US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

25-Nov-1663	May-1666	Benedict Arnold	(1st time)
May-1666	May-1669	William Brenton
May-1669	May-1672	Benedict Arnold	(2nd time)
May-1672	May-1674	Nicholas Easton
May-1674	May-1676	William Coddington	(1st time)
May-1676	May-1677	Walter Clarke	(1st time, b. 1638, d. 1714)
May-1677	20-Jun-1678	Benedict Arnold	(3rd time)
28-Aug-1678	1-Nov-1678	William Coddington	(2nd time)
8-Nov-1678	12-Mar-1680	John Cranston	(b. 1625, d. 1680)
16-Mar-1680	May-1683	Peleg Sanford
May-1683	May-1685	William Coddington, Jr.
May-1685	May-1686	Henry Bull	(1st time)
May-1686	29-Jun-1686	Walter Clarke	(2nd time)
Jun-1686	Feb-1687	John Coggeshall	(acting)
27-Feb-1687	May-1690	Henry Bull	(2nd time)
May-1690	May-1695	John Easton	(b. 1617, d. 1705)
May-1695	Jan-1696	Caleb Carr	(d. 1698)
Jan-1696	May-1698	Walter Clarke	(3rd time)
May-1698	26-Apr-1727	Samuel Cranston	(b. 1659, d. 1727)
May-1727	May-1732	Joseph Jenckes	(b. 1656, d. 1740)
May-1732	Dec-1733	William Wanton	(d. 1733)
May-1734	5-Jul-1740	John Wanton
15-Jul-1740	May-1743	Richard Ward	(b. 1689, d. 1763)
May-1743	May-1745	William Greene	(1st time, b. 1696, d. 1758)
May-1745	May-1746	Gideon Wanton	(1st time, b. 1693, d. 1767)
May-1746	May-1747	William Greene	(2nd time)
May-1747	1748	Gideon Wanton	(2nd time)
1748	1755	William Greene	(3rd time)
1755	1757	Stephen Hopkins	(1st time, b. 1707, d. 1785)
1757	22-Feb-1758	William Greene	(4th time)
14-Mar-1758	1762	Stephen Hopkins	(2nd time)
1762	1763	Samuel Ward	(1st time, b. 1725, d. 1776)
1763	1765	Stephen Hopkins	(3rd time)
1765	1767	Samuel Ward	(2nd time)
1767	1768	Stephen Hopkins	(4th time)
1768	1769	Josias Lyndon	(b. 1704, d. 1778)
1769	7-Nov-1775	Joseph Wanton	(b. 1705, d. 1780)
7-Nov-1775	4-May-1778	Nicholas Cooke	(b. 1717, d. 1782)
4-May-1778	3-May-1786	William Greene, Jr.	(b. 1731, d. 1809)
3-May-1786	5-May-1790	John Collins	(b. 1717, d. 1795)
5-May-1790	15-Oct-1805	Arthur Fenner	(b. 1745, d. 1805, F-R)
15-Oct-1805	1805	Paul Mumford	(acting, b. 1734, d. 1805)
1805	7-May-1806	Henry Smith	(acting, b. 1766, d. 1818)
7-May-1806	6-May-1807	Isaac Wilbour	(acting, b. 1763, d. 1837)
6-May-1807	1-May-1811	James Fenner	(1st time, b. 1771, d. 1846, F-R)
1-May-1811	7-May-1817	William Jones	(b. 1753, d. 1822, F-R)
7-May-1817	9-Jan-1821	Nehemiah R. Knight	(b. 1780, d. 1854, F-R)
9-Jan-1821	2-May-1821	Edward Cox
2-May-1821	5-May-1824	William C. Gibbs	(b. 1789, d. 1871)
5-May-1824	4-May-1831	James Fenner	(2nd time, Whig)
4-May-1831	1-May-1833	Lemuel H. Arnold	(b. 1792, d. 1852, Whig)
1-May-1833	2-May-1838	John B. Francis	(b. 1791, d. 1864, Whig)
2-May-1838	1-May-1839	William Sprague	(b. 1799, d. 1856, Whig)
2-May-1839	2-May-1843	Samuel W. King	(b. 1786, d. 1851, Whig)
2-May-1843	6-May-1845	James Fenner	(3rd time, Whig)
6-May-1845	6-May-1846	Charles Jackson	(b. 1775, d. 1855, Whig)
6-May-1846	4-May-1847	Byron Diman	(b. 1795, d. 1865, Whig)
4-May-1847	1-May-1849	Elisha Harris	(b. 1824, d. 1884, Whig)
1-May-1849	6-May-1851	Henry B. Anthony	(b. 1815, d. 1884, Whig)
6-May-1851	20-Jul-1853	Philip Allen	(b. 1785, d. 1865, DFS)
20-Jul-1853	2-May-1854	Francis M. Dimond	(acting, b. 1796, d. 1859)
2-May-1854	26-May-1857	William W. Hoppin	(b. 1807, d. 1890, AP)
26-May-1857	31-May-1859	Elisha Dyer	(b. 1839, d. 1906, Republican)
31-May-1859	May-1860	Thomas G. Turner	(b. 1810, d. 1875, Republican)
