Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District

Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Rhode Island's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Seth Magaziner (Democrat) currently represents Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District. See Seth Magaziner's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District:

• James Langevin — Democrat (until 2023)
• Robert Weygand — Democrat (until 2001)
• Claudine Schneider — Republican (until 1991)
• Edward Beard — Democrat (until 1981)
• Robert Tiernan — Democrat (until 1975)
• John Fogarty — Democrat (until 1969)
• Harry Sandager — Republican (until 1941)
• John O’Connell — Democrat (until 1939)
• Richard Aldrich — Republican (until 1933)
• Walter Stiness — Republican (until 1923)

Rhode Island U.S. Senators

• Sheldon Whitehouse — Democrat Senator
• John Reed — Democrat Senator
• Lincoln Chafee — Republican Senator
• John Chafee — Republican Senator
• Claiborne Pell — Democrat Senator
• John Pastore — Democrat Senator
• Theodore Green — Democrat Senator
• Edward Leahy — Democrat Senator
• James McGrath — Democrat Senator
• Peter Gerry — Democrat Senator
• Jesse Metcalf — Republican Senator
• Felix Hebert — Republican Senator
• LeBaron Colt — Republican Senator
• Henry Lippitt — Republican Senator
• George Wetmore — Republican Senator
• Nelson Aldrich — Republican Senator
• Nathan Dixon — Republican Senator
• Jonathan Chace — Republican Senator
• William Sheffield — Republican Senator
• Henry Anthony — Republican Senator
• Ambrose Burnside — Republican Senator
• William Sprague — Liberal Republican Senator
• Samuel Arnold — Republican Senator
• James Simmons — Republican Senator
• Philip Allen — Democrat Senator
• Charles James — Democrat Senator
• John Clarke — Whig Senator
• Albert Greene — Whig Senator
• John Francis — Law and Order Senator
• William Sprague — Whig Senator
• Nathan Dixon — Whig Senator
• Nehemiah Knight — Whig Senator
• Asher Robbins — Whig Senator
• James De Wolf — Republican Senator
• James Burrill — Federalist Senator
• William Hunter — Federalist Senator
• Jeremiah Howell — Republican Senator
• Christopher Champlin — Federalist Senator
• Elisha Mathewson — Republican Senator
• Francis Malbone — Federalist Senator
• Benjamin Howland — Republican Senator
• James Fenner — Republican Senator
• Christopher Ellery — Republican Senator
• Samuel Potter — Republican Senator
• Theodore Foster — Republican Senator
• Ray Greene — Federalist Senator
• William Bradford — Federalist Senator

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