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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Rhode Island:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's candidate received the state's electoral votes.
For a particular year, the noted partisan composition is that which either took office during that year or which maintained the office throughout the entire year. Only changes made outside of regularly scheduled elections are noted as affecting the partisan composition during a particular year. Shading is determined by the final result of any mid-cycle changes in partisan affiliation.
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||
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| Governor | Lieutenant Governor |
Secretary of State |
Attorney General |
Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House (District 1) |
U.S. House (District 2) | ||
| 1775 | Nicholas Cooke (I) | William Bradford (F) | Henry Ward | Henry Marchant (I) | Joseph Clarke (AA)[a] | [?] | [?] | no election | none | |||
| 1776 | ||||||||||||
| 1777 | William Channing (C) | |||||||||||
| 1778 | William Greene (I) | Jabez Bowen (F) | ||||||||||
| 1779 | ||||||||||||
| 1780 | William West (C) | |||||||||||
| 1781 | Jabez Bowen (F) | |||||||||||
| 1782 | ||||||||||||
| 1783 | ||||||||||||
| 1784 | ||||||||||||
| 1785 | ||||||||||||
| 1786 | John Collins (DR) | Daniel Owen (PA) | ||||||||||
| 1787 | Henry Goodwin (C) | |||||||||||
| 1788 | ||||||||||||
| 1789 | David Howell (PA) | |||||||||||
| 1790 | Arthur Fenner (C) | Samuel J. Potter (C) | Daniel Updike | Theodore Foster (PA) | Joseph Stanton Jr. (AA) | Benjamin Bourne (PA) | ||||||
| 1791 | William Channing (C) | |||||||||||
| 1792 | Washington/ Adams (I) 
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| 1793 | Henry Sherburne (F) | William Bradford (PA) | Benjamin Bourne (PA) | Francis Malbone (PA) | ||||||||
| 1794 | Ray Greene (F) | |||||||||||
| 1795 | Theodore Foster (F) | William Bradford (F) | Benjamin Bourne (F) | Francis Malbone (F) | ||||||||
| 1796 | Elisha Reynolds Potter (F) | Adams/ Pinckney (F)
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| 1797 | James Burrill Jr. (F) | Ray Greene (F) | Thomas Tillinghast (F) | Christopher G. Champlin (F) | ||||||||
| 1798 | Samuel Eddy (DR) | |||||||||||
| 1799 | George Brown | John Brown (F) | ||||||||||
| 1800 | Samuel J. Potter (DR) | Adams/ Pinckney (F) 
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| 1801 | 10DR | 48DR, 22F | Christopher Ellery (DR) | Thomas Tillinghast (DR) | Joseph Stanton Jr. (DR) | |||||||
| 1802 | DR majority | DR majority | ||||||||||
| 1803 | Paul Mumford (I) | DR majority | 50DR, 20F | Samuel J. Potter (DR) | Nehemiah Knight (DR) | |||||||
| 1804 | 10DR | 54DR, 16F | Benjamin Howland (DR) | Jefferson/ G. Clinton (DR)
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| 1805 | Henry Smith (C) | 48DR, 22F | James Fenner (DR) | |||||||||
| 46DR, 24F | ||||||||||||
| 1806 | Isaac Wilbour (C) | vacant | DR majority | 54DR, 16F | ||||||||
| 46DR, 24F | ||||||||||||
| 1807 | James Fenner (DR) | Constant Taber (DR) | F majority[b] | F majority[b] | Elisha Mathewson (DR) | Richard Jackson Jr. (F) | Isaac Wilbour (DR) | |||||
