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Rhode Island's 1st congressional district

68 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Gabe Amo D.

Holders
68
30 D · 29 R · 4 W · 2 F · 1 LaO · 1 A · 1 U
Longest tenure
16 years
Aime Joseph Forand
Current
2.9 years
Gabe Amo, since Nov 7, 2023
history/seat/ri-1Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Benjamin Bourne · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · FederalistBenjamin Bourne · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04 · FederalistHenry Young Cranston · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · Law and OrderHenry Young Cranston · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigRobert Bennie Cranston · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigGeorge Gordon King · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigGeorge Gordon King · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigThomas Davis · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratNathaniel Briggs Durfee · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanNathaniel Briggs Durfee · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanChristopher Robinson · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Paine Sheffield · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · UnionThomas Allen Jenckes · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Allen Jenckes · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Tucker Eames · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Tucker Eames · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Tucker Eames · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Tucker Eames · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanNelson Wilmarth Aldrich · 1879-03-18 – 1881-10-05 · RepublicanHenry Joshua Spooner · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Joshua Spooner · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Joshua Spooner · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Joshua Spooner · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Joshua Spooner · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanOscar Lapham · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratOscar Lapham · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratMelville Bull · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanMelville Bull · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanMelville Bull · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanMelville Bull · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Larned Davis Granger · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Larned Davis Granger · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Larned Davis Granger · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Paine Sheffield · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Francis O’Shaunessy · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Francis O’Shaunessy · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Francis O’Shaunessy · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Francis O’Shaunessy · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratClark Burdick · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanClark Burdick · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanClark Burdick · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanClark Burdick · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanClark Burdick · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanClark Burdick · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanClark Burdick · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Bernard Condon · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratAime Joseph Forand · 1937-01-05 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratAime Joseph Forand · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratAime Joseph Forand · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratAime Joseph Forand · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratFernand Joseph St. Germain · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratFernand Joseph St. Germain · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratFernand Joseph St. Germain · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratFernand Joseph St. Germain · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratFernand Joseph St. Germain · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratFernand Joseph St. Germain · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · DemocratPatrick Joseph Kennedy · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratPatrick Joseph Kennedy · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratPatrick Joseph Kennedy · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratPatrick Joseph Kennedy · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratPatrick Joseph Kennedy · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratDavid N. Cicilline · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratDavid N. Cicilline · 2015-01-06 – 2023-06-01 · DemocratGabe Amo · 2023-11-07 – present · DemocratCharles Francis Risk · 1935-01-03 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Francis Risk · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanFernand Joseph St. Germain · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratRonald K. Machtley · 1989-01-03 – 1995-01-04 · Republican
Gabe Amo D
Nov 7, 2023 – present · 2.9 years
David N. Cicilline D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jun 1, 2023 · 8.4 years
David N. Cicilline D
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Patrick Joseph Kennedy D
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Ronald K. Machtley R
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 1995 · 6 years
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Aime Joseph Forand D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Aime Joseph Forand D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Aime Joseph Forand D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Charles Francis Risk R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
Aime Joseph Forand D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 · 2 years
Charles Francis Risk R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1937 · 2 years
Francis Bernard Condon D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Clark Burdick R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Clark Burdick R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Clark Burdick R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Clark Burdick R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Clark Burdick R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Clark Burdick R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Clark Burdick R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
George Francis O’Shaunessy D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
George Francis O’Shaunessy D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
George Francis O’Shaunessy D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
George Francis O’Shaunessy D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Paine Sheffield R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Daniel Larned Davis Granger D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Daniel Larned Davis Granger D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Daniel Larned Davis Granger D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Melville Bull R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Melville Bull R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Melville Bull R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Melville Bull R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Oscar Lapham D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Oscar Lapham D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Henry Joshua Spooner R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Henry Joshua Spooner R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Henry Joshua Spooner R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Henry Joshua Spooner R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Henry Joshua Spooner R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R
Mar 18, 1879 – Oct 5, 1881 · 2.6 years
Benjamin Tucker Eames R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Benjamin Tucker Eames R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Benjamin Tucker Eames R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Benjamin Tucker Eames R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Thomas Allen Jenckes R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
Thomas Allen Jenckes R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
William Paine Sheffield U
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Christopher Robinson R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Nathaniel Briggs Durfee A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Thomas Davis D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
George Gordon King W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
George Gordon King W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Robert Bennie Cranston W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Henry Young Cranston W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Henry Young Cranston LaO
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Benjamin Bourne F
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months
Benjamin Bourne F
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.