List of Attorneys General of Rhode Island
Attorneys General Under the Constitution of Rhode Island, 1843-present

List of Attorneys General of Rhode Island

Section Title: Attorneys General Under the Constitution of Rhode Island, 1843-present
Table Section Text: None

Name	Party	Term of Office	Residence

Joseph M. Blake	1843-1851	Bristol

Walter S. Burges	1851-1854	Cranston

Christopher Robinson	1854-1855	Cumberland

Charles Hart	1855-1858	Providence

Jerome Kimball	1858-1860	Providence

Walter S. Burges	1860-1863	Cranston

Abraham Payne	1863-1864	Providence

Horatio Rogers	Republican	1864-1867	Providence

Willard Sayles	1867-1882	Providence

Samuel P. Colt	Republican	1882-1886	Bristol

Edwin Metcalf	1886-1887	Providence

Ziba O. Slocum	1887-1888	Providence

Horatio Rogers	Republican	1888-1889	Providence

Ziba O. Slocum	1889-1891	Providence

Robert W. Burbank	1891-1894	Providence

Edward C. Dubois	1894-1897	East Providence

Willard B. Tanner	Republican	1897-1901	Providence

Charles F. Stearns	Democratic	1901-1905	Providence

William B. Greenough	Republican	1905-1912	Providence

Herbert A. Rice	Republican	1912-1923	Pawtucket

Herbert L. Carpenter	Democratic	1923-1925	North Smithfield

Charles P. Sisson	Republican	1925-1929	Providence

Oscar L. Heltzen	Republican	1929-1930	Providence

Benjamin M. McLyman	Republican	1930-1933	Providence

John P. Hartigan	Democratic	1933-1939	Cranston

Louis V. Jackvony	Republican	1939-1941	Providence

John H. Nolan	Democratic	1941-1949	Newport

William E. Powers	Democratic	1949-1958	Cumberland

J. Joseph Nugent	Democratic	1958-1967	Providence

Herbert F. DeSimone	Republican	1967-1971	Providence

Richard J. Israel	Republican	1971-1975	Providence

Julius C. Michaelson	Democratic	1975-1979	Providence

Dennis J. Roberts II	Democratic	1975-1985	Providence

Arlene Violet	Republican	1985-1987	Providence

James E. O'Neil	Democratic	1987-1993	Narragansett

Jeffrey B. Pine	Republican	1993-1999	Providence

Sheldon Whitehouse	Democratic	1999-2003	Providence

Patrick C. Lynch	Democratic	2003–2011	East Providence

Peter Kilmartin	Democratic	2011–2019	Pawtucket

Peter F. Neronha	Democratic	2019–	Jamestown

Sentence(s)

Herbert F. DeSimone served as the Attorney General of Rhode Island.

final_sentence: Herbert F. DeSimone served as the Attorney General of Rhode Island.