List of United States Senators from Rhode Island
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Rhode Island ratified the Constitution on May 29, 1790.
Class 1
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore Foster | Federalist, Democrat | 1790 | 1803 |
| Samuel J. Potter | Democrat | 1803 | 1804 |
| Benjamin Howland | Democrat | 1804 | 1809 |
| Francis Malbone | Federalist | 1809 | |
| Christopher G. Champlin | Federalist | 1809 | 1811 |
| William Hunter | Federalist | 1811 | 1821 |
| James De Wolf | Democrat | 1821 | 1825 |
| Asher Robbins | National Republican, Whig | 1825 | 1839 |
| Nathan F. Dixon | Whig | 1839 | 1842 |
| William Sprague | Whig | 1842 | 1844 |
| John B. Francis | Independent | 1844 | 1845 |
| Albert C. Greene | Whig | 1845 | 1851 |
| Charles T. James | Democrat | 1851 | 1857 |
| James F. Simmons | Republican | 1857 | 1862 |
| Samuel G. Arnold | Republican | 1862 | 1863 |
| William Sprague | Republican | 1863 | 1875 |
| Ambrose E. Burnside | Republican | 1875 | 1881 |
| Nelson W. Aldrich | Republican | 1881 | 1911 |
| Henry F. Lippitt | Republican | 1911 | 1917 |
| Peter G. Gerry | Democrat | 1917 | 1929 |
| Felix Hebert | Republican | 1929 | 1935 |
| Peter G. Gerry | Democrat | 1935 | 1947 |
| James H. McGrath | Democrat | 1947 | 1949 |
| Edward L. Leahy | Democrat | 1949 | 1950 |
| John O. Pastore | Democrat | 1950 | 1976 |
| John H. Chafee | Republican | 1976 | 1999 |
| Lincoln Chafee | Republican | 1999 |
Class 2
| Senator | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Stanton, Jr. | Democrat | 1790 | 1793 |
| William Bradford | Federalist | 1793 | 1797 |
| Ray Greene | Federalist | 1797 | 1801 |
| Christopher Ellery | Democrat | 1801 | 1805 |
| James Fenner | Democrat | 1805 | 1807 |
| Elisha Mathewson | Democrat | 1807 | 1811 |
| Jeremiah B. Howell | Democrat | 1811 | 1817 |
| James Burrill, Jr. | Federalist | 1817 | 1820 |
| Nehemiah R. Knight | Democrat, National Republican, Whig | 1821 | 1841 |
| James F. Simmons | Whig | 1841 | 1847 |
| John Hopkins Clarke | Whig | 1847 | 1853 |
| Philip Allen | Democrat | 1853 | 1859 |
| Henry B. Anthony | Republican | 1859 | 1884 |
| William P. Sheffield | Republican | 1884 | 1885 |
| Jonathan Chace | Republican | 1885 | 1889 |
| Nathan F. Dixon, III | Republican | 1889 | 1895 |
| George P. Wetmore | Republican | 1895 | 1907 |
| Vacant | 1907 | 1908 | |
| George P. Wetmore | Republican | 1908 | 1913 |
| LeBaron B. Colt | Republican | 1913 | 1924 |
| Jesse H. Metcalf | Republican | 1924 | 1937 |
| Theodore F. Green | Democrat | 1937 | 1961 |
| Claiborne Pell | Democrat | 1961 | 1997 |
| Jack Reed | Democrat | 1997 |