Sheldon Whitehouse
American lawyer and politician (born 1955) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sheldon Whitehouse (born October 20, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Rhode Island since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 1993 to 1998 and as the 71st attorney general of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2003.
Sheldon Whitehouse | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| United States Senator from Rhode Island | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Lincoln Chafee |
| Chair of the Senate Budget Committee | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Bernie Sanders |
| Chair of the Senate Narcotics Caucus | |
| Assumed office February 3, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | John Cornyn |
| 71st Attorney General of Rhode Island | |
| In office January 2, 1999 – January 7, 2003 | |
| Governor | Lincoln Almond |
| Preceded by | Jeffrey B. Pine |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Lynch |
| United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island | |
| In office January 20, 1993 – June 8, 1998 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Lincoln Almond |
| Succeeded by | Margaret Curran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-10-20) October 20, 1955 (age 68) New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Sandra Thornton (m. 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Charles S. Whitehouse (father) Edwin Sheldon Whitehouse (grandfather) Henry John Whitehouse (great-great-grandfather) Charles Crocker (great-great-grandfather) |
| Education | Yale University (BA) University of Virginia (JD) |
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| Website | Senate website |
Sheldon Whitehouse questions witnesses on Guantanamo Bay detainees and torture during the War on Terror Recorded December 7, 2021 | |
A political progressive and climate hawk, Whitehouse became chair of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget in 2023. He has given hundreds of Senate floor speeches about climate change and has made his assertion that politically conservative "dark money" groups are conducting a campaign to seize control of the American government, specifically the Supreme Court of the United States, a hallmark of his Senate tenure.[1][2][3][4]