question: Who was the first governor of the eighth least populous U.S. state?
answer: Nicholas Cooke
context: Title: Rhode Island
  Passage: Rhode Island ( ), officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.  It is the smallest in area, the eighth least populous, and the second most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states.  Its official name is also the longest of any state in the Union.  Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west, Massachusetts to the north and east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound.  It also shares a small maritime border with New York.
  Title: List of U.S. states and territories by population
  Passage: As of April 1, 2010, the date of the 2010 United States Census, the nine most populous U.S. states contain slightly more than half of the total population.  The 25 least populous states contain less than one-sixth of the total population.  California, the most populous state, contains more people than the 21 least populous states combined.
  Title: Van Tassell, Wyoming
  Passage: Van Tassell is a town in Niobrara County, Wyoming, United States.  The population was 15 at the 2010 census.  It is the least populous town in the least populous county of the least populous state in the U.S.
  Title: Longleng district
  Passage: Longleng district (Pron:/ˈlɒŋˌlɛŋ/) is one of the eleven districts of the Indian state of Nagaland.  It is the eighth least populous district in the country (out of 640).
  Title: Nicholas Cooke
  Passage: Nicholas Cooke (February 3, 1717September 14, 1782) was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the American Revolutionary War, and after Rhode Island became a state, he continued in this position to become the first Governor of the State of Rhode Island.  Born in the maritime town of Providence, he early in life followed the sea, eventually becoming a Captain of ships.  This occupation led him to become a merchant, becoming highly successful in this endeavor, and he ran a distillery and rope-making business as well.  He is depicted as one of the affluent merchants in John Greenwood's satirical painting from the 1750s entitled "Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam".
  Title: Tawang district
  Passage: Tawang district (Pron:/tɑ:ˈwæŋ or təˈwæŋ/) is the smallest of the 16 administrative districts of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.  With a population of 49,977, it is the eighth least populous district in the country (out of 707).
  Title: Salem County, New Jersey
  Passage: Salem County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey.  Its western boundary is formed by the Delaware River and it has the eastern terminus of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, connecting to New Castle, Delaware.  Its county seat is Salem.  The county is part of the Delaware Valley area.  As of the 2016 Census estimate, the county's population was 63,436, making it the state's least populous county, representing a 4.0% decrease from the 66,083 enumerated at the 2010 Census, in turn increasing by 1,798 (+2.8%) from the 64,285 counted in the 2000 Census, retaining its position as the state's least populous county.  The most populous place was Pennsville Township, with 13,409 residents at the time of the 2010 Census.  Lower Alloways Creek Township covers 72.46 sqmi , the largest total area of any municipality.
  Title: List of professional sports teams in Utah
  Passage: Professional sports teams based in Utah encompass multiple teams including the NBA's Utah Jazz and Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake.  Utah is the least populous U.S. state to have major professional sports league franchises.
citations: Rhode Island Nicholas Cooke