United States Congressional Delegations From Rhode Island
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Rhode Island
| Census Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,097,379 |
| Gender |
48.6% Male 51.4% Female |
| Race |
71.3% White 5.7% Black 3.6% Asian 0.7% Native American 0% Pacific Islander |
| Ethnicity | 16.6% Hispanic |
| Median household income | $67,167 |
| High school graduation rate | 88.8% |
| College graduation rate | 34.2% |
| Upcoming elections |
U.S. House, 2022
U.S. Senate, 2022
|
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2019 ACS data
This page displays the current and historical members of U.S. Congress from Rhode Island.
Here is the current partisan breakdown of the congressional members from Rhode Island.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Rhode Island | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Current members[edit]
U.S. Senate[edit]
- See also: Classes of United States Senators
- See also: Classes of United States Senators
The current members of the U.S. Senate from Rhode Island are:
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senate Rhode Island | Jack Reed | Democratic | January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2027 |
| U.S. Senate Rhode Island | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2025 |
U.S. House[edit]
The current members of the U.S. House from Rhode Island are:
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House Rhode Island District 1 | David N. Cicilline | Democratic | January 3, 2011 | January 3, 2023 |
| U.S. House Rhode Island District 2 | Jim Langevin | Democratic | January 3, 2001 | January 3, 2023 |
Historical members[edit]
Senate[edit]
| Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from Rhode Island | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 11 | |||
| Republican | 26 | |||
| Whig | 6 | |||
| Federalist | 5 | |||
| Pro-Administration | 1 | |||
| Anti-Administration | 1 | |||
| Law and Order Party | 1 | |||
| Class 1 Senators from Rhode Island | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Theodore Foster | 1790-1803 | Republican | ||||||
| Samuel J. Potter | 1803-1804 | Republican | ||||||
| Benjamin Howland | 1804-1809 | Republican | ||||||
| Francis Malbone | 1809-1809 | Federalist | ||||||
| Christopher G. Champlin | 1809-1811 | Federalist | ||||||
| William Hunter | 1811-1821 | Federalist | ||||||
| James De Wolf | 1821-1825 | Republican | ||||||
| Asher Robbins | 1825-1839 | Whig | ||||||
| Nathan F. Dixon | 1839-1842 | Whig | ||||||
| William Sprague | 1842-1844 | Whig | ||||||
| John B. Francis | 1844-1845 | Law and Order Party | ||||||
| Albert C. Greene | 1845-1851 | Whig | ||||||
| Charles T. James | 1851-1857 | Democratic | ||||||
| James F. Simmons | 1857-1862 | Republican | ||||||
| Samuel G. Arnold | 1862-1863 | Republican | ||||||
| William Sprague | 1863-1875 | Republican | ||||||
| Ambrose E. Burnside | 1875-1881 | Republican | ||||||
| Nelson W. Aldrich | 1881-1911 | Republican | ||||||
| Henry F. Lippitt | 1911-1917 | Republican | ||||||
| Peter G. Gerry | 1917-1929 | Democratic | ||||||
| Felix Hebert | 1929-1935 | Republican | ||||||
| Peter G. Gerry | 1935-1947 | Democratic | ||||||
| J. Howard McGrath | 1947-1949 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edward L. Leahy | 1949-1950 | Democratic | ||||||
| John O. Pastore | 1950-1976 | Democratic | ||||||
| John H. Chafee | 1976-1999 | Republican | ||||||
| Lincoln Chafee | 1999-2007 | Republican | ||||||
| Sheldon Whitehouse | 2007-Present | Democratic | ||||||
| Class 3 Senators from Rhode Island | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Joseph Stanton | 1790-1793 | Anti-Administration | ||||||
| William Bradford | 1793-1797 | Pro-Administration | ||||||
| Ray Greene | 1797-1801 | Federalist | ||||||
| Christopher Ellery | 1801-1805 | Republican | ||||||
| James Fenner | 1805-1807 | Republican | ||||||
