1800–1801 United States House of Representatives elections in Rhode Island

Of the 2 Rhode Island incumbents, neither were re-elected.

Rhode Island switched to a general ticket for its two seats, instead of electing each one separately. Only one candidate received a majority in the 1800 election, requiring an 1801 run-off election to choose a Representative for the second seat.

District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates[Note 1]
Rhode Island at-large
2 seats on a general ticket
John Brown Federalist 1798 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican gain.
First ballot (August 26, 1800):
Thomas Tillinghast (Democratic-Republican) 40.2%
Joseph Stanton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 24.0%
Richard Jackson Jr. (Federalist) 19.9%
Asher Robbins (Federalist) 12.9%
John Brown (Federalist) 2.2%

Second ballot (April 15, 1801):
Joseph Stanton Jr. (Democratic-Republican) 61.4%
Thomas Noyes (Federalist) 38.6%
Christopher G. Champlin Federalist 1796 Incumbent retired.
Democratic-Republican gain.

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  1. ^ Only candidates with at least 1% of the vote listed