How do judges of the Rhode Island Supreme Court reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Rhode Island Supreme Court / Joined 1826 / Served to 1835

Samuel Eddy

Justice, Rhode Island Supreme Court

Samuel Eddy was a Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1826. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1769–1839
Tenure: 1826–1835 · 9 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1826	Rhode Island Supreme Court	–	–

Education

Brown University

Judicial Record

In our data, Eddy authored 1 published opinion for the court (1828). Most cited: Stoddard v. Martin (4 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1828	Stoddard v. Martin	1 R.I. 1	4

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Rhode Island Supreme Court reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court was Samuel Eddy on?: Samuel Eddy was a Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Sources

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9 years on the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).