Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse
Chair of the Senate Budget Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byBernie Sanders
Chair of the Senate Narcotics Caucus
Assumed office
February 3, 2021
Preceded byJohn Cornyn
United States Senator
from Rhode Island
Assumed office
January 3, 2007
Serving with Jack Reed
Preceded byLincoln Chafee
71st Attorney General of Rhode Island
In office
January 2, 1999 – January 7, 2003
GovernorLincoln Almond
Preceded byJeffrey B. Pine
Succeeded byPatrick Lynch
United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island
In office
January 20, 1993 – June 8, 1998
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byLincoln Almond
Succeeded byMargaret Curran
Personal details
Born (1955-10-20) October 20, 1955 (age 69)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Sandra Thornton
(m. 1986)
Children2
Parent
RelativesCrocker family
Rufus Rand (grandfather)
Edwin Sheldon Whitehouse (grandfather)
Henry John Whitehouse (great-great-grandfather)
Tobias Mealey (great-great-grandfather)
EducationYale University (BA)
University of Virginia (JD)
SignatureCursive signature in ink
WebsiteSenate website

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. In 2006, he won his first term to the Senate, defeating Republican incumbent Lincoln Chaffee. Whitehouse was reelected in 2012, 2018, and 2024.

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]

  1. ^ Emma, Caitlin (March 26, 2023). "Senate's new budget boss is also a climate hawk". Politico. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  2. ^ Lenkowsky, Leslie (December 5, 2022). "'The Scheme' Review: Yet Another Conspiracy Theory". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  3. ^ Seddiq, Oma (November 20, 2021). "This member of Congress wants everyone to know about the 'dark money scheme' that's 'captured' the Supreme Court". Business Insider. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  4. ^ Newell, Jim (September 14, 2021). "Will the Senate's Most Frustrated Climate Hawk Finally Get the Change He's Been Waiting For?". Slate. Retrieved April 12, 2023.

Sheldon Whitehouse

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