This is a list of the judges, presidents, and governors of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations from 1638 to 1776.

Governor of Providence

Judges of Portsmouth

Judge of Newport

Governor of Rhode Island (Portsmouth and Newport)

Chief Officer under the Patent of 1643 (Providence and Warwick)

Presidents under the Patent of 1643

Governors of Newport and Portsmouth under the Coddington Commission

Governors under the Royal Charter of 1663

Governor of the Dominion of New England

The Rhode Island Charter was suspended from 1686-1689. During this time, Sir Edmund Andros served as Governor of the Dominion of New England, which included Rhode Island. Andros was deposed on April 18, 1689.

Colonial Governors under the Royal Charter of 1663

Vacant 20 December 1686 - 27 February 1690 Note - the Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 remained in effect until the Constitution of Rhode Island was ratified in 1842. For a list of governors of Rhode Island from 1775 to the present see List of governors of Rhode Island.