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United States congressional delegations from Rhode Island

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This page displays the historical members of U.S. Congress from Alabama.

Current members

U.S. Senate

The current members of the U.S. Senate from Rhode Island are:

U.S. House

The current members of the U.S. House from Rhode Island are:

Historical members

List of United States Senators from Rhode Island

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

Class 1

  • Republican Party Theodore Foster, serving from 1790-1803
  • Republican Party Samuel J. Potter, serving from 1803-1804
  • Republican Party Benjamin Howland, serving from 1804-1809
  • Francis Malbone (F), serving from 1809-1809
  • Christopher G. Champlin (F), serving from 1809-1811
  • William Hunter (F), serving from 1811-1821
  • Republican Party James De Wolf, serving from 1821-1825
  • Asher Robbins (W), serving from 1825-1839
  • Nathan F. Dixon (W), serving from 1839-1842
  • William Sprague (W), serving from 1842-1844
  • John B. Francis (LO), serving from 1844-1845
  • Albert C. Greene (W), serving from 1845-1851
  • Democratic Party (United States) Charles T. James, serving from 1851-1857
  • Republican Party James F. Simmons, serving from 1857-1862
  • Republican Party Samuel G. Arnold, serving from 1862-1863
  • Republican Party William Sprague, serving from 1863-1875
  • Republican Party Ambrose E. Burnside, serving from 1875-1881
  • Republican Party Nelson W. Aldrich, serving from 1881-1911
  • Republican Party Henry F. Lippitt, serving from 1911-1917
  • Democratic Party (United States) Peter G. Gerry, serving from 1917-1929
  • Republican Party Felix Hebert, serving from 1929-1935
  • Democratic Party (United States) Peter G. Gerry, serving from 1935-1947
  • Democratic Party (United States) J. Howard McGrath, serving from 1947-1949
  • Democratic Party (United States) Edward L. Leahy, serving from 1949-1950
  • Democratic Party (United States) John O. Pastore, serving from 1950-1976
  • Republican Party John H. Chafee, serving from 1976-1999
  • Republican Party Lincoln D. Chafee, serving from 1999-2007
  • Democratic Party (United States) Sheldon Whitehouse, serving from 2007-Present


Class 3

  • Joseph Stanton (ANTI-ADMIN), serving from 1790-1793
  • William Bradford (PRO-ADMIN), serving from 1793-1797
  • Ray Greene (F), serving from 1797-1801
  • Republican Party Christopher Ellery, serving from 1801-1805
  • Republican Party James Fenner, serving from 1805-1807
  • Republican Party Elisha Mathewson, serving from 1807-1811
  • Republican Party Jeremiah B. Howell, serving from 1811-1817
  • James Burrill, Jr. (F), serving from 1817-1820
  • Republican Party Nehemiah R. Knight, serving from 1821-1841
  • James F. Simmons (W), serving from 1841-1847
  • John H. Clarke (W), serving from 1847-1853
  • Democratic Party (United States) Philip Allen, serving from 1853-1859
  • Republican Party Henry B. Anthony, serving from 1859-1884
  • Republican Party William P. Sheffield, serving from 1884-1885
  • Republican Party Jonathan Chace, serving from 1885-1889
  • Republican Party Nathan F. Dixon, serving from 1889-1895
  • Republican Party George Peabody Wetmore, serving from 1895-1907
  • Republican Party George Peabody Wetmore, serving from 1908-1913
  • Republican Party LeBaron B. Colt, serving from 1913-1924
  • Republican Party Jesse H. Metcalf, serving from 1924-1937
  • Democratic Party (United States) Theodore Francis Green, serving from 1937-1961
  • Democratic Party (United States) Claiborne Pell, serving from 1961-1997
  • Democratic Party (United States) Jack Reed, serving from 1997-Present

