List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island

The lieutenant governor of Rhode Island is Daniel McKee.[1] He assumed office January 6, 2015.

Seal of the Lieutenant Governor

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

Deputy governors of the Colony of Rhode Island

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

• William Brenton, of Newport; November 1663 – 2 May 1666
• Nicholas Easton, of Newport; 2 May 1666 – 5 May 1669
• John Clarke, of Newport; 5 May 1669 – 4 May 1670
• Nicholas Easton, of Newport; 4 May 1670 – 3 May 1671
• John Clarke, of Newport; 3 May 1671 – 1 May 1672
• John Cranston, of Newport; 1 May 1672 – 7 May 1673
• William Coddington, of Newport; 7 May 1673 – 6 May 1674
• John Easton, of Newport; 6 May 1674 – April 1676
• John Cranston, of Newport; 3 May 1676 – 8 November 1678 (became governor)
• James Barker, of Newport; 8 November 1678 – 7 May 1679
• Walter Clarke, of Newport; 7 May 1679 – 5 May 1686
• John Coggeshall, Jr., of Newport; 5 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; 18 April 1689 – 7 May 1690
• John Greene, Jr., of Warwick; 7 May 1690 – 1 May 1700
• Walter Clarke, of Newport; 1 May 1700 – 23 May 1714 (died in office)
• Henry Tew, of Newport; 15 June 1714 – 3 May 1715
• Joseph Jenckes, of Providence; 3 May 1715 – 3 May 1721
• John Wanton, of Newport; 3 May 1721 – 2 May 1722
• Joseph Jenckes, of Providence; 2 May 1722 – 3 May 1727
• Jonathan Nichols, of Newport; 3 May 1727 – 2 August 1727 (died in office)
• Thomas Frye, of East Greenwich; 22 August 1727 – 7 May 1729
• John Wanton, of Newport; 7 May 1729 – 5 May 1734
• George Hazard, of S. Kingstown; 5 May 1734 – before 22 May 1738 (died in office)
• Daniel Abbott, of Providence; 5 July 1738 – 1 May 1740
• Richard Ward, of Newport; 1 May 1740 – 15 July 1740 (became governor)
• William Greene, of Newport; 15 July 1740 – 4 May 1743
• Joseph Whipple, Jr., of Newport; 4 May 1743 – 1 May 1745
• William Robinson, of S. Kingstown; 1 May 1745 – 7 May 1746
• Joseph Whipple, Jr., of Newport; 7 May 1746 – 6 May 1747
• William Robinson, of S. Kingstown; 6 May 1747 – 4 May 1748
• William Ellery, Sr., of Newport; 4 May 1748 – 2 May 1750
• Robert Hazard, of S. Kingstown; 2 May 1750 – 1 May 1751
• Joseph Whipple, III, of Newport; 1 May 1751 – 2 November 1753 (resigned)
• Jonathan Nichols, Jr., of Newport; 2 November 1753 – 1 May 1754
• John Gardner, of Newport; 1 May 1754 – 7 May 1755
• Jonathan Nichols, Jr., of Newport; 7 May 1755 – September 1756 (died in office)
• John Gardner, of Newport; 6 September 1756 – January 1764 (died in office)
• Joseph Wanton, Jr., of Newport; 27 February 1764 – 1 May 1765
• Elisha Brown, of N. Providence; 1 May 1765 – 6 May 1767
• Joseph Wanton, Jr., of Newport; 6 May 1767 – 4 May 1768
• Nicholas Cooke, of Providence; 4 May 1768 – 3 May 1769
• Darius Sessions, of Providence; 3 May 1769 – 3 May 1775
• Nicholas Cooke, of Providence; 3 May 1775 – 7 November 1775 (became governor)
• William Bradford, of Bristol; 7 November 1775 – 6 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	Governor(s) served under
George Brown		1799	1800	S. Kingstown	Arthur Fenner
Samuel J. Potter		1800	1803	S. Kingstown	Arthur Fenner
Paul Mumford		1803	1805	Newport	Arthur Fenner
Isaac Wilbour		1806	1807	Little Compton	Isaac Wilbour
Constant Taber		1807	1808	Newport	James Fenner
Simeon Martin		1808	1810	Newport	James Fenner
Isaac Wilbour		1810	1811	Little Compton	James Fenner
Simeon Martin		1811	1816	Newport	William Jones
Jeremiah Thurston		1816	1817	Hopkinton	William Jones
Edward Wilcox		1817	1821	Charlestown	Nehemiah R. Knight
Caleb Earle		1821	1824	Providence	William C. Gibbs
Charles Collins		1824	1833	Newport	James Fenner Lemuel H. Arnold
Jeffrey Hazard		1833	1835	Exeter	John B. Francis
George Engs		1835	1836	Newport	John B. Francis
Jeffrey Hazard		1836	1837	Exeter	John B. Francis
Benjamin Babock Thurston		1837	1838	Hopkinton	John B. Francis
Joseph Childs		1838	1839	Portsmouth	William Sprague III
Byron Diman		1840	1842	Bristol	Samuel Ward King
Nathaniel Bullock		1842	1843	Bristol	Thomas Dorr

