Green, Theodore (Francis) (1867–1966)

US politician. A lawyer by training, he went on to work in the financial sector (1912–27). A Democrat, his initial bids to become governor and a US representative failed, but he eventually became governor of Rhode Island (1933–37). He went on to a long career in the US Senate (1937–61) and made his major mark with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1938–59), serving as chairman for the last three years of his tenure (1957–59). When he retired, he was the oldest man ever to have served in the US Senate. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island.