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Rhode Island</b></font><p> <font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>US GOVERNMENT OFFICE</b></font><p> <p><p> <p> <table border=1 class="bordered"><tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-Nov-1663</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1666</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Benedict Arnold</nobr></td> <td>(1st time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1666</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1669</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Brenton </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1669</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1672</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Benedict Arnold</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1672</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1674</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Nicholas Easton </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1674</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1676</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Coddington</nobr></td> <td>(1st time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1676</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1677</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Walter Clarke</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1638, d. 1714) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1677</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jun-1678</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Benedict Arnold</nobr></td> <td>(3rd time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>28-Aug-1678</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Nov-1678</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Coddington</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Nov-1678</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Mar-1680</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Cranston</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1625, d. 1680) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Mar-1680</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1683</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Peleg Sanford </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1683</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1685</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Coddington, Jr. </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1685</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1686</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry Bull</nobr></td> <td>(1st time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1686</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-Jun-1686</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Walter Clarke</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>Jun-1686</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>Feb-1687</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Coggeshall</nobr></td> <td>(acting) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-Feb-1687</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1690</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry Bull</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1690</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1695</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Easton</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1617, d. 1705) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1695</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>Jan-1696</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Caleb Carr</nobr></td> <td>(d. 1698) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>Jan-1696</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1698</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Walter Clarke</nobr></td> <td>(3rd time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1698</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1727</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Samuel Cranston</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1659, d. 1727) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1727</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1732</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Joseph Jenckes</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1656, d. 1740) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1732</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>Dec-1733</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Wanton</nobr></td> <td>(d. 1733) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1734</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Jul-1740</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Wanton </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Jul-1740</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1743</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Richard Ward</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1689, d. 1763) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1743</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1745</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Greene</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1696, d. 1758) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1745</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1746</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Gideon Wanton</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1693, d. 1767) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1746</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1747</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Greene</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1747</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1748</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Gideon Wanton</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1748</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1755</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Greene</nobr></td> <td>(3rd time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1755</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1757</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Stephen Hopkins</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1707, d. 1785) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1757</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>22-Feb-1758</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Greene</nobr></td> <td>(4th time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Mar-1758</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1762</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Stephen Hopkins</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1762</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1763</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Samuel Ward</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1725, d. 1776) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1763</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1765</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Stephen Hopkins</nobr></td> <td>(3rd time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1765</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1767</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Samuel Ward</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1767</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1768</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Stephen Hopkins</nobr></td> <td>(4th time) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1768</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1769</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Josias Lyndon</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1704, d. 1778) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1769</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Nov-1775</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Joseph Wanton</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1705, d. 1780) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Nov-1775</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-May-1778</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Nicholas Cooke</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1717, d. 1782) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-May-1778</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-May-1786</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Greene, Jr.</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1731, d. 1809) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-May-1786</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-May-1790</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Collins</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1717, d. 1795) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-May-1790</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Oct-1805</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Arthur Fenner</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1745, d. 1805, F-R) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>15-Oct-1805</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1805</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Paul Mumford</nobr></td> <td>(acting, b. 1734, d. 1805) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1805</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-May-1806</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry Smith</nobr></td> <td>(acting, b. 1766, d. 1818) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-May-1806</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-May-1807</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Isaac Wilbour</nobr></td> <td>(acting, b. 1763, d. 1837) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-May-1807</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-May-1811</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James Fenner</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1771, d. 1846, F-R) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-May-1811</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-May-1817</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Jones</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1753, d. 1822, F-R) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-May-1817</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1821</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Nehemiah R. Knight</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1780, d. 1854, F-R) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1821</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-May-1821</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Edward Cox </nobr></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-May-1821</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-May-1824</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William C. Gibbs</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1789, d. 1871) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-May-1824</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-May-1831</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James Fenner</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time, Whig) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-May-1831</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-May-1833</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Lemuel H. Arnold</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1792, d. 1852, Whig) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-May-1833</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-May-1838</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John B. Francis</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1791, d. 1864, Whig) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-May-1838</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-May-1839</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Sprague</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1799, d. 1856, Whig) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-May-1839</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-May-1843</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Samuel W. King</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1786, d. 