U.S. Senator
Rhode Island-Senior (D)
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Jack Reed U.S. Senator Rhode Island-Senior (D) |
Biographical Information |
| JOHN F. (JACK) REED, a Class II Senator from Rhode Island; born in Providence, R.I., November 12, 1949; attended St. Matthew's Elementary School, Cranston, R.I.; graduated, LaSalle Academy, Providence, R.I., 1967; B.S., United States Military Academy, West Point 1971; M.P.P., Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 1973; J.D., Harvard Law School 1982; served in the U.S. Army 1976-1979; associate professor, Department of Social Sciences, U.S. Military Academy 1977-1979; admitted to the Washington, D.C. bar 1983; lawyer; member, Rhode Island State senate 1985-1990; elected to the One Hundred Second and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 2, 1997); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1996, but was elected to the United States Senate in 1996 and reelected in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. |