List of Governors of Rhode Island facts for kids

Governor of Rhode Island
Seal of the Governor
Flag of the Governor
Incumbent Gina Raimondo since January 6, 2015
Style	The Honorable or Her Excellency
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Nicholas Cooke; 1775
Formation	Constitution of Rhode Island
Succession	Every four years, unless re-elected.
Salary	$128,210 (2013)

Party affiliation

Number of Governors of Rhode Island by party affiliation

Party	Governors
Republican	32
Democratic	21
Democratic-Republican	4
Independent	4
Whig	4
Country	3
Law and Order	2
Dorr Rebellion	1
Federalist	1
Know Nothing	1
Rhode Island Party	1

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional seats, other federal offices, and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Rhode Island except where noted. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Governor	Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
		House	Senate
Isaac Wilbour	1806–1807	H
James Fenner	1807–1811 1824–1831 1843–1845		S
Nehemiah R. Knight	1817–1821		S
Lemuel H. Arnold	1831–1833	H
John Brown Francis	1833–1838		S
William Sprague III	1838–1839	H	S
Henry B. Anthony	1849–1851		S
Philip Allen	1851–1853		S*
William Sprague IV	1860–1863		S
Ambrose Burnside	1866–1869		S
George P. Wetmore	1885–1887		S
George H. Utter	1905–1907	H
Theodore F. Green	1933–1937		S
J. Howard McGrath	1941–1945		S	United States Solicitor General*; United States Attorney General
John O. Pastore	1945–1950		S*
John Chafee	1963–1969		S	United States Secretary of the Navy
Lincoln Chafee	2011–2015		S