Draft:Samuel Randall (Rhode Island judge)

Samuel Randall (1778 – March 8, 1864)[1] was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from May 1824 to May 1833.[2]

Of Warren.[3]

Samuel Randall was a graduate of Brown University in the class of 1804. He studied law one year with Judge Howell, and then for several years devoted himself to teaching and editing a country newspaper. From 1822 to 1832 he was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Two years after retiring from the bench he was admitted to the bar.[4]

In June 1860, the Town of Warren presented a "Testimonial to Hon. Samuel Randall", noting his half-century of service as town clerk, beginning with his election to the office on August 23, 1809.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Death of a Prominent Citizen of Rhode Island", Boston Evening Transcript (March 9, 1864), p. 2.
  2. ^ Manual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1891), p. 208-13.
  3. ^ Samuel H. Allen, "Rhode Island Judiciary", in James N. Arnold, ed., The Narragansett Historical Register (1889), Volume 7, p. 62.
  4. ^ Horace Williams Fuller, ed., The Green Bag, Vol. 2 (1890), p. 533.
  5. ^ "Testimonial to Hon. Samuel Randall", Warren Telegraph (June 2, 1860), p. 2.


Political offices
Preceded by Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
1824–1833
Succeeded by


Category:1778 births Category:1864 deaths Category:Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court


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