List of attorneys general of Rhode Island
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The attorney general of Rhode Island is the chief legal advisor of the government of the State of Rhode Island and oversees the State of Rhode Island Department of Law. The attorney general is elected every four years. The current attorney general is Peter F. Neronha.[1]
Attorney General of Rhode Island | |
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Department of Law | |
Style | The Honorable |
Term length | Four years Renewal once |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Rhode Island, Executive Law |
Formation | 1776 |
First holder | Daniel Updike |
Succession | Election by joint session of Rhode Island General Assembly |
Salary | 130,413 $ (2019) |
Website | www |
History of the Rhode Island attorneys general
In 1643, Roger Williams obtained a patent (charter) from the English Parliament. The towns of Providence and Warwick elected a Chief Officer under the authority of this Parliamentary Patent of 1643. In 1647, the towns of Newport, Portsmouth, Providence, and Warwick formed a united colony under the Parliamentary Patent. In May 1650, the offices of "Attorney General for the Colonie" and "Solicitor" were created.
List of attorneys general of Rhode Island
Attorney General under the Patent of 1643
- William Dyer:May 1650 – 1651
Solicitor under the Patent of 1643
- Hugh Built:May 1650 – 1651
Attorney General after the Coddington Commission
- John Easton, of Newport:May 1653 – May 1654 (Attorney General only for Portsmouth and Newport following the repeal of the Coddington Commission, and before the re-unification of the four towns into a single government)
Attorneys general under the Patent of 1643
- John Cranston, of NewportMay 1654 – May 1656
- John Easton, of NewportMay 1656 – May 1657
- John Greene, Jr. of Warwick May 1657 – May 1660
- John Easton, of Newport May 1660 – May 1663
Attorneys general under the Royal Charter of 1663
- John Sanford, of PortsmouthMay 1663 – November 1664
- John Easton, of Newport1664–1670
- John Sanford, of Portsmouth 1670–1671
- Joseph Torrey, of Newport 1671–1672
- John Easton, of Newport 1672–1674
- Peter Easton, of Newport 1674–1676
- Weston Clarke, of Newport 1676–1677
- Edward Richmond, of Newport1677–1680
- Weston Clarke, of Newport 1680–1681
- Edmund Calverly, of Warwick 1681–1682
- John Pococke, of Newport 1684–1685
- Weston Clarke, of Newport 1685–1686
- John Pococke, of Newport1684–1685
- Weston Clarke, of Newport 1685–1686
- John Williams, of Newport 1686–1689
- John Pococke, of NewportMay 1690 – ????
- John Smith, of Warwick May 1696 – 1698
- John Pococke, of Newport 1698–1700
- John Rhodes, of Warwick 1700–1701
- John Pococke, of Newport1701–1702
- Nathaniel Dyre, of Newport1702–1704
- Joseph Sheffield, of Newport1704–1706
- Simon Smith, of Warwick 1706–1712
- Richard Ward, of Newport 1712–1713
- John Hammett, of Newport 1713–1714
- Weston Clarke, of Newport 1714–1721
- Henry Bull, of Newport 1721–1722
- Daniel Updike, of North Kingstown1722–1732
- James Honeyman, Jr., of Newport 1732–1740
King's attorneys
- James Honeyman, Jr., of Newport 1741–1743
- John Wanton, of Providence County 1741–1742
- Daniel Updike, of King's County1741–1743
- John Andrew, of Providence County 1742–1743
Attorneys general
- Daniel Updike, of North Kingstown1746–1747
- Augustus Johnston, of Newport 1758–1766
- Oliver Arnold, of Providence 1766–1771
- Henry Marchant, of Newport1772–1776 (Independent)
- William Channing, of Newport1777–1786 (Country)
- Henry Goodwin, of Newport 1787–1788 (Country)
- David Howell, of Providence 1789 (PA)
- Daniel Updike, of North Kingstown1790
- William Channing, of Newport1791–1793 (Country)
- Ray Greene, of Providence1794–1796 (Federalist)
- James Burrill, Jr., of Providence 1797–1813 (Federalist)
- Samuel W. Bridgham, of Providence1814–1816 (Federalist)
- Henry Bowen, of Providence 1817–1818 (Democratic-Republican)
- Dutee J. Pearce, of Newport 1819–1824 (Democratic-Republican)
- Albert C. Greene, of East Greenwich1825–1842 (Whig)
Attorneys general under the Constitution of Rhode Island (1843–present)
Image | Name | Party | Term of office | Residence |
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Joseph M. Blake | Law and Order | 1843–1850 | Bristol | |
Walter S. Burges | Democrat | 1851–1853 | Cranston | |
Christopher Robinson | Whig | 1854 | Cumberland | |
Charles Hart | Republican | 1855–1857 | Providence | |
Jerome Kimball | Republican | 1858–1859 | Providence | |
Walter S. Burges | Democrat | 1860–1862 | Cranston | |
Abraham Payne | Republican | 1863–1863 | Providence | |
Horatio Rogers | Republican | 1864–1866 | Providence | |
Willard Sayles | Republican | 1866–1881 | Providence | |
Samuel P. Colt | Republican | 1882–1885 | Bristol | |
Edwin Metcalf | Prohibition | 1886 | Providence | |
Ziba O. Slocum | Democrat | 1887 | Providence | |
Horatio Rogers | Republican | 1888 | Providence | |
Ziba O. Slocum | Democrat | 1889–1890 | Providence | |
Robert W. Burbank | Republican | 1891–1893 | Providence | |
Edward C. Dubois | Republican | 1894–1896 | East Providence | |
Willard B. Tanner | Republican | 1897–1900 | Providence | |
Charles F. Stearns | Democrat | 1901–1904 | Providence | |
William B. Greenough | Republican | 1905–1911 | Providence | |
Herbert A. Rice | Republican | 1912–1922 | Pawtucket | |
Herbert L. Carpenter | Democrat | 1923–1924 | North Smithfield | |
Charles P. Sisson | Republican | 1925–1928 | Providence | |
Oscar L. Heltzen | Republican | 1929–1930 | Providence | |
Benjamin M. McLyman | Republican | 1931–1933 | Providence | |
John P. Hartigan | Democrat | 1933–1938 | Cranston | |
Louis V. Jackvony | Republican | 1939–1940 | Providence | |
John H. Nolan | Democrat | 1941–1949 | Newport | |
William E. Powers | Democrat | 1949–1957 | Cumberland | |
J. Joseph Nugent | Democrat | 1958–1967 | Providence | |
Herbert F. DeSimone | Republican | 1967–1971 | Providence | |
Richard J. Israel | Republican | 1971–1975 | Providence | |
Julius C. Michaelson | Democrat | 1975–1979 | Providence | |
Dennis J. Roberts II | Democrat | 1979–1985 | Providence | |
Arlene Violet | Republican | 1985–1987 | Providence | |
James E. O'Neil | Democrat | 1987–1993 | Narragansett | |
Jeffrey B. Pine | Republican | 1993–1999 | Providence | |
Sheldon Whitehouse | Democrat | 1999–2003 | Providence | |
Patrick C. Lynch | Democrat | 2003–2011 | East Providence | |
Peter Kilmartin | Democrat | 2011–2019 | Pawtucket | |
Peter F. Neronha | Democrat | 2019–present | Jamestown |
References
External links
- Rhode Island Attorney General official website
- Rhode Island Attorney General articles at ABA Journal
- News and Commentary at FindLaw
- Rhode Island General Laws at Law.Justia.com
- U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Rhode Island" at FindLaw
- Rhode Island Bar Association
- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin profile at National Association of Attorneys General
- Press releases at Rhode Island Attorney General
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