Political party strength in Rhode Island facts for kids
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.
The parties are as follows: Anti-Administration (AA), Country (C), Democratic (D), Democratic-Republican (DR), Federalist (F), Independent (I), Law and Order (LO), no party (N), Native American (NA), National Republican (NR), Pro-Administration (PA), Prohibition (P), People's Party (Reb), Republican (R), Unionist (U), and Whig (W).
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 College votes | ||||||||
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| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | State 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 (N) | William Bradford (N) | Henry Ward | Henry Marchant (N) | Joseph Clarke (AA) | No Election | No Election | No Election | No Election | No Election | ||
| 1776 | ||||||||||||
| 1777 | William Channing (C) | |||||||||||
| 1778 | William Greene (N) | Jabez Bowen (N) | ||||||||||
| 1779 | ||||||||||||
| 1780 | William West (N) | |||||||||||
| 1781 | Jabez Bowen (N) | |||||||||||
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| 1786 | John Collins (N) | 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 | George Washington and John Adams (N) | |||||||||||
| 1793 | Henry Sherburne (F) | William Bradford (F) | ||||||||||
| 1794 | Ray Greene (F) | |||||||||||
| 1795 | ||||||||||||
| 1796 | John Adams and Thomas Pinckney (F) | |||||||||||
| 1797 | James Burrill, Jr. (F) | Ray Greene (F) | Elisha Reynolds Potter (F) | |||||||||
| 1798 | Samuel Eddy (DR) | Thomas Tillinghast (F) | ||||||||||
| 1799 | George Brown | John Brown (F) | ||||||||||
| 1800 | Samuel J. Potter (DR) | John Adams and C.C. Pinckney (F) | ||||||||||
| 1801 | Christopher Ellery (DR) | Thomas Tillinghast (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1802 | ||||||||||||
| 1803 | Paul Mumford (N) | Samuel J. Potter (DR) | Nehemiah Knight (DR) | |||||||||
| 1804 | Benjamin Howland (DR) | Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1805 | Henry Smith (C) | James Fenner (DR) | ||||||||||
| 1806 | Isaac Wilbour (C) | No Lieutenant | ||||||||||
| 1807 | James Fenner (DR) | Constant Taber (DR) | Elisha Mathewson (DR) | |||||||||
| 1808 | Simeon Martin | Constant Taber (DR) | C.C. Pinckney and Rufus King (F) | |||||||||
| 1809 | Francis Malbone (F) | Richard Jackson, Jr. (F) | ||||||||||
| 1810 | Isaac Wilbour (DR) | Christopher G. Champlin (F) | ||||||||||
| 1811 | William Jones (F) | Simeon Martin | William Ennis (F) | 10F | 40F, 32DR | |||||||
| 1812 | 10F | 40F, 32DR | William Hunter (F) | Jeremiah B. Howell (DR) | DeWitt Clinton and Jared Ingersoll (F) | |||||||
| 1813 | F Majority | |||||||||||
| 1814 | Samuel W. Bridgham (F) | 49F, 23DR | ||||||||||
| 1815 | 10F | 47F, 25DR | John Linscom Boss, Jr. (F) | |||||||||
| 1816 | Jeremiah Thurston (F) | 10F | 48F, 24DR | James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) | ||||||||
| 1817 | Nehemiah R. Knight (DR) | Edward Wilcox (DR) | Henry Bowen (DR) | Thomas G. Pitman (D) | 10DR | 49F, 23DR | ||||||
| 1818 | 10DR | 37DR, 35F | James Burrill, Jr. (F) | |||||||||
| 1819 | Henry Bowen (W) | Dutee J. Pearce (DR) | 10DR | 40DR, 32F | Samuel Eddy (DR) | |||||||
| 1820 | 48DR, 24F | |||||||||||
| 1821 | William C. Gibbs (DR) | Caleb Earle (DR) | DR Majority | James De Wolf (DR) | Nehemiah R. Knight (NR) | |||||||
| 1822 | 36DR, 36F | |||||||||||
| 1823 | F Majority | |||||||||||
| 1824 | James Fenner (DR) | Charles Collins (DR) | Adams-Clay R Majority | John Quincy Adams and John C. Calhoun (DR) | ||||||||
| 1825 | Albert C. Greene (W) | Adams-Clay R Majority | Asher Robbins (NR) | Tristam Burges (NR) | ||||||||
| 1826 | Adams-Clay R Majority | |||||||||||
| 1827 | Adams-Clay R Majority | |||||||||||
| 1828 | NR Majority | John Quincy Adams and Richard Rush (NR) | ||||||||||
| 1829 | NR Majority | |||||||||||
| 1830 | NR Majority | |||||||||||
| 1831 | Lemuel H. Arnold (W) | 10NR | 44NR, 26J, 2? | |||||||||
