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Rhode Island: State Attorneys General


Rhode Island State Attorneys General, 1771-2003 (May be incomplete!)
Henry Marchant 1771-77 David Howell 1789- Christopher Robinson 1854 Willard B. Tanner 1897-1902 William B. Greenough 1905-12 John P. Hartigan 1933-39 Louis V. Jackvony 1939-40 Julius C. Michaelson 197? Sheldon Whitehouse 1999-2003

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1930 Nov 4: Benjamin M. McLyman (Rep), elected; John P. Hartigan (Dem), defeated; Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1938 Nov 8: Louis V. Jackvony (Rep), elected; John P. Hartigan (Dem), defeated; Frank H. Wildes (Good Government), defeated; George L. Adams (Communist), defeated.
  • 1998: Sheldon Whitehouse, elected.

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