William Howard Sweetland (December 19, 1856 – January 18, 1932)[1] was an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1909 to 1920, and chief justice from 1920 to 1929.
Born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island,[1][2] to William and Nancy Greene (Howard) Sweetland, he attended the public schools in Providence,[2] and graduated from Brown University in 1878.[1][2]
He gained admission to the bar in Providence, Rhode Island, and affiliated himself with the Republican Party.[2] He served for times on the Rhode Island House of Representatives,[1] on the school committee of Providence,[1][2] and as a judge of the Sixth District Court.[2] He was elected by the state legislature to a seat on the Rhode Island Supreme Court on January 19, 1909,[3] and served until his retirement on April 5, 1929.[1]
He married Florence G. Reynolds, with whom he had two children.[2] Sweetland died from heart disease at his home in Providence at the age of 76.[1]
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