List of justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court

This is a list of associate justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1747 to the present. The justices are listed under the term of the chief justice sitting at the time of their appointments.

May 1747 – May 1749 [[Gideon Cornell]]

• Stephen Hopkins • Joshua Babcock • Josiah Arnold • John Howland ==May 1749 – May 1751 Joshua Babcock==

May 1749 – May 1751 [[Joshua Babcock]]

• Jonathan Randall (May 1749 – May 1761) • William Hopkins (May 1749 – May 1750) • William Hall (May 1749 – May 1750) • John Walton (May 1749 – May 1751) • William Richmond (May 1750 – May 1751) • Benjamin Hazard (May 1750 – May 1751) ==May 1751 – May 1755 Stephen Hopkins==

May 1751 – May 1755 [[Stephen Hopkins (politician)|Stephen Hopkins]]

• Joseph Russell (May 1751 – May 1759; May 1761 – August 1763) • Joseph Clarke (May 1751 – May 1761) ==May 1756 – May 1761 John Gardner==

May 1756 – May 1761 [[John Gardner (Rhode Island governor)|John Gardner]]

• Joseph Lippitt (May 1759 – May 1761) ==May 1761 – May 1762 Samuel Ward==

May 1761 – May 1762 [[Samuel Ward (Rhode Island politician)|Samuel Ward]]

• Thomas Wickham (May 1761 – May 1762) • John Burton (May 1761 – May 1762) == May 1762 – August 1763 John Gardner==

May 1762 – August 1763 [[John Gardner (Rhode Island governor)|John Gardner]]

• Nicholas Easton (May 1762 – August 1763) • Samuel Nightingale (May 1762 – August 1763; June 1767 – June 1769) ==1762 – 1764 Jeremiah Niles, Joseph Russell, Joshua Babcock, John Banister==

1762 – 1764 [[Jeremiah Niles]], [[Joseph Russell (judge)|Joseph Russell]], [[Joshua Babcock]], [[John Banister (judge)|John Banister]]

• Thomas Cranston (August 1763 – May 1764) • John Cole (August 1763 – May 1765; Chief Justice February 1764 – May 1765) • Thomas Greene (August 1763 – May 1765 and June 1769 – June 1770) • Silas Niles (August 1763 – May 1765) ==1764 – 1765 John Cole==

1764 – 1765 [[John Cole (judge)|John Cole]]

• Job Bennet Jr. (May 1764 – May 1768) • Stephen Potter (May 1764 – May 1765; May 1767 – May 1768; and May 1778 – 1780) ==1765 – 1767 Joseph Russell, James Helme==

1765 – 1767 Joseph Russell, [[James Helme]]

• William Hall (May 1749 – May 1750; May 1761 – August 1763; and May 1765 – June 1767) • Job Bennet Jr. (May 1764 – May 1768) • Gideon Comstock (May 1766 – June 1767; June 1769 – June 1770; and May 1779 – May 1781) • Benoni Hall (May 1765 – May 1768, and June 1769 – May 1773) • Henry Harris (May 1765 – May 1766) • Metcalf Bowler (May 1768 – June 1769; June 1770 – February 1777) • Nathaniel Searle (May 1768 – June 1770) ==1770 – 1776 Stephen Hopkins, John Cooke==

1770 – 1776 [[Stephen Hopkins (politician)|Stephen Hopkins]], John Cooke

• James Helme (June 1767 – May 1768 and June 1769 – May 1774) • William Greene (February 1777 – May 1778) • Joseph Russell (May 1751 – August 1763; May 1765 – May 1767; May 1768 – June 1769; and May 1774 – August 1776) ==1776 – 1777 Metcalf Bowler==

1776 – 1777 [[Metcalf Bowler]]

• Shearjashub Bourn (August 1776 – May 1778) • Jabez Bowen (August 1776 – May 1778) • Thomas Wells (August 1776 – May 1780) ==1777 – 1778 William Greene==

1777 – 1778 [[William Greene (governor)|William Greene]]

• Perez Richmond ==1778 – 1781 Shearjashub Bourn==

1778 – 1781 [[Shearjashub Bourn]]

• Paul Mumford • Christopher Lippitt ==1781 – 1781 Paul Mumford==

1781 – 1781 [[Paul Mumford]]

• William Ellery (declined) • Peter Phillips ==1781 – 1785 Paul Mumford==

1781 – 1785 [[Paul Mumford]]

• Thomas Tillinghast • Pardon Gray • Ambrose Page (declined) • David Howell • Jonathan Jenckes • William West ==1785 – 1786 William Ellery==

1785 – 1786 [[William Ellery]]

• Thomas Arnold • Joseph Hazard ==1786 – 1788 Paul Mumford==

1786 – 1788 [[Paul Mumford]]

• Gilbert Devol • Walter Cooke ==1788 – 1791 Othniel Gorton==