🇺🇸Senate›Rhode Island·Since 2007

Sheldon Whitehouse

DemocratCommission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeCommittee on Environment and Public Works (Ranking) Congress.gov Official Site

Sheldon Whitehouse is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 1993 to 1998, and as the 71st attorney general of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2003. He was elected to the Senate in 2006, defeating Republican incumbent Lincoln Chafee. He was reelected in 2012, 2018, and 2024.

100 votes

55 Yes

44 No

1 absent

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Background

Born

1955-10-20, Manhattan

Religion

Episcopal Church

Education

Yale College, University of Virginia School of Law, St. Paul's School, St. Albans School, Ezra Stiles College

Prior Occupations

politician, judge, director, lawyer, writer, public prosecutor general

Positions Held

Attorney General of Rhode Island, United States senator, senator

Details

Country

United States

Chamber

Senate

Party

Democrat

State

Rhode Island

Status

Current member

Elected

2007

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Committees

Commission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeCommittee on Environment and Public Works (Ranking)Committee on FinanceCommittee on the BudgetCommittee on the JudiciaryUnited States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control (Chairman)

Attendance (of votes on file)

99% (99 of 100 recorded votes)

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