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List of justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court

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

May 1749 – May 1751 Joshua Babcock

May 1751 – May 1755 Stephen Hopkins

May 1756 – May 1761 John Gardner

May 1761 – May 1762 Samuel Ward

May 1762 – August 1763 John Gardner

1762 – 1764 Jeremiah Niles, Joseph Russell, Joshua Babcock, John Banister

  • 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)

1764 – 1765 John Cole

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

1777 – 1778 William Greene

1778 – 1781 Shearjashub Bourn

1781 – 1781 Paul Mumford

1781 – 1785 Paul Mumford

1785 – 1786 William Ellery

1786 – 1788 Paul Mumford

1788 – 1791 Othniel Gorton

1791 – 1795 Daniel Owen

1795 – 1809 Peleg Arnold, Thomas Arnold

1810 – 1812 Thomas Arnold, Peleg Arnold

1819 – 1819 James Fenner

1819 – 1827 Isaac Wilbour

1827 – 1835 Samuel Eddy

1854 – 1856 William R. Staples

1856 – 1866 Samuel Ames

1866 – 1868 Charles S. Bradley

1868 – 1875 George A. Brayton

1875 – 1891 Thomas Durfee

1891 – 1900 Charles Matteson

1900 – 1903 John H. Stiness

1904 – 1905 Pardon E. Tillinghast

1905 – 1908, William W. Douglas

1909 – 1913, Edward C. Dubois

1913 – 1917, Clarke H. Johnson

1917 – 1920 Christopher F. Parkhurst

1920 – 1929 William A. Sweetland

1929 – 1935 Charles F. Stearns

1935 – 1957 Edmund W. Flynn

1958 – 1965, Francis Condon

1966 – 1976 Thomas H. Roberts

1976 – 1986 Joseph A. Bevilacqua Sr.

1986 – 1993 Thomas Fay

1993 – 2001 Joseph R. Weisberger

2001 – 2008 Frank J. Williams

2009 – present Paul Suttell

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