The current lieutenant governor

Lieutenant governor (United States)

In the United States, 43 of the 50 states have a separate, full-time office of lieutenant governor. In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when he or she is absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated...

of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

 is Elizabeth H. Roberts

Elizabeth H. Roberts

Elizabeth H. Roberts is currently the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Rhode Island. She has served under Republican Governor Donald Carcieri and Independent Lincoln Chafee. She was elected as a Democrat in 2006, becoming the state's first female Lieutenant Governor.Roberts was born April 17,...

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

Ticket (election)

A ticket refers to a single election choice which fills more than one political office or seat. For example, in the U.S., the candidates for President and Vice President run on the same "ticket", because they are elected together on a single ballot question rather than separately.A ticket can also...

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Deputy Governors of the Colony of Rhode Island

Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original English Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America that, after the American Revolution, became the modern U.S...

 

• William Brenton
  William Brenton
  William Brenton was a colonial President, Deputy Governor, and Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and an early settler of Portsmouth and Newport in the Rhode Island colony...
  
  , of Newport Nov., 1663 – May, 1666
• Nicholas Easton
  Nicholas Easton
  Nicholas Easton was an early colonial President and Governor of Rhode Island. Born in Hampshire, England, he lived in the towns of Lymington and Romsey before immigrating to New England with his two sons in 1634. Once in the New World, he lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony towns of Ipswich,...
  
  , of Newport May, 1666 – May, 1669
• Dr. John Clarke, of Newport May, 1669 – May, 1670
• Nicholas Easton
  Nicholas Easton
  Nicholas Easton was an early colonial President and Governor of Rhode Island. Born in Hampshire, England, he lived in the towns of Lymington and Romsey before immigrating to New England with his two sons in 1634. Once in the New World, he lived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony towns of Ipswich,...
  
  , 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
  William Coddington
  William Coddington was an early magistrate of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and later of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving as the Judge of Portsmouth, Judge of Newport, Governor of Portsmouth and Newport, Deputy Governor of the entire colony, and then Governor of the...
  
  , of Newport May, 1673 – May, 1674
• John Easton
  John Easton
  John Easton was a political leader in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, devoting decades to public service before eventually becoming Governor of the colony. Born in Hampshire, England, he sailed to New England with his widowed father and older brother, settling in Ipswich...
  
  , of Newport May, 1674 – April, 1676
• John Cranston, of Newport May, 1676 – Nov., 1678
• James Barker
  James Barker (Rhode Island)
  James Barker was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He sailed from England with his father, also named James Barker, who died during the voyage. Also on the same ship was future Rhode Island Governor Nicholas Easton...
  
  , of Newport Nov., 1678 – May, 1679
• Walter Clarke
  Walter Clarke (governor)
  Walter Clarke was an early Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and the first native-born governor of the colony. The son of colonial President Jeremy Clarke, he was a Quaker like his father. While in his late 20s, he was elected as a Deputy from Newport, and in 1673...
  
  , of Newport May, 1679 – May 1686
• John Coggeshall, Jr.
  John Coggeshall, Jr.
  John Coggeshall, Jr. was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The son of Rhode Island President John Coggeshall, he was raised in the village of Castle Hedingham in northeastern Essex where his father was a merchant...
  
  , of Newport May, 1686 – June, 1686

The Royal Charter was suspended from 1686 until 1689.

• John Coggeshall, Jr.
  John Coggeshall, Jr.
  John Coggeshall, Jr. was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The son of Rhode Island President John Coggeshall, he was raised in the village of Castle Hedingham in northeastern Essex where his father was a merchant...
  
  , of Newport May, 1689 – May, 1690
• John Greene, Jr.
  John Greene, Jr.
  John Greene Jr. was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations who spent almost his entire adult life in the public service of the colony. Born in England, he was the son of John Greene and Joan Tattersall, and sailed to New England with his parents in 1635 aboard...
  
  , of Warwick May, 1690 – May, 1700
• Walter Clarke
  Walter Clarke (governor)
  Walter Clarke was an early Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and the first native-born governor of the colony. The son of colonial President Jeremy Clarke, he was a Quaker like his father. While in his late 20s, he was elected as a Deputy from Newport, and in 1673...
  
  , of Newport May, 1700 – May, 1714, died in office
• Henry Tew
  Henry Tew
  Henry Tew was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the son of Richard and Mary Tew who arrived in New England in 1640, and the grandson of Henry Tew of Maidford, Northamptonshire, England...
  
