List of United States Senators from Rhode Island

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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

Sheldon Whitehouse
Jack Reed

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
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
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.

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