Stephen Potter (judge)

Stephen Potter (August 14, 1727 – 1793) was a Rhode Island politician who served for three periods a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

He was "a leading politician in the paper-money party, which arose in Rhode Island soon after the Revolutionary War", and served as "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 served on the Rhode Island Supreme Court from May 1764 to May 1765,[2] and again from May 1767 to May 1768, and a third time from May 1778 to May 1780;[3] his service as Speaker of the House was from 1778 to 1779.

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