| 1808 | Simeon Martin | Constant Taber (DR) | 10F[b] | 38F, 34DR | Pinckney/ King (F)
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| 40F, 32DR | ||||||||||||
| 1809 | 8F, 2DR | 47F, 25DR | Francis Malbone (F) | Elisha Reynolds Potter (F) | ||||||||
| 40F, 32DR | ||||||||||||
| 1810 | Isaac Wilbour (DR) | DR majority | 38DR, 34F | Christopher G. Champlin (F) | ||||||||
| 38F, 34DR | ||||||||||||
| 1811 | William Jones (F) | Simeon Martin | William Ennis (F) | 10F | 40F, 32DR | |||||||
| 1812 | 40F, 32DR | William Hunter (F) | Jeremiah B. Howell (DR) | D. Clinton/ Ingersoll (F)
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| 1813 | F majority | F majority | ||||||||||
| 1814 | Samuel W. Bridgham (F) | F majority | 49F, 23DR | |||||||||
| 1815 | 10F | 47F, 25DR | John Linscom Boss Jr. (F) | James Brown Mason (F) | ||||||||
| 1816 | Jeremiah Thurston (F) | 48F, 24DR | Monroe/ Tompkins (DR)
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| 1817 | Nehemiah R. Knight (DR) | Edward Wilcox (DR) | Henry Bowen (DR) | Thomas G. Pitman (D) | 10DR | 49F, 23DR | ||||||
| 39F, 33DR | ||||||||||||
| 1818 | 37DR, 35F | James Burrill Jr. (F) | ||||||||||
| 1819 | Henry Bowen (W) | Dutee Jerauld Pearce (DR) | 40DR, 32F | Samuel Eddy (DR) | Nathaniel Hazard (DR) | |||||||
| 1820 | DR majority | 48DR, 24F | ||||||||||
| 1821 | William C. Gibbs (DR) | Caleb Earle (DR) | DR majority | DR majority | James DeWolf (DR) | Nehemiah R. Knight (DR) | Job Durfee (DR) | |||||
| F majority | ||||||||||||
| 1822 | DR majority | 36DR, 36F[c] | ||||||||||
| F majority | ||||||||||||
| 1823 | DR majority | F majority | ||||||||||
| 1824 | James Fenner (DR) | Charles Collins (DR) | NR majority | NR majority | Adams/ Calhoun (DR)
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| 1825 | Albert C. Greene (W) | NR majority | NR majority | James DeWolf (NR) | Nehemiah R. Knight (NR) | Tristam Burges (NR) | Dutee Jerauld Pearce (NR) | |||||
| Asher Robbins (NR) | ||||||||||||
| 1826 | NR majority | NR majority | ||||||||||
| 1827 | NR majority | NR majority | ||||||||||
| 1828 | NR majority | NR majority | Adams/ Rush (NR)
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| 1829 | NR majority | NR majority | ||||||||||
| 1830 | NR majority | NR majority | ||||||||||
| 1831 | Lemuel H. Arnold (W) | 10NR | 44NR, 26J, 2? | |||||||||
| 1832 | 6NR, 4 vac. | NR majority | Clay/ Sergeant (NR)
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| A-M/D coalition | ||||||||||||
| 1833 | John Brown Francis (D) | Jeffrey Hazard (D) | 8D, 2NR | A-M/D coalition[d] | Dutee Jerauld Pearce (A-M) | |||||||
| 1834 | 8D, 1W, 1 vac. | 39W, 28D, 1A-M, 4? | ||||||||||
| 39W, 20D, 5A-M, 8? | ||||||||||||
| 1835 | George Engs (W) | 4W, 4D, 2 vac. | 37W, 35D | William Sprague III (A-M) | ||||||||
| 1836 | Jeffrey Hazard (D) | 10D | 33W, 31D, 8? | Van Buren/ Johnson (D)
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| 40D, 32W | ||||||||||||
| 1837 | Benjamin Babock Thurston (D) | D majority | Asher Robbins (W) | Nehemiah R. Knight (W) | Robert B. Cranston (W) | Joseph L. Tillinghast (W) | ||||||
| W majority | ||||||||||||
| 1838 | William Sprague III (D) | Joseph Childs (W) | 10W | 44W, 28D | ||||||||
| 45W, 27D | ||||||||||||
| 1839 | Samuel Ward King (LO) | John Sterne (W) | 40W, 32D | Nathan F. Dixon I (W) | ||||||||
