Sheldon Whitehouse

A Senator from Rhode Island. Born in Manhattan, N. Y. , October 20, 1955. Graduated Yale University 1978. J. D. , University of Virginia 1982. Director, Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation 1992-1994. United States attorney 1994-1998. Rhode Island State attorney general 1999-2003. Unsuccessful candidate for governor 2002. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2006 for the term commencing January 3, 2007. Reelected in 2012, 2018, and again in 2024 for the term ending January 3, 2031. Chair, Committee on the Budget (One Hundred Eighteenth Congress).