Notable Rhode Island Supreme Court Justices
See also: List of the Justices of the Rhode Island Supreme Court- Peleg Arnold, Delegate to the Continental Congress
- Joshua Babcock, physician, friend of Benjamin Franklin
- Charles S. Bradley, former partner at Tillinghast & Bradley
- William Ellery, Signatory of the Declaration of Independence
- Stephen Hopkins, Signatory of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Rhode Island
- David Howell, Delegate to the Continental Congress, federalist leader, U.S. District Judge
- Christopher Lippitt, American revolution officer under George Washington
- Daniel Lyman, member of the secessionist Hartford Convention of 1814
- Samuel Ward, Delegate to the Continental Congress, Governor
- William West, 1787–1789, American Revolution general, Deputy Governor, anti-federalist rebellion leader
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