| 45W, 26D, 1? | ||||||||||||
| 1840 | Byron Diman (LO) | Stephen Cahoone (LO) | 52W, 20D | Harrison/ Tyler (W)
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| 48W, 24D | ||||||||||||
| 1841 | 55W, 17D | James F. Simmons (W) | ||||||||||
| 1842 | Thomas Wilson Dorr (Reb)[e] | Nathaniel Bullock (D) | 10LO | 62LO, 10D[f] | ||||||||
| 1843 | James Fenner (LO) | Byron Diman (LO) | Joseph Blake (LO) | 24LO, 7D | 50W, 19D[g] | William Sprague III (W) | Henry Y. Cranston (LO) | Elisha R. Potter (LO) | ||||
| 1844 | 24W, 7D | 56W, 13D | Clay/ Frelinghuysen (W)
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| 1845 | Charles Jackson (W/Lib) | 21W, 10D | 42W, 27D | John Brown Francis (LO) | Henry Y. Cranston (W) | Lemuel H. Arnold (W) | ||||||
| 1846 | Byron Diman (LO) | Elisha Harris (W) | 20W, 11Lib[h] | 44W, 25Lib[h] | Albert C. Greene (W) | |||||||
| 1847 | Elisha Harris (W) | Edward W. Lawton (W) | 22W, 7D, 2 vac. | 48W, 20D, 1? | John Hopkins Clarke (W) | Robert B. Cranston (W) | Benjamin Babock Thurston (D) | |||||
| 1848 | 20W, 11D | 43W, 26D | Taylor/ Fillmore (W)
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| 1849 | Henry B. Anthony (W) | Thomas Whipple (W) | Christopher E. Robbins (W) | 19W, 11D, 1FS | 43W, 23D, 1FS, 2 vac. | George Gordon King (W) | Nathan F. Dixon II (W) | |||||
| 1850 | 19W, 12D | 45W, 24D | ||||||||||
| 1851 | Philip Allen (D)[i] | William Beach Lawrence (D) | Asa Potter (D) | Walter S. Burges (D) | Edwin Wilbur (D) | 17D, 14W | 37W, 35D | Charles Tillinghast James (D) | Benjamin Babock Thurston (D) | |||
| 1852 | Samuel G. Arnold (D) | 17W, 14D | 40W, 30D | Pierce/ King (D)
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| 1853 | Francis M. Dimond (D) | 17D, 14W | 46D, 26W | Philip Allen (D) | Thomas Davis (D) | |||||||
| 1854 | William W. Hoppin (W) | John J. Reynolds (W) | William R. Watson (W) | Christopher Robinson (W) | Samuel B. Vernon (W) | 18W, 13D | 41W, 31D | |||||
| 1855 | Anderson C. Rose (KN) | John Russell Bartlett (R) | Charles Hart (R) | Samuel A. Parker (R) | 29KN, 2D | 69KN, 3D | Nathan B. Durfee (KN) | Benjamin Babock Thurston (KN) | ||||
| 1856 | Nicholas Brown III (KN) | 23R, 8D | 55R, 17D | Frémont/ Dayton (R)
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| 1857 | Elisha Dyer (R) | Thomas Turner (R) | 29R, 3D | 65R, 7D | James F. Simmons (R) | Nathan B. Durfee (R) | William Daniel Brayton (R) | |||||
| 1858 | Jerome Kimball (R) | 30R, 2D | 67R, 4D, 1? | |||||||||
| 1859 | Thomas G. Turner (R) | Isaac Saunders (KN) | 27R, 5D | 62R, 9D, 1? | Henry B. Anthony (R) | Christopher Robinson (R) | ||||||
| 1860 | William Sprague IV (U) | J. Russell Bullock (U) | Walter S. Burges (D) | 17R, 15U | 42U, 29R, 1? | Lincoln/ Hamlin (R)
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| 1861 | Samuel G. Arnold (U) | 18U, 14R | 47U, 25R | William Paine Sheffield Sr. (U) | George H. Browne (CU) | |||||||
| 1862 | 19U, 12R, 1? | |||||||||||
| 1863 | William C. Cozzens (D) | Seth Padelford (R) | Abraham Payne (R) | 22R, 11U | 50U, 22R | Samuel G. Arnold (R) | Thomas Jenckes (R) | Nathan F. Dixon II (R) | ||||
| 1864 | James Y. Smith (R) | Horatio Rogers Jr. (R) | 21R, 12D | 54R, 18D | William Sprague IV (R) | Lincoln/ Johnson (NU)
