Rhode Island's congressional delegations

These are tables of congressional delegations from Rhode Island to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.

The current dean of the Rhode Island delegation is Senator Jack Reed, having served in the Senate since 1997 and in Congress since 1991.

Current delegation + Current U.S. senators from Rhode Island CPVI : Class I senator Class II senator Sheldon Whitehouse Jack Reed Party Incumbent since January 3, 2007 January 3, 1997

+ Current U.S. representatives from Rhode Island District Member Party Incumbent since CPVI District map Gabe Amo November 7, 2023 Seth Magaziner January 3, 2023

United States Senate

Class I senator CongressClass II senator Theodore Foster (PA) 1st (1790–1791) Joseph Stanton Jr. (AA) 2nd (1791–1793) 3rd (1793–1795) William Bradford (PA) Theodore Foster (F) 4th (1795–1797) William Bradford (F) 5th (1797–1799) Ray Greene (F) 6th (1799–1801) 7th (1801–1803) Christopher Ellery (DR) Samuel J. Potter (DR) 8th (1803–1805) Benjamin Howland (DR) 9th (1805–1807) James Fenner (DR) 10th (1807–1809) Elisha Mathewson (DR) Francis Malbone (F) 11th (1809–1811) Christopher G. Champlin (F) 12th (1811–1813) Jeremiah B. Howell (DR) William Hunter (F) 13th (1813–1815) 14th (1815–1817) 15th (1817–1819) James Burrill Jr. (F) 16th (1819–1821) Nehemiah R. Knight (DR) James DeWolf (DR) 17th (1821–1823) 18th (1823–1825) James DeWolf (NR) 19th (1825–1827) Nehemiah R. Knight (NR) Asher Robbins (NR) 20th (1827–1829) 21st (1829–1831) 22nd (1831–1833) 23rd (1833–1835) 24th (1835–1837) Asher Robbins (W) 25th (1837–1839) Nehemiah R. Knight (W) Nathan F. Dixon I (W) 26th (1839–1841) 27th (1841–1843) James F. Simmons (W) William Sprague III (W) 28th (1843–1845) John Brown Francis (LO) Albert C. Greene (W) 29th (1845–1847) 30th (1847–1849) John H. Clarke (W) 31st (1849–1851) Charles TillinghastJames (D) 32nd (1851–1853) 33rd (1853–1855) Philip Allen (D) 34th (1855–1857) James F. Simmons (R) 35th (1857–1859) 36th (1859–1861) Henry B. Anthony (R) 37th (1861–1863) Samuel G. Arnold (R) William Sprague IV (R) 38th (1863–1865) 39th (1865–1867) 40th (1867–1869) 41st (1869–1871) 42nd (1871–1873) 43rd (1873–1875) Ambrose Burnside (R) 44th (1875–1877) 45th (1877–1879) 46th (1879–1881) 47th (1881–1883) Nelson W. Aldrich (R) 48th (1883–1885) William P. Sheffield Sr. (R) Jonathan Chace (R) 49th (1885–1887) 50th (1887–1889) 51st (1889–1891) Nathan F. Dixon III (R) 52nd (1891–1893) 53rd (1893–1895) 54th (1895–1897) George P. Wetmore (R) 55th (1897–1899) 56th (1899–1901) 57th (1901–1903) 58th (1903–1905) 59th (1905–1907) 60th (1907–1909) vacant George P. Wetmore (R) 61st (1909–1911) Henry F. Lippitt (R) 62nd (1911–1913) 63rd (1913–1915) LeBaron B. Colt (R) 64th (1915–1917) Peter G. Gerry (D) 65th (1917–1919) 66th (1919–1921) 67th (1921–1923) 68th (1923–1925) Jesse H. Metcalf (R) 69th (1925–1927) 70th (1927–1929) Felix Hebert (R) 71st (1929–1931) 72nd (1931–1933) 73rd (1933–1935) Peter G. Gerry (D) 74th (1935–1937) 75th (1937–1939) Theodore F. Green (D) 76th (1939–1941) 77th (1941–1943) 78th (1943–1945) 79th (1945–1947) J. Howard McGrath (D) 80th (1947–1949) 81st (1949–1951) Edward L. Leahy (D) John Pastore (D) 82nd (1951–1953) 83rd (1953–1955) 84th (1955–1957) 85th (1957–1959) 86th (1959–1961) 87th (1961–1963) Claiborne Pell (D) 88th (1963–1965) 89th (1965–1967) 90th (1967–1969) 91st (1969–1971) 92nd (1971–1973) 93rd (1973–1975) 94th (1975–1977) John Chafee (R) 95th (1977–1979) 96th (1979–1981) 97th (1981–1983) 98th (1983–1985) 99th (1985–1987) 100th (1987–1989) 101st (1989–1991) 102nd (1991–1993) 103rd (1993–1995) 104th (1995–1997) 105th (1997–1999) Jack Reed (D) 106th (1999–2001) Lincoln Chafee (R) 107th (2001–2003) 108th (2003–2005) 109th (2005–2007) Sheldon Whitehouse (D) 110th (2007–2009) 111th (2009–2011) 112th (2011–2013) 113th (2013–2015) 114th (2015–2017) 115th (2017–2019) 116th (2019–2021) (2021–2023) (2023–2025) (2025–2027)

U.S. House of Representatives

1790–1843: At-large seat(s) When Rhode Island ratified the Constitution in 1790, it had one seat. After the first census, it had two seats, chosen at-large on a general ticket.

