New England States

 
Connecticut
 
Connecticut, state seal
 
14 Jan 1639               Colony of Hartford
23 Apr 1662               Connecticut
01 Nov 1687 - 18 Apr 1689 Part of Dominion of New England
10 Oct 1776               State of Connecticut
01 Sep 1788               State
 
Capital: Hartford.
Language: English (de facto).
Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic.
State Anthem: "Yankee Doodle".
State Motto: Qui transtulit sustinet (He who transplanted still sustains).
State Emblem: Grape vine.
 
Governors
07 Jul 1776 - 14 May 1784 Jonathan Trumball, Sr. ................ 1710-1785
14 May 1784 - 12 May 1786 Matthew Griswold ...................... 1714-1799
12 May 1786 - 05 Jan 1796 Samuel Huntington ..................... 1731-1796
05 Jan 1796 - 01 Dec 1797 Oliver Wolcott, Sr. ................... 1727-1797
01 Dec 1797 - 07 Aug 1809 Jonathan Trumball, Jr. ................ 1740-1809
07 Aug 1809 - 09 May 1811 John Treadwell ........................ 1745-1823
09 May 1811 - 25 Oct 1812 Roger Griswold ........................ 1762-1812
25 Oct 1812 - 08 May 1817 John Cotton Smith ..................... 1765-1845
09 May 1817 - 02 May 1827 Oliver Wolcott, Jr. ................... 1760-1833
02 May 1827 - 04 May 1831 Gideon Tomlinson ...................... 1780-1854
04 May 1831 - 01 May 1833 John Samuel Peters .................... 1772-1858
01 May 1833 - 07 May 1834 Henry Waggaman Edwards (1st Time) ..... 1779-1847 D
07 May 1834 - 06 May 1835 Samuel Augustus Foot .................. 1780-1846 W
06 May 1835 - 02 May 1838 Henry Waggaman Edwards (2nd Time)
02 May 1838 - 04 May 1842 William Wolcott Ellsworth ............. 1791-1868 W
04 May 1842 - 01 May 1844 Chauncey Fitch Cleveland .............. 1799-1887 D
01 May 1844 - 06 May 1846 Roger Sherman Baldwin ................. 1793-1863 W
06 May 1846 - 05 May 1847 Isaac Toucey .......................... 1792-1869 D
05 May 1847 - 02 May 1849 Clark Bissell ......................... 1782-1857 W
02 May 1849 - 04 May 1850 Joseph Trumbull ....................... 1782-1861 W
04 May 1850 - 13 Oct 1853 Thomas Hart Seymour ................... 1807-1868 D
13 Oct 1853 - 03 May 1854 Charles Hobby Pond .................... 1781-1861 D
03 May 1854 - 02 May 1855 Henry Dutton .......................... 1796-1869 W
02 May 1855 - 06 May 1857 William Thomas Minor .................. 1815-1889
06 May 1857 - 05 May 1858 Alexander Hamilton Holley ............. 1804-1887 W
05 May 1858 - 02 May 1866 William Alfred Buckingham ............. 1804-1975 R
02 May 1866 - 01 May 1867 Joseph Roswell Hawley ................. 1826-1905 R
01 May 1867 - 05 May 1869 James Edward English (1st Time) ....... 1812-1890 D
05 May 1869 - 04 May 1870 Marshall Jewell (1st Time) ............ 1825-1883 R
04 May 1870 - 16 May 1871 James Edward Hawley (2nd Time)
16 May 1871 - 07 May 1873 Marshall Jewell (2nd Time)
07 May 1873 - 03 Jan 1877 Charles Roberts Ingersoll ............. 1821-1903 D
03 Jan 1877 - 09 Jan 1879 Richard Dudley Hubbard ................ 1818-1884 D
