List of attorneys general of Rhode Island

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.

====Attorney general====

• William Dyer: May 1650 – 1651

• Hugh Built: May 1650 – 1651

• 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)

• 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

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• 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

• 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

• Daniel Updike, of North Kingstown 1746–1747
• Augustus Johnston, of Newport 1758–1766
• Oliver Arnold, of Providence 1766–1771
• Henry Marchant, of Newport 1772–1776 (Independent)
• William Channing, of Newport 1777–1786 (Country)
• Henry Goodwin, of Newport 1787–1788 (Country)
• David Howell, of Providence 1789 (PA)
• Daniel Updike, of North Kingstown 1790
• William Channing, of Newport 1791–1793 (Country)
• Ray Greene, of Providence 1794–1796 (Federalist)
• James Burrill, Jr., of Providence 1797–1813 (Federalist)
• Samuel W. Bridgham, of Providence 1814–1816 (Federalist)
• Henry Bowen, of Providence 1817–1818 (Democratic-Republican)
• Dutee J. Pearce, of Newport 1819–1824 (Democratic-Republican)
• Albert C. Greene, of East Greenwich 1825–1842 (Whig)

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• [http://www.riag.ri.gov/ Rhode Island Attorney General] official website
• [http://www.abajournal.com/search/results/search&keywords=Rhode+Island+Attorney+General/ Rhode Island Attorney General] articles at ABA Journal
• [http://public.findlaw.com/LCsearch.html?restrict=consumer&entry=%22Rhode+Island+Attorney+General%22 News and Commentary] at FindLaw
• [http://law.justia.com/codes/rhode-island/ Rhode Island General Laws] at Law.Justia.com
• [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&navby=title&v1=State+of+Rhode+Island U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Rhode Island"] at FindLaw
• [https://www.ribar.com/ Rhode Island Bar Association]
• [http://www.naag.org/naag/attorneys-general/whos-my-ag/rhode_island/peter-kilmartin.php Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Kilmartin profile] at National Association of Attorneys General
• [http://www.riag.ri.gov/home/PressRoom.php Press releases] at Rhode Island Attorney General

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