Rhode Island ratified the United States Constitution on May 29, 1790 and elects its U.S. senators to class 1 and class 2. The state's current U.S. senators are Democrats Jack Reed (since 1997) and Sheldon Whitehouse (since 2007). Claiborne Pell was Rhode Island's longest-serving senator (1961âÂÂ1997).
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | May 29, 1790 âÂÂ<br/>Jun 7, 1790 | Rhode Island did not elect its U.S. senators until Jun 7, 1790. | rowspan=2 | 1 | rowspan=2 | rowspan=3 | 1 | Rhode Island did not elect its U.S. senators until Jun 7, 1790. | nowrap | May 29, 1790 âÂÂ<br/>Jun 7, 1790 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 1 | rowspan=11 align=left | <br/>Theodore Foster | rowspan=3 | Pro-<br/>Admin. | rowspan=11 nowrap | Jun 7, 1790 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1803 | Elected in 1790. | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1790. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Jun 7, 1790 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1793 | rowspan=2 | Anti-Admin. | rowspan=2 align=right | Joseph Stanton Jr. ! rowspan=2 | 1
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1791. | rowspan=3 | 2 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 2 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1793.Resigned. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1793 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 1797 | | Pro-Admin. | rowspan=3 align=right | William Bradford ! rowspan=3 | 2
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=8 | Federalist | | rowspan=2 | Federalist
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=7 | Re-elected in 1797.Retired. | rowspan=7 | 3 | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Oct 1797 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 13, 1797 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=1 | Elected in 1797 to finish Bradford's term. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Nov 13, 1797 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 5, 1801 | rowspan=3 | Federalist | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>Ray Greene ! rowspan=3 | 3
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=7 | 3 | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1798.Resigned.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Mar 5, 1801 âÂÂ<br/>May 6, 1801 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1801 to finish Greene's term.Lost re-election. | rowspan=4 nowrap | May 6, 1801 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1805 | rowspan=4 | Democratic-<br/>Republican | rowspan=4 align=right | <br/>Christopher Ellery ! rowspan=4 | 4
|- style="height:2em" ! 2 | align=left | Samuel J. Potter | | Democratic-<br/>Republican | nowrap | Mar 4, 1803 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 14, 1804 | Elected in 1802.Died. | rowspan=7 | 4 | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Oct 14, 1804 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 29, 1804 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 3 | rowspan=5 align=left | Benjamin Howland | rowspan=5 | Democratic-<br/>Republican | rowspan=5 nowrap | Oct 29, 1804 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1809 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1804 to finish Potter's term.Retired.
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=7 | 4 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1804.Resigned. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1805 âÂÂ<br/>Sep 1807 | rowspan=2 | Democratic-<br/>Republican | rowspan=2 align=right | <br/>James Fenner ! rowspan=2 | 5
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Sep 1807 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 26, 1807 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Elected to finish Fenner's term. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Oct 26, 1807 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1811 | rowspan=4 | Democratic-<br/>Republican | rowspan=4 align=right | <br/>Elisha Mathewson ! rowspan=4 | 6
|- style="height:2em" ! 4 | align=left | <br/>Francis Malbone | | Federalist | nowrap | Mar 4, 1809 âÂÂ<br/>Jun 4, 1809 | Elected in 1808.Died. | rowspan=7 | 5 | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jun 4, 1809 âÂÂ<br/>Jun 26, 1809 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 5 | rowspan=2 align=left | <br/>Christopher G. Champlin | rowspan=2 | Federalist | rowspan=2 nowrap | Jun 26, 1809 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 12, 1811 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1809 to finish Malbone's term.Resigned.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | rowspan=5 | 5 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1810.Retired. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 4, 1811 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1817 | rowspan=5 | Democratic-<br/>Republican | rowspan=5 align=right | <br/>Jeremiah B. Howell ! rowspan=5 | 7
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Oct 12, 1811 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 28, 1811 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 6 | rowspan=7 align=left | <br/>William Hunter | rowspan=7 | Federalist | rowspan=7 nowrap | Oct 28, 1811 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1821 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1811 to finish Malbone's term.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1814. | rowspan=5 | 6 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 6 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1816.Died. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1817 âÂÂ<br/>Dec 25, 1820 | rowspan=2 | Federalist | rowspan=2 align=right | <br/>James Burrill Jr. ! rowspan=2 | 8
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Dec 25, 1820 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 9, 1821 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1821 to finish Burrill's term. | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jan 9, 1821 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1841 | rowspan=3 | Democratic-<br/>Republican | rowspan=12 align=right | <br/>Nehemiah R. Knight ! rowspan=12 | 9
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 7 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>James DeWolf | rowspan=2 | Democratic-<br/>Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1821 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 31, 1825 | rowspan=3 | Election date unknown.Resigned. | rowspan=4 | 7 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=4 | 7 | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1823.
