List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island

The Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island is Daniel McKee.^[1] He assumed office January 6, 2015.

In Rhode Island, the lieutenant governor and governor of Rhode Island are elected on separate tickets.

Deputy Governors of the Colony of Rhode Island

Dr. John Clarke, Deputy Governor 1669-70, 1671-72

• William Brenton, of Newport Nov., 1663 – May, 1666
• Nicholas Easton, of Newport May, 1666 – May, 1669
• Dr. John Clarke, of Newport May, 1669 – May, 1670
• Nicholas Easton, of Newport May, 1670 – May, 1671
• Dr. John Clarke, of Newport May, 1671 – May, 1672
• John Cranston, of Newport May, 1672 – May, 1673
• William Coddington, of Newport May, 1673 – May, 1674
• John Easton, of Newport May, 1674 – April, 1676
• John Cranston, of Newport May, 1676 – Nov., 1678
• James Barker, of Newport Nov., 1678 – May, 1679
• Walter Clarke, of Newport May, 1679 – May 1686
• John Coggeshall, Jr., of Newport May, 1686 – June, 1686

The Royal Charter was suspended from 1686 until 1689.

William Bradford, last deputy governor of the colony and first deputy governor of the state

• John Coggeshall, Jr., of Newport May, 1689 – May, 1690
• John Greene, Jr., of Warwick May, 1690 – May, 1700
• Walter Clarke, of Newport May, 1700 – May, 1714, died in office
• Henry Tew, of Newport June, 1714 – May, 1715
• Joseph Jenckes, of Providence May, 1715 – May, 1721
• John Wanton, of Newport May, 1721 – May, 1722
• Joseph Jenckes, of Providence May, 1722 – May, 1727
• Jonathan Nichols, of Newport May, 1727 – Aug., 1727, died in office
• Thomas Frye, of East Greenwich Aug., 1727 – May, 1729
• John Wanton, of Newport May, 1729 – May, 1734
• George Hazard, of S. Kingstown May, 1734 – June, 1738, died in office
• Daniel Abbott, of Providence July, 1738 – May, 1740
• Richard Ward, of Newport May, 1740 – July, 1740
• William Greene, of Newport July, 1740 – May, 1743
• Joseph Whipple, Jr., of Newport May, 1743 – May, 1745
• William Robinson, of S. Kingstown May, 1745 – May, 1746
• Joseph Whipple, Jr., of Newport May, 1746 – May, 1747
• William Robinson, of S. Kingstown May, 1747 – May, 1748
• William Ellery, Sr., of Newport May, 1748 – May, 1750
• Robert Hazard, of S. Kingstown May, 1750 – May, 1751
• Joseph Whipple, III, of Newport May, 1751 – Nov., 1753
• Jonathan Nichols, Jr., of Newport Nov., 1753 – May, 1754
• John Gardner, of Newport May, 1754 – May, 1755
• Jonathan Nichols, Jr., of Newport May, 1755 – Sept., 1756, died in office
• John Gardner, of Newport Sept., 1756 – Jan., 1764, died in office
• Joseph Wanton, Jr., of Newport Feb., 1764 – May, 1765
• Elisha Brown, of N. Providence May, 1765 – May, 1767
• Joseph Wanton, Jr., of Newport May, 1767 – May, 1768
• Nicholas Cooke, of Providence May, 1768 – May, 1769
• Darius Sessions, of Providence May, 1769 – May, 1775
• Nicholas Cooke, of Providence May, 1775 – Nov., 1775
• William Bradford, of Bristol Nov., 1775 – May, 1778

Deputy and lieutenant governors of the State of Rhode Island

Name	Party	Term Start	Term End	Residence
William Bradford		Nov. 1775	May 1778	Bristol
Jabez Bowen		May 1778	May 1780	Providence
William West		May 1780	May 1781	Scituate
Jabez Bowen		May 1781	May 1786	Providence
Daniel Owen		May 1786	May 1790	Glocester
Samuel J. Potter		May 1790	Feb. 1799	S. Kingstown

The title of the office was changed to “Lieutenant Governor” in 1798.

Name	Party	Term Start	Term End	Residence
George Brown		1799	1800	S. Kingstown
Samuel J. Potter		1800	1803	S. Kingstown
Paul Mumford		1803	1805	Newport
Isaac Wilbour		1806	1807	Little Compton
Constant Taber		1807	1808	Newport
Simeon Martin		1808	1810	Newport
Isaac Wilbour		1810	1811	Little Compton
Simeon Martin		1811	1816	Newport
Jeremiah Thurston		1816	1817	Hopkinton
Edward Wilcox		1817	1821	Charlestown
Caleb Earle		1821	1824	Providence
Charles Collins		1824	1833	Newport
Jeffrey Hazard		1833	1835	Exeter
George Engs		1835	1836	Newport
Jeffrey Hazard		1836	1837	Exeter
Benjamin Babock Thurston		1837	1838	Hopkinton
Joseph Childs		1838	1839	Portsmouth
Byron Diman		1840	1842	Bristol
Nathaniel Bullock		1842	1843	Bristol