Congress Elected at-large on a general ticket 1st (1789–1791) Benjamin Bourne (PA) 2nd (1791–1793) 3rd (1793–1795) Francis Malbone (PA) 4th (1795–1797) Benjamin Bourne (F) Francis Malbone (F) Elisha Reynolds Potter (F) 5th (1797–1799) Thomas Tillinghast (F) Christopher G. Champlin (F) 6th (1799–1801) John Brown (F) 7th (1801–1803) Thomas Tillinghast (DR) Joseph Stanton Jr. (DR) 8th (1803–1805) Nehemiah Knight (DR) 9th (1805–1807) 10th (1807–1809) Isaac Wilbour (DR) Richard Jackson Jr. (F) 11th (1809–1811) Elisha Reynolds Potter (F) 12th (1811–1813) 13th (1813–1815) 14th (1815–1817) John Linscom Boss Jr. (F) James Brown Mason (F) 15th (1817–1819) 16th (1819–1821) Samuel Eddy (DR) Nathaniel Hazard (DR) 17th (1821–1823) Job Durfee (DR) 18th (1823–1825) 19th (1825–1827) Tristam Burges (NR) Dutee J. Pearce (NR) 20th (1827–1829) 21st (1829–1831) 22nd (1831–1833) 23rd (1833–1835) Dutee J. Pearce (A-M) 24th (1835–1837) William Sprague III (A-M) 25th (1837–1839) Robert B. Cranston (W) Joseph L. Tillinghast (W) 26th (1839–1841) 27th (1841–1843)

1843 – present In 1843 the at-large seat was eliminated. Since then, Representatives have been chosen from separate districts.

Congress 28th (1843–1845) Henry Y. Cranston (LO) Elisha R. Potter (LO) 29th (1845–1847) Henry Y. Cranston (W) Lemuel H. Arnold (W) 30th (1847–1849) Robert B. Cranston (W) Benjamin B. Thurston (D) 31st (1849–1851) George Gordon King (W) Nathan F. Dixon II (W) 32nd (1851–1853) Benjamin B. Thurston (D) 33rd (1853–1855) Thomas Davis (D) 34th (1855–1857) Nathan B. Durfee (KN) Benjamin B. Thurston (KN) 35th (1857–1859) Nathan B. Durfee (R) William D. Brayton (R) 36th (1859–1861) Christopher Robinson (R) 37th (1861–1863) William P. Sheffield Sr. (U) George H. Browne (CU) 38th (1863–1865) Thomas Jenckes (R) Nathan F. Dixon II (R) 39th (1865–1867) 40th (1867–1869) 41st (1869–1871) 42nd (1871–1873) Benjamin T. Eames (R) James M. Pendleton (R) 43rd (1873–1875) 44th (1875–1877) Latimer W. Ballou (R) 45th (1877–1879) 46th (1879–1881) Nelson W. Aldrich (R) 47th (1881–1883) Jonathan Chace (R) Henry J. Spooner (R) 48th (1883–1885) Nathan F. Dixon III (R) 49th (1885–1887) William A. Pirce (R) Charles H. Page (D) 50th (1887–1889) Warren O. Arnold (R) 51st (1889–1891) 52nd (1891–1893) Oscar Lapham (D) Charles H. Page (D) 53rd (1893–1895) 54th (1895–1897) Melville Bull (R) Warren O. Arnold (R) 55th (1897–1899) Adin B. Capron (R) 56th (1899–1901) 57th (1901–1903) 58th (1903–1905) Daniel L. D. Granger (D) 59th (1905–1907) 60th (1907–1909) 61st (1909–1911) William P. Sheffield Jr. (R) 62nd (1911–1913) George F. O'Shaunessy (D) George H. Utter (R) 63rd (1913–1915) Peter G. Gerry (D) Ambrose Kennedy (R) 64th (1915–1917) Walter R. Stiness (R) 65th (1917–1919) 66th (1919–1921) Clark Burdick (R) 67th (1921–1923) 68th (1923–1925) Richard S. Aldrich (R) Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D) 69th (1925–1927) 70th (1927–1929) Louis Monast (R) 71st (1929–1931) Jeremiah E. O'Connell (D) 72nd (1931–1933) Francis Condon (D) 73rd (1933–1935) Francis Condon (D) John M. O'Connell (D) 74th (1935–1937) Charles Risk (R) 75th (1937–1939) Aime Forand (D) 76th (1939–1941) Charles Risk (R) Harry Sandager (R) 77th (1941–1943) Aime Forand (D) John E. Fogarty (D) 78th (1943–1945) 79th (1945–1947) 80th (1947–1949) 81st (1949–1951) 82nd (1951–1953) 83rd (1953–1955) 84th (1955–1957) 85th (1957–1959) 86th (1959–1961) 87th (1961–1963) Fernand St Germain (D) 88th (1963–1965) 89th (1965–1967) 90th (1967–1969) Robert Tiernan (D) 91st (1969–1971) 92nd (1971–1973) 93rd (1973–1975) 94th (1975–1977) Edward Beard (D) 95th (1977–1979) 96th (1979–1981) 97th (1981–1983) Claudine Schneider (R) 98th (1983–1985) 99th (1985–1987) 100th (1987–1989) 101st (1989–1991) Ronald Machtley (R) 102nd (1991–1993) Jack Reed (D) 103rd (1993–1995) 104th (1995–1997) Patrick J. Kennedy (D) 105th (1997–1999) Robert Weygand (D) 106th (1999–2001) 107th (2001–2003) James Langevin (D) 108th (2003–2005) 109th (2005–2007) 110th (2007–2009) 111th (2009–2011) 112th (2011–2013) David Cicilline (D) 113th (2013–2015) 114th (2015–2017) 115th (2017–2019) 116th (2019–2021) 117th (2021–2023) 118th (2023–2025) Seth Magaziner (D) Gabe Amo (D) 119th (2025–2027)

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Rhode Island's congressional delegations

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