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This is a list of United States congressmen who have set records for longevity of service since the United States 1st Congress in 1789. It is divided up into several categories.
List of longest-serving
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[edit]House and Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
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March 4, 1789 | March 12, 1790 | William Grayson | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – March 12, 1790 (S) | 1 year, 8 days | 373 |
June 1, 1790 | Theodorick Bland | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1790 (H) | 1 year, 89 days | 454 | |
August 14, 1790 | George Partridge | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – August 14, 1790 (H) | 1 year, 163 days | 528 | |
November 13, 1790 | William Paterson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | March 4, 1789 – November 13, 1790 (S) | 1 year, 254 days | 619 | |
March 4, 1791 | Tristram Dalton | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 (S) | 2 years, 0 days | 730 | |
Jonathan Elmer | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
William Maclay | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Aedanus Burke | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 (H) | ||||
Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Daniel Carroll | Pro-Administration | Maryland | |||||
George Clymer | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Isaac Coles | Anti-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Benjamin Contee | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
William Floyd | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
George Gale | Pro-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Jonathan Grout | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
John Hathorn | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
Benjamin Huntington | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
James Jackson | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
George Mathews | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
Peter Muhlenberg | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
James Schureman | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Thomas Scott | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Thomas Sinnickson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
William Smith | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Michael J. Stone | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
Henry Wynkoop | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
June 1, 1792 | John Brown | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1792 (H) | 3 years, 89 days | 1185 | |
October 8, 1792 | Richard Henry Lee | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – October 8, 1792 (S) | 3 years, 218 days | 1314 | |
November 30, 1792 | Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Pro-Administration | Maryland | March 4, 1789 – November 30, 1792 (S) | 3 years, 271 days | 1367 | |
December 6, 1792 | Joshua Seney | Anti-Administration | Maryland | March 4, 1789 – December 6, 1792 (H) | 3 years, 277 days | 1373 | |
March 4, 1793 | Richard Bassett | Anti-Administration | Delaware | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 (S) | 4 years, 0 days | 1461 | |
William Few | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | |||||
Egbert Benson | Pro-Administration | New York | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 (H) | ||||
Elbridge Gerry | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
Daniel Huger | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
John Laurance | Pro-Administration | New York | |||||
George Leonard | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
Peter Silvester | Pro-Administration | New York | |||||
Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
Thomas Tudor Tucker | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
Alexander White | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
September 18, 1793 | George Read | Pro-Administration | Delaware | March 4, 1789 – September 18, 1793 (S) | 4 years, 198 days | 1659 | |
March 4, 1795 | Ralph Izard | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 (S) | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 | |
Robert Morris | Pro-Adminsitration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 (H) | ||||
Thomas Fitzsimmons | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Samuel Griffin | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Richard Bland Lee I | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Jeremiah Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
March 8, 1796 | Oliver Ellsworth | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796 (S) | 7 years, 4 days | 2561 | |
June 1, 1796 | Caleb Strong | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1796 (S) | 7 years, 89 days | 2646 | |
June 10, 1796 | Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | March 4, 1789 – June 10, 1796 (H,S) | 7 years, 98 days | 2655 | |
July 1, 1796 | Daniel Hiester | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | March 4, 1789 – July 1, 1796 (H) | 7 years, 119 days | 2676 | |
October 25, 1796 | Pierce Butler | Pro-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – October 25, 1796 (S) | 7 years, 235 days | 2792 | |
March 4, 1797 | Fisher Ames | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1797 (H) | 8 years, 0 days | 2922 | |
Nicholas Gilman | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | |||||
James Madison | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Andrew Moore | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Frederick Muhlenberg | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | |||||
John Page | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
July 10, 1797 | John Henry | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Maryland | March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 (S) | 8 years, 128 days | 3050 | |
William Loughton Smith | Pro-Administration Federalist |
South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 (H) | ||||
January 19, 1798 | John M. Vining | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Delaware | March 4, 1789 – January 19, 1798 (H,S) | 8 years, 321 days | 3243 | |
November 8, 1800 | Benjamin Goodhue | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – November 8, 1800 (H,S) | 11 years, 249 days | 4266 | |
December 21, 1800 | Thomas Hartley | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Pennsylvania | March 4, 1789 – December 21, 1800 (H) | 11 years, 292 days | 4309 | |
March 4, 1801 | James Gunn | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Georgia | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (S) | 12 years, 0 days | 4382 | |
John Langdon | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | |||||
Theodore Sedgwick | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (H,S) | ||||
Josiah Parker | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Virginia | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (H) | ||||
George Thatcher | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | |||||
June 12, 1801 | Samuel Livermore | Anti-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | March 4, 1789 – June 12, 1801 (H,S) | 12 years, 100 days | 4482 | |
March 3, 1809 | Abraham Baldwin | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Georgia | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1807 (H,S) | 18 years, 0 days | 6573 | |
March 3, 1809 | June 10, 1810 | James Hillhouse | Federalist | Connecticut | March 4, 1791 – June 10, 1810 (H,S) | 19 years, 98 days | 7037 |
March 4, 1813 | Andrew Gregg | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1813 (H,S) | 22 years, 0 days | 8035 | |
November 13, 1892 | Nathaniel Macon | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
North Carolina | March 4, 1791 – November 14, 1828 (H,S) | 37 years, 245 days | 13769 | |
November 13, 1892 | December 28, 1950 | Justin Smith Morrill | Whig Republican |
Vermont | March 4, 1855 – December 28, 1898 (H,S) | 43 years, 299 days | 16005 |
December 28, 1950 | October 24, 1957 | Adolph J. Sabath | Democratic | Illinois | March 4, 1907 – November 6, 1952 (H) | 45 years, 247 days | 16684 |
October 24, 1957 | November 18, 2009 | Carl Hayden | Democratic | Arizona | February 19, 1912 – January 3, 1969 (H,S) | 56 years, 319 days | 20773 |
November 18, 2009 | June 6, 2013 | Robert Byrd | Democratic | West Virginia | January 3, 1953 – June 28, 2010 (H,S) | 57 years, 176 days | 20995 |
June 6, 2013 | John Dingell | Democratic | Michigan | December 13, 1955 – January 3, 2015 (H) | 59 years, 21 days | 21571 |
Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
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March 4, 1789 | March 12, 1790 | William Grayson | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – March 12, 1790 | 1 year, 8 days | 373 |
November 13, 1790 | William Paterson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | March 4, 1789 – November 13, 1790 | 1 year, 254 days | 619 | |
March 4, 1791 | Tristram Dalton | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | 2 years, 0 days | 730 | |
Jonathan Elmer | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
William Maclay | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
October 8, 1792 | Richard Henry Lee | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – October 8, 1792 | 3 years, 218 days | 1314 | |
November 30, 1792 | Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Pro-Administration | Maryland | March 4, 1789 – November 30, 1792 | 3 years, 271 days | 1367 | |
March 4, 1793 | Richard Bassett | Anti-Administration | Delaware | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 | 4 years, 0 days | 1461 | |
William Few | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | |||||
September 18, 1793 | George Read | Pro-Administration | Delaware | March 4, 1789 – September 18, 1793 | 4 years, 198 days | 1659 | |
March 4, 1795 | Ralph Izard | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 | |
Robert Morris | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
March 8, 1796 | Oliver Ellsworth | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796 | 7 years, 4 days | 2561 | |
June 1, 1796 | Caleb Strong | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1796 | 7 years, 89 days | 2646 | |
October 25, 1796 | Pierce Butler | Pro-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – October 25, 1796 | 7 years, 235 days | 2792 | |
July 10, 1797 | John Henry | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Maryland | March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 | 8 years, 128 days | 3050 | |
June 7, 1802 | James Gunn | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Georgia | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 | 12 years, 0 days | 4382 | |
John Langdon | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | |||||
June 7, 1802 | December 7, 1808 | Theodore Foster | Pro-Administration Federalist Democratic-Republican |
Rhode Island | June 7, 1790 – March 4, 1803 | 12 years, 270 days | 4652 |
December 7, 1808 | December 25, 1811 | James Hillhouse | Federalist | Connecticut | March 12, 1796 – June 10, 1810 | 14 years, 90 days | 5202 |
December 25, 1811 | May 13, 1822 | Joseph Anderson | Democratic-Republican | Tennessee | September 26, 1797 – March 4, 1815 | 17 years, 159 days | 6367 |
May 13, 1822 | March 5, 1841 | John Gaillard | Democratic-Republican | South Carolina | December 6, 1804 – February 26, 1826 | 21 years, 82 days | 7752 |
March 5, 1841 | December 11, 1845 | William R. King | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Alabama | December 14, 1819 – April 15, 1844 | 24 years, 123 days | 8889 |
December 11, 1845 | September 25, 1896 | Thomas Hart Benton | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Missouri | August 10, 1821 – March 4, 1851 | 29 years, 206 days | 10798 |
September 25, 1896 | December 29, 1904 | Justin Smith Morrill | Whig Republican |
Vermont | March 4, 1867 – December 28, 1898 | 31 years, 299 days | 11622 |
December 29, 1904 | August 3, 1944 | William B. Allison | Republican | Iowa | March 4, 1873 – August 4, 1908 | 35 years, 153 days | 12936 |
August 3, 1944 | November 17, 1952 | Ellison D. Smith | Democratic | South Carolina | March 4, 1909 – November 17, 1944 | 35 years, 258 days | 13042 |
November 17, 1952 | January 3, 1963 | Kenneth McKellar | Democratic | Tennessee | March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1953 | 35 years, 305 days | 13089 |
January 3, 1963 | September 9, 1998 | Carl Hayden | Democratic | Arizona | March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1969 | 41 years, 305 days | 15281 |
September 9, 1998 | February 28, 2005 | Strom Thurmond | Democratic Republican |
South Carolina | November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003 | 46 years, 57 days | 16858 |
February 28, 2005 | Robert Byrd | Democratic | West Virginia | January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010 | 51 years, 176 days | 18804 |
House
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
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March 4, 1789 | June 1, 1790 | Theodorick Bland | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1790 | 1 year, 89 days | 454 |
August 14, 1790 | George Partridge | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – August 14, 1790 | 1 year, 163 days | 528 | |
March 4, 1791 | Aedanus Burke | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | 2 years, 0 days | 730 | |
Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Daniel Carroll | Pro-Administration | Maryland | |||||
George Clymer | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Isaac Coles | Anti-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Benjamin Contee | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
William Floyd | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
George Gale | Pro-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Jonathan Grout | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
John Hathorn | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
Benjamin Huntington | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
James Jackson | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
George Mathews | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
Peter Muhlenberg | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
James Schureman | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Thomas Scott | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
William Smith | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Michael J. Stone | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
Henry Wynkoop | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
June 1, 1792 | John Brown | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1792 | 3 years, 89 days | 1185 | |
December 6, 1792 | Joshua Seney | Anti-Administration | Maryland | March 4, 1789 – December 6, 1792 | 3 years, 277 days | 1373 | |
March 4, 1793 | Egbert Benson | Pro-Administration | New York | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 | 4 years, 0 days | 1461 | |
Thomas Fitzsimmons | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Elbridge Gerry | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
Daniel Huger | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
John Laurance | Pro-Administration | New York | |||||
George Leonard | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
Samuel Livermore | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | |||||
Peter Silvester | Pro-Administration | New York | |||||
Thomas Sinnickson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
Thomas Tudor Tucker | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
John M. Vining | Pro-Administration | Delaware | |||||
Alexander White | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
March 4, 1795 | Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 | |
Samuel Griffin | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Richard Bland Lee I | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Jeremiah Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
June 11, 1796 | Benjamin Goodhue | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – June 11, 1796 | 7 years, 99 days | 2656 | |
Theodore Sedgwick | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | |||||
July 1, 1796 | Daniel Hiester | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | March 4, 1789 – July 1, 1796 | 7 years, 119 days | 2676 | |
March 4, 1797 | Fisher Ames | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1797 | 8 years, 0 days | 2922 | |
Nicholas Gilman | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | |||||
James Madison | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Andrew Moore | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Frederick Muhlenberg | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | |||||
John Page | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
July 10, 1797 | William Loughton Smith | Pro-Administration Federalist |
South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 | 8 years, 128 days | 3050 | |
March 4, 1799 | Abraham Baldwin | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Georgia | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1799 | 10 years, 0 days | 3652 | |
December 21, 1800 | Thomas Hartley | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Pennsylvania | March 4, 1789 – December 21, 1800 | 11 years, 292 days | 4309 | |
March 4, 1803 | Josiah Parker | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Virginia | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 | 12 years, 0 days | 4382 | |
George Thatcher | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | |||||
March 4, 1803 | December 12, 1825 | Nathaniel Macon | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
North Carolina | March 4, 1791 – December 13, 1815 | 24 years, 284 days | 9049 |
December 12, 1825 | March 9, 1908 | Thomas Newton, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | March 4, 1801 – March 9, 1830 | 29 years, 5 days | 10597 |
March 9, 1908 | March 21, 1940 | Henry H. Bingham | Republican | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1879 – March 22, 1912 | 33 years, 18 days | 12071 |
March 21, 1940 | October 24, 1957 | Adolph J. Sabath | Democratic | Illinois | March 4, 1907 – November 6, 1952 | 45 years, 247 days | 16684 |
October 24, 1957 | July 18, 1963 | Sam Rayburn | Democratic | Texas | March 4, 1913 – November 16, 1961 | 48 years, 257 days | 17789 |
July 18, 1963 | January 5, 1992 | Carl Vinson | Democratic | Georgia | November 3, 1914 – January 3, 1965 | 50 years, 61 days | 18324 |
January 5, 1992 | February 10, 2009 | Jamie L. Whitten | Democratic | Mississippi | November 4, 1941 – January 3, 1995 | 53 years, 60 days | 19418 |
February 10, 2009 | John Dingell | Democratic | Michigan | December 13, 1955 – January 3, 2015 | 59 years, 21 days | 21571 |
Governor
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
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October 1, 1769 | March 11, 1792 | Jonathan Trumbull | Non-partisan | Connecticut | October 1, 1769 – May 13, 1784 | 14 years, 225 days | 5338 |
March 11, 1792 | George Clinton | Democratic-Republican | New York | July 30, 1777 – June 30, 1795 | 17 years, 335 days | 6544 |
Interrupted time
[edit]House and Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
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March 4, 1789 | March 12, 1790 | William Grayson | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – March 12, 1790 (S) | 1 year, 8 days | 373 |
June 1, 1790 | Theodorick Bland | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1790 (H) | 1 year, 89 days | 454 | |
August 14, 1790 | George Partridge | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – August 14, 1790 (H) | 1 year, 163 days | 528 | |
November 13, 1790 | William Paterson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | March 4, 1789 – November 13, 1790 (S) | 1 year, 254 days | 619 | |
March 4, 1791 | Tristram Dalton | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 (S) | 2 years, 0 days | 730 | |
Jonathan Elmer | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
William Maclay | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Aedanus Burke | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 (H) | ||||
Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Daniel Carroll | Pro-Administration | Maryland | |||||
George Clymer | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Isaac Coles | Anti-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Benjamin Contee | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
William Floyd | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
George Gale | Pro-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Jonathan Grout | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
John Hathorn | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
Benjamin Huntington | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
James Jackson | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
George Mathews | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
Peter Muhlenberg | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
James Schureman | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Thomas Scott | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Thomas Sinnickson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
William Smith | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Michael J. Stone | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
Henry Wynkoop | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