  , of Newport June, 1714 – May, 1715
• Joseph Jenckes
  Joseph Jenckes (governor)
  Joseph Jenckes was a deputy governor and governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the son of Joseph and Esther Jenckes who lived in Lynn, Massachusetts before coming to Rhode Island. His father, the son of an earlier Joseph Jenckes, operated a sawmill in...
  
  , of Providence May, 1715 – May, 1721
• John Wanton
  John Wanton
  John Wanton was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving for six consecutive terms from 1734 to 1740. He was the son of Edward Wanton who was a ship builder, and who became a Quaker after witnessing the persecution of these people, also becoming a preacher of...
  
  , of Newport May, 1721 – May, 1722
• Joseph Jenckes
  Joseph Jenckes (governor)
  Joseph Jenckes was a deputy governor and governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the son of Joseph and Esther Jenckes who lived in Lynn, Massachusetts before coming to Rhode Island. His father, the son of an earlier Joseph Jenckes, operated a sawmill in...
  
  , of Providence May, 1722 – May, 1727
• Jonathan Nichols
  Jonathan Nichols (Rhode Island)
  Jonathan Nichols was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the son of Thomas and Hannah Nichols of Newport. Nichols became a freeman of Newport in 1707, then served many years as either Deputy or Assistant from 1713 to 1727...
  
  , of Newport May, 1727 – Aug., 1727, died in office
• Thomas Frye
  Thomas Frye (Rhode Island)
  Thomas Frye was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The son of Thomas and Mary Frye of Newport and East Greenwich in the Rhode Island colony, he was a glazier by trade...
  
  , of East Greenwich Aug., 1727 – May, 1729
• John Wanton
  John Wanton
  John Wanton was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving for six consecutive terms from 1734 to 1740. He was the son of Edward Wanton who was a ship builder, and who became a Quaker after witnessing the persecution of these people, also becoming a preacher of...
  
  , of Newport May, 1729 – May, 1734
• George Hazard
  George Hazard
  George Hazard was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The son of George and Penelope Hazard of South Kingstown in the Rhode Island colony, his grandfather was Robert Hazard of Portsmouth, and his great grandfather was Thomas Hazard who settled in...
  
  , of S. Kingstown May, 1734 – June, 1738, died in office
• Daniel Abbott
  Daniel Abbott
  Daniel Abbott was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The son of Daniel and Margaret Abbott of Providence in the Rhode Island colony, he was called Daniel Abbott, Jr. when made a freeman of Providence in 1708...
  
  , of Providence July, 1738 – May, 1740
• Richard Ward
  Richard Ward (Governor)
  Richard Ward was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving for one complete term from 1741 to 1742. He was the son of Thomas Ward and Amey Billings of Newport, and grandson of John Ward who had come from Gloucester, England...
  
  , of Newport May, 1740 – July, 1740
• William Greene
  William Greene (colonial governor)
  William Greene was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was a clerk of the county court in Providence, deputy from Warwick, speaker of the Rhode Island Assembly, and then deputy governor from 1740 to 1743...
  
  , of Newport July, 1740 – May, 1743
• Joseph Whipple, Jr.
  Joseph Whipple, Jr.
  Joseph Whipple, Jr. was a wealthy merchant in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and a Deputy Governor of the colony....
  
  , of Newport May, 1743 – May, 1745
• William Robinson
  William Robinson (Rhode Island)
  William Robinson was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The son of Rowland and Mary Robinson of South Kingstown in the Rhode Island colony, his father was a relatively late immigrant to Rhode Island, arriving in Newport from Cumberland, England in...
  
  , of S. Kingstown May, 1745 – May, 1746
• Joseph Whipple, Jr.
  Joseph Whipple, Jr.
  Joseph Whipple, Jr. was a wealthy merchant in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and a Deputy Governor of the colony....
  
  , of Newport May, 1746 – May, 1747
• William Robinson
  William Robinson (Rhode Island)
  William Robinson was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The son of Rowland and Mary Robinson of South Kingstown in the Rhode Island colony, his father was a relatively late immigrant to Rhode Island, arriving in Newport from Cumberland, England in...
  
  , of S. Kingstown May, 1747 – May, 1748
• William Ellery, of Newport May, 1748 – May, 1750
• Robert Hazard
  Robert Hazard (Rhode Island)
  Robert Hazard was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.The son of Stephen Hazard of South Kingstown in the Rhode Island colony, his grandfather was Robert Hazard of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and his great grandfather was Thomas Hazard who settled in Portsmouth...
  