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| 1865 | Duncan Pell (D) | 23R, 9D, 1? | ||||||||||
| 1866 | Ambrose Burnside (R) | William Greene (R) | George W. Tew (R) | 28R, 5D | 65R, 7D | |||||||
| 1867 | Willard Sayles (R) | 28R, 6D | ||||||||||
| 1868 | Pardon Stevens | Samuel A. Parker (R) | 29R, 5D | Grant/ Colfax (R)
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| 1869 | Seth Padelford (R) | 27R, 6D, 1? | 61R, 11D | |||||||||
| 1870 | 25R, 9D | 54R, 18D | ||||||||||
| 1871 | 27R, 9D | 55R, 17D | Benjamin T. Eames (R) | James M. Pendleton (R) | ||||||||
| 1872 | Charles Cutler (D) | Joshua M. Addeman (R) | Samuel Clark (R) | 26R, 10D | 56R, 16D | Grant/ Wilson (R)
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| 1873 | Henry Howard (R) | Charles C. Van Zandt (R) | 25R, 11D | |||||||||
| 1874 | 28R, 8D | 55R, 17D | ||||||||||
| 1875 | Henry Lippitt (R) | Henry Tillinghast Sisson (R) | 26R, 10D | 59R, 13D | Ambrose Burnside (R) | Latimer Whipple Ballou (R) | ||||||
| 1876 | 62R, 10D | Hayes/ Wheeler (R)
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| 1877 | Charles C. Van Zandt (R) | Albert Howard (Proh) | 28R, 8D | 54R, 18D | ||||||||
| 1878 | 25R, 11D | 55R, 17D | ||||||||||
| 1879 | 28R, 8D | 54R, 18D | Nelson W. Aldrich (R) | |||||||||
| 1880 | Alfred H. Littlefield (R) | Henry Fay (R) | 27R, 9D | 60R, 12D | Garfield/ Arthur (R)
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| 1881 | 28R, 8D | 64R, 8D | Nelson W. Aldrich (R) | Jonathan Chace (R) | ||||||||
| 1882 | Samuel P. Colt (R) | 34R, 3D | 65R, 7D | Henry J. Spooner (R) | ||||||||
| 1883 | Augustus O. Bourn (R) | Oscar Rathbun (R) | 55R, 17D | |||||||||
| 1884 | 28R, 8D | 57R, 15D | William Paine Sheffield Sr. (R) | Blaine/ Logan (R)
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| 1885 | George P. Wetmore (R) | Lucius B. Darling (R) | 29R, 7D | 64R, 7D, 1Proh | Jonathan Chace (R) | Nathan F. Dixon III (R) | ||||||
| 1886 | Edwin Metcalf (Proh) | 29R, 6D, 1Proh | 65R, 6D, 1Proh | William A. Pirce (R) | ||||||||
| 1887 | John W. Davis (D) | Samuel R. Honey (D) | Edwin D. McGuinness (D) | Ziba O. Slocum (D) | John G. Perry (D) | 20R, 16D | 40D, 30R, 2Proh | Charles H. Page (D) | ||||
| 1888 | Royal C. Taft (R) | Enos Lapham (R) | Samuel H. Cross | Horatio Rogers Jr. (R) | Samuel Clark (R) | 31R, 5D | 60R, 11D, 1Proh | Warren O. Arnold (R) | Harrison/ Morton (R)
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| 1889 | Herbert W. Ladd (R) | Daniel Littlefield (R) | Ziba O. Slocum (D) | 25R, 11D | 39D, 33R | Nathan F. Dixon III (R) | ||||||
| 1890 | John W. Davis (D) | William Wardwell (D) | Edwin D. McGuinness (D) | John G. Perry (D) | 23R, 13D | 43D, 29R | ||||||
| 1891 | Herbert W. Ladd (R) | Henry A. Stearns (R) | George H. Utter (R) | Robert W. Burbank (R) | Samuel Clark (R)[a] | 27R, 9D | 51R, 21D | Oscar Lapham (D) | ||||
| 1892 | Daniel Russell Brown (R) | Melville Bull (R) | 43R, 29D | Charles H. Page (D) | Harrison/ Reid (R)
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| 1893 | 22R, 14D | 40D, 32R | ||||||||||
| 1894 | Edwin Allen (R) | Charles P. Bennett (R) | Edward C. Dubois (R) | 34R, 2D | 69R, 3D | Warren O. Arnold (R) | ||||||
