Capital: Providence
Governor: Don Carcieri
Lt.Governor:Elizabeth H. Roberts

House of Representatives
Patrick J. Kennedy
James R. Langevin
U.S. Senators (2)
Jack Reed
Sheldon Whitehouse

Atty. General:
Patrick Lynch
Secretaryof State:
Ralph Mollis
General Treasurer:
Frank T. Caprio

State Symbols:
flower- violet
tree- red maple
bird- Rhode Island Red
shell- quahog
mineral- bowenite
stone- cumberlandite
colors- blue, white, gold
song- "Rhode Island, Its for me"
moto- hope
nickname(s)
Little Rhody & 
Ocean State

Official Name:
The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Origin of name- From the Greek Island of Rhodes

Website: www.ri.gov

State Parks: 14
Highest Point: Jerimoth Hill 812 ft
Lowest Point: Atlantic Ocean

Residents: Rhode Islanders