List of colonial governors of Rhode Island
This is a list of the "judges," presidents, and governors of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from 1638 to 1776.
Judges of Portsmouth
Judge of Newport
Governor of Rhode Island (Portsmouth and Newport)
Chief Officer under the Patent of 1643 (Providence and Warwick)
Presidents under the Patent of 1643
Governors of Newport and Portsmouth under the Coddington Commission
Presidents under the Patent of 1643
The Rhode Island Charter was suspended from 1686-1689. During this time, Sir Edmund Andros served as Governor of the Dominion of New England, which included Rhode Island.
Governors
Vacant May 1689-February 1690
See also
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Colonial Governors of Rhode Island
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Judges of Portsmouth
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Judge of Newport
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Governor of Newport and Portsmouth
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Chief Officer (Providence
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Presidents of Rhode Island
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Governors of Newport and Portsmouth
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Governors of Rhode Island
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Governors under Dominion
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Governors of Rhode Island
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Italics: Gorton, Smith and Dexter were presidents of Providence and Warwick only, since Coddington had received a commission to remove Newport and Portsmouth from their jurisdiction, valid from 1651 to 1653; before and after these dates the President presided over all four towns of the colony. Under the Dominion of New England, Dudley only presided over the "Narragansett country," later to become Washington County, Rhode Island; the remainder of the colony later fell under Andros' administration.
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