| 1895 | Charles W. Lippitt (R) | 34R, 3D | 66R, 6D | George P. Wetmore (R) | Melville Bull (R) | |||||||
| 1896 | 35R, 2D | 68R, 4D | McKinley/ Hobart (R)
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| 1897 | Elisha Dyer Jr. (R) | Aram J. Pothier (R) | Willard B. Tanner (R) | 33R, 4D | 53R, 19D | |||||||
| 1898 | William Gregory (R) | Clinton D. Sellew (R) | 65R, 7D | Adin B. Capron (R) | ||||||||
| Walter A. Read (R)[a] | ||||||||||||
| 1899 | 31R, 6D | 58R, 13D, 1Proh | ||||||||||
| 1900 | William Gregory (R)[a] | Charles D. Kimball (R) | 34R, 3D[j] | 60R, 12D[j] | McKinley/ Roosevelt (R)
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| 1901 | ||||||||||||
| 1902 | Charles D. Kimball (R)[k] | George L. Shepley (R) | Charles F. Stearns (R) | 30R, 8D | 53R, 18D, 1I | |||||||
| 1903 | Lucius F. C. Garvin (D) | Adelard Archambault (D) | 27R, 11D | 37R, 35D | Daniel L. D. Granger (D) | |||||||
| 1904 | George H. Utter (R) | 27R, 10D, 1I | 39R, 32D, 1I | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R)
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| 1905 | George H. Utter (R) | Frederick H. Jackson (R) | William B. Greenough (R) | 30R, 7D, 1I | 62R, 8D, 2I | |||||||
| 1906 | 33R, 5D | 60R, 12D | ||||||||||
| 1907 | James H. Higgins (D) | 29R, 8D, 1Cit | 37R, 34D, 1I | |||||||||
| 1908 | Ralph Watrous (R) | 26R, 11D, 1Cit | 42R, 29D, 1Cit | Taft/ Sherman (R)
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| 1909 | Aram J. Pothier (R) | Arthur Dennis (R) | 31R, 6D, 1Cit | 64R, 6D, 1Cit, 1Proh | William Paine Sheffield Jr. (R) | |||||||
| 1910 | Zenas W. Bliss (R) | J. Fred Parker (R) | 29R, 6D, 3Cit | 64R, 6D, 2Cit | ||||||||
| 1911 | 25R, 13D | 62R, 38D | Henry F. Lippitt (R) | George F. O'Shaunessy (D) | George H. Utter (R) | |||||||
| 1912 | Herbert A. Rice (R) | 33R, 5D | 71R, 28D, 1Soc | Wilson/ Marshall (D)
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| 1913 | Roswell Burchard (R) | 28R, 10D | 54R, 45D, 1Prog | 2D, 1R | ||||||||
| 1914 | LeBaron B. Colt (R) | |||||||||||
| 1915 | Robert Livingston Beeckman (R) | Emery J. San Souci (R) | 35R, 3D, 1I | 70R, 29D, 1Prog | 2R, 1D | |||||||
| 1916 | Hughes/ Fairbanks (R)
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| 1917 | 25R, 13D, 1I | 65R, 34D, 1Pg | Peter G. Gerry (D) | |||||||||
| 1918 | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | Richard W. Jennings (R) | 31R, 8D | 67R, 33D | 3R | ||||||||
| 1920 | Harding/ Coolidge (R)
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| 1921 | Emery J. San Souci (R) | Harold Gross (R) | 32R, 6D, 1Cit | 75R, 23D, 1I, 1? | ||||||||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | William S. Flynn (D) | Felix Toupin (D) | Herbert L. Carpenter (D) | Adolphus C. Knowles (R) | 20R, 16D, 3I | 50R, 48D, 2DI | 2R, 1D | |||||
| 1924 | Ernest L. Sprague (R) | Jesse H. Metcalf (R) | Coolidge/ Dawes (R)
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| 1925 | Aram J. Pothier (R)[a] | Nathaniel W. Smith (R) | Charles P. Sisson (R)[l] | Richard W. Jennings (R) | 33R, 6D | 67R, 33D | ||||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Norman S. Case (R)[k] | George C. Clark (R) | 34R, 5D | 75R, 25D | 3R | |||||||
| 1928 | Norman S. Case (R)[k] | vacant | Smith/ Robinson (D)
