State: | Rhode Island |
District Number: | AL |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1790 |
Eliminated: | 1840 |
Years: | 1790–1843 |
Population Year: | 1830 |
The Rhode Island at-large congressional district is currently obsolete, with representation divided into two districts.
From 1790 to 1843, Rhode Island elected members to the United States House of Representatives at-large:
Cong ress | Years | Seat A | Seat B | |||||||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | |||||
nowrap | August 31, 1790 – March 3, 1791 | Benjamin Bourne | Pro-Admin | Elected in August 1790. Re-elected in October 1790. Re-elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796, but declined the seat and resigned. | Seat created in 1793 | |||||
nowrap | March 3, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | |||||||||
nowrap | March 3, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | Francis Malbone | Pro-Admin | Elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Retired. | ||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1795 – 1796 | Federalist | Federalist | |||||||
nowrap | 1796 – November 15, 1796 | Vacant | ||||||||
nowrap | November 15, 1796 – March 3, 1797 | Elisha Reynolds Potter | Federalist | Elected to finish Bourne's term and to the next term. Resigned. | ||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1797 – 1797 | Christopher G. Champlin | Federalist | Elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Lost re-election. | ||||||
nowrap | 1797 – November 13, 1797 | Vacant | ||||||||
nowrap | November 13, 1797 – March 3, 1799 | align=left | Thomas Tillinghast | Federalist | Elected to finish Potter's term. Lost re-election. | |||||
nowrap | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | align=left | John Brown | Federalist | Elected in 1798. Lost re-election. | |||||
nowrap | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Joseph Stanton Jr. | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1800. Re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Retired. | align=left | Thomas Tillinghast | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1800. Lost re-election. | ||
nowrap | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | Nehemiah Knight | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Died. | ||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 | |||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1808 | Isaac Wilbour | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1806. Lost re-election. | ||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1808 – June 13, 1808 | |||||||||
nowrap | June 13, 1808 – November 11, 1808 | nowrap colspan=3 | Vacant | |||||||
nowrap | November 11, 1808 – March 3, 1809 | Richard Jackson Jr. | Federalist | Elected August 30, 1808 to finish Knight's term and seated November 11, 1808. Also elected the same day to the next term. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Retired. | ||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 | Elisha Reynolds Potter | Federalist | Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Retired. | ||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 | |||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | |||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | John Linscom Boss Jr. | Federalist | Elected in 1814. Elected in 1816. Retired. | James Brown Mason | Federalist | Elected in 1814. Elected in 1816. Retired. | |||
nowrap | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | |||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1819 – December 17, 1820 | Samuel Eddy | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Lost re-election. | align=left | Nathaniel Hazard | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1818. Lost re-election then died. | ||
nowrap | December 17, 1820 – March 3, 1821 | Vacant | ||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | Job Durfee | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Lost re-election. | ||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | |||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | Tristam Burges | Anti-Jacksonian | Elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. Lost re-election. | Dutee Jerauld Pearce | Anti-Jacksonian | Elected in 1825 on the second ballot. Re-elected in 1827. Re-elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Lost re-election. | |||
nowrap | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 | |||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | |||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | |||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | Anti-Masonic | ||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | align=left | William Sprague III | Whig | Elected in 1835. Retired. | |||||
nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | Robert B. Cranston | Whig | Elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Retired. | Joseph L. Tillinghast | Whig | Elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Retired. | |||
nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | |||||||||
nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
Many 2020 census projections estimated Rhode Island would lose its second congressional district, bringing the at-large district back into existence.[1] [2] However, this proved not to be the case, and Rhode Island retained its current districts.[3]