The English colony of Rhode Island was established in 1647. It became an
independent state in 1776 and was forced to join the Union in 1790.
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STATE OFFICERS
Governors
1869 - 1873 Seth Padelford 1807 - 1878
1873 - 1875 Henry Howard 1826 - 1905
1875 - 1877 Henry Lippitt 1818 - 1891
1877 - 1880 Charles Collins Van Zandt 1830 - 1894
1880 - 1883 Alfred Henry Littlefield 1829 - 1893
1883 - 1885 Augustus Osborn Bourn 1834 - 1925
1885 - 1887 George Peabody Wetmore 1846 - 1921
1887 - 1888 John William Davis 1826 - 1907
1888 - 1889 Royal Chapin Taft 1823 - 1912
1889 - 1890 Herbert Warren Ladd 1843 - 1913
1890 - 1891 John William Davis (2x)
1891 - 1892 Herbert Warren Ladd (2x)
1892 - 1895 Daniel Russell Brown 1848 - 1919
1895 - 1897 Charles Warren Lippitt 1846 - 1924
1897 - 1900 Elisha Dyer III 1839 - 1906
1900 - 1901 William Gregory 1849 - 1901
1901 - 1903 Charles Dean Kimball 1859 - 1930
1903 - 1905 Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin 1841 - 1922
1905 - 1907 George Herbert Utter 1854 - 1912
1907 - 1909 James Henry Higgins 1876 - 1927
1909 - 1915 Aram J. Pothier 1854 - 1928
1915 - 1921 Robert Livingston Beeckman 1866 - 1935
1921 - 1923 Emery John San Souci 1857 - 1936
1923 - 1925 William Smith Flynn 1885 - 1966
1925 - 1928 Aram J. Pothier (2x)
1928 - 1933 Norman Stanley Case 1888 - 1967
1933 - 1937 Theodore Francis Green 1867 - 1966
1937 - 1939 Robert Emmett Quinn 1894 - 1975
1939 - 1941 William Henry Vanderbilt 1901 - 1981
1941 - 1945 James Howard McGrath 1903 - 1966
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