List of Attorneys General of Rhode Island

History of the Rhode Island Attorneys General

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

  Attorneys General Under the Patent of 1643

• John Cranston, of Newport May 1654 – May 1656
• John Easton, of Newport May 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 Portsmouth May 1663 – November 1664
• John Easton, of Newport 1664–1670
• 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 Newport 1677–1680
• 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 Newport 1684–1685
• Weston Clarke, of Newport 1685–1686
• John Williams, of Newport 1686–1689
• John Pococke, of Newport May 1690 – ????
• John Smith, of Warwick May 1696 – 1698
• John Pococke, of Newport 1698–1700
• John Rhodes, of Warwick 1700–1701
• John Pococke, of Newport 1701–1702
• Nathaniel Dyre, of Newport 1702–1704
• Joseph Sheffield, of Newport 1704–1706
• 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 Kingstown 1722–1732
• 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 County 1741–1743
• John Andrew, of Providence County 1742–1743

  Attorneys General

• Daniel Updike, of North Kingstown 1746–1747
• Augustus Johnston, of Newport 1758–1766
• Oliver Arnold, of Providence 1766–1771
• Henry Marchant, of Newport 1771–1777
• William Channing, of Newport 1777–1787
• Henry Goodwin, of Newport 1787–1789
• David Howell, of Providence 1789–1790
• Daniel Updike, of North Kingstown 1790–1791
• William Channing, of Newport 1791–1793
• Ray Greene, of Providence 1794–1797
• James Burrill, Jr., of Providence 1797–1814
• Samuel W. Bridgham, of Providence 1814–1817
• Henry Bowen, of Providence 1817–1819
• Dutee J. Pearce, of Newport 1819–1825
• Albert C. Greene, of East Greenwich 1825–1843

  Attorneys General Under the Constitution of Rhode Island, 1843-present