List of United States senators from Rhode Island

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Multiple image Rhode Island ratified the United States Constitution on May 29, 1790 and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 2. The state's current U.S. senators are Democrats Jack Reed (since 1997) and Sheldon Whitehouse (since 2007). Claiborne Pell was Rhode Island's longest-serving senator (1961–1997).

List of senators

Template:List of United States senators heading |- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | May 29, 1790 –
Jun 7, 1790 | Rhode Island did not elect its U.S. senators until Jun 7, 1790. | rowspan=2 | 1 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 1 | Rhode Island did not elect its U.S. senators until Jun 7, 1790. | nowrap | May 29, 1790 –
Jun 7, 1790 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 1 | rowspan=11 align=left |
Theodore Foster | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Pro-Administration | Pro-
Admin. | rowspan=11 nowrap | Jun 7, 1790 –
Mar 3, 1803 | Elected in 1790. | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1790. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Jun 7, 1790 –
Mar 3, 1793 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Anti-Administration | Anti-Admin. | rowspan=2 align=right | Joseph Stanton Jr. ! rowspan=2 | 1

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1791. | rowspan=3 | 2 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 2 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1793.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1793 –
Oct 1797 | Template:Party shading/Pro-Administration | Pro-Admin. | rowspan=3 align=right | William Bradford ! rowspan=3 | 2

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Federalist | Federalist | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Federalist | Federalist

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=7 | Re-elected in 1797.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=7 | 3 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Oct 1797 –
Nov 13, 1797 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=1 | Elected in 1797 to finish Bradford's term. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Nov 13, 1797 –
Mar 5, 1801 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Federalist | Federalist | rowspan=3 align=right |
Ray Greene ! rowspan=3 | 3

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=7 | 3 | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1798.Template:PbResigned.

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Mar 5, 1801 –
May 6, 1801 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1801 to finish Greene's term.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=4 nowrap | May 6, 1801 –
Mar 3, 1805 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=4 align=right | File:Senator Christopher Ellery of Rhode Island.jpg
Christopher Ellery ! rowspan=4 | 4

|- style="height:2em" ! 2 | align=left | Samuel J. Potter | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | nowrap | Mar 4, 1803 –
Oct 14, 1804 | Elected in 1802.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=7 | 4 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Oct 14, 1804 –
Oct 29, 1804 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 3 | rowspan=5 align=left | Benjamin Howland | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=5 nowrap | Oct 29, 1804 –
Mar 3, 1809 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1804 to finish Potter's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=7 | 4 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1804.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1805 –
Sep 1807 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=2 align=right | File:GovJamesFenner.jpg
James Fenner ! rowspan=2 | 5

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Sep 1807 –
Oct 26, 1807 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Elected to finish Fenner's term. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Oct 26, 1807 –
Mar 3, 1811 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=4 align=right | File:Elisha Mathewson.jpg
Elisha Mathewson ! rowspan=4 | 6

|- style="height:2em" ! 4 | align=left | File:Gilbert Stuart - Francis Malbone (cropped).jpg
Francis Malbone | Template:Party shading/Federalist | Federalist | nowrap | Mar 4, 1809 –
Jun 4, 1809 | Elected in 1808.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}, citing United States' Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). Jan 14, 1809.</ref>Template:PbDied. | rowspan=7 | 5 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jun 4, 1809 –
Jun 26, 1809 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 5 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:Christopher Grant Champlin.jpg
Christopher G. Champlin | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Federalist | Federalist | rowspan=2 nowrap | Jun 26, 1809 –
Oct 12, 1811 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1809 to finish Malbone's term.Template:PbResigned.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 5 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1810.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 4, 1811 –
Mar 3, 1817 | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=5 align=right | File:Jeremiah Howell.jpg
Jeremiah B. Howell ! rowspan=5 | 7

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Oct 12, 1811 –
Oct 28, 1811 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 6 | rowspan=7 align=left | File:Charles Bird King portrait of Senator William Hunter.jpg
William Hunter | rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Federalist | Federalist | rowspan=7 nowrap | Oct 28, 1811 –
Mar 3, 1821 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1811 to finish Malbone's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1814. | rowspan=5 | 6 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 6 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1816.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1817 –
Dec 25, 1820 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Federalist | Federalist | rowspan=2 align=right | File:James Burrill, Jr..jpg
James Burrill Jr. ! rowspan=2 | 8

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Dec 25, 1820 –
Jan 9, 1821 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1821 to finish Burrill's term. | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jan 9, 1821 –
Mar 3, 1841 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
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Nehemiah R. Knight ! rowspan=12 | 9

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 7 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:JDe Wolf.jpg
James DeWolf | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1821 –
Oct 31, 1825 | rowspan=3 | Election date unknown.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=4 | 7 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 7 | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1823.

