Stephen Potter (judge)

Stephen Potter (August 14th, 1727 - 1793) was a Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Stephen Potter, the son of the first settler in Cranston, moved into the county of Kent, Rhode Island, and settled. He was a leading politician in the paper-money party, which arose in Rhode Island soon after the Revolutionary War. He was speaker of the House of Representatives, chief-justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and a judge of the Supreme Court of the State.[1]

Potter's service on the Rhode Island Supreme Court was from 1764 to 1765,[2] and his service as Speaker of the House was from 1778 to 1779.

References

  1. ↑ The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America (1862), p. 35.
  2. ↑ The Supreme Court of Rhode Island (RI Supreme Court, 2010), p. 23.
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