James Fenner (bn January 22, 1771 in Providence, Rhode Island; died April 17, 1846 in Providence, Rhode Island) succeeded William C. Gibbs as the eleventh Governor of Rhode Island, serving between May 5, 1824 and May 4, 1831, including the whole of 1826.
Henry Howard (born April 2, 1826 in Cranston, Rhode Island; died September 22, 1905) succeeded Seth Padelford as the thirty-second Governor of Rhode Island, serving between May 27, 1873 and May 25, 1875, including the whole of 1874.
William Greene - Rhode Island governor - died in 1809.
William Greene - Rhode Island governor - was born in 1731.
John W. Davis (born March 7, 1826 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; died January 25, 1907 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) succeeded George P. Wetmore as the thirty-eighth Governor of Rhode Island, serving between May 29, 1887 and May 29, 1888. Following the end of Davis' term as Governor of Rhode Island, Royal C. Taft (born February 14, 1823 in Northbridge, Massachusetts; died June 4, 1912) became the thirty-ninth Governor of Rhode Island, serving between May 29, 1888 and May 28, 1889.
Herbert W. Ladd (born October 15, 1843 in New Bedford, Massachusetts; died November 29, 1913) succeeded Royal C. Taft as the fortieth Governor of Rhode Island, serving between May 28, 1889 and May 27, 1890. Following the end of Ladd's term as Governor of Rhode Island, John W. Davis (born March 7, 1826 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; died January 25, 1907 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) became the forty-first Governor of Rhode Island, serving between May 27, 1890 and May 26, 1891.
The current Governor of Rhode Island is Lincoln Chafee. Chafee assumed office as the 74th Governor of Rhode Island on January 4, 2011.
George P. Wetmore (born August 2, 1846 in London, England; died September 11, 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts) succeeded Augustus O. Bourn as the thirty-seventh Governor of Rhode Island, serving between May 26, 1885 and May 29, 1887. Following the end of Wetmore's term as Governor of Rhode Island, John W. Davis (born March 7, 1826 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; died January 25, 1907 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) became the thirty-eighth Governor of Rhode Island, serving between May 29, 1887 and May 29, 1888.
John W. Davis (born March 7, 1826 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts; died January 25, 1907 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) succeeded Herbert W. Ladd as the forty-first Governor of Rhode Island, serving between May 27, 1890 and May 26, 1891. Following the end of Davis' term as Governor of Rhode Island, Herbert W. Ladd (born October 15, 1843 in New Bedford, Massachusetts; died November 29, 1913) became the forty-second Governor of Rhode Island, serving between May 26, 1891 and May 31, 1892.
Rhode Island has a governor and a bicameral legislature.
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.
Donald Carcieri.
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.