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Encyclopedia > List of United States Senators from Rhode Island

Rhode Island ratified the Constitution on May 29, 1790.


Class 1

Senator Party From To
Theodore Foster Federalist,
Democrat
1790 1803
Samuel J. Potter Democrat 1803 1804
Benjamin Howland Democrat 1804 1809
Francis Malbone Federalist 1809
Christopher G. Champlin Federalist 1809 1811
William Hunter Federalist 1811 1821
James De Wolf Democrat 1821 1825
Asher Robbins National
Republican,
Whig
1825 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 Democrat 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 Democrat 1917 1929
Felix Hebert Republican 1929 1935
Peter G. Gerry Democrat 1935 1947
James H. McGrath Democrat 1947 1949
Edward L. Leahy Democrat 1949 1950
John O. Pastore Democrat 1950 1976
John H. Chafee Republican 1976 1999
Lincoln Chafee Republican 1999

Class 2

Senator Party From To
Joseph Stanton, Jr. Democrat 1790 1793
William Bradford Federalist 1793 1797
Ray Greene Federalist 1797 1801
Christopher Ellery Democrat 1801 1805
James Fenner Democrat 1805 1807
Elisha Mathewson Democrat 1807 1811
Jeremiah B. Howell Democrat 1811 1817
James Burrill, Jr. Federalist 1817 1820
Nehemiah R. Knight Democrat,
National
Republican,
Whig
1821 1841
James F. Simmons Whig 1841 1847
John Hopkins Clarke Whig 1847 1853
Philip Allen Democrat 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 Democrat 1937 1961
Claiborne Pell Democrat 1961 1997
Jack Reed Democrat 1997

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From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents: The Constitution of the USA (2795 words)
No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have increased during such time; and no person holding any office under the United States, shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office.
A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.
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