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| 1929 | James G. Connelly (R) | Oscar L. Heltzen (R)[m] | 29R, 10D | 61R, 39D | Felix Hebert (R) | 2R, 1D | ||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | Benjamin M. McLyman (R) | 31R, 11D | 62R, 38D | |||||||||
| 1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D)
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| 1933 | Theodore F. Green (D) | Robert E. Quinn (D) | Louis W. Cappelli (D) | John Patrick Hartigan (D) | Antonio Prince (D)[n] | 27R, 15D | 51R, 49D | Francis Condon (D) | John Matthew O'Connell (D) | |||
| 1934 | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | 22D, 20R | 57D, 43R | Peter G. Gerry (D) | Charles Risk (R) | ||||||||
| 1936 | Percival de St. Aubin (R) | |||||||||||
| 1937 | Robert E. Quinn (D) | Raymond E. Jordan (D) | Henri A. Roberge (D) | 27R, 15D | 54D, 46R | Theodore F. Green (D) | Aime Forand (D) | |||||
| 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | William Vanderbilt (R) | James O. McManus (R) | J. Hector Paquin (R) | Louis V. Jackvony (R) | Thomas P. Hazard (R) | 34R, 10D | 61R, 39D | Charles Risk (R) | Harry Sandager (R) | |||
| 1940 | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D)
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| 1941 | J. Howard McGrath (D)[o] | Louis W. Cappelli (D) | Armand H. Cote (D) | John H. Nolan (D) | Russell H. Handy (D) | 25R, 19D | 59D, 41R | Aime Forand (D) | John E. Fogarty (D) | |||
| 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | 26R, 18D | 58D, 42R | ||||||||||
| 1944 | Roosevelt/ Truman (D)
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| 1945 | John Pastore (D) | 24R, 20D | 67D, 33R | |||||||||
| 1946 | John Pastore (D)[k][p] | vacant | ||||||||||
| 1947 | John S. McKiernan (D) | 28R, 16D | 56D, 44R | J. Howard McGrath (D) | ||||||||
| 1948 | Truman/ Barkley (D)
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| 1949 | William E. Powers (D) | Raymond Hawksley (D) | 22R, 22D | 64D, 36R | Edward L. Leahy (D) | |||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||||||
| John S. McKiernan (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | Dennis J. Roberts (D) | 23R, 21D | 67D, 33R | John Pastore (D) | ||||||||
| 1952 | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R)
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| 1953 | 26R, 18D | 58D, 42R | ||||||||||
| 1954 | ||||||||||||
| 1955 | 22R, 22D | 67D, 33R | ||||||||||
| 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | Armand H. Cote (D) | John A. Notte Jr. (D) | 25R, 19D | 64D, 36R | ||||||||
| 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | Christopher Del Sesto (R) | John A. Notte Jr. (D) | August P. LaFrance (D) | J. Joseph Nugent (D) | 23D, 21R | 71D, 29R | ||||||
| 1960 | Kennedy/ Johnson (D)
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| 1961 | John A. Notte Jr. (D) | Edward P. Gallogly (D) | 28D, 16R | 80D, 20R | Claiborne Pell (D) | Fernand St Germain (D) | ||||||
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| 1963 | John Chafee (R) | 27D, 19R | 74D, 26R | |||||||||
| 1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey (D)