Lieutenant governors under the constitution, 1843–present

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

William Greene, Lieutenant Governor 1866-1868

Arthur W. Dennis, Lieutenant Governor 1909-1910

Felix A. Toupin, Lieutenant Governor 1923-1925

Bob Weygand, Lieutenant Governor from 1993-1997

No.	Name	Party	Term Start	Term End	Governor(s) served under	Residence
1	Byron Diman	Law & Order	1843	1846	James Fenner Charles Jackson	Bristol
2	Elisha Harris	Whig	1846	1847	Byron Diman	Coventry
3	Edward W. Lawton		1847	1849	Elisha Harris	Newport
4	Thomas Whipple		1849	1851	Henry B. Anthony	Coventry
5	William Beach Lawrence	Democratic	1851	1852	Philip Allen	Newport
6	Samuel G. Arnold	Whig	1852	1853	Philip Allen	Providence
7	Francis M. Dimond	Democratic	1853	1854	himself	Bristol
8	John J. Reynolds		1854	1855	William W. Hoppin	N. Kingstown
9	Anderson C. Rose		1855	1856	William W. Hoppin	New Shoreham
10	Nicholas Brown III		1856	1857	William W. Hoppin	Warwick
11	Thomas G. Turner	Republican	1857	1859	Elisha Dyer	Warren
12	Isaac Saunders		1859	1860	Thomas G. Turner	Scituate
13	J. Russell Bullock		1860	1861	William Sprague IV	Bristol
14	Samuel G. Arnold	Democratic & Constitutional Unionist	1861	1862	William Sprague IV	Providence
15	Seth Padelford	Republican	1863	1865	William C. Cozzens James Y. Smith	Providence
16	Duncan Pell		1865	1866	James Y. Smith	Newport
17	William Greene		1866	1868	Ambrose Everett Burnside	Warwick
18	Pardon Stevens		1868	1872	Ambrose Everett Burnside Seth Padelford	Newport
19	Charles Cutler		1872	1873	Seth Padelford	Warren
20	Charles C. Van Zandt	Republican	1873	1875	Henry Howard	Newport
21	Henry Tillinghast Sisson	Republican	1875	1877	Henry Lippitt	Little Compton
22	Albert Howard		1877	1880	Charles C. Van Zandt	E. Providence
23	Henry Fay		1880	1883	Alfred H. Littlefield	Newport
24	Oscar Rathbun		1883	1885	Augustus O. Bourn	Woonsocket
25	Lucius B. Darling	Republican	1885	1887	George P. Wetmore	Pawtucket
26	Samuel R. Honey		1887	1888	John W. Davis	Newport
27	Enos Lapham		1888	1889	Royal C. Taft	Warwick
28	Daniel Littlefield	Republican	1889	1890	Herbert W. Ladd	Central Falls
29	William T. C. Wardwell		1890	1891	John W. Davis	Bristol
30	Henry A. Stearns	Republican	1891	1892	Herbert W. Ladd	Lincoln
31	Melville Bull	Republican	1892	1894	D. Russell Brown	Middletown
32	Edwin Allen		1894	1897	D. Russell Brown Charles W. Lippitt	Hopkinton
33	Aram J. Pothier	Republican	1897	1898	Elisha Dyer, Jr.	Woonsocket
34	William Gregory	Republican	1898	1900	Elisha Dyer, Jr.	N. Kingstown
35	Charles D. Kimball	Republican	1900	1901	William Gregory	Providence