09 Jan 1879 - 05 Jan 1881 Charles Bartlett Andrews .............. 1834-1902 R
05 Jan 1881 - 03 Jan 1883 Hobart Baldwin Bigelow ................ 1834-1891 R
03 Jan 1883 - 08 Jan 1885 Thomas McDonald Waller ................ 1840-1924 D
08 Jan 1885 - 07 Jan 1887 Henry Baldwon Harrison ................ 1821-1901 R
07 Jan 1887 - 10 Jan 1889 Phineas Chapman Lounsbury ............. 1844-1925 D
10 Jan 1889 - 04 Jan 1893 Morgan Gardner Bulkeley ............... 1837-1922 R
04 Jan 1893 - 09 Jan 1895 Luzon Burrit Morris ................... 1827-1895 D
09 Jan 1895 - 06 Jan 1897 Owen Vincent Coffin ................... 1836-1921 R
06 Jan 1897 - 04 Jan 1899 Lorrin Alanson Cooke .................. 1831-1902 R
04 Jan 1899 - 09 Jan 1901 George Edward Lounsbury ............... 1838-1904 R
09 Jan 1901 - 07 Jan 1903 George Payne McLean ................... 1857-1932 R
07 Jan 1903 - 04 Jan 1905 Abiram Chamberlain .................... 1837-1911 R
04 Jan 1905 - 09 Jan 1907 Henry Roberts ......................... 1853-1929 R
09 Jan 1907 - 06 Jan 1909 Rollin Simmons Woodruff ............... 1854-1925 R
06 Jan      - 21 Apr 1909 George Leavens Lilley ................. 1859-1909 R
21 Apr 1909 - 04 Jan 1911 Frank Bentley Weeks ................... 1854-1925 R
04 Jan 1911 - 06 Jan 1915 Simeon Eben Baldwin ................... 1840-1927 D
06 Jan 1915 - 05 Jan 1921 Marcus Hensey Holcomb ................. 1844-1932 R
05 Jan 1921 - 03 Jan 1923 Everett John Lake ..................... 1871-1948 R
03 Jan 1923 - 08 Jan 1925 Hiram Bingham ......................... 1875-1956 R
08 Jan 1925 - 07 Jan 1931 John Harper Trumball .................. 1873-1961 R
07 Jan 1931 - 04 Jan 1939 Wilbur Lucius Cross ................... 1862-1948 D
04 Jan 1939 - 08 Jan 1941 Raymond Earl Baldwin .................. 1893-1986 R
                          (1st Time)
08 Jan 1941 - 06 Jan 1943 Robert Augustine Hurley ............... 1895-1968 D
06 Jan 1943 - 27 Dec 1946 Raymond Earl Baldwin
                          (2nd Time)
27 Dec 1946 - 08 Jan 1947 Wilbert Wilbert Snow .................. 1884-1977 D
08 Jan 1947 - 07 Mar 1948 James Lukens McConaughy ............... 1887-1948 R
07 Mar 1948 - 05 Jan 1949 James Coughlin Shannon ................ 1896-1980 R
05 Jan 1949 - 03 Jan 1951 Chester Bowles ........................ 1901-1986 D
03 Jan 1951 - 05 Jan 1955 John Davis Lodge ...................... 1903-1985 R
05 Jan 1955 - 21 Jan 1961 Abraham Alexander Ribicoff ............ 1910-1998 D
21 Jan 1961 - 06 Jan 1971 John Noel Dempsey ..................... 1915-1989 D
06 Jan 1971 - 08 Jan 1975 Thomas Joseph Meskill ................. 1928-2007 R
08 Jan 1975 - 31 Dec 1980 Ella Tambassi Grasso .................. 1919-1981 D
01 Jan 1981 - 09 Jan 1991 William Atchinson O'Neill ............. 1930-2007 D
09 Jan 1991 - 04 Jan 1995 Lowell Palmer Weicker, Jr. ............ 1931-     ACP
04 Jan 1995 - 01 Jul 2004 John Grosvenor Rowland ................ 1957-     R
01 Jul 2004 - 05 Jan 2011 Mary Jodi Rell ........................ 1946-     R
05 Jan 2011 -             Danniel Patrick Malloy ................ 1955-     D
 