|- style="height:2em" | | National<br/>Republican | rowspan=2 | rowspan=7 | National<br/>Republican
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 8 | rowspan=7 align=left | <br/>Asher Robbins | rowspan=6 | National<br/>Republican | rowspan=7 nowrap | Oct 31, 1825 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1839 | Elected in 1825 to finish DeWolf's term.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1827. | rowspan=3 | 8 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 8 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1829.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1833. | rowspan=3 | 9 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 9 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1835.
|- style="height:2em" | | Whig | | rowspan=2 | Whig
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 9 | rowspan=2 align=left | <br/>Nathan F. Dixon I | rowspan=2 | Whig | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1839 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 29, 1842 | rowspan=2 | Election date unknown.Died. | rowspan=7 | 10 |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | rowspan=7 | 10 | rowspan=7 | Elected in 1841.Lost re-election. | rowspan=7 nowrap | Mar 4, 1841 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1847 | rowspan=7 | Whig | rowspan=7 align=right | <br/>James F. Simmons ! rowspan=7 | 10
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jan 29, 1842 âÂÂ<br/>Feb 18, 1842 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 10 | rowspan=2 align=left | <br/>William Sprague III | rowspan=2 | Whig | rowspan=2 nowrap | Feb 18, 1842 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 17, 1844 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1842 to finish Dixon's term.Resigned.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jan 17, 1844 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 25, 1844 |
|- style="height:2em" ! 11 | align=left | <br/>John Brown Francis | | Law and Order | nowrap | Jan 25, 1844 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1845 | Elected in 1844 to finish Sprague's term.Retired.
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 12 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Albert C. Greene | rowspan=3 | Whig | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1845 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1851 | rowspan=3 | Election date unknown.Retired. | rowspan=3 | 11 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 11 | rowspan=3 | Election date unknown. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1847 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1853 | rowspan=3 | Whig | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>John Hopkins Clarke ! rowspan=3 | 11
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 13 | rowspan=4 align=left | <br/>Charles T. James | rowspan=4 | Democratic | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 4, 1851 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1857 | rowspan=4 | Election date unknown.Retired. | rowspan=4 | 12 |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | rowspan=4 | 12 | | nowrap | Mar 4, 1853 âÂÂ<br/>Jul 20, 1853 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected late.Retired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jul 20, 1853 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1859 | rowspan=3 | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>Philip Allen ! rowspan=3 | 12
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>James F. Simmons | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1857 âÂÂ<br/>Aug 15, 1862 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1856.Resigned. | rowspan=5 | 13 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 13 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1858. | rowspan=17 nowrap | Mar 4, 1859 âÂÂ<br/>Sep 2, 1884 | rowspan=17 | Republican | rowspan=17 align=right | <br/>Henry B. Anthony ! rowspan=17 | 13
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Aug 15, 1862 âÂÂ<br/>Dec 1, 1862 |
|- style="height:2em" ! 15 | align=left | <br/>Samuel G. Arnold | | Constitutional Union | nowrap | Dec 1, 1862 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1863 | Elected in 1862 to finish Simmons's term.
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 16 | rowspan=6 align=left | <br/>William Sprague IV | rowspan=6 | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1863 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1875 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1862. | rowspan=3 | 14 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1864.
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1868.Retired. | rowspan=3 | 15 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 15 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1870.
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 17 | rowspan=4 align=left | <br/>Ambrose Burnside | rowspan=4 | Republican | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 4, 1875 âÂÂ<br/>Sep 13, 1881 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1874. | rowspan=3 | 16 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 16 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1876.
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1880.Died. | rowspan=8 | 17 | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Sep 13, 1881 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 5, 1881 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=20 | 18 | rowspan=20 align=left | <br/>Nelson W. Aldrich | rowspan=20 | Republican | rowspan=20 nowrap | Oct 5, 1881 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1911 | rowspan=6 | Elected in 1881 to finish Burnside's term.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | rowspan=6 | 17 | Re-elected in 1882.Died.
|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Sep 2, 1884 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 19, 1884 | colspan=3 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Anthony's term. | nowrap | Nov 19, 1884 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 20, 1885 | | Republican | align=right | <br/>William P. Sheffield ! 14
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1885 to finish Anthony's term. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Jan 20, 1885 âÂÂ<br/>Apr 9, 1889 | rowspan=4 | Republican | rowspan=4 align=right | <br/>Jonathan Chace ! rowspan=4 | 15
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1886. | rowspan=4 | 18 |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | rowspan=4 | 18 | Re-elected in 1888.Resigned.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1889 to finish Chace's term.Retired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Apr 10, 1889 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1895 | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>Nathan F. Dixon III ! rowspan=3 | 16
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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1892. | rowspan=3 | 19 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1894. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1895 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1907 | rowspan=6 | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | <br/>George P. Wetmore ! rowspan=10 | 17
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1898. | rowspan=3 | 20 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 20 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1900.