36	George L. Shepley	Republican	1902	1903	Charles D. Kimball	Providence
37	Adelard Archambault	Democratic	1903	1904	Lucius F. C. Garvin	Woonsocket
38	George H. Utter	Republican	1904	1905	Lucius F. C. Garvin	Westerly
39	Frederick H. Jackson	Republican	1905	1908	George H. Utter	Providence
40	Ralph Watrous	Republican	1908	1909	James H. Higgins	Warwick
41	Arthur W. Dennis	Republican	1909	1910	Aram J. Pothier	Providence
42	Zenas Work Bliss	Republican	1910	1913	Aram J. Pothier	Cranston
43	Rosewell Burchard	Republican	1913	1915	Aram J. Pothier	L. Compton
44	Emery J. San Souci	Republican	1915	1921	R. Livingston Beeckman	Providence
45	Harold Gross	Republican	1921	1923	Emery J. San Souci	Providence
46	Felix A. Toupin	Democratic	1923	1925	William S. Flynn	Lincoln
47	Nathaniel W. Smith	Republican	1925	1927	Aram J. Pothier	S. Kingstown
48	Norman S. Case	Republican	1927	1928	Aram J. Pothier	Providence
49	James G. Connelly	Republican	1929	1933	Norman S. Case	Pawtucket
50	Robert E. Quinn	Democratic	1933	1937	Theodore Francis Green	W. Warwick
51	Raymond E. Jordan	Democratic	1937	1939	Robert E. Quinn	Pawtucket
52	James O. McManus	Republican	1939	1941	William Henry Vanderbilt III	W. Warwick
53	Louis W. Cappelli	Democratic	1941	1944	J. Howard McGrath	Providence
54	John O. Pastore	Democratic	1945	1945	J. Howard McGrath	Providence
55	John S. McKiernan	Democratic	1945	1957	John O. Pastore himself Dennis J. Roberts	Providence
56	Armand H. Cote	Democratic	1957	1959	Dennis J. Roberts	Pawtucket
57	John A. Notte, Jr.	Democratic	1959	1961	Christopher Del Sesto	Providence
58	Edward P. Gallogly	Democratic	1961	1965	John A. Notte, Jr. John Chafee	Providence
59	Giovanni Folcarelli	Democratic	1965	1967	John Chafee	Scituate
60	Joseph O'Donnell, Jr.	Republican	1967	1969	John Chafee	N. Smithfield
61	J. Joseph Garrahy	Democratic	1969	1977	Frank Licht Philip W. Noel	Providence
62	Thomas R. DiLuglio	Democratic	1977	1985	J. Joseph Garrahy	Johnston
63	Richard A. Licht	Democratic	1985	1989	Edward D. DiPrete	Providence
64	Roger N. Begin	Democratic	1989	1993	Edward D. DiPrete Bruce Sundlun	Woonsocket
65	Robert Weygand	Democratic	1993	1997	Bruce Sundlun Lincoln C. Almond	E. Providence
66	Bernard Jackvony	Republican	1997	1999	Lincoln C. Almond	E. Greenwich
67	Charles J. Fogarty	Democratic	1999	2007	Lincoln C. Almond Donald Carcieri	Glocester
68	Elizabeth H. Roberts	Democratic	2007	2015	Donald Carcieri Lincoln Chafee	Cranston
69	Daniel McKee	Democratic	2015	present	Gina Raimondo	Cumberland

Unusual candidacies

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