1680 - 2 May 1683 William Coddington Jr. 2 May 1683 - 6 May 1685 Henry Bull 6 May 1685 - 5 May 1686 Walter Clarke 5 May 1686 - 20 December 1686 (superseded by Governor Andros) Governor of the Dominion of New England The Rhode Island Charter was suspended from 1686-1689.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 Henry Bull of Newport; 27 February 1690 - 7 May 1690 John Easton of Newport; 7 May 1690 - 1 May 1695 Caleb Carr of Jamestown; 1 May 1695 - 17 December 1695 (died in office) Walter Clarke of Newport; 6 May 1696 - circa March 1698 (resigned) Samuel Cranston of Newport; circa March 1698 - May 1727 (29 years 2 months.) Joseph Jenckes of Providence; May 1727 - May 1732 William Wanton of Newport; May 1732 - between 3 December 1733 and 4 February 1734 (died in office) John Wanton of Newport; 5 May 1734 - 5 July 1740 (died in office) Richard Ward of Newport; 15 July 1740 - 4 May 1743 William Greene of Warwick; 4 May 1743 - 1 May 1745 Gideon Wanton of Newport; 1 May 1745 - 7 May 1746 William Greene of Warwick; 7 May 1746 - 6 May 1747 Gideon Wanton of Newport; 6 May 1747 - 4 May 1748 William Greene of Warwick; 4 May 1748 - 7 May 1755 Stephen Hopkins of Providence; 7 May 1755 - 4 May 1757 William Greene of Warwick; 4 May 1757 - 23 January 1758 (died in office) Stephen Hopkins of Providence; 13 March 1758 - 5 May 1762 Samuel Ward of Newport; 5 May 1762 - 4 May 1763 Stephen Hopkins of Providence; May 1763 - 3 May 1765 Samuel Ward of Newport; 3 May 1765 - 1 May 1767 Stephen Hopkins of Providence; 1 May 1767 - 4 May 1768 Josias Lyndon of Newport; 4 May 1768 - 3 May 1769 Joseph Wanton of Newport; 3 May 1769 - 7 November 1775 (removed from office) Nicholas Cooke of Providence; 7 November 1775 - 6 May 1778 Note - the Rhode Island Royal Charter of 1663 remained in effect until the Constitution of Rhode Island was ratified in 1842.