Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | District location |
District established March 4, 1843 |
Henry Y. Cranston (Newport) | Law and Order | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | 28th 29th | Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Retired. | 1843–1863 [data missing] |
Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
Robert B. Cranston (Newport) | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | 30th | Elected in 1847. Retired. |
George Gordon King (Newport) | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | 31st 32nd | Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Lost re-election. |
Thomas Davis (Providence) | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | 33rd | Elected in 1853. Lost re-election. |
Nathan B. Durfee (Tiverton) | American | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 | 34th 35th | Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Retired. |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
Christopher Robinson (Woonsocket) | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | 36th | Elected in 1859. Lost re-election. |
William Paine Sheffield (Newport) | Union | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 | 37th | Elected in 1861. Retired. |
Thomas Jenckes (Providence) | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871 | 38th 39th 40th 41st | Elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. Re-elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. Lost re-election. | 1863–1875 [data missing] |
Benjamin T. Eames (Providence) | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1879 | 42nd 43rd 44th 45th | Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired. |
1875–1883 [data missing] |
Nelson W. Aldrich (Providence) | Republican | March 4, 1879 – October 4, 1881 | 46th | Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Resigned when elected U.S. senator. |
Vacant | October 4, 1881 – December 5, 1881 | |
Henry J. Spooner (Providence) | Republican | December 5, 1881 – March 3, 1891 | 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st | Elected to finish Aldrich's term. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Lost re-election. |
1883–1913 [data missing] |
Oscar Lapham (Providence) | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | 52nd 53rd | Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election. |
Melville Bull (Middletown) | Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 | 54th 55th 56th 57th | Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Lost re-election. |
Daniel L.D. Granger (Providence) | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – February 14, 1909 | 58th 59th 60th | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election and died. |
Vacant | February 14, 1909 – March 3, 1909 | 60th | |
William Paine Sheffield (Newport) | Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 | 61st | Elected in 1908. Lost re-election. |
George F. O'Shaunessy (Providence) | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919 | 62nd 63rd 64th 65th | Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. |
1913–1931 [data missing] |
Clark Burdick (Newport) | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933 | 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd | Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Lost re-election. |
1931–1933 [data missing] |
Francis Condon (Central Falls) | Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 10, 1935 | 73rd | Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Resigned to join the Rhode Island Supreme Court. | 1933–1965 [data missing] |
Vacant | January 10, 1935 – August 6, 1935 | 73rd 74th | |
Charles Risk (Saylesville) | Republican | August 6, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | 74th | Elected to finish Condon's term. Lost re-election. |
Aime Forand (Central Falls) | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | 75th | Elected in 1936. Lost re-election. |
Charles Risk (Saylesville) | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | 76th | Elected in 1938. Lost re-election. |
Aime Forand (Cumberland) | Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1961 | 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th | Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Retired. |
Fernand St. Germain (Woonsocket) | Democratic | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1989 | 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th | Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Lost re-election. |
1965–1973 [data missing] |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
1983–1993 Bristol and Newport; part of Providence |
Ronald Machtley (Portsmouth) | Republican | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995 | 101st 102nd 103rd | Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired to run for Governor of Rhode Island. |
1993–2003 Bristol and Newport; part of Providence |
Patrick J. Kennedy (Providence) | Democratic | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2011 | 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th | Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired. |
2003–2013
Bristol and Newport; part of Providence |
David Cicilline (Providence) | Democratic | January 3, 2011 – May 31, 2023 | 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th | Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Resigned.[6] |
2013–2023
Bristol and Newport; part of Providence |
2023–present
Bristol and Newport; part of Providence |
Vacant | May 31, 2023 – November 13, 2023 | 118th | |
Gabe Amo (Providence) | Democratic | November 13, 2023 – present | 118th | Elected to finish Cicilline's term. |