A chronological list of past Rhode Island attorneys general is below.
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Peter F. Neronha | 2019 – Present |
Peter Kilmartin | 2011 – 2019 |
Patrick Lynch | 2003 – 2011 |
Sheldon Whitehouse | 1999 – 2003 |
Jeffrey B. Pine | 1993 – 1999 |
James E. O’Neill | 1987 – 1993 |
Arlene N. Violet | 1985 – 1987 |
Dennis J. Roberts, II | 1979 – 1985 |
Julius C. Michaelson | 1975 – 1979 |
Richard J. Israel | 1971 – 1975 |
Herbert F. DeSimone | 1967 – 1971 |
J. Joseph Nugent | 1958 – 1967 |
William E. Powers | 1949 – 1958 |
John H. Nolan | 1941 – 1949 |
Louis V. Jackvony | 1939 – 1941 |
John P. Hartigan | 1933 – 1939 |
Benjamin M. McLyman | 1930 – 1933 |
Oscar L. Heltzen | 1929 – 1930 |
Charles P. Sisson | 1925 – 1929 |
Herbert L. Carpenter | 1923 – 1925 |
Herbert A. Rice | 1912 – 1923 |
William B. Greenough | 1905 – 1912 |
Charles F. Stearns | 1901 – 1905 |
William B. Tanner | 1897 – 1901 |
Edward C. Dubois | 1894 – 1897 |
Robert W. Burbank | 1891 – 1894 |
Ziba O. Slocum | 1889 – 1891 |
Horatio Rogers | 1888 – 1889 |
Ziba O. Slocum | 1887 – 1888 |
Edwin Metcalf | 1886 – 1887 |
Samuel P. Colt | 1882 – 1886 |
Willard Sayles | 1867 – 1882 |
Horatio Rogers | 1864 – 1867 |
Abraham Payne | 1863 – 1864 |
Walter S. Burges | 1860 – 1863 |
Jerome Kimball | 1858 – 1860 |
Charles Hart | 1855 – 1860 |
Christopher Robinson | 1854 – 1855 |
Walter S. Burges | 1851 – 1854 |
Joseph M. Blake | 1843 – 1851 |
Albert C. Greene | 1825 – 1843 |
Dutee J. Pearce | 1819 – 1825 |
Henry Bowen | 1817 – 1819 |
Samuel W. Bridgham | 1814 – 1817 |
James Burrill, Jr. | 1797 – 1814 |
Ray Greene | 1794 – 1797 |
William Channing | 1791 – 1797 |
Daniel Updike | 1790 – 1791 |
David Howell | 1789 – 1790 |
Henry Goodwin | 1787 – 1789 |
William Channing | 1777 – 1787 |
Henry Marchant | 1771 – 1777 |
Oliver Arnold | 1766 – 1771 |
Augustus Johnston | 1758 – 1766 |
Daniel Updike | 1746 – 1747 |
James Honeyman, Jr. | 1732 – 1740 |
Daniel Updike | 1722 – 1732 |
Henry Bull | 1721 – 1722 |
Weston Clarke | 1714 – 1721 |
John Hammett | 1713 – 1714 |
Richard Ward | 1712 – 1713 |
Simon Smith | 1706 – 1712 |
Joseph Sheffield | 1704 – 1706 |
Nathaniel Dyre | 1702 – 1704 |
John Pococke | 1701 – 1702 |
John Rhodes | 1700 – 1701 |
John Pococke | 1698 – 1700 |
John Smith | 1696 – 1698 |
John Pococke | 1690 – 1696 |
John Williams | 1686 – 1689 |
Weston Clarke | 1685 – 1686 |
John Pococke | 1684 – 1685 |
Edmund Calverly | 1681 – 1682 |
Weston Clarke | 1680 – 1681 |
Edward Richmond | 1677 – 1680 |
Weston Clarke | 1676 – 1677 |
Peter Easton | 1674 – 1676 |
John Easton | 1672 – 1674 |
Joseph Torrey | 1671 – 1672 |
John Sanford | 1670 – 1671 |
John Easton | 1664 – 1670 |
John Sanford | 1663 – 1664 |
John Easton | 1660 – 1663 |
John Greene, Jr. | 1657 – 1660 |
John Easton | 1656 – 1657 |
John Cranston | 1654 – 1656 |
John Easton | 1653 – 1654 |
William Dyer | 1650 – 1651 |