List of members of the US House of Representatives from Rhode Island
This list shows all politicians who since 1790 for Rhode Iceland to the United States House of Representatives have listened. The New England state was usually represented by two MPs in Washington . This was different only in the first and second congresses with only one member and from 1913 to 1933 with three seats. Since 1843 the state has been divided into electoral districts; previously it was elected nationwide ("at large").
1st seat (since 1790)
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Benjamin Bourne | August 31, 1790-1796 | federalist |
Elisha Reynolds Potter | November 15, 1796 - 1797 | federalist |
Thomas Tillinghast | November 13, 1797 - March 3, 1799 | federalist |
John Brown | March 4, 1799 - March 3, 1801 | federalist |
Thomas Tillinghast | March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1803 | Democratic Republican |
Nehemiah Knight | March 4, 1803 - June 13, 1808 | Democratic Republican |
Richard Jackson | November 11, 1808 - March 3, 1815 | federalist |
John Linscom Boss | March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1819 | federalist |
Samuel Eddy | March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1825 | Democratic Republican |
Tristam Burges | March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1835 | National Republican Party |
William Sprague | March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837 | Whig |
Robert Bennie Cranston | March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1843 | Whig |
Henry Young Cranston | March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1847 | Law and Order Party |
Robert Bennie Cranston | March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 | Whig |
George Gordon King | March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853 | Whig |
Thomas Davis | March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 | democrat |
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee | March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1859 | American party |
Christopher Robinson | March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 | republican |
William Paine Sheffield | March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 | unionist |
Thomas Allen Jenckes | March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1871 | republican |
Benjamin Tucker Eames | March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1879 | republican |
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich | March 4, 1879 - October 4, 1881 | republican |
Henry Joshua Spooner | December 5, 1881 - March 3, 1891 | republican |
Oscar Lapham | March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895 | democrat |
Melville Bull | March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1903 | republican |
Daniel Larned Davis Granger | March 4, 1903 - February 14, 1909 | democrat |
William Paine Sheffield Jr. | March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1911 | republican |
George Francis O'Shaunessy | March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1919 | democrat |
Clark Burdick | March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1933 | republican |
Francis Bernard Condon | March 4, 1933 - January 10, 1935 | democrat |
Charles Francis Risk | August 6, 1935 - January 3, 1937 | republican |
Aime Joseph Forand | January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1939 | democrat |
Charles Francis Risk | January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1941 | republican |
Aime Joseph Forand | January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1961 | democrat |
Fernand Joseph St. Germain | Jan. 3, 1961 - January 3, 1989 | democrat |
Ronald Keith Machtley | January 3, 1989 - January 3, 1995 | republican |
Patrick Joseph Kennedy | January 3, 1995 - January 3, 2011 | democrat |
David N. Cicilline | January 3, 2011 - | democrat |
2nd seat (since 1793)
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Francis Malbone | March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1797 | federalist |
Christopher Grant Champlin | March 4, 1797 - March 3, 1801 | federalist |
Joseph Stanton | March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1807 | Democratic Republican |
Isaac Wilbour | March 4, 1807 - March 3, 1809 | Democratic Republican |
Elisha Reynolds Potter | March 4, 1809 - March 3, 1815 | federalist |
James Brown Mason | March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1819 | federalist |
Nathaniel Hazard | March 4, 1819 - December 17, 1820 | Democratic Republican |
Job Durfee | March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1825 | Democratic Republican |
Dutee Jerauld Pearce | March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1837 | National Republican Party |
Joseph Leonard Tillinghast | March 4, 1837 - March 3, 1843 | Whig |
Elisha Reynolds Potter Jr. | March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 | Law and Order Party |
Lemuel Hastings Arnold | March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847 | Whig |
Benjamin Babock Thurston | March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 | democrat |
Nathan Fellows Dixon II | March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 | Whig |
Benjamin Babock Thurston | March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1857 | democrat |
William Daniel Brayton | March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861 | republican |
George Huntington Browne | March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863 | Constitutional Union Party |
Nathan Fellows Dixon II | March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1871 | republican |
James Monroe Pendleton | March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1875 | republican |
Latimer Whipple Ballou | March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1881 | republican |
Jonathan Chace | March 4, 1881 - January 26, 1885 | republican |
Nathan Fellows Dixon III | February 12, 1885 - March 3, 1885 | republican |
William Almy Pirce | March 4, 1885 - January 25, 1887 | republican |
Charles Harrison Page | February 21, 1887 - March 3, 1887 | democrat |
Warren Otis Arnold | March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1891 | republican |
Charles Harrison Page | March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895 | democrat |
Warren Otis Arnold | March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897 | republican |
Adin Ballou Capron | March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1911 | republican |
George Herbert Utter | March 4, 1911 - November 3, 1912 | republican |
Peter Goelet Gerry | March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1915 | democrat |
Walter Russell Stiness | March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1923 | republican |
Richard Steere Aldrich | March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1933 | republican |
John Matthew O'Connell | March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1939 | democrat |
Harry Sandager | January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1941 | republican |
John Edward Fogarty | January 3, 1941 - January 10, 1967 | democrat |
Robert Owens Tiernan | March 28, 1967 - January 3, 1975 | democrat |
Edward Peter Beard | Jan. 3, 1975 - January 3, 1981 | democrat |
Claudine Schneider | Jan. 3, 1981 - January 3, 1991 | republican |
John Francis Reed | January 3, 1991 - January 3, 1997 | democrat |
Robert A. Weygand | January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2001 | democrat |
James R. Langevin | January 3, 2001 - | democrat |
3rd seat (1913–1933)
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Ambrose Kennedy | March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1923 | republican |
Jeremiah Edward O'Connell | March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1927 | democrat |
Louis Monast | March 4, 1927 - March 3, 1929 | republican |
Jeremiah Edward O'Connell | March 4, 1929 - May 9, 1930 | democrat |
Francis Bernard Condon | November 4, 1930 - March 3, 1933 | democrat |
See also
- List of United States Senators from Rhode Island
- List of Rhode Island governors
- List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island
Web links
Commons : Members of the US House of Representatives from Rhode Island - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files