| 1832 | 6NR, 4 vac. | NR Majority | Henry Clay and John Sergeant (NR) | |||||||||
| 1833 | John Brown Francis (D) | Jeffrey Hazard (D) | 8D, 2NR | D-AM Coalition | ||||||||
| 1834 | 8D, 1W, 1 vac. | 39W, 28D, 1AM, 4? | ||||||||||
| 1835 | George Engs (W) | 4W, 4D, 2 vac. | 37W, 35D | |||||||||
| 1836 | Jeffrey Hazard (D) | 10D | 33W, 31D, 8? | William Sprague, III (W) | Martin Van Buren and Richard Mentor Johnson (D) | |||||||
| 1837 | Benjamin Babock Thurston (D) | D Majority | ||||||||||
| 1838 | William Sprague III (D) | Joseph Childs (W) | 10W | 44W, 28D | Robert B. Cranston (W) | |||||||
| 1839 | Samuel Ward King (LO) | John Sterne (W) | 40W, 32D | Nathan F. Dixon I (W) | ||||||||
| 1840 | Byron Diman (LO) | Stephen Cahoone (LO) | 52W, 20D | William Henry Harrison and John Tyler (W) | ||||||||
| 1841 | 55W, 17D | James F. Simmons (W) | ||||||||||
| 1842 | Thomas Wilson Dorr (Reb) | Nathaniel Bullock (D) | 10L&O | 62L&O, 10D | ||||||||
| 1843 | James Fenner (LO) | Byron Diman (LO) | Joseph Blake (LO) | 24L&O, 7D | 50W, 19D | William Sprague III (W) | Elisha R. Potter (LO) | |||||
| 1844 | 24W, 7D | 56W, 13D | Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen (W) | |||||||||
| 1845 | Charles Jackson (NA) | 21W, 10D | 42W, 27D | John B. Francis (LO) | Lemuel H. Arnold (W) | |||||||
| 1846 | Byron Diman (LO) | Elisha Harris (W) | 20W, 11 Lib. | 44W, 25 Lib. | Albert C. Greene (W) | |||||||
| 1847 | Elisha Harris (W) | Edward W. Lawton (W) | 22W, 7D, 2 vac. | 48W, 20D, 1? | John Hopkins Clarke (W) | Benjamin Babock Thurston (D) | ||||||
| 1848 | 20W, 11D | 43W, 26D | Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W) | |||||||||
| 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) | William Beach Lawrence (D) | Asa Potter (D) | Walter S. Burges (D) | Edwin Wilbur (D) | 17D, 14W | 37W, 35D | Charles T. James (D) | Benjamin Babock Thurston (NA) | |||
| 1852 | Samuel G. Arnold (D) | 17W, 14D | 40W, 30D | Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) | ||||||||
| 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 (NA) | John R. Bartlett (R) | Charles Hart (R) | Samuel A. Parker (R) | 29A, 2D | 69A, 3D | Nathan B. Durfee (NA) | |||||
| 1856 | Nicholas Brown III (NA) | 23R, 8D | 55R, 17D | John C. Frémont and William L. Dayton (R) | ||||||||
| 1857 | Elisha Dyer (R) | Thomas Turner (R) | 29R, 3D | 65R, 7D | James F. Simmons (R) | William Daniel Brayton (R) | ||||||
| 1858 | Jerome Kimball (R) | 30R, 2D | 67R, 4D, 1? | |||||||||
| 1859 | Thomas G. Turner (R) | Isaac Saunders (NA) | 27R, 5D | 62R, 9D, 1? | Henry B. Anthony (R) | Christopher Robinson (R) | ||||||
| 1860 | William Sprague (U) | J. Russell Bullock (U) | Walter S. Burges (D) | 17R, 15U | 42U, 29R, 1? | Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin/Andrew Johnson (R) | ||||||
| 1861 | Samuel G. Arnold (U) | 18U, 14R | 47U, 25R | William Sheffield (U) | George H. Browne (U) | |||||||
| 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) | |||||||
| 1865 | Duncan Pell (D) | 23R, 9D, 1? | ||||||||||
| 1866 | Ambrose Everett 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 | Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax/Henry Wilson (R) | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
| 1873 | Henry Howard (R) | Charles C. Van Zandt (R) | 25R, 11D | |||||||||
| 1874 | 28R, 8D | 55R, 17D | ||||||||||
| 1875 | Henry Lippitt (R) | Henry T. Sisson | 26R, 10D | 59R, 13D | Ambrose Burnside (R) | Latimer Whipple Ballou (R) | ||||||
| 1876 | 62R, 10D | Rutherford B. Hayes and William Almon Wheeler (R) | ||||||||||
| 1877 | Charles C. Van Zandt (R) | Albert Howard (P) | 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 | James Garfield and Chester A. Arthur (R) | |||||||
| 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 Sheffield (R) | James G. Blaine and John A. Logan (R) | ||||||||
| 1885 | George P. Wetmore (R) | Lucius B. Darling (R) | 29R, 7D | 64R, 7D, 1 Proh. | Jonathan Chace (R) | Nathan F. Dixon III (R) | ||||||
