STATE PAGES RHODE ISLAND SOUTH CAROLINA

Nickname...... Little Rhody and Ocean State Nickname...... The Palmetto State Motto...... Hope Motto...... Animis Opibusque Parati Flower...... Violet (Prepared in Mind and Resources) and Bird...... Rhode Island Red Dum Spiro Spero (While I breathe, I Hope) Tree...... Red Maple Flower...... Yellow Jessamine Song...... Rhode Island Bird...... Carolina Wren Entered the Union...... May 29, 1790 Tree...... Palmetto Capital...... Providence Song...... Carolina and South Carolina on My Mind Entered the Union...... May 23, 1788 STATISTICS Capital...... Columbia Land Area (square miles)...... 1,034 Rank in Nation...... 50 STATISTICS Population...... 1,055,173 Land Area (square miles)...... 30,061 Rank in Nation...... 43 Rank in Nation...... 40 Density per square mile...... 1,020.7 Population...... 4,832,482 Capital City...... Providence Rank in Nation...... 24 Population...... 178,432 Density per square mile...... 160.8 Rank in State...... 1 Capital City...... Columbia Largest City...... Providence Population...... 131,686 Population...... 178,432 Rank in State...... 1 Number of Representatives in Congress...... 2 Largest City...... Columbia Number of 2012 Electoral Votes...... 4 Population...... 131,686 Number of Geographic Counties...... 5 Number of Representatives in Congress...... 7 Number of Municipal Governments...... 8 Number of 2012 Electoral Votes...... 9 Number of School Districts...... 4 Number of County Governments...... 46 Number of Special Districts...... 90 Number of Municipal Governments...... 270 Number of School Districts...... 83 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH Number of Special Districts...... 279 Legislative Body...... General Assembly LEGISLATIVE BRANCH President of the Senate...... M. Teresa Paiva-Weed Legislative Body...... General Assembly President Pro Tem of the Senate...... William Walaska Secretary of the Senate...... Joseph Brady President of the Senate...... Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster President Pro Tem of the Senate...... Hugh K. Leatherman Speaker of the House...... Nicholas A. Mattiello Secretary of the Senate...... Jeffrey Gossett Clerk of the House...... Frank McCabe (Clerk of the Senate)

2015 Regular Session...... Jan. 6 – June 25, 2015 Speaker of the House...... James H. Lucas Number of Senatorial Districts...... 38 Speaker Pro Tem of the House...... Thomas E. Pope Number of Representative Districts...... 75 Clerk of the House...... Charles F. Reid

EXECUTIVE BRANCH 2015 Regular Session...... Jan. 13 – June 4, 2015 Governor...... Gina Raimondo Number of Senatorial Districts...... 46 Lieutenant Governor...... Dan McKee Number of Representative Districts...... 124 Secretary of State...... Nellie Gorbea Attorney General...... Peter F. Kilmartin EXECUTIVE BRANCH Treasurer...... Seth Magaziner Governor...... Nikki Haley Auditor...... Dennis Hoyle Lieutenant Governor...... Henry McMaster State Comptroller...... Marc Leonetti (Controller) Secretary of State...... Mark Hammond Attorney General...... Alan Wilson Governor’s Present Term...... 1/2015 – 1/2019 Treasurer...... Curtis Loftis Number of Elected Officials in the Executive Branch...... 5 Auditor...... Richard H. Gilbert Jr. Number of Members in the Cabinet...... 24 State Comptroller...... Richard Eckstrom (Comptroller General) JUDICIAL BRANCH Highest Court...... Supreme Court Governor’s Present Term...... 1/2011 – 1/2019 Supreme Court Chief Justice...... Paul A. Suttell Number of Elected Officials in the Executive Branch...... 9 Number of Supreme Court Judges...... 5 Number of Members in the Cabinet...... 15 Number of U.S. Court Districts...... 1 U.S. Circuit Court...... 1st Circuit JUDICIAL BRANCH Highest Court...... Supreme Court Supreme Court Chief Justice...... Jean Hoefer Toal Number of Supreme Court Judges...... 5 Number of Intermediate Appellate Court Judges...... 9 Number of U.S. Court Districts...... 1 U.S. Circuit Court...... 4th Circuit

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