1851, Whig) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-May-1843</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-May-1845</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James Fenner</nobr></td> <td>(3rd time, Whig) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-May-1845</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-May-1846</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Charles Jackson</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1775, d. 1855, Whig) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-May-1846</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-May-1847</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Byron Diman</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1795, d. 1865, Whig) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-May-1847</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-May-1849</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Elisha Harris</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1824, d. 1884, Whig) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-May-1849</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-May-1851</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry B. Anthony</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1815, d. 1884, Whig) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-May-1851</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jul-1853</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Philip Allen</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1785, d. 1865, DFS) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>20-Jul-1853</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-May-1854</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Francis M. Dimond</nobr></td> <td>(acting, b. 1796, d. 1859) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-May-1854</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-May-1857</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William W. Hoppin</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1807, d. 1890, AP) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-May-1857</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>31-May-1859</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Elisha Dyer</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1839, d. 1906, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>31-May-1859</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Thomas G. Turner</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1810, d. 1875, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>May-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Mar-1863</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Sprague</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1831, d. 1915, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Mar-1863</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-May-1863</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William C. Cozzens</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1811, d. 1876) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-May-1863</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-May-1866</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James Y. Smith</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1809, d. 1876, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-May-1866</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-May-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/587/000028503/">Ambrose Burnside</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1824, d. 1881, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-May-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-May-1873</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Seth Padelford</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1807, d. 1878, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-May-1873</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-May-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry Howard</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1826, d. 1905, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-May-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-May-1877</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Henry Lippitt</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1818, d. 1891, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-May-1877</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-May-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Charles C. Van Zandt</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1830, d. 1894, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-May-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-May-1883</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Alfred H. Littlefield</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1829, d. 1893, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-May-1883</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-May-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Augustus O. Bourn</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1834, d. 1925, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-May-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>31-May-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>George P. Wetmore</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1846, d. 1921, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>31-May-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-May-1888</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John W. Davis</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1826, d. 1907, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-May-1888</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>28-May-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Royal C. Taft</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1823, d. 1912, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>28-May-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-May-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Herbert W. Ladd</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1843, d. 1913, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>27-May-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-May-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John W. Davis</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>26-May-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>31-May-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Herbert W. Ladd</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>31-May-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-May-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>D. Russell Brown</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1848, d. 1919, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-May-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-May-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Charles W. Lippitt</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1846, d. 1924, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>25-May-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-May-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Elisha Dyer</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1839, d. 1906, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-May-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Dec-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Gregory</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1849, d. 1901, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Dec-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Charles D. Kimball</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1859, d. 1930, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Lucius F.C. Garvin</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1841, d. 1922, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>George H. Utter</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1854, d. 1912, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Jan-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>James H. Higgins</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1876, d. 1927, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Jan-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Jan-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Aram J. Pothier</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1854, d. 1928, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Jan-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>R. Livingston Beeckman</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1866, d. 1935, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Emery J. San Souci</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1857, d. 1936, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Jan-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William S. Flynn</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1885, d. 1966, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Jan-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Feb-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Aram J. Pothier</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Feb-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Norman S. Case</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1888, d. 1967, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Jan-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/474/000167970/">Theodore F. Green</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1867, d. 1966, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Jan-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/483/000167979/">Robert E. Quinn</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1894, d. 1975, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/482/000167978/">William H. Vanderbilt</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1901, d. 1981, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/339/000167835/">J. Howard McGrath</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1903, d. 1966, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1945</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>19-Dec-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/481/000167977/">John O. Pastore</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1907, d. 2000, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>19-Dec-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/480/000167976/">John S. McKiernan</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1911, d. 1997, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Jan-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/477/000167973/">Dennis J. Roberts</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1903, d. 1994, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Jan-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/475/000167971/">Christopher Del Sesto</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1907, d. 1973, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/473/000167969/">John A. Notte, Jr.</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1909, d. 1983, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/980/000094698/">John H. Chafee</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1922, d. 1999, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/352/000167848/">Frank Licht</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1916, d. 1987, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>2-Jan-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/351/000167847/">Philip W. Noel</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1931, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>4-Jan-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/479/000122113/">J. Joseph Garrahy</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1930, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/477/000122111/">Edward D. DiPrete</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1934, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/474/000122108/">Bruce Sundlun</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1920, d. 2011, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Jan-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Jan-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/473/000122107/">Lincoln C. 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