List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island

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• 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
• 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

• 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
• 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
• 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
• Daniel Abbott, of Providence; 5 July 1738 – 1 May 1740
• Richard Ward, of Newport; 1 May 1740 – 15 July 1740
• 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
• 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
• John Gardner, of Newport; 6 September 1756 – January 1764
• 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
• William Bradford, of Bristol; 7 November 1775 – 6 May 1778

  Deputy and lieutenant governors of the State of [Rhode Island]

Lieutenant governors under the constitution, 1843–present

Unusual candidacies