Former Governors - Rhode Island
| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Gina Raimondo | Rhode Island | 2019 - 2021 2015 - 2018 | Democratic |
| Gov. Lincoln Chafee | Rhode Island | 2011 - 2015 | Democratic |
| Gov. Don Carcieri | Rhode Island | 2003 - 2011 | Republican |
| Gov. Lincoln Almond | Rhode Island | 1995 - 2003 | Republican |
| Gov. Bruce G. Sundlun | Rhode Island | 1991 - 1995 | Democratic |
| Gov. Edward D. DiPrete | Rhode Island | 1985 - 1991 | Republican |
| Gov. J. Joseph Garrahy | Rhode Island | 1977 - 1985 | Democratic |
| Gov. Philip W. Noel | Rhode Island | 1973 - 1977 | Democratic |
| Gov. Frank Licht | Rhode Island | 1969 - 1973 | Democratic |
| Gov. John Hubbard Chafee | Rhode Island | 1963 - 1969 | Republican |
| Gov. John A. Notte | Rhode Island | 1961 - 1963 | Democratic |
| Gov. Christopher Del Sesto | Rhode Island | 1959 - 1961 | Republican |
| Gov. Dennis Joseph Roberts | Rhode Island | 1951 - 1959 | |
| Gov. John Sammon McKiernan | Rhode Island | 1950 - 1951 | |
| Gov. John Orlando Pastore | Rhode Island | 1945 - 1950 | Democratic |
| Gov. James Howard McGrath | Rhode Island | 1941 - 1945 | Democratic |
| Gov. William Henry Vanderbilt | Rhode Island | 1939 - 1941 | Republican |
| Gov. Robert Emmet Quinn | Rhode Island | 1937 - 1939 | Democratic |
| Gov. Theodore Francis Green | Rhode Island | 1933 - 1937 | Democratic |
| Gov. Norman Stanley Case | Rhode Island | 1928 - 1933 | Republican |
| Gov. Aram Pothier | Rhode Island | 1925 - 1928 1909 - 1915 | Republican |
| Gov. William Smith Flynn | Rhode Island | 1923 - 1925 | Democratic |
| Gov. Emery J. San Souci | Rhode Island | 1921 - 1923 | Republican |
| Gov. Robert Livingston Beeckman | Rhode Island | 1915 - 1921 | Republican |
| Gov. James Henry Higgins | Rhode Island | 1907 - 1909 | Democratic |
| Gov. George Herbert Utter | Rhode Island | 1905 - 1907 | Republican |
| Gov. Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin | Rhode Island | 1903 - 1905 | Democratic |
| Gov. Charles Dean Kimball | Rhode Island | 1901 - 1903 | Republican |
| Gov. William Gregory | Rhode Island | 1900 - 1901 | Republican |
| Gov. Elisha Dyer Jr. | Rhode Island | 1897 - 1900 | Republican |
| Gov. Charles Warren Lippitt | Rhode Island | 1895 - 1897 | Republican |
| Gov. Daniel Russell Brown | Rhode Island | 1892 - 1895 | Republican |
| Gov. Herbert Warren Ladd | Rhode Island | 1891 - 1892 1889 - 1890 | Republican |
| Gov. John William Davis | Rhode Island | 1890 - 1891 1887 - 1888 | Democratic |
| Gov. Royal Chapin Taft | Rhode Island | 1888 - 1889 | Republican |
| Gov. George Peabody Wetmore | Rhode Island | 1885 - 1887 | Republican |
| Gov. Augustus Osborn Bourn | Rhode Island | 1883 - 1885 | Republican |
| Gov. Alfred Henry Littlefield | Rhode Island | 1880 - 1883 | Republican |
| Gov. Charles Collins Van Zandt | Rhode Island | 1877 - 1880 | Republican |
| Gov. Henry Lippitt | Rhode Island | 1875 - 1877 | Republican |
| Gov. Henry Howard | Rhode Island | 1873 - 1875 | Republican |
| Gov. Seth Padelford | Rhode Island | 1869 - 1873 | Republican |
| Gov. Ambrose Everett Burnside | Rhode Island | 1866 - 1869 | Republican |
| Gov. James Youngs Smith | Rhode Island | 1863 - 1866 | Republican |
| Gov. William Cole Cozzens | Rhode Island | 1863 - 1863 | Democratic |
| Gov. William Sprague | Rhode Island | 1860 - 1863 | Republican |
| Gov. Thomas Goodwin Turner | Rhode Island | 1859 - 1860 | Republican |
| Gov. Elisha Dyer Sr. | Rhode Island | 1857 - 1859 | Republican |
| Gov. William Warner Hoppin | Rhode Island | 1854 - 1880 | AP |
| Gov. Francis M. Dimond | Rhode Island | 1853 - 1854 | |
| Gov. Phillip Allen | Rhode Island | 1851 - 1853 | DFS |
| Gov. Henry Bowen Anthony | Rhode Island | 1849 - 1851 | Whig |
| Gov. Elisha Harris | Rhode Island | 1847 - 1849 | Whig |
| Gov. Byron Diman | Rhode Island | 1846 - 1847 | Whig |
| Gov. Charles Jackson | Rhode Island | 1845 - 1846 | Whig |
| Gov. James Fenner | Rhode Island | 1843 - 1845 1824 - 1831 1807 - 1811 | F-R; Whig |
| Gov. Samuel King | Rhode Island | 1839 - 1843 | Whig |
| Gov. William Sprague | Rhode Island | 1838 - 1839 | Whig |
| Gov. John Brown Francis | Rhode Island | 1833 - 1838 | Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. Lemuel Hastings Arnold | Rhode Island | 1831 - 1833 | |
| Gov. William Channing Gibbs | Rhode Island | 1821 - 1824 | |
| Gov. Edward Cox | Rhode Island | 1821 - 1821 | |
| Gov. Nehemiah Rice Knight | Rhode Island | 1817 - 1821 | F-R |
| Gov. William Jones | Rhode Island | 1811 - 1817 | F-R |
| Gov. Isaac Wilbour | Rhode Island | 1806 - 1807 | |
| Gov. Henry Smith | Rhode Island | 1805 - 1806 | |
| Gov. Arthur Fenner | Rhode Island | 1790 - 1805 | F-R |
| Gov. John Collins | Rhode Island | 1786 - 1790 | Democratic-Republican |
| Gov. William Greene | Rhode Island | 1778 - 1786 | |
| Gov. Nicholas Cooke | Rhode Island | 1775 - 1778 |
