United States congressional delegations from Rhode Island

Rhode Island

Census Topic | Value

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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

## Contents

* 1 Current members
* 1.1 U.S. Senate
* 1.2 U.S. House
* 2 Historical members
* 2.1 Senate
* 2.2 House
* 3 2000s
* 4 1900s
* 5 1800s
* 6 1700s

## Current members[edit]

### U.S. Senate[edit]

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

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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

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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]

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# 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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