This is a list of Associate Justices of the

Rhode Island Supreme Court The Rhode Island Supreme Court is the court of last resort in the U.S. State of Rhode Island. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, all selected by the Governor of Rhode Island from candidates vetted by the Judicial No ...

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 Gideon Cornell (1710–1766) was a farmer, trader and judge who became the first Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, serving from 1747 to 1749. Ancestry and early life Born July. 5, 1710 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Gideon ...

* Stephen Hopkins *

Joshua Babcock Joshua Babcock (1707–1783) was a physician, American Revolution general, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, and postmaster from Westerly, Rhode Island. Biography Early life Babcock was born in Westerly in 1707 to James Babcock and Elizabeth ...

* Josiah Arnold *

John Howland John Howland (February 23, 1673) accompanied the English Separatists and other passengers when they left England on the to settle in Plymouth Colony. He was an indentured servant and in later years an executive assistant and personal secretary ...

May 1749 – May 1751
Joshua Babcock Joshua Babcock (1707–1783) was a physician, American Revolution general, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, and postmaster from Westerly, Rhode Island. Biography Early life Babcock was born in Westerly in 1707 to James Babcock and Elizabeth ...

* Jonathan Randall (May 1749 – May 1761) *

William Hopkins William Hopkins FRS (2 February 179313 October 1866) was an English mathematician and geologist. He is famous as a private tutor of aspiring undergraduate Cambridge mathematicians, earning him the ''sobriquet'' the " senior-wrangler maker." ...

(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

* Joseph Russell (May 1751 – May 1759; May 1761 – August 1763) * Joseph Clarke (May 1751 – May 1761)

May 1756 – May 1761 John Gardner

* Joseph Lippitt (May 1759 – May 1761)

May 1761 – May 1762 Samuel Ward

Thomas Wickham Thomas Provis Wickham (born 1810 in Weymouth, Dorset; died on 1 March 1890 in Machynlleth), probably best known as an English cricketer. Personal life Wickham was the son of the reverend William Wickham and Margaret Provis, and brother of the ...

(May 1761 – May 1762) * John Burton (May 1761 – May 1762)

May 1762 – August 1763 John Gardner

Nicholas Easton Nicholas Easton (1593–1675) was an early colonial President and Governor of Rhode Island. Born in Hampshire, England, he lived in the towns of Lymington and Romsey before immigrating to New England with his two sons in 1634. Once in the Ne ...

(May 1762 – August 1763) *

Samuel Nightingale Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bi ...

(May 1762 – August 1763; June 1767 – June 1769)

1762 – 1764
Jeremiah Niles Jeremiah, Modern: , Tiberian: ; el, Ἰερεμίας, Ieremíās; meaning " Yah shall raise" (c. 650 – c. 570 BC), also called Jeremias or the "weeping prophet", was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewis ...
, Joseph Russell,
Joshua Babcock Joshua Babcock (1707–1783) was a physician, American Revolution general, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, and postmaster from Westerly, Rhode Island. Biography Early life Babcock was born in Westerly in 1707 to James Babcock and Elizabeth ...
, John Banister

Thomas Cranston Thomas Cranston was an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from August 1763 to May 1764, and served as Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives at the time that Cranston, Rhode Island was created in 1754. Historians b ...

(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 Silas or Silvanus (; Greek: Σίλας/Σιλουανός; fl. 1st century AD) was a leading member of the Early Christian community, who according to the New Testament accompanied Paul the Apostle on his second missionary journey. Name and ...

(August 1763 – May 1765)

1764 – 1765 John Cole

* Job Bennet Jr. (May 1764 – May 1768) *

Stephen Potter Stephen Meredith Potter (1 February 1900 – 2 December 1969) was a British writer best known for his parodies of self-help books, and their film and television derivatives. After leaving school in the last months of the First World War he wa ...

(May 1764 – May 1765; May 1767 – May 1768; and May 1778 – 1780)

1765 – 1767 Joseph Russell,
James Helme James is a common English language surname and given name: James (name), the typically masculine first name James James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

* 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 Metcalf Bowler (1726September 24, 1789) was a Rhode Island merchant, politician, and magistrate. He was for many years speaker of the house in the Rhode Island colonial assembly, attended the 1754 Albany Congress, and was elected a delegate to t ...

