Rhode Island was admitted as the 13th state to the United States of America on May 29, 1790. As of April 2022, a total of 72 individuals have represented Rhode Island in the U.S. House.

Current members[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

District map[edit]

Historical representatives[edit]

The following individuals were elected to the U.S. House from Rhode Island.

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

External links[edit]

U.S. House Historical representation by state

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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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