Pardon Elisha Tillinghast (December 10, 1836 – February 9, 1905) was a justice 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 1891 to 1905, serving as chief justice from 1904 until his death.
["News of the Profession", ''Law Notes'', Vol. 8. (March 1905), p. 473.]
Biography
Pardon E. Tillinghast was born in
West Greenwich, Rhode Island
West Greenwich is a town in Kent County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 6,528 at the 2020 census. West Greenwich was named for the historic town of Greenwich, Kent, England. It was separated from East Greenwich in 1741. Stude ...
on December 10, 1836.
He married Ellen F. Paine on November 13, 1867 and they had four children.
[
Tillinghast served several terms in the ]Rhode Island General Assembly
The State of Rhode Island General Assembly is the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. A bicameral body, it is composed of the lower house, lower Rhode Island House of Representatives with 75 re ...
before he was elected judge of the Supreme Court in 1881. He served in the common pleas division until 1891, then entered the appellate division.
References
1836 births
1905 deaths
Members of the Rhode Island General Assembly
Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
19th-century American legislators
19th-century American judges
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