List of justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
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This is a list of associate justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1747 to the present. The justices are listed under the term of the chief justice sitting at the time of their appointments (for a complete list of the chief justices, see List of chief justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court).
May 1747 – May 1749 Gideon Cornell
editMay 1749 – May 1751 Joshua Babcock
edit- Jonathan Randall (May 1749 – May 1761)
- William Hopkins (May 1749 – May 1750)
- William Hall (May 1749 – May 1750)
- John Walton (May 1749 – May 1751)
- William Richmond (May 1750 – May 1751)
- Benjamin Hazard (May 1750 – May 1751)
May 1751 – May 1755 Stephen Hopkins
edit- Joseph Russell (May 1751 – May 1759; May 1761 – August 1763)
- Joseph Clarke (May 1751 – May 1761)
May 1756 – May 1761 John Gardner
edit- Joseph Lippitt (May 1759 – May 1761)
May 1761 – May 1762 Samuel Ward
edit- Thomas Wickham (May 1761 – May 1762)
- John Burton (May 1761 – May 1762)
May 1762 – August 1763 John Gardner
edit- Nicholas Easton (May 1762 – August 1763)
- Samuel Nightingale (May 1762 – August 1763; June 1767 – June 1769)
1762 – 1764 Jeremiah Niles, Joseph Russell, Joshua Babcock, John Banister
edit- Thomas Cranston (August 1763 – May 1764)
- John Cole (August 1763 – May 1765; Chief Justice February 1764 – May 1765)
- Thomas Greene (August 1763 – May 1765 and June 1769 – June 1770)
- Silas Niles (August 1763 – May 1765)
- Job Bennet Jr. (May 1764 – May 1768)
- Stephen Potter (May 1764 – May 1765; May 1767 – May 1768; and May 1778 – 1780)
1765 – 1767 Joseph Russell, James Helme
edit- William Hall (May 1749 – May 1750; May 1761 – August 1763; and May 1765 – June 1767)
- Job Bennet Jr. (May 1764 – May 1768)
- Gideon Comstock (May 1766 – June 1767; June 1769 – June 1770; and May 1779 – May 1781)
- Benoni Hall (May 1765 – May 1768, and June 1769 – May 1773)
- Henry Harris (May 1765 – May 1766)
- Metcalf Bowler (May 1768 – June 1769; June 1770 – February 1777)
- Nathaniel Searle (May 1768 – June 1770)
1770 – 1776 Stephen Hopkins, John Cooke
edit- James Helme (June 1767 – May 1768 and June 1769 – May 1774)
- William Greene (February 1777 – May 1778)
- Joseph Russell (May 1751 – August 1763; May 1765 – May 1767; May 1768 – June 1769; and May 1774 – August 1776)
1776 – 1777 Metcalf Bowler
edit- Shearjashub Bourn (August 1776 – May 1778)
- Jabez Bowen (August 1776 – May 1778)
- Thomas Wells (August 1776 – May 1780)
1777 – 1778 William Greene
edit1778 – 1781 Shearjashub Bourn
edit1781 – 1781 Paul Mumford
edit- William Ellery (declined)
- Peter Phillips
1781 – 1785 Paul Mumford
edit1785 – 1786 William Ellery
edit1786 – 1788 Paul Mumford
edit1788 – 1791 Othniel Gorton
edit1791 – 1795 Daniel Owen
edit1795 – 1809 Peleg Arnold, Thomas Arnold
edit1810 – 1812 Thomas Arnold, Peleg Arnold
edit1819 – 1819 James Fenner
edit1819 – 1827 Isaac Wilbour
edit1827 – 1835 Samuel Eddy
edit1854 – 1856 William R. Staples
edit1856 – 1866 Samuel Ames
edit1866 – 1868 Charles S. Bradley
edit1868 – 1875 George A. Brayton
edit1875 – 1891 Thomas Durfee
edit1891 – 1900 Charles Matteson
edit1900 – 1903 John H. Stiness
edit1904 – 1905 Pardon E. Tillinghast
edit1905 – 1908, William W. Douglas
edit1909 – 1913, Edward C. Dubois
edit1913 – 1917, Clarke H. Johnson
edit1917 – 1920 Christopher F. Parkhurst
edit1920 – 1929 William A. Sweetland
edit1929 – 1935 Charles F. Stearns
edit1935 – 1957 Edmund W. Flynn
edit- William W. Moss
- Antonio A. Capotosto (1935–1956)
- Hugh B. Baker (–1956)
- Francis Condon
- Jeremiah E. O'Connell (–1956)
1958 – 1965, Francis Condon
edit- Thomas H. Roberts (1956–1976)
- Harold A. Andrews
1966 – 1976 Thomas H. Roberts
edit1976 – 1986 Joseph A. Bevilacqua Sr.
edit1986 – 1993 Thomas Fay
edit1993 – 2001 Joseph R. Weisberger
edit2001 – 2008 Frank J. Williams
edit2009 – present Paul Suttell
edit- Gilbert V. Indeglia[1]
- Erin Lynch Prata (2021–)
- Melissa A. Long (2021–)
Bibliography
edit- Smith, Joseph Jencks (1900). Civil and Military List of Rhode Island, 1647–1800. Providence, RI: Preston and Rounds, Co.
Superior.
- The Supreme Court of Rhode Island (RI Supreme Court, 2010), pg. 23
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The Supreme Court of Rhode Island (RI Supreme Court, 2010), p. 23.