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| 1965 | Giovanni Folcarelli (D) | 30D, 15R, 1I | 76D, 24R | |||||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | Joseph O'Donnell Jr. (R) | Herbert F. DeSimone (R) | 35D, 15R | 67D, 33R | Robert Tiernan (D) | |||||||
| 1968 | Humphrey/ Muskie (D)
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| 1969 | Frank Licht (D) | J. Joseph Garrahy (D) | 37D, 13R | 76D, 24R | ||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | Richard J. Israel (R) | 41D, 9R | 75D, 24R, 1I | |||||||||
| 1972 | Nixon/ Agnew (R)
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| 1973 | Philip Noel (D) | Robert F. Burns (D) | 37D, 13R | 75D, 25R | ||||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | Julius C. Michaelson (D) | 46D, 4R | 86D, 14R | Edward Beard (D) | ||||||||
| 1976 | Carter/ Mondale (D)
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| 1977 | J. Joseph Garrahy (D) | Thomas R. DiLuglio (D) | Anthony J. Solomon (D) | 45D, 5R | 83D, 17R | John Chafee (R) | ||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | Dennis J. Roberts II (D) | 84D, 16R | ||||||||||
| 1980 | Carter/ Mondale (D)
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| 1981 | 43D, 7R | 82D, 18R | Claudine Schneider (R) | |||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | Susan Farmer (R) | 86D, 14R | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 29D, 21R[q] | Reagan/ Bush (R)
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| 1985 | Edward D. DiPrete (R) | Richard A. Licht (D) | Arlene Violet (R) | Roger N. Begin (D) | 36D, 14R | 76D, 23R, 1I | ||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | Kathleen S. Connell (D) | James E. O'Neil (D) | 38D, 12R | 80D, 20R | ||||||||
| 1988 | Dukakis/ Bentsen (D)
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| 1989 | Roger N. Begin (D) | Anthony J. Solomon (D) | 41D, 9R | 86D, 14R | Ronald Machtley (R) | |||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | Bruce Sundlun (D) | 45D, 5R | 89D, 11R | Jack Reed (D) | ||||||||
| 1992 | Clinton/ Gore (D)
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| 1993 | Robert Weygand (D) | Barbara Leonard (R) | Jeffrey B. Pine (R) | Nancy Mayer (R) | 39D, 11R | 85D, 15R | ||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | Lincoln Almond (R) | James Langevin (D) | 40D, 10R | 84D, 16R | Patrick J. Kennedy (D) | |||||||
| 1996 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | Bernard Jackvony (R) | 41D, 9R | Jack Reed (D) | Robert Weygand (D) | ||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | Charles Fogarty (D) | Sheldon Whitehouse (D) | Paul J. Tavares (D) | 42D, 8R | 86D, 13R, 1I | |||||||
| 2000 | Lincoln Chafee (R)[r] | Gore/ Lieberman (D)
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| 2001 | Ed Inman (I) | 44D, 6R | 85D, 15R | James Langevin (D) | ||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Donald Carcieri (R) | Matt Brown (D) | Patrick Lynch (D) | 32D, 6R | 63D, 11R, 1I | |||||||
| 2004 | Kerry/ Edwards (D)
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| 2005 | 33D, 5R | 59D, 16R | ||||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Elizabeth H. Roberts (D) | Ralph Mollis (D) | Frank T. Caprio (D) | 60D, 15R | Sheldon Whitehouse (D) | |||||||
| 2008 | Obama/ Biden (D)
