List of colonial governors of Rhode Island

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.

Contents

Judges of Portsmouth

Judge of Newport

Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island 1636, Chief Officer 1644-1647, President 1654-1657

Governor of Rhode Island (Portsmouth and Newport)

Chief Officer under the Patent of 1643 (Providence and Warwick)

Presidents under the Patent of 1643

Richard Ward
William Greene
  • John Coggeshall May-1647-November 1647 (died in office)
  • Jeremy Clarke May 1648-May 1649
  • John Smith May 1649-May 1650
  • Nicholas Easton May 1650-August 1651
  • Samuel Gorton October 1651-May 1652 (Providence and Warwick only)
  • John Smith May 1652-May 1653 (Providence and Warwick only)
  • Gregory Dexter May 1653-May 1654 (Providence and Warwick only)

Governors of Newport and Portsmouth under the Coddington Commission

Presidents under the Patent of 1643

Governors under the Royal Charter of 1663

Stephen Hopkins, Signatory of the Declaration of Independence, Governor 1755-1757, 1758-1762, 1767-1768

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

Joseph Wanton had Loyalist sympathies, but maintained neutrality during the American Revolutionary War

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 1775-1776

See also

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