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Jack Reed
Jack Reed
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 7, 1997
Serving with Sheldon Whitehouse
Preceded by Claiborne Pell
Succeeded by Incumbent (2009)
Born November 12, 1949 (1949-11-12) (age 58)
Cranston, Rhode Island
Political party Democratic
Spouse Julia Hart
Alma mater USMA (West Point) and Harvard
Religion Roman Catholic

John Francis "Jack" Reed (born November 12, 1949) is a Democrat and the senior United States senator from Rhode Island.

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Reed was born in Cranston, Rhode Island, to Mary Louise Monahan and Joseph Anthony Reed.[1] He has lived in Rhode Island his entire life. Reed graduated from La Salle Academy in Providence and attended the United States Military Academy in West Point, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1971. Following his graduation and receiving an active duty commission, Reed attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he received a Masters in Public Policy. Reed also served in the 325th Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division[2] as an Army Ranger and paratrooper. He married professional Senate staffer Julia Hart in a Roman Catholic ceremony in the Catholic chapel on the United States Military Academy campus on April 16, 2005. On January 5, 2007, Mrs. Reed gave birth to a daughter, Emily.

Reed resigned from the army in 1979 as a captain and enrolled in Harvard Law School. In 1982, he graduated and served as an associate at the Washington, D.C. office of law firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan. Afterwards, he returned to Rhode Island and joined Edwards and Angell, a Providence law firm. Reed was elected as a state senator in 1984 and served three terms. In 1990, Reed was elected to the United States House of Representatives. For the next six years, Reed became well known in his state for his positions on education and health care, and when Senator Claiborne Pell announced his retirement in 1996, Reed campaigned to be his replacement and won the election. He was easily reelected to a second term in 2002.

Reed is currently a member of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, and the Senate Appropriations Committee. Americans for Democratic Action has often listed him as a "hero" as they indicate he has one of the most liberal voting records in the Senate.[3]

2002 Rhode Island United States Senate Election

Jack Reed (D) (inc.) 78%
Robert G. Tingle (R) 22%


1996 Rhode Island United States Senate Election

Jack Reed (D) 63.3%
Nancy Mayer (R) 35%
Donald W. Lovejoy (I) 1.7%

  1. ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/senators/reed.htm
  2. ^ http://www.clinton.senate.gov/features/codel/trip_report.cfm
  3. ^ http://www.adaction.org/lifetimesenrhodeisland.html

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Claudine Schneider		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district
1991 – 1997		 Succeeded by
Robert Weygand
United States Senate
Preceded by
Claiborne Pell		 United States Senator (Class 2) from Rhode Island
1997 – present
Served alongside: John Chafee, Lincoln Chafee, Sheldon Whitehouse		 Incumbent
Current Committee Assignments
Committee Position
Appropriations Subcommittee Interim Chairman
Armed Services Subcommittee Chairman
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee Chairman
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
v • d • e
United States Senators from Rhode Island
Class 1: Foster • Potter • Howland • Malbone • Champlin • Hunter • De Wolf • Robbins • Dixon I • Sprague III • Francis • A. Greene • James • Simmons • Arnold • Sprague IV • Burnside • Aldrich • Lippitt • Gerry • Hebert • Gerry • McGrath • Leahy • Pastore • J. Chafee • L. Chafee • Whitehouse
Class 2: Stanton • Bradford • R. Greene • Ellery • Fenner • Mathewson • Howell • Burrill • Knight • Simmons • Clarke • Allen • Anthony • Sheffield • Chace • Dixon III • Wetmore • Colt • Metcalf • Green • Pell • Reed		 United States Senate
Rhode Island's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators Jack Reed (D), Sheldon Whitehouse (D)
Representative(s) Patrick J. Kennedy (D), James Langevin (D)
All delegations Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming — American Samoa • District of Columbia • Guam • Puerto Rico • U.S. Virgin Islands
v • d • e
Current members of the United States Senate

AL: Shelby (R), Sessions (R)
AK: Stevens (R), Murkowski (R)
AZ: McCain (R), Kyl (R)
AR: Lincoln (D), Pryor (D)
CA: Feinstein (D), Boxer (D)
CO: Allard (R), Salazar (D)
CT: Dodd (D), Lieberman (I)
DE: Biden (D), Carper (D)
FL: Nelson (D), Martinez (R)
GA: Chambliss (R), Isakson (R)
HI: Inouye (D), Akaka (D)
ID: Craig (R), Crapo (R)
IL: Durbin (D), Obama (D)

IN: Lugar (R), Bayh (D)
IA: Grassley (R), Harkin (D)
KS: Brownback (R), Roberts (R)
KY: McConnell (R), Bunning (R)
LA: Landrieu (D), Vitter (R)
ME: Snowe (R), Collins (R)
MD: Mikulski (D), Cardin (D)
MA: Kennedy (D), Kerry (D)
MI: Levin (D), Stabenow (D)
MN: Coleman (R), Klobuchar (D)
MS: Cochran (R), Vacant
MO: Bond (R), McCaskill (D)

MT: Baucus (D), Tester (D)
NE: Hagel (R), Nelson (D)
NV: Reid (D), Ensign (R)
NH: Gregg (R), Sununu (R)
NJ: Lautenberg (D), Menendez (D)
NM: Domenici (R), Bingaman (D)
NY: Schumer (D), Clinton (D)
NC: Dole (R), Burr (R)
ND: Conrad (D), Dorgan (D)
OH: Voinovich (R), Brown (D)
OK: Inhofe (R), Coburn (R)
OR: Wyden (D), Smith (R)

PA: Specter (R), Casey (D)
RI: Reed (D), Whitehouse (D)
SC: Graham (R), DeMint (R)
SD: Johnson (D), Thune (R)
TN: Alexander (R), Corker (R)
TX: Hutchison (R), Cornyn (R)
UT: Hatch (R), Bennett (R)
VT: Leahy (D), Sanders (I)
VA: Warner (R), Webb (D)
WA: Murray (D), Cantwell (D)
WV: Byrd (D), Rockefeller (D)
WI: Kohl (D), Feingold (D)
WY: Enzi (R), Barrasso (R)


Persondata
NAME Reed, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reed, John Francis "Jack"
SHORT DESCRIPTION United States senator from Rhode Island
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Cranston, Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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