|- style="height:2em" | Template:Party shading/National Republican | National
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 8 | rowspan=7 align=left | File:RI Senator Asher Robbins.jpg
Asher Robbins | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/National Republican | National
Republican | rowspan=7 nowrap | Oct 31, 1825 –
Mar 3, 1839 | Elected in 1825 to finish DeWolf's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1827. | rowspan=3 | 8 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 8 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1829.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1833.Template:PbTemplate:Dm | rowspan=3 | 9 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 9 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1835.Template:PbTemplate:Dm

|- style="height:2em" | Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 9 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:Nathan Fellows Dixon 1774 1842.jpg
Nathan F. Dixon I | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1839 –
Jan 29, 1842 | rowspan=2 | Election date unknown.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=7 | 10 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=7 | 10 | rowspan=7 | Elected in 1841.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=7 nowrap | Mar 4, 1841 –
Mar 3, 1847 | rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=7 align=right | File:James F. Simmons - Brady-Handy.jpg
James F. Simmons ! rowspan=7 | 10

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jan 29, 1842 –
Feb 18, 1842 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 10 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:William Sprague 1799 1856.jpg
William Sprague III | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=2 nowrap | Feb 18, 1842 –
Jan 17, 1844 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1842 to finish Dixon's term.Template:PbResigned.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jan 17, 1844 –
Jan 25, 1844 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 11 | align=left | File:RI Governor John Brown Francis.jpg
John Brown Francis | Template:Party shading/Law and Order | Law and Order | nowrap | Jan 25, 1844 –
Mar 3, 1845 | Elected in 1844 to finish Sprague's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 12 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:ACGreene.jpg
Albert C. Greene | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1845 –
Mar 3, 1851 | rowspan=3 | Election date unknown.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 11 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 11 | rowspan=3 | Election date unknown.Template:PbTemplate:Dm | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1847 –
Mar 3, 1853 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=3 align=right | File:JHClarke.jpg
John Hopkins Clarke ! rowspan=3 | 11

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 13 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:CTJames.jpg
Charles T. James | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 4, 1851 –
Mar 3, 1857 | rowspan=4 | Election date unknown.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=4 | 12 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 12 |   | nowrap | Mar 4, 1853 –
Jul 20, 1853 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected late.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jul 20, 1853 –
Mar 3, 1859 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Philip Allen (politician).jpg
Philip Allen ! rowspan=3 | 12

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:James F. Simmons - Brady-Handy.jpg
James F. Simmons | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1857 –
Aug 15, 1862 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1856.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=5 | 13 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 13 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1858. | rowspan=17 nowrap | Mar 4, 1859 –
Sep 2, 1884 | rowspan=17 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=17 align=right | File:Henry B. Anthony - Brady-Handy.jpg
Henry B. Anthony ! rowspan=17 | 13

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Aug 15, 1862 –
Dec 1, 1862 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 15 | align=left | File:SGArnold.jpg
Samuel G. Arnold | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | nowrap | Dec 1, 1862 –
Mar 3, 1863 | Elected in 1862 to finish Simmons's term.Template:PbTemplate:Dm

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 16 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:William Sprague 1830-1915 - Brady-Handy.jpg
William Sprague IV | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1863 –
Mar 3, 1875 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1862. | rowspan=3 | 14 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1864.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1868.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 15 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 15 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1870.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 17 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:Ambrose Burnside - retouched.jpg
Ambrose Burnside | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 4, 1875 –
Sep 13, 1881 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1874. | rowspan=3 | 16 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 16 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1876.

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1880.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=8 | 17 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Sep 13, 1881 –
Oct 5, 1881 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=20 | 18 | rowspan=20 align=left | File:Nelson W. Aldrich.jpg
Nelson W. Aldrich | rowspan=20 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=20 nowrap | Oct 5, 1881 –
Mar 3, 1911 | rowspan=6 | Elected in 1881 to finish Burnside's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 17 | Re-elected in 1882.Template:PbDied.

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Sep 2, 1884 –
Nov 19, 1884 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Anthony's term. | nowrap | Nov 19, 1884 –
Jan 20, 1885 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | align=right | File:Senator William Paine Sheffield.jpg
William P. Sheffield ! 14

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1885 to finish Anthony's term. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Jan 20, 1885 –
Apr 9, 1889 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=4 align=right | File:Jonathan Chace.jpg
Jonathan Chace ! rowspan=4 | 15

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1886. | rowspan=4 | 18 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 18 | Re-elected in 1888.Template:PbResigned.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1889 to finish Chace's term.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Apr 10, 1889 –
Mar 3, 1895 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Nathan Fellows Dixon III (US Senator from Rhode Island).jpg
Nathan F. Dixon III ! rowspan=3 | 16

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1892. | rowspan=3 | 19 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1894. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1895 –
Mar 3, 1907 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | File:George Wetmore.jpg
George P. Wetmore ! rowspan=10 | 17

