Rhode Island's 1st congressional district

**Rhode Island's 1st congressional district** is a congressional district in Rhode Island. Democrat Gabe Amo is the representative.

## Voter registration

|colspan="6"|Voter registration and party enrollment as of November 1, 2012||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Democratic|style="text-align:center;"|156,784|style="text-align:center;"|11,392|style="text-align:center;"|168,176|style="text-align:center;"|40.39%|
|Republican|style="text-align:center;"|71,932|style="text-align:center;"|3,348|style="text-align:center;"|75,280|style="text-align:center;"|18.08%|
|Unaffiliated|style="text-align:center;"|161,327|style="text-align:center;"|11,299|style="text-align:center;"|172,626|style="text-align:center;"|41.46%|
|Minor parties|style="text-align:center;"|301|style="text-align:center;"|29|style="text-align:center;"|330|style="text-align:center;"|0.07%|

## Recent presidential elections

|colspan="3"|Election results from presidential races|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Year|Office|Results||
|2000|President|align="left"|Al Gore 62 - George W. Bush 37%|
|2004|President|align="left"|John Kerry 62 - George W. Bush 37%|
|2008|President|align="left"|Barack Obama 65 - John McCain 33%|
|2012|President|align="left"|Barack Obama 66 - Mitt Romney 32%|
|2016|President|align="left"|Hillary Clinton 61 - Donald Trump 35%|
|2020|President|align="left"|Joe Biden 64 - Donald Trump 35%|

## List of representatives

|Representative|Party|Years|Cong ress|Electoral history||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="5"|District organized from Rhode Island's At-large congressional district – March 4, 1843|||||||||
|rowspan="2" align="left"|**Henry Y. Cranston**|Law and Order|nowrap=""|March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Retired.||
||Whig|nowrap=""|March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847|||||||
|align="left"|**Robert B. Cranston**||Whig|nowrap=""|March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849||Elected in 1847. Retired.|||
|align="left"|**George Gordon King**||Whig|nowrap=""|March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853||Elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Lost re-election.|||
|align="left"|**Thomas Davis**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855||Elected in 1853. Lost re-election.|||
|rowspan="2" align="left"|**Nathan B. Durfee**||American|nowrap=""|March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Retired.|
||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859|||||||
|align="left"|**Christopher Robinson**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861||Elected in 1859. Lost re-election.|||
|align="left"|**William Paine Sheffield**||Union|nowrap=""|March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863||Elected in 1861. Retired.|||
|align="left"|**Thomas Jenckes**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871||Elected in 1863. Re-elected in 1865. Re-elected in 1867. Re-elected in 1868. Lost re-election.|||
|align="left"|**Benjamin T. Eames**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1879||Elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Retired.|||
|align="left"|**Nelson W. Aldrich**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1879 – October 4, 1881|rowspan="2"||Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Resigned when elected U.S. senator.||
|colspan="2"|_Vacant_|nowrap=""|October 4, 1881 – December 5, 1881|||||||
|align="left"|**Henry J. Spooner**||Republican|nowrap=""|December 5, 1881 – March 3, 1891||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.|||
|align="left"|**Oscar Lapham**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895||Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.|||
|align="left"|**Melville Bull**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903||Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Lost re-election.|||
|align="left"|**Daniel L.D. Granger**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1903 – February 14, 1909||Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election and died before next term.|||
|colspan="2"|_Vacant_|nowrap=""|February 14, 1909 – March 3, 1909|||||||
|align="left"|**William Paine Sheffield**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911||Elected in 1908. Lost re-election.|||
|align="left"|**George F. O'Shaunessy**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919||Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.|||
|align="left"|**Clark Burdick**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933||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.|||
|align="left"|**Francis Condon**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1933 – January 10, 1935||Redistricted from the  and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Resigned to be seated as an Associate Justice of Rhode Island Supreme Court.|||
|colspan="2"|_Vacant_|nowrap=""|January 10, 1935 – August 6, 1935|||||||
|align="left"|**Charles Risk**||Republican|nowrap=""|August 6, 1935 – January 3, 1937||Elected to finish Condon's term. Lost re-election.|||
|align="left"|**Aime Forand**||Democratic|nowrap=""|January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939||Elected in 1936. Lost re-election.|||
|align="left"|**Charles Risk**||Republican|nowrap=""|January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941||Elected in 1938. Lost re-election.|||
|align="left"|**Aime Forand**||Democratic|nowrap=""|January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1961||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.|||
|align="left"|**Fernand St. Germain**||Democratic|nowrap=""|January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1989||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.|||
|align="left"|**Ronald Machtley**||Republican|nowrap=""|January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995||Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired to run for governor.|||
|align="left"|**Patrick J. Kennedy**||Democratic|nowrap=""|January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2011||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.|||
|align="left"|**David Cicilline**||Democratic|nowrap=""|January 3, 2011 – May 31, 2023||Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Resigned.|||
|colspan=2|_Vacant_|nowrap|May 31, 2023 – November 13, 2023|||||||
|align=left|**Gabe Amo**||Democratic|nowrap|November 13, 2023 – present||Elected to finish Cicilline's term.|||

## Infobox (u.s. congressional district)

- **state**: Rhode Island
- **district number**: 1
- **image caption**: Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
- **representative**: Gabe Amo
- **party**: Democratic
- **residence**: Providence
- **percent urban**: 96.97
- **percent rural**: 3.03
- **population**: 543,189
- **population year**: 2022
- **median income**: $78,966
- **percent white**: 68.8
- **percent hispanic**: 14.7
- **percent black**: 9.0
- **percent asian**: 3.4
- **percent more than one race**: 2.6
- **percent other race**: 1.5
- **cpvi**: D+12