  , of S. Kingstown May, 1750 – Feb., 1751, died in office
• Spencer Fields, of Providence Feb., 1751 – May, 1751
• Joseph Whipple, III
  Joseph Whipple, III
  Joseph Whipple, III was a merchant in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and a Deputy Governor of the colony....
  
  , of Newport May, 1751 – Nov., 1753
• Jonathan Nichols, Jr.
  Jonathan Nichols, Jr.
  Jonathan Nichols, Jr. was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the son of former Deputy Governor Jonathan Nichols and Elizabeth Lawton...
  
  , of Newport Nov., 1753 – May, 1754
• John Gardner
  John Gardner (Rhode Island)
  John Gardner served for more than eight years as the deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the son of Joseph and Catharine Gardner of Newport, and the grandson of George Gardner who was an early settler of Portsmouth in 1638. He became a freeman in...
  
  , of Newport May, 1754 – May, 1755
• Jonathan Nichols, Jr.
  Jonathan Nichols, Jr.
  Jonathan Nichols, Jr. was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the son of former Deputy Governor Jonathan Nichols and Elizabeth Lawton...
  
  , of Newport May, 1755 – Sept., 1756, died in office
• John Gardner
  John Gardner (Rhode Island)
  John Gardner served for more than eight years as the deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the son of Joseph and Catharine Gardner of Newport, and the grandson of George Gardner who was an early settler of Portsmouth in 1638. He became a freeman in...
  
  , of Newport Sept., 1756 – Jan., 1764, died in office
• Joseph Wanton, Jr.
  Joseph Wanton, Jr.
  Joseph Wanton, Jr. was a Loyalist, merchant, Deputy Governor of Rhode Island in 1764 and 1767 and owner of Hunter House in Newport, Rhode Island.Wanton was born to Governor Joseph Wanton and Mary Winthrop Wanton of Newport on February 8, 1730...
  
  , of Newport Feb., 1764 – May, 1765
• Elisha Brown
  Elisha Brown
  Elisha Brown was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was the son of James and Mary Brown, and the great grandson of early Rhode Island settler and Baptist minister Chad Brown...
  
  , of N. Providence May, 1765 – May, 1767
• Joseph Wanton, Jr.
  Joseph Wanton, Jr.
  Joseph Wanton, Jr. was a Loyalist, merchant, Deputy Governor of Rhode Island in 1764 and 1767 and owner of Hunter House in Newport, Rhode Island.Wanton was born to Governor Joseph Wanton and Mary Winthrop Wanton of Newport on February 8, 1730...
  
  , of Newport May, 1767 – May, 1768
• Nicholas Cooke
  Nicholas Cooke
  Nicholas Cooke was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the American Revolutionary War, and after Rhode Island became a state, he continued in this position to become the first Governor of the State of Rhode Island. Born in the maritime town of Providence, he...
  
  , of Providence May, 1768 – May, 1769
• Darius Sessions
  Darius Sessions
  Darius Sessions was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the buildup to the American Revolutionary War...
  
  , of Providence May, 1769 – May, 1775
• Nicholas Cooke
  Nicholas Cooke
  Nicholas Cooke was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the American Revolutionary War, and after Rhode Island became a state, he continued in this position to become the first Governor of the State of Rhode Island. Born in the maritime town of Providence, he...
  
  , of Providence May, 1775 – Nov., 1775
• William Bradford, of Bristol Nov., 1775 – May, 1778

Deputy and lieutenant governors of the State of Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

 

• William Bradford, of Bristol Nov., 1775 – May, 1778
• Jabez Bowen
  Jabez Bowen
  Jabez Bowen, Jr. was a deputy governor of Rhode Island, militia colonel during the American Revolutionary War and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.-Biography:...
  
  , of Providence May, 1778 – May, 1780
• William West, of Scituate May, 1780 – May, 1781
• Jabez Bowen
  Jabez Bowen
  Jabez Bowen, Jr. was a deputy governor of Rhode Island, militia colonel during the American Revolutionary War and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.-Biography:...
  
  , of Providence May, 1781 – May, 1786
• Daniel Owen, of Glocester May, 1786 – May, 1790
• Samuel J. Potter
  Samuel J. Potter
  Samuel John Potter was a United States Senator from Rhode Island and was a prominent Country Party anti-Federalist leader....
  
