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Rhode Island: Colonial Governors: 1663-1687

Governor of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America
25 Nov/5 Dec 1663 - 2/12 May 1666 Benedict Arnold
2/12 May 1666 - 5/15 May 1669 William Brenton
5/15 May 1669 - 1/11 May 1672 Benedict Arnold 
1/11 May 1672 - 6/16 May 1674 Nicholas Easton
6/16 May 1674 - 3/13 May 1676 William Coddington
3/13 May 1676 - 2/12 May 1677 Walter Clarke
2/12 May 1677 - 19/29 Jun 1678 Benedict Arnold 
19/29 Jun 1678 - 28 Aug/7 Sep 1678 John Cranston
28 Aug/7 Sep 1678 - 1/11 Nov 1678 William Coddington 
8/18 Nov 1678 - 12/22 Mar 1680 John Cranston
16/26 Mar 1680 - 2/12 May 1683 Peleg Sanford
2/12 May 1683 -6/16 May 1685 William Coddington Jr.
6/16 May 1685 - 5/15 May 1686 Henry Bull
5/15 May 1686 - 30 Dec 1686/9 Jan 1687 Walter Clarke