| Pardon E. Tillinghast | |
| Birth Name: | Pardon Elisha Tillinghast |
| Birth Date: | 10 December 1836 |
| Birth Place: | West Greenwich, Rhode Island |
| Death Place: | Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
| Occupation: | Jurist, politician |
| Children: | 4 |
| Signature: | Signature of Pardon Elisha Tillinghast.png |
| Office: | Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court |
| Term Start: | 1891 |
| Term End: | 1905 |
Pardon Elisha Tillinghast (December 10, 1836 – February 9, 1905) was a justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1891 to 1905, serving as chief justice from 1904 until his death.[1]
Pardon E. Tillinghast was born in West Greenwich, Rhode Island on December 10, 1836.[2]
He married Ellen F. Paine on November 13, 1867 and they had four children.[2]
Tillinghast served several terms in the Rhode Island General Assembly before he was elected judge of the Supreme Court in 1881.[3] He served in the common pleas division until 1891, then entered the appellate division.[1]
He died at his home in Pawtucket on February 9, 1905.[4]