 
ACP=A Connecticut Party (Now Defunct)

 
Maine
 
Maine, state seal/coat of arms
Adopted 1919
To 1919
 
1607-1776 English/British colony
1677-1820 Part of Massachusetts
1814-1815 British occupation
1820      State of Maine
 
Capital: Augusta
Language: English (de facto)
Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic
State Anthem: "State of Maine Song"
State Motto: Dirigo (I lead)
State Emblem: Pine Tree
 
Governors
15 Mar 1820 - 28 May 1821 William King
28 May      - 05 Dec 1821 William Durkee Williamson
05 Dec 1821 - 02 Jan 1822 Benjamin Ames
02 Jan      - 05 Jan 1822 Daniel Rose
05 Jan 1822 - 03 Jan 1827 Albion Keith Parris
03 Jan 1827 - 08 Oct 1829 Enoch Lincoln
08 Oct 1829 - 06 Jan 1830 Nathan Cutler
06 Jan      - 09 Feb 1830 Joshua Hall
09 Feb 1830 - 05 Jan 1831 Jonathan Glidden Hunton
05 Jan 1831 - 31 Dec 1833 Samuel Emerson Smith
01 Jan 1834 - 03 Jan 1838 Robert Pinckney Dunlap
03 Jan 1838 - 02 Jan 1839 Edward Kent (1st Time)
02 Jan 1839 - 12 Jan 1841 John Fairfield (1st Time)
12 Jan      - 13 Jan 1841 Richard H. Vose
13 Jan 1841 - 05 Jan 1842 Edward Kent (2nd Time)
05 Jan 1842 - 07 Mar 1843 John Fairfield (2nd Time)
07 Mar      - 31 Dec 1843 Edward Kavanagh
01 Jan      - 03 Jan 1844 David Dunn (acting)
03 Jan 1844 (hours)       John W. Dana (1st Time)
03 Jan 1844 - 12 May 1847 Hugh Johnston Anderson
12 May 1847 - 08 May 1850 John W. Dana (2nd Time)
08 May 1850 - 05 Jan 1853 John Hubbard
05 Jan 1853 - 03 Jan 1855 William George Crosby
03 Jan 1855 - 02 Jan 1856 Anson Pearson Morril
02 Jan 1856 - 08 Jan 1857 Samuel Wells
08 Jan      - 25 Feb 1857 Hannibal Hamlin
25 Feb 1857 - 06 Jan 1858 Josef Hartwell Williams
06 Jan 1858 - 02 Jan 1861 Lot Myrick Morril
02 Jan 1861 - 07 Jan 1863 Israel Washburn
07 Jan 1863 - 06 Jan 1864 Abner Coburn
06 Jan 1864 - 02 Jan 1867 Samuel Cony
02 Jan 1867 - 04 Jan 1871 Joshua Chamberlain
04 Jan 1871 - 07 Jan 1874 Sidney Perham
07 Jan 1874 - 05 Jan 1876 Nelson Dingley
05 Jan 1876 - 08 Jan 1879 Seldon Connor
08 Jan 1879 - 17 Jan 1880 Alonzo Garcelon
17 Jan 1880 - 13 Jan 1881 Daniel Franklin Davis
13 Jan 1881 - 03 Jan 1883 Harris Merril Plaisted
03 Jan 1883 - 05 Jan 1887 Frederik Robie
05 Jan      - 15 Dec 1887 Joseph Robinson Bodwell
15 Dec 1887 - 02 Jan 1889 Sebastian Streeter Marble
02 Jan 1889 - 04 Jan 1893 Edwin Chick Burleigh
04 Jan 1893 - 02 Jan 1897 Henry Bradstreet Cleaves
02 Jan 1897 - 02 Jan 1901 Llewellyn Powers
02 Jan 1901 - 04 Jan 1905 John Fremont Hill
04 Jan 1905 - 06 Jan 1909 William T. Cobb
06 Jan 1909 - 04 Jan 1911 Bert Manfred Fernald
                          (1st Time)
04 Jan 1911 - 31 Dec 1912 Frederick William Plaisted
01 Jan 1913 - 06 Jan 1915 Bert Manfred Fernald
                          (2nd Time)
06 Jan 1915 - 03 Jan 1917 Oakley C. Curtis
03 Jan 1917 - 05 Jan 1921 Carl Elias Milliken
05 Jan      - 31 Jan 1921 Frederic Hale Parkhurst
31 Jan 1921 - 07 Jan 1925 Percival Proctor Baxter
07 Jan 1925 - 02 Jan 1929 Ralph Owen Brewster
02 Jan 1929 - 04 Jan 1933 William Tudor Gardiner
04 Jan 1933 - 06 Jan 1937 Louis Jefferson Brann
06 Jan 1937 - 31 Jan 1940 Lewis O. Barrows
01 Jan 1941 - 03 Jan 1945 Sumner Sewell
03 Jan 1945 - 05 Jan 1949 Horace Augustus Hildreth .............. 1902-1988 R
05 Jan 1949 - 24 Dec 1952 Frederick George Payne ................ 1904-1978 R
24 Dec 1952 - 06 Jan 1953 Burton Melvin Cross ................... 1902-1998 R
                          (1st Time)
06 Jan      - 07 Jan 1953 Nathaniel Mervin Haskell .............. 1912-1983 R
07 Jan 1953 - 05 Jan 1955 Burton Melvin Cross
                          (2nd Time)
05 Jan 1955 - 02 Jan 1959 Edmund Sixtus Muskie .................. 1914-1996 D
02 Jan      - 07 Jan 1959 Robert N. Haskell ..................... 1903-1987 R
07 Jan      - 30 Dec 1959 Clinton Amos Clauson .................. 1895-1959 D
30 Dec 1959 - 05 Jan 1967 John Hathaway Reed .................... 1921-2012 R
05 Jan 1967 - 02 Jan 1975 Kenneth Merwin Curtis ................. 1931-     D
02 Jan 1975 - 03 Jan 1979 James Bernard Longley ................. 1924-1980 I
03 Jan 1979 - 07 Jan 1987 Joseph Edward Brennan ................. 1934-     D
07 Jan 1987 - 08 Jan 1995 John Rettie McKernan .................. 1948-     R
05 Jan 1995 - 08 Jan 2003 Angus S. King ......................... 1944-     I
08 Jan 2003 - 05 Jan 2011 John Elias Baldacci ................... 1955-     D
05 Jan 2011 -             Paul Richard LePage ................... 1948-     R
 

 
Massachusetts
 
Massachusetts, state seal
 
1620      First settlements in Plymouth bay
1629-1776 Massachusetts Bay colony
1776      State
1780      Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 
Capital: Boston
Language: English (de facto)
Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic
State Anthem: "All Hail to Massachusetts"DIV>
State Motto: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem
             (By the Sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
State Emblem: Algonquian Native American
 