| Elisha Mathewson | 1807-1811 | Republican | ||||||
| Jeremiah B. Howell | 1811-1817 | Republican | ||||||
| James Burrill, Jr. | 1817-1820 | Federalist | ||||||
| Nehemiah R. Knight | 1821-1841 | Republican | ||||||
| James F. Simmons | 1841-1847 | Whig | ||||||
| John H. Clarke | 1847-1853 | Whig | ||||||
| Philip Allen | 1853-1859 | Democratic | ||||||
| Henry B. Anthony | 1859-1884 | Republican | ||||||
| William P. Sheffield | 1884-1885 | Republican | ||||||
| Jonathan Chace | 1885-1889 | Republican | ||||||
| Nathan F. Dixon | 1889-1895 | Republican | ||||||
| George Peabody Wetmore | 1895-1907 | Republican | ||||||
| George Peabody Wetmore | 1908-1913 | Republican | ||||||
| LeBaron B. Colt | 1913-1924 | Republican | ||||||
| Jesse H. Metcalf | 1924-1937 | Republican | ||||||
| Theodore Francis Green | 1937-1961 | Democratic | ||||||
| Claiborne Pell | 1961-1997 | Democratic | ||||||
| Jack Reed | 1997-Present | Democratic | ||||||
House[edit]
2000s[edit]
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 2000s from Rhode Island | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 2 | |||
| Republican | 0 | |||
| Independent | 0 | |||
| Total Representatives | 2 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Rhode Island | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Jim Langevin | 2001-present | Democratic | ||||||
| David Cicilline | 2011-present | Democratic | ||||||
1900s[edit]
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1900s from Rhode Island | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 16 | |||
| Republican | 12 | |||
| Total Representatives | 28 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Rhode Island | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Daniel L. D. Granger | 1903-1909 | Democratic | ||||||
| William Paine Sheffield | 1909-1911 | Republican | ||||||
| George Francis O'Shaunessy | 1911-1919 | Democratic | ||||||
| George H. Utter | 1911-1912 | Republican | ||||||
| Peter Goelet Gerry | 1913-1915 | Democratic | ||||||
| Ambrose Kennedy | 1913-1923 | Republican | ||||||
| Walter Russell Stiness | 1915-1923 | Republican | ||||||
| Clark Burdick | 1919–1933 | Republican | ||||||
| Richard S. Aldrich | 1923–1933 | Republican | ||||||
| Jeremiah E. O'Connell | 1923-1927 | Democratic | ||||||
| Louis Monast | 1927–1929 | Republican | ||||||
| Jeremiah E. O'Connell | 1929-1930 | Democratic | ||||||
| Francis B. Condon | 1930-1935 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Matthew O'Connell | 1933-1939 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles Risk | 1935-1937 | Republican | ||||||
| Aime Forand | 1937-1939 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles Risk | 1939-1941 | Republican | ||||||
| Harry Sandager | 1939-1941 | Republican | ||||||
| Aime Forand | 1941-1961 | Democratic | ||||||
| John E. Fogarty | 1941-1967 | Democratic | ||||||
| Fernand St. Germain | 1961-1989 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert Tiernan | 1967–1975 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edward Beard | 1975–1981 | Democratic | ||||||
| Claudine Schneider | 1981-1991 | Republican | ||||||
| Ronald Machtley | 1989–1995 | Republican | ||||||
| Jack Reed | 1991-1997 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert Weygand | 1997-2001 | Democratic | ||||||
| Patrick Kennedy | 1995–2011 | Democratic | ||||||
1800s[edit]
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1800s from Rhode Island | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 6 | |||
| Republican | 19 | |||
| Whig | 8 | |||
| Federalist | 4 | |||
| Know-Nothing | 2 | |||
| Anti-Jacksonian | 2 | |||
| Law and Order Party | 2 | |||
| Democratic-Republican | 7 | |||
