Francis Darigan Jr.

Francis J. Darigan Jr. is a retired Rhode Island politician who is most notable as Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court.

Personal life Darigan was born in 1942 to an Irish-Catholic family in South Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from La Salle Academy in 1960 and Providence College in 1964 with a degree in political science. From 1965 to 1967, Darigan served as a member of the US Armed Forces at the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington DC. Following his discharge from active duty in 1967, Darigan served as a reserve officer in the US Army's 76th division, retiring from military service in 1975 with the rank of captain.

In 1967, Darigan married Alexandra Hope Kingscote.

On January 26, 1984, then-Governor J. Joseph Garrahy appointed Darigan to the Rhode Island District Court.

On June 28, 1991, Darigan was appointed associate justice of the Superior Court of Rhode Island by then-governor Bruce Sundlun. Darigan served on the court for seven years before his retirement on February 29, 2012.