List of United States Representatives from Rhode Island

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

  • Benjamin Bourne (Pro-Administration), serving from 1790–1795
  • Francis Malbone (Federalist), serving from 1793–1797
  • Benjamin Bourne (Federalist), serving from 1795–1796
  • Elisha Reynolds Potter (Federalist), serving from 1796-1797
  • Thomas Tillinghast (Federalist), serving from 1797–1799
  • Christopher Grant Champlin (Federalist), serving from 1797-1801
  • John Brown (Federalist), serving from 1799–1801
  • Thomas Tillinghast (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1801–1803
  • Joseph Stanton, Jr. (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1801-1807
  • Nehemiah Knight (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1803-1808
  • Isaac Wilbour (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1807-1809
  • Richard Jackson, Jr. (Federalist), serving from 1808-1815
  • Elisha Reynolds Potter (Federalist), serving from 1809-1815
  • John Linscom Boss, Jr. (Federalist), serving from 1815–1819
  • James Brown Mason (Federalist), serving from 1815–1819
  • Samuel Eddy (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1819–1825
  • Nathaniel Hazard (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1819-1820
  • Job Durfee (Democratic-Republican), serving from 1821-1825
  • Tristram Burges (Anti-Jacksonian), serving from 1825–1835
  • Dutee Jerauld Pearce (Anti-Jacksonian), serving from 1825-1837
  • William Sprague (Whig), serving from 1835-1837
  • Robert B. Cranston (Whig), serving from 1837-1843
  • Joseph L. Tillinghast (Whig), serving from 1837–1843
  • Henry Y. Cranston (Law and Order), serving from 1843-1845
  • Elisha R. Potter (Law and Order), serving from 1843-1845
  • Henry Y. Cranston (Whig), serving from 1845-1847
  • Lemuel H. Arnold (Whig), serving from 1845–1847
  • Robert B. Cranston (Whig), serving from 1847-1849
  • Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin Babock Thurston, serving from 1847–1849
  • George Gordon King (Whig), serving from 1849-1853
  • Nathan F. Dixon II (Whig), serving from 1849-1851
  • Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin Babock Thurston, serving from 1851-1855
  • Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Davis, serving from 1853-1855
  • Nathan B. Durfee (Know-nothing), serving from 1855-1857
  • Benjamin Babock Thurston (Know-nothing), serving from 1855–1857
  • Republican Party Nathan B. Durfee, serving from 1857-1859
  • Republican Party William Daniel Brayton, serving from 1857–1861
  • Republican Party Christopher Robinson, serving from 1859-1861
  • Republican Party William Paine Sheffield, serving from 1861-1863
  • Republican Party George H. Browne, serving from 1861–1863
  • Republican Party Thomas Allen Jenckes, serving from 1863-1871
  • Republican Party Nathan F. Dixon II, serving from 1863-1871
  • Republican Party Benjamin T. Eames, serving from 1871–1879
  • Republican Party James M. Pendleton, serving from 1871-1875
  • Republican Party Latimer Whipple Ballou, serving from 1875–1881
  • Republican Party Nelson W. Aldrich, serving from 1879–1881
  • Republican Party Jonathan Chace, serving from 1881-1885
  • Republican Party Henry J. Spooner, serving from 1881-1891
  • Republican Party Nathan F. Dixon, III, serving in 1885
  • Republican Party William Almy Price, serving from 1885-1887
  • Democratic Party (United States) Charles H. Page, serving in 1887
  • Republican Party Warren O. Arnold, serving from 1887–1891
  • Democratic Party (United States) Oscar Lapham, serving from 1891-1895
  • Democratic Party (United States) Charles H. Page, serving from 1891-1895
  • Republican Party Melville Bull, serving from 1895–1903
  • Republican Party Warren O. Arnold, serving from 1895–1897
  • Republican Party Adin B. Capron, serving from 1897-1911
  • Democratic Party (United States) Daniel L. D. Granger, serving from 1903-1909
  • Republican Party William Paine Sheffield, serving from 1909-1911
  • Democratic Party (United States) George Francis O'Shaunessy, serving from 1911-1919
  • Republican Party George H. Utter, serving from 1911-1912
  • Democratic Party (United States) Peter Goelet Gerry, serving from 1913-1915
  • Republican Party Ambrose Kennedy, serving from 1913-1923
  • Republican Party Walter Russell Stiness, serving from 1915-1923
  • Republican Party Clark Burdick, serving from 1919–1933
  • Republican Party Richard S. Aldrich, serving from 1923–1933
  • Democratic Party (United States) Jeremiah E. O'Connell, serving from 1923-1927
  • Republican Party Louis Monast, serving from 1927–1929
  • Democratic Party (United States) Jeremiah E. O'Connell, serving from 1929-1930
  • Democratic Party (United States) Francis B. Condon, serving from 1930-1935
  • Democratic Party (United States) John Matthew O'Connell, serving from 1933-1939
  • Republican Party Charles Risk, serving from 1935-1937
  • Democratic Party (United States) Aime Forand, serving from 1937-1939
  • Republican Party Charles Risk, serving from 1939-1941
  • Republican Party Harry Sandager, serving from 1939-1941
  • Democratic Party (United States) Aime Forand, serving from 1941-1961
  • Democratic Party (United States) John E. Fogarty, serving from 1941-1967
  • Democratic Party (United States) Fernand St. Germain, serving from 1961-1989
  • Democratic Party (United States) Robert Tiernan, serving from 1967–1975
  • Democratic Party (United States) Edward Beard, serving from 1975–1981
  • Republican Party Claudine Schneider, serving from 1981-1991
  • Republican Party Ronald Machtley, serving from 1989–1995
  • Democratic Party (United States) Jack Reed, serving from 1991-1997
  • Democratic Party (United States) Robert Weygand, serving from 1997-2001
  • Democratic Party (United States) Patrick Kennedy, serving from 1995–2011


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