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U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island: Succession Chart

June 23, 1790
1 Stat. 128
March 18, 1966
80 Stat. 75
July 10, 1984
98 Stat. 333
Marchant, Henry
1790-1796
Pettine, Raymond J.
1966-1982
Lagueux, Ronald R.
1986-2001
Bourne, Benjamin
1796-1801
Selya, Bruce M.
1982-1986
Smith, William E.
2002-2025
Barnes, David L.
1801-1812
Torres, Ernest C.
1987-2006
DuBose, Melissa R.
2025-
Howell, David
1812-1824
McConnell, John J., Jr.
2011-
 
Pitman, John
1824-1864
   
Bullock, Jonathan R.
1865-1869
   
Knowles, John P.
1869-1881
   
Colt, LeBaron B.
1881-1884
   
Carpenter, George M.
1884-1896
   
Brown, Arthur L.
1896-1927
   
Letts, Ira L.
1927-1935
   
Mahoney, John C.
1935-1940
   
Hartigan, John P.
1940-1951
   
Leahy, Edward L.
1951-1953
   
Day, Edward W.
1953-1976
   
Boyle, Francis J.
1977-1992
   
Lisi, Mary M.
1994-2015
   
McElroy, Mary S.
2019-
   

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