A chronological list of past Rhode Island attorneys general is below.
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| Peter 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 | 1987 – 1985 |
| Dennis J. Roberts, II | 1979 – 1985 |
| Julius C. Michaelson | 1975 – 1979 |
| Richard J. Israel | 1971 – 1975 |
| 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 |
| Herbert L. Carpenter | 1923 – 1925 |
| Charles P. Sisson | 1922 – 1929 |
| Herbert A. Rice | 1912 – 1923 |
| William B. Greenough | 1905 – 1912 |
| Charles F. Stearns | 1901 – 1905 |