May-1860	3-Mar-1863	William Sprague	(b. 1831, d. 1915, Republican)
3-Mar-1863	26-May-1863	William C. Cozzens	(b. 1811, d. 1876)
26-May-1863	29-May-1866	James Y. Smith	(b. 1809, d. 1876, Republican)
29-May-1866	25-May-1869	Ambrose Burnside	(b. 1824, d. 1881, Republican)
25-May-1869	27-May-1873	Seth Padelford	(b. 1807, d. 1878, Republican)
27-May-1873	25-May-1875	Henry Howard	(b. 1826, d. 1905, Republican)
25-May-1875	29-May-1877	Henry Lippitt	(b. 1818, d. 1891, Republican)
29-May-1877	25-May-1880	Charles C. Van Zandt	(b. 1830, d. 1894, Republican)
25-May-1880	29-May-1883	Alfred H. Littlefield	(b. 1829, d. 1893, Republican)
29-May-1883	26-May-1885	Augustus O. Bourn	(b. 1834, d. 1925, Republican)
26-May-1885	31-May-1887	George P. Wetmore	(b. 1846, d. 1921, Republican)
31-May-1887	29-May-1888	John W. Davis	(1st time, b. 1826, d. 1907, Democrat)
29-May-1888	28-May-1889	Royal C. Taft	(b. 1823, d. 1912, Republican)
28-May-1889	27-May-1890	Herbert W. Ladd	(1st time, b. 1843, d. 1913, Republican)
27-May-1890	26-May-1891	John W. Davis	(2nd time, Democrat)
26-May-1891	31-May-1892	Herbert W. Ladd	(2nd time, Republican)
31-May-1892	29-May-1895	D. Russell Brown	(b. 1848, d. 1919, Republican)
29-May-1895	25-May-1897	Charles W. Lippitt	(b. 1846, d. 1924, Republican)
25-May-1897	29-May-1900	Elisha Dyer	(b. 1839, d. 1906, Republican)
29-May-1900	16-Dec-1901	William Gregory	(b. 1849, d. 1901, Republican)
16-Dec-1901	3-Jan-1903	Charles D. Kimball	(b. 1859, d. 1930, Republican)
3-Jan-1903	3-Jan-1905	Lucius F.C. Garvin	(b. 1841, d. 1922, Democrat)
3-Jan-1905	1-Jan-1907	George H. Utter	(b. 1854, d. 1912, Republican)
1-Jan-1907	5-Jan-1909	James H. Higgins	(b. 1876, d. 1927, Democrat)
5-Jan-1909	5-Jan-1915	Aram J. Pothier	(1st time, b. 1854, d. 1928, Republican)
5-Jan-1915	4-Jan-1921	R. Livingston Beeckman	(b. 1866, d. 1935, Republican)
4-Jan-1921	2-Jan-1923	Emery J. San Souci	(b. 1857, d. 1936, Republican)
2-Jan-1923	6-Jan-1925	William S. Flynn	(b. 1885, d. 1966, Democrat)
6-Jan-1925	3-Feb-1928	Aram J. Pothier	(2nd time, Republican)
4-Feb-1928	3-Jan-1933	Norman S. Case	(b. 1888, d. 1967, Republican)
3-Jan-1933	5-Jan-1937	Theodore F. Green	(b. 1867, d. 1966, Democrat)
5-Jan-1937	3-Jan-1939	Robert E. Quinn	(b. 1894, d. 1975, Democrat)
3-Jan-1939	7-Jan-1941	William H. Vanderbilt	(b. 1901, d. 1981, Republican)
7-Jan-1941	6-Oct-1945	J. Howard McGrath	(b. 1903, d. 1966, Democrat)
6-Oct-1945	19-Dec-1950	John O. Pastore	(b. 1907, d. 2000, Democrat)
19-Dec-1950	2-Jan-1951	John S. McKiernan	(b. 1911, d. 1997, Democrat)
2-Jan-1951	6-Jan-1959	Dennis J. Roberts	(b. 1903, d. 1994, Democrat)
6-Jan-1959	3-Jan-1961	Christopher Del Sesto	(b. 1907, d. 1973, Republican)
3-Jan-1961	1-Jan-1963	John A. Notte, Jr.	(b. 1909, d. 1983, Democrat)
1-Jan-1963	7-Jan-1969	John H. Chafee	(b. 1922, d. 1999, Republican)
7-Jan-1969	2-Jan-1973	Frank Licht	(b. 1916, d. 1987, Democrat)
2-Jan-1973	4-Jan-1977	Philip W. Noel	(b. 1931, Democrat)
4-Jan-1977	1-Jan-1985	J. Joseph Garrahy	(b. 1930, Democrat)
1-Jan-1985	1-Jan-1991	Edward D. DiPrete	(b. 1934, Republican)
1-Jan-1991	3-Jan-1995	Bruce Sundlun	(b. 1920, d. 2011, Democrat)
3-Jan-1995	7-Jan-2003	Lincoln C. Almond	(b. 1936, Republican)
7-Jan-2003	4-Jan-2011	Don Carcieri	(b. 1942, Republican)
4-Jan-2011	6-Jan-2015	Lincoln Chafee	(b. 1953, Democrat)
6-Jan-2015	--	Gina Raimondo	(b. 1971, Democrat)

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