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Rhode Island Former Attorneys General

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A chronological list of past Rhode Island attorneys general is below.

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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

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