The Political Graveyard: Rhode Island: U.S. Senators

Rhode Island: U.S. Senators

U.S. Senators from Rhode Island, 1790-2008 (May be incomplete!)
Theodore Foster 1790-1803 Joseph Stanton, Jr. 1790-93 William Bradford 1793-97 Ray Greene 1797-1801 Christopher Ellery 1801-05 Samuel J. Potter 1803-04 Benjamin Howland 1804-09 James Fenner 1805-07 Elisha Mathewson 1807-11 Francis Malbone 1809 Christopher G. Champlin 1809-11 Jeremiah Brown Howell 1811-17 William Hunter 1811-21 James Burrill, Jr. 1817-20 Nehemiah R. Knight 1821-41 James De Wolf 1821-27 Asher Robbins 1825-39 Nathan Fellows Dixon 1839-42 James F. Simmons 1841-47 William Sprague 1842-44 John Brown Francis 1844-45 Albert C. Greene 1845-51 John Hopkins Clarke 1847-53 Charles Tillinghast James 1851-57 Philip Allen 1853-59 James F. Simmons 1857-62 Henry B. Anthony 1859-84 Samuel G. Arnold 1862-63 William Sprague 1863-75 Ambrose E. Burnside 1875-81 Nelson W. Aldrich 1881-1911 William Paine Sheffield 1884-85 Jonathan Chace 1885-89 Nathan F. Dixon 1889-95 George P. Wetmore 1895-1907 George P. Wetmore 1908-13 Henry F. Lippitt 1911-17 LeBaron B. Colt 1913-24 Peter G. Gerry 1917-29 Jesse H. Metcalf 1924-37 Felix Hébert 1929-35 Peter G. Gerry 1935-47 Theodore F. Green 1937-61 J. Howard McGrath 1947-49 Edward L. Leahy 1949-50 John O. Pastore 1950-76 Claiborne Pell 1961-97 John H. Chafee 1976-99 Jack Reed 1997- Lincoln Chafee 1999- Sheldon Whitehouse 2007-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1804: Samuel J. Potter, died in office.

1809 Jun 4: Francis Malbone, died in office.

1811 Oct 2: Christopher G. Champlin, resigned.

1820 Dec 25: James Burrill, Jr., died in office.

1842 Jan 29: Nathan Fellows Dixon, died in office.

1881 Sep 13: Ambrose E. Burnside, died in office.

1884 Sep 2: Henry B. Anthony, died in office.

1889 Apr 9: Jonathan Chace, resigned.

1916 Nov 7: Peter G. Gerry (Dem), elected; Henry F. Lippitt (Rep), defeated; Frederick W. A. Hurst (Socialist), defeated; Frank J. Sibley (Prohibition), defeated; Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1918 Nov 5: LeBaron B. Colt (Rep), elected; George F. O'Shaunessy (Dem), defeated; Frederick W. A. Hurst (Socialist), defeated.

1922 Nov 7: Peter G. Gerry (Dem), elected; R. Livingston Beeckman (Rep), defeated; James I. Bartholomew (Law and Order), defeated; James Matthews (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1924 Aug 18: LeBaron B. Colt, died in office.

1924 Nov 4: Jesse H. Metcalf (Rep), elected; William S. Flynn (Dem), defeated; James P. Reid (Workers), defeated; Edward M. Sullivan (Liberal Independent), defeated; Peter McDermott (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1930 Nov 4: Jesse H. Metcalf (Rep), elected; Peter G. Gerry (Dem), defeated; Charles F. Bishop (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1940 Nov 5: Peter G. Gerry (Dem), elected; James O. McManus (Rep), defeated.

1942 Nov 3: Theodore F. Green (Dem), elected; Ira Lloyd Letts (Rep), defeated.

1946 Nov 5: J. Howard McGrath (Dem), elected; W. Gurnee Dyer (Rep), defeated.

1960: Dennis J. Roberts, defeated for nomination.

1964 Nov 3: John O. Pastore (Dem), elected; Ronald R. Lagueux (Rep), defeated.

1966 Nov 8: Claiborne Pell (Dem), elected; Ruth M. Briggs (Rep), defeated.

1970 Nov 3: John O. Pastore (Dem), elected; John McLaughlin (Rep), defeated; David N. Fenton (Peace and Freedom), defeated; Daniel B. Fein (Socialist Workers), defeated.

1972 Nov 7: Claiborne Pell (Dem), elected; John H. Chafee (Rep), defeated; John Quattrocchi, Jr. (Ind), defeated; Patrick M. DeTemple (Socialist Workers), defeated.

1976: Philip W. Noel (Dem), defeated in primary.

1976 Nov 2: John H. Chafee (Rep), elected; Richard P. Lorber (Dem), defeated; Margaret R. Cann (Communist), defeated.

1978 Nov 7: Claiborne Pell (Dem), elected; James G. Reynolds (Rep), defeated.

1982 Nov 2: John H. Chafee (Rep), elected; Julius C. Michaelson (Dem), defeated.

1988 Nov 8: John H. Chafee (Rep), elected; Richard A. Licht (Dem), defeated.

1990 Nov 6: Claiborne Pell (Dem), elected; Claudine Schneider (Rep), defeated.

1994 Nov 8: John H. Chafee (Rep), elected; Linda J. Kushner (Dem), defeated.

1996 Nov 5: Jack Reed (Dem), elected; Nancy J. Mayer (Rep), defeated; Donald W. Lovejoy (Ind), defeated.

1999 Oct 24: John H. Chafee, died in office.

1999 Nov 2: Lincoln Chafee, appointed.

2000: Robert A. Weygand (Dem), defeated.

2006: Sheldon Whitehouse (Dem), elected.

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