.[11]
- ^No candidate received a majority of the vote for either governor or lieutenant governor, so as First Senator, King served as acting governor for the year.[11]
- ^A constitutional convention, without consent from the legislature, convened in 1842 and, on May 2, proclaimedThomas Wilson Dorras governor, which led to a brief period of strife known as theDorr Rebellion.[48]
- ^Allen resigned, having beenelectedto theUnited States Senate.[64]
- ^Glashan[73]and Sobel[70]label Hoppin as a Whig andMaine Lawcandidate in 1854; Dubin,[74]and Kallenbach[75]label him a Whig andAmericanin 1855, and a Republican and American in 1856.
- ^Turner lost the Republican nomination toSeth Padelford.[79]
- ^Sprague resigned, having beenelectedto theUnited States Senate.[82]
- ^Sprague was elected as part of a Democratic and Conservative Republican ticket in 1860,[82]and aftwards as a Union candidate.[73]
- ^As the office of lieutenant governor was vacant, President pro tempore of the Senate Cozzens succeeded to governor.[85]
- ^Howard represented the Republican andProhibitionparties.[96]
- ^Van Zandt represented the Republican andProhibitionparties.[73]
- ^Incumbent governor William Gregory was re-elected in November 1901, but died the next month, so Lieutenant Governor Kimball succeeded him.[137]
- ^San Souci lost the Republican nomination toHarold Gross.[158]
- ^Flynn insteadran unsuccessfullyfor theUnited States Senate.[159]
- ^Green was insteadelectedto theUnited States Senate.[166]
- ^McGrath resigned, having been confirmed asSolicitor General of the United States.[175]
- ^Pastore resigned, having beenelectedto theUnited States Senate.[178]
- ^Sundlun lost the Democratic nomination toMyrth York.[209]
- ^abUnder a 1992 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible to serve consecutively for more than two terms.[212]
- ^Chafee was elected as anindependent,but on May 30, 2013, he joined theDemocratic Party.[217]
- ^Raimondo resigned, having been confirmed asUnited States Secretary of Commerce.[219]
- ^McKee's first full term began on January 3, 2023, andwill expireJanuary 5, 2027.
References
[edit]- General
- "Former Rhode Island Governors".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 11,2023.
- Sobel, Robert (1978).Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. IV.Meckler Books.ISBN9780930466008.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- Dubin, Michael J. (2003).United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County.McFarland.ISBN978-0-7864-1439-0.
- Dubin, Michael J. (2014).United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County.McFarland.ISBN978-0-7864-5646-8.
- Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977).American State Governors, 1776-1976.Oceana Publications.ISBN978-0-379-00665-0.RetrievedSeptember 23,2023.
- Glashan, Roy R. (1979).American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978.Meckler Books.ISBN978-0-930466-17-6.
- "Our Campaigns - Governor of Rhode Island - History".www.ourcampaigns.com.RetrievedJuly 25,2023.
- Specific
- ^"CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries".The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013.RetrievedNovember 23,2014.
- ^"Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Rhode Island; May 29, 1790".The Avalon Project at Yale Law School.Archivedfrom the original on November 22, 2015.RetrievedOctober 30,2015.
- ^1842 Const. art. 8, § 1
- ^"Annotated Constitution of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"(1988). Library Archive. 26. Page 16. Accessed June 13, 2023
- ^"Rhode Island Recall of Statewide Elected Officials, Proposal 1 (1992)".Ballotpedia.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^RI Const. art. 9, § 9
- ^"Nicholas Cooke".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^Arnold, Samuel Greene(1894).History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.Vol. 2. Providence: Preston and Rounds. p. 361.ISBN9781429022767.RetrievedJune 14,2023.
- ^abcKallenbach 1977,p. 524.
- ^"William Greene".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadaeafagahaiajakalamanaoapaqarasatauavawaxayazbabbbcbdbebfbgbhbibjbkblKallenbach 1977,pp. 505–508.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 1333.
- ^"John Collins".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Providence, (R.I.) May 11".Dunlap and Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser.May 27, 1786. p. 2.RetrievedJune 14,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 1334.
