Rhode Island U.S. Senators

View a list of Rhode Island U.S. senators since 1790

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Senator Theodore Foster              

Party: Federalist               

Term: 1790 - 1803          

Congress: 1st-7th

Senator Joseph Stanton IV            

Party: Anti-Administration          

Term: 1790 - 1793          

Congress: 1st-2nd

Senator William Bradford             

Party: Federalist               

Term: 1793 - 1797          

Congress: 3rd-5th

Senator Ray Greene        

Party: Federalist               

Term: 1797 - 1801          

Congress: 5th-7th

Senator Christopher Ellery           

Party: Democratic - Republican  

Term: 1801 - 1805          

Congress: 7th-8th

Senator Samuel J. Potter               

Party: Democratic - Republican  

Term: 1803 - 1804          

Congress: 8th

Senator Benjamin Howland         

Party: Democratic - Republican  

Term: 1804 - 1809          

Congress: 8th-10th

Senator James Fenner    

Party: Democratic - Republican  

Term: 1805 - 1807          

Congress: 9th-10th

Senator Elisha Mathewson          

Party: Democratic - Republican  

Term: 1807 - 1811          

Congress: 10th-11th

Senator Francis Malbone              

Party: Federalist               

Term: 1809 - 1809          

Congress: 11th

Senator Christopher G. Champlin              

Party: Federalist               

Term: 1809 - 1811          

Congress: 11th-12th

Senator William Hunter  

Party: Federalist               

Term: 1811 - 1821          

Congress: 12th-16th

Senator Jeremiah B. Howell         

Party: Democratic - Republican  

Term: 1811 - 1817          

Congress: 12th-14th

Senator James Burrill Jr. 

Party: Federalist               

Term: 1817 - 1820          

Congress: 15th-16th

Senator James DeWolf   

Party: National Republican          

Term: 1821 - 1825          

Congress: 17th-19th

Senator Nehemiah R. Knight        

Party: National Republican          

Term: 1821 - 1841          

Congress: 16th-26th

Senator Asher Robbins  

Party: National Republican          

Term: 1825 - 1839          

Congress: 19th-25th

Senator Nathan F. Dixon 

Party: Whig        

Term: 1839 - 1842          

Congress: 26th-27th

Senator James F. Simmons           

Party: Whig        

Term: 1841 - 1847          

Congress: 27th-29th

Senator William Sprague 

Party: Whig        

Term: 1842 - 1844          

Congress: 27th-28th

Senator John B. Francis  

Party: Law & Order         

Term: 1844 - 1845          

Congress: 28th

Senator Albert C. Greene              

Party: Whig        

Term: 1845 - 1851          

Congress: 29th-31st

Senator John H. Clarke   

Party: Whig        

Term: 1847 - 1853          

Congress: 30th-32nd

Senator Charles T. James               

Party: Democratic           

Term: 1851 - 1857          

Congress: 32nd-34th

Senator Philip Allen         

Party: Democratic           

Term: 1853 - 1859          

Congress: 33rd-35th

Senator James F. Simmons           

Party: Republican            

Term: 1857 - 1862          

Congress: 35th-37th

Senator Henry B. Anthony            

Party: Republican            

Term: 1859 - 1884          

Congress: 36th-48th

Senator Samuel G. Arnold 

Party: Republican            

Term: 1862 - 1863          

Congress: 37th

Senator William Sprague               

Party: Republican            

Term: 1863 - 1875          

Congress: 38th-43rd

Senator Ambrose E. Burnside 

Party: Republican            

Term: 1875 - 1881          

Congress: 44th-47th

Senator Nelson W. Aldrich            

Party: Republican            

Term: 1881 - 1911          

Congress: 47th-61st

Senator William P. Sheffield         

Party: Republican            

Term: 1884 - 1885          

Congress: 48th

Senator Jonathan Chace                

Party: Republican            

Term: 1885 - 1889          

Congress: 48th-51st

Senator Nathan F. Dixon                

Party: Republican            

Term: 1889 - 1895          

Congress: 51st-53rd

Senator George Peabody Wetmore          

Party: Republican            

Term: 1895 - 1913          

Congress: - 54th-62nd

Senator Henry F. Lippitt 

Party: Republican            

Term: 1911 - 1917          

Congress: 62nd-64th

Senator LeBaron B. Colt  

Party: Republican            

Term: 1913 - 1924          

Congress: 63rd-68th

Senator Peter G. Gerry   

Party: Democratic           

Term: 1917 - 1929          

Congress: 65th-70th

Senator Jesse H. Metcalf               

Party: Republican            

Term: 1924 - 1937          

Congress: 68th-74th

Senator Felix Hebert       

Party: Republican            

Term: 1929 - 1935          

Congress: 71st-73rd

Senator Peter G. Gerry   

Party: Democratic           

Term: 1935 - 1947          

Congress: - 74th-79th

Senator Theodore Francis Green               

Party: Democratic           

Term: 1937 - 1961          

Congress: 75th-86th

Senator J. Howard McGrath         

Party: Democratic           

Term: 1947 - 1949          

Congress: 80th

Senator Edward L. Leahy               

Party: Democratic           

Term: 1949 - 1950          

Congress: 80th-81st

Senator John O. Pastore  

Party: Democratic           

Term: 1950 - 1976          

Congress: 81st-94th

Senator Claiborne Pell    

Party: Democratic           

Term: 1961 - 1997          

Congress: 87th-104th

Senator John H. Chafee  

Party: Republican            

Term: 1976 - 1999          

Congress: 94th-106th

Senator Lincoln Chafee  

Party: Republican            

Term: 1999 - 2007          

Congress: 106th-109th

Senator Jack Reed            

Party: Democratic           

Term: 1997 - Present

Present Congress: 105th

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse      

Party: Democratic           

Term: 2007 - Present

Present Congress: 110th