(May 1768 – June 1769; June 1770 – February 1777) * Nathaniel Searle (May 1768 – June 1770)

1770 – 1776 Stephen Hopkins, John Cooke

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(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 Metcalf Bowler (1726September 24, 1789) was a Rhode Island merchant, politician, and magistrate. He was for many years speaker of the house in the Rhode Island colonial assembly, attended the 1754 Albany Congress, and was elected a delegate to t ...

* Shearjashub Bourn (August 1776 – May 1778) *

Jabez Bowen Jabez Bowen, Sr. (June 2, 1739May 7, 1815) was an American shipper, slave trader and politician. He was a militia colonel during the American Revolutionary War, and served as Deputy Governor of Rhode Island and chief justice of the Rhode Isla ...

(August 1776 – May 1778) * Thomas Wells (August 1776 – May 1780)

1777 – 1778 William Greene

* Perez Richmond

1778 – 1781 Shearjashub Bourn

Paul Mumford Paul Mumford (March 5, 1734 – July 20, 1805) was an American politician and lawyer. Between 1803 and 1805 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island. Career Mumford grew up during the British colonial era. In 1754 he graduated fr ...

Christopher Lippitt Christopher Lippitt (October 28, 1744 – June 17, 1824) was a prominent Revolutionary War officer and founder one of the earliest textile mills in Rhode Island. Early life Lippitt was the fourth child of Christopher Lippitt (1712–1764) and Ca ...

1781 – 1781
Paul Mumford Paul Mumford (March 5, 1734 – July 20, 1805) was an American politician and lawyer. Between 1803 and 1805 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island. Career Mumford grew up during the British colonial era. In 1754 he graduated fr ...

William Ellery William Ellery (December 22, 1727 – February 15, 1820) was a Founding Father of the United States, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, and a signer of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Rho ...

(declined) *

Peter Phillips Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (born 15 November 1977) is a British businessman and the son of Anne, Princess Royal, and Captain Mark Phillips. He is the eldest nephew of King Charles III, and 17th in the line of succession to the British throne. ...

1781 – 1785
Paul Mumford Paul Mumford (March 5, 1734 – July 20, 1805) was an American politician and lawyer. Between 1803 and 1805 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island. Career Mumford grew up during the British colonial era. In 1754 he graduated fr ...

Thomas Tillinghast Thomas Tillinghast (August 21, 1742August 26, 1821) was a United States representative from Rhode Island. Born in East Greenwich in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Tillinghast was elected as a member of the Rhode Island ...

* Pardon Gray * Ambrose Page (declined) * David Howell * Jonathan Jenckes * William West

1785 – 1786
William Ellery William Ellery (December 22, 1727 – February 15, 1820) was a Founding Father of the United States, one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, and a signer of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Rho ...

Thomas Arnold Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were wide ...

Joseph Hazard Joseph Hazard (May 21, 1728 – April 31, 1790)Caroline Elizabeth Robinson, ''The Hazard Family of Rhode Island, 1635-1894'' (1896), p. 66-67. was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from May 1786 to May 1787, succeeding Peter Phillips in ...

1786 – 1788
Paul Mumford Paul Mumford (March 5, 1734 – July 20, 1805) was an American politician and lawyer. Between 1803 and 1805 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Rhode Island. Career Mumford grew up during the British colonial era. In 1754 he graduated fr ...

* Gilbert Devol * Walter Cooke

1788 – 1791 Othniel Gorton

* Simeon Clarke Jr. *

Daniel Owen Daniel Owen (20 October 1836 – 22 October 1895) was a Welsh novelist. He is generally regarded as the foremost Welsh-language novelist of the 19th century, and as the first significant novelist to write in Welsh. Early life Daniel Owen was bor ...

Sylvester Robinson Sylvester or Silvester is a name derived from the Latin adjective ''silvestris'' meaning "wooded" or "wild", which derives from the noun ''silva'' meaning "woodland". Classical Latin spells this with ''i''. In Classical Latin, ''y'' represented a ...

* Ezekiel Gardner Jr.

1791 – 1795
Daniel Owen Daniel Owen (20 October 1836 – 22 October 1895) was a Welsh novelist. He is generally regarded as the foremost Welsh-language novelist of the 19th century, and as the first significant novelist to write in Welsh. Early life Daniel Owen was bor ...