June 1, 1792 | John Brown | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1792 (H) | 3 years, 89 days | 1185 | |
October 8, 1792 | Richard Henry Lee | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – October 8, 1792 (S) | 3 years, 218 days | 1314 | |
November 30, 1792 | Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Pro-Administration | Maryland | March 4, 1789 – November 30, 1792 (S) | 3 years, 271 days | 1367 | |
December 6, 1792 | Joshua Seney | Anti-Administration | Maryland | March 4, 1789 – December 6, 1792 (H) | 3 years, 277 days | 1373 | |
March 4, 1793 | Richard Bassett | Anti-Administration | Delaware | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 (S) | 4 years, 0 days | 1461 | |
William Few | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | |||||
Egbert Benson | Pro-Administration | New York | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 (H) | ||||
Elbridge Gerry | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
Daniel Huger | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
John Laurance | Pro-Administration | New York | |||||
George Leonard | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
Peter Silvester | Pro-Administration | New York | |||||
Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
Thomas Tudor Tucker | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
Alexander White | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
September 18, 1793 | George Read | Pro-Administration | Delaware | March 4, 1789 – September 18, 1793 (S) | 4 years, 198 days | 1659 | |
March 4, 1795 | Ralph Izard | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 (S) | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 | |
Robert Morris | Pro-Adminsitration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 (H) | ||||
Thomas Fitzsimmons | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Samuel Griffin | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Richard Bland Lee I | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Jeremiah Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
March 8, 1796 | Oliver Ellsworth | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796 (S) | 7 years, 4 days | 2561 | |
June 1, 1796 | Caleb Strong | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1796 (S) | 7 years, 89 days | 2646 | |
June 10, 1796 | Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | March 4, 1789 – June 10, 1796 (H,S) | 7 years, 98 days | 2655 | |
July 1, 1796 | Daniel Hiester | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | March 4, 1789 – July 1, 1796 (H) | 7 years, 119 days | 2676 | |
October 25, 1796 | Pierce Butler | Pro-Administration Federalist |
South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – October 25, 1796 (S) | 7 years, 235 days | 2792 | |
March 4, 1797 | Fisher Ames | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1797 (H) | 8 years, 0 days | 2922 | |
Nicholas Gilman | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | |||||
James Madison | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Andrew Moore | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Frederick Muhlenberg | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | |||||
John Page | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
July 10, 1797 | John Henry | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Maryland | March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 (S) | 8 years, 128 days | 3050 | |
William Loughton Smith | Pro-Administration Federalist |
South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 (H) | ||||
January 19, 1798 | John M. Vining | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Delaware | March 4, 1789 – January 19, 1798 (H,S) | 8 years, 321 days | 3243 | |
November 8, 1800 | Benjamin Goodhue | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – November 8, 1800 (H,S) | 11 years, 249 days | 4266 | |
December 21, 1800 | Thomas Hartley | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Pennsylvania | March 4, 1789 – December 21, 1800 (H) | 11 years, 292 days | 4309 | |
March 4, 1801 | James Gunn | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Georgia | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (S) | 12 years, 0 days | 4382 | |
John Langdon | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | |||||
Theodore Sedgwick | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (H,S) | ||||
Josiah Parker | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Virginia | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (H) | ||||
George Thatcher | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | |||||
June 12, 1801 | Samuel Livermore | Anti-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | March 4, 1789 – June 12, 1801 (H,S) | 12 years, 100 days | 4482 | |
March 3, 1809 | Abraham Baldwin | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Georgia | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1807 (H,S) | 18 years, 0 days | 6573 | |
March 3, 1809 | October 15, 1831 | Nathaniel Macon | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
North Carolina | March 4, 1791 – November 14, 1828 (H,S) | 37 years, 245 days | 13769 |
October 15, 1831 | April 4, 1894 | Samuel Smith | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Maryland | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1815 January 31, 1816 – March 4, 1833 (H,S) |
39 years, 32 days | 14276 |
April 4, 1894 | December 31, 1920 | Justin Smith Morrill | Whig Republican |
Vermont | March 4, 1855 – December 28, 1898 (H,S) | 43 years, 299 days | 16005 |
December 31, 1920 | February 17, 1958 | Joseph G. Cannon | Republican | Illinois | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1891 March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1913 March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1923 (H) |
46 years, 0 days | 16800 |
February 17, 1958 | November 18, 2009 | Carl Hayden | Democratic | Arizona | February 19, 1912 – January 3, 1969 (H,S) | 56 years, 319 days | 20773 |
November 18, 2009 | June 6, 2013 | Robert Byrd | Democratic | West Virginia | January 3, 1953 – June 28, 2010 (H,S) | 57 years, 176 days | 20995 |
June 6, 2013 | John Dingell | Democratic | Michigan | December 13, 1955 – January 3, 2015 (H) | 59 years, 21 days | 21571 |
Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 12, 1790 | William Grayson | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – March 12, 1790 | 1 year, 8 days | 373 |
November 13, 1790 | William Paterson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | March 4, 1789 – November 13, 1790 | 1 year, 254 days | 619 | |
March 4, 1791 | Tristram Dalton | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | 2 years, 0 days | 730 | |
Jonathan Elmer | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
William Maclay | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
October 8, 1792 | Richard Henry Lee | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – October 8, 1792 | 3 years, 218 days | 1314 | |
November 30, 1792 | Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Pro-Administration | Maryland | March 4, 1789 – November 30, 1792 | 3 years, 271 days | 1367 | |
March 4, 1793 | Richard Bassett | Anti-Administration | Delaware | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 | 4 years, 0 days | 1461 | |
William Few | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | |||||
September 18, 1793 | George Read | Pro-Administration | Delaware | March 4, 1789 – September 18, 1793 | 4 years, 198 days | 1659 | |
March 4, 1795 | Ralph Izard | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 | |
Robert Morris | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
March 8, 1796 | Oliver Ellsworth | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796 | 7 years, 4 days | 2561 | |
June 1, 1796 | Caleb Strong | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1796 | 7 years, 89 days | 2646 | |
October 25, 1796 | Pierce Butler | Pro-Administration Federalist |
South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – October 25, 1796 | 7 years, 235 days | 2792 | |
July 10, 1797 | John Henry | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Maryland | March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 | 8 years, 128 days | 3050 | |
June 7, 1802 | James Gunn | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Georgia | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 | 12 years, 0 days | 4382 | |
John Langdon | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | |||||
June 7, 1802 | December 7, 1808 | Theodore Foster | Pro-Administration Federalist Democratic-Republican |
Rhode Island | June 7, 1790 – March 4, 1803 | 12 years, 270 days | 4652 |
December 7, 1808 | December 25, 1811 | James Hillhouse | Federalist | Connecticut | March 12, 1796 – June 10, 1810 | 14 years, 90 days | 5202 |
December 25, 1811 | May 13, 1822 | Joseph Anderson | Democratic-Republican | Tennessee | September 26, 1797 – March 4, 1815 | 17 years, 159 days | 6367 |
May 13, 1822 | March 8, 1832 | John Gaillard | Democratic-Republican | South Carolina | December 6, 1804 – February 26, 1826 | 21 years, 82 days | 7752 |
March 8, 1832 | March 2, 1842 | Samuel Smith | Democratic-Republican | Maryland | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1815 December 16, 1822 – March 4, 1833 |
22 years, 78 days | 8114 |
March 2, 1842 | December 11, 1845 | William R. King | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Alabama | December 14, 1819 – April 15, 1844[1] | 24 years, 123 days | 8889 |
December 11, 1845 | October 9, 1894 | Thomas Hart Benton | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Missouri | August 10, 1821 – March 4, 1851 | 29 years, 206 days | 10798 |
October 9, 1894 | February 20, 1905 | John Sherman | Republican | Ohio | March 21, 1861 – March 8, 1877 March 4, 1881 - March 4, 1897 |
31 years, 352 days | 11675 |
February 20, 1905 | April 20, 1928 | William B. Allison | Republican | Iowa | March 4, 1873 – August 4, 1908 | 35 years, 153 days | 12936 |
April 20, 1928 | March 9, 1964 | Francis E. Warren | Republican | Wyoming | November 18, 1890 – March 4, 1893 March 4, 1895 – November 24, 1929 |
37 years, 6 days | 13520 |
March 9, 1964 | May 30, 1997 | Carl Hayden | Democratic | Arizona | March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1969 | 41 years, 305 days | 15281 |
May 30, 1997 | June 10, 2006 | Strom Thurmond | Democratic Republican |
South Carolina | December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956 November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003 |
47 years, 159 days | 17325 |
June 10, 2006 | Robert Byrd | Democratic | West Virginia | January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010 | 51 years, 176 days | 18804 |
House
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | June 1, 1790 | Theodorick Bland | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1790 | 1 year, 89 days | 454 |
August 14, 1790 | George Partridge | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – August 14, 1790 | 1 year, 163 days | 528 | |
March 4, 1791 | Aedanus Burke | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | 2 years, 0 days | 730 | |
Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Daniel Carroll | Pro-Administration | Maryland | |||||
George Clymer | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Isaac Coles | Anti-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Benjamin Contee | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
William Floyd | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
George Gale | Pro-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Jonathan Grout | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
John Hathorn | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
Benjamin Huntington | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
James Jackson | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
George Mathews | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
Peter Muhlenberg | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
James Schureman | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Thomas Scott | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
William Smith | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Michael J. Stone | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
Henry Wynkoop | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
June 1, 1792 | John Brown | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1792 | 3 years, 89 days | 1185 | |
December 6, 1792 | Joshua Seney | Anti-Administration | Maryland | March 4, 1789 – December 6, 1792 | 3 years, 277 days | 1373 | |
March 4, 1793 | Egbert Benson | Pro-Administration | New York | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 | 4 years, 0 days | 1461 | |
Thomas Fitzsimmons | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Elbridge Gerry | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
Daniel Huger | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
John Laurance | Pro-Administration | New York | |||||
George Leonard | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
Samuel Livermore | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | |||||
Peter Silvester | Pro-Administration | New York | |||||
Thomas Sinnickson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
Thomas Tudor Tucker | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
John M. Vining | Pro-Administration | Delaware | |||||
Alexander White | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
March 4, 1795 | Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 | |
Samuel Griffin | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Richard Bland Lee I | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Jeremiah Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
June 11, 1796 | Benjamin Goodhue | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – June 11, 1796 | 7 years, 99 days | 2656 | |
Theodore Sedgwick | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | |||||
July 1, 1796 | Daniel Hiester | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | March 4, 1789 – July 1, 1796 | 7 years, 119 days | 2676 | |
March 4, 1797 | Fisher Ames | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1797 | 8 years, 0 days | 2922 | |
Nicholas Gilman | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | |||||
James Madison | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Andrew Moore | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Frederick Muhlenberg | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | |||||
John Page | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
July 10, 1797 | William Loughton Smith | Pro-Administration Federalist |
South Carolina | March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 | 8 years, 128 days | 3050 | |
March 4, 1799 | Abraham Baldwin | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Georgia | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1799 | 10 years, 0 days | 3652 | |
December 21, 1800 | Thomas Hartley | Pro-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | March 4, 1789 – December 21, 1800 | 11 years, 292 days | 4309 | |
March 4, 1803 | Josiah Parker | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Virginia | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 | 12 years, 0 days | 4382 | |
George Thatcher | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | |||||
March 4, 1803 | December 12, 1825 | Nathaniel Macon | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
North Carolina | March 4, 1791 – December 13, 1815 | 24 years, 284 days | 9049 |
December 12, 1825 | March 12, 1904 | Thomas Newton, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | March 4, 1801 – March 9, 1830 March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 |
31 years, 5 days | 11328 |
March 12, 1904 | November 5, 1908 | John H. Ketcham | Republican | New York | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1873 March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1893 March 4, 1897 – November 4, 1906 |
33 years, 245 days | 12297 |
November 5, 1908 | March 3, 1959 | Joseph G. Cannon | Republican | Illinois | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1891 March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1913 March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1923 |
46 years, 0 days | 16800 |
March 3, 1959 | July 18, 1963 | Sam Rayburn | Democratic | Texas | March 4, 1913 – November 16, 1961 | 48 years, 257 days | 17789 |
July 18, 1963 | January 5, 1992 | Carl Vinson | Democratic | Georgia | November 3, 1914 – January 3, 1965 | 50 years, 61 days | 18324 |
January 5, 1992 | February 10, 2009 | Jamie L. Whitten | Democratic | Mississippi | November 4, 1941 – January 3, 1995 | 53 years, 60 days | 19418 |
February 10, 2009 | John Dingell | Democratic | Michigan | December 13, 1955 – January 3, 2015 | 59 years, 21 days | 21571 |
Governor
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 1, 1769 | March 11, 1792 | Jonathan Trumbull | Non-partisan | Connecticut | October 1, 1769 – May 13, 1784 | 14 years, 225 days | 5338 |
March 11, 1792 | December 13, 2015 | George Clinton | Democratic-Republican | New York | July 30, 1777 – June 30, 1795 July 1, 1801 – June 30, 1804 |
20 years, 334 days | 7639 |
December 13, 2015 | Terry Branstad | Republican | Iowa | January 14, 1983 – January 15, 1999 January 14, 2011 – May 24, 2017 |
22 years, 131 days | 8167 |
List of longest-serving women
[edit]House and Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1917 | January 22, 1925 | Jeannette Rankin | Republican | Montana | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919[2] (H) | 2 years, 0 days | 730 |
March 4, 1923 | Alice Mary Robertson | Republican | Oklahoma | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 (H) | |||
January 22, 1925 | March 30, 1927 | Mae Nolan | Republican | California | January 23, 1923 – March 4, 1925 (H) | 2 years, 40 days | 771 |
March 30, 1927 | January 18, 1937 | Florence Prag Kahn | Republican | California | February 17, 1925 – January 3, 1937 (H) | 11 years, 321 days | 4338 |
January 18, 1937 | May 1, 1951 | Mary Teresa Norton | Democratic | New Jersey | March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1951 (H) | 25 years, 305 days | 9436 |
May 1, 1951 | March 16, 2012 | Edith Rogers | Republican | Massachusetts | June 30, 1925 – September 10, 1960 (H) | 35 years, 72 days | 12856 |
March 16, 2012 | January 3, 2023 | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2017 (H,S) | 40 years, 0 days | 14610 |
January 3, 2023 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | Ohio | January 3, 1983 – in office (H) | 41 years, 357 days | 15332 |
Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 3, 1922 | January 2, 1932 | Rebecca Latimer Felton | Democratic | Georgia | October 3, 1922 – November 22, 1922 | 50 days | 50 |
January 2, 1932 | February 24, 1962 | Hattie Caraway | Democratic | Arkansas | November 13, 1931 – January 3, 1945 | 13 years, 51 days | 4800 |
February 24, 1962 | January 3, 2011 | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973 | 24 years, 0 days | 8766 |
January 3, 2011 | November 5, 2022 | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2017 | 30 years, 0 days | 10958 |
November 5, 2022 | November 27, 2023 | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | California | November 4, 1992 – September 28, 2023 | 30 years, 328 days | 11285 |
November 27, 2023 | Patty Murray | Democratic | Washington | January 3, 1993 – in office | 31 years, 357 days | 11679 |
House
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1917 | January 22, 1925 | Jeannette Rankin | Republican | Montana | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919[2] | 2 years, 0 days | 730 |
March 4, 1923 | Alice Mary Robertson | Republican | Oklahoma | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
January 22, 1925 | March 30, 1927 | Mae Nolan | Republican | California | January 23, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | 2 years, 40 days | 771 |
March 30, 1927 | January 18, 1937 | Florence Prag Kahn | Republican | California | February 17, 1925 – January 3, 1937 | 11 years, 321 days | 4338 |
January 18, 1937 | May 1, 1951 | Mary Teresa Norton | Democratic | New Jersey | March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1951 | 25 years, 305 days | 9436 |
May 1, 1951 | March 16, 2018 | Edith Rogers | Republican | Massachusetts | June 30, 1925 – September 10, 1960 | 35 years, 72 days | 12856 |
March 16, 2018 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | Ohio | January 3, 1983 – in office | 41 years, 357 days | 15332 |
Governor
[edit]Uninterrupted time
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 3, 1927 | January 5, 1977 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Democratic | Wyoming | January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927 | 1 year, 363 days | 728 |
January 15, 1935 | Miriam A. Ferguson | Democratic | Texas | January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935[3] | |||
January 5, 1977 | January 3, 1991 | Ella T. Grasso | Democratic | Connecticut | January 8, 1975 – December 31, 1980 | 5 years, 358 days | 2184 |
January 3, 1991 | January 18, 2000 | Madeleine M. Kunin | Democratic | Vermont | January 10, 1985 – January 10, 1991 | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 |
January 18, 2000 | January 17, 2008 | Christine Todd Whitman | Republican | New Jersey | January 18, 1994 – January 31, 2001 | 7 years, 13 days | 2570 |
January 17, 2008 | Ruth Ann Minner | Democratic | Delaware | January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2009 | 8 years, 17 days | 2939 |
Interrupted time
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 3, 1927 | January 18, 1933 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Democratic | Wyoming | January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927 | 1 year, 363 days | 728 |
