Alfred Bosworth (1812–June 10, 1862) was a justice of the

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from November 1854 until his death on June 10, 1862. Born at

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in 1812,Stephen O. Edwards, "The Supreme Court of Rhode Island", in

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, et al., eds., ''The Green Bag'', Vol. 2. (1890), p. 536. Bosworth graduated from

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in 1835,"Hon. Alfred Bosworth", ''The New York Times'' (June 15, 1862)
p. 8.
/ref> and studied law with Judge Levi Haile. Bosworth served in the

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from 1839 to 1854, including three terms as Speaker. Bosworth was a member of the Whig Party. Upon the death of Judge Haile in 1854, Bosworth was elected to succeed him as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, which office he continued to hold until his death in 1862. He also served as a Trustee of Brown University. Bosworth was of counsel for Rhode Island in suits growing out of the boundary question between Rhode Island and Massachusetts. He died at his home in

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