  , of S. Kingstown May, 1790 – Feb., 1799

The title was now changed to “Lieutenant Governor”.

• Samuel J. Potter
  Samuel J. Potter
  Samuel John Potter was a United States Senator from Rhode Island and was a prominent Country Party anti-Federalist leader....
  
  , of S. Kingstown 1799–1799
• George Brown, of S. Kingstown 1799–1800
• Samuel J. Potter
  Samuel J. Potter
  Samuel John Potter was a United States Senator from Rhode Island and was a prominent Country Party anti-Federalist leader....
  
  , of S. Kingstown 1800–1803
• Paul Mumford, of Newport 1803–1805
• Isaac Wilbour
  Isaac Wilbour
  Isaac Wilbour was an American politician from Rhode Island holding several offices, including the sixth Governor of the state....
  
  , of Little Compton 1806–1807
• Constant Taber, of Newport 1807–1808
• Simeon Martin, of Newport 1808–1810
• Isaac Wilbour
  Isaac Wilbour
  Isaac Wilbour was an American politician from Rhode Island holding several offices, including the sixth Governor of the state....
  
  , of Little Compton 1810–1811
• Simeon Martin, of Newport 1811–1816
• Jeremiah Thurston, of Hopkinton 1816–1817
• Edward Wilcox, of Charlestown 1817–1821
• Caleb Earle, of Providence 1821–1824
• Charles Collins, of Newport 1824–1833
• Jeffrey Hazard, of Exeter 1833–1835
• George Engs, of Newport 1835–1836
• Jeffrey Hazard, of Exeter 1836–1837
• Benjamin Babock Thurston
  Benjamin Babock Thurston
  Benjamin Babock Thurston was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, Thurston attended the common schools, and later engaged in mercantile pursuits...
  
  , of Hopkinton 1837–1838
• Joseph Childs
  Joseph Childs
  Major Joseph Childs , soldier and penal administrator, of the Royal Marines, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, from 7 February 1844 to August 1846....
  
  , of Portsmouth 1838–1839
• Byron Diman
  Byron Diman
  Byron Diman was an American politician, 19th Governor of Rhode IslandDiman was born in Bristol, Rhode Island on August 5, 1795. He worked in a counting-house for over two decades. He was then engaged in the whaling and mill businesses. He served in the Rhode Island Militia and later became...
  
  , of Bristol 1840–1842
• Nathanael Bullock, of Bristol 1842–1843

Lieutenant Governors Under The Constitution, 1843 –

• Byron Diman
  Byron Diman
  Byron Diman was an American politician, 19th Governor of Rhode IslandDiman was born in Bristol, Rhode Island on August 5, 1795. He worked in a counting-house for over two decades. He was then engaged in the whaling and mill businesses. He served in the Rhode Island Militia and later became...
  
  , of Bristol 1843–1846 [Law & Order Party]
• Elisha Harris
  Elisha Harris
  Elisha Harris of Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island, was Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, 1846–47 and the 20th Governor of Rhode Island 1847–49....
  
  , of Coventry 1846–1847 [Whig]
• Edward W. Lawton, of Newport 1847–1849
• Thomas Whipple, of Coventry 1849–1851
• William Beach Lawrence
  William Beach Lawrence
  William Beach Lawrence was an American politician and jurist who served as lieutenant governor of Rhode Island from 1851 to 1852....
  
  , of Newport 1851–1852
• Samuel G. Arnold
  Samuel G. Arnold
  Samuel Greene Arnold, Jr. was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he received his early education under private tutors, and graduated from Brown University in 1841 and, in 1845, the law department of Harvard University, gaining admission to the bar that year...
  
  , of Providence 1852–1853
• Francis M. Dimond
  Francis M. Dimond
  Francis M. Dimond was an American politician and the 23rd Governor of Rhode Island.He was born in Bristol, Rhode Island on June 6, 1796. During his youth, he traveled to the Caribbean and served for several years as the United States consul at Port-au-Prince.Later, Dimond became a United States...
  
  , of Bristol 1853–1854
• John J. Reynolds
  John J. Reynolds
  John James Reynolds was an American track and field athlete, and a member of the Irish American Athletic Club. He was part of the U.S...
  
  , of N. Kingstown 1854–1855
• Anderson C. Rose, of New Shoreham 1855–1856
• Nicholas Brown III
  Nicholas Brown III
  Nicholas Brown III was the United States Consul to Italy from 1845 to 1853 and later was Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1856 to 1857.-Biography:...
  