January 18, 1933 | January 2, 1979 | Miriam A. Ferguson | Democratic | Texas | January 20, 1925 – January 17, 1927 January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935 |
3 years, 360 days | 1455 |
January 2, 1979 | January 3, 1991 | Ella T. Grasso | Democratic | Connecticut | January 8, 1975 – December 31, 1980 | 5 years, 358 days | 2184 |
January 3, 1991 | January 18, 2000 | Madeleine M. Kunin | Democratic | Vermont | January 10, 1985 – January 10, 1991 | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 |
January 18, 2000 | January 17, 2008 | Christine Todd Whitman | Republican | New Jersey | January 18, 1994 – January 31, 2001 | 7 years, 13 days | 2570 |
January 17, 2008 | Ruth Ann Minner | Democratic | Delaware | January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2009 | 8 years, 17 days | 2939 |
List of longest-living
[edit]House and Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Lifespan | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 1, 1800 | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793 | 72 years, 95 days | 26393 |
January 10, 1800 | September 21, 1826 | William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819 | 92 years, 38 days | 33640 |
September 21, 1826 | March 1, 1837 | Thomas Sumter | Democratic-Republican | South Carolina | August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832 | 97 years, 292 days | 35720 |
March 1, 1837 | July 11, 1921 | Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | May 14, 1739 – March 7, 1838 | 98 years, 297 days | 36091 |
July 11, 1921 | October 1, 1972 | Cornelius Cole | Republican | California | September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924 | 102 years, 47 days | 37302 |
October 1, 1972 | July 20, 1988 | Maurice Thatcher | Republican | Kentucky | August 15, 1870 – January 6, 1973 | 102 years, 144 days | 37399 |
July 20, 1988 | Elizabeth Hawley Gasque | Democratic | South Carolina | February 26, 1886 – November 2, 1989 | 103 years, 249 days | 37869 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Lifespan | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1917 | March 4, 1921[4] | Jeannette Rankin | Republican | Montana | June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973 | 40 years, 266 days[5] | 14875[5] |
March 4, 1921 | October 3, 1922[4] | Alice Mary Robertson | Republican | California | January 2, 1854 – October 3, 1922 | 68 years, 274 days[5] | 25110[5] |
October 3, 1922 | June 22, 1972 | Rebecca Latimer Felton | Democratic | Georgia | June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930 | 94 years, 228 days | 34561 |
June 22, 1972 | May 1, 1983 | Virginia Jenckes | Democratic | Indiana | November 6, 1877 – January 9, 1975 | 97 years, 64 days | 35492 |
May 1, 1983 | Elizabeth Hawley Gasque | Democratic | South Carolina | February 26, 1886 – November 2, 1989 | 103 years, 249 days | 37869 |
Men
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Lifespan | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 1, 1800 | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793 | 72 years, 95 days | 26393 |
January 10, 1800 | September 21, 1826 | William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819 | 92 years, 38 days | 33640 |
September 21, 1826 | March 1, 1837 | Thomas Sumter | Democratic-Republican | South Carolina | August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832 | 97 years, 292 days | 35720 |
March 1, 1837 | July 11, 1921 | Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | May 14, 1739 – March 7, 1838 | 98 years, 297 days | 36091 |
July 11, 1921 | October 1, 1972 | Cornelius Cole | Republican | California | September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924 | 102 years, 47 days | 37302 |
October 1, 1972 | Maurice Thatcher | Republican | Kentucky | August 15, 1870 – January 6, 1973 | 102 years, 144 days | 37399 |
Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Lifespan | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | June 13, 1791[4] | William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819 | 63 years, 249 days[5] | 23260 |
June 13, 1791 | January 10, 1800 | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793 | 72 years, 95 days | 26393 |
January 10, 1800 | September 21, 1826 | William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819 | 92 years, 38 days | 33640 |
September 21, 1826 | March 1, 1837 | Thomas Sumter | Democratic-Republican | South Carolina | August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832 | 97 years, 292 days | 35720 |
March 1, 1837 | July 8, 1906 | Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | May 14, 1739 – March 7, 1838 | 98 years, 297 days | 36091 |
July 8, 1906 | October 10, 1921 | Daniel Jewett | Republican | Missouri | September 14, 1807 – October 7, 1906 | 99 years, 23 days | 36182 |
October 10, 1921 | Cornelius Cole | Republican | California | September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924 | 102 years, 47 days | 37302 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Lifespan | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 3, 1922 | May 20, 1985 | Rebecca Latimer Felton | Democratic | Georgia | June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930 | 94 years, 228 days | 34561 |
May 20, 1985 | Gladys Pyle | Republican | South Dakota | October 4, 1890 – March 14, 1989 | 98 years, 161 days | 35955 |
House
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Lifespan | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 1, 1800 | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793 | 72 years, 95 days | 26393 |
March 1, 1800 | March 15, 1801 | Artemas Ward | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800 | 72 years, 336 days | 26634 |
March 15, 1801 | June 18, 1815 | William Smith | Anti-Administration | Maryland | April 12, 1728 – March 27, 1814 | 85 years, 349 days | 31394 |
June 18, 1815 | September 4, 1824 | George Leonard | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | July 4, 1729 – July 26, 1819 | 90 years, 22 days | 32893 |
September 4, 1824 | March 1, 1837 | Thomas Sumter | Democratic-Republican | South Carolina | August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832 | 97 years, 292 days | 35720 |
March 1, 1837 | July 11, 1921 | Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | May 14, 1739 – March 7, 1838 | 98 years, 297 days | 36091 |
July 11, 1921 | October 1, 1972 | Cornelius Cole | Republican | California | September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924 | 102 years, 47 days | 37302 |
October 1, 1972 | July 20, 1988 | Maurice Thatcher | Republican | Kentucky | August 15, 1870 – January 6, 1973 | 102 years, 144 days | 37399 |
July 20, 1988 | Elizabeth Hawley Gasque | Democratic | South Carolina | February 26, 1886 – November 2, 1989 | 103 years, 249 days | 37869 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Lifespan | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1917 | March 4, 1921[4] | Jeannette Rankin | Republican | Montana | June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973 | 40 years, 266 days[5] | 14875 |
March 4, 1921 | May 7, 1944 | Alice Mary Robertson | Republican | California | January 2, 1854 – July 1, 1931 | 77 years, 180 days | 28303 |
May 7, 1944 | March 14, 1957 | Florence Prag Kahn | Republican | California | November 9, 1866 – November 16, 1948 | 82 years, 7 days | 29957 |
March 14, 1957 | April 29, 1961 | Mary Teresa Norton | Democratic | New Jersey | March 7, 1875 – August 2, 1959 | 84 years, 148 days | 30828 |
April 29, 1961 | January 2, 1963 | Pearl Peden Oldfield | Democratic | Arkansas | December 2, 1876 – April 12, 1962 | 85 years, 131 days | 31176 |
January 2, 1963 | November 5, 1965 | Ruth Baker Pratt | Republican | New York | August 24, 1877 – August 23, 1965 | 87 years, 364 days | 32140 |
November 5, 1965 | May 1, 1983 | Virginia Jenckes | Democratic | Indiana | November 6, 1877 – January 9, 1975 | 97 years, 64 days | 35492 |
May 1, 1983 | Elizabeth Hawley Gasque | Democratic | South Carolina | February 26, 1886 – November 2, 1989 | 103 years, 249 days | 37869 |
Men
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Lifespan | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 1, 1800 | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793 | 72 years, 95 days | 26393 |
March 1, 1800 | March 15, 1801 | Artemas Ward | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800 | 72 years, 336 days | 26634 |
March 15, 1801 | June 18, 1815 | William Smith | Anti-Administration | Maryland | April 12, 1728 – March 27, 1814 | 85 years, 349 days | 31394 |
June 18, 1815 | September 4, 1824 | George Leonard | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | July 4, 1729 – July 26, 1819 | 90 years, 22 days | 32893 |
September 4, 1824 | March 1, 1837 | Thomas Sumter | Democratic-Republican | South Carolina | August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832 | 97 years, 292 days | 35720 |
March 1, 1837 | July 11, 1921 | Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | May 14, 1739 – March 7, 1838 | 98 years, 297 days | 36091 |
July 11, 1921 | October 1, 1972 | Cornelius Cole | Republican | California | September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924 | 102 years, 47 days | 37302 |
October 1, 1972 | Maurice Thatcher | Republican | Kentucky | August 15, 1870 – January 6, 1973 | 102 years, 144 days | 37399 |
Governor
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Lifespan | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 7, 1787 | December 12, 1787[4] | Thomas Collins | Non-partisan | Delaware | 1732 – March 29, 1789 | 55 years, 160 days ca.[5] | 20250 ca. |
December 12, 1787 | June 23, 1809 | Benjamin Franklin | Non-partisan | Pennsylvania | January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 | 84 years, 90 days | 30771 |
June 23, 1809 | September 7, 1842 | Samuel Ashe | Anti-Administration | North Carolina | March 24, 1725 – February 13, 1813 | 87 years, 326 days | 32102 |
September 7, 1842 | December 15, 1848 | Morgan Lewis | Democratic-Republican | New York | October 16, 1754 – April 7, 1844 | 89 years, 174 days | 32680 |
December 15, 1848 | April 20, 1860 | William Plumer | Democratic-Republican | New Hampshire | June 25, 1759 – December 22, 1850 | 91 years, 180 days | 33417 |
April 20, 1860 | November 4, 1890 | Joshua Hall | Democratic | Maine | October 22, 1768 – December 25, 1862 | 94 years, 64 days | 34396 |
November 4, 1890 | December 18, 1936 | Nathaniel Berry | Republican | New Hampshire | September 1, 1796 – April 27, 1894 | 97 years, 238 days | 35666 |
December 18, 1936 | June 5, 1977 | Roswell Colcord | Republican | Nevada | April 25, 1839 – October 30, 1939 | 100 years, 188 days | 36712 |
June 5, 1977 | September 30, 2000 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Democratic | Wyoming | November 29, 1876 – December 12, 1977 | 101 years, 13 days | 36909 |
September 30, 2000 | March 17, 2011 | Jimmie Davis | Democratic | Louisiana | September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000 | 101 years, 55 days | 36945 |
March 17, 2011 | Albert Rosellini | Democratic | Washington | January 21, 1910 – October 10, 2011 | 101 years, 262 days | 37152 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Lifespan | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 5, 1925 | January 20, 1925[4] | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Democratic | Wyoming | November 29, 1876 – December 12, 1977 | 48 years, 52 days[5] | 17583 |
January 20, 1925 | December 12, 1962 | Miriam Ferguson | Democratic | Texas | June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961 | 86 years, 12 days | 31423 |
December 12, 1962 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Democratic | Wyoming | November 29, 1876 – December 12, 1977 | 101 years, 13 days | 36909 |
Men
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Lifespan | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 7, 1787 | December 12, 1787[4] | Thomas Collins | Non-partisan | Delaware | 1732 – March 29, 1789 | 55 years, 160 days ca.[5] | 20250 ca. |
December 12, 1787 | June 23, 1809 | Benjamin Franklin | Non-partisan | Pennsylvania | January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 | 84 years, 90 days | 30771 |
June 23, 1809 | September 7, 1842 | Samuel Ashe | Anti-Administration | North Carolina | March 24, 1725 – February 13, 1813 | 87 years, 326 days | 32102 |
September 7, 1842 | December 15, 1848 | Morgan Lewis | Democratic-Republican | New York | October 16, 1754 – April 7, 1844 | 89 years, 174 days | 32680 |
December 15, 1848 | April 20, 1860 | William Plumer | Democratic-Republican | New Hampshire | June 25, 1759 – December 22, 1850 | 91 years, 180 days | 33417 |
April 20, 1860 | November 4, 1890 | Joshua Hall | Democratic | Maine | October 22, 1768 – December 25, 1862 | 94 years, 64 days | 34396 |
November 4, 1890 | December 18, 1936 | Nathaniel Berry | Republican | New Hampshire | September 1, 1796 – April 27, 1894 | 97 years, 238 days | 35666 |
December 18, 1936 | March 17, 2000 | Roswell Colcord | Republican | Nevada | April 25, 1839 – October 30, 1939 | 100 years, 188 days | 36712 |
March 17, 2000 | March 17, 2011 | Jimmie Davis | Democratic | Louisiana | September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000 | 101 years, 55 days | 36945 |
March 17, 2011 | Albert Rosellini | Democratic | Washington | January 21, 1910 – October 10, 2011 | 101 years, 262 days | 37152 |
List of oldest serving
[edit]Senate
[edit]Begin date | End date | Name | Party | State | Date of birth | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 4, 1791 | William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | October 7, 1727 | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | 63 years, 148 days | 23159 |
March 4, 1791 | June 13, 1791[4] | Richard Henry Lee | Anti-Administration | Virginia | January 20, 1732 | March 4, 1789 – October 8, 1792 | 59 years, 144 days[5] | 21694 |
June 13, 1791 | July 23, 1793 | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | April 19, 1721 | June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793 | 72 years, 95 days | 26302 |
July 23, 1793 | October 1797 | William Bradford | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Rhode Island | November 4, 1729 | March 4, 1793 – October 1797 | 67 years, 340 days ca. | 24800 ca. |
October 1797 | June 12, 1801 | Samuel Livermore | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | May 14, 1732 | March 4, 1793 – June 12, 1801 | 69 years, 29 days | 25230 |
June 12, 1801 | June 17, 1801[4] | William Hindman | Federalist | Maryland | April 1, 1743 | December 12, 1800 – November 19, 1801 | 58 years, 77 days[5] | 21261 |
June 17, 1801 | December 15, 1801[4] | Simeon Olcott | Federalist | New Hampshire | October 1, 1735 | June 17, 1801 – March 4, 1805 | 66 years, 75 days[5] | 27468 |
December 15, 1801 | December 16, 1810 | Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | August 14, 1734 | December 15, 1801 – December 16, 1810 | 76 years, 124 days | 27882 |
December 16, 1810 | March 4, 1811 | Timothy Pickering | Federalist | Massachusetts | July 17, 1745 | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1811 | 65 years, 230 days | 23970 |
March 4, 1811 | March 4, 1815 | John Lambert | Democratic-Republican | New Jersey | February 24, 1746 | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1815 | 69 years, 8 days | 25209 |
March 4, 1815 | March 4, 1817 | Joseph Bradley Varnum | Democratic-Republican | Massachusetts | January 29, 1751 | June 29, 1811 – March 4, 1817 | 66 years, 34 days | 24140 |
March 4, 1817 | March 4, 1821 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Vermont | February 8, 1754 | October 18, 1796 – October 17, 1797 March 4, 1814 – March 4, 1821 |
67 years, 24 days | 24495 |
March 4, 1821 | December 17, 1822[4] | Rufus King | Federalist | New York | March 24, 1755 | July 25, 1789 – May 23, 1796 March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1825 |
67 years, 268 days[5] | 24739 |
December 17, 1822 | March 4, 1833 | Samuel Smith | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Maryland | July 27, 1752 | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1815 December 17, 1822 – March 4, 1833 |
80 years, 220 days | 29439 |
March 4, 1833 | March 4, 1839 | Asher Robbins | National Republican Whig |
Rhode Island | October 26, 1761 | October 31, 1825 – March 4, 1839 | 77 years, 129 days | 28252 |
March 4, 1839 | April 23, 1842[4] | Benjamin Tappan | Democratic | Ohio | May 25, 1773 | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845 | 68 years, 333 days[5] | 25169 |
April 23, 1842 | March 4, 1843 | Samuel C. Crafts | Whig | Vermont | October 6, 1768 | April 23, 1842 – March 4, 1843 | 74 years, 149 days | 27174 |
March 4, 1843 | March 4, 1845 | Benjamin Tappan | Democratic | Ohio | May 25, 1773 | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845 | 71 years, 283 days | 26215 |
March 4, 1845 | March 4, 1847 | Thomas Clayton | Whig | Delaware | July 1777 | January 8, 1824 – March 4, 1827 January 9, 1837 – March 4, 1847 |
69 years, 230 days ca. | 25430 ca. |
March 4, 1847 | June 23, 1848[4] | John M. Berrien | Whig | Georgia | August 23, 1781 | March 4, 1841 – May 28, 1852 | 66 years, 305 days[5] | 24410 |
June 23, 1848 | March 4, 1849 | Thomas Metcalfe | Whig | Kentucky | March 20, 1780 | June 23, 1848 – March 4, 1849 | 68 years, 349 days | 25185 |
March 4, 1849 | June 29, 1852 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican Whig |
Kentucky | April 12, 1777 | December 29, 1806 – March 4, 1807 January 4, 1810 – March 4, 1811 November 10, 1831 – March 31, 1842 March 4, 1849 – June 29, 1852 |
75 years, 78 days | 27471 |
June 29, 1852 | March 4, 1857 | Lewis Cass | Democratic | Michigan | October 9, 1782 | March 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848 March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1857 |
74 years, 146 days | 27174 |
March 4, 1857 | March 4, 1859 | Philip Allen | Democratic | Rhode Island | September 1, 1785 | July 20, 1853 – March 4, 1859 | 73 years, 184 days | 26846 |
March 4, 1859 | March 4, 1861 | John J. Crittenden | Democratic-Republican National Republican Whig American Constitutional Union Unionist Party |
Kentucky | September 10, 1787 | March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819 March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1841 March 31, 1842 – June 12, 1848 March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1861 |
73 years, 175 days | 26838 |
March 4, 1861 | November 9, 1865 | Jacob Collamer | Whig Republican |
Vermont | January 8, 1791 | March 4, 1855 – November 9, 1865 | 74 years, 305 days | 27333 |
November 9, 1865 | February 7, 1868 | James Guthrie | Democratic | Kentucky | December 5, 1792 | March 4, 1865 – February 7, 1868 | 75 years, 64 days | 27456 |
February 7, 1868 | July 10, 1868 | Reverdy Johnson | Democratic | Maryland | May 21, 1796 | March 4, 1863 – July 10, 1868 | 72 years, 50 days | 26347 |
July 10, 1868 | March 12, 1877 | Simon Cameron | Democratic Republican |
Pennsylvania | March 8, 1799 | March 13, 1845 – March 4, 1849 March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 March 4, 1867 – March 12, 1877 |
78 years, 4 days | 28493 |
March 12, 1877 | March 4, 1881 | Hannibal Hamlin | Democratic Republican |
Maine | August 27, 1809 | June 8, 1848 – January 7, 1857 March 4, 1857 – January 17, 1861 March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1881 |
71 years, 189 days | 26122 |
March 4, 1881 | December 28, 1898 | Justin Smith Morrill | Republican | Vermont | April 14, 1810 | March 4, 1867 – December 28, 1898 | 88 years, 258 days | 32400 |
December 28, 1898 | July 27, 1907 | Edmund Pettus | Democratic | Alabama | July 6, 1821 | March 4, 1897 – July 27, 1907 | 86 years, 21 days | 31431 |
July 27, 1907 | March 17, 1908 | William Pinkney Whyte | Democratic | Maryland | August 9, 1824 | July 13, 1868 – March 4, 1869 March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881 June 8, 1906 – March 17, 1908 |
83 years, 221 days | 30535 |
March 17, 1908 | March 24, 1908[4] | William B. Allison | Republican | Iowa | March 2, 1829 | March 4, 1873 – August 4, 1908 | 79 years, 22 days[5] | 28876 |
March 24, 1908 | October 21, 1908 | John Wolcott Stewart | Republican | Vermont | November 24, 1825 | March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908 | 82 years, 332 days | 30281 |
October 21, 1908 | March 4, 1915 | Isaac Stephenson | Republican | Wisconsin | June 18, 1829 | May 17, 1907 – March 4, 1915 | 85 years, 259 days | 31304 |
March 4, 1915 | August 17, 1918 | Jacob Harold Gallinger | Republican | New Hampshire | March 28, 1837 | March 4, 1891 – August 17, 1918 | 81 years, 142 days | 29726 |
August 17, 1918 | March 4, 1919 | David Baird | Republican | New Jersey | April 7, 1839 | February 23, 1918 – March 4, 1919 | 79 years, 331 days | 29185 |
March 4, 1919 | March 1, 1920 | John H. Bankhead | Democratic | Alabama | September 13, 1842 | June 18, 1907 – March 1, 1920 | 77 years, 170 days | 28293 |
March 1, 1920 | October 3, 1922[4] | Carroll S. Page | Republican | Vermont | January 10, 1843 | October 21, 1908 – March 4, 1923 | 79 years, 266 days[5] | 29120 |
October 3, 1922 | November 22, 1922 | Rebecca Latimer Felton | Democratic | Georgia | June 10, 1835 | October 3, 1922 – November 22, 1922 | 87 years, 165 days | 31941 |
November 22, 1922 | March 4, 1923 | Carroll S. Page | Republican | Vermont | January 10, 1843 | October 21, 1908 – March 4, 1923 | 80 years, 53 days | 29272 |
March 4, 1923 | April 28, 1923 | Knute Nelson | Republican | Minnesota | February 2, 1843 | March 4, 1895 – April 28, 1923 | 80 years, 85 days | 29304 |
