[3] Born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Martin was first elected to the court of common pleas and general sessions of the peace for Providence in 1791, and thereafter re-elected several times.
[1] In 1803 he also became a public notary, and in 1804 he reported to President Thomas Jefferson Rhode Island's passage of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The court further found that the bet could have produced corruption and debased the character of those involved.
[4] In February 1831, Martin published in the Vermont Intelligencer his recollections from New England's Dark Day, which had occurred over fifty years earlier on May 19, 1780.
[5] In October 1831, Martin condemned the Snow Town riot in Providence, in which African American homes were targeted by a white mob; Martin praised the sheriff for having the police efficiently respond to the riots.