Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island

Lincoln Davenport Chafee is an American politician who served as the 74th Governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015. He previously served as United States Senator from 1999 to 2007, and as mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island from 1993 to 1999. A member of the Libertarian Party since 2019, he previously was a Republican until 2007, an independent from 2007 to 2013, and a Democrat from 2013 to 2019. He is the last non-Democrat to hold statewide and/or Congressional office in Rhode Island.

The governor of Rhode Island is the head of government of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and serves as commander-in-chief of the state's Army National Guard and Air National Guard. The current governor is Dan McKee, a member of the Democratic Party. In their capacity as commander of the national guard, the governor of Rhode Island also has the title of captain general. Rhode Island is one of the few states that currently does not have a governor's mansion or other official residence.

March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 280 days remain until the end of the year.