- List of United States Senators from Rhode Island
Rhode Island ratified the Constitution onMay 29 ,1790 .Class 1
Senator Party From To Theodore Foster Federalist,
Democratic-Republican1790 1803 Samuel J. Potter Democratic-Republican 1803 1804 Benjamin Howland Democratic-Republican 1804 1809 Francis Malbone Federalist 1809 1809Christopher G. Champlin Federalist 1809 1811 William Hunter Federalist 1811 1821 James De Wolf Democratic-Republican 1821 1825 Asher Robbins National
Republican,
Whig1825 1839 Nathan F. Dixon Whig 1839 1842 William Sprague Whig 1842 1844 John B. Francis Independent 1844 1845 Albert C. Greene Whig 1845 1851 Charles T. James Democratic 1851 1857 James F. Simmons Republican 1857 1862 Samuel G. Arnold Republican 1862 1863 William Sprague Republican 1863 1875 Ambrose E. Burnside Republican 1875 1881 Nelson W. Aldrich Republican 1881 1911 Henry F. Lippitt Republican 1911 1917 Peter G. Gerry Democratic 1917 1929 Felix Hebert Republican 1929 1935 Peter G. Gerry Democratic 1935 1947 James H. McGrath Democratic 1947 1949 Edward L. Leahy Democratic 1949 1950 John O. Pastore Democratic 1950 1977 John H. Chafee Republican 1977 1999 Lincoln Chafee Republican 1999 2007 Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 2007 present Class 2
Senator Party From To Joseph Stanton, Jr. Democratic-Republican 1790 1793 William Bradford Federalist 1793 1797 Ray Greene Federalist 1797 1801 Christopher Ellery Democratic-Republican 1801 1805 James Fenner Democratic-Republican 1805 1807 Elisha Mathewson Democratic-Republican 1807 1811 Jeremiah B. Howell Democratic-Republican 1811 1817 James Burrill, Jr. Federalist 1817 1820 Nehemiah R. Knight Democratic-Republican,
National
Republican,
Whig1821 1841 James F. Simmons Whig 1841 1847 John Hopkins Clarke Whig 1847 1853 Philip Allen Democratic 1853 1859 Henry B. Anthony Republican 1859 1884 William P. Sheffield Republican 1884 1885 Jonathan Chace Republican 1885 1889 Nathan F. Dixon, III Republican 1889 1895 George P. Wetmore Republican 1895 1907 Vacant 1907 1908 George P. Wetmore Republican 1908 1913 LeBaron B. Colt Republican 1913 1924 Jesse H. Metcalf Republican 1924 1937 Theodore F. Green Democratic 1937 1961 Claiborne Pell Democratic 1961 1997 Jack Reed Democratic 1997 present ee also
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US Congressional Delegations from Rhode Island
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