U.S. Senators from Rhode Island
Member of the United States Senate (Class 1) from Rhode Island
Theodore Foster
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1752; d. January 13 1828.
Pro-Administration Party (1790 – 1795); Federalist Party (1795 – 1803)
1790 – 1803
James DeWolf
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1764; d. December 21 1837.
Democratic-Republican Party
1821 – 1825
Ambrose Everts Burnside
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1824; d. September 13 1881.
Republican Party
1875 – 1881
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 6 1841; d. April 16 1915.
Republican Party
1881 – 1911
Peter Goelet Gerry
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1879; d. October 31 1957.
Democratic Party
1917 – 1929
Peter Goelet Gerry
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1879; d. October 31 1957.
Democratic Party
1935 – 1947
James Howard McGrath
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 28 1903; d. September 2 1966.
Democratic Party
1947 – 1949
John Lester Hubbard Chafee
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1922; d. October 24 1999.
Republican Party
1976 – 1999
Member of the United States Senate (Class 2) from Rhode Island
Joseph Stanton, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 19 1739; d. December 15 1821.
Anti-Administration Party
1790 – 1793
William Bradford
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1729; d. July 6 1808.
Pro-Administration Party (1793 – 1795); Federalist Party (1795 – 1797)
1793 – 1797
Ray Greene
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1765; d. January 11 1849.
Federalist Party
1797 – 1801
Claiborne de Borda Pell
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1918; d. January 1 2009.
Democratic Party
1961 – 1997
John Francis “Jack” Reed
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 12 1949.
Democratic Party
1997 – present