Governors
25 Oct 1780 - 29 Jan 1785 John Hancock (1st Time)
29 Jan      - 27 May 1785 Thomas Cushing III
                          (acting)
27 May 1785 - 31 May 1787 James Bowdoin
01 Jun 1787 - 08 Oct 1793 John Hancock (2nd Time)
08 Oct 1793 - 02 Jun 1797 Samuel Adams
02 Jun 1797 - 07 Jun 1799 Increase Sumner
07 Jun 1799 - 20 May 1800 Moses Gill
20 May      - 30 May 1800 Thomas Dawes
30 May 1800 - 29 May 1807 Caleb Strong
                          (1st Time)
29 May 1807 - 10 Dec 1808 James Sullivan
10 Dec 1808 -    Jun 1812 Elbridge Gerry
   Jun 1812 - 30 May 1816 Caleb Strong
                          (2nd Time)
30 May 1816 - 31 May 1823 John Brooks
31 May 1823 - 06 Feb 1825 William Eustis
06 Feb      - 26 May 1825 Marcus Morton (1st Time)
26 May 1825 - 09 Jun 1834 Levi Lincoln, Jr.
09 Jun 1834 - 01 Mar 1835 John Davis (1st Time)
01 Mar 1835 - 13 Jan 1836 Samuel Turell Armstrong
13 Jan 1836 - 18 Jan 1840 Edward Everett
18 Jan 1840 - 07 Jan 1841 Marcus Morton (2nd Time)
07 Jan 1841 - 17 Jan 1843 John Davis (1st Time)
17 Jan 1843 -    Jan 1844 Marcus Morton (3rd Time)
   Jan 1844 - 11 Jan 1851 George Nixon Briggs
11 Jan 1851 - 14 Jan 1853 George Sewell Boutwell
14 Jan 1853 - 12 Jan 1854 John Henry Clifford
12 Jan 1854 - 04 Jan 1855 Emory Washburn
04 Jan 1855 - 07 Jan 1858 Henry Joseph Gardner
07 Jan 1858 - 03 Jan 1861 Nathaniel Pentrice Banks
03 Jan 1861 - 04 Jan 1866 John Albion Andrew
04 Jan 1866 - 07 Jan 1869 Alexander Hamilton Bullock
07 Jan 1869 - 04 Jan 1872 William Claflin
04 Jan 1872 - 29 Apr 1874 William Barrett Washburn
29 Apr 1874 - 07 Jan 1875 Thomas Talbot (1st Time)
07 Jan 1875 - 06 Jan 1876 William Gaston
06 Jan 1876 - 02 Jan 1879 Alexander Hamilton Rice
02 Jan 1879 - 08 Jan 1880 Thomas Talbot (2nd Time)
08 Jan 1880 - 03 Jan 1883 John Davis Long
03 Jan 1883 - 04 Jan 1884 Benjamin Franklin Butler
04 Jan 1884 - 06 Jan 1887 George Dexter Robinson
06 Jan 1887 - 07 Jan 1890 Oliver Ames
07 Jan 1890 - 08 Jan 1891 John Quincy Adams Brackett
08 Jan 1891 - 04 Jan 1894 William Eustis Russell
04 Jan 1894 - 05 Mar 1896 Frederic Thomas Greenhalge
05 Mar 1896 - 04 Jan 1900 Roger Wolcott
04 Jan 1900 - 08 Jan 1903 Winthrop Murray Crane
08 Jan 1903 - 05 Jan 1905 John Lewis Bates
05 Jan 1905 - 04 Jan 1906 William Lewis Douglas
04 Jan 1906 - 07 Jan 1909 Curtis Guild, Jr.
07 Jan 1909 - 05 Jan 1911 Ebenezer Sumner Draper
05 Jan 1911 - 05 Mar 1914 Eugene Noble Ross
08 Jan 1914 - 06 Jan 1916 David Ingatius Walsh
06 Jan 1916 - 02 Jan 1919 Samuel Walker McCall
02 Jan 1919 - 06 Jan 1921 John Calvin Coolidge
06 Jan 1921 - 08 Jan 1925 Channing Harris Cox
08 Jan 1925 - 03 Jan 1929 Alvan Tufts Fuller
03 Jan 1929 - 08 Jan 1931 Frank G. Allen
03 Jan 1931 - 03 Jan 1935 Joseph Buell Ely
03 Jan 1935 - 07 Jan 1937 James Michael Curley
07 Jan 1937 - 05 Jan 1939 Charles Francis Hurley
05 Jan 1939 - 03 Jan 1945 Leverett A. Saltonstall
03 Jan 1945 - 02 Jan 1947 Maurice Joseph Tobin .................. 1901-1953 D
02 Jan 1947 - 06 Jan 1949 Robert Fiske Bradford ................. 1902-1983 R
06 Jan 1949 - 08 Jan 1953 Paul Andrew Dever ..................... 1903-1958 D
08 Jan 1953 - 03 Jan 1957 Christian Archibald Herter ............ 1895-1966 R
03 Jan 1957 - 05 Jan 1961 John Foster Furcolo ................... 1911-1995 D
05 Jan 1961 - 03 Jan 1963 John Anthony Volpe .................... 1908-1994 R
                          (1st Time)
03 Jan 1963 - 07 Jan 1965 Endicott Peabody ...................... 1920-1997 D
07 Jan 1965 - 22 Jan 1969 John Anthony Volpe (2nd Time)
22 Jan 1969 - 02 Jan 1975 Francis William Sargent ............... 1915-1998 R
02 Jan 1975 - 04 Jan 1979 Muchael Stanley Dukakis ............... 1933-     D
                          (1st Time)
04 Jan 1979 - 06 Jan 1983 Edward Joseph King .................... 1925-2006 R
06 Jan 1983 - 03 Jan 1991 Muchael Stanley Dukakis (2nd Time)
03 Jan 1991 - 29 Jul 1997 William Floyd Weld .................... 1945-     R
07 Jan 1999 - 10 Apr 2001 Argeo Paul Cellucci ................... 1948-     R
10 Apr 2001 - 02 Jan 2003 Jane Maria Swift ...................... 1965-     R
02 Jan 2003 - 04 Jan 2007 Willard Mitt Romney ................... 1947-     R
04 Jan 2007 - 08 Jan 2015 Deval Laurdine Patrick ................ 1956-     D
08 Jan 2015 -             Charles Duane Baker Jr. ............... 1956-     R
 

 
New Hampshire
New Hampshire, state seal
      Adopted 1931
      1904-1931
          1776
 
