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| Governor of Rhode Island | |
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Seal of the Governor
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Flag of the Governor
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| 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 | Governors |
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| 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 |
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 | |
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| House | Senate | |||
| Isaac Wilbour | 1806–1807 | H | ||
| James Fenner | 1807–1811 1824–1831 1843–1845 |
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| 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 | ||
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