List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island

The Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island is Daniel McKee.^[1] He assumed office January 6, 2015.

In Rhode Island, the lieutenant governor and governor of Rhode Island are elected on separate tickets.

Deputy Governors of the Colony of Rhode Island

Dr. John Clarke, Deputy Governor 1669-70, 1671-72

• William Brenton, of Newport; November 1663 – 2 May 1666
• Nicholas Easton, of Newport; 2 May 1666 – 5 May 1669
• Dr. John Clarke, of Newport; 5 May 1669 – 4 May 1670
• Nicholas Easton, of Newport; 4 May 1670 – 3 May 1671
• Dr. 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 (became governor)
• 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

The Royal Charter was suspended from 1686 until 1689.

William Bradford, last deputy governor of the colony and first deputy governor of the state

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

Deputy and lieutenant governors of the State of Rhode Island

The title of the office was changed to “Lieutenant Governor” in 1798.

Lieutenant Governors Under The Constitution, 1843-present

Samuel G. Arnold, Lieutenant Governor, 1852–1853, 1861–1862

William Greene, Lieutenant Governor 1866-1868

Arthur W. Dennis, Lieutenant Governor 1909-1910

Felix A. Toupin, Lieutenant Governor 1923-1925

Bob Weygand, Lieutenant Governor from 1993-1997

2010 controversy

During the 2010 elections, the Cool Moose Party of Rhode Island submitted Bob Healey as candidate for Lieutenant Governor. He ran on the proposition that he will attempt to abolish the office of Lieutenant Governor itself.^[2]

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