The current lieutenant governor of Rhode Island is Sabina Matos, who was sworn in on April 14, 2021, after Daniel McKee succeeded to the office of governor. The first lieutenant governor was George Brown. In Rhode Island, the lieutenant governor and governor of Rhode Island are elected on separate tickets. Seven lieutenant governors have served during a vacancy in the office of governor under the current 1842 constitution: Francis M. Dimond (1853), William C. Cozzens (1863), Charles D. Kimball (1901), Norman Case (1928), John Pastore (1945), and John S. McKiernan (1950). Deputy governors of the Colony of Rhode Island William Brenton, of Newport; November 1663 – 2 May 1666 Nicholas Easton, of Newport; 2 May 1666 – 5 May 1669 John Clarke, of Newport; 5 May 1669 – 4 May 1670 Nicholas Easton, of Newport; 4 May 1670 – 3 May 1671 John Clarke, of Newport; 3 May 1671 – 1 May 1672 John Cranston, of Newport; 1 May 1672 – 7 May 1673 William Coddington, of Newport; 7 May 1673 – 6 May 1674 John Easton, of Newport; 6 May 1674 – April 1676 John Cranston, of Newport; 3 May 1676 – 8 November 1678 (became governor) James Barker, of Newport; 8 November 1678 – 7 May 1679 Walter Clarke, of Newport; 7 May 1679 – 5 May 1686 John Coggeshall, Jr., of Newport; 5 May 1686 – June 1686 The Royal Charter was suspended from 1686 until 1689. John Coggeshall, Jr., of Newport; 18 April 1689 – 7 May 1690 John Greene, Jr., of Warwick; 7 May 1690 – May 1, 1700 Walter Clarke, of Newport; May 1, 1700 – May 23, 1714 (died in office) Henry Tew, of Newport; June 15, 1714 – May 3, 1715 Joseph Jenckes, of Providence; May 3, 1715 – May 3, 1721 John Wanton, of Newport; May 3, 1721 – May 2, 1722 Joseph Jenckes, of Providence; May 2, 1722 – May 3, 1727 Jonathan Nichols, of Newport; May 3, 1727 – August 2, 1727 (died in office) Thomas Frye, of East Greenwich; August 22, 1727 – May 7, 1729 John Wanton, of Newport; May 7, 1729 – May 5, 1734 George Hazard, of S. Kingstown; May 5, 1734 – before May 22, 1738 (died in office) Daniel Abbott, of Providence; July 5, 1738 – May 1, 1740 Richard Ward, of Newport; May 1, 1740 – July 15, 1740 (became governor) William