  , of Warwick 1856–1857
• Thomas Turner, of Warren 1857–1859
• Isaac Saunders, of Scituate 1859–1860
• J. Russell Bullock, of Bristol 1860–1861
• Samuel G. Arnold
  Samuel G. Arnold
  Samuel Greene Arnold, Jr. was a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he received his early education under private tutors, and graduated from Brown University in 1841 and, in 1845, the law department of Harvard University, gaining admission to the bar that year...
  
  , of Providence 1861–1862 [U]
• Seth Padelford
  Seth Padelford
  Seth Padelford was the 31st Governor of Rhode Island from 1869 to 1873.Padelford was born in Taunton, Massachusetts...
  
  , of Providence 1863–1865 [R]
• Duncan Pell, of Newport 1865–1866
• William Greene, of Warwick 1866–1868
• Pardon Stevens, of Newport 1868–1872
• Charles Cutler
  Charles Cutler
  Sir Charles Benjamin Cutler KBE, ED was an Australian politician, holding office for 28 years as an elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Orange...
  
  , of Warren 1872–1873
• Charles C. Van Zandt
  Charles C. Van Zandt
  Charles Collins Van Zandt was the 34th Governor of Rhode Island.-Early life:He was born in Newport, Rhode Island. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, then studied law and was admitted to the Bar in 1853...
  
  , of Newport 1873–1875 [R]
• Henry Tillinghast Sisson
  Henry Tillinghast Sisson
  Henry Tillinghast Sisson was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1875–1877, and inventor of the three-ring binder.-References:...
  
  , of Little Compton 1875–1877
• Albert Howard
  Albert Howard
  Sir Albert Howard was an English botanist, an organic farming pioneer, and a principal figure in the early organic movement. He is considered by many in the English-speaking world as the father of modern organic agriculture....
  
  , of E. Providence 1877–1880
• Henry Fay, of Newport 1880–1883
• Oscar Rathbun, of Woonsocket 1883–1885
• Lucius B. Darling, of Pawtucket 1885–1887
• Samuel R. Honey, of Newport 1887–1888
• Enos Lapham, of Warwick 1888–1889
• Daniel Littlefield, of Lincoln 1889–1890
• William T. C. Wardwell, of Bristol 1890–1891
• Henry A. Stearns, of Lincoln 1891–1892
• Melville Bull
  Melville Bull
  Melville Bull was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Bull attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and graduated from Harvard University in 1877...
  
  , of Middletown 1892–1894 [R]
• Edwin Allen, of Hopkinton 1894–1897
• Aram J. Pothier
  Aram J. Pothier
  Aram Jules Pothier was an American politician of French Canadian origin, the 51st and 55th Governor of Rhode Island from 1909 to 1915 and from 1925 until his death in 1928.-Early life:...
  
  , of Woonsocket 1897–1898 [R]
• William Gregory
  William Gregory (Rhode Island)
  William Gregory was an American politician, the 46th Governor of Rhode Island.Gregory was born in Astoria, Long Island, New York on August 3, 1849...
  
  , of N. Kingstown 1898–1900 [R]
• Charles Kimball, of Providence 1900–1901 [R]
• George L. Shepley, of Providence 1902–1903 [R]
• Adelard Archambault, of Woonsocket 1903–1904 [D]
• George H. Utter
  George H. Utter
  George Herbert Utter was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island and the 49th Governor of Rhode Island.Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Utter moved with his parents to Westerly, Rhode Island in 1861. He attended the public schools of Westerly and Alfred Academy. He graduated from Amherst...
  
  , of Westerly 1904–1905 [R]
• Frederick Jackson, of Providence 1905–1908 [R]
• Ralph Watrous, of Warwick 1908–1909 [R]
• Arthur Dennis, of Providence 1909–1910 [R]
• Zenas Bliss
  Zenas Bliss
  Zenas Randall Bliss was an officer and general in the United States Army and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. He formed the first unit of Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts, and his detailed memoirs chronicled life on the Texas frontier.Bliss was a native of Rhode Island and graduated from West Point...
  
  , of Cranston 1910–1913 [R]
• Rosewell Burchard, of L. Compton 1913–1915 [R]
• Emery J. San Souci
  Emery J. San Souci
  Emery John San Souci was the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1915 to 1921 and 53rd Governor of the state from 1921 to 1923. Based in Providence, Rhode Island as a politician, San Souci was born in Saco, Maine and ultimately buried in Hartford, Connecticut at Mount Saint Benedict's Cemetery...
  
  , of Providence 1915–1921 [R]
• Harold Gross, of Providence 1921–1923 [R]
• Felix A. Toupin, of Lincoln 1923–1925 [D]
• Nathaniel W. Smith, of S. Kingstown 1925–1927 [R]
• Norman S. Case
  Norman S. Case
  Norman Stanley Case was the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1927 to 1928 and the 56th Governor of Rhode Island from 1928 to 1933. In addition, he also served in the Army during World War I, and was the U.S. District Attorney for Rhode Island from 1921 to 1926.-Family:Case was married on...
  
  , of Providence 1927–1928 [R]
• James G. Connelly, of Pawtucket 1929–1933 [R]
• Robert E. Quinn
  Robert E. Quinn
  Robert Emmet Quinn was an American politician and the 58th Governor of Rhode Island.Quinn was born on April 2, 1894 in Phenix, Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University in 1915. He then completed his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1918.He became the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode...
  
  , of W. Warwick 1933–1937 [D]
• Raymond E. Jordan, of Pawtucket 1937–1939 [D]
• James O. McManus, of W. Warwick 1939–1941 [R]
• Louis W. Cappelli, of Providence 1941–1944 [D]
• John O. Pastore
  John O. Pastore
  John Orlando Pastore was a Rhode Island Democratic Party politician who was a United States Senator from Rhode Island and the 61st Governor of Rhode Island , and was the first Italian American to hold either position.-Early life and career:Born in Providence on March 17, 1907, he attended...
  
  , of Providence 1945–1945 [D]
• John S. McKiernan
  John S. McKiernan
  John Sammon McKiernan was the United States Democratic politician, who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1947–1950 and 1951–1956 and briefly the 62nd Governor of Rhode Island ....
  
  , of Providence 1947–1950 [D]
• John S. McKiernan
  John S. McKiernan
  John Sammon McKiernan was the United States Democratic politician, who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island from 1947–1950 and 1951–1956 and briefly the 62nd Governor of Rhode Island ....
  
  , of Providence 1951–1956 [D]
• Armand H. Cote, of Pawtucket 1957–1959 [D]
• John A. Notte, Jr.
  John A. Notte, Jr.
  John Anthony Notte, Jr. was an American politician, a Democrat, best known for serving as the 65th Governor of Rhode Island....
  
  , of Providence 1959–1961 [D]
• Edward P. Gallogly, of Providence 1961–1965 [D]
• Giovanni Folcarelli, of Scituate 1965–1967 [D]
• Joseph O'Donnell, Jr., of N. Smithfield 1967–1969 [R]
• John Garrahy
  John Garrahy
  John Joseph Garrahy was the 69th Governor of Rhode Island from 1977 to 1985.-Early life:Garrahy was born on November 26, 1930 in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1952, Garrahy attended the University of Buffalo and in 1953 he attended the University of Rhode Island. Later that year, Garrahy joined...
  
  , of Providence 1969–1977 [D]
• Thomas R. DiLuglio, of Johnston 1977–1985 [D]
• Richard A. Licht, of Providence 1985–1989 [D]
• Roger N. Begin, of Woonsocket 1989–1993 [D]
• Robert Weygand
  Robert Weygand
  Robert A. "Bob" Weygand was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1997–2001. He was a Democrat from Rhode Island....
  
  , of E. Providence 1993–1997 [D]
• Bernard A. Jackvony, of E. Greenwich 1997–1999 [R]
• Charles J. Fogarty
  Charles J. Fogarty
  Charles Joseph Fogarty, Jr., also known as Charlie Fogarty is the former Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. State of Rhode Island. He is a Democrat. Fogarty served two full terms as Lt...
  
  , of Glocester 1999–2007 [D]
• Elizabeth H. Roberts
  Elizabeth H. Roberts
  Elizabeth H. Roberts is currently the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Rhode Island. She has served under Republican Governor Donald Carcieri and Independent Lincoln Chafee. She was elected as a Democrat in 2006, becoming the state's first female Lieutenant Governor.Roberts was born April 17,...
  
  , of Cranston 2007–Present [D]

Current Controversies

The Cool Moose Party of Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

 submitted Robert Healey as candidate for Lieutenant Governor. He is currently running on the proposition that he will attempt to abolish the office of Lieutenant Governor.