List of members of the US House of Representatives from Rhode Island

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David Cicilline, current representative of the First Congressional Constituency of Rhode Island
James Langevin, current representative of the Rhode Island Second Congressional Constituency

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
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
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
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

Web links

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