- ^"Arthur Fenner".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Rhodeisland".The Vermont Journal.May 26, 1790. p. 3.RetrievedJune 14,2023.
- ^abcdeSobel 1978,p. 1335.
- ^"Henry Smith".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Isaac Wilbour".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Rhode-Island".Weekly Wanderer.May 26, 1806. p. 3.RetrievedJune 14,2023.
- ^Kallenbach 1977,p. 349.
- ^"A New Nation Votes".elections.lib.tufts.edu.RetrievedJune 14,2023.
- ^abcSobel 1978,pp. 1335–1336.
- ^abc"James Fenner".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1336–1337.
- ^"William Jones".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1337–1338.
- ^"Nehemiah Rice Knight".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"General Election".Hartford Courant.May 20, 1817. p. 2.RetrievedJune 15,2023.
- ^abManual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.Secretary of State, Rhode Island. 1878. p. 94.
- ^"none".The Charleston Daily Courier.January 22, 1821. p. 2.RetrievedJune 15,2023.
Nehemiah R. Knight, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, was, on the 9th inst. elected by the Legislature of that State, a Senator of the United States... He accepted the appointment, and immediately resigned the office of Governor of the State.
- ^"Edward Cox".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 1338.
- ^"William Channing Gibbs".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Rhode-Island Election".The Rhode-Island Republican.May 9, 1821. p. 2.RetrievedJune 15,2023.
- ^"Rhode-Island Legislature".The Rhode-Island Republican.May 13, 1824. p. 3.RetrievedJune 15,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1338–1339.
- ^"Lemuel Hastings Arnold".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"none".The Rhode-Island Republican.May 4, 1831. p. 3.RetrievedJune 15,2023.
Governor Arnold then took the chair and proceeded to business... making no remarks or inaugural address to the assembly.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1339–1340.
- ^"John Brown Francis".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"The Legislature".Herald of The Times.May 9, 1833. p. 1.RetrievedJune 15,2023.
- ^abGlashan 1979,p. 270.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1340–1341.
- ^"William Sprague".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"General Election".Herald of The Times.May 10, 1838. p. 1.RetrievedJune 15,2023.
- ^abcSobel 1978,p. 1341.
- ^"Samuel King".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Rhode-Island Legislature".The Rhode-Island Republican.May 8, 1839. p. 2.RetrievedJune 15,2023.
- ^"General Assembly".Herald of The Times.May 11, 1843. p. 2.RetrievedJune 15,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 1342.
- ^"Charles Jackson".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"General Assembly".Herald of The Times.May 15, 1845. p. 4.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1342–1343.
- ^"Byron Diman".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"The Legislature".Herald of The Times.May 7, 1846. p. 2.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1343–1344.
- ^"Elisha Harris".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"General Assembly".Herald of The Times.May 13, 1847. p. 1.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1344–1345.
- ^"Henry Bowen Anthony".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Rhode Island Legislature".Herald of The Times.May 3, 1849. p. 3.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,p. 1345.
- ^"Phillip Allen".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"General Assembly".Herald of The Times.May 8, 1851. p. 3.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1345–1346.
- ^"Francis M. Dimond".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"none".Herald of The Times.July 28, 1853. p. 1.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
The duties of Governor now devolved upon his Honor the Lieut. Governor, Francis M. Dimond...
- ^abcSobel 1978,p. 1346.
- ^"William Warner Hoppin".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"none".The Westerly Echo, & Pawcatuck Advertiser.May 4, 1854. p. 2.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
The Governor elect appeared and took the oath of office.
- ^abcGlashan 1979,p. 272.
- ^Dubin 2003,p. 237.
- ^Kallenbach 1977,p. 514.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 1347.
- ^"Elisha Dyer Sr".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Legislature of Rhode Island".Hartford Courant.May 27, 1857. p. 3.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,p. 1348.
- ^"Thomas Goodwin Turner".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Rhode Island Politics".Chicago Tribune.June 1, 1859. p. 4.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^abcSobel 1978,pp. 1348–1349.
- ^"William Sprague".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Election at Newport".Fall River Daily Evening News.May 30, 1860. p. 2.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1349–1350.
