Rhode Island's 1st congressional district
Rhode Island's 1st congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 530,066 | ||
Median household income | $66,652[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+12[2] |
Rhode Island's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It includes all of Bristol and Newport counties, along with parts of Providence County, including most of the city of Providence.
The district is currently represented by Democrat David Cicilline. In 2010, it was the least populous congressional district in the country.
Towns in the district[]
Bristol County: Barrington, Bristol, and Warren.
Newport County: Jamestown, Little Compton, Middletown, Newport, Portsmouth, and Tiverton.
Providence County: Central Falls, Cumberland, East Providence, Lincoln, North Providence, North Smithfield, Pawtucket, Providence (part), Smithfield, and Woonsocket.
Voter registration[]
Voter registration and party enrollment as of November 1, 2012[3] | |||||
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Party | Active voters | Inactive voters | Total voters | Percentage | |
Democratic | 156,784 | 11,392 | 168,176 | 40.39% | |
Republican | 71,932 | 3,348 | 75,280 | 18.08% | |
Unaffiliated | 161,327 | 11,299 | 172,626 | 41.46% | |
Minor parties | 301 | 29 | 330 | 0.07% | |
Total | 390,334 | 26,068 | 416,412 | 100% |
Recent presidential elections[]
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Al Gore 62 - George W. Bush 37% |
2004 | President | John Kerry 62 - George W. Bush 37% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 65 - John McCain 33% |
2012 | President | Barack Obama 66 - Mitt Romney 32% |
2016 | President | Hillary Clinton 61 - Donald Trump 35% |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 63 - Donald Trump 34% |
Recent elections[]
2006 election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Patrick Kennedy (incumbent) | 124,634 | 69.20 | +5.14 | |
Republican | Jonathan Scott | 41,836 | 23.23 | -12.57 | |
Independent | Kenneth Capalbo | 13,634 | 7.57 | ||
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 180,104 |
2008 election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Patrick Kennedy (incumbent) | 145,254 | 68.52 | -0.68 | |
Republican | Jonathan Scott | 51,340 | 24.22 | +0.99 | |
Independent | Kenneth Capalbo | 15,108 | 7.13 | -0.44 | |
Independent | Write-in votes | 296 | 0.14 | ||
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 211,998 |
2010 election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline | 81,269 | 50.54 | -17.98 | |
Republican | John Loughlin | 71,542 | 44.49 | +20.27 | |
Independent | Kenneth Capalbo | 6,424 | 3.99 | -3.14 | |
Independent | Gregory Raposa | 1,334 | 1.13 | 0.83 | |
Independent | Write-in votes | 245 | 0.15 | +0.01 | |
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 160,814 |
2012 election[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 108,612 | 52.95 | +2.41 | |
Republican | Brendan Doherty | 83,737 | 40.82 | -3.67 | |
Independent | David Vogel | 12,504 | 6.10 | +2.11 | |
Independent | Write-in votes | 262 | 0.13 | -0.02 | |
Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 205,115 |
2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 87,060 | 59.5 | |
Republican | Cormick Lynch | 58,877 | 40.2 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 416 | 0.3 | |
Total votes | 146,353 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 130,540 | 64.5 | |
Republican | Harold Russell Taub | 71,023 | 35.1 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 814 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 202,371 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 116,099 | 66.7 | |
Republican | Patrick Donovan | 57,567 | 33.1 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 417 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 174,083 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | David Cicilline (incumbent) | 158,550 | 70.8 | ||
Independent | Jeffrey Lemire | 35,457 | 15.8 | ||
Independent | Frederick Wysocki | 28,300 | 12.6 | ||
Write-in | 1,553 | 0.7 | |||
Total votes | 223,860 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
List of members representing the district[]
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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District organized from Rhode Island's At-large congressional district – March 4, 1843 | ||||
Henry Y. Cranston |
Law and Order | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th 29th |
Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Retired. |
Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | |||
Robert B. Cranston | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | Elected in 1847. Retired. |
George Gordon King | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 |
31st 32nd |
Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Lost re-election. |
Thomas Davis | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Elected in 1853. Lost re-election. |
Nathan B. Durfee |
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 | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th | Elected in 1859. Lost re-election. |
William Paine Sheffield |
Union | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | Elected in 1861. Retired. |
Thomas Jenckes |
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. |
Benjamin T. Eames |
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. |
Nelson W. Aldrich |
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 |
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Henry J. Spooner |
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. |
Oscar Lapham |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 |
52nd 53rd |
Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election. |
Melville Bull |
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 |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – February 14, 1909 |
58th 59th 60th 61st |
Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election and died before next term. |
Vacant | February 14, 1909 – March 3, 1909 |
61st | ||
William Paine Sheffield |
Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 |
62nd | Elected in 1908. Lost re-election. |
George F. O'Shaunessy |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919 |
63rd 64th 65th |
Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. |
Clark Burdick |
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. |
Francis Condon |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 10, 1935 |
73rd | Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Resigned to be seated as an Associate Justice of Rhode Island Supreme Court. |
Vacant | January 10, 1935 – August 6, 1935 |
73rd 74th |
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Charles Risk |
Republican | August 6, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
74th | Elected to finish Condon's term. Lost re-election. |
Aime Forand |
Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
75th | Elected in 1936. Lost re-election. |
Charles Risk |
Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
76th | Elected in 1938. Lost re-election. |
Aime Forand |
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 |
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. |
Ronald Machtley |
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. |
Patrick J. Kennedy |
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. |
David Cicilline |
Democratic | January 3, 2011 – Present |
112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. |
Historical district boundaries[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "My Congressional District".
- ^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ "Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of November 1, 2012" (PDF). Rhode Island Board of Election. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2006. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
- ^ "2014 General Election Statewide Summary". Rhode Island Board of Elections. December 3, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
- ^ "2016 General Election Statewide Summary". State of Rhode Island Board of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ "2020 General Election - Statewide Summary". Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
Coordinates: 41°37′50″N 71°19′43″W / 41.63056°N 71.32861°W
Categories:
- Congressional districts of Rhode Island
- Bristol County, Rhode Island
- Newport County, Rhode Island
- Providence County, Rhode Island
- Constituencies established in 1843
- 1843 establishments in Rhode Island