1622-1641 Part of Maine
1641-1679 Under Massachutsetts
1679      English colony of New Hampshire
1868-1689 Part of the Dominion of New England
1776      State of New Hampshire
 
Capital: Concord
Language: English (de facto)
Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic
State Anthem: "Old New Hampshire"
State Motto: Live Free or Die
State Emblem:
 
Governors
04 Jul 1776 - 01 Jun 1785 Meshech Weare
01 Jun 1785 - 07 Jun 1786 John Langdon
07 Jun 1786 - 04 Jun 1788 John Sullivan (1st Time)
04 Jun 1788 - 22 Jan 1789 John Langdon (1st Time)
22 Jan 1789 - 05 Jun 1790 John Sullivan (2nd Time)
05 Jun 1790 - 05 Jun 1794 Josiah Bartlett
05 Jun 1794 - 06 Jun 1805 John Tayler Gilman (1st Time)
06 Jun 1805 - 08 Jun 1809 John Langdon (2nd Time)
08 Jun 1809 - 1810        Jeremiah Smith
       1810 - 05 Jun 1812 John Langdon (3rd Time)
05 Jun 1812 - 03 Jun 1813 William Plumer (1st Time)
03 Jun 1813 - 06 Jun 1816 John Tayler Gilman (2nd Time)
06 Jun 1816 - 03 Jun 1819 William Plumer (2nd Time)
03 Jun 1819 - 05 Jun 1823 Samuel Bell
05 Jun 1823 - 03 Jun 1824 Levi Woodbury
03 Jun 1824 - 07 Jun 1827 David Lawrence Morril
07 Jun 1827 - 05 Jun 1828 Benjamin Price (1st Time)
05 Jun 1828 - 04 Jun 1829 John Bell
04 Jun 1829 - 03 Jun 1830 Benjamin Price (2nd Time)
03 Jun 1830 - 28 Feb 1831 Matthew Harvey
28 Feb      - 02 Jun 1831 Joseph Merril Harper
02 Jun 1831 - 05 Jun 1834 Samuel Dinsmoor
05 Jun 1834 - 02 Jun 1836 William Badger
02 Jun 1836 - 05 Jun 1839 Isaac Hill
05 Jun 1839 - 02 Jun 1842 John Page
02 Jun 1842 - 06 Jun 1844 Henry Hubbard
06 Jun 1844 - 04 Jun 1846 John Hardy Steele
04 Jun 1846 - 03 Jun 1847 Anthony Colby
03 Jun 1847 - 07 Jun 1849 Jared Warner Williams
07 Jun 1849 - 03 Jun 1852 Samuel Dinsmoor
03 Jun 1852 - 08 Jun 1854 Noah Martin
08 Jun 1854 - 07 Jun 1855 Nathaniel Bradley Baker
07 Jun 1855 - 04 Jun 1857 Ralph Metcalf
04 Jun 1857 - 02 Jun 1859 William Haile
02 Jun 1859 - 06 Jun 1861 Ichabod Goodwin
06 Jun 1861 - 03 Jun 1863 Nathaniel Springer Berry
03 Jun 1863 - 08 Jun 1865 Joseph Albree Gilmore
08 Jun 1865 - 07 Jun 1867 Frederick Smyth
07 Jun 1867 - 03 Jun 1869 Walter Harriman
03 Jun 1869 - 08 Jun 1871 Onslow Stearns
08 Jun 1871 - 06 Jun 1872 James Adams Weston (1st Time)
06 Jun 1872 - 04 Jun 1874 Ezekiel Albert Straw
04 Jun 1874 - 10 Jun 1875 James Adams Weston (2nd Time)
10 Jun 1875 - 07 Jun 1877 Person Colby Cheney
07 Jun 1877 - 05 Jun 1879 Benjamin Franklin Prescott
05 Jun 1879 - 02 Jun 1881 Natt Head
02 Jun 1881 - 07 Jun 1883 Charles Henry Bell
07 Jun 1883 - 05 Jun 1885 Samuel Whitney Hale
05 Jun 1885 - 02 Jun 1887 Moody Currier
02 Jun 1887 - 06 Jun 1889 Charles Henry Sawyer
06 Jun 1889 - 08 Jan 1891 David Harvey Goodell
