Rhode Island's at-large congressional district

The Rhode Island at-large congressional district is currently obsolete, with representation divided into two districts.

Rhode Island's at-large congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1790
Eliminated	1840
Years active	1790–1843

From 1790 to 1843, Rhode Island elected members to the United States House of Representatives at-large:

• From 1790 to 1793, one member represented the state.
• From 1793 to 1843, two members represented the state at-large.

List of members representing the district

Cong ress	Years	Seat A				Seat B
		Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
1st	August 31, 1790 – March 3, 1791	Benjamin Bourne (Bristol)	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
2nd	March 3, 1791 – March 3, 1793
3rd	March 3, 1793 – March 3, 1795					Francis Malbone (Newport)	Pro-Admin	Elected in 1792. Re-elected in 1794. Retired.
4th	March 4, 1795 – 1796		Federalist				Federalist
	1796 – November 15, 1796	Vacant
	November 15, 1796 – March 3, 1797	Elisha Reynolds Potter (Kingston)	Federalist	Elected to finish Bourne's term and to the next term. Resigned.
5th	March 4, 1797 – 1797					Christopher G. Champlin (Newport)	Federalist	Elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Lost re-election.
	1797 – November 13, 1797	Vacant
	November 13, 1797 – March 3, 1799	Thomas Tillinghast (East Greenwich)	Federalist	Elected to finish Potter's term. Lost re-election.
6th	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	John Brown (Providence)	Federalist	Elected in 1798. Lost re-election.
7th	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Joseph Stanton Jr. (Charlestown)	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1800. Re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Retired.		Thomas Tillinghast (East Greenwich)	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1800. Lost re-election.
8th	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805					Nehemiah Knight (Cranston)	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. Died.
9th	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1808	Isaac Wilbour (Little Compton)	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.
	March 4, 1808 – June 13, 1808
	June 13, 1808 – November 11, 1808					Vacant
	November 11, 1808 – March 3, 1809					Richard Jackson Jr. (Providence)	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.
11th	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Elisha Reynolds Potter (Kingston)	Federalist	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Re-elected in 1812. Retired.
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
13th	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
14th	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	John Linscom Boss Jr. (Newport)	Federalist	Elected in 1814. Elected in 1816. Retired.		James Brown Mason (Providence)	Federalist	Elected in 1814. Elected in 1816. Retired.
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
16th	March 4, 1819 – December 17, 1820	Samuel Eddy (Providence)	Democratic-Republican[a]	Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Lost re-election.		Nathaniel Hazard (Newport)	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1818. Lost re-election then died.
	December 17, 1820 – March 3, 1821					Vacant
17th	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823					Job Durfee (Tiverton)	Democratic-Republican[a]	Elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Lost re-election.
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
19th	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	Tristam Burges (Providence)	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 (Newport)	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.
20th	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
21st	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
23rd	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835						Anti-Masonic
24th	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	William Sprague III (Natick)	Whig	Elected in 1835. Retired.
25th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	Robert B. Cranston (Newport)	Whig	Elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Retired.		Joseph L. Tillinghast (Providence)	Whig	Elected in 1837. Re-elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Retired.
26th	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
27th	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843

Modern history

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]

Notes

1. Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.