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Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district

66 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1843. Now: Seth Magaziner D.

Holders
66
36 R · 25 D · 2 W · 1 LaO · 1 A · 1 U
Longest tenure
16 years
John Edward Fogarty
Current
3.8 years
Seth Magaziner, since Jan 3, 2023
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Elisha Reynolds Potter · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · Law and OrderLemuel Hastings Arnold · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigBenjamin Babock Thurston · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratNathan Fellows Dixon · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigBenjamin Babock Thurston · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Babock Thurston · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Babock Thurston · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanWilliam Daniel Brayton · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Daniel Brayton · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Huntington Browne · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · UnionistNathan Fellows Dixon · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Fellows Dixon · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJames Monroe Pendleton · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJames Monroe Pendleton · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanLatimer Whipple Ballou · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanLatimer Whipple Ballou · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanLatimer Whipple Ballou · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJonathan Chace · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJonathan Chace · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Almy Pirce · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanWarren Otis Arnold · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanWarren Otis Arnold · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Harrison Page · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratCharles Harrison Page · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWarren Otis Arnold · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanAdin Ballou Capron · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanAdin Ballou Capron · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanAdin Ballou Capron · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanAdin Ballou Capron · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanAdin Ballou Capron · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanAdin Ballou Capron · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanAdin Ballou Capron · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Herbert Utter · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanPeter Goelet Gerry · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWalter Russell Stiness · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Russell Stiness · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Russell Stiness · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Russell Stiness · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Steere Aldrich · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Steere Aldrich · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanRichard Steere Aldrich · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Steere Aldrich · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Steere Aldrich · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Matthew O’Connell · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Fogarty · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Fogarty · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Fogarty · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Fogarty · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJohn Edward Fogarty · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratRobert Owens Tiernan · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratEdward Peter Beard · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratEdward Peter Beard · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratClaudine Schneider · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanClaudine Schneider · 1987-01-06 – 1991-01-04 · RepublicanRobert A. Weygand · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratRobert A. Weygand · 1999-01-06 – 2001-01-04 · DemocratJames R. Langevin · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratJames R. Langevin · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratJames R. Langevin · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratNathan Fellows Dixon · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Harrison Page · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratHarry Sandager · 1939-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Owens Tiernan · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJack Reed · 1991-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratJames R. Langevin · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratSeth Magaziner · 2023-01-03 – present · Democrat
Seth Magaziner D
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
James R. Langevin D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
James R. Langevin D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
James R. Langevin D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
James R. Langevin D
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
Robert A. Weygand D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2001 · 2 years
Robert A. Weygand D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Jack Reed D
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6 years
Claudine Schneider R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1991 · 4 years
Claudine Schneider R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Edward Peter Beard D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Edward Peter Beard D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Robert Owens Tiernan D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
John Edward Fogarty D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Robert Owens Tiernan D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John Edward Fogarty D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
John Edward Fogarty D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
John Edward Fogarty D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
John Edward Fogarty D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Harry Sandager R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1941 · 2 years
John Matthew O’Connell D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Richard Steere Aldrich R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Richard Steere Aldrich R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Richard Steere Aldrich R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Richard Steere Aldrich R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Richard Steere Aldrich R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Walter Russell Stiness R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Walter Russell Stiness R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Walter Russell Stiness R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Walter Russell Stiness R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Peter Goelet Gerry D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
George Herbert Utter R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Adin Ballou Capron R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Adin Ballou Capron R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Adin Ballou Capron R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Adin Ballou Capron R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Adin Ballou Capron R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Adin Ballou Capron R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Adin Ballou Capron R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Warren Otis Arnold R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Charles Harrison Page D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Charles Harrison Page D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Warren Otis Arnold R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Warren Otis Arnold R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
William Almy Pirce R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Charles Harrison Page D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Jonathan Chace R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Nathan Fellows Dixon R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Jonathan Chace R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Latimer Whipple Ballou R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Latimer Whipple Ballou R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Latimer Whipple Ballou R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
James Monroe Pendleton R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
James Monroe Pendleton R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Nathan Fellows Dixon R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
Nathan Fellows Dixon R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
George Huntington Browne U
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
William Daniel Brayton R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
William Daniel Brayton R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Benjamin Babock Thurston A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Benjamin Babock Thurston D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Benjamin Babock Thurston D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Nathan Fellows Dixon W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Benjamin Babock Thurston D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Lemuel Hastings Arnold W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Elisha Reynolds Potter LaO
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months

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