Lieutenant Governors Under The Constitution, 1843-present

Samuel G. Arnold, Lieutenant Governor, 1852–1853, 1861–1862

William Greene, Lieutenant Governor 1866-1868

Bob Weygand, Lieutenant Governor from 1993-1997

Name	Party	Term Start	Term End	Residence
Byron Diman	Law & Order	1843	1846	Bristol
Elisha Harris	Whig	1846	1847	Coventry
Edward W. Lawton		1847	1849	Newport
Thomas Whipple		1849	1851	Coventry
William Beach Lawrence		1851	1852	Newport
Samuel G. Arnold		1852	1853	Providence
Francis M. Dimond	Democratic	1853	1854	Bristol
John J. Reynolds		1854	1855	N. Kingstown
Anderson C. Rose		1855	1856	New Shoreham
Nicholas Brown III		1856	1857	Warwick
Thomas G. Turner	Republican	1857	1859	Warren
Isaac Saunders		1859	1860	Scituate
J. Russell Bullock		1860	1861	Bristol
Samuel G. Arnold	Republican	1861	1862	Providence
Seth Padelford	Republican	1863	1865	Providence
Duncan Pell		1865	1866	Newport
William Greene		1866	1868	Warwick
Pardon Stevens		1868	1872	Newport
Charles Cutler		1872	1873	Warren
Charles C. Van Zandt	Republican	1873	1875	Newport
Henry Tillinghast Sisson	Republican	1875	1877	Little Compton
Albert Howard		1877	1880	E. Providence
Henry Fay		1880	1883	Newport
Oscar Rathbun		1883	1885	Woonsocket
Lucius B. Darling	Republican	1885	1887	Pawtucket
Samuel R. Honey		1887	1888	Newport
Enos Lapham		1888	1889	Warwick
Daniel Littlefield	Republican	1889	1890	Central Falls
William T. C. Wardwell		1890	1891	Bristol
Henry A. Stearns	Republican	1891	1892	Lincoln
Melville Bull	Republican	1892	1894	Middletown
Edwin Allen		1894	1897	Hopkinton
Aram J. Pothier	Republican	1897	1898	Woonsocket
William Gregory	Republican	1898	1900	N. Kingstown
Charles D. Kimball	Republican	1900	1901	Providence
George L. Shepley	Republican	1902	1903	Providence
Adelard Archambault	Democratic	1903	1904	Woonsocket
George H. Utter	Republican	1904	1905	Westerly
Frederick H. Jackson	Republican	1905	1908	Providence
Ralph Watrous	Republican	1908	1909	Warwick
Arthur W. Dennis	Republican	1909	1910	Providence
Zenas Work Bliss	Republican	1910	1913	Cranston
Rosewell Burchard	Republican	1913	1915	L. Compton
Emery J. San Souci	Republican	1915	1921	Providence
Harold Gross	Republican	1921	1923	Providence
Felix A. Toupin	Democratic	1923	1925	Lincoln
Nathaniel W. Smith	Republican	1925	1927	S. Kingstown
Norman S. Case	Republican	1927	1928	Providence
James G. Connelly	Republican	1929	1933	Pawtucket
Robert E. Quinn	Democratic	1933	1937	W. Warwick
Raymond E. Jordan	Democratic	1937	1939	Pawtucket
James O. McManus	Republican	1939	1941	W. Warwick
Louis W. Cappelli	Democratic	1941	1944	Providence
John O. Pastore	Democratic	1945	1945	Providence
John S. McKiernan	Democratic	1945	1950	Providence
John S. McKiernan	Democratic	1951	1956	Providence
Armand H. Cote	Democratic	1957	1959	Pawtucket
John A. Notte, Jr.	Democratic	1959	1961	Providence
Edward P. Gallogly	Democratic	1961	1965	Providence
Giovanni Folcarelli	Democratic	1965	1967	Scituate
Joseph O'Donnell, Jr.	Republican	1967	1969	N. Smithfield
J. Joseph Garrahy	Democratic	1969	1977	Providence
Thomas R. DiLuglio	Democratic	1977	1985	Johnston
Richard A. Licht	Democratic	1985	1989	Providence
Roger N. Begin	Democratic	1989	1993	Woonsocket
Robert Weygand	Democratic	1993	1997	E. Providence
Bernard Jackvony	Republican	1997	1999	E. Greenwich
Charles J. Fogarty	Democratic	1999	2007	Glocester
Elizabeth H. Roberts	Democratic	2007	2015	Cranston
Daniel McKee	Democratic	2015	present	Cumberland

2010 controversy

During the 2010 elections, the Cool Moose Party of Rhode Island submitted Bob Healey as candidate for Lieutenant Governor. He ran on the proposition that he will attempt to abolish the office of Lieutenant Governor itself.^[2]

References

1. Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island
2. Healey election website