08 Jan 1891 - 05 Jan 1893 Hiram Americus Turtle
05 Jan 1893 - 03 Jan 1895 John Butler Smith
03 Jan 1895 - 07 Jan 1897 Charles Albert Busiel
07 Jan 1897 - 05 Jan 1899 George Allen Ramsdell
05 Jan 1899 - 03 Jan 1901 Frank West Rollins
03 Jan 1901 - 01 Jan 1903 Chester Bradley Jordan
01 Jan 1903 - 05 Jan 1905 Nahum Josiah Bachelder
05 Jan 1905 - 03 Jan 1907 John McLane
03 Jan 1907 - 07 Jan 1909 John Miller Floyd
07 Jan 1909 - 05 Jan 1911 Henry Brewer Quinby
05 Jan 1911 - 02 Jan 1913 Robert Perkins Bass
02 Jan 1913 -    Jan 1915 Samuel Demeritt Felker
   Jan 1915 - 02 Jan 1917 Rolland Harty Spaulding
02 Jan 1917 - 06 Jan 1919 Henry Wilder Keyes
06 Jan 1919 - 06 Jan 1921 John Henry Barlett
06 Jan 1921 - 04 Jan 1923 Albert Oscar Brown
04 Jan 1923 - 01 Jan 1925 Frederick Herbert Brown
01 Jan 1925 - 06 Jan 1927 John Gilbert Winant (1st Time)
06 Jan 1927 - 03 Jan 1929 Huntley Nowel Spaulding
03 Jan 1929 - 01 Jan 1931 Charles William Tobey
01 Jan 1931 - 03 Jan 1935 John Gilbert Winant (2nd Time)
03 Jan 1935 - 07 Jan 1937 Henry Styles Bridget
07 Jan 1937 - 02 Jan 1941 Francis Parnell Murphy
02 Jan 1941 - 04 Jan 1945 Robert Oscar Blood
04 Jan 1945 - 06 Jan 1949 Charles Milby Dale ..................... 1893-1978 R
06 Jun 1949 - 01 Jan 1953 Llewelyn Sherman Adams ................. 1899-1986 R
01 Jan 1953 - 06 Jan 1955 Hugh Gregg ............................. 1917-2003 R
06 Jan 1955 - 01 Jan 1959 Seymour Lane Dwindell .................. 1906-1997 R
01 Jan 1959 - 03 Jan 1963 Wesley Powell .......................... 1915-1981 R
03 Jan 1963 - 02 Jan 1969 John William King ...................... 1918-1996 D
02 Jan 1969 - 03 Jan 1973 Walter Rutherford Peterson ............. 1922-2011 R
03 Jan 1973 - 04 Jan 1979 Meldrim Thomson ........................ 1912-2001 R
04 Jan 1979 - 29 Dec 1982 Hugh J. Gallen ......................... 1924-1982 D
11 Jan      - 30 Nov 1982 Robert D. Monsier ...................... 1922-1986 D
                          (acting for Gallen)
01 Dec 1982 - 06 Jan 1983 Vesta M. Roy ........................... 1952-2002 R
                          (acting for Gallen to 29 Dec 1982)
06 Jan 1983 - 04 Jan 1989 John Henry Sununu ...................... 1939-     R
04 Jan 1989 - 07 Jan 1993 Judd Alan Gregg ........................ 1947-     R
07 Jan 1993 - 08 Jan 1997 Stephen E. Merrill ..................... 1946-     R
09 Jan 1997 - 09 Jan 2003 Cynthia Jeanne Bowers Shaheen .......... 1947-     D
09 Jan 2003 - 06 Jan 2005 Craig Benson ........................... 1954-     R
06 Jan 2005 - 03 Jan 2013 John H. Lynch .......................... 1952-     D
03 Jan 2013 -             Margaret Hassan ........................ 1958-     D
 

