State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations


1636-1882

YEAR DATE EVENT GOVERNOR
1636 june UK colony Roger Williams
1651 William Coddington
1653 may John Sanford
1654 may Nicholas Easton (I)
1654 12 september Roger Williams
1657 may Benedict Arnold (I)
1660 may William Brenton (I)
1662 may Benedict Arnold (II)
1666 may William Brenton (II)
1669 may Benedict Arnold (III)
1672 may Nicholas Easton (II)
1674 may William Coddington (I)
1676 may Walter Clarke (I)
1677 may Benedict Arnold (IV)
1678 28 august William Coddington (II)
1678 1 november John Cranston
1680 13 march Peleg Sanford
1683 may William Coddington, Jr.
1685 may Henry Bull (I)
1686 may Walter Clarke (II)
1686 29 june John Coggeshall
1687 12 january Associated state at New England
1687 27 february Henry Bull (II)
1690 may John Easton
1695 may Caleb Carr
1696 january Walter Clarke (III)
1698 may Samuel Cranston
1727 may Joseph Jenckes
1732 may William Wanton
1734 may John Wanton
1740 15 july Richard Ward
1743 mayy William Greene (I)
1745 may Gideon Wanton (I)
1746 may William Greene (II)
1747 may Gideon Wanton (II)
1748 William Greene (III)
1755 Stephen Hopkins (I)
1757 William Greene (IV)
1758 14 february Stephen Hopkins (II)
1762 Samuel Ward (I)
1763 Stephen Hopkins (III)
1765 Samuel Ward (II)
1767 Stephen Hopkins (IV)
1768 Josias Lyndon
1769 Joseph Wanton
1775 7 november Nicholas Cooke
1776 4 may State
1778 4 may William Greene, Jr.
1786 3 may John Collins
1790 5 may Arthur Fenner
1790 29 may 13^ state of USA

1882-

YEAR DATE EVENT
1882


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