Stephen Potter (judge)

Stephen Potter (August 14th, 1727 - 1793) was a Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.

Stephen Potter, the son of the first settler in Cranston, moved into the county of Kent, Rhode Island, and settled. He was a leading politician in the paper-money party, which arose in Rhode Island soon after the Revolutionary War. He was speaker of the House of Representatives, chief-justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and a judge of the Supreme Court of the State.

Potter's service on the Rhode Island Supreme Court was from 1764 to 1765, and his service as Speaker of the House was from 1778 to 1779.