* Carder Hazard * William Taggart * Joshua Bicknall

1795 – 1809
Peleg Arnold Peleg Arnold (1751–1820) was a lawyer, tavern-keeper, jurist, and statesman from Smithfield, Rhode Island (now North Smithfield). He represented Rhode Island as a delegate to the Continental Congress in the 1787–1788 session. He later serv ...
, Thomas Arnold

* Joseph Hoxsie *

George Brown George Brown may refer to: Arts and entertainment * George Loring Brown (1814–1889), American landscape painter * George Douglas Brown (1869–1902), Scottish novelist * George Williams Brown (1894–1963), Canadian historian and editor * G ...

* Thomas Holden * John Allen * Joseph Reynolds * Henry Remington * William Marchant * William Anthony * Benjamin Johnson

1810 – 1812 Thomas Arnold,
Peleg Arnold Peleg Arnold (1751–1820) was a lawyer, tavern-keeper, jurist, and statesman from Smithfield, Rhode Island (now North Smithfield). He represented Rhode Island as a delegate to the Continental Congress in the 1787–1788 session. He later serv ...

* Jeffrey Hazard *

Joseph Cundall Joseph Cundall (22 September 1818 – 10 January 1895) was a Victorian English writer under the pseudonym of "Stephen Percy", a pioneer photographer and London publisher of children's books. He provided employment for many of the best artists o ...

Charles Brayton Charles Ray Brayton (August 16, 1840 – September 23, 1910) was an American politician and lobbyist. A Republican, ''The New York Times'' called him the "Blind Boss of Rhode Island," drawing parallels with New York City's disgraced political bo ...

* Thomas Westcott

1819 – 1819
James Fenner James Fenner (January 22, 1771April 17, 1846) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator as well as the 7th, 11th and 17th Governor of Rhode Island (on three occasions). He was the son of Arthur Fenner, the fourth governor ...

Isaac Wilbour Isaac Wilbour (April 25, 1763October 4, 1837) was an American politician from Rhode Island holding several offices, including the sixth Governor of the state. Biography Wilbour was born in Little Compton in the Colony of Rhode Island and Pro ...

* Daniel Champlin *

John DeWolf Notable people named John DeWolf or de Wolf include: * John DeWolf (judge) (1760–1841), justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court * John DeWolf (sea captain), Rhode Island sea captain * John DeWolf (politician) (1817–1895), member of the Wiscon ...

* Thomas Buffum

1819 – 1827
Isaac Wilbour Isaac Wilbour (April 25, 1763October 4, 1837) was an American politician from Rhode Island holding several offices, including the sixth Governor of the state. Biography Wilbour was born in Little Compton in the Colony of Rhode Island and Pro ...

Dutee Arnold Dutee Arnold (July 30, 1763 – August 13, 1849) was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from May 1818 to June 1822.Oliver Payson Fuller, ''The History of Warwick, Rhode Island, from Its Settlement in 1642 to the Present Day'' (1875), p. 2 ...

* Luke Drury *

Wheeler Martin Wheeler Martin (August 16, 1765 – May 22, 1836) was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from June 1823 to May 1824,Manual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations' (1891), p. 208-13. appointed from Providence, Rhode Island ...

* Samuel Randall * Isaac Fiske * Nathan Brown *

Samuel Eddy Samuel Eddy (March 31, 1769February 3, 1839) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Born Johnston in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Eddy completed preparatory studies. He graduated from Brown University in 178 ...

1827 – 1835
Samuel Eddy Samuel Eddy (March 31, 1769February 3, 1839) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Born Johnston in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Eddy completed preparatory studies. He graduated from Brown University in 178 ...

Job Durfee Job Durfee (September 20, 1790 – July 26, 1847) was a politician and jurist from Rhode Island. Born at Tiverton, he graduated from Brown University in 1813 and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tiverton. He was a member of the ...