| 1886 | Edwin Metcalf (P) | 29R, 6D, 1 Proh. | 65R, 6D, 1 Proh. | William Almy 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, 2 Proh. | 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, 1 Proh. | Warren O. Arnold (R) | Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton/Whitelaw Reid (R) | |||
| 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 Utter (R) | Robert W. Burbank (R) | Samuel Clark (R) | 27R, 9D | 51R, 21D | Oscar Lapham (D) | ||||
| 1892 | D. Russell Brown (R) | Melville Bull (R) | 43R, 29D | Charles H. Page (D) | ||||||||
| 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 | William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart/Theodore Roosevelt (R) | |||||||||
| 1897 | Elisha Dyer, Jr. (R) | Aram J. Pothier (R) | Willard B. Tanner (R) | 33R, 4D | 53R, 19D | |||||||
| 1898 | William Gregory (R) | Walter A. Read (R) | 65R, 7D | Adin B. Capron (R) | ||||||||
| 1899 | 31R, 6D | 58R, 13D, 1 Proh. | ||||||||||
| 1900 | William Gregory (R) | Charles D. Kimball (R) | 34R, 3D | 60R, 12D | ||||||||
| 1901 | ||||||||||||
| 1902 | Charles D. Kimball (R) | 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 | Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | ||||||||
| 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, 1 Cit. | 37R, 34D, 1I | |||||||||
| 1908 | Ralph Watrous (R) | 26R, 11D, 1 Cit. | 42R, 29D, 1 Cit. | William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman (R) | ||||||||
| 1909 | Aram J. Pothier (R) | Arthur Dennis (R) | 31R, 6D, 1 Cit. | 64R, 6D, 1 Cit., 1 Proh. | William Paine Sheffield, Jr. (R) | |||||||
| 1910 | Zenas W. Bliss (R) | J. Fred Parker (R) | 29R, 6D, 3 Cit. | 64R, 6D, 2 Cit. | ||||||||
| 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, 1S | Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) | ||||||||
| 1913 | Roswell Burchard (R) | 28R, 10D | 54R, 45D, 1Pg | Peter G. Gerry (D) | ||||||||
| 1914 | LeBaron B. Colt (R) | |||||||||||
| 1915 | R. Livingston Beeckman (R) | Emery J. San Souci (R) | 35R, 3D, 1I | 70R, 29D, 1Pg | Walter Russell Stiness (R) | |||||||
| 1916 | Charles Evan Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||
| 1917 | 25R, 13D, 1I | 65R, 34D, 1Pg | Peter G. Gerry (D) | |||||||||
| 1918 | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | Richard W. Jennings (R) | 31R, 8D | 67R, 33D | Clark Burdick (R) | ||||||||
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge (R) | |||||||||||
| 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 | Richard S. Aldrich (R) | |||||
| 1924 | Ernest L. Sprague (R) | Jesse H. Metcalf (R) | Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes (R) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Aram J. Pothier (R) | Nathaniel W. Smith (R) | Charles P. Sisson (R) | Richard W. Jennings (R) | 33R, 6D | 67R, 33D | ||||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Norman S. Case (R) | George C. Clark (R) | 34R, 5D | 75R, 25D | ||||||||
| 1928 | Norman S. Case (R) | No Lieutenant | Al Smith and Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) | |||||||||
| 1929 | James G. Connelly (R) | Oscar L. Heltzen (R) | 29R, 10D | 61R, 39D | Felix Hebert (R) | |||||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | Benjamin M. McLyman (R) | 31R, 11D | 62R, 38D | |||||||||
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner/Henry A. Wallace/Harry S. Truman (D) | |||||||||||
| 1933 | Theodore Francis Green (D) | Robert E. Quinn (D) | Louis W. Cappelli (D) | John P. Hartigan (D) | Antonio Prince (D) | 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 Henry Vanderbilt III (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 | ||||||||||||
| 1941 | J. Howard McGrath (D) | 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 | ||||||||||||
| 1945 | John O. Pastore (D) | 24R, 20D | 67D, 33R | |||||||||
| 1946 | John O. Pastore (D) | No Lieutenant | ||||||||||
