GOVERNORS.

Benedict Arnold,Nov., 1663 to May, 1666.
William Brenton,May, 1666 to May, 1669.
Benedict Arnold,May, 1669 to May, 1672.
Nicholas Easton,May, 1672 to May, 1674.
William Coddington,May, 1674 to May, 1676.
Walter Clarke,May, 1676 to May, 1677.
Benedict Arnold,1677 to June 20, 1678. Died.
William Coddington,Aug. 28, 1678 to Nov. 1, 1678. Died.
John Cranston,Nov., 1678 to March 12, 1680. Died.
Peleg Sandford,March 16, 1680 to May, 1683.
William Coddington, Jr.,May, 1683 to May, 1685.
Henry Bull,May, 1685 to May, 1686.
Walter Clarke,[C]May, 1686 to June 29, 1686.
Henry Bull,Feb. 27, to May 7, 1690.
John Easton,May, 1690 to May, 1695.
Caleb Carr,May, 1695 to Dec. 17, 1695. Died.
Walter Clarke,Jan., 1696 to March, 1698.
Samuel Cranston,May, 1698 to April 26, 1727. Died.
Joseph Jenckes,May, 1727 to May, 1732.
William Wanton,May, 1732 to Dec., 1733. Died.
John Wanton,May, 1734 to July 5, 1740. Died.
Richard Ward,July 15, 1740 to May, 1743.
William Greene,May, 1743 to May, 1745.
Gideon Wanton,May, 1745 to May, 1746.
William Greene,May, 1746 to May, 1747.
Gideon Wanton,May, 1747 to May, 1748.
William Greene,May, 1748 to May, 1755.
Stephen Hopkins,May, 1755 to May, 1757.
William Greene, May, 1757 to Feb. 22, 1758. Died.
Stephen Hopkins,March 14, 1758 to May, 1762.
Samuel Ward,May, 1762 to May, 1763.
Stephen Hopkins,May, 1763 to May, 1765.
Samuel Ward,May, 1765 to May, 1767.
Stephen Hopkins,May, 1767 to May, 1768.
Josias Lyndon,May, 1768 to May, 1769.
Joseph Wanton,1769 to Nov. 7, 1775. Deposed.
Nicholas Cooke,Nov., 1775 to May, 1778.
William Greene,May, 1778 to 1786.
John Collins,May, 1786 to 1790.
Arthur Fenner,[D]1790 to 1805. Died.
James Fenner,May, 1807 to 1811.
William Jones,May, 1811 to 1817.
Nehemiah R. Knight,[E]May, 1817 to Jan. 9, 1821.
William C. Gibbs,May, 1821 to 1824.
James Fenner,May, 1824 to 1831.
Lemuel H. Arnold,1831 to 1833.
John Brown Francis,1833 to 1838.
William Sprague,[F]1838 to 1839.
Samuel Ward King,1840 to 1843.

[C] The charter was suspended till 1689. The Deputy-Governor, John Coggeshall, acted as Governor during the interval, Governor Clarke refusing to serve.

[D] Paul Mumford, Deputy-Governor, died. Henry Smith, First Senator, officiated as Governor. In 1806, no election; Isaac Wilbour, Lieutenant-Governor, officiated.

[E] Elected United States Senator January 9, 1821, for unexpired term of James Burrill, Jr., deceased.

[F] In 1839 no choice; Samuel Ward King was First Senator and Acting-Governor.

UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.

(Adopted in 1842.)

James Fenner1843 to 1845.
Charles Jackson1845 to 1846.
Byron Diman1846 to 1847.
Elisha Harris1847 to 1849.
Henry B. Anthony,1849 to 1851.
Philip Allen,[G]1851 to 1853.
William Warner Hoppin,1854 to 1857.
Elisha Dyer1857 to 1859.
Thomas G. Turner,1859 to 1860.
William Sprague,1860 to March 3, 1863. Resigned.
William C. Cozzens,[H]March 3, 1863 to May, 1863.
James Y. Smith,1863 to 1866.
Ambrose E. Burnside,1866 to 1869.
Seth Padelford,1869 to 1873.
Henry Howard1873 to 1875.
Henry Lippitt,1875 to ——

[G] Resigned July 20, 1853, having been elected United States Senator May 4, 1853. Lieutenant-Governor, F. M. Dimond, officiated.