What is Sheldon Whitehouse?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Sheldon Whitehouse |image = Sheldon Whitehouse, official portrait, 116th congress.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Rhode Island]] |term_start = January 3, 2007 |term_end = |alongside = [[Jack Reed (politician)|Jack Reed]] |predecessor = [[Lincoln Chafee]] |successor = |office1 = 71st [[Attorney General of Rhode Island]] |governor1 = [[Lincoln Almond]] |term_start1 = 1999 |term_end1 = 2003 |predecessor1 = Jeffery Pine |successor1 = [[Patrick C. Lynch|Patrick Lynch]] |office2 = [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island|District of Rhode Island]] |term_start2 = 1993 |term_end2 = 1998 |predecessor2 = [[Lincoln Almond]] |successor2 = [[Margaret E. Curran|Margaret Curran]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|10|20}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = {{marriage|Sandra Thornton|1986}} |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |alma_mater = [[Yale University]]<br>[[University of Virginia]] |website = {{URL|http://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/}} }} '''Sheldon Whitehouse''' (born October 20, 1955) is an [[Americans|American]] politician and the [[Seniority in the United States Senate|junior]] [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Rhode Island]], serving since 2007. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|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. Whitehouse was born on October 20, 1955 in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. He studied at [[Yale University]] and at the [[University of Virginia]]. Whitehouse has been married to Sandra Thornton since 1986. They have two children. ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} *[http://whitehouse.senate.gov United