| 1947 | John S. McKiernan (D) | 28R, 16D | 56D, 44R | J. Howard McGrath (D) | ||||||||
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) | |||||||||||
| 1949 | William E. Powers (D) | Raymond Hawksley (D) | 22R, 22D | 64D, 36R | Edward L. Leahy (D) | |||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | Dennis J. Roberts (D) | 23R, 21D | 67D, 33R | John O. Pastore (D) | ||||||||
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) | |||||||||||
| 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 | John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | |||||||||||
| 1961 | John A. Notte, Jr. (D) | Edward P. Gallogly (D) | 28D, 16R | 80D, 20R | Claiborne Pell (D) | Fernand St. Germain (D) | ||||||
| 1962 | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | John Chafee (R) | 27D, 19R | 74D, 26R | |||||||||
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) | |||||||||||
| 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 | Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie (D) | |||||||||||
| 1969 | Frank Licht (D) | J. Joseph Garrahy (D) | 37D, 13R | 76D, 24R | ||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | Richard J. Israel (R) | 41D, 9R | 75D, 24R, 1I | |||||||||
| 1972 | Richard M. Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) | |||||||||||
| 1973 | Philip W. Noel (D) | Robert F. Burns (D) | 37D, 13R | 75D, 25R | ||||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | Julius C. Michaelson (D) | 46D, 4R | 86D, 14R | Edward Beard (D) | ||||||||
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | 43D, 7R | 82D, 18R | Claudine Schneider (R) | |||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | Susan L. Farmer (R) | 86D, 14R | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 29D, 21R | Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) | ||||||||||
| 1985 | Edward D. DiPrete (R) | Richard Licht (D) | Arlene Violet (R) | Roger Begin (D) | 36D, 14R | 76D, 23R, 1I | ||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | Kathleen S. Connell (D) | James E. O'Neil (D) | 38D, 12R | 80D, 20R | ||||||||
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen (D) | |||||||||||
| 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 | Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | Bob 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 A. Jackvony (R) | 41D, 9R | Jack Reed (D) | Bob Weygand (D) | ||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | Charles J. Fogarty (D) | Sheldon Whitehouse (D) | Paul J. Tavares (D) | 42D, 8R | 86D, 13R, 1I | |||||||
| 2000 | Lincoln Chafee (R) | Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) | ||||||||||
| 2001 | Ed Inman (I) | 44D, 6R | 85D, 15R | James Langevin (D) | ||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Don Carcieri (R) | Matt Brown (D) | Patrick C. Lynch (D) | 32D, 6R | 63D, 11R, 1I | |||||||
| 2004 | John Kerry and John Edwards (D) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | 33D, 5R | 59D, 16R | ||||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | Elizabeth H. Roberts (D) | A. Ralph Mollis (D) | Frank T. Caprio (D) | 60D, 15R | Sheldon Whitehouse (D) | |||||||
| 2008 | Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) | |||||||||||
| 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, 1Lib | |||||||||||
| 2013 | 32D, 5R, 1I | 69D, 6R | ||||||||||
| Lincoln Chafee (D) | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Gina Raimondo (D) | Daniel McKee (D) | Nellie Gorbea (D) | Seth Magaziner (D) | 63D, 11R, 1I | |||||||
| 2016 | 62D, 12R, 1I | Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine (D) | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 33D, 5R | 64D, 11R | ||||||||||
| Year | Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | State 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 | Electoral College votes |
| Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | ||||||||||
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