Walter Clarke 5 May 1686 - 20 December 1686 (superseded by Governor Andros)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
Italics Gorton, Smith and Dexter were presidents of Providence and Warwick only, since Coddington had received a commission to remove Newport and Portsmouth from their jurisdiction, valid from 1651 to 1654; before and after these dates the President presided over all four towns of the colony. Dudley presided over the "Narragansett Country" only, later to become Washington County, Rhode Island; Andros subsequently presided over the entire colony.