Sheldon Whitehouse
American lawyer, politician
Sheldon Whitehouse served as Rhode Island’s Director of Business Regulation under Governor Sundlun before being recommended by Senator Pell and nominated by President Bill Clinton to be Rhode Island’s United States Attorney in 1994. He was elected Attorney General of Rhode Island in 1998, a position in which he served until 2003. On November 7, 2006, Rhode Islanders elected Sheldon to the United States Senate, where he is a member of the Budget Committee, the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), the Judiciary Committee, and the Finance Committee.
The Common Good hosted a special conversation with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse in February of 2017: Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy.
Twitter: @SenWhitehouse
