Previous Governors of Rhode Island

Dan McKee became Governor of Rhode Island in March 2021 when Governor Gina Raimondo resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and was elected to a full term in 2022. He previously served as Lieutenant Governor and as mayor of Cumberland. He has focused on economic recovery, education, and housing.

Gina Marie Raimondo is an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 40th United States secretary of commerce from 2021 to 2025. As a member of the Democratic Party, she served as the 75th governor of Rhode Island from 2015 to 2021 and was the first woman to serve in the role.

Lincoln Davenport Chafee is an American politician who served as the 74th governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015 and as United States Senator from 1999 to 2007. Previously, he served as mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island from 1993 to 1999. A member of the Libertarian Party since 2019, he previously was a Republican until 2007, an independent from 2007 to 2013, and a Democrat from 2013 to 2019. He is the last non-Democrat to hold statewide or Congressional office in Rhode Island.

Donald Louis Carcieri is an American politician and corporate executive who served as the 73rd governor of Rhode Island from January 2003 to January 2011. Carcieri has worked as a manufacturing company executive, aid relief worker, bank executive, and teacher. He is the most recent member of the Republican Party to have served as Governor of Rhode Island.

Lincoln Carter Almond was an American attorney and politician who served as the 72nd governor of Rhode Island from 1995 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he was previously the U.S. attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 1969 to 1978 and again from 1981 until 1993.

Bruce George Sundlun was an American businessman, politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as 71st governor of Rhode Island between 1991 and 1995.

Edward Daniel DiPrete was an American politician. He served as the 70th governor of Rhode Island for three two-year terms, serving from 1985 to 1991. Convicted of numerous corruption charges, he was the only Rhode Island governor to have gone to prison.

John Joseph Garrahy, known to Rhode Islanders as J. Joseph Garrahy or just "Joe", was an American politician. He served as the 69th governor of Rhode Island from 1977 to 1985.

Philip William Noel is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 68th governor of Rhode Island. He was elected in 1972, and re-elected in 1974.

Frank Licht was an American politician and the 67th governor of Rhode Island from 1969 to 1973, serving as the first Jewish governor in Rhode Island state history. He was also an associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court from 1956 to 1968 and a member of the Rhode Island Senate from 1949 to 1956.