Rhode Island U.S. Senators (2026)
RI · U.S. Senate Delegation
Joined the Union
May 29, 1790
Population (Est.)
1,095,962
Current U.S. Senators
Delegation Voting Summary
119th CongressAgreement Rate
93.3%
Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse voted the same way on 792 of 849 shared votes
Both are Democrats
Jack Reed
Senior Senator
Party Unity
94.2%
Missed Votes
0.9%
882 votes cast of 890 roll calls
Sheldon Whitehouse
Junior Senator
Party Unity
95.1%
Missed Votes
3.7%
857 votes cast of 890 roll calls
Former Senators from Rhode Island
All 46 former U.S. senators who represented Rhode Island, most recent first.
- Lincoln Chafee 1999 – 2007
- John Chafee 1976 – 1999
- Claiborne Pell 1961 – 1997
- John Pastore 1950 – 1976
- Theodore Green 1937 – 1961
- Edward Leahy 1949 – 1950
- J. Howard McGrath 1947 – 1949
- Peter Gerry 1917 – 1947
- Jesse Metcalf 1924 – 1937
- Felix Hebert 1929 – 1935
- LeBaron Colt 1913 – 1924
- Henry Lippitt 1911 – 1917
- George Wetmore 1895 – 1913
- Nelson Aldrich 1881 – 1911
- Nathan Dixon 1889 – 1895
- Jonathan Chace 1885 – 1889
- William Sheffield 1884 – 1885
- Henry Anthony 1859 – 1884
- Ambrose Burnside 1875 – 1881
- William Sprague 1863 – 1875
- Samuel Arnold 1862 – 1863
- James Simmons 1841 – 1862
- Philip Allen 1853 – 1859
- Charles James 1851 – 1857
- John Clarke 1847 – 1853
- Albert Greene 1845 – 1851
- John Francis 1844 – 1845
- William Sprague 1842 – 1844
- Nathan Dixon 1839 – 1842
- Nehemiah Knight 1821 – 1841
- Asher Robbins 1825 – 1839
- James De Wolf 1821 – 1825
- William Hunter 1811 – 1821
- James Burrill, Jr. 1817 – 1820
- Jeremiah Howell 1811 – 1817
- Christopher Champlin 1809 – 1811
- Elisha Mathewson 1807 – 1811
- Francis Malbone 1809
- Benjamin Howland 1804 – 1809
- James Fenner 1805 – 1807
- Christopher Ellery 1801 – 1805
- Samuel Potter 1803 – 1804
- Theodore Foster 1790 – 1803
- Ray Greene 1797 – 1801
- William Bradford 1793 – 1797
- Joseph Stanton, Jr. 1790 – 1793