- ^"William Cole Cozzens".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Resignation of Gov. Sprague".New England Farmer.March 7, 1863. p. 2.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1350–1351.
- ^"James Youngs Smith".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1351–1352.
- ^"Ambrose Everett Burnside".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Inauguration of Gov. Burnside".New England Farmer.June 2, 1866. p. 2.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 1352.
- ^"Seth Padelford".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Rhode Island Legislature".The Baltimore Sun.May 26, 1869. p. 1.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^abcSobel 1978,p. 1353.
- ^"Henry Howard".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Letter from Newport".Boston Evening Transcript.May 29, 1873. p. 2.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1353–1354.
- ^"Henry Lippitt".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"The Rhode Island Legislature".The New York Times.May 26, 1875. p. 6.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1354–1355.
- ^"Charles Collins Van Zandt".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Gala Day in Newport".Boston Evening Transcript.May 29, 1877. p. 8.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1355–1356.
- ^"Alfred Henry Littlefield".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Rhode Island Politics".The Fall River Daily Herald.May 27, 1880. p. 1.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1356–1357.
- ^"Augustus Osborn Bourn".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"The Rhode Island Legislature".The New York Times.May 30, 1883. p. 5.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 1357.
- ^"George Peabody Wetmore".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Rhode Island's 'Lection Day".The New York Times.May 27, 1885. p. 2.RetrievedJune 16,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,p. 1358.
- ^ab"John William Davis".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"'Lection Day ".The Boston Globe.June 1, 1887. p. 8.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,p. 1359.
- ^"Royal Chapin Taft".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Little Rhody's Rulers".The Boston Globe.May 30, 1888. p. 4.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1359–1360.
- ^ab"Herbert Warren Ladd".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Governor Ladd Inaugurated".New-York Tribune.May 29, 1889. p. 2.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^"Inauguration Day".Newport Mercury.May 31, 1890. p. 1.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^"'Lection Day Observed in Ancient Form at Newport ".Boston Evening Transcript.May 26, 1891. p. 10.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1360–1361.
- ^"Daniel Russell Brown".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Officials Sworn In".Fall River Daily Evening News.June 1, 1892. p. 7.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1361–1362.
- ^"Charles Warren Lippitt".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"'Lection Day ".Fall River Globe.May 29, 1895. p. 1.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1362–1363.
- ^"Elisha Dyer Jr".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"In Ancient Form".Newport Daily News.May 26, 1897. p. 5.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1363–1364.
- ^"William Gregory".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"General Assembly".Newport Mercury.June 2, 1900. p. 1.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,p. 1364.
- ^"Charles Dean Kimball".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Rhode Island's Governor".Boston Evening Transcript.December 17, 1901. p. 14.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1364–1365.
- ^"Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Democrats Desert".Fall River Daily Evening News.January 6, 1903. p. 1.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1365–1366.
- ^"George Herbert Utter".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Governor Utter Inaugurated at Providence".Transcript-Telegram.January 3, 1905. p. 3.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1366–1367.
- ^"James Henry Higgins".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Oath to Higgins".Fall River Globe.January 1, 1907. p. 5.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^abcSobel 1978,pp. 1367–1368.
- ^ab"Aram Pothier".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Gov Pothier In Office".The Boston Globe.January 5, 1909. p. 14.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1368–1369.
- ^"Robert Livingston Beeckman".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"General Assembly Organizes".Fall River Daily Evening News.January 5, 1915. p. 2.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1369–1370.
- ^"Emery J. San Souci".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Gov San Souci Is Inaugurated Today".The North Adams Transcript.January 4, 1921. p. 1.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^"Gross for Governor".Newport Mercury.October 14, 1922. p. 4.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1370–1371.
- ^"William Smith Flynn".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Democratic Governor Sworn: Republicans Rule Legislature".The Boston Globe.January 3, 1923. p. 4.RetrievedJune 17,2023.
- ^"Inauguration of the New State Government".Newport Mercury.January 10, 1925. p. 4.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 1371.
