rodger williams was the 1st governor of RI because he was the one who set up the colony in teh first place.
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.
William Coddington was the first governor of the Rhode Island colony. Another leader of the Rhode Island colony was Roger Williams.
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Roger Williams was the founder of Rhode Island.
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Roger Williams and his party.
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William Blackstone was the first Rhode Island settler. But Providence (Rhode Island's capital) was founded as a Rhode Island settlement by Roger Williams.
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.
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.
Bruce Sundlun (born January 19, 1920 in Providence, Rhode Island; died July 21, 2011 in Jamestown, Rhode Island) succeeded Edward D. DiPrete as the seventy-first Governor of Rhode Island, serving between January 1, 1991 and January 3, 1995. Following the end of Sundlun's term as Governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Almond (born June 16, 1936 in Rhode Island) became the seventy-second Governor of Rhode Island, serving between January 3, 1995 and January 7, 2003.