John Lester Hubbard Chafee was an American politician and officer in the United States Marine Corps. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Rhode Island, as the Secretary of the Navy, and as a United States Senator.
Lincoln Carter Almond was an American attorney and politician who served as the 72nd Governor of Rhode Island from 1995 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he was previously the United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island from 1969 to 1978 and again from 1981 until 1993.
Theodore Francis Green was an American politician from Rhode Island. A Democrat, Green served as the 57th Governor of Rhode Island (1933–1937) and in the United States Senate (1937–1961). Green was a strong supporter of Wilsonian internationalism during the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. He served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1957 to 1959. At the time of his retirement in 1961, he set the record at age 93 of the oldest person to serve in the Senate; the record was subsequently broken by Strom Thurmond.
Charles Joseph Fogarty, Jr., also known as Charlie Fogarty is an American politician who served as the 67th lieutenant governor of Rhode Island. He is a Democrat. Fogarty served two full terms as lieutenant governor, first elected to the position in 1998 and leaving office on January 2, 2007.
Thomas Dale Emberton Sr. was an American politician and judge in the state of Kentucky. He was the Republican nominee for his state's governorship in the 1971 election. Of note, Mitch McConnell worked on his campaign.
Samuel Greene Arnold Jr. was an attorney and politician from Rhode Island. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as lieutenant governor and as a United States senator.
Isaac Wilbour was an American politician from Rhode Island holding several offices, including the sixth Governor of the state.
John Anthony Notte Jr. was an American politician, a Democrat, best known for serving as the 65th Governor of Rhode Island.
William Philip Robinson III is an American lawyer, academic, and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
Robert Emmet Quinn was an American attorney and politician from Rhode Island. He served as the 58th Governor of Rhode Island and Judge for the Rhode Island Superior Court.
Elisha Dyer Jr. was a Rhode Island politician who was 45th Governor of Rhode Island from 1897 to 1900. He was the son of Elisha Dyer, Governor of Rhode Island from 1857 to 1859.
Since the Great Depression, Rhode Island politics have been dominated by the Rhode Island Democratic Party, and the state is considered part of the Democrats' "Blue Wall." Democrats have won all but four presidential elections since 1928, with the exceptions being 1952, 1956, 1972, and 1984. The Rhode Island Republican Party, although virtually non-existent in the Rhode Island General Assembly, has remained competitive in gubernatorial elections, having won one as recently as 2006. Until 2014, Democrats had not won a gubernatorial election in the state since 1992, and it was not until 2018 that they won one by double digits. The Rhode Island General Assembly has continuously been under Democratic control since 1959.
Mark Howard Cohen is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Warren Neil Eggleston is an American lawyer who served as the White House Counsel under President Barack Obama. Eggleston was the fourth person to hold this post during the Obama administration.
Peter Franz Neronha is an American lawyer and politician from Jamestown, Rhode Island who currently serves as the attorney general of Rhode Island. He previously served as the United States attorney for the District of Rhode Island under President Barack Obama from September 16, 2009 until March 10, 2017, after which he ran successfully as a Democrat for the office of Attorney General of Rhode Island in the 2018 elections.
William F. Bleakley was an American attorney, politician, and judge from Yonkers, New York. He is best known for being the first Westchester County Executive, and for being the unsuccessful Republican nominee for governor in 1936. Born in Verplanck, New York, Bleakley graduated from Cornell Law School and became an attorney in Yonkers. He served terms as a judge of the Yonkers city court and Westchester County court. From 1928 to 1936, he was a justice of the New York Supreme Court.
William Lynn "Chip" Campbell Jr. is an American lawyer who serves as the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
William Burwell Sellers is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama.
Jerome F. O'Neill was an American attorney from the state of Vermont. He is most notable for his service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for Vermont (1973–1975), First Assistant U.S. Attorney (1975–1981), and United States Attorney (1981).