 
Rhode Island
 
Rhode Island, state seal
 
Capital: Providence
Language: English (de facto)
Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic
State Anthem: "Rhodes Island's It for Me"
State Motto: Hope
State Emblem: Anchor
 
04 May 1776               State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
29 May 1790               State of the United States
 
Governors
07 Nov 1775 - 04 May 1778 Nicholas Cooke
04 May 1778 - 03 May 1786 William Greene
03 May 1786 - 05 May 1790 John Collins
05 May 1790 - 15 Oct 1805 Arthur Fenner
15 Oct 1805 - 07 May 1806 Henry Smith
07 May 1806 - 06 May 1807 Isaac Wilbour
06 May 1807 - 01 May 1811 James Fenner (1st Time)
01 May 1811 - 07 May 1817 William Jones
07 May 1817 - 02 May 1821 Nehemiah Rice Knight
02 May 1821 - 05 May 1824 William Channing Gibbs
05 May 1824 - 04 May 1831 James Fenner (2nd Time)
04 May 1831 - 01 May 1833 Lemuel Hastings Arnold
01 May 1833 - 02 May 1838 John Brown Francis
02 May 1838 - 02 May 1839 William Sprague III
02 May 1839 - 02 May 1843 Samuel Ward King
02 May 1843 - 06 May 1845 James Fenner (3rd Time)
06 May 1845 - 06 May 1846 Charles Jackson
06 May 1846 - 04 May 1847 Byron Diman
04 May 1847 - 01 May 1849 Elisha Harris
01 May 1849 - 06 May 1851 Henry Bowen Anthony
06 May 1851 - 20 Jul 1853 Philip Allen
20 Jul 1853 - 02 May 1854 Francis M. Dimond
02 May 1854 - 26 May 1857 William Warner Hoppin
26 May 1857 - 31 May 1859 Elisha Dyer
31 May 1859 - 29 May 1860 Thomas Goodwin Turner
29 May 1860 - 03 Mar 1863 William Sprague IV
03 Mar      - 26 May 1863 William Cole Cozzens
26 May 1863 - 29 May 1866 James Youngs Smith
29 may 1866 - 25 May 1869 Ambrose Everett Burnside
25 May 1869 - 27 May 1873 Seth Pedelford
27 May 1873 - 25 May 1875 Henry Howard
25 May 1875 - 29 May 1877 Henry Lippitt
29 May 1877 - 25 May 1880 Charles Collins Van Zandt
25 May 1880 - 29 May 1883 Alfred H. Littlefield
29 May 1883 - 26 May 1885 Augustus Osburn Bourn
26 May 1885 - 29 May 1887 George Peabody Wetmore
29 May 1887 - 29 May 1888 John William Davis
29 May 1888 - 28 May 1889 Royal Chapin Taft
28 May 1889 - 27 May 1890 Herbert Warren Ladd
                          (1st Time)
27 May 1890 - 26 May 1891 John William Davis
26 May 1891 - 31 May 1892 Herbert Warren Ladd
                          (2nd Time)
31 May 1892 - 29 May 1895 Daniel Russell Brown
29 May 1895 - 25 May 1897 Charles Warren Lippitt
25 May 1897 - 29 May 1900 Elisha Dyer, Jr.
29 May 1900 - 16 Dec 1901 William Gregory
16 Dec 1901 - 03 Jan 1903 Charles Dean Kimball
03 Jan 1903 - 03 Jan 1905 Lucius Fayette Clark Garvin
03 Jan 1905 - 01 Jan 1907 George Herbert Utter
01 Jan 1907 - 05 Jan 1909 James Henry Higgins
05 Jan 1909 - 05 Jan 1915 Aram Jules Pothier (1st Time)
05 Jan 1915 - 04 Jan 1921 Robert Livingston Beeckman
04 Jan 1921 - 02 Jan 1923 Emery John San Souci
02 Jan 1923 - 06 Jan 1925 William Smith Flynn
06 Jan 1925 - 04 Jan 1928 Aram Jules Pothier (2nd Time)
04 Jan 1928 - 03 Jan 1933 Norman Stanley Case
03 Jan 1933 - 05 Jan 1937 Theodore Francis Green
05 Jan 1937 - 03 Jan 1939 Robert Emmet Quinn
03 Jan 1939 - 07 Jan 1941 William Henry Vanderbilt III
07 Jan 1941 - 06 Oct 1945 James Howard McGrath
06 Oct 1945 - 19 Dec 1950 John Orlando Pastore ................... 1907-2000 D
19 Dec 1950 - 02 Jan 1951 John Sammon McKiernan .................. 1911-1997 D
                          (acting)
02 Jan 1951 - 06 Jan 1959 Dennis Joseph Roberts .................. 1903-1994 D
06 Jan 1959 - 03 Jan 1961 Christopher Del Sesto .................. 1907-1973 R
03 Jan 1961 - 01 Jan 1963 John Anthony Notte ..................... 1909-1983 D
01 Jan 1963 - 07 Jan 1969 John Lester Hubbard Chafee ............. 1922-1999 R
07 Jan 1969 - 02 Jan 1973 Frank R. Licht ......................... 1916-1997 D
02 Jan 1973 - 04 Jan 1977 Philip William Noel .................... 1931-     D
04 Jan 1977 - 01 Jan 1985 John Joseph Garrahy .................... 1930-2012 D
01 Jan 1985 - 01 Jan 1991 Edward Daniel DiPrete .................. 1934-     R
01 Jan 1991 - 03 Jan 1995 Bruce George Sundlun ................... 1920-2011 D
03 Jan 1995 - 07 Jan 2003 Lincoln Carter Almond .................. 1936-     R
07 Jan 2003 - 04 Jan 2011 Donald L. Carcieri ..................... 1942-     R
04 Jan 2011 - 06 Jan 2015 Lincoln Davenport Chafee ............... 1953-     I
06 Jan 2015 -             Gina Marie Raimundo .................... 1971-     D
 

 
Vermont
Vermont, state seal
       State Seal
 
    Adopted 1821
 
Capital: Montpelier
Language: English (de facto)
Religion: Protestant, Roman Catholic
State Anthem: "These Green Mountains"
State Motto: Vermont, Freedom & Unity
State Emblem: Stag
 