April 28, 1923 | July 12, 1923 | William P. Dillingham | Republican | Vermont | December 12, 1843 | October 18, 1900 – July 12, 1923 | 79 years, 212 days | 29066 |
July 12, 1923 | November 24, 1929 | Francis E. Warren | Republican | Wyoming | June 20, 1844 | November 24, 1890 – March 4, 1893 March 4, 1895 – November 24, 1929 |
85 years, 157 days | 31202 |
November 24, 1929 | March 4, 1931 | Frederick H. Gillett | Republican | Massachusetts | October 16, 1851 | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1931 | 79 years, 139 days | 28993 |
March 4, 1931 | May 24, 1933[4] | John B. Kendrick | Democratic | Wyoming | September 6, 1857 | March 4, 1917 – November 3, 1933 | 75 years, 260 days[5] | 27653 |
May 24, 1933 | November 6, 1934 | William Henry Thompson | Democratic | Nebraska | December 14, 1853 | May 24, 1933 – November 6, 1934 | 80 years, 327 days | 29546 |
November 6, 1934 | April 21, 1941[4] | Carter Glass | Democratic | Virginia | January 4, 1858 | February 20, 1920 – May 28, 1946 | 83 years, 107 days[5] | 30422 |
April 21, 1941 | June 26, 1941 | Andrew Jackson Houston | Democratic | Texas | June 21, 1854 | April 21, 1841 – June 26, 1941 | 87 years, 5 days | 31781 |
June 26, 1941 | May 28, 1946 | Carter Glass | Democratic | Virginia | January 4, 1858 | February 20, 1920 – May 28, 1946 | 88 years, 144 days | 32285 |
May 28, 1946 | January 3, 1949 | Arthur Capper | Republican | Kansas | July 14, 1865 | March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1949 | 83 years, 173 days | 30488 |
January 3, 1949 | January 3, 1961 | Theodore F. Green | Democratic | Rhode Island | October 2, 1867 | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1961 | 93 years, 93 days | 34061 |
January 3, 1961 | January 3, 1969 | Carl Hayden | Democratic | Arizona | October 2, 1877 | March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1969 | 91 years, 93 days | 33330 |
January 3, 1969 | January 3, 1971 | Stephen M. Young | Democratic | Ohio | May 4, 1889 | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 | 81 years, 244 days | 29828 |
January 3, 1971 | July 27, 1972 | Allen J. Ellender | Democratic | Louisiana | September 24, 1890 | January 3, 1937 – July 27, 1972 | 81 years, 307 days | 29891 |
July 27, 1972 | January 3, 1975 | George Aiken | Republican | Vermont | August 20, 1892 | January 10, 1941 – January 3, 1975 | 82 years, 136 days | 30085 |
January 3, 1975 | November 28, 1977 | John Little McClellan | Democratic | Arkansas | February 25, 1896 | January 3, 1943 – November 28, 1977 | 81 years, 276 days | 29861 |
November 28, 1977 | January 3, 1981 | Milton Young | Republican | North Dakota | December 6, 1897 | March 12, 1945 – January 3, 1981 | 83 years, 28 days | 30343 |
January 3, 1981 | January 3, 1989 | John C. Stennis | Democratic | Mississippi | August 3, 1901 | November 5, 1947 – January 3, 1989 | 87 years, 153 days | 31930 |
January 3, 1989 | January 3, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | Democratic Republican |
South Carolina | December 5, 1902 | December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956 November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003 |
100 years, 29 days | 36554 |
January 3, 2003 | June 28, 2010 | Robert Byrd | Democratic | West Virginia | November 20, 1917 | January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010 | 92 years, 220 days | 33823 |
June 28, 2010 | June 3, 2013 | Frank Lautenberg | Democratic | New Jersey | January 23, 1924 | December 27, 1982 – January 3, 2001 January 3, 2003 – June 3, 2013 |
89 years, 131 days | 32639 |
June 3, 2013 | September 28, 2023 | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | California | June 22, 1933 | November 4, 1992 – September 28, 2023 | 90 years, 98 days | 32970 |
September 28, 2023 | Chuck Grassley | Republican | Iowa | September 17, 1933 | January 3, 1981 – in office | 91 years, 99 days | 33337 |
Women
[edit]Begin date | End date | Name | Party | State | Date of birth | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 3, 1922 | November 22, 1922 | Rebecca Latimer Felton | Democratic | Georgia | June 10, 1835 | October 3, 1922 – November 22, 1922 | 87 years, 165 days | 31941 |
November 22, 1922 | December 9, 1931 | none | ||||||
December 9, 1931 | January 3, 1945 | Hattie Caraway | Democratic | Arkansas | February 1, 1878 | December 9, 1931 – January 3, 1945 | 66 years, 337 days | 24442 |
January 3, 1945 | October 6, 1948 | none | ||||||
October 6, 1948 | December 26, 1948 | Vera C. Bushfield | Republican | South Dakota | August 9, 1889 | October 6, 1948 – December 26, 1948 | 59 years, 139 days | 21688 |
December 26, 1948 | January 3, 1949 | none | ||||||
January 3, 1949 | April 16, 1954[4] | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine | December 14, 1897 | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973 | 56 years, 123 days[5] | 20576 |
April 16, 1954 | November 8, 1954 | Eva Bowring | Republican | Nebraska | January 9, 1892 | April 16, 1954 – November 8, 1954 | 62 years, 303 days | 22948 |
November 8, 1954 | December 31, 1954 | Hazel Abel | Republican | Nebraska | July 10, 1888 | November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1954 | 66 years, 174 days | 24279 |
December 31, 1954 | January 3, 1973 | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine | December 14, 1897 | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973 | 75 years, 20 days | 27413 |
January 3, 1973 | January 25, 1978 | none | ||||||
January 25, 1978 | November 7, 1978 | Muriel Humphrey Brown | Democratic | Minnesota | February 20, 1912 | January 25, 1978 – November 7, 1978 | 66 years, 260 days | 24367 |
November 7, 1978 | December 23, 1978 | none | ||||||
December 23, 1978 | January 1, 1981[4] | Nancy Landon Kassebaum | Republican | Kansas | July 29, 1932 | December 23, 1978 – January 3, 1997 | 48 years, 156 days[5] | 17698 |
January 1, 1981 | January 3, 1987 | Paula Hawkins | Republican | Florida | January 24, 1927 | January 1, 1981 – January 3, 1987 | 59 years, 344 days | 21894 |
January 3, 1987 | September 16, 1992[4] | Nancy Landon Kassebaum | Republican | Kansas | July 29, 1932 | December 23, 1978 – January 3, 1997 | 60 years, 49 days[5] | 21964 |
September 16, 1992 | December 14, 1992 | Jocelyn Burdick | Democratic | North Dakota | February 6, 1922 | September 16, 1992 – December 14, 1992 | 70 years, 312 days | 25879 |
December 14, 1992 | January 3, 1997 | Nancy Landon Kassebaum | Republican | Kansas | July 29, 1932 | December 23, 1978 – January 3, 1997 | 64 years, 158 days | 23534 |
January 3, 1997 | September 28, 2023 | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | California | June 22, 1933 | November 10, 1992 – September 28, 2023 | 90 years, 98 days | 32970 |
September 28, 2023 | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | New Hampshire | January 28, 1947 | January 3, 2009 – | 77 years, 332 days | 28456 |
Men
[edit]Begin date | End date | Name | Party | State | Date of birth | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 4, 1791 | William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | October 7, 1727 | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | 63 years, 148 days | 23159 |
March 4, 1791 | June 13, 1791[4] | Richard Henry Lee | Anti-Administration | Virginia | January 20, 1732 | March 4, 1789 – October 8, 1792 | 59 years, 144 days[5] | 21694 |
June 13, 1791 | July 23, 1793 | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | April 19, 1721 | June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793 | 72 years, 95 days | 26302 |
July 23, 1793 | October 1797 | William Bradford | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Rhode Island | November 4, 1729 | March 4, 1793 – October 1797 | 67 years, 340 days ca. | 24800 ca. |
October 1797 | June 12, 1801 | Samuel Livermore | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | May 14, 1732 | March 4, 1793 – June 12, 1801 | 69 years, 29 days | 25230 |
June 12, 1801 | June 17, 1801[4] | William Hindman | Federalist | Maryland | April 1, 1743 | December 12, 1800 – November 19, 1801 | 58 years, 77 days[5] | 21261 |
June 17, 1801 | December 15, 1801[4] | Simeon Olcott | Federalist | New Hampshire | October 1, 1735 | June 17, 1801 – March 4, 1805 | 59 years, 144 days[5] | 27468 |
December 15, 1801 | December 16, 1810 | Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | August 14, 1734 | December 15, 1801 – December 16, 1810 | 76 years, 124 days | 27882 |
December 16, 1810 | March 4, 1811 | Timothy Pickering | Federalist | Massachusetts | July 17, 1745 | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1811 | 65 years, 230 days | 23970 |
March 4, 1811 | March 4, 1815 | John Lambert | Democratic-Republican | New Jersey | February 24, 1746 | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1815 | 69 years, 8 days | 25209 |
March 4, 1815 | March 4, 1817 | Joseph Bradley Varnum | Democratic-Republican | Massachusetts | January 29, 1751 | June 29, 1811 – March 4, 1817 | 66 years, 34 days | 24140 |
March 4, 1817 | March 4, 1821 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Vermont | February 8, 1754 | October 18, 1796 – October 17, 1797 March 4, 1814 – March 4, 1821 |
67 years, 24 days | 24495 |
March 4, 1821 | December 17, 1822[4] | Rufus King | Federalist | New York | March 24, 1755 | July 25, 1789 – May 23, 1796 March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1825 |
67 years, 268 days[5] | 24739 |
December 17, 1822 | March 4, 1833 | Samuel Smith | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Maryland | July 27, 1752 | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1815 December 17, 1822 – March 4, 1833 |
80 years, 220 days | 29439 |
March 4, 1833 | March 4, 1839 | Asher Robbins | National Republican Whig |
Rhode Island | October 26, 1761 | October 31, 1825 – March 4, 1839 | 77 years, 129 days | 28252 |
March 4, 1839 | April 23, 1842[4] | Benjamin Tappan | Democratic | Ohio | May 25, 1773 | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845 | 68 years, 333 days[5] | 25169 |
April 23, 1842 | March 4, 1843 | Samuel C. Crafts | Whig | Vermont | October 6, 1768 | April 23, 1842 – March 4, 1843 | 74 years, 149 days | 27174 |
March 4, 1843 | March 4, 1845 | Benjamin Tappan | Democratic | Ohio | May 25, 1773 | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845 | 71 years, 283 days | 26215 |
March 4, 1845 | March 4, 1847 | Thomas Clayton | Whig | Delaware | July 1777 | January 8, 1824 – March 4, 1827 January 9, 1837 – March 4, 1847 |
69 years, 230 days ca. | 25430 ca. |
March 4, 1847 | June 23, 1848[4] | John M. Berrien | Whig | Georgia | August 23, 1781 | March 4, 1841 – May 28, 1852 | 66 years, 305 days[5] | 24410 |
June 23, 1848 | March 4, 1849 | Thomas Metcalfe | Whig | Kentucky | March 20, 1780 | June 23, 1848 – March 4, 1849 | 68 years, 349 days | 25185 |
March 4, 1849 | June 29, 1852 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican Whig |
Kentucky | April 12, 1777 | December 29, 1806 – March 4, 1807 January 4, 1810 – March 4, 1811 November 10, 1831 – March 31, 1842 March 4, 1849 – June 29, 1852 |
75 years, 78 days | 27471 |
June 29, 1852 | March 4, 1857 | Lewis Cass | Democratic | Michigan | October 9, 1782 | March 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848 March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1857 |
74 years, 146 days | 27174 |
March 4, 1857 | March 4, 1859 | Philip Allen | Democratic | Rhode Island | September 1, 1785 | July 20, 1853 – March 4, 1859 | 73 years, 184 days | 26846 |
March 4, 1859 | March 4, 1861 | John J. Crittenden | Democratic-Republican National Republican Whig American Constitutional Union Unionist Party |
Kentucky | September 10, 1787 | March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819 March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1841 March 31, 1842 – June 12, 1848 March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1861 |
73 years, 175 days | 26838 |
March 4, 1861 | November 9, 1865 | Jacob Collamer | Whig Republican |
Vermont | January 8, 1791 | March 4, 1855 – November 9, 1865 | 74 years, 305 days | 27333 |
November 9, 1865 | February 7, 1868 | James Guthrie | Democratic | Kentucky | December 5, 1792 | March 4, 1865 – February 7, 1868 | 75 years, 64 days | 27456 |
February 7, 1868 | July 10, 1868 | Reverdy Johnson | Democratic | Maryland | May 21, 1796 | March 4, 1863 – July 10, 1868 | 72 years, 50 days | 26347 |
July 10, 1868 | March 12, 1877 | Simon Cameron | Democratic Republican |
Pennsylvania | March 8, 1799 | March 13, 1845 – March 4, 1849 March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 March 4, 1867 – March 12, 1877 |
78 years, 4 days | 28493 |
March 12, 1877 | March 4, 1881 | Hannibal Hamlin | Democratic Republican |
Maine | August 27, 1809 | June 8, 1848 – January 7, 1857 March 4, 1857 – January 17, 1861 March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1881 |
71 years, 189 days | 26122 |
March 4, 1881 | December 28, 1898 | Justin Smith Morrill | Republican | Vermont | April 14, 1810 | March 4, 1867 – December 28, 1898 | 88 years, 258 days | 32400 |
December 28, 1898 | July 27, 1907 | Edmund Pettus | Democratic | Alabama | July 6, 1821 | March 4, 1897 – July 27, 1907 | 86 years, 21 days | 31431 |
July 27, 1907 | March 17, 1908 | William Pinkney Whyte | Democratic | Maryland | August 9, 1824 | July 13, 1868 – March 4, 1869 March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881 June 8, 1906 – March 17, 1908 |
83 years, 221 days | 30535 |
March 17, 1908 | March 24, 1908[4] | William B. Allison | Republican | Iowa | March 2, 1829 | March 4, 1873 – August 4, 1908 | 79 years, 22 days[5] | 28876 |
March 24, 1908 | October 21, 1908 | John Wolcott Stewart | Republican | Vermont | November 24, 1825 | March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908 | 82 years, 332 days | 30281 |
October 21, 1908 | March 4, 1915 | Isaac Stephenson | Republican | Wisconsin | June 18, 1829 | May 17, 1907 – March 4, 1915 | 85 years, 259 days | 31304 |
March 4, 1915 | August 17, 1918 | Jacob Harold Gallinger | Republican | New Hampshire | March 28, 1837 | March 4, 1891 – August 17, 1918 | 81 years, 142 days | 29726 |
August 17, 1918 | March 4, 1919 | David Baird | Republican | New Jersey | April 7, 1839 | February 23, 1918 – March 4, 1919 | 79 years, 331 days | 29185 |
March 4, 1919 | March 1, 1920 | John H. Bankhead | Democratic | Alabama | September 13, 1842 | June 18, 1907 – March 1, 1920 | 77 years, 170 days | 28293 |
March 1, 1920 | March 4, 1923 | Carroll S. Page | Republican | Vermont | January 10, 1843 | October 21, 1908 – March 4, 1923 | 80 years, 53 days | 29272 |
March 4, 1923 | April 28, 1923 | Knute Nelson | Republican | Minnesota | February 2, 1843 | March 4, 1895 – April 28, 1923 | 80 years, 85 days | 29304 |
April 28, 1923 | July 12, 1923 | William P. Dillingham | Republican | Vermont | December 12, 1843 | October 18, 1900 – July 12, 1923 | 79 years, 212 days | 29066 |
July 12, 1923 | November 24, 1929 | Francis E. Warren | Republican | Wyoming | June 20, 1844 | November 24, 1890 – March 4, 1893 March 4, 1895 – November 24, 1929 |
85 years, 157 days | 31202 |
November 24, 1929 | March 4, 1931 | Frederick H. Gillett | Republican | Massachusetts | October 16, 1851 | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1931 | 79 years, 139 days | 28993 |
March 4, 1931 | May 24, 1933[4] | John B. Kendrick | Democratic | Wyoming | September 6, 1857 | March 4, 1917 – November 3, 1933 | 75 years, 260 days[5] | 27653 |
May 24, 1933 | November 6, 1934 | William Henry Thompson | Democratic | Nebraska | December 14, 1853 | May 24, 1933 – November 6, 1934 | 80 years, 327 days | 29546 |
November 6, 1934 | April 21, 1941[4] | Carter Glass | Democratic | Virginia | January 4, 1858 | February 20, 1920 – May 28, 1946 | 83 years, 107 days[5] | 30422 |
April 21, 1941 | June 26, 1941 | Andrew Jackson Houston | Democratic | Texas | June 21, 1854 | April 21, 1841 – June 26, 1941 | 87 years, 5 days | 31781 |
June 26, 1941 | May 28, 1946 | Carter Glass | Democratic | Virginia | January 4, 1858 | February 20, 1920 – May 28, 1946 | 88 years, 144 days | 32285 |
May 28, 1946 | January 3, 1949 | Arthur Capper | Republican | Kansas | July 14, 1865 | March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1949 | 83 years, 173 days | 30488 |
January 3, 1949 | January 3, 1961 | Theodore F. Green | Democratic | Rhode Island | October 2, 1867 | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1961 | 93 years, 93 days | 34061 |
January 3, 1961 | January 3, 1969 | Carl Hayden | Democratic | Arizona | October 2, 1877 | March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1969 | 91 years, 93 days | 33330 |
January 3, 1969 | January 3, 1971 | Stephen M. Young | Democratic | Ohio | May 4, 1889 | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 | 81 years, 244 days | 29828 |
January 3, 1971 | July 27, 1972 | Allen J. Ellender | Democratic | Louisiana | September 24, 1890 | January 3, 1937 – July 27, 1972 | 81 years, 307 days | 29891 |
July 27, 1972 | January 3, 1975 | George Aiken | Republican | Vermont | August 20, 1892 | January 10, 1941 – January 3, 1975 | 82 years, 136 days | 30085 |
January 3, 1975 | November 28, 1977 | John Little McClellan | Democratic | Arkansas | February 25, 1896 | January 3, 1943 – November 28, 1977 | 81 years, 276 days | 29861 |
November 28, 1977 | January 3, 1981 | Milton Young | Republican | North Dakota | December 6, 1897 | March 12, 1945 – January 3, 1981 | 83 years, 28 days | 30343 |
January 3, 1981 | January 3, 1989 | John C. Stennis | Democratic | Mississippi | August 3, 1901 | November 5, 1947 – January 3, 1989 | 87 years, 153 days | 31930 |
January 3, 1989 | January 3, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | Democratic Republican |
South Carolina | December 5, 1902 | December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956 November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003 |
100 years, 29 days | 36554 |
January 3, 2003 | June 28, 2010 | Robert Byrd | Democratic | West Virginia | November 20, 1917 | January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010 | 92 years, 220 days | 33823 |
June 28, 2010 | June 3, 2013 | Frank Lautenberg | Democratic | New Jersey | January 23, 1924 | December 27, 1982 – January 3, 2001 January 3, 2003 – June 3, 2013 |
89 years, 131 days | 32639 |
June 3, 2013 | Chuck Grassley | Republican | Iowa | September 17, 1933 | January 3, 1981 – in office | 91 years, 99 days | 33337 |
House
[edit]Begin date | End date | Name | Party | State | Date of birth | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 4, 1791 | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | April 19, 1721 | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | 69 years, 319 days | 25521 |
March 4, 1791 | September 15, 1794 | Abraham Clark | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | February 15, 1726 | March 4, 1791 – September 15, 1794 | 68 years, 212 days | 25049 |
September 15, 1794 | March 4, 1795 | Artemas Ward | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | November 26, 1727 | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1795 | 67 years, 98 days | 24570 |
March 4, 1795 | March 4, 1797 | Robert Rutherford | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | October 20, 1728 | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1797 | 68 years, 135 days | 24972 |
March 4, 1797 | March 4, 1799 | Matthew Locke | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
North Carolina | 1730 | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1799 | 68–69 years ca. | 25000 ca. |
March 4, 1799 | December 15, 1801 | Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | August 14, 1734 | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 March 4, 1797 – December 15, 1801 |
67 years, 123 days | 24594 |
December 15, 1801 | March 4, 1803 | Abiel Foster | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | August 8, 1735 | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1803 |
67 years, 208 days | 24679 |
March 4, 1803 | March 4, 1807 | John Whitehill | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | December 11, 1729 | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1807 | 77 years, 83 days | 28206 |
March 4, 1807 | April 8, 1813 | Robert Whitehill | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | July 21, 1738 | November 7, 1805 – April 8, 1813 | 74 years, 261 days | 27289 |
April 8, 1813 | March 4, 1817 | William Findley | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | 1741/42 | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1799 March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1817 |
75 years ca. | 27400 ca. |
March 4, 1817 | February 21, 1818 | Peterson Goodwyn | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | 1745 | March 4, 1803 – February 21, 1818 | 73 years ca. | 26500 ca. |
February 21, 1818 | March 4, 1819 | Anthony New | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia Kentucky |
1747 | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1805 March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819 March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 |
72 years ca. | 26200 ca. |
March 4, 1819 | March 4, 1821 | Thomas Forrest | Federalist | Pennsylvania | 1747 | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821 October 8, 1822 – March 4, 1823 |
74 years ca. | 26900 ca. |
March 4, 1821 | March 4, 1823 | Anthony New | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia Kentucky |
1747 | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1805 March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819 March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 |
72 years ca. | 26200 ca. |
October 8, 1822 | Thomas Forrest | Federalist | Pennsylvania | 1747 | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821 October 8, 1822 – March 4, 1823 |
