The secretary of state of Rhode Island is an elected office in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. As of 2023, the current secretary of state is Gregg Amore.
Secretary of State of Rhode Island | |
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Type | Secretary of State |
Formation | 1798 |
First holder | Samuel Eddy |
Website | Office of the Rhode Island Secretary of State, official homepage |
The Rhode Island Department of State or is composed of five separate divisions:
Image | Name | Tenure | Party |
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Henry Ward | 1775–1797 | ||
Samuel Eddy | 1798–1818 | Republican | |
Henry Bowen | 1819–1848 | Whig | |
Christopher E. Robbins | 1849–1850 | Whig | |
Asa Potter | 1851–1853 | Democrat | |
William R. Watson | 1854 | Whig | |
John Russell Bartlett | 1855–1871 | Republican | |
Joshua M. Addeman | 1872–1886 | Republican | |
Edwin D. McGuinness | 1887 | Democrat | |
Samuel H. Cross | 1888–1889 | ||
Edwin D. McGuinness | 1890 | Democrat | |
George H. Utter | 1891–1893 | Republican | |
Charles P. Bennett | 1894–1909 | Republican | |
J. Fred Parker | 1910–1923 | Republican | |
Ernest L. Sprague | 1924–1932 | Republican | |
Louis W. Cappelli | 1933–1938 | Democratic | |
J. Hector Paquin | 1939–1940 | Republican | |
Armand H. Cote | 1941–1956 | Democratic | |
John A. Notte, Jr. | 1957–1958 | Democratic | |
August P. LaFrance | 1959–1972 | Democratic | |
Robert F. Burns | 1973–1982 | Democratic | |
Susan Farmer | 1983–1986 | Republican | |
Kathleen S. Connell | 1987–1992 | Democratic | |
Barbara Leonard | 1993–1994 | Republican | |
James Langevin | 1995–2001 | Democratic | |
Edward S. Inman | 2001–2002 | Independent | |
Matthew A. Brown | 2003–2006 | Democratic | |
Ralph Mollis | 2007–2014 | Democratic | |
Nellie Gorbea | 2015–2023 | Democratic | |
Gregg Amore | 2023–present | Democratic |