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U.S. Senate seat, Rhode Island (class 2)

40 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1790. Now: Jack Reed D.

Holders
40
20 R · 10 D · 4 F · 4 W · 1 AA · 1 A
Longest tenure
18 years
Theodore Francis Green
Current
12 years
Jack Reed, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ri-sen-2Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Joseph Stanton Jr. · 1790-01-01 – 1793-03-04 · Anti-AdministrationWilliam Bradford · 1793-12-02 – 1798-01-01 · FederalistRay Greene · 1799-12-02 – 1802-01-01 · FederalistJames Fenner · 1805-12-02 – 1808-01-01 · RepublicanJeremiah Brown Howell · 1811-11-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanJames Burrill Jr. · 1817-12-01 – 1821-03-04 · FederalistNehemiah Rice Knight · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanNehemiah Rice Knight · 1823-12-01 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsNehemiah Rice Knight · 1829-12-07 – 1835-03-04 · WhigNehemiah Rice Knight · 1835-12-07 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJames Fowler Simmons · 1841-05-31 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJohn Hopkins Clarke · 1847-12-06 – 1853-03-04 · WhigPhilip Allen · 1853-12-05 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratHenry Bowen Anthony · 1859-12-05 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Bowen Anthony · 1865-12-04 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Bowen Anthony · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Bowen Anthony · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJonathan Chace · 1885-12-07 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanNathan Fellows Dixon · 1889-12-02 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Peabody Wetmore · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Peabody Wetmore · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Peabody Wetmore · 1908-01-22 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanLeBaron Bradford Colt · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanLeBaron Bradford Colt · 1919-05-19 – 1924-08-19 · RepublicanJesse Houghton Metcalf · 1924-11-05 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Houghton Metcalf · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Houghton Metcalf · 1931-12-07 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanTheodore Francis Green · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratTheodore Francis Green · 1943-01-06 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratClaiborne de Borda Pell · 1967-01-10 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratClaiborne de Borda Pell · 1979-01-15 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratJack Reed · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratJack Reed · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratJack Reed · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratJack Reed · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratRay Greene · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistChristopher Ellery · 1801-12-07 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanElisha Mathewson · 1807-10-26 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Paine Sheffield · 1884-01-01 – 1886-01-01 · RepublicanClaiborne de Borda Pell · 1961-01-03 – 1967-01-04 · Democrat
Jack Reed D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Jack Reed D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Jack Reed D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Jack Reed D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
Claiborne de Borda Pell D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1997 · 18 years
Claiborne de Borda Pell D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1979 · 12 years
Claiborne de Borda Pell D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1967 · 6 years
Theodore Francis Green D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1961 · 18 years
Theodore Francis Green D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R
Dec 7, 1931 – Jan 4, 1937 · 5.1 years
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R
Nov 5, 1924 – Mar 4, 1925 · 4 months
LeBaron Bradford Colt R
May 19, 1919 – Aug 19, 1924 · 5.3 years
LeBaron Bradford Colt R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
George Peabody Wetmore R
Jan 22, 1908 – Mar 4, 1913 · 5.1 years
George Peabody Wetmore R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
George Peabody Wetmore R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
Nathan Fellows Dixon R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1895 · 5.3 years
Jonathan Chace R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1889 · 3.2 years
William Paine Sheffield R
Jan 1, 1884 – Jan 1, 1886 · 2 years
Henry Bowen Anthony R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Henry Bowen Anthony R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
Henry Bowen Anthony R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1877 · 11 years
Henry Bowen Anthony R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1865 · 5.2 years
Philip Allen D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1859 · 5.2 years
John Hopkins Clarke W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1853 · 5.2 years
James Fowler Simmons W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1847 · 5.8 years
Nehemiah Rice Knight W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1841 · 5.2 years
Nehemiah Rice Knight W
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1835 · 5.2 years
Nehemiah Rice Knight A
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1829 · 5.3 years
Nehemiah Rice Knight R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
James Burrill Jr. F
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1821 · 3.3 years
Jeremiah Brown Howell R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1817 · 5.3 years
Elisha Mathewson R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1811 · 3.4 years
James Fenner R
Dec 2, 1805 – Jan 1, 1808 · 2.1 years
Christopher Ellery R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1805 · 3.2 years
Ray Greene F
Dec 2, 1799 – Jan 1, 1802 · 2.1 years
Ray Greene F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
William Bradford F
Dec 2, 1793 – Jan 1, 1798 · 4.1 years
Joseph Stanton Jr. AA
Jan 1, 1790 – Mar 4, 1793 · 3.2 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.