List of colonial governors of Rhode Island
This is a list of the "judges," presidents, and governors of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from 1638 to 1776.
Judges of Portsmouth
- William Coddington 1638-1639
- William Hutchinson 1639 - March 1640
Judge of Newport
- William Coddington 1639-1640
Governor of Rhode Island (Portsmouth and Newport)
- William Rosales 1640 - 1647
Chief Officer under the Patent of 1643 (Providence and Warwick)
- Roger Williams September 1644-May 1647
Presidents under the Patent of 1643
- 1st John Coggeshall May-1647-November 1647 (died in office)
- 2nd Jeremy Clarke May 1648-May 1649
- 3rd John Smith May 1649-May 1650
- 4th Nicholas Easton May 1650-August 1651
- 5th Samuel Gorton October 1651-May 1652 (Providence and Warwick only)
- 6th John Smith May 1652-May 1653 (Providence and Warwick only)
- 7th Gregory Dexter May 1653-May 1654 (Providence and Warwick only)
- 8th Nicholas Easton May 1654-September 1654
- 9th Roger Williams September 1654-May 1657
- 10th Benedict Arnold May 1657-May 1660
- 11th William Brenton May 1660-May 1662
- 12th Benedict Arnold May 1662-November 1663
Governors of Newport and Portsmouth under the Coddington Commission
- William Coddington May 1651-May 1653
- John Sanford May 1653 – 1653 (died in office between June and November 1653)
Governors under the Royal Charter of 1663
- Benedict Arnold November 1663-May 1666
- William Brenton May 1666 – 1669
- Benedict Arnold 1669-1672
- Nicholas Easton 1672-1674
- William Coddington 1674-1676
- Walter Clarke 1676-1677
- Benedict Arnold 1677-1678 (died in office)
- William Coddington 1678 (died in office)
- John Cranston 1678-1680 (died in office)
- Peleg Sanford 1680-1683
- William Coddington, Jr. 1683-1685
- Henry Bull 1685-1686
- Walter Clarke 1686
The Rhode Island Charter was suspended from 1686-1689. During this time, Sir Edmund Andros served as Governor of the Dominion of New England, which included Rhode Island.
Governors
Vacant May 1689-February 1690
- Henry Bull February 1690-May 1690
- John Easton May 1690-May 1695
- Caleb Carr May 1695-December 1695 (died in office)
- Walter Clarke 1696-1698 (resigned from office)
- Samuel Cranston 1698-1727
- Joseph Jenckes 1727-1732
- William Wanton 1732-1733 (died in office)
- John Wanton 1734-1740 (died in office)
- Richard Ward 1740-1743
- William Greene 1743-1745
- Gideon Wanton 1745-1746
- William Greene 1746-1747
- Gideon Wanton 1747-1748
- William Greene 1748-1755
- Stephen Hopkins 1755-1757
- William Greene 1757-1758 (died in office)
- Stephen Hopkins 1758-1762
- Samuel Ward 1762-1763
- Stephen Hopkins 1763-1765
- Samuel Ward 1765-1767
- Stephen Hopkins 1767-1768
- Josias Lyndon 1768-1769
- Joseph Wanton 1769-1775 (removed from office)
- Nicholas Cooke 1775-1778
See also
External links
| Judges of Portsmouth (1638–40) |  | |
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| Judge of Newport (1639–40) | ||
| Governor of Newport and Portsmouth (1640–47) | ||
| Chief Officer (Providence and Warwick) (1644–47) | ||
| Presidents of Rhode Island (Patent of 1644) (1647–63) | ||
| Governors of Newport and Portsmouth (Coddington Commission) (1651–54) | ||
| Governors of Rhode Island (Royal Charter of 1663) (1663–86) | ||
| Governors under Dominion of New England (1686–89) | ||
| Governors of Rhode Island (Royal Charter of 1663) (1690–1776) | ||
Italics Gorton, Smith and Dexter were presidents of Providence and Warwick only, since Coddington had received a commission to remove Newport and Portsmouth from their jurisdiction, valid from 1651 to 1654; before and after these dates the President presided over all four towns of the colony. Dudley presided over the "Narragansett Country" only, later to become Washington County, Rhode Island; Andros subsequently presided over the entire colony. | ||
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