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

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]

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

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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