Attorney General under the Patent of 1643

• William Dyer: May 1650 – 1651

Solicitor under the Patent of 1643

• Hugh Built: May 1650 – 1651

Attorney General after the Coddington Commission

• John Easton, of Newport: May 1653 – May 1654 (Attorney General only for Portsmouth and Newport following the repeal of the Coddington Commission, and before the re-unification of the four towns into a single government)

Attorneys general under the Patent of 1643

• John Cranston, of Newport May 1654 – May 1656
• John Easton, of Newport May 1656 – May 1657
• John Greene, Jr. of Warwick May 1657 – May 1660
• John Easton, of Newport May 1660 – May 1663

Attorneys general under the Royal Charter of 1663

Richard Ward, 1712–1713

Henry Marchant, 1771–1777

David Howell, 1789–1790

Ray Greene, 1794–1797

James Burrill, Jr., 1797–1814

Albert C. Greene, 1825–1843

Samuel P. Colt, 1882–1886

• John Sanford, of Portsmouth May 1663 – November 1664
• John Easton, of Newport 1664–1670
• John Sanford, of Portsmouth 1670–1671
• Joseph Torrey, of Newport 1671–1672
• John Easton, of Newport 1672–1674
• Peter Easton, of Newport 1674–1676
• Weston Clarke, of Newport 1676–1677
• Edward Richmond, of Newport 1677–1680
• Weston Clarke, of Newport 1680–1681
• Edmund Calverly, of Warwick 1681–1682
• John Pococke, of Newport 1684–1685
• Weston Clarke, of Newport 1685–1686
• John Pococke, of Newport 1684–1685
• Weston Clarke, of Newport 1685–1686
• John Williams, of Newport 1686–1689
• John Pococke, of Newport May 1690 – ????
• John Smith, of Warwick May 1696 – 1698
• John Pococke, of Newport 1698–1700
• John Rhodes, of Warwick 1700–1701
• John Pococke, of Newport 1701–1702
• Nathaniel Dyre, of Newport 1702–1704
• Joseph Sheffield, of Newport 1704–1706
• Simon Smith, of Warwick 1706–1712
• Richard Ward, of Newport 1712–1713
• John Hammett, of Newport 1713–1714
• Weston Clarke, of Newport 1714–1721
• Henry Bull, of Newport 1721–1722
• Daniel Updike, of North Kingstown 1722–1732
• James Honeyman, Jr., of Newport 1732–1740

King's attorneys

• James Honeyman, Jr., of Newport 1741–1743
• John Wanton, of Providence County 1741–1742
• Daniel Updike, of King's County 1741–1743
• John Andrew, of Providence County 1742–1743

Attorneys general

• Daniel Updike, of North Kingstown 1746–1747
• Augustus Johnston, of Newport 1758–1766
• Oliver Arnold, of Providence 1766–1771
• Henry Marchant, of Newport 1772–1776 (Independent)
• William Channing, of Newport 1777–1786 (Country)
• Henry Goodwin, of Newport 1787–1788 (Country)
• David Howell, of Providence 1789 (PA)
• Daniel Updike, of North Kingstown 1790
• William Channing, of Newport 1791–1793 (Country)
• Ray Greene, of Providence 1794–1796 (Federalist)
• James Burrill, Jr., of Providence 1797–1813 (Federalist)
• Samuel W. Bridgham, of Providence 1814–1816 (Federalist)
• Henry Bowen, of Providence 1817–1818 (Democratic-Republican)
• Dutee J. Pearce, of Newport 1819–1824 (Democratic-Republican)
• Albert C. Greene, of East Greenwich 1825–1842 (Whig)

Attorneys general under the Constitution of Rhode Island (1843–present)