List of United States Senators from Rhode Island
The List of United States Senators from Rhode Iceland lists all the people who ever for this state of the US Senate have listened to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014.
class 1
Rhode Island has been a US state since May 29, 1790 and to date has had 27 class 1 senators in Congress , one of which, Peter G. Gerry, served two non-consecutive terms.
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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Theodore Foster | 1790-1803 | federalist | April 29, 1752-13. January 1828 |
Samuel John Potter | 1803-1804 | Democratic Republican | June 29, 1753-14. October 1804 |
Benjamin Howland | 1804-1809 | Democratic Republican | July 27, 1755–1. May 1821 |
Francis Malbone | 1809 | federalist | March 20, 1759–4. June 1809 |
Christopher Grant Champlin | 1809-1811 | federalist | April 12, 1768-18. March 1840 |
William Hunter | 1811-1821 | federalist | November 26, 1774-3. December 1849 |
James De Wolf | 1821-1825 | Democratic Republican | March 18, 1764-21. December 1837 |
Asher Robbins | 1825-1839 | Whig | October 26, 1757-25. February 1845 |
Nathan Fellows Dixon | 1839-1842 | Whig | December 13, 1774-29. January 1842 |
William Sprague III | 1842-1844 | Whig | November 3, 1799-19. October 1856 |
John Brown Francis | 1844-1845 | Whig | May 31, 1791-9. August 1864 |
Albert Collins Greene | 1845-1851 | Whig | April 15, 1792-8. January 1863 |
Charles Tillinghast James | 1851-1857 | democrat | September 15, 1805-17. October 1862 |
James Fowler Simmons | 1857-1862 | republican | September 10, 1795-10. July 1864 |
Samuel Greene Arnold | 1862-1863 | republican | April 12, 1821-14. February 1880 |
William Sprague IV | 1863-1875 | republican | September 12, 1830-11. September 1915 |
Ambrose Everett Burnside | 1875-1881 | republican | May 23, 1824-13. September 1881 |
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich | 1881-1911 | republican | November 6, 1841-16. April 1915 |
Henry Frederick Lippitt | 1911-1917 | republican | October 12, 1856-28. December 1933 |
Peter Goelet Gerry | 1917-1929 | democrat | September 18, 1879–31. October 1957 |
Felix Hebert | 1929-1935 | republican | December 11, 1874-14. December 1969 |
Peter Goelet Gerry | 1935-1947 | democrat | September 18, 1879–31. October 1957 |
James Howard McGrath | 1947-1949 | democrat | November 28, 1903-2. September 1966 |
Edward Laurence Leahy | 1949-1950 | democrat | February 9, 1886-22. July 1953 |
John Orlando Pastore | 1950-1977 | democrat | March 17, 1907-15. July 2000 |
John Lester Hubbard Chafee | 1977-1999 | republican | October 22, 1922-24. October 1999 |
Lincoln Davenport Chafee | 1999-2007 | republican | * March 26, 1953 |
Sheldon Whitehouse | since 2007 | democrat | * October 20, 1955 |
2nd grade
To date, Rhode Island has 22 class 2 senators .
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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Joseph Stanton Jr. | 1790-1793 | independent | July 19, 1739-1807 |
William Bradford | 1793-1797 | federalist | November 4, 1729-6. July 1808 |
Ray Greene | 1797-1801 | federalist | February 2, 1765-11. January 1849 |
Christopher Ellery | 1801-1805 | Democratic Republican | November 1, 1768–2. December 1840 |
James Fenner | 1805-1807 | Democratic Republican | January 22, 1771-17. April 1846 |
Elisha Mathewson | 1807-1811 | Democratic Republican | April 18, 1767-14. October 1853 |
Jeremiah Brown Howell | 1811-1817 | Democratic Republican | August 28, 1771–5. February 1822 |
James Burrill | 1817-1820 | federalist | April 25, 1772-25. December 1820 |
Nehemiah Rice Knight 1 | 1821-1841 | Democratic Republican | December 31, 1780-18. April 1854 |
James Fowler Simmons | 1841-1847 | Whig | September 10, 1795-10. July 1864 |
John Hopkins Clarke | 1847-1853 | Whig | April 1, 1789-23. November 1870 |
Philip Allen | 1853-1859 | democrat | September 1, 1785-16. December 1865 |
Henry Bowen Anthony | 1859-1884 | republican | April 1, 1815–2. September 1884 |
William Paine Sheffield | 1884-1885 | republican | August 30, 1820–2. June 1907 |
Jonathan Chace | 1885-1889 | republican | July 22, 1829-30. June 1917 |
Nathan Fellows Dixon | 1889-1895 | republican | August 28, 1847-8. November 1897 |
George Peabody Wetmore | 1895-1913 | republican | August 2, 1846–11. September 1921 |
LeBaron Bradford Colt | 1913-1924 | republican | June 25, 1846-18. August 1924 |
Jesse Houghton Metcalf | 1924-1937 | republican | November 16, 1860-9. October 1942 |
Theodore Francis Green | 1937-1961 | democrat | October 2, 1867–19. May 1966 |
Claiborne de Borda Pell | 1961-1997 | democrat | November 22, 1918–1. January 2009 |
John Francis Reed | since 1997 | democrat | * November 12, 1949 |
1 Knight was a member of the Whig Party from 1835.