Peter Phillips (August 11, 1731 – December 12, 1807) was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from May 1780 to May 1786.
[3] In the American Revolution he "was an inflexible Whig, and rendered important service to his country during the war".
[2] In 1780 the legislature appointed Phillips one of the judges of the supreme court of the state, a position which he held until 1785,[2] when he was one of four delegates elected by the people to represent Rhode Island in the Congress of the Confederation,[4] though did not take his seat in that body.
[2] In 1786, he declined re-appointment on the bench of the supreme court, and in 1795, the legislature, "desirous of retaining Phillips in public service", elected him as chief justice of the court of common pleas.
[2] Phillips was a man of considerable property, owning "a handsome estate in Wickford".