74 years ca. | 26900 ca. | |
March 4, 1823 | March 4, 1825 | Daniel Udree | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | August 5, 1751 | October 12, 1813 – March 4, 1815 December 26, 1820 – March 4, 1821 December 10, 1822 – March 4, 1825 |
73 years, 211 days | 26874 |
March 4, 1825 | March 4, 1827 | Joshua Sands | Federalist Adams Republican |
New York | October 12, 1757 | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805 March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827 |
69 years, 143 days | 25344 |
March 4, 1827 | March 4, 1829 | Ebenezer Tucker | Unaffiliated | New Jersey | November 15, 1758 | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 | 70 years, 109 days | 25676 |
March 4, 1829 | March 4, 1831 | James Shields | Jacksonian | Ohio | April 13, 1762 | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 | 68 years, 325 days | 25161 |
March 4, 1831 | March 4, 1833 | John Adair | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | January 9, 1757 | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 | 76 years, 54 days | 27812 |
March 4, 1833 | March 4, 1835 | Philemon Thomas | Democratic | Louisiana | February 9, 1763 | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1835 | 72 years, 23 days | 26320 |
March 4, 1835 | March 4, 1837 | John Roane | Democratic-Republican Jacksonian |
Virginia | February 9, 1766 | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1815 March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1831 March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 |
71 years, 23 days | 25955 |
March 4, 1837 | February 23, 1848 | John Quincy Adams | National Republican Anti-Masonic Whig |
Massachusetts | July 11, 1767 | March 4, 1831 – February 23, 1848 | 80 years, 227 days | 29446 |
February 23, 1848 | March 4, 1849 | Charles Jared Ingersoll | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Pennsylvania | October 3, 1782 | March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815 March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1849 |
66 years, 152 days | 24258 |
March 4, 1849 | March 4, 1851 | William Nelson | Whig | New York | June 18, 1784 | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1851 | 66 years, 259 days | 24364 |
March 4, 1851 | March 4, 1853 | Alexander Harper | Whig | Ohio | February 5, 1786 | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1847 March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 |
67 years, 27 days | 24498 |
March 4, 1853 | March 4, 1855 | Thomas Hart Benton | Democratic | Missouri | March 14, 1782 | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 | 72 years, 355 days | 26652 |
March 4, 1855 | March 4, 1857 | Killian Miller | Opposition | New York | July 30, 1785 | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 | 71 years, 217 days | 26149 |
March 4, 1857 | March 4, 1859 | Amos P. Granger | Opposition Republican |
New York | June 3, 1789 | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1859 | 69 years, 274 days | 25475 |
March 4, 1859 | March 4, 1861 | Martin Butterfield | Republican | New York | December 8, 1790 | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 | 70 years, 86 days | 25653 |
March 4, 1861 | September 27, 1861 | William Appleton | Whig Constitutional Union |
Massachusetts | November 16, 1786 | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1855 March 4, 1861 – September 27, 1861 |
74 years, 315 days | 27343 |
September 27, 1861 | July 26, 1863 | John J. Crittenden | Unionist | Kentucky | September 10, 1787 | July 4, 1861 – July 26, 1863 | 75 years, 319 days | 27712 |
July 26, 1863 | August 11, 1868 | Thaddeus Stevens | Whig Republican |
Pennsylvania | April 4, 1792 | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1853 March 4, 1859 – August 11, 1868 |
76 years, 129 days | 27887 |
August 11, 1868 | March 4, 1869 | Nathaniel Boyden | Whig Conservative |
North Carolina | August 16, 1796 | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 July 13, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
72 years, 200 days | 26497 |
March 4, 1869 | March 4, 1871 | Charles Knapp | Republican | New York | October 8, 1797 | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 | 73 years, 147 days | 26809 |
March 4, 1871 | March 4, 1875 | Eli Perry | Democratic | New York | December 25, 1799 | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875 | 75 years, 69 days | 27462 |
March 4, 1875 | March 4, 1877 | Chester W. Chapin | Democratic | Massachusetts | December 16, 1798 | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | 78 years, 78 days | 28567 |
March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1879 | George W. Patterson | Republican | New York | November 11, 1799 | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | 79 years, 113 days | 28967 |
March 4, 1879 | March 4, 1881 | Joseph E. Johnston | Democratic | Virginia | February 3, 1807 | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | 74 years, 29 days | 27058 |
March 4, 1881 | March 4, 1887 | John T. Wait | Republican | Connecticut | August 27, 1811 | April 12, 1876 – March 4, 1887 | 75 years, 189 days | 27583 |
March 4, 1887 | January 9, 1890 | William D. Kelley | Republican | Pennsylvania | April 12, 1814 | March 4, 1861 – January 9, 1890 | 75 years, 272 days | 27666 |
January 9, 1890 | March 4, 1891 | Frederick Miles | Republican | Connecticut | December 19, 1815 | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883 March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
75 years, 75 days | 27469 |
March 4, 1891 | March 4, 1893 | Edward Scull | Republican | Pennsylvania | February 5, 1818 | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1893 | 75 years, 27 days | 27421 |
March 4, 1893 | December 4, 1893[4] | Thomas Dunn English | Democratic | New Jersey | June 29, 1819 | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1895 | 74 years, 161 days[5] | 27190 |
December 4, 1893 | March 4, 1895 | Hezekiah S. Bundy | Republican | Ohio | August 15, 1817 | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 December 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
77 years, 201 days | 28325 |
March 4, 1895 | March 4, 1897[4] | Galusha A. Grow | Democratic Republican |
Pennsylvania | August 31, 1823 | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1863 February 26, 1894 – March 4, 1903 |
73 years, 185 days[5] | 26849 |
March 4, 1897 | April 22, 1897 | William S. Holman | Democratic | Indiana | September 6, 1822 | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1865 March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1877 March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1895 March 4, 1897 – April 22, 1897 |
74 years, 228 days | 27257 |
April 22, 1897 | March 4, 1899 | Jehu Baker | Republican | Illinois | November 4, 1822 | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1879 March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
76 years, 120 days | 27879 |
March 4, 1899 | March 4, 1903 | Galusha A. Grow | Democratic Republican |
Pennsylvania | August 31, 1823 | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1863 February 26, 1894 – March 4, 1903 |
79 years, 185 days | 29039 |
March 4, 1903 | March 4, 1911 | Nehemiah D. Sperry | Republican | Connecticut | July 10, 1827 | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1911 | 83 years, 237 days | 30552 |
March 4, 1911 | March 4, 1921 | Isaac R. Sherwood | Republican Democratic |
Ohio | August 13, 1835 | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1921 March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
85 years, 203 days | 31249 |
March 4, 1921 | March 4, 1923 | Joseph Gurney Cannon | Republican | Illinois | May 7, 1836 | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1891 March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1913 March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1923 |
86 years, 301 days | 31711 |
March 4, 1923 | March 4, 1925 | Isaac R. Sherwood | Republican Democratic |
Ohio | August 13, 1835 | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1921 March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
89 years, 203 days | 32710 |
March 4, 1925 | September 23, 1930 | Charles Manly Stedman | Democratic | North Carolina | January 29, 1841 | March 4, 1911 – September 23, 1930 | 89 years, 237 days | 32763 |
September 23, 1930 | March 1, 1931 | Henry A. Cooper | Republican | Wisconsin | September 8, 1850 | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1919 March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1931 |
80 years, 174 days | 29393 |
March 1, 1931 | March 4, 1931[4] | George Scott Graham | Republican | Pennsylvania | September 13, 1850 | March 4, 1913 – July 4, 1931 | 80 years, 172 days[5] | 29513 |
March 4, 1931 | January 3, 1935 | Clement C. Dickinson | Democratic | Missouri | December 6, 1849 | February 1, 1910 – March 4, 1921 March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1929 March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935 |
85 years, 28 days | 31073 |
January 3, 1935 | January 3, 1937 | Schuyler Merritt | Republican | Connecticut | December 16, 1853 | November 6, 1917 – March 4, 1931 March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 |
83 years, 18 days | 30333 |
January 3, 1937 | September 3, 1941 | Edward T. Taylor | Democratic | Colorado | June 19, 1858 | March 4, 1909 – September 3, 1941 | 83 years, 76 days | 30391 |
September 3, 1941 | July 12, 1947 | Joseph J. Mansfield | Democratic | Texas | February 9, 1861 | March 4, 1917 – July 12, 1947 | 86 years, 153 days | 31563 |
July 12, 1947 | January 3, 1953 | Robert L. Doughton | Democratic | North Carolina | November 7, 1863 | March 4, 1911 – January 3, 1953 | 89 years, 57 days | 32564 |
January 3, 1953 | May 17, 1953 | Merlin Hull | Republican | Wisconsin | December 18, 1870 | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 January 3, 1935 – May 17, 1953 |
82 years, 150 days | 30100 |
May 17, 1953 | January 3, 1955 | Robert Crosser | Democratic | Ohio | June 7, 1874 | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1919 March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1955 |
80 years, 210 days | 29429 |
January 3, 1955 | January 3, 1963 | Brent Spence | Democratic | Kentucky | December 24, 1874 | March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1963 | 88 years, 10 days | 32151 |
January 3, 1963 | April 14, 1964 | Thomas J. O'Brien | Democratic | Illinois | April 30, 1878 | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 January 3, 1943 – April 14, 1964 |
85 years, 350 days | 31395 |
April 14, 1964 | May 12, 1964 | Clarence Cannon | Democratic | Missouri | April 11, 1879 | March 4, 1923 – May 12, 1964 | 85 years, 31 days | 31077 |
May 12, 1964 | January 3, 1969 | Barratt O'Hara | Democratic | Illinois | April 28, 1882 | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1969 |
86 years, 250 days | 31661 |
January 3, 1969 | November 9, 1970 | William L. Dawson | Democratic | Illinois | April 26, 1886 | January 3, 1943 – November 9, 1970 | 84 years, 197 days | 30877 |
November 9, 1970 | January 3, 1973 | Emanuel Celler | Democratic | New York | May 6, 1888 | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1973 | 84 years, 242 days | 30922 |
January 3, 1973 | January 3, 1977 | Ray Madden | Democratic | Indiana | February 25, 1892 | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1977 | 84 years, 313 days | 30993 |
January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1979 | Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. | Democratic | Pennsylvania | August 9, 1898 | May 20, 1958 – January 3, 1979 | 80 years, 147 days | 29366 |
January 3, 1979 | May 30, 1989 | Claude Pepper | Democratic | Florida | September 8, 1900 | January 3, 1963 – May 30, 1989 | 88 years, 264 days | 32406 |
May 30, 1989 | January 3, 1991 | Augustus F. Hawkins | Democratic | California | August 31, 1907 | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1991 | 83 years, 125 days | 30441 |
January 3, 1991 | January 3, 1999 | Sidney R. Yates | Democratic | Illinois | August 27, 1909 | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963 January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999 |
89 years, 129 days | 32636 |
January 3, 1999 | July 15, 1999 | George Brown, Jr. | Democratic | California | March 6, 1920 | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971 January 3, 1973 – July 15, 1999 |
79 years, 131 days | 28985 |
July 15, 1999 | January 3, 2003 | Benjamin A. Gilman | Republican | New York | December 6, 1922 | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2003 | 80 years, 28 days | 29248 |
January 3, 2003 | January 3, 2015 | Ralph Hall | Democratic Republican |
Texas | May 3, 1923 | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2015 | 91 years, 245 days | 33483 |
January 3, 2015 | December 5, 2017 | John Conyers | Democratic | Michigan | May 16, 1929 | January 3, 1965 – December 5, 2017 | 88 years, 203 days | 32345 |
December 5, 2017 | March 16, 2018 | Louise Slaughter | Democratic | New York | August 14, 1929 | January 3, 1987 – March 16, 2018 | 88 years, 214 days | 32356 |
March 16, 2018 | January 3, 2019 | Sam Johnson | Republican | Texas | October 11, 1930 | May 8, 1991 – January 3, 2019 | 88 years, 84 days | 32226 |
January 3, 2019 | March 18, 2022 | Don Young | Republican | Alaska | June 9, 1933 | March 6, 1973 – March 18, 2022 | 88 years, 282 days | 32424 |
March 18, 2022 | January 3, 2023 | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Democratic | Texas | December 3, 1935 | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2023 | 87 years, 31 days | 31808 |
January 3, 2023 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | California | December 4, 1936 | January 3, 1999 – | 88 years, 21 days | 32163 |
Women
[edit]Begin date | End date | Name | Party | State | Date of birth | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1917 | March 4, 1919 | Jeannette Rankin | Republican | Montana | June 11, 1880 | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
38 years, 266 days | 14144 |
March 4, 1919 | March 4, 1921 | none | ||||||
March 4, 1921 | March 4, 1923 | Alice Mary Robertson | Republican | Oklahoma | January 2, 1854 | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | 69 years, 61 days | 25262 |
March 4, 1923 | March 4, 1925 | Mae Nolan | Republican | California | September 20, 1886 | January 23, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | 38 years, 165 days | 14044 |
March 4, 1925 | January 3, 1937 | Florence Prag Kahn | Republican | California | November 9, 1866 | March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1937 | 70 years, 55 days | 25622 |
January 3, 1937 | January 3, 1943 | Caroline Love Goodwin O'Day | Democratic | New York | June 22, 1869 | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943 | 73 years, 195 days | 26857 |
January 3, 1943 | January 3, 1951 | Mary Teresa Norton | Democratic | New Jersey | March 7, 1875 | March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1951 | 75 years, 302 days | 27695 |
January 3, 1951 | September 10, 1960 | Edith Nourse Rogers | Republican | Massachusetts | March 19, 1881 | June 30, 1925 – September 10, 1960 | 79 years, 175 days | 29029 |
September 10, 1960 | January 3, 1969 | Frances P. Bolton | Republican | Ohio | March 29, 1885 | February 27, 1940 – January 3, 1969 | 83 years, 280 days | 30595 |
January 3, 1969 | January 3, 1973 | Florence P. Dwyer | Republican | New Jersey | July 4, 1902 | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1973 | 70 years, 183 days | 25751 |
January 3, 1973 | January 3, 1977 | Leonor Sullivan | Democratic | Missouri | August 21, 1902 | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977 | 74 years, 135 days | 27164 |
January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1983 | Millicent Fenwick | Republican | New Jersey | February 25, 1910 | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 | 72 years, 312 days | 26610 |
January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1991 | Virginia D. Smith | Republican | Nebraska | June 30, 1911 | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1991 | 79 years, 187 days | 29042 |
January 3, 1991 | January 3, 1997 | Barbara Vucanovich | Republican | Nevada | June 22, 1921 | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 | 75 years, 195 days | 27589 |
January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2003 | Carrie P. Meek | Democratic | Florida | April 29, 1926 | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 | 76 years, 249 days | 28008 |
January 3, 2003 | March 16, 2018 | Louise Slaughter | Democratic | New York | August 14, 1929 | January 3, 1987 – March 16, 2018 | 88 years, 214 days | 32356 |
March 18, 2022 | January 3, 2023 | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Democratic | Texas | December 3, 1935 | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2023 | 87 years, 31 days | 31808 |
January 3, 2023 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | California | December 4, 1936 | January 3, 1999 – | 88 years, 21 days | 32163 |
Men
[edit]Begin date | End date | Name | Party | State | Date of birth | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 4, 1791 | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | April 19, 1721 | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | 69 years, 319 days | 25521 |
March 4, 1791 | September 15, 1794 | Abraham Clark | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | February 15, 1726 | March 4, 1791 – September 15, 1794 | 68 years, 212 days | 25049 |
September 15, 1794 | March 4, 1795 | Artemas Ward | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | November 26, 1727 | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1795 | 67 years, 98 days | 24570 |
March 4, 1795 | March 4, 1797 | Robert Rutherford | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | October 20, 1728 | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1797 | 68 years, 135 days | 24972 |
March 4, 1797 | March 4, 1799 | Matthew Locke | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
North Carolina | 1730 | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1799 | 68–69 years ca. | 25000 ca. |
March 4, 1799 | December 15, 1801 | Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | August 14, 1734 | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 March 4, 1797 – December 15, 1801 |
67 years, 123 days | 24594 |
December 15, 1801 | March 4, 1803 | Abiel Foster | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | August 8, 1735 | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1803 |
67 years, 208 days | 24679 |
March 4, 1803 | March 4, 1807 | John Whitehill | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | December 11, 1729 | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1807 | 77 years, 83 days | 28206 |
March 4, 1807 | April 8, 1813 | Robert Whitehill | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | July 21, 1738 | November 7, 1805 – April 8, 1813 | 74 years, 261 days | 27289 |
April 8, 1813 | March 4, 1817 | William Findley | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | 1741/42 | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1799 March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1817 |
75 years ca. | 27400 ca. |
March 4, 1817 | February 21, 1818 | Peterson Goodwyn | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | 1745 | March 4, 1803 – February 21, 1818 | 73 years ca. | 26500 ca. |
February 21, 1818 | March 4, 1819 | Anthony New | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia Kentucky |
1747 | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1805 March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819 March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 |
72 years ca. | 26200 ca. |
March 4, 1819 | March 4, 1821 | Thomas Forrest | Federalist | Pennsylvania | 1747 | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821 October 8, 1822 – March 4, 1823 |
74 years ca. | 26900 ca. |
March 4, 1821 | March 4, 1823 | Anthony New | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia Kentucky |
1747 | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1805 March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819 March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 |
72 years ca. | 26200 ca. |
October 8, 1822 | Thomas Forrest | Federalist | Pennsylvania | 1747 | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821 October 8, 1822 – March 4, 1823 |
74 years ca. | 26900 ca. | |
March 4, 1823 | March 4, 1825 | Daniel Udree | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | August 5, 1751 | October 12, 1813 – March 4, 1815 December 26, 1820 – March 4, 1821 December 10, 1822 – March 4, 1825 |
73 years, 211 days | 26874 |
March 4, 1825 | March 4, 1827 | Joshua Sands | Federalist Adams Republican |
New York | October 12, 1757 | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805 March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827 |
69 years, 143 days | 25344 |
March 4, 1827 | March 4, 1829 | Ebenezer Tucker | Unaffiliated | New Jersey | November 15, 1758 | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 | 70 years, 109 days | 25676 |
March 4, 1829 | March 4, 1831 | James Shields | Jacksonian | Ohio | April 13, 1762 | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 | 68 years, 325 days | 25161 |
March 4, 1831 | March 4, 1833 | John Adair | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | January 9, 1757 | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 | 76 years, 54 days | 27812 |
March 4, 1833 | March 4, 1835 | Philemon Thomas | Democratic | Louisiana | February 9, 1763 | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1835 | 72 years, 23 days | 26320 |
