List of United States Representatives from Rhode Island

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Rhode Island. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States Congressional Delegations from Rhode Island. The list of names should be complete, but other data may be incomplete.

Current representatives

Alphabetical

David Cicilline (D) (1st district) website
James Langevin (D) (2nd district) website

By district

1st district David Cicilline (D) (2011–present)
2nd district James Langevin (D) (2001–present)

List of representatives

Representative	Years	Party	District	Notes
Nelson W. Aldrich	March 4, 1879 – October 4, 1881	Republican	1st	Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate
Richard S. Aldrich	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1933	Republican	2nd
Lemuel H. Arnold	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847	Whig	2nd
Warren O. Arnold	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1891	Republican	2nd
Warren O. Arnold	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897		2nd
Latimer W. Ballou	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881	Republican	2nd
Edward Beard	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	Democratic	2nd
John L. Boss, Jr.	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1819	Federalist	At-large
Benjamin Bourne	August 31, 1790 – March 4, 1795	Pro-Administration	At-large
Benjamin Bourne	March 4, 1795 – ??, 1796	Federalist	At-large
William D. Brayton	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861	Republican	2nd
John Brown	March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801	Federalist	At-large
George H. Browne	March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863	Unionist	2nd
Melville Bull	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1903	Republican	1st
Clark Burdick	March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1933	Republican	1st
Tristram Burges	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829	Adams	At-large
Tristram Burges	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1835	Anti-Jacksonian	At-large
Adin B. Capron	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1911	Republican	2nd
Jonathan Chace	March 4, 1881 – January 26, 1885	Republican	2nd	Resigned after being appointed to the US Senate
Christopher G. Champlin	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801	Federalist	At-large
David Cicilline	January 3, 2011 – present	Democratic	1st	Incumbent
Francis B. Condon	November 4, 1930 – March 4, 1933	Democratic	3rd
Francis B. Condon	March 4, 1933 – January 10, 1935	1st	Resigned after being seated as an Associate Justice of the RI Supreme Court
Henry Y. Cranston	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845	Law and Order	1st
Henry Y. Cranston	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847	Whig	1st
Robert B. Cranston	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1843	Whig	At-large
Robert B. Cranston	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849	1st
Thomas Davis	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855	Democratic	1st
Nathan F. Dixon II	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851	Whig	2nd
Nathan F. Dixon II	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1871	Republican	2nd
Nathan F. Dixon, III	February 12, 1885 - March 4, 1885	Republican	2nd
Job Durfee	March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823	Democratic-Republican	At-large
Job Durfee	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	At-large
Nathan B. Durfee	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857	Know-nothing	1st
Nathan B. Durfee	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859	Republican	1st
Benjamin T. Eames	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1879	Republican	1st
Samuel Eddy	March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1823	Democratic-Republican	At-large
Samuel Eddy	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	At-large
John E. Fogarty	January 3, 1941 – January 10, 1967	Democratic	2nd	Died
Aime Forand	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	1st
Aime Forand	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1961		1st
Peter G. Gerry	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915	Democratic	2nd
Daniel L. D. Granger	March 4, 1903 – February 14, 1909	Democratic	1st	Died
Nathaniel Hazard	March 4, 1819 – December 17, 1820	Democratic-Republican	At-large	Died
Richard Jackson, Jr.	November 11, 1808 – March 4, 1815	Federalist	At-large
Thomas A. Jenckes	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1871	Republican	1st
Ambrose Kennedy	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1923	Republican	3rd
Patrick Kennedy	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2011	Democratic	1st
George G. King	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1853	Whig	1st
Nehemiah Knight	March 4, 1803 – June 13, 1808	Democratic-Republican	At-large	Died
James Langevin	January 3, 2001 – present	Democratic	2nd	Incumbent
Oscar Lapham	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1895	Democratic	1st
Ronald Machtley	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995	Republican	1st
Francis Malbone	March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1797	Federalist	At-large
James B. Mason	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1819	Federalist	At-large
Louis Monast	March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929	Republican	3rd
Jeremiah E. O'Connell	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1927	Democratic	3rd
Jeremiah E. O'Connell	March 4, 1929 – May 9, 1930	Resigned to become Associate Justice of Rhode Island Superior Court	3rd
John M. O'Connell	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	Democratic	2nd
George F. O'Shaunessy	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1919	Democratic	1st
Charles H. Page	February 21, 1887 - March 4, 1887	Democratic	2nd
Charles H. Page	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1895	Seat declared vacant March 4, 1893 - April 5, 1893 due to failure of candidates to attain majority vote	2nd
Dutee J. Pearce	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829	Adams	At-large
	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1833	Anti-Jacksonian
	March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837	Anti-Masonic
James M. Pendleton	March 4, 1871 - March 4, 1875	Republican	2nd
William A. Pirce	March 4, 1885 – January 25, 1887	Republican	2nd	Seat declared vacant due to election irregularities
Elisha Potter	November 15, 1796 – March 4, 1797	Federalist	At-large
Elisha Potter	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1815		At-large
Elisha R. Potter	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845	Law and Order	2nd
Jack Reed	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997	Democratic	2nd
Charles Risk	August 6, 1935 – January 3, 1937	Republican	1st
Charles Risk	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941		1st
Christopher Robinson	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861	Republican	1st
Fernand St. Germain	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1989	Democratic	1st
Harry Sandager	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	Republican	2nd
Claudine Schneider	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991	Republican	2nd
William Sheffield	March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863	Unionist	1st
William P. Sheffield	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911	Republican	1st
Henry J. Spooner	December 5, 1881 – March 4, 1891	Republican	1st
William Sprague III	March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837	Whig	At-large
Joseph Stanton, Jr.	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1807	Democratic-Republican	At-large
Walter R. Stiness	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1923	Republican	2nd
Benjamin B. Thurston	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849	Democratic	2nd
	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1855
	March 4, 1855 –March 4, 1857	Know Nothing
Robert Tiernan	March 28, 1967 – January 3, 1975	Democratic	2nd
Joseph L. Tillinghast	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1843	Whig	At-large
Thomas Tillinghast	November 13, 1797 – March 4, 1799	Federalist	At-large
Thomas Tillinghast	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803	Democratic-Republican	At-large
George H. Utter	March 4, 1911 – November 3, 1912	Republican	2nd	Died
Robert Weygand	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001	Democratic	2nd
Isaac Wilbour	March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809	Democratic-Republican	At-large

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island

As of October 2016, there are six former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the U.S. State of Rhode Island who are currently living at this time. The most recent representative to die was Robert Tiernan (1967-1975) on October 15, 2014. The most recently serving representative to die was Fernand St. Germain (1961-1989) on August 16, 2014.

Representative	Term of office	District	Date of birth (and age)
Edward Beard	1975–1981	2nd	(1940-01-20) January 20, 1940
Claudine Schneider	1981–1991	2nd	(1947-03-25) March 25, 1947
Ronald Machtley	1989–1995	1st	(1948-07-13) July 13, 1948
Jack Reed	1991–1997	2nd	(1949-11-12) November 12, 1949
Patrick J. Kennedy	1995–2011	1st	(1967-07-14) July 14, 1967
Robert Weygand	1997–2001	2nd	(1948-05-10) May 10, 1948

Sources

House of Representatives List of Members

Rhode Island's congressional districts

All districts At-large 1st • 2nd • 3rd The 3rd and At-large districts are now obsolete See also Rhode Island's past and present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations Recent U.S. House elections in Rhode Island: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 All U.S. districts Apportionment Redistricting Gerrymandering

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