List of Rhode Island attorneys general

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. ==List of attorneys general of Rhode Island==

Patent of 1643 Attorney general • William Dyer: May 1650 – 1651 Solicitor • Hugh Built: May 1650 – 1651 Coddington Commission • 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) Attorneys general • 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 Royal Charter of 1663 • 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 King's attorneys • 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 Attorneys general • 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) Constitution of Rhode Island (1843–present) == References ==