* Levi Haile * William R. Staples * George A. Brayton

1854 – 1856 William R. Staples

* Alfred Bosworth * Sylvester G. Shearman

1856 – 1866 Samuel Ames

* J. Russell Bullock * Thomas Durfee

1866 – 1868 Charles S. Bradley

1868 – 1875 George A. Brayton

* Walter S. Burgess * Elisha R. Potter

1875 – 1891 Thomas Durfee

* Charles Matteson * John H. Stiness * Pardon E. Tillinghast * George A. Wilbur

1891 – 1900 Charles Matteson

* Horatio Rogers Jr. * William W. Douglas

1900 – 1903 John H. Stiness

* Benjamin M. Bosworth * Edward C. Dubois * John Taggard Blodgett

1904 – 1905 Pardon E. Tillinghast

* Clarke H. Johnson

1905 – 1908, William W. Douglas

1909 – 1913, Edward C. Dubois

* Christopher F. Parkhurst * William H. Sweetland *

Darius Baker Darius Baker (January 18, 1845 – March 19, 1926)"Darius Baker, Retired Justice, Dies At 81", ''Rutland Daily Herald'' (March 20, 1926), p. 1."Justice Darius Baker Dies", ''Brooklyn Times Union'' (March 20, 1926), p. 2. was a justice of the Rhod ...

1913 – 1917, Clarke H. Johnson

1917 – 1920 Christopher F. Parkhurst

* Charles F. Stearns

1920 – 1929 William A. Sweetland

* Walter B. Vincent * Elmer J. Rathbun * John W. Sweeney (1920–1935) * Chester W. Barrows

1929 – 1935 Charles F. Stearns

* J. Jerome Hahn * John S. Murdock

1935 – 1957 Edmund W. Flynn

* William W. Moss * Antonio A. Capotosto (1935–1956) * Hugh B. Baker (–1956) *

Francis Condon Francis Bernard Condon (November 11, 1891 – November 23, 1965) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Early life and career Condon was born in Central Falls, Rhode Island and attended the public schools. He graduated from Georgetown Uni ...

* Jeremiah E. O'Connell (–1956)

1958 – 1965,
Francis Condon Francis Bernard Condon (November 11, 1891 – November 23, 1965) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Early life and career Condon was born in Central Falls, Rhode Island and attended the public schools. He graduated from Georgetown Uni ...

* Thomas H. Roberts (1956–1976) * Harold A. Andrews

1966 – 1976 Thomas H. Roberts

* F. Frederick Frost * William E. Powers * Thomas J. Paolino * Alfred H. Joslin * John F. Doris * Thomas F. Kelleher

1976 – 1986 Joseph A. Bevilacqua Sr.

* Joseph R. Weisberger * Florence K. Murray * Donald F. Shea

1986 – 1993 Thomas Fay

1993 – 2001 Joseph R. Weisberger

Maureen McKenna Goldberg Maureen McKenna Goldberg is an American jurist who is currently the senior justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Education Goldberg attended St. Mary Academy – Bay View, a college preparatory school in Riverside, Rhode Island, where sh ...

* John P. Bourcier * Robert Flanders *

Victoria Lederberg Victoria Lederberg (July 7, 1937 – December 29, 2002) was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1993 to 2002. Before her appointment, Lederberg was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1974 to 1983 and the Rhode ...

2001 – 2008 Frank J. Williams

Paul Suttell Paul Suttell (born January 10, 1949) is the chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Suttell graduated from the Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode IslanHe then attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, from which he gr ...

* William P. Robinson III * Francis X. Flaherty

2009 – present
Paul Suttell Paul Suttell (born January 10, 1949) is the chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Suttell graduated from the Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode IslanHe then attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, from which he gr ...

* Gilbert V. Indeglia
The Supreme Court of Rhode Island
' (RI Supreme Court, 2010), p. 23. * Erin Lynch Prata (2021–) * Melissa A. Long (2021–)

Bibliography

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The Supreme Court of Rhode Island
' (RI Supreme Court, 2010), pg. 23

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May 1747 – May 1749 Gideon Cornell Gideon Cornell (1710–1766) was a farmer, trader and judge who became the first Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, serving from 1747 to 1749. Ancestry and early life Born July. 5, 1710 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Gideon ...

May 1749 – May 1751 Joshua Babcock Joshua Babcock (1707–1783) was a physician, American Revolution general, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, and postmaster from Westerly, Rhode Island. Biography Early life Babcock was born in Westerly in 1707 to James Babcock and Elizabeth ...