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| 2009 | 33D, 4R, 1I | 69D, 6R | ||||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | Lincoln Chafee (I) | Peter Kilmartin (D) | Gina Raimondo (D) | 29D, 8R, 1I | 65D, 10R | David Cicilline (D) | ||||||
| 2012 | 65D, 9R, 1L[s] | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 32D, 5R, 1I | 69D, 6R | ||||||||||
| Lincoln Chafee (D) | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Gina Raimondo (D) | Dan McKee (D) | Nellie Gorbea (D) | Seth Magaziner (D) | 63D, 11R, 1I | |||||||
| 2016 | 62D, 12R, 1I[t] | Clinton/ Kaine (D)
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| 2017 | 33D, 5R | 64D, 11R[u] | ||||||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Peter Neronha (D) | 66D, 9R | ||||||||||
| 2020 | Biden/ Harris (D)
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| 2021 | 65D, 10R | |||||||||||
| Dan McKee (D)[k] | Sabina Matos (D)[m] | |||||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | Gregg Amore (D) | James Diossa (D) | 65D, 9R, 1I | Seth Magaziner (D) | ||||||||
| 2024 | Gabe Amo (D) | [to be determined] | ||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor |
Secretary of State |
Attorney General |
Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
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U.S. House (District 2) |
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- ^ a b c d e Died in office.
- ^ a b c Officially under the Union Party banner.[1]
- ^ A Democratic-Republican, Elisha Mathewson, was elected Speaker.
- ^ A coalition of Democrats, Anti-Masons, and some Whigs, led by Anti-Mason William Sprague III, gained control of the House in the August elections, and held them through 1834.[2]
- ^ Extralegal, as part of the Dorr Rebellion. Term was concurrent with latter part of that of Samuel Ward King.
- ^ The Law and Order Party maintained their majority in the August elections.
- ^ The Constitution of 1843 established annual House elections in April, eliminating the elections previously held in August.
- ^ a b The Democrats in the 1846 election ran as the Liberation Party, which supported amnesty for those convicted for participating in the Dorr Rebellion.
- ^ Resigned on July 20, 1853, to become a U.S. Senator, and replaced by Lt. Gov. Dimond until the end of the term.
- ^ a b An Amendment to the Rhode Island Constitution moved elections from April to November, so the Legislature elected in April 1900 served what became essentially a two-year term.
- ^ a b c d e Assumed office following death or resignation of predecessor.
- ^ Resigned.
- ^ a b Initially appointed to fill a vacancy.
- ^ Resigned May 22, 1936, to become Postmaster of Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
- ^ Resigned to become U.S. Solicitor General.
- ^ Resigned on Dec. 18, 1950, to become a U.S. Senator.
- ^ Due to legal issues with reapportionment, the state senate election was delayed until June 21, 1983.
- ^ Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
- ^ Daniel P. Gordon of House District 71 switched his affiliation from Republican to Libertarian on September 22, 2011.
- ^ Rep. Karen MacBeth switched parties from Democratic to Republican.[3]
- ^ Rep. Blake Filippi switched parties from Independent to Republican before the start of session.[4]