1764-1777 Part of New York
1777      State of Vermont
 
President of the Council of Saftey
17 Jan      - 11 Jul 1777 Joseph Bowker
Governors
11 Jul 1777 - 09 Oct 1789 Thomas Chittenden
                          (1st Time)
10 Oct      - 13 Oct 1789 Joseph Marsh (acting)
13 Oct 1789 - 14 Oct 1790 Moses Robinson
15 Oct      - 20 Oct 1790 Peter Olcott (acting)
20 Oct 1790 - 25 Aug 1797 Thomas Chittenden
                          (2nd Time)
25 Aug      - 16 Oct 1797 Paul Brigham (acting)
16 Oct 1797 - 09 Oct 1807 Isaac Tichenor
                          (1st Time)
09 Oct 1807 - 14 Oct 1808 Israel Smith
14 Oct 1808 - 14 Oct 1809 Isaac Tichenor (2nd Time)
14 Oct 1809 - 23 Oct 1813 Jonas Galusha
                          (1st Time)
23 Oct 1813 - 14 Oct 1815 Martin Chittenden
14 Oct 1815 - 23 Oct 1820 Jonas Galusha (2nd Time)
23 Oct 1820 - 10 Oct 1823 Richard Skinner
10 Oct 1823 - 13 Oct 1826 Cornelius Peter Van Ness
13 Oct 1826 - 10 Oct 1828 Ezra Butler
10 Oct 1828 - 18 Oct 1831 Samuel Chandler Crafts
18 Oct 1831 - 02 Nov 1835 William Adams Palmer
02 Nov 1835 - 15 Oct 1841 Silas Hemenway Jennison
15 Oct 1841 - 13 Oct 1843 Charles Paine
15 Oct 1843 - 11 Oct 1844 John Mattocks
11 Oct 1844 - 09 Oct 1846 William Slade
09 Oct 1846 - 01 Oct 1848 Horace Eaton
01 Oct 1848 - 11 Oct 1850 Carlos Coolidge
11 Oct 1850 - 01 Oct 1852 Charles Kilbourne William
01 Oct 1852 - 01 Oct 1853 Erastus Fairbanks
                          (1st Time)
01 Oct 1853 - 13 Oct 1854 John Staniford Robinson
13 Oct 1854 - 10 Oct 1856 Stephen Royce
10 Oct 1856 - 10 Oct 1858 Ryland Fletcher
10 Oct 1858 - 12 Oct 1860 Hiland Hall
12 Oct 1860 - 11 Oct 1861 Erastus Fairbanks
                          (2nd Time)
11 Oct 1861 - 09 Oct 1863 Frederick Holbrook
09 Oct 1863 - 13 Oct 1865 John Gregory Smith
13 Oct 1865 - 13 Oct 1867 Paul Dillingham
13 Oct 1867 - 15 Oct 1869 John Boardman Page
15 Oct 1869 - 07 Feb 1870 Peter Thatcher Washburn
07 Feb      - 06 Oct 1870 George Whitman Hendee
                          (acting)
06 Oct 1870 - 03 Oct 1872 John Wolcott Steward
03 Oct 1872 - 08 Oct 1874 Julius Converse
08 Oct 1874 - 05 Oct 1876 Asahel Peck
05 Oct 1876 - 03 Oct 1878 Horace Fairbanks
03 Oct 1878 - 07 Oct 1880 Redfield Proctor
07 Oct 1880 - 05 Oct 1882 Roswell Farnham
05 Oct 1882 - 02 Oct 1884 John Lester Barstow
02 Oct 1884 - 07 Oct 1886 Samuel Everett Pingree
07 Oct 1886 - 04 Oct 1888 Ebenezer Jolls Ormsbee
04 Oct 1888 - 02 Oct 1890 William Paul Dillingham
02 Oct 1890 - 06 Oct 1892 Carroll Smalley Page
06 Oct 1892 - 04 Oct 1894 Levi Knight Fuller
04 Oct 1894 - 08 Oct 1896 Urban Andrian Woodbury
08 Oct 1896 - 06 Oct 1898 Josiah Grout
06 Oct 1898 - 04 Oct 1900 Edward Curtis Smith
04 Oct 1900 - 02 Oct 1902 William Wallace Stickney
02 Oct 1902 - 06 Oct 1904 John Griffith McCullough
06 Oct 1904 - 04 Oct 1906 Charles James Bell
04 Oct 1906 - 08 Oct 1908 Fletcher Dutton Proctor
08 Oct 1908 - 05 Oct 1910 George Herbert Prouty
05 Oct 1910 - 02 Oct 1912 John Abner Mean
02 Oct 1912 - 07 Jan 1915 Allen Miller Fletcher
07 Jan 1915 - 04 Jan 1917 Charles Winslow Gates
04 Jan 1917 - 09 Jan 1919 Horace French Graham
09 Jan 1919 - 06 Jan 1921 Percival Wood Clement
06 Jan 1921 - 03 Jan 1923 James Hartness
03 Jan 1923 - 08 Jan 1925 Redfield Proctor
08 Jan 1925 - 06 Jan 1927 Franklin Swift Billings
06 Jan 1927 - 08 Jan 1931 John Eliakim Weeks
08 Jan 1931 - 10 Jan 1935 Stanley Calef Wilson
10 Jan 1935 - 07 Jan 1937 Charles Manley Smith
07 Jan 1937 - 09 Jan 1941 George David Aiken
09 Jan 1941 - 05 Jan 1945 William Henry Wills
05 Jan 1945 - 09 Jan 1947 Mortimer Robinson Proctor ................ 1889-1968 R
09 Jan 1947 - 16 Jan 1950 Ernest William Gibson .................... 1901-1969 R
16 Jan 1950 - 04 Jan 1951 Harold John Arthur ....................... 1904-1971 R
04 Jan 1951 - 06 Jan 1955 Lee Earl Emerson ......................... 1898-1976 R
06 Jan 1955 - 09 Jan 1959 Joseph Blaine Johnson .................... 1893-1986 R
09 Jan 1959 - 05 Jan 1961 Robert Theodore Stafford ................. 1913-2006 R
05 Jan 1961 - 10 Jan 1963 Frank Ray Keyser ......................... 1927-     R
10 Jan 1963 - 09 Jan 1969 Philip Henderson Hoff .................... 1924-     D
09 Jan 1969 - 04 Jan 1973 Deane Chandler Davis ..................... 1900-1990 R
04 Jan 1973 - 07 Jan 1977 Thomas Paul Salmon ....................... 1932-     D
07 Jan 1977 - 10 Jan 1985 Richard Arkwright Snelling ............... 1927-1991 R
                          (1st Time)
10 Jan 1985 - 10 Jan 1991 Madeleine May Kunin ...................... 1933-     D
10 Jan      - 13 Aug 1991 Richard Arkwright Snelling
                          (2nd Time)
13 Aug 1991 - 09 Jan 2003 Howard Brush Dean III .................... 1948-     D
09 Jan 2003 - 06 Jan 2011 John H. Douglas .......................... 1951-     R
06 Jan 2011 -             Peter Shumlin ............................ 1956-     D
 

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