 Since 1928, it has voted for the Republican presidential candidate only four times (Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, Richard Nixon in 1972 and Ronald Reagan in 1984) and it has elected only two Republicans (former Governor John H. Chafee and later his son, Lincoln Chafee, though the younger Chafee eventually became a Democrat during his later governorship) to the U.S. Senate since 1934.Rhode Island also sent no Republicans to the U.S. House from 1940 until 1980, when one Republican and one Democrat were elected.Also in 1980, Rhode Island was one of only six states to be won by Jimmy Carter.