| Total Representatives | 50 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Rhode Island | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Thomas Tillinghast | 1801–1803 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Joseph Stanton, Jr. | 1801-1807 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Nehemiah Knight | 1803-1808 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Isaac Wilbour | 1807-1809 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Richard Jackson, Jr. | 1808-1815 | Federalist | ||||||
| Elisha Reynolds Potter | 1809-1815 | Federalist | ||||||
| John Linscom Boss, Jr. | 1815–1819 | Federalist | ||||||
| James Brown Mason | 1815–1819 | Federalist | ||||||
| Samuel Eddy | 1819–1825 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Nathaniel Hazard | 1819-1820 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Job Durfee | 1821-1825 | Democratic-Republican | ||||||
| Tristram Burges | 1825–1835 | Anti-Jacksonian | ||||||
| Dutee Jerauld Pearce | 1825-1837 | Anti-Jacksonian | ||||||
| William Sprague | 1835-1837 | Whig | ||||||
| Robert B. Cranston | 1837-1843 | Whig | ||||||
| Joseph L. Tillinghast | 1837–1843 | Whig | ||||||
| Henry Y. Cranston | 1843-1845 | Law and Order | ||||||
| Elisha R. Potter | 1843-1845 | Law and Order | ||||||
| Henry Y. Cranston | 1845-1847 | Whig | ||||||
| Lemuel H. Arnold | 1845–1847 | Whig | ||||||
| Robert B. Cranston | 1847-1849 | Whig | ||||||
| Benjamin Babock Thurston | 1847–1849 | Democratic | ||||||
| George Gordon King | 1849-1853 | Whig | ||||||
| Nathan F. Dixon II | 1849-1851 | Whig | ||||||
| Benjamin Babock Thurston | 1851-1855 | Democratic | ||||||
| Thomas Davis | 1853-1855 | Democratic | ||||||
| Nathan B. Durfee | 1855-1857 | Know-nothing | ||||||
| Benjamin Babock Thurston | 1855–1857 | Know-nothing | ||||||
| Nathan B. Durfee | 1857-1859 | Republican | ||||||
| William Daniel Brayton | 1857–1861 | Republican | ||||||
| Christopher Robinson | 1859-1861 | Republican | ||||||
| William Paine Sheffield | 1861-1863 | Republican | ||||||
| George H. Browne | 1861–1863 | Republican | ||||||
| Thomas Allen Jenckes | 1863-1871 | Republican | ||||||
| Nathan F. Dixon II | 1863-1871 | Republican | ||||||
| Benjamin T. Eames | 1871–1879 | Republican | ||||||
| James M. Pendleton | 1871-1875 | Republican | ||||||
| Latimer Whipple Ballou | 1875–1881 | Republican | ||||||
| Nelson W. Aldrich | 1879–1881 | Republican | ||||||
| Jonathan Chace | 1881-1885 | Republican | ||||||
| Henry J. Spooner | 1881-1891 | Republican | ||||||
| Nathan F. Dixon, III | 1885 | Republican | ||||||
| William Almy Price | 1885-1887 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles H. Page | 1887 | Democratic | ||||||
| Warren O. Arnold | 1887–1891 | Republican | ||||||
| Oscar Lapham | 1891-1895 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles H. Page | 1891-1895 | Democratic | ||||||
| Melville Bull | 1895–1903 | Republican | ||||||
| Warren O. Arnold | 1895–1897 | Republican | ||||||
| Adin B. Capron | 1897-1911 | Republican | ||||||
1700s[edit]
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1700s from Rhode Island | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Federalist | 6 | |||
| Pro-Administration | 1 | |||
| Total Representatives | 7 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Rhode Island | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Benjamin Bourne | 1790–1795 | Pro-Administration | ||||||
| Francis Malbone | 1793–1797 | Federalist | ||||||
| Benjamin Bourne | 1795–1796 | Federalist | ||||||
| Elisha Reynolds Potter | 1796-1797 | Federalist | ||||||
| Thomas Tillinghast | 1797–1799 | Federalist | ||||||
| Christopher Grant Champlin | 1797-1801 | Federalist | ||||||
| John Brown | 1799–1801 | Federalist | ||||||
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Rhode Island's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Jack Reed (D)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D)
Representatives
District 1
David Cicilline (D)
District 2
Jim Langevin (D)
Democratic Party (4)
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