Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district

Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in southern and western Rhode Island. The district is currently represented by Democrat James Langevin, who has represented the district since January 2001.

"RI-2" redirects here. RI-2 may also refer to Rhode Island Route 2.

Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district
Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	James Langevin D–Warwick
Distribution	84.5% urban 15.5% rural
Population (2017)	520,389
Median income	$69,702[1]
Ethnicity	86.7% white 12.5% Hispanic 4.3% black 3.6% Asian 2.7% other 0.5% Native American
Cook PVI	D+3[2]

Cities and towns currently in the district

The district includes:

• the following communities in Providence County:
  • Burrillville, Cranston, Foster, Glocester, Johnston, Providence (Precincts 2809-2812, 2840–2842, 2845–2846, 2851–2897, 8100-8102) and Scituate,
• all of Kent County
• all of Washington County

Recent presidential elections

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Al Gore 63 - George W. Bush 31%
2004	President	John Kerry 57 - George W. Bush 41%
2008	President	Barack Obama 61 - John McCain 37%
2012	President	Barack Obama 60 - Mitt Romney 38%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 51 - Donald Trump 44%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District organized from Rhode Island's At-large congressional district in 1843
Elisha R. Potter	Law and Order	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Lemuel H. Arnold	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Benjamin Babock Thurston	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Nathan F. Dixon	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin Babock Thurston	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd 34th	[data unknown/missing]
	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857		[data unknown/missing] Retired.
William Daniel Brayton	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
George H. Browne	Democratic/ Constitutional Union	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Nathan F. Dixon	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871	38th 39th 40th 41st	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
James M. Pendleton	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Latimer Whipple Ballou	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	44th 45th 46th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Jonathan Chace	Republican	March 4, 1881 – January 26, 1885	47th 48th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become U.S. Senator.
Vacant		January 26, 1885 – February 12, 1885
Nathan F. Dixon, III	Republican	February 12, 1885 – March 3, 1885	49th	Elected to finish Chace's term. [data unknown/missing]
William Almy Pirce	Republican	March 4, 1885 – January 25, 1887	49th 50th	Seat declared vacant due to election irregularities.
Vacant		January 25, 1887 – February 21, 1887
Charles H. Page	Democratic	February 21, 1887 – March 3, 1887	50th	Elected to finish Pirce's term. [data unknown/missing]
Warren O. Arnold	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing]
Charles H. Page	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1893 – April 5, 1893	54th	Seat declared vacant due to failure of candidates to attain majority vote.
Charles H. Page	Democratic	April 5, 1893 – March 3, 1895	54th	Elected to finish vacant term. [data unknown/missing]
Warren O. Arnold	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	55th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Adin B. Capron	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1911	56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
George H. Utter	Republican	March 4, 1911 – November 3, 1912	63rd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		November 3, 1912 – March 3, 1913
Peter G. Gerry	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	64th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Walter Russell Stiness	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923	65th 66th 67th 68th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Richard S. Aldrich	Republican	March 4, 1923, – March 3, 1933	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John Matthew O'Connell	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	74th 75th 76th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Harry Sandager	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	77th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
John E. Fogarty	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 10, 1967	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		January 10, 1967 – March 28, 1967
Robert Tiernan	Democratic	March 28, 1967 – January 3, 1975	91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Elected to finish Fogarty's term. Lost re-election.
Edward Beard	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	95th 96th 97th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Claudine Schneider	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991	98th 99th 100th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Jack Reed	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997	101st 102nd 103rd	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Robert Weygand	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001	104th 105th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
James Langevin	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – Present	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2000.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Rhode Island's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=44&cd=01
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

• 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