U.S. District Attorneys in Rhode Island
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U.S. District Attorneys in Rhode Island
U.S. District Attorneys for Rhode Island, 1790-1998(may beincomplete!)
WilliamChanning 1790-94RayGreene 1794-97DavidL. Barnes 1797-1801DavidHowell 1801-12AsherRobbins 1812-20JohnPitman 1820-24DuteeJ. Pearce 1824-25RichardW. Greene 1825-45WalterS. Burges 1845-50JamesM. Clark 1850-53GeorgeH. Browne 1853-61WingateHayes 1861NathanF. Dixon 1877-85DavidS. Baker 1885-89RathboneGardner 1889-93CharlesE. Gorman 1893-97CharlesA. Wilson 1897-1911WalterR. Stiness 1911-14HarveyA. Baker 1914-20PeterC. Cannon 1920-21NormanS. Case 1921-26HenryM. Boss, Jr. 1926JohnS. Murdock 1926-29HenryM. Boss, Jr. 1929-34J.Howard McGrath 1934-40GeorgeF. Troy 1940-52EdwardMatthew McEntee 1952JacobS. Tenkin 1952-55JosephMainelle 1955-61RaymondJ. Pettine 1961-66FrederickW. Faerber, Jr. 1966-67EdwardP. Gallogly 1967-69LincolnAlmond 1969-73EveretteC. Sammartino 1973-78PaulF. Murray 1978-81LincolnAlmond 1981-93EdwinJ. Gale 1993SheldonWhitehouse 1994-98MargaretE. Curran 1998
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