kids encyclopedia robot

List of justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

The Rhode Island Supreme Court is the highest court in the state of Rhode Island. It's like the most important team of judges in the state! This court makes big decisions that affect everyone in Rhode Island.

This page lists the associate justices who have served on the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1747 until today. An associate justice is a judge on the court, working alongside the Chief Justice, who is the main judge leading the court. The justices here are listed under the Chief Justice who was in charge when they were appointed. If you want to see a full list of the Chief Justices, you can check out the List of chief justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court page.

Contents

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Gideon Cornell (May 1747 – May 1749)

During this time, the following judges served as associate justices:

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Joshua Babcock (May 1749 – May 1751)

Here are the associate justices who served when Joshua Babcock was Chief Justice:

  • Jonathan Randall (May 1749 – May 1761)
  • William Hopkins (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)

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Stephen Hopkins (May 1751 – May 1755)

These judges were associate justices during Stephen Hopkins' term:

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

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice John Gardner (May 1756 – May 1761)

Here is an associate justice who served under Chief Justice John Gardner:

  • Joseph Lippitt (May 1759 – May 1761)

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Samuel Ward (May 1761 – May 1762)

These individuals served as associate justices during Samuel Ward's time as Chief Justice:

  • Thomas Wickham (May 1761 – May 1762)
  • John Burton (May 1761 – May 1762)

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice John Gardner (May 1762 – August 1763)

More associate justices from John Gardner's time:

  • Nicholas Easton (May 1762 – August 1763)
  • Samuel Nightingale (May 1762 – August 1763; June 1767 – June 1769)

Associate Justices Under Chief Justices Jeremiah Niles, Joseph Russell, Joshua Babcock, John Banister (1762 – 1764)

During this period, several Chief Justices served. Here are the associate justices:

  • 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)

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice John Cole (1764 – 1765)

These judges served as associate justices under Chief Justice John Cole:

  • Job Bennet Jr. (May 1764 – May 1768)
  • Stephen Potter (May 1764 – May 1765; May 1767 – May 1768; and May 1778 – 1780)

Associate Justices Under Chief Justices Joseph Russell, James Helme (1765 – 1767)

Here are the associate justices who served during the terms of Joseph Russell and 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)

Associate Justices Under Chief Justices Stephen Hopkins, John Cooke (1770 – 1776)

These associate justices served under Stephen Hopkins and 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)

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Metcalf Bowler (1776 – 1777)

Here are the associate justices from Metcalf Bowler's term:

  • Shearjashub Bourn (August 1776 – May 1778)
  • Jabez Bowen (August 1776 – May 1778)
  • Thomas Wells (August 1776 – May 1780)

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice William Greene (1777 – 1778)

This judge served as an associate justice under Chief Justice William Greene:

  • Perez Richmond

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Shearjashub Bourn (1778 – 1781)

These individuals were associate justices during Shearjashub Bourn's time:

  • Paul Mumford
  • Christopher Lippitt

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Paul Mumford (1781 – 1781)

Here are the associate justices who served under Chief Justice Paul Mumford in 1781:

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Paul Mumford (1781 – 1785)

Paul Mumford served as Chief Justice for a longer period. Here are the associate justices from that time:

  • Thomas Tillinghast
  • Pardon Gray
  • Ambrose Page (declined)
  • David Howell
  • Jonathan Jenckes
  • William West

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice William Ellery (1785 – 1786)

These judges were associate justices during William Ellery's term:

  • Thomas Arnold
  • Joseph Hazard

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Paul Mumford (1786 – 1788)

Paul Mumford returned as Chief Justice. Here are the associate justices from this period:

  • Gilbert Devol
  • Walter Cooke

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Othniel Gorton (1788 – 1791)

These individuals served as associate justices under Chief Justice Othniel Gorton:

  • Simeon Clarke Jr.
  • Daniel Owen
  • Sylvester Robinson
  • Ezekiel Gardner Jr.

