Rhode Island's 1st congressional district

Rhode Island's 1st congressional district
Rhode Island's 1st congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
	Gabe Amo; D–Providence
Distribution	96.97% urban; 3.03% rural;
Population (2022)	543,189
Median household; income	$78,966
Ethnicity	68.8% White; 14.7% Hispanic; 9.0% Black; 3.4% Asian; 2.6% Two or more races; 1.5% other;
Cook PVI	D+12

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

Voter registration

Voter registration and party enrollment as of November 1, 2012^[3]
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
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 64 - Donald Trump 35%

Recent elections

2006 election

2006 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2008 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2010 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2012 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2014 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2016 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2018 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2020 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2022

2022 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Cicilline (incumbent)	99,802	64.0
	Republican	Allen Waters	55,909	35.8
	Write-in		361	0.2
Total votes			155,711	100.0
	Democratic hold

2023

2023 Rhode Island's 1st congressional district special election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gabe Amo	43,282	64.73
	Republican	Gerry Leonard	23,391	34.98
	Write-in		193	0.29
Total votes			66,866	100.0
	Democratic hold

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
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.
Henry Y. Cranston	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Retired.
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.
Nathan B. Durfee	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Retired.
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	46th
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
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 – May 31, 2023	112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	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.^[7]
Vacant		May 31, 2023 – November 13, 2023	118th
Gabe Amo	Democratic	November 13, 2023 – present	118th	Elected to finish Cicilline's term.