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- Born on October 20, 1955, Sheldon Whitehouse grew up in a Foreign Service family. Throughout his childhood, Whitehouse lived in Vietnam, Cambodia, South Africa, Congo, Guinea, Laos, and Thailand.
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Whitehouse was born on October 20, 1955, in New York City, the son of Mary Celine (née Rand) and career diplomat Charles Sheldon Whitehouse, and grandson of diplomat Edwin Sheldon Whitehouse (1883–1965).
EARLY LIFE. Born on October 20, 1955, Sheldon Whitehouse grew up in a Foreign Service family. Throughout his childhood, Whitehouse lived in Vietnam, Cambodia, South Africa, Congo, Guinea, Laos, and Thailand. While abroad with his family, Sheldon learned firsthand the example American democracy sets for the world and the value of public service.
4 days ago · He was born in New York, the son of Charles Sheldon Whitehouse, a diplomat who later served as ambassador to Laos and Thailand. After earning a bachelor’s degree in architecture (1978) from Yale University, he studied law (J.D., 1982) at the University of Virginia.
Nov 6, 2018 · Christian: Episcopalian. Contact. Sheldon Whitehouse ( Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Rhode Island. He assumed office on January 3, 2007. His current term ends on January 3, 2025. Whitehouse ( Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Rhode Island.
Sheldon and his wife Sandra, a marine biologist, live in Newport. They have two grown children, Molly and Alexander, and two grandchildren. Sheldon helped Governor Bruce Sundlun solve Rhode Island’s banking crisis and workers compensation collapse and reform state government ethics, learning that big solutions were possible.
Sheldon has hosted more than 100 community dinners in every corner of the state to hear the concerns of Rhode Islanders. He is dedicated to helping small businesses grow, making health care affordable for every family, and fighting to break through the barricade of special interests in Washington that are blocking action on climate change.
Sheldon has hosted more than 100 community dinners in every corner of the state to hear the concerns of Rhode Islanders. He is dedicated to helping small businesses grow, making health care affordable for every family, and fighting to break through the barricade of special interests in Washington that are blocking action on climate change.