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected Jan 18, 1905.Retired. | rowspan=4 | 21 |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | rowspan=4 | 21 | Legislature failed to elect. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1907 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 22, 1908 | colspan=2 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1908 to finish the vacant term.Retired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 22, 1908âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1913 | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | <br/>George P. Wetmore
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Henry F. Lippitt | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1911 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1917 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1910.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 22 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 22 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1913. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1913 âÂÂ<br/>Aug 18, 1924 | rowspan=6 | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | <br/>LeBaron Bradford Colt ! rowspan=6 | 18
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 | 20 | rowspan=8 align=left | <br/>Peter G. Gerry | rowspan=8 | Democratic | rowspan=8 nowrap | Mar 4, 1917 âÂÂ<br/>Mar 3, 1929 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1916. | rowspan=3 | 23 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1918.Died.
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1922.Lost re-election. | rowspan=5 | 24 | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Aug 18, 1924 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 4, 1924 | colspan=7 | Vacant
|- style="height:2em" | Elected in 1924 to finish Colt's term. | rowspan=7 nowrap | Nov 4, 1924 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1937 | rowspan=7 | Republican | rowspan=7 align=right | <br/>Jesse H. Metcalf ! rowspan=7 | 19
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 24 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1924.
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 align=left | <br/>Felix Hebert | rowspan=3 | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1929 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1935 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1928.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 25 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 25 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1930Lost re-election.
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 22 | rowspan=6 align=left | <br/>Peter G. Gerry | rowspan=6 | Democratic | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 1935 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1947 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1934. | rowspan=3 | 26 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 26 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1936. | rowspan=15 nowrap | Jan 3, 1937 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1961 | rowspan=15 | Democratic | rowspan=15 align=right | <br/>Theodore F. Green ! rowspan=15 | 20
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1940.Retired. | rowspan=3 | 27 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 27 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1942.
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 23 | rowspan=2 align=left | <br/>J. Howard McGrath | rowspan=2 | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | Jan 3, 1947 âÂÂ<br/>Aug 23, 1949 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1946.Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General. | rowspan=6 | 28 |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | rowspan=6 | 28 | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1948.
|- style="height:2em" ! 24 | align=left | <br/>Edward L. Leahy | | Democratic | nowrap | Aug 24, 1949 âÂÂ<br/>Dec 10, 1950 | Appointed to continue McGrath's term.Retired.
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Dec 10, 1950 âÂÂ<br/>Dec 19, 1950 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=14 | 25 | rowspan=14 align=left | <br/>John Pastore | rowspan=14 | Democratic | rowspan=14 nowrap | Dec 19, 1950 âÂÂ<br/>Dec 28, 1976 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1950 to finish McGrath's term.
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1952. | rowspan=3 | 29 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 29 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1954.Retired.
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1958. | rowspan=3 | 30 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 30 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1960. | rowspan=19 nowrap | Jan 3, 1961 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 1997 | rowspan=19 | Democratic | rowspan=19 align=right | <br/>Claiborne Pell ! rowspan=19 | 21
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1964. | rowspan=3 | 31 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 31 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1966.
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1970.Retired and resigned early<br/>to give successor preferential seniority. | rowspan=4 | 32 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=4 | 32 | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1972.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 | 26 | rowspan=13 align=left | <br/>John Chafee | rowspan=13 | Republican | rowspan=13 nowrap | Dec 29, 1976 âÂÂ<br/>Oct 24, 1999 | Appointed to finish Pastore's term, having been elected to the next term.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1976. | rowspan=3 | 33 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 33 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1978.
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1982. | rowspan=3 | 34 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 34 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1984.
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1988. | rowspan=3 | 35 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 35 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1990.Retired.
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1994.Announced retirement, then died. | rowspan=5 | 36 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=5 | 36 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1996. | rowspan=17 nowrap | Jan 3, 1997 âÂÂ<br/>present | rowspan=17 | Democratic | rowspan=17 align=right | <br/>Jack Reed ! rowspan=17 | 22
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3
|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Oct 24, 1999 âÂÂ<br/>Nov 2, 1999 |
|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 27 | rowspan=4 align=left | <br/>Lincoln Chafee | rowspan=4 | Republican | rowspan=4 nowrap | Nov 2, 1999 âÂÂ<br/>Jan 3, 2007 | Appointed to finish his father's term.
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2000 to a full term.Lost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 37 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 37 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2002.
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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 28 | rowspan=11 align=left | <br/>Sheldon Whitehouse | rowspan=11 | Democratic | rowspan=11 nowrap | Jan 3, 2007 âÂÂ<br/>present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2006. | rowspan=3 | 38 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 38 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2008.
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2012. | rowspan=3 | 39 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 39 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2014.
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3| Re-elected in 2018. | rowspan=3 | 40 |
|- style="height:2em" | | rowspan=3 | 40 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2020.
|- style="height:2em" |
|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2| Re-elected in 2024. | rowspan=2|41 |
|- style="height:2em" | | 41 | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2026 election.