The Political Graveyard: Rhode Island: Governors

Rhode Island: Governors

Governors of Rhode Island, 1743-2002 (May be incomplete!)
William Greene 1743-45 Gideon Wanton 1745-46 William Greene 1746-47 Gideon Wanton 1747-48 William Greene 1748-55 Stephen Hopkins 1755-57 William Greene 1757-58 Stephen Hopkins 1758-62 Samuel Ward 1762-63 Stephen Hopkins 1763-65 Samuel Ward 1765-67 Stephen Hopkins 1767-68 Josias Lyndon 1768-69 Joseph Wanton 1769-75 Nicholas Cooke 1775-78 William Greene, Jr. 1778-86 John Collins 1786-90 Arthur Fenner 1790-1805 Henry Smith 1805-06 Isaac Wilbour 1806-07 James Fenner 1807-11 William Jones 1811-17 Nehemiah R. Knight 1817-21 Edward Wilcox 1821 William C. Gibbs 1821-24 James Fenner 1824-31 Lemuel H. Arnold 1831-33 John Brown Francis 1833-38 William Sprague 1838-39 Samuel Ward King 1839-43 James Fenner 1843-45 Charles Jackson 1845-46 Byron Diman 1846-47 Elisha Harris 1847-49 Henry B. Anthony 1849-51 Philip Allen 1851-53 Francis M. Dimond 1853-54 William W. Hoppin 1854-57 Elisha Dyer 1857-59 Thomas G. Turner 1859-60 William Sprague 1860-63 William C. Cozzens 1863 James Y. Smith 1863-66 Ambrose E. Burnside 1866-69 Seth Padelford 1869-73 Henry Howard 1873-75 Henry Lippitt 1875-77 Charles C. Van Zandt 1877-80 Alfred H. Littlefield 1880-83 Augustus O. Bourn 1883-85 George P. Wetmore 1885-87 John W. Davis 1887-88 Royal C. Taft 1888-89 Herbert W. Ladd 1889-90 John W. Davis 1890-91 Herbert W. Ladd 1891-92 D. Russell Brown 1892-95 Charles W. Lippitt 1895-97 Elisha Dyer 1897-1900 William Gregory 1900-01 Charles D. Kimball 1901-03 Lucius F. C. Garvin 1903-05 George H. Utter 1905-07 James H. Higgins 1907-09 Aram J. Pothier 1909-15 R. Livingston Beeckman 1915-21 Emery J. San Souci 1921-23 William S. Flynn 1923-25 Aram J. Pothier 1925-28 Norman S. Case 1928-33 Theodore F. Green 1933-37 Robert E. Quinn 1937-39 William H. Vanderbilt 1939-41 J. Howard McGrath 1941-45 John O. Pastore 1945-50 John S. McKiernan 1950-51 Dennis J. Roberts 1951-59 Christopher Del Sesto 1959-61 John A. Notte, Jr. 1961-63 John H. Chafee 1963-69 Frank Licht 1969-73 Philip W. Noel 1973-77 J. Joseph Garrahy 1977-85 Edward Daniel DiPrete 1985-91 Bruce Sundlun 1991-95 Lincoln Almond 1995-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1758 Feb 22: William Greene, died in office.

1805 Oct 15: Arthur Fenner, died in office.

1818: Elisha R. Potter, defeated.

1836: Tristam Burges (Whig), defeated.

1853 Jul 20: Philip Allen, resigned.

1863 Mar 3: William Sprague, resigned.

1901 Dec 16: William Gregory, died in office.

1908: Olney Arnold (Dem), defeated.

1909: Olney Arnold (Dem), defeated.

1912: Theodore F. Green (Dem), defeated.

1914: Patrick H. Quinn (Dem), defeated.

1928: Theodore F. Green (Dem), defeated.

1928 Feb 3: Aram J. Pothier, died in office.

1930 Nov 4: Norman S. Case (Rep), elected; Theodore F. Green (Dem), defeated; Charles H. Dana (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1938 Nov 8: William H. Vanderbilt (Rep & Good Government), elected; Robert E. Quinn (Dem), defeated; Walter E. O'Hara (Square Deal), defeated; Morris Kominsky (Communist), defeated.

1940: J. Howard McGrath (Dem), elected; William H. Vanderbilt (Rep), defeated; Wilfred J. Boissy (Communist), defeated.

1942: J. Howard McGrath (Dem), elected; James O. McManus (Rep), defeated.

1944: J. Howard McGrath (Dem), elected; Norman D. MacLeod (Rep), elected.

1945 Oct 6: J. Howard McGrath, resigned.

1946: John O. Pastore (Dem), elected; John G. Murphy (Rep), defeated.

1948: John O. Pastore (Dem), elected; Albert P. Ruerat (Rep), defeated; Clemens J. France (Progressive), defeated.

1950: Dennis J. Roberts (Dem), elected; Eugene J. Lachapelle (Rep), defeated.

1950 Dec 19: John O. Pastore, resigned.

1952: Dennis J. Roberts (Dem), elected; Raoul Archambault, Jr. (Rep), defeated.

1954: Dennis J. Roberts (Dem), elected; Dean J. Lewis (Rep), defeated; Arthur E. Marley (Ind), defeated.

1956: Dennis J. Roberts (Dem), elected; Christopher Del Sesto (Rep), defeated.

1958: Christopher Del Sesto (Rep), elected; Dennis J. Roberts (Dem), defeated.

1962: John A. Notte, Jr. (Dem), defeated.

1966: Horace E. Hobbs (Dem), defeated.

1986: Bruce Sundlun (Dem), defeated.

1988: Bruce Sundlun (Dem), defeated.

1990: Bruce Sundlun (Dem), elected.

1994: Bruce Sundlun (Dem), defeated in primary.

1994: Lincoln Almond (Rep), elected; Ronald K. Machtley (Rep), defeated.

1998: Lincoln Almond (Rep), elected.

2002: Sheldon Whitehouse (Dem), defeated in primary.

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