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Daniel Owen (1791 – 1795)

Here are the associate justices from Daniel Owen's time as Chief Justice:

  • Carder Hazard
  • William Taggart
  • Joshua Bicknall

Associate Justices Under Chief Justices Peleg Arnold, Thomas Arnold (1795 – 1809)

During this long period, Peleg Arnold and Thomas Arnold served as Chief Justices. Here are the associate justices:

  • Joseph Hoxsie
  • George Brown
  • Thomas Holden
  • John Allen
  • Joseph Reynolds
  • Henry Remington
  • William Marchant
  • William Anthony
  • Benjamin Johnson

Associate Justices Under Chief Justices Thomas Arnold, Peleg Arnold (1810 – 1812)

Here are the associate justices who served when Thomas Arnold and Peleg Arnold were Chief Justices:

  • Jeffrey Hazard
  • Joseph Cundall
  • Charles Brayton
  • Thomas Westcott

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice James Fenner (1819 – 1819)

This is a list of associate justices from James Fenner's brief term as Chief Justice:

  • Isaac Wilbour
  • Daniel Champlin
  • John DeWolf
  • Thomas Buffum

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Isaac Wilbour (1819 – 1827)

These judges served as associate justices under Chief Justice Isaac Wilbour:

  • Dutee Arnold
  • John DeWolf
  • Luke Drury
  • Wheeler Martin
  • Samuel Randall
  • Isaac Fiske
  • Nathan Brown
  • Samuel Eddy

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Samuel Eddy (1827 – 1835)

Here are the associate justices from Samuel Eddy's time as Chief Justice:

  • Job Durfee
  • Levi Haile
  • William R. Staples
  • George A. Brayton

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice William R. Staples (1854 – 1856)

These individuals served as associate justices under Chief Justice William R. Staples:

  • Alfred Bosworth
  • Sylvester G. Shearman

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Samuel Ames (1856 – 1866)

Here are the associate justices from Samuel Ames's term:

  • J. Russell Bullock
  • Thomas Durfee

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice George A. Brayton (1868 – 1875)

These judges served as associate justices under Chief Justice George A. Brayton:

  • Walter S. Burgess
  • Elisha R. Potter

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Thomas Durfee (1875 – 1891)

This is a list of associate justices from Thomas Durfee's long term as Chief Justice:

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

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Charles Matteson (1891 – 1900)

Here are the associate justices from Charles Matteson's time:

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice John H. Stiness (1900 – 1903)

These judges served as associate justices under Chief Justice John H. Stiness:

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

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Pardon E. Tillinghast (1904 – 1905)

Here is an associate justice from Pardon E. Tillinghast's term:

  • Clarke H. Johnson

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Edward C. Dubois (1909 – 1913)

These individuals served as associate justices under Chief Justice Edward C. Dubois:

  • Christopher F. Parkhurst
  • William H. Sweetland
  • Darius Baker

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Christopher F. Parkhurst (1917 – 1920)

Here is an associate justice from Christopher F. Parkhurst's term:

  • Charles F. Stearns

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice William A. Sweetland (1920 – 1929)

These judges served as associate justices under Chief Justice William A. Sweetland:

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

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Charles F. Stearns (1929 – 1935)

Here are the associate justices from Charles F. Stearns's time:

  • J. Jerome Hahn
  • John S. Murdock

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Edmund W. Flynn (1935 – 1957)

This is a list of associate justices from Edmund W. Flynn's long term as Chief Justice:

  • William W. Moss
  • Antonio A. Capotosto (1935–1956)
  • Hugh B. Baker (–1956)
  • Francis Condon
  • Jeremiah E. O'Connell (–1956)

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Francis Condon (1958 – 1965)

Here are the associate justices from Francis Condon's term:

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

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Thomas H. Roberts (1966 – 1976)

These judges served as associate justices under Chief Justice Thomas H. Roberts:

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

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Joseph A. Bevilacqua Sr. (1976 – 1986)

Here are the associate justices from Joseph A. Bevilacqua Sr.'s time:

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

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Joseph R. Weisberger (1993 – 2001)

These individuals served as associate justices under Chief Justice Joseph R. Weisberger:

  • Maureen McKenna Goldberg
  • John P. Bourcier
  • Robert Flanders
  • Victoria Lederberg

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Frank J. Williams (2001 – 2008)

Here are the associate justices from Frank J. Williams's term:

  • Paul Suttell
  • William P. Robinson III
  • Francis X. Flaherty

Associate Justices Under Chief Justice Paul Suttell (2009 – present)

These are the associate justices currently serving or who have served under Chief Justice Paul Suttell:

See also

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
List of justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.