- ^"Norman Stanley Case".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Is Native of Providence".Newport Journal-Weekly News.February 10, 1928. p. 6.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1372–1373.
- ^"Theodore Francis Green".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Reddy Elected As R.I. Speaker".The Boston Globe.January 4, 1933. p. 3.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1373–1374.
- ^"Robert Emmet Quinn".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"State G.O.P. Loses Control of Senate".Newport Mercury.January 8, 1937. p. 9.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 1374.
- ^"William Henry Vanderbilt".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Vanderbilt Takes Office in Rhode Island".Transcript-Telegram.January 4, 1939. p. 6.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,p. 1375.
- ^"James Howard McGrath".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Gov. McGrath to Reinstate Bressler R.I. State Head".The Boston Globe.January 7, 1941. p. 32.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,p. 1376.
- ^"John Orlando Pastore".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"New Governor Takes Office in Rhode Island".Fitchburg Sentinel.Associated Press. October 6, 1945. p. 10.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 1377.
- ^"John Sammon McKiernan".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"To Be R.I. Governor Till Jan. 2, 1951".The North Adams Transcript.Associated Press. December 20, 1950. p. 8.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1377–1378.
- ^"Dennis Joseph Roberts".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Governor of R.I. Hints Tax Boost at Inauguration".The Boston Globe.January 2, 1951. p. 8.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1378–1379.
- ^"Christopher Del Sesto".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Del Sesto Sworn In As Governor, Pledges Better Jobs, Education Aid".Newport Daily News.January 6, 1959. p. 1.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1379–1380.
- ^"John A. Notte".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Governor Notte Pledges Aid to Business in R.I."Newport Daily News.January 3, 1961. p. 1.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,pp. 1380–1381.
- ^"John Hubbard Chafee".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Chafee Takes His Oath of Office Before 2,000 in Vets Auditorium".Newport Daily News.January 2, 1963. p. 1.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1381–1382.
- ^"Frank Licht".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Gov. Licht Cites Need for New State Taxes".Newport Daily News.January 7, 1969. p. 1.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^abSobel 1978,pp. 1382–1383.
- ^"Philip W. Noel".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"R.I. Governor Is Inaugurated".The Bridgeport Post.Associated Press. January 2, 1973. p. 10.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^Sobel 1978,p. 1383.
- ^ab"J. Joseph Garrahy".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"State of Economy Prime R.I. Issue".Daily Hampshire Gazette.Associated Press. January 4, 1977. p. 19.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^ab"Edward D. DiPrete".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"New Governor of R.I. Vows Independence".The Boston Globe.Associated Press. January 2, 1985. p. 21.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^ab"Bruce G. Sundlun".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^Sneyd, Ross (January 2, 1991)."R.I. Shuts 45 Banking Outlets".The Boston Globe.Associated Press. p. 1.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^"Sundlun Ousted in R.I. Primary".The Berkshire Eagle.Associated Press. September 14, 1994. p. A5.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^ab"Lincoln Almond".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"R.I. Governor Pledges End to Corruption".Portland Press Herald.Associated Press. January 4, 1995. p. 8B.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^"R.I. Const. art. IV, § 1".www.stateconstitutions.umd.edu.RetrievedDecember 20,2023.
- ^ab"Don Carcieri".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^Farrington, Brendan (January 8, 2003)."Jeb Bush Takes Oath for Second Term in Florida; Carcieri Takes Rhode Island Office".The Morning Call.Associated Press. p. A5.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^"Lincoln Chafee".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^"Chafee Sworn In As 1st Independent RI Governor".Associated Press. January 4, 2011.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^Burns, Alexander (May 29, 2013)."Lincoln Chafee to switch affiliation".Politico.RetrievedOctober 1,2023.
- ^ab"Gina Raimondo".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^Villarreal, Daniel (March 2, 2021)."Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo Resigns to Be Biden's New Sec. of Commerce".Newsweek.RetrievedJune 18,2023.
- ^ab"Dan McKee".National Governors Association.RetrievedJune 13,2023.
- ^Fitzpatrick, Edward."McKee sworn in as Rhode Island's 76th governor".Boston Globe.RetrievedJune 18,2023.