Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouseis an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Rhode Island, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party and previously served as a United States Attorney from 1993 to 1998 and as the Attorney General of Rhode Island from 1999 to 2003...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 October 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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