March 4, 1835 | March 4, 1837 | John Roane | Democratic-Republican Jacksonian |
Virginia | February 9, 1766 | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1815 March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1831 March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 |
71 years, 23 days | 25955 |
March 4, 1837 | February 23, 1848 | John Quincy Adams | National Republican Anti-Masonic Whig |
Massachusetts | July 11, 1767 | March 4, 1831 – February 23, 1848 | 80 years, 227 days | 29446 |
February 23, 1848 | March 4, 1849 | Charles Jared Ingersoll | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Pennsylvania | October 3, 1782 | March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815 March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1849 |
66 years, 152 days | 24258 |
March 4, 1849 | March 4, 1851 | William Nelson | Whig | New York | June 18, 1784 | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1851 | 66 years, 259 days | 24364 |
March 4, 1851 | March 4, 1853 | Alexander Harper | Whig | Ohio | February 5, 1786 | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1847 March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 |
67 years, 27 days | 24498 |
March 4, 1853 | March 4, 1855 | Thomas Hart Benton | Democratic | Missouri | March 14, 1782 | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 | 72 years, 355 days | 26652 |
March 4, 1855 | March 4, 1857 | Killian Miller | Opposition | New York | July 30, 1785 | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 | 71 years, 217 days | 26149 |
March 4, 1857 | March 4, 1859 | Amos P. Granger | Opposition Republican |
New York | June 3, 1789 | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1859 | 69 years, 274 days | 25475 |
March 4, 1859 | March 4, 1861 | Martin Butterfield | Republican | New York | December 8, 1790 | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 | 70 years, 86 days | 25653 |
March 4, 1861 | September 27, 1861 | William Appleton | Whig Constitutional Union |
Massachusetts | November 16, 1786 | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1855 March 4, 1861 – September 27, 1861 |
74 years, 315 days | 27343 |
September 27, 1861 | July 26, 1863 | John J. Crittenden | Unionist | Kentucky | September 10, 1787 | July 4, 1861 – July 26, 1863 | 75 years, 319 days | 27712 |
July 26, 1863 | August 11, 1868 | Thaddeus Stevens | Whig Republican |
Pennsylvania | April 4, 1792 | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1853 March 4, 1859 – August 11, 1868 |
76 years, 129 days | 27887 |
August 11, 1868 | March 4, 1869 | Nathaniel Boyden | Whig Conservative |
North Carolina | August 16, 1796 | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 July 13, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
72 years, 200 days | 26497 |
March 4, 1869 | March 4, 1871 | Charles Knapp | Republican | New York | October 8, 1797 | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 | 73 years, 147 days | 26809 |
March 4, 1871 | March 4, 1875 | Eli Perry | Democratic | New York | December 25, 1799 | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875 | 75 years, 69 days | 27462 |
March 4, 1875 | March 4, 1877 | Chester W. Chapin | Democratic | Massachusetts | December 16, 1798 | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | 78 years, 78 days | 28567 |
March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1879 | George W. Patterson | Republican | New York | November 11, 1799 | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | 79 years, 113 days | 28967 |
March 4, 1879 | March 4, 1881 | Joseph E. Johnston | Democratic | Virginia | February 3, 1807 | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | 74 years, 29 days | 27058 |
March 4, 1881 | March 4, 1887 | John T. Wait | Republican | Connecticut | August 27, 1811 | April 12, 1876 – March 4, 1887 | 75 years, 189 days | 27583 |
March 4, 1887 | January 9, 1890 | William D. Kelley | Republican | Pennsylvania | April 12, 1814 | March 4, 1861 – January 9, 1890 | 75 years, 272 days | 27666 |
January 9, 1890 | March 4, 1891 | Frederick Miles | Republican | Connecticut | December 19, 1815 | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883 March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
75 years, 75 days | 27469 |
March 4, 1891 | March 4, 1893 | Edward Scull | Republican | Pennsylvania | February 5, 1818 | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1893 | 75 years, 27 days | 27421 |
March 4, 1893 | December 4, 1893[4] | Thomas Dunn English | Democratic | New Jersey | June 29, 1819 | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1895 | 74 years, 161 days[5] | 27190 |
December 4, 1893 | March 4, 1895 | Hezekiah S. Bundy | Republican | Ohio | August 15, 1817 | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 December 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
77 years, 201 days | 28325 |
March 4, 1895 | March 4, 1897[4] | Galusha A. Grow | Democratic Republican |
Pennsylvania | August 31, 1823 | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1863 February 26, 1894 – March 4, 1903 |
73 years, 185 days[5] | 26849 |
March 4, 1897 | April 22, 1897 | William S. Holman | Democratic | Indiana | September 6, 1822 | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1865 March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1877 March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1895 March 4, 1897 – April 22, 1897 |
74 years, 228 days | 27257 |
April 22, 1897 | March 4, 1899 | Jehu Baker | Republican | Illinois | November 4, 1822 | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1879 March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
76 years, 120 days | 27879 |
March 4, 1899 | March 4, 1903 | Galusha A. Grow | Democratic Republican |
Pennsylvania | August 31, 1823 | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1863 February 26, 1894 – March 4, 1903 |
79 years, 185 days | 29039 |
March 4, 1903 | March 4, 1911 | Nehemiah D. Sperry | Republican | Connecticut | July 10, 1827 | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1911 | 83 years, 237 days | 30552 |
March 4, 1911 | March 4, 1921 | Isaac R. Sherwood | Republican Democratic |
Ohio | August 13, 1835 | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1921 March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
85 years, 203 days | 31249 |
March 4, 1921 | March 4, 1923 | Joseph Gurney Cannon | Republican | Illinois | May 7, 1836 | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1891 March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1913 March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1923 |
86 years, 301 days | 31711 |
March 4, 1923 | March 4, 1925 | Isaac R. Sherwood | Republican Democratic |
Ohio | August 13, 1835 | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1921 March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
89 years, 203 days | 32710 |
March 4, 1925 | September 23, 1930 | Charles Manly Stedman | Democratic | North Carolina | January 29, 1841 | March 4, 1911 – September 23, 1930 | 89 years, 237 days | 32763 |
September 23, 1930 | March 1, 1931 | Henry A. Cooper | Republican | Wisconsin | September 8, 1850 | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1919 March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1931 |
80 years, 174 days | 29393 |
March 1, 1931 | March 4, 1931[4] | George Scott Graham | Republican | Pennsylvania | September 13, 1850 | March 4, 1913 – July 4, 1931 | 80 years, 172 days[5] | 29513 |
March 4, 1931 | January 3, 1935 | Clement C. Dickinson | Democratic | Missouri | December 6, 1849 | February 1, 1910 – March 4, 1921 March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1929 March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935 |
85 years, 28 days | 31073 |
January 3, 1935 | January 3, 1937 | Schuyler Merritt | Republican | Connecticut | December 16, 1853 | November 6, 1917 – March 4, 1931 March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 |
83 years, 18 days | 30333 |
January 3, 1937 | September 3, 1941 | Edward T. Taylor | Democratic | Colorado | June 19, 1858 | March 4, 1909 – September 3, 1941 | 83 years, 76 days | 30391 |
September 3, 1941 | July 12, 1947 | Joseph J. Mansfield | Democratic | Texas | February 9, 1861 | March 4, 1917 – July 12, 1947 | 86 years, 153 days | 31563 |
July 12, 1947 | January 3, 1953 | Robert L. Doughton | Democratic | North Carolina | November 7, 1863 | March 4, 1911 – January 3, 1953 | 89 years, 57 days | 32564 |
January 3, 1953 | May 17, 1953 | Merlin Hull | Republican | Wisconsin | December 18, 1870 | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 January 3, 1935 – May 17, 1953 |
82 years, 150 days | 30100 |
May 17, 1953 | January 3, 1955 | Robert Crosser | Democratic | Ohio | June 7, 1874 | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1919 March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1955 |
80 years, 210 days | 29429 |
January 3, 1955 | January 3, 1963 | Brent Spence | Democratic | Kentucky | December 24, 1874 | March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1963 | 88 years, 10 days | 32151 |
January 3, 1963 | April 14, 1964 | Thomas J. O'Brien | Democratic | Illinois | April 30, 1878 | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 January 3, 1943 – April 14, 1964 |
85 years, 350 days | 31395 |
April 14, 1964 | May 12, 1964 | Clarence Cannon | Democratic | Missouri | April 11, 1879 | March 4, 1923 – May 12, 1964 | 85 years, 31 days | 31077 |
May 12, 1964 | January 3, 1969 | Barratt O'Hara | Democratic | Illinois | April 28, 1882 | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1969 |
86 years, 250 days | 31661 |
January 3, 1969 | November 9, 1970 | William L. Dawson | Democratic | Illinois | April 26, 1886 | January 3, 1943 – November 9, 1970 | 84 years, 197 days | 30877 |
November 9, 1970 | January 3, 1973 | Emanuel Celler | Democratic | New York | May 6, 1888 | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1973 | 84 years, 242 days | 30922 |
January 3, 1973 | January 3, 1977 | Ray Madden | Democratic | Indiana | February 25, 1892 | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1977 | 84 years, 313 days | 30993 |
January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1979 | Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. | Democratic | Pennsylvania | August 9, 1898 | May 20, 1958 – January 3, 1979 | 80 years, 147 days | 29366 |
January 3, 1979 | May 30, 1989 | Claude Pepper | Democratic | Florida | September 8, 1900 | January 3, 1963 – May 30, 1989 | 88 years, 264 days | 32406 |
May 30, 1989 | January 3, 1991 | Augustus F. Hawkins | Democratic | California | August 31, 1907 | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1991 | 83 years, 125 days | 30441 |
January 3, 1991 | January 3, 1999 | Sidney R. Yates | Democratic | Illinois | August 27, 1909 | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963 January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999 |
89 years, 129 days | 32636 |
January 3, 1999 | July 15, 1999 | George Brown, Jr. | Democratic | California | March 6, 1920 | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971 January 3, 1973 – July 15, 1999 |
79 years, 131 days | 28985 |
July 15, 1999 | January 3, 2003 | Benjamin A. Gilman | Republican | New York | December 6, 1922 | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2003 | 80 years, 28 days | 29248 |
January 3, 2003 | January 3, 2015 | Ralph Hall | Democratic Republican |
Texas | May 3, 1923 | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2015 | 91 years, 245 days | 33483 |
January 3, 2015 | December 5, 2017 | John Conyers | Democratic | Michigan | May 16, 1929 | January 3, 1965 – December 5, 2017 | 88 years, 203 days | 32345 |
December 5, 2017 | January 3, 2019 | Sam Johnson | Republican | Texas | October 11, 1930 | May 8, 1991 – January 3, 2019 | 88 years, 84 days | 32226 |
January 3, 2019 | March 18, 2022 | Don Young | Republican | Alaska | June 9, 1933 | March 6, 1973 – March 18, 2022 | 88 years, 282 days | 32424 |
March 18, 2022 | August 21, 2024 | Bill Pascrell | Democratic | New Jersey | January 25, 1937 | January 3, 1997 – August 21, 2024 | 87 years, 209 days | 31985 |
August 21, 2024 | Hal Rogers | Republican | Kentucky | December 31, 1937 | January 3, 1981 – | 86 years, 360 days | 31771 |
Governor
[edit]Begin date | End date | Name | Party | State | Date of birth | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 7, 1787 | December 12, 1787[6] | Thomas Collins | Non-partisan | Delaware | 1732 | October 28, 1786 – March 29, 1789 | 56 years ca. | 20700 ca. |
December 12, 1787 | November 5, 1788 | Benjamin Franklin | Non-partisan | Pennsylvania | January 17, 1706 | October 18, 1785 – November 5, 1788 | 82 years, 293 days | 30243 |
November 5, 1788 | July 25, 1790 | William Livingston | Federalist | New Jersey | November 30, 1723 | August 31, 1776 – July 25, 1790 | 66 years, 237 days | 24344 |
July 25, 1790 | October 8, 1793[4] | Josiah Bartlett | Democratic-Republican | New Hampshire | November 21, 1729 | June 5, 1790 – June 5, 1794 | 63 years, 321 days[5] | 23332 |
October 8, 1793 | June 2, 1797 | Samuel Adams | Democratic-Republican | Massachusetts | September 27, 1722 | October 8, 1793 – June 2, 1797 | 74 years, 248 days | 27277 |
June 2, 1797 | December 7, 1798 | Samuel Ashe | Democratic-Republican | North Carolina | March 24, 1725 | November 19, 1795 – December 7, 1798 | 73 years, 258 days | 26921 |
December 7, 1798 | June 7, 1799[4] | Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Federalist | Connecticut | March 26, 1740 | December 1, 1797 – August 7, 1809 | 59 years, 73 days[5] | 21622 |
June 7, 1799 | May 20, 1800 | Moses Gill | Non-partisan | Massachusetts | January 18, 1734 | June 7, 1799 – May 20, 1800 | 66 years, 122 days | 24228 |
May 20, 1800 | December 20, 1808 | Thomas McKean | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | March 19, 1734 | December 17, 1799 – December 20, 1808 | 74 years, 276 days | 27304 |
December 20, 1808 | August 24, 1812 | Charles Scott | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | April 1739 | September 1, 1808 – August 24, 1812 | 73 years, 120 days ca. | 26800 ca. |
August 24, 1812 | May 30, 1816 | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Massachusetts | January 9, 1745 | May 30, 1800 – May 29, 1807 March 4, 1812 – May 30, 1816 |
71 years, 142 days | 26073 |
May 30, 1816 | September 5, 1816 | Isaac Shelby | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | December 11, 1750 | June 4, 1792 – June 1, 1796 August 24, 1812 – September 5, 1816 |
65 years, 269 days | 24009 |
September 5, 1816 | February 24, 1817[4] | John Brooks | Federalist | Massachusetts | May 4, 1752 | May 30, 1816 – May 31, 1823 | 64 years, 296 days[5] | 23671 |
February 24, 1817 | June 30, 1817 | John Tayler | Democratic-Republican | New York | July 4, 1742 | February 24, 1817 – June 30, 1817 | 74 years, 361 days | 27389 |
June 30, 1817 | May 31, 1823 | John Brooks | Federalist | Massachusetts | May 4, 1752 | May 30, 1816 – May 31, 1823 | 71 years, 27 days | 25958 |
May 31, 1823 | December 16, 1823 | Joseph Hiester | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | November 18, 1752 | December 19, 1820 – December 16, 1823 | 71 years, 28 days | 25959 |
December 16, 1823 | February 6, 1825 | William Eustis | Democratic-Republican | Massachusetts | June 10, 1753 | May 31, 1823 – February 6, 1825 | 71 years, 241 days | 26173 |
February 6, 1825 | May 2, 1827 | Oliver Wolcott, Jr. | Toleration | Connecticut | January 11, 1760 | May 8, 1817 – May 2, 1827 | 67 years, 111 days | 24582 |
May 2, 1827 | June 7, 1827[4] | William Branch Giles | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | August 12, 1762 | March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1830 | 64 years, 299 days[5] | 23674 |
June 7, 1827 | June 5, 1828 | Benjamin Pierce | Democratic-Republican | New Hampshire | December 25, 1757 | June 7, 1827 – June 5, 1828 June 4, 1829 – June 3, 1830 |
70 years, 163 days | 25729 |
June 5, 1828 | June 4, 1829[4] | William Branch Giles | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | August 12, 1762 | March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1830 | 66 years, 296 days[5] | 24402 |
June 4, 1829 | June 3, 1830 | Benjamin Pierce | Democratic-Republican | New Hampshire | December 25, 1757 | June 7, 1827 – June 5, 1828 June 4, 1829 – June 3, 1830 |
72 years, 162 days | 26459 |
June 3, 1830 | December 18, 1830[4] | Samuel C. Crafts | National Republican | Vermont | October 6, 1768 | October 10, 1828 – October 18, 1831 | 63 years, 12 days[5] | 23021 |
December 18, 1830 | December 6, 1832 | Montfort Stokes | Democratic | North Carolina | March 12, 1762 | December 18, 1830 – December 6, 1832 | 70 years, 269 days | 25836 |
December 6, 1832 | January 15, 1833[4] | Samuel Dinsmoor | Democratic | New Hampshire | July 1, 1766 | June 2, 1831 – June 5, 1834 | 67 years, 339 days[5] | 24810 |
January 15, 1833 | May 9, 1836 | Caleb P. Bennett | Democratic | Delaware | November 11, 1758 | January 15, 1833 – May 9, 1836 | 77 years, 180 days | 28303 |
May 9, 1836 | July 17, 1837[4] | Thomas Veazey | Whig | Maryland | January 31, 1774 | January 14, 1836 – January 7, 1839 | 64 years, 341 days[5] | 23716 |
July 17, 1837 | November 30, 1837 | Hugh McVay | Democratic | Alabama | 1766 | July 17, 1837 – November 30, 1837 | 71 years, 150 days ca. | 26000 ca. |
November 30, 1837 | January 7, 1839 | Thomas Veazey | Whig | Maryland | January 31, 1774 | January 14, 1836 – January 7, 1839 | 64 years, 341 days | 23716 |
January 7, 1839 | August 27, 1839 | James Clark | Whig | Kentucky | January 16, 1779 | August 31, 1836 – August 27, 1839 | 60 years, 223 days | 22137 |
August 27, 1839 | March 31, 1840 | David Campbell | Democratic | Virginia | August 7, 1779 | March 31, 1837 – March 31, 1840 | 60 years, 237 days | 22151 |
March 31, 1840 | January 19, 1841 | Cornelius P. Comegys | Whig | Delaware | January 15, 1780 | January 17, 1837 – January 19, 1841 | 61 years, 4 days | 22284 |
January 19, 1841 | May 2, 1843[4] | William B. Cooper | Whig | Delaware | December 16, 1771 | January 19, 1841 – January 21, 1845 | 71 years, 137 days[5] | 26069 |
May 2, 1843 | May 6, 1845 | James Fenner | Law and Order | Rhode Island | January 22, 1771 | May 6, 1807 – May 1, 1811 May 5, 1824 – May 4, 1831 May 2, 1843 – May 6, 1845 |
74 years, 104 days | 27132 |
May 6, 1845 | March 2, 1846 | Thomas Stockton | Whig | Delaware | April 1, 1781 | January 21, 1845 – March 2, 1846 | 64 years, 335 days | 23710 |
March 2, 1846 | May 3, 1846 | Joseph Maull | Whig | Delaware | September 6, 1781 | March 2, 1846 – May 3, 1846 | 64 years, 239 days | 23614 |
May 3, 1846 | September 6, 1848 | William Owsley | Whig | Kentucky | March 24, 1782 | September 4, 1844 – September 6, 1848 | 66 years, 166 days | 24272 |
September 6, 1848 | May 2, 1849 | Clark Bissell | Whig | Connecticut | September 7, 1782 | May 5, 1847 – May 2, 1849 | 66 years, 237 days | 24343 |
May 2, 1849 | May 4, 1850 | Joseph Trumbull | Whig | Connecticut | December 7, 1782 | May 2, 1849 – May 4, 1850 | 67 years, 148 days | 24619 |
May 4, 1850 | October 11, 1850[4] | Joseph Marshall Walker | Democratic | Louisiana | July 1, 1784 | January 28, 1850 – January 18, 1853 | 66 years, 102 days[5] | 24207 |
October 11, 1850 | October 1852 | Charles K. Williams | Whig | Vermont | January 24, 1782 | October 11, 1850 – October 1852 | 70 years, 260 days ca. | 25800 ca. |
October 1852 | January 18, 1853 | Joseph Marshall Walker | Democratic | Louisiana | July 1, 1784 | January 28, 1850 – January 18, 1853 | 68 years, 201 days | 25037 |
January 18, 1853 | July 20, 1853 | Philip Allen | Democratic | Rhode Island | September 1, 1785 | May 6, 1851 – July 20, 1853 | 67 years, 322 days | 24793 |
July 20, 1853 | October 3, 1853 | Thomas Brown | Whig | Florida | October 24, 1785 | October 1, 1849 – October 3, 1853 | 67 years, 344 days | 24815 |
October 3, 1853 | October 13, 1853[4] | Joseph Johnson | Democratic | Virginia | December 19, 1785 | January 16, 1852 – January 1, 1856 | 70 years, 299 days[5] | 25865 |
October 13, 1853 | May 3, 1854 | Charles H. Pond | Democratic | Connecticut | April 26, 1781 | October 13, 1853 – May 3, 1854 | 73 years, 7 days | 26669 |
May 3, 1854 | January 1, 1856 | Joseph Johnson | Democratic | Virginia | December 19, 1785 | January 16, 1852 – January 1, 1856 | 70 years, 13 days | 25579 |
January 1, 1856 | October 10, 1856 | Stephen Royce | Republican | Vermont | August 12, 1787 | October 13, 1854 – October 10, 1856 | 69 years, 59 days | 25261 |
October 10, 1856 | January 1, 1857[4] | Ralph Metcalf | Know-Nothing | New Hampshire | November 21, 1798 | June 7, 1855 – June 4, 1857 | 58 years, 41 days[5] | 21225 |
January 1, 1857 | January 1, 1859 | John A. King | Republican | New York | January 3, 1788 | January 1, 1857 – January 1, 1859 | 70 years, 363 days | 25930 |
January 1, 1859 | January 18, 1859[4] | Hiland Hall | Republican | Vermont | July 20, 1795 | October 10, 1858 – October 12, 1860 | 63 years, 182 days[5] | 23192 |
January 18, 1859 | January 20, 1863 | William Burton | Democratic | Delaware | October 16, 1789 | January 18, 1859 – January 20, 1863 | 73 years, 96 days | 26758 |
January 20, 1863 | June 3, 1863 | Nathaniel S. Berry | Republican | New Hampshire | September 1, 1796 | June 6, 1861 – June 3, 1863 | 66 years, 275 days | 24380 |
June 3, 1863 | January 1, 1864[4] | Hamilton Rowan Gamble | Republican | Missouri | November 29, 1798 | July 31, 1861 – January 31, 1864 | 65 years, 33 days[5] | 23773 |
January 1, 1864 | May 9, 1865 | William Smith | Democratic | Virginia | September 6, 1797 | January 1, 1846 – January 1, 1849 January 1, 1864 – May 9, 1865 |
67 years, 245 days | 24716 |
