Deputy Governors of The Colony of Rhode Island
- William Brenton, of Newport Nov., 1663 – May, 1666
- Nicholas Easton, of Newport May, 1666 – May, 1669
- Dr. John Clarke, of Newport May, 1669 – May, 1670
- Nicholas Easton, of Newport May, 1670 – May, 1671
- Dr. John Clarke, of Newport May, 1671 – May, 1672
- John Cranston, of Newport May, 1672 – May, 1673
- William Coddington, of Newport May, 1673 – May, 1674
- John Easton, of Newport May, 1674 – April, 1676
- John Cranston, of Newport May, 1676 – Nov., 1678
- James Barker, of Newport Nov., 1678 – May, 1679
- Walter Clarke, of Newport May, 1679 – May 1686
- John Coggeshall, Jr., of Newport May, 1686 – June, 1686
The Royal Charter was suspended from 1686 until 1689.
- John Coggeshall, Jr., of Newport May, 1689 – May, 1690
- John Greene, Jr., of Warwick May, 1690 – May, 1700
- Walter Clarke, of Newport May, 1700 – May, 1714, died in office
- Henry Tew, of Newport June, 1714 – May, 1715
- Joseph Jenckes, of Providence May, 1715 – May, 1721
- John Wanton, of Newport May, 1721 – May, 1722
- Joseph Jenckes, of Providence May, 1722 – May, 1727
- Jonathan Nichols, of Newport May, 1727 – Aug., 1727, died in office
- Thomas Frye, of East Greenwich Aug., 1727 – May, 1729
- John Wanton, of Newport May, 1729 – May, 1734
- George Hazard, of S. Kingstown May, 1734 – June, 1738, died in office
- Daniel Abbott, of Providence July, 1738 – May, 1740
- Richard Ward, of Newport May, 1740 – July, 1740
- William Greene, of Newport July, 1740 – May, 1743
- Joseph Whipple, Jr., of Newport May, 1743 – May, 1745
- William Robinson, of S. Kingstown May, 1745 – May, 1746
- Joseph Whipple, Jr., of Newport May, 1746 – May, 1747
- William Robinson, of S. Kingstown May, 1747 – May, 1748
- William Ellery, of Newport May, 1748 – May, 1750
- Robert Hazard, of S. Kingstown May, 1750 – May, 1751
- Joseph Whipple, III, of Newport May, 1751 – Nov., 1753
- Jonathan Nichols, Jr., of Newport Nov., 1753 – May, 1754
- John Gardner, of Newport May, 1754 – May, 1755
- Jonathan Nichols, Jr., of Newport May, 1755 – Sept., 1756, died in office
- John Gardner, of Newport Sept., 1756 – Jan., 1764, died in office
- Joseph Wanton, Jr., of Newport Feb., 1764 – May, 1765
- Elisha Brown, of N. Providence May, 1765 – May, 1767
- Joseph Wanton, Jr., of Newport May, 1767 – May, 1768
- Nicholas Cooke, of Providence May, 1768 – May, 1769
- Darius Sessions, of Providence May, 1769 – May, 1775
- Nicholas Cooke, of Providence May, 1775 – Nov., 1775
- William Bradford, of Bristol Nov., 1775 – May, 1778
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