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1898. | rowspan=3 | 20 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 20 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1900.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected Jan 18, 1905.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=4 | 21 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 21 | Legislature failed to elect. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1907 –
Jan 22, 1908 | colspan=2 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1908 to finish the vacant term.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 22, 1908–
Mar 3, 1913 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:George Wetmore.jpg
George P. Wetmore

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Henry Frederick Lippitt, Senator from Rhode Island, File 03999a-crop.jpg
Henry F. Lippitt | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1917 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1910.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 22 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 22 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1913. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1913 –
Aug 18, 1924 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | File:LeBaron B Colt.jpg
LeBaron Bradford Colt ! rowspan=6 | 18

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 | 20 | rowspan=8 align=left | File:US Senator Peter G. Gerry (1920).jpg
Peter G. Gerry | rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=8 nowrap | Mar 4, 1917 –
Mar 3, 1929 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1916. | rowspan=3 | 23 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1918.Template:PbDied.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1922.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=5 | 24 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Aug 18, 1924 –
Nov 4, 1924 | colspan=7 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Elected in 1924 to finish Colt's term. | rowspan=7 nowrap | Nov 4, 1924 –
Jan 3, 1937 | rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=7 align=right | File:JesseHMetcalf.jpg
Jesse H. Metcalf ! rowspan=7 | 19

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Felix Hebert.jpg
Felix Hebert | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1929 –
Jan 3, 1935 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1928.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 25 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 25 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1930Template:PbLost re-election.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 22 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:PGerry.jpg
Peter G. Gerry | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 1935 –
Jan 3, 1947 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1934. | rowspan=3 | 26 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 26 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1936. | rowspan=15 nowrap | Jan 3, 1937 –
Jan 3, 1961 | rowspan=15 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=15 align=right | File:Theodore Francis GREEN.jpg
Theodore F. Green ! rowspan=15 | 20

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1940.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 27 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 27 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1942.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 23 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:J. Howard McGrath (1948).jpg
J. Howard McGrath | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | Jan 3, 1947 –
Aug 23, 1949 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1946.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. Attorney General. | rowspan=6 | 28 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 28 | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1948.

|- style="height:2em" ! 24 | align=left | File:Edward Leahy.jpg
Edward L. Leahy | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Aug 24, 1949 –
Dec 10, 1950 | Appointed to continue McGrath's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Dec 10, 1950 –
Dec 19, 1950 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=14 | 25 | rowspan=14 align=left | File:John Pastore in 1961.jpg
John Pastore | rowspan=14 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=14 nowrap | Dec 19, 1950 –
Dec 28, 1976 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1950 to finish McGrath's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1952. | rowspan=3 | 29 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 29 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1954.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1958. | rowspan=3 | 30 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 30 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1960. | rowspan=19 nowrap | Jan 3, 1961 –
Jan 3, 1997 | rowspan=19 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=19 align=right | File:Claiborne Pell.jpg
Claiborne Pell ! rowspan=19 | 21

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1964. | rowspan=3 | 31 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 31 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1966.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1970.Template:PbRetired and resigned early
to give successor preferential seniority. | rowspan=4 | 32 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 32 | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1972.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 | 26 | rowspan=13 align=left | File:John Chafee.jpg
John Chafee | rowspan=13 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=13 nowrap | Dec 29, 1976 –
Oct 24, 1999 | Appointed to finish Pastore's term, having been elected to the next term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1976. | rowspan=3 | 33 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 33 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1978.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1982. | rowspan=3 | 34 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 34 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1984.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1988. | rowspan=3 | 35 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 35 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1990.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1994.Template:PbAnnounced retirement, then died. | rowspan=5 | 36 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 36 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1996. | rowspan=17 nowrap | Jan 3, 1997 –
present | rowspan=17 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=17 align=right | File:Senator Jack Reed Official Portrait (cropped).jpg
Jack Reed ! rowspan=17 | 22

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Oct 24, 1999 –
Nov 2, 1999 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 27 | rowspan=4 align=left | File:Lincoln Chafee official portrait.jpg
Lincoln Chafee | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=4 nowrap | Nov 2, 1999 –
Jan 3, 2007 | Appointed to finish his father's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2000 to a full term.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 37 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 37 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2002.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 28 | rowspan=11 align=left | File:Sheldon Whitehouse, official portrait, 116th congress.jpg
Sheldon Whitehouse | rowspan=11 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=11 nowrap | Jan 3, 2007 –
present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2006. | rowspan=3 | 38 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 38 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2008.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2012. | rowspan=3 | 39 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 39 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2014.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3| Re-elected in 2018. | rowspan=3 | 40 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 40 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2020.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2| Re-elected in 2024. | rowspan=2|41 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | 41 | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2026 election.

See also

• List of United States representatives from Rhode Island
• United States congressional delegations from Rhode Island
• Elections in Rhode Island

External links

• Congressional Biographical Directory