May 9, 1865 | June 13, 1865[4] | Isaac Murphy | Republican | Arkansas | October 16, 1799 | April 18, 1864 – July 2, 1868 | 65 years, 240 days[5] | 23981 |
June 13, 1865 | October 16, 1865 | William L. Sharkey | Provisional | Mississippi | July 12, 1798 | June 13, 1865 – October 16, 1865 | 67 years, 96 days | 24567 |
October 16, 1865 | October 13, 1867 | Paul Dillingham | Republican | Vermont | August 10, 1799 | October 13, 1865 – October 13, 1867 | 68 years, 64 days | 24900 |
October 13, 1867 | January 8, 1868[4] | Isaac Murphy | Republican | Arkansas | October 16, 1799 | April 18, 1864 – July 2, 1868 | 68 years, 84 days[5] | 24920 |
January 8, 1868 | June 27, 1868 | Joshua Baker | Unionist | Louisiana | March 23, 1799 | January 8, 1868 – June 27, 1868 | 69 years, 96 days | 25298 |
June 27, 1868 | July 2, 1868 | Isaac Murphy | Republican | Arkansas | October 16, 1799 | April 18, 1864 – July 2, 1868 | 68 years, 260 days | 25096 |
July 2, 1868 | January 6, 1869 | Henry H. Crapo | Republican | Michigan | May 24, 1804 | January 3, 1865 – January 6, 1869 | 64 years, 227 days | 23603 |
January 6, 1869 | February 25, 1869 | William Gannaway Brownlow | Republican | Tennessee | August 29, 1805 | April 5, 1865 – February 25, 1869 | 63 years, 180 days | 23191 |
February 25, 1869 | May 25, 1869[4] | Elisha M. Pease | Republican | Texas | January 3, 1812 | December 21, 1853 – December 21, 1857 June 8, 1867 – September 30, 1869 |
57 years, 142 days[5] | 20962 |
May 25, 1869 | January 2, 1871[4] | Seth Padelford | Republican | Rhode Island | October 3, 1807 | May 25, 1869 – May 27, 1873 | 63 years, 91 days[5] | 23102 |
January 2, 1871 | October 3, 1872[4] | Lewis R. Bradley | Democratic | Nevada | February 18, 1805 | January 2, 1871 – January 6, 1879 | 73 years, 322 days[5] | 26985 |
October 3, 1872 | January 1, 1873[4] | Julius Converse | Republican | Vermont | December 17, 1798 | October 3, 1872 – October 8, 1874 | 74 years, 15 days[5] | 27043 |
January 1, 1873 | January 1, 1875 | John Adams Dix | Republican | New York | July 24, 1798 | January 1, 1873 – January 1, 1875 | 76 years, 161 days | 27919 |
January 1, 1875 | October 5, 1876 | Asahel Peck | Republican | Vermont | February 6, 1803 | October 8, 1874 – October 5, 1876 | 73 years, 242 days | 26905 |
October 5, 1876 | January 6, 1879 | Lewis R. Bradley | Democratic | Nevada | February 18, 1805 | January 2, 1871 – January 6, 1879 | 73 years, 322 days | 26985 |
January 6, 1879 | November 20, 1880 | James D. Williams | Democratic | Indiana | January 16, 1808 | January 8, 1877 – November 20, 1880 | 72 years, 309 days | 26607 |
November 20, 1880 | January 10, 1881 | John S. Phelps | Democratic | Missouri | December 22, 1814 | January 8, 1877 – January 10, 1881 | 66 years, 19 days | 24126 |
January 10, 1881 | November 4, 1882[4] | Oran M. Roberts | Democratic | Texas | July 9, 1815 | January 21, 1879 – January 16, 1883 | 67 years, 118 days[5] | 24590 |
November 4, 1882 | March 4, 1883 | Alexander H. Stephens | Democratic | Georgia | February 11, 1812 | November 4, 1882 – March 4, 1883 | 71 years, 21 days | 25954 |
March 4, 1883 | January 1, 1885 | Josiah Begole | Democratic | Michigan | January 20, 1815 | January 1, 1883 – January 1, 1885 | 69 years, 347 days | 25549 |
January 1, 1885 | March 27, 1885 | Robert Milligan McLane | Democratic | Maryland | June 29, 1815 | January 9, 1884 – March 27, 1885 | 69 years, 271 days | 25474 |
March 27, 1885 | June 4, 1885[4] | Edward A. O'Neal | Democratic | Alabama | September 20, 1818 | December 1, 1882 – December 1, 1886 | 66 years, 257 days[5] | 24364 |
June 4, 1885 | June 2, 1887 | Moody Currier | Republican | New Hampshire | April 22, 1806 | June 4, 1885 – June 2, 1887 | 81 years, 41 days | 29626 |
June 2, 1887 | December 15, 1887 | Joseph R. Bodwell | Republican | Maine | June 18, 1818 | January 5, 1887 – December 15, 1887 | 69 years, 180 days | 25382 |
December 15, 1887 | January 2, 1889 | Sebastian Streeter Marble | Republican | Maine | March 1, 1817 | December 15, 1887 – January 2, 1889 | 71 years, 307 days | 26240 |
January 2, 1889 | February 8, 1892 | John Milton Thayer | Republican | Nebraska | January 24, 1820 | January 6, 1887 – February 8, 1892 | 72 years, 15 days | 26313 |
February 8, 1892 | January 9, 1893 | Elisha P. Ferry | Republican | Washington | August 9, 1825 | November 11, 1889 – January 9, 1893 | 67 years, 153 days | 24625 |
January 9, 1893 | January 10, 1893 | John Long Routt | Republican | Colorado | April 25, 1826 | August 1, 1876 – January 14, 1879 Janaury 13, 1891 – January 10, 1893 |
66 years, 260 days | 24367 |
January 10, 1893 | January 1, 1895[4] | Davis Hanson Waite | Populist | Colorado | April 9, 1825 | January 10, 1893 – January 8, 1895 | 69 years, 267 days[5] | 25469 |
January 1, 1895 | January 1, 1897 | Levi P. Morton | Republican | New York | May 16, 1824 | January 1, 1895 – January 1, 1897 | 72 years, 230 days | 26528 |
January 1, 1897 | January 21, 1897 | Peter Turney | Democratic | Tennessee | September 22, 1827 | January 16, 1893 – January 21, 1897 | 69 years, 121 days | 25324 |
January 21, 1897 | January 13, 1898 | Francis M. Drake | Republican | Iowa | December 30, 1830 | January 16, 1896 – January 13, 1898 | 67 years, 14 days | 24486 |
January 13, 1898 | January 4, 1899 | Lorrin A. Cooke | Republican | Connecticut | April 6, 1831 | January 6, 1897 – January 4, 1899 | 67 years, 273 days | 24745 |
January 4, 1899 | January 5, 1899 | George A. Ramsdell | Republican | New Hampshire | March 11, 1834 | January 7, 1897 – January 5, 1899 | 64 years, 300 days | 23676 |
January 5, 1899 | January 8, 1900 | Asa S. Bushnell | Republican | Ohio | September 16, 1834 | January 13, 1896 – January 8, 1900 | 65 years, 114 days | 23855 |
January 8, 1900 | October 25, 1902 | Allen D. Candler | Democratic | Georgia | November 4, 1834 | October 29, 1898 – October 25, 1902 | 67 years, 355 days | 24826 |
October 25, 1902 | October 6, 1904 | John G. McCullough | Republican | Vermont | September 16, 1835 | October 3, 1902 – October 6, 1904 | 69 years, 20 days | 25222 |
October 6, 1904 | January 1, 1905 | Aaron T. Bliss | Republican | Michigan | May 22, 1837 | January 1, 1901 – January 1, 1905 | 67 years, 224 days | 24695 |
January 1, 1905 | January 4, 1905 | Abiram Chamberlain | Republican | Connecticut | December 7, 1837 | January 7, 1903 – January 4, 1905 | 67 years, 28 days | 24499 |
January 4, 1905 | January 17, 1905[4] | Samuel W. Pennypacker | Republican | Pennsylvania | April 9, 1843 | January 30, 1903 – January 15, 1907 | 61 years, 283 days[5] | 22563 |
January 17, 1905 | June 18, 1906[4] | Preston Lea | Republican | Delaware | November 12, 1841 | January 17, 1905 – January 19, 1909 | 64 years, 218 days[5] | 23593 |
June 18, 1906 | January 11, 1909 | Andrew L. Harris | Republican | Ohio | November 17, 1835 | June 18, 1906 – January 11, 1909 | 73 years, 55 days | 26718 |
January 11, 1909 | January 19, 1909 | Preston Lea | Republican | Delaware | November 12, 1841 | January 17, 1905 – January 19, 1909 | 67 years, 68 days | 24539 |
January 19, 1909 | February 10, 1910[4] | Judson Harmon | Democratic | Ohio | February 3, 1846 | January 11, 1909 – January 13, 1913 | 64 years, 7 days[5] | 23382 |
February 10, 1910 | October 5, 1910[4] | William Hodges Mann | Democratic | Virginia | July 30, 1843 | February 10, 1910 – February 1, 1914 | 67 years, 67 days[5] | 24538 |
October 5, 1910 | January 4, 1911[4] | John A. Mead | Republican | Vermont | April 20, 1841 | October 5, 1910 – October 3, 1912 | 69 years, 259 days[5] | 25460 |
January 4, 1911 | December 12, 1911[4] | Simeon Eben Baldwin | Democratic | Connecticut | February 5, 1840 | January 4, 1911 – January 6, 1915 | 71 years, 310 days[5] | 26242 |
December 12, 1911 | December 7, 1915 | James B. McCreary | Democratic | Kentucky | July 8, 1838 | December 12, 1911 – December 7, 1915 | 77 years, 152 days | 28275 |
December 7, 1915 | January 5, 1921 | Marcus H. Holcomb | Republican | Connecticut | November 28, 1844 | January 6, 1915 – January 5, 1921 | 76 years, 38 days | 27796 |
January 5, 1921 | January 6, 1921 | Percival W. Clement | Republican | Vermont | July 7, 1846 | January 9, 1919 – January 6, 1921 | 74 years, 183 days | 27211 |
January 6, 1921 | January 11, 1921[4] | Albert O. Brown | Republican | New Hampshire | July 18, 1853 | January 6, 1921 – January 4, 1923 | 67 years, 177 days[5] | 24648 |
January 11, 1921 | January 15, 1921[4] | Thomas Chipman McRae | Democratic | Arkansas | December 21, 1851 | January 11, 1921 – January 13, 1925 | 69 years, 25 days[5] | 25227 |
January 15, 1921 | January 16, 1923 | Alfred A. Taylor | Republican | Tennessee | August 6, 1848 | January 15, 1921 – January 16, 1923 | 74 years, 163 days | 27190 |
January 16, 1923 | January 13, 1925 | Thomas Chipman McRae | Democratic | Arkansas | December 21, 1851 | January 11, 1921 – January 13, 1925 | 73 years, 23 days | 26686 |
January 13, 1925 | January 6, 1927[4] | Aram J. Pothier | Republican | Rhode Island | July 26, 1854 | January 5, 1909 – January 5, 1915 January 6, 1925 – February 4, 1928 |
72 years, 164 days[5] | 26461 |
January 6, 1927 | January 8, 1931 | John E. Weeks | Republican | Vermont | June 14, 1853 | January 6, 1927 – January 8, 1931 | 77 years, 208 days | 28331 |
January 8, 1931 | June 27, 1931 | Lamartine Griffin Hardman | Democratic | Georgia | April 14, 1856 | June 25, 1927 – June 27, 1931 | 75 years, 74 days | 27466 |
June 27, 1931 | January 2, 1933 | George W. P. Hunt | Democratic | Arizona | November 1, 1859 | February 14, 1912 – January 1, 1917 December 25, 1917 – January 6, 1919 January 1, 1923 – January 7, 1929 January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933 |
73 years, 62 days | 26725 |
January 2, 1933 | January 10, 1933 | Billy Adams | Democratic | Colorado | February 15, 1861 | January 11, 1927 – January 10, 1933 | 71 years, 330 days | 26261 |
January 10, 1933 | January 4, 1939 | Wilbur Lucius Cross | Democratic | Connecticut | April 10, 1862 | January 7, 1931 – January 4, 1939 | 76 years, 269 days | 28027 |
January 4, 1939 | January 9, 1939 | Charles H. Martin | Democratic | Oregon | October 1, 1863 | January 14, 1935 – January 9, 1939 | 75 years, 100 days | 27493 |
January 9, 1939 | March 16, 1939[4] | Richard C. McMullen | Democratic | Delaware | January 2, 1868 | January 19, 1937 – January 21, 1941 | 71 years, 73 days[5] | 26005 |
March 16, 1939 | January 1, 1941 | Luren Dickinson | Republican | Michigan | April 15, 1859 | March 16, 1939 – January 1, 1941 | 81 years, 261 days | 29846 |
January 1, 1941 | January 21, 1941 | Richard C. McMullen | Democratic | Delaware | January 2, 1868 | January 19, 1937 – January 21, 1941 | 73 years, 19 days | 26682 |
January 21, 1941 | January 4, 1943[4] | Matthew M. Neely | Democratic | West Virginia | November 9, 1874 | January 13, 1941 – January 15, 1945 | 68 years, 56 days[5] | 24892 |
January 4, 1943 | March 12, 1947 | Walter Samuel Goodland | Republican | Wisconsin | December 22, 1862 | January 4, 1943 – March 12, 1947 | 84 years, 80 days | 30760 |
March 12, 1947 | January 3, 1949[4] | Jim Nance McCord | Democratic | Tennessee | March 17, 1879 | January 16, 1945 – January 16, 1949 | 69 years, 292 days[5] | 25494 |
January 3, 1949 | January 1, 1951 | Arthur G. Crane | Republican | Wyoming | September 1, 1877 | January 3, 1949 – January 1, 1951 | 73 years, 122 days | 26784 |
January 1, 1951 | January 16, 1951 | James H. Duff | Republican | Pennsylvania | January 21, 1883 | January 21, 1947 – January 16, 1951 | 67 years, 360 days | 24831 |
January 16, 1951 | January 22, 1952[4] | James Francis Byrnes | Democratic | South Carolina | May 2, 1882 | January 16, 1951 – January 18, 1955 | 69 years, 265 days[5] | 25466 |
January 22, 1952 | January 17, 1956 | Hugh L. White | Democratic | Mississippi | August 19, 1881 | January 26, 1936 – January 16, 1940 January 22, 1952 – January 17, 1956 |
74 years, 151 days | 27178 |
January 17, 1956 | January 8, 1957 | Edwin C. Johnson | Democratic | Colorado | January 1, 1884 | January 10, 1933 – January 1, 1937 January 11, 1955 – January 8, 1957 |
73 years, 7 days | 26670 |
January 8, 1957 | January 11, 1958 | Thomas B. Stanley | Democratic | Virginia | July 16, 1890 | January 20, 1954 – January 11, 1958 | 67 years, 179 days | 24650 |
January 11, 1958 | January 20, 1959[4] | J. Hugo Aronson | Republican | Montana | September 1, 1891 | January 5, 1953 – January 2, 1961 | 69 years, 123 days[5] | 25325 |
January 20, 1959 | January 15, 1963 | David L. Lawrence | Democratic | Pennsylvania | June 18, 1889 | January 20, 1959 – January 15, 1963 | 73 years, 211 days | 26873 |
January 15, 1963 | January 25, 1967 | J. Millard Tawes | Democratic | Maryland | April 8, 1894 | January 14, 1959 – January 25, 1967 | 72 years, 292 days | 26589 |
January 25, 1967 | January 21, 1969 | Charles L. Terry, Jr. | Democratic | Delaware | September 17, 1900 | January 19, 1965 – January 21, 1969 | 68 years, 126 days | 24963 |
January 21, 1969 | January 4, 1973 | Deane C. Davis | Republican | Vermont | November 7, 1900 | January 9, 1969 – January 4, 1973 | 72 years, 58 days | 26356 |
January 4, 1973 | December 18, 1973 | Nelson Rockefeller | Republican | New York | July 8, 1908 | January 1, 1959 – December 18, 1973 | 65 years, 163 days | 23904 |
December 18, 1973 | December 2, 1974 | John A. Burns | Democratic | Hawaii | March 30, 1909 | December 3, 1962 – December 2, 1974 | 65 years, 247 days | 23988 |
December 2, 1974 | January 6, 1975 | Jack Richard Williams | Republican | Arizona | October 29, 1909 | January 2, 1967 – January 6, 1975 | 65 years, 69 days | 23810 |
January 6, 1975 | January 13, 1975[4] | Meldrim Thomson, Jr. | Republican | New Hampshire | March 8, 1912 | January 4, 1973 – January 4, 1979 | 62 years, 311 days[5] | 22956 |
January 13, 1975 | October 20, 1977[4] | Jim Rhodes | Republican | Ohio | September 13, 1909 | January 14, 1963 – January 11, 1971 January 13, 1975 – January 10, 1983 |
68 years, 37 days[5] | 24874 |
October 20, 1977 | March 4, 1978 | Wesley Bolin | Democratic | Arizona | July 1, 1909 | October 20, 1977 – March 4, 1978 | 68 years, 246 days | 25083 |
March 4, 1978 | January 10, 1983 | Jim Rhodes | Republican | Ohio | September 13, 1909 | January 14, 1963 – January 11, 1971 January 13, 1975 – January 10, 1983 |
73 years, 119 days | 26782 |
January 10, 1983 | January 18, 1983 | Bill Clements | Republican | Texas | April 13, 1917 | January 16, 1979 – January 18, 1983 January 20, 1987 – January 15, 1991 |
65 years, 280 days | 24021 |
January 18, 1983 | January 20, 1987[4] | Robert D. Orr | Republican | Indiana | November 17, 1917 | January 12, 1981 – January 9, 1989 | 69 years, 64 days[5] | 25266 |
January 20, 1987 | January 15, 1991 | Bill Clements | Republican | Texas | April 13, 1917 | January 16, 1979 – January 18, 1983 January 20, 1987 – January 15, 1991 |
73 years, 277 days | 26940 |
January 15, 1991 | December 5, 1994 | Wally Hickel | Alaskan Independence | Alaska | August 18, 1919 | December 5, 1966 – January 24, 1969 December 3, 1990 – December 5, 1994 |
75 years, 109 days | 27503 |
December 5, 1994 | January 3, 1995 | Bruce Sundlun | Democratic | Rhode Island | January 19, 1920 | January 1, 1991 – January 3, 1995 | 74 years, 349 days | 27378 |
January 3, 1995 | January 18, 1995 | William Donald Schaefer | Democratic | Maryland | November 2, 1921 | January 21, 1987 – January 18, 1995 | 73 years, 77 days | 26740 |
January 18, 1995 | January 13, 1997[4] | Phil Batt | Republican | Idaho | March 4, 1927 | January 2, 1995 – January 8, 1999 | 69 years, 315 days[5] | 25518 |
January 13, 1997 | January 15, 2001 | Cecil H. Underwood | Republican | West Virginia | November 5, 1922 | January 14, 1957 – January 16, 1961 January 13, 1997 – January 15, 2001 |
78 years, 71 days | 28561 |
January 15, 2001 | September 13, 2003 | Frank O'Bannon | Democratic | Indiana | January 30, 1930 | January 13, 1997 – September 13, 2003 | 73 years, 226 days | 26889 |
September 13, 2003 | January 12, 2004 | Murphy J. Foster, Jr. | Republican | Louisiana | July 11, 1930 | January 8, 1996 – January 12, 2004 | 73 years, 185 days | 26848 |
January 12, 2004 | January 3, 2005 | Olene S. Walker | Republican | Utah | November 15, 1930 | November 5, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | 74 years, 49 days | 27078 |
January 3, 2005 | December 4, 2006 | Frank Murkowski | Republican | Alaska | March 28, 1933 | December 2, 2002 – December 4, 2006 | 73 years, 251 days | 26914 |
December 4, 2006 | January 20, 2009 | Ruth Ann Minner | Democratic | Delaware | January 17, 1935 | January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2009 | 74 years, 3 days | 27032 |
January 20, 2009 | January 3, 2011[4] | Ted Kulongoski | Democratic | Oregon | November 5, 1940 | January 13, 2003 – January 10, 2011 | 70 years, 59 days[5] | 25626 |
January 3, 2011 | January 7, 2019 | Jerry Brown | Democratic | California | April 7, 1938 | January 6, 1975 – January 3, 1983 January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019 |
80 years, 275 days | 29495 |
January 7, 2019 | January 14, 2019 | Nathan Deal | Republican | Georgia | August 25, 1942 | January 10, 2011 – January 14, 2019 | 76 years, 142 days | 27901 |
January 14, 2019 | Kay Ivey | Republican | Alabama | October 15, 1944 | April 10, 2017 – | 80 years, 71 days | 29291 |
Women
[edit]Begin date | End date | Name | Party | State | Date of birth | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 5, 1925 | January 20, 1925[4] | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Democratic | Wyoming | November 29, 1876 | January 5, 1927 – January 3, 1927 | 48 years, 52 days[5] | 17583 |
January 20, 1925 | January 17, 1927 | Miriam A. Ferguson | Democratic | Texas | June 13, 1875 | January 20, 1925 – January 17, 1927 January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935 |
51 years, 218 days | 18845 |
January 17, 1927 | January 17, 1933 | none | ||||||
January 17, 1933 | January 15, 1935 | Miriam A. Ferguson | Democratic | Texas | June 13, 1875 | January 20, 1925 – January 17, 1927 January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935 |
59 years, 216 days | 21765 |
January 15, 1935 | January 16, 1967 | none | ||||||
January 16, 1967 | May 7, 1968 | Lurleen Wallace | Democratic | Alabama | September 19, 1926 | January 16, 1967 – May 7, 1968 | 41 years, 231 days | 15206 |
May 7, 1968 | January 8, 1975 | none | ||||||
January 8, 1975 | January 12, 1977[4] | Ella T. Grasso | Democratic | Connecticut | May 10, 1919 | January 8, 1975 – December 31, 1980 | 57 years, 247 days[5] | 21067 |
January 12, 1977 | January 12, 1981 | Dixy Lee Ray | Democratic | Washington | September 3, 1914 | January 12, 1977 – January 12, 1981 | 66 years, 131 days | 24238 |
January 12, 1981 | December 13, 1983 | none | ||||||
December 13, 1983 | January 10, 1985[4] | Martha Layne Collins | Democratic | Kentucky | December 7, 1936 | January 13, 1983 – December 8, 1987 | 48 years, 34 days[5] | 17566 |
January 10, 1985 | April 4, 1988[4] | Madeleine M. Kunin | Democratic | Vermont | September 28, 1933 | January 10, 1985 – January 10, 1991 | 54 years, 189 days[5] | 19912 |
April 4, 1988 | March 6, 1991 | Rose Mofford | Democratic | Arizona | June 10, 1922 | April 4, 1988 – March 6, 1991 | 68 years, 269 days | 25106 |
March 6, 1991 | January 9, 1995 | Joan Finney | Democratic | Kansas | February 12, 1925 | January 14, 1991 – January 9, 1995 | 69 years, 331 days | 25533 |
January 9, 1995 | January 17, 1995 | Ann Richards | Democratic | Texas | September 1, 1933 | January 15, 1991 – January 17, 1995 | 61 years, 138 days | 22418 |
January 17, 1995 | September 5, 1997[4] | Christine Todd Whitman | Republican | New Jersey | September 26, 1946 | January 18, 1994 – January 31, 2001 | 54 years, 127 days[5] | 18607 |
September 5, 1997 | January 3, 2001[4] | Jane Dee Hull | Republican | Arizona | August 8, 1935 | September 5, 1997 – January 6, 2003 | 65 years, 148 days[5] | 23890 |
January 3, 2001 | November 5, 2003[4] | Ruth Ann Minner | Democratic | Delaware | January 17, 1935 | January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2009 | 68 years, 292 days[5] | 25129 |
November 5, 2003 | January 3, 2005 | Olene S. Walker | Republican | Utah | November 15, 1930 | November 5, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | 74 years, 49 days | 27078 |
January 3, 2005 | January 20, 2009 | Ruth Ann Minner | Democratic | Delaware | January 17, 1935 | January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2009 | 74 years, 3 days | 27032 |
January 20, 2009 | January 21, 2009[4] | Jodi Rell | Republican | Connecticut | June 16, 1946 | July 1, 2004 – January 5, 2011 | 62 years, 219 days[5] | 22865 |
January 21, 2009 | January 5, 2015 | Jan Brewer | Republican | Arizona | September 26, 1944 | January 21, 2009 – January 5, 2015 | 70 years, 101 days | 25668 |
January 5, 2015 | April 10, 2017[4] | Mary Fallin | Republican | Oklahoma | December 9, 1954 | January 10, 2011 – in office | 62 years, 122 days[5] | 22768 |
April 10, 2017 | Kay Ivey | Republican | Alabama | October 15, 1944 | April 10, 2017 – in office | 80 years, 71 days | 29291 |
Men
[edit]Begin date | End date | Name | Party | State | Date of birth | Service | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 7, 1787 | December 12, 1787[6] | Thomas Collins | Non-partisan | Delaware | 1732 | October 28, 1786 – March 29, 1789 | 56 years ca. | 20700 ca. |
December 12, 1787 | November 5, 1788 | Benjamin Franklin | Non-partisan | Pennsylvania | January 17, 1706 | October 18, 1785 – November 5, 1788 | 82 years, 293 days | 30243 |
November 5, 1788 | July 25, 1790 | William Livingston | Federalist | New Jersey | November 30, 1723 | August 31, 1776 – July 25, 1790 | 66 years, 237 days | 24344 |
July 25, 1790 | October 8, 1793[4] | Josiah Bartlett | Democratic-Republican | New Hampshire | November 21, 1729 | June 5, 1790 – June 5, 1794 | 63 years, 321 days[5] | 23332 |
October 8, 1793 | June 2, 1797 | Samuel Adams | Democratic-Republican | Massachusetts | September 27, 1722 | October 8, 1793 – June 2, 1797 | 74 years, 248 days | 27277 |
June 2, 1797 | December 7, 1798 | Samuel Ashe | Democratic-Republican | North Carolina | March 24, 1725 | November 19, 1795 – December 7, 1798 | 73 years, 258 days | 26921 |
December 7, 1798 | June 7, 1799[4] | Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Federalist | Connecticut | March 26, 1740 | December 1, 1797 – August 7, 1809 | 59 years, 73 days[5] | 21622 |
June 7, 1799 | May 20, 1800 | Moses Gill | Non-partisan | Massachusetts | January 18, 1734 | June 7, 1799 – May 20, 1800 | 66 years, 122 days | 24228 |
May 20, 1800 | December 20, 1808 | Thomas McKean | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | March 19, 1734 | December 17, 1799 – December 20, 1808 | 74 years, 276 days | 27304 |
December 20, 1808 | August 24, 1812 | Charles Scott | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | April 1739 | September 1, 1808 – August 24, 1812 | 73 years, 120 days ca. | 26800 ca. |
August 24, 1812 | May 30, 1816 | Caleb Strong | Federalist | Massachusetts | January 9, 1745 | May 30, 1800 – May 29, 1807 March 4, 1812 – May 30, 1816 |
71 years, 142 days | 26073 |
May 30, 1816 | September 5, 1816 | Isaac Shelby | Democratic-Republican | Kentucky | December 11, 1750 | June 4, 1792 – June 1, 1796 August 24, 1812 – September 5, 1816 |
65 years, 269 days | 24009 |
September 5, 1816 | February 24, 1817[4] | John Brooks | Federalist | Massachusetts | May 4, 1752 | May 30, 1816 – May 31, 1823 | 64 years, 296 days[5] | 23671 |
February 24, 1817 | June 30, 1817 | John Tayler | Democratic-Republican | New York | July 4, 1742 | February 24, 1817 – June 30, 1817 | 74 years, 361 days | 27389 |
June 30, 1817 | May 31, 1823 | John Brooks | Federalist | Massachusetts | May 4, 1752 | May 30, 1816 – May 31, 1823 | 71 years, 27 days | 25958 |
May 31, 1823 | December 16, 1823 | Joseph Hiester | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | November 18, 1752 | December 19, 1820 – December 16, 1823 | 71 years, 28 days | 25959 |
December 16, 1823 | February 6, 1825 | William Eustis | Democratic-Republican | Massachusetts | June 10, 1753 | May 31, 1823 – February 6, 1825 | 71 years, 241 days | 26173 |
February 6, 1825 | May 2, 1827 | Oliver Wolcott, Jr. | Toleration | Connecticut | January 11, 1760 | May 8, 1817 – May 2, 1827 | 67 years, 111 days | 24582 |
May 2, 1827 | June 7, 1827[4] | William Branch Giles | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | August 12, 1762 | March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1830 | 64 years, 299 days[5] | 23674 |
June 7, 1827 | June 5, 1828 | Benjamin Pierce | Democratic-Republican | New Hampshire | December 25, 1757 | June 7, 1827 – June 5, 1828 June 4, 1829 – June 3, 1830 |
70 years, 163 days | 25729 |
June 5, 1828 | June 4, 1829[4] | William Branch Giles | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | August 12, 1762 | March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1830 | 66 years, 296 days[5] | 24402 |
June 4, 1829 | June 3, 1830 | Benjamin Pierce | Democratic-Republican | New Hampshire | December 25, 1757 | June 7, 1827 – June 5, 1828 June 4, 1829 – June 3, 1830 |
72 years, 162 days | 26459 |
June 3, 1830 | December 18, 1830[4] | Samuel C. Crafts | National Republican | Vermont | October 6, 1768 | October 10, 1828 – October 18, 1831 | 63 years, 12 days[5] | 23021 |
December 18, 1830 | December 6, 1832 | Montfort Stokes | Democratic | North Carolina | March 12, 1762 | December 18, 1830 – December 6, 1832 | 70 years, 269 days | 25836 |
December 6, 1832 | January 15, 1833[4] | Samuel Dinsmoor | Democratic | New Hampshire | July 1, 1766 | June 2, 1831 – June 5, 1834 | 67 years, 339 days[5] | 24810 |
January 15, 1833 | May 9, 1836 | Caleb P. Bennett | Democratic | Delaware | November 11, 1758 | January 15, 1833 – May 9, 1836 | 77 years, 180 days | 28303 |
May 9, 1836 | July 17, 1837[4] | Thomas Veazey | Whig | Maryland | January 31, 1774 | January 14, 1836 – January 7, 1839 | 64 years, 341 days[5] | 23716 |
July 17, 1837 | November 30, 1837 | Hugh McVay | Democratic | Alabama | 1766 | July 17, 1837 – November 30, 1837 | 71 years, 150 days ca. | 26000 ca. |
November 30, 1837 | January 7, 1839 | Thomas Veazey | Whig | Maryland | January 31, 1774 | January 14, 1836 – January 7, 1839 | 64 years, 341 days | 23716 |
January 7, 1839 | August 27, 1839 | James Clark | Whig | Kentucky | January 16, 1779 | August 31, 1836 – August 27, 1839 | 60 years, 223 days | 22137 |
August 27, 1839 | March 31, 1840 | David Campbell | Democratic | Virginia | August 7, 1779 | March 31, 1837 – March 31, 1840 | 60 years, 237 days | 22151 |
March 31, 1840 | January 19, 1841 | Cornelius P. Comegys | Whig | Delaware | January 15, 1780 | January 17, 1837 – January 19, 1841 | 61 years, 4 days | 22284 |
January 19, 1841 | May 2, 1843[4] | William B. Cooper | Whig | Delaware | December 16, 1771 | January 19, 1841 – January 21, 1845 | 71 years, 137 days[5] | 26069 |
May 2, 1843 | May 6, 1845 | James Fenner | Law and Order | Rhode Island | January 22, 1771 | May 6, 1807 – May 1, 1811 May 5, 1824 – May 4, 1831 May 2, 1843 – May 6, 1845 |
74 years, 104 days | 27132 |
May 6, 1845 | March 2, 1846 | Thomas Stockton | Whig | Delaware | April 1, 1781 | January 21, 1845 – March 2, 1846 | 64 years, 335 days | 23710 |
March 2, 1846 | May 3, 1846 | Joseph Maull | Whig | Delaware | September 6, 1781 | March 2, 1846 – May 3, 1846 | 64 years, 239 days | 23614 |
May 3, 1846 | September 6, 1848 | William Owsley | Whig | Kentucky | March 24, 1782 | September 4, 1844 – September 6, 1848 | 66 years, 166 days | 24272 |
September 6, 1848 | May 2, 1849 | Clark Bissell | Whig | Connecticut | September 7, 1782 | May 5, 1847 – May 2, 1849 | 66 years, 237 days | 24343 |
May 2, 1849 | May 4, 1850 | Joseph Trumbull | Whig | Connecticut | December 7, 1782 | May 2, 1849 – May 4, 1850 | 67 years, 148 days | 24619 |
May 4, 1850 | October 11, 1850[4] | Joseph Marshall Walker | Democratic | Louisiana | July 1, 1784 | January 28, 1850 – January 18, 1853 | 66 years, 102 days[5] | 24207 |
October 11, 1850 | October 1852 | Charles K. Williams | Whig | Vermont | January 24, 1782 | October 11, 1850 – October 1852 | 70 years, 260 days ca. | 25800 ca. |
October 1852 | January 18, 1853 | Joseph Marshall Walker | Democratic | Louisiana | July 1, 1784 | January 28, 1850 – January 18, 1853 | 68 years, 201 days | 25037 |
January 18, 1853 | July 20, 1853 | Philip Allen | Democratic | Rhode Island | September 1, 1785 | May 6, 1851 – July 20, 1853 | 67 years, 322 days | 24793 |
July 20, 1853 | October 3, 1853 | Thomas Brown | Whig | Florida | October 24, 1785 | October 1, 1849 – October 3, 1853 | 67 years, 344 days | 24815 |
October 3, 1853 | October 13, 1853[4] | Joseph Johnson | Democratic | Virginia | December 19, 1785 | January 16, 1852 – January 1, 1856 | 70 years, 299 days[5] | 25865 |
October 13, 1853 | May 3, 1854 | Charles H. Pond | Democratic | Connecticut | April 26, 1781 | October 13, 1853 – May 3, 1854 | 73 years, 7 days | 26669 |
May 3, 1854 | January 1, 1856 | Joseph Johnson | Democratic | Virginia | December 19, 1785 | January 16, 1852 – January 1, 1856 | 70 years, 13 days | 25579 |
January 1, 1856 | October 10, 1856 | Stephen Royce | Republican | Vermont | August 12, 1787 | October 13, 1854 – October 10, 1856 | 69 years, 59 days | 25261 |
October 10, 1856 | January 1, 1857[4] | Ralph Metcalf | Know-Nothing | New Hampshire | November 21, 1798 | June 7, 1855 – June 4, 1857 | 58 years, 41 days[5] | 21225 |
January 1, 1857 | January 1, 1859 | John A. King | Republican | New York | January 3, 1788 | January 1, 1857 – January 1, 1859 | 70 years, 363 days | 25930 |
January 1, 1859 | January 18, 1859[4] | Hiland Hall | Republican | Vermont | July 20, 1795 | October 10, 1858 – October 12, 1860 | 63 years, 182 days[5] | 23192 |
January 18, 1859 | January 20, 1863 | William Burton | Democratic | Delaware | October 16, 1789 | January 18, 1859 – January 20, 1863 | 73 years, 96 days | 26758 |
January 20, 1863 | June 3, 1863 | Nathaniel S. Berry | Republican | New Hampshire | September 1, 1796 | June 6, 1861 – June 3, 1863 | 66 years, 275 days | 24380 |
June 3, 1863 | January 1, 1864[4] | Hamilton Rowan Gamble | Republican | Missouri | November 29, 1798 | July 31, 1861 – January 31, 1864 | 65 years, 33 days[5] | 23773 |
January 1, 1864 | May 9, 1865 | William Smith | Democratic | Virginia | September 6, 1797 | January 1, 1846 – January 1, 1849 January 1, 1864 – May 9, 1865 |
67 years, 245 days | 24716 |
May 9, 1865 | June 13, 1865[4] | Isaac Murphy | Republican | Arkansas | October 16, 1799 | April 18, 1864 – July 2, 1868 | 65 years, 240 days[5] | 23981 |
June 13, 1865 | October 16, 1865 | William L. Sharkey | Provisional | Mississippi | July 12, 1798 | June 13, 1865 – October 16, 1865 | 67 years, 96 days | 24567 |
October 16, 1865 | October 13, 1867 | Paul Dillingham | Republican | Vermont | August 10, 1799 | October 13, 1865 – October 13, 1867 | 68 years, 64 days | 24900 |
October 13, 1867 | January 8, 1868[4] | Isaac Murphy | Republican | Arkansas | October 16, 1799 | April 18, 1864 – July 2, 1868 | 68 years, 84 days[5] | 24920 |
January 8, 1868 | June 27, 1868 | Joshua Baker | Unionist | Louisiana | March 23, 1799 | January 8, 1868 – June 27, 1868 | 69 years, 96 days | 25298 |
June 27, 1868 | July 2, 1868 | Isaac Murphy | Republican | Arkansas | October 16, 1799 | April 18, 1864 – July 2, 1868 | 68 years, 260 days | 25096 |
July 2, 1868 | January 6, 1869 | Henry H. Crapo | Republican | Michigan | May 24, 1804 | January 3, 1865 – January 6, 1869 | 64 years, 227 days | 23603 |
January 6, 1869 | February 25, 1869 | William Gannaway Brownlow | Republican | Tennessee | August 29, 1805 | April 5, 1865 – February 25, 1869 | 63 years, 180 days | 23191 |
February 25, 1869 | May 25, 1869[4] | Elisha M. Pease | Republican | Texas | January 3, 1812 | December 21, 1853 – December 21, 1857 June 8, 1867 – September 30, 1869 |
57 years, 142 days[5] | 20962 |
May 25, 1869 | January 2, 1871[4] | Seth Padelford | Republican | Rhode Island | October 3, 1807 | May 25, 1869 – May 27, 1873 | 63 years, 91 days[5] | 23102 |
January 2, 1871 | October 3, 1872[4] | Lewis R. Bradley | Democratic | Nevada | February 18, 1805 | January 2, 1871 – January 6, 1879 | 73 years, 322 days[5] | 26985 |
October 3, 1872 | January 1, 1873[4] | Julius Converse | Republican | Vermont | December 17, 1798 | October 3, 1872 – October 8, 1874 | 74 years, 15 days[5] | 27043 |
January 1, 1873 | January 1, 1875 | John Adams Dix | Republican | New York | July 24, 1798 | January 1, 1873 – January 1, 1875 | 76 years, 161 days | 27919 |
January 1, 1875 | October 5, 1876 | Asahel Peck | Republican | Vermont | February 6, 1803 | October 8, 1874 – October 5, 1876 | 73 years, 242 days | 26905 |
October 5, 1876 | January 6, 1879 | Lewis R. Bradley | Democratic | Nevada | February 18, 1805 | January 2, 1871 – January 6, 1879 | 73 years, 322 days | 26985 |
January 6, 1879 | November 20, 1880 | James D. Williams | Democratic | Indiana | January 16, 1808 | January 8, 1877 – November 20, 1880 | 72 years, 309 days | 26607 |
November 20, 1880 | January 10, 1881 | John S. Phelps | Democratic | Missouri | December 22, 1814 | January 8, 1877 – January 10, 1881 | 66 years, 19 days | 24126 |
January 10, 1881 | November 4, 1882[4] | Oran M. Roberts | Democratic | Texas | July 9, 1815 | January 21, 1879 – January 16, 1883 | 67 years, 118 days[5] | 24590 |
November 4, 1882 | March 4, 1883 | Alexander H. Stephens | Democratic | Georgia | February 11, 1812 | November 4, 1882 – March 4, 1883 | 71 years, 21 days | 25954 |
March 4, 1883 | January 1, 1885 | Josiah Begole | Democratic | Michigan | January 20, 1815 | January 1, 1883 – January 1, 1885 | 69 years, 347 days | 25549 |
January 1, 1885 | March 27, 1885 | Robert Milligan McLane | Democratic | Maryland | June 29, 1815 | January 9, 1884 – March 27, 1885 | 69 years, 271 days | 25474 |
March 27, 1885 | June 4, 1885[4] | Edward A. O'Neal | Democratic | Alabama | September 20, 1818 | December 1, 1882 – December 1, 1886 | 66 years, 257 days[5] | 24364 |
June 4, 1885 | June 2, 1887 | Moody Currier | Republican | New Hampshire | April 22, 1806 | June 4, 1885 – June 2, 1887 | 81 years, 41 days | 29626 |
June 2, 1887 | December 15, 1887 | Joseph R. Bodwell | Republican | Maine | June 18, 1818 | January 5, 1887 – December 15, 1887 | 69 years, 180 days | 25382 |
December 15, 1887 | January 2, 1889 | Sebastian Streeter Marble | Republican | Maine | March 1, 1817 | December 15, 1887 – January 2, 1889 | 71 years, 307 days | 26240 |
January 2, 1889 | February 8, 1892 | John Milton Thayer | Republican | Nebraska | January 24, 1820 | January 6, 1887 – February 8, 1892 | 72 years, 15 days | 26313 |
February 8, 1892 | January 9, 1893 | Elisha P. Ferry | Republican | Washington | August 9, 1825 | November 11, 1889 – January 9, 1893 | 67 years, 153 days | 24625 |
January 9, 1893 | January 10, 1893 | John Long Routt | Republican | Colorado | April 25, 1826 | August 1, 1876 – January 14, 1879 Janaury 13, 1891 – January 10, 1893 |
66 years, 260 days | 24367 |
January 10, 1893 | January 1, 1895[4] | Davis Hanson Waite | Populist | Colorado | April 9, 1825 | January 10, 1893 – January 8, 1895 | 69 years, 267 days[5] | 25469 |
January 1, 1895 | January 1, 1897 | Levi P. Morton | Republican | New York | May 16, 1824 | January 1, 1895 – January 1, 1897 | 72 years, 230 days | 26528 |
January 1, 1897 | January 21, 1897 | Peter Turney | Democratic | Tennessee | September 22, 1827 | January 16, 1893 – January 21, 1897 | 69 years, 121 days | 25324 |
January 21, 1897 | January 13, 1898 | Francis M. Drake | Republican | Iowa | December 30, 1830 | January 16, 1896 – January 13, 1898 | 67 years, 14 days | 24486 |
January 13, 1898 | January 4, 1899 | Lorrin A. Cooke | Republican | Connecticut | April 6, 1831 | January 6, 1897 – January 4, 1899 | 67 years, 273 days | 24745 |
January 4, 1899 | January 5, 1899 | George A. Ramsdell | Republican | New Hampshire | March 11, 1834 | January 7, 1897 – January 5, 1899 | 64 years, 300 days | 23676 |
January 5, 1899 | January 8, 1900 | Asa S. Bushnell | Republican | Ohio | September 16, 1834 | January 13, 1896 – January 8, 1900 | 65 years, 114 days | 23855 |
January 8, 1900 | October 25, 1902 | Allen D. Candler | Democratic | Georgia | November 4, 1834 | October 29, 1898 – October 25, 1902 | 67 years, 355 days | 24826 |
October 25, 1902 | October 6, 1904 | John G. McCullough | Republican | Vermont | September 16, 1835 | October 3, 1902 – October 6, 1904 | 69 years, 20 days | 25222 |
October 6, 1904 | January 1, 1905 | Aaron T. Bliss | Republican | Michigan | May 22, 1837 | January 1, 1901 – January 1, 1905 | 67 years, 224 days | 24695 |
January 1, 1905 | January 4, 1905 | Abiram Chamberlain | Republican | Connecticut | December 7, 1837 | January 7, 1903 – January 4, 1905 | 67 years, 28 days | 24499 |
January 4, 1905 | January 17, 1905[4] | Samuel W. Pennypacker | Republican | Pennsylvania | April 9, 1843 | January 30, 1903 – January 15, 1907 | 61 years, 283 days[5] | 22563 |
January 17, 1905 | June 18, 1906[4] | Preston Lea | Republican | Delaware | November 12, 1841 | January 17, 1905 – January 19, 1909 | 64 years, 218 days[5] | 23593 |
June 18, 1906 | January 11, 1909 | Andrew L. Harris | Republican | Ohio | November 17, 1835 | June 18, 1906 – January 11, 1909 | 73 years, 55 days | 26718 |
January 11, 1909 | January 19, 1909 | Preston Lea | Republican | Delaware | November 12, 1841 | January 17, 1905 – January 19, 1909 | 67 years, 68 days | 24539 |
January 19, 1909 | February 10, 1910[4] | Judson Harmon | Democratic | Ohio | February 3, 1846 | January 11, 1909 – January 13, 1913 | 64 years, 7 days[5] | 23382 |
February 10, 1910 | October 5, 1910[4] | William Hodges Mann | Democratic | Virginia | July 30, 1843 | February 10, 1910 – February 1, 1914 | 67 years, 67 days[5] | 24538 |
October 5, 1910 | January 4, 1911[4] | John A. Mead | Republican | Vermont | April 20, 1841 | October 5, 1910 – October 3, 1912 | 69 years, 259 days[5] | 25460 |
January 4, 1911 | December 12, 1911[4] | Simeon Eben Baldwin | Democratic | Connecticut | February 5, 1840 | January 4, 1911 – January 6, 1915 | 71 years, 310 days[5] | 26242 |
December 12, 1911 | December 7, 1915 | James B. McCreary | Democratic | Kentucky | July 8, 1838 | December 12, 1911 – December 7, 1915 | 77 years, 152 days | 28275 |
December 7, 1915 | January 5, 1921 | Marcus H. Holcomb | Republican | Connecticut | November 28, 1844 | January 6, 1915 – January 5, 1921 | 76 years, 38 days | 27796 |
January 5, 1921 | January 6, 1921 | Percival W. Clement | Republican | Vermont | July 7, 1846 | January 9, 1919 – January 6, 1921 | 74 years, 183 days | 27211 |
January 6, 1921 | January 11, 1921[4] | Albert O. Brown | Republican | New Hampshire | July 18, 1853 | January 6, 1921 – January 4, 1923 | 67 years, 177 days[5] | 24648 |
January 11, 1921 | January 15, 1921[4] | Thomas Chipman McRae | Democratic | Arkansas | December 21, 1851 | January 11, 1921 – January 13, 1925 | 69 years, 25 days[5] | 25227 |
January 15, 1921 | January 16, 1923 | Alfred A. Taylor | Republican | Tennessee | August 6, 1848 | January 15, 1921 – January 16, 1923 | 74 years, 163 days | 27190 |
January 16, 1923 | January 13, 1925 | Thomas Chipman McRae | Democratic | Arkansas | December 21, 1851 | January 11, 1921 – January 13, 1925 | 73 years, 23 days | 26686 |
January 13, 1925 | January 6, 1927[4] | Aram J. Pothier | Republican | Rhode Island | July 26, 1854 | January 5, 1909 – January 5, 1915 January 6, 1925 – February 4, 1928 |
72 years, 164 days[5] | 26461 |
January 6, 1927 | January 8, 1931 | John E. Weeks | Republican | Vermont | June 14, 1853 | January 6, 1927 – January 8, 1931 | 77 years, 208 days | 28331 |
January 8, 1931 | June 27, 1931 | Lamartine Griffin Hardman | Democratic | Georgia | April 14, 1856 | June 25, 1927 – June 27, 1931 | 75 years, 74 days | 27466 |
June 27, 1931 | January 2, 1933 | George W. P. Hunt | Democratic | Arizona | November 1, 1859 | February 14, 1912 – January 1, 1917 December 25, 1917 – January 6, 1919 January 1, 1923 – January 7, 1929 January 5, 1931 – January 2, 1933 |
73 years, 62 days | 26725 |
January 2, 1933 | January 10, 1933 | Billy Adams | Democratic | Colorado | February 15, 1861 | January 11, 1927 – January 10, 1933 | 71 years, 330 days | 26261 |
January 10, 1933 | January 4, 1939 | Wilbur Lucius Cross | Democratic | Connecticut | April 10, 1862 | January 7, 1931 – January 4, 1939 | 76 years, 269 days | 28027 |
January 4, 1939 | January 9, 1939 | Charles H. Martin | Democratic | Oregon | October 1, 1863 | January 14, 1935 – January 9, 1939 | 75 years, 100 days | 27493 |
January 9, 1939 | March 16, 1939[4] | Richard C. McMullen | Democratic | Delaware | January 2, 1868 | January 19, 1937 – January 21, 1941 | 71 years, 73 days[5] | 26005 |
March 16, 1939 | January 1, 1941 | Luren Dickinson | Republican | Michigan | April 15, 1859 | March 16, 1939 – January 1, 1941 | 81 years, 261 days | 29846 |
January 1, 1941 | January 21, 1941 | Richard C. McMullen | Democratic | Delaware | January 2, 1868 | January 19, 1937 – January 21, 1941 | 73 years, 19 days | 26682 |
January 21, 1941 | January 4, 1943[4] | Matthew M. Neely | Democratic | West Virginia | November 9, 1874 | January 13, 1941 – January 15, 1945 | 68 years, 56 days[5] | 24892 |
January 4, 1943 | March 12, 1947 | Walter Samuel Goodland | Republican | Wisconsin | December 22, 1862 | January 4, 1943 – March 12, 1947 | 84 years, 80 days | 30760 |
March 12, 1947 | January 3, 1949[4] | Jim Nance McCord | Democratic | Tennessee | March 17, 1879 | January 16, 1945 – January 16, 1949 | 69 years, 292 days[5] | 25494 |
January 3, 1949 | January 1, 1951 | Arthur G. Crane | Republican | Wyoming | September 1, 1877 | January 3, 1949 – January 1, 1951 | 73 years, 122 days | 26784 |
January 1, 1951 | January 16, 1951 | James H. Duff | Republican | Pennsylvania | January 21, 1883 | January 21, 1947 – January 16, 1951 | 67 years, 360 days | 24831 |
January 16, 1951 | January 22, 1952[4] | James Francis Byrnes | Democratic | South Carolina | May 2, 1882 | January 16, 1951 – January 18, 1955 | 69 years, 265 days[5] | 25466 |
January 22, 1952 | January 17, 1956 | Hugh L. White | Democratic | Mississippi | August 19, 1881 | January 26, 1936 – January 16, 1940 January 22, 1952 – January 17, 1956 |
74 years, 151 days | 27178 |
January 17, 1956 | January 8, 1957 | Edwin C. Johnson | Democratic | Colorado | January 1, 1884 | January 10, 1933 – January 1, 1937 January 11, 1955 – January 8, 1957 |
73 years, 7 days | 26670 |
January 8, 1957 | January 11, 1958 | Thomas B. Stanley | Democratic | Virginia | July 16, 1890 | January 20, 1954 – January 11, 1958 | 67 years, 179 days | 24650 |
January 11, 1958 | January 20, 1959[4] | J. Hugo Aronson | Republican | Montana | September 1, 1891 | January 5, 1953 – January 2, 1961 | 69 years, 123 days[5] | 25325 |
January 20, 1959 | January 15, 1963 | David L. Lawrence | Democratic | Pennsylvania | June 18, 1889 | January 20, 1959 – January 15, 1963 | 73 years, 211 days | 26873 |
January 15, 1963 | January 25, 1967 | J. Millard Tawes | Democratic | Maryland | April 8, 1894 | January 14, 1959 – January 25, 1967 | 72 years, 292 days | 26589 |
January 25, 1967 | January 21, 1969 | Charles L. Terry, Jr. | Democratic | Delaware | September 17, 1900 | January 19, 1965 – January 21, 1969 | 68 years, 126 days | 24963 |
January 21, 1969 | January 4, 1973 | Deane C. Davis | Republican | Vermont | November 7, 1900 | January 9, 1969 – January 4, 1973 | 72 years, 58 days | 26356 |
January 4, 1973 | December 18, 1973 | Nelson Rockefeller | Republican | New York | July 8, 1908 | January 1, 1959 – December 