He or she is elected by a direct vote of the voting electorate.
William Greene - Rhode Island governor - died in 1809.
William Greene - Rhode Island governor - was born in 1731.
The current Governor of Rhode Island is Lincoln Chafee. Chafee assumed office as the 74th Governor of Rhode Island on January 4, 2011.
Rhode Island has a governor and a bicameral legislature.
Donald Carcieri.
Nicholas Cooke (born February 3, 1717 in Providence, Rhode Island; died September 14, 1782 in Providence, Rhode Island), the first Governor of Rhode Island, served between November 7, 1775 and May 4, 1778.
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Lincoln Almond (born June 16, 1936 in Rhode Island) succeeded Bruce Sundlun as the seventy-second Governor of Rhode Island, serving between January 3, 1995 and January 7, 2003. Following the end of Almond's term as Governor of Rhode Island, Donald Carcieri (born December 16, 1942 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island) became the seventy-third Governor of Rhode Island, serving between January 7, 2003 and January 4, 2011.
Donald Carcieri (born December 16, 1942 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island) succeeded Lincoln Almond as the seventy-third Governor of Rhode Island, serving between January 7, 2003 and January 4, 2011. Following the end of Carcieri's term as Governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee (born March 26, 1953 in Providence, Rhode Island) became the seventy-fourth, and current, Governor of Rhode Island, serving since January 4, 2011.
Voters in Connecticut and Rhode Island elected the governor elected the governor in Connecticut and Rhode Island. I am pretty sure that this is the answer because I had questions in my Social Studies book, MACMILLAN/McGRAW-Hill Our Nation, about this and this was the answer.Thank you, I hope this helped!
Edward D. DiPrete (born July 8, 1934 in Cranston, Rhode Island) succeeded John Garrahy as the seventieth Governor of Rhode Island, serving between January 1, 1985 and January 1, 1991. Following the end of DiPrete's term as Governor of Rhode Island, Bruce Sundlun (born January 19, 1920 in Providence, Rhode Island; died July 21, 2011 in Jamestown, Rhode Island) became the seventy-first Governor of Rhode Island, serving between January 1, 1991 and January 3, 1995.
Nicholas Cooke (born February 3, 1717 in Providence, Rhode Island; died September 14, 1782 in Providence, Rhode Island), the first Governor of Rhode Island, served between November 7, 1775 and May 4, 1778. Following the end of Cooke's term as Governor, William Greene (bon August 16, 1731 in Warwick, Rhode Island; died November 29, 1809 in Warwick, Rhode Island) became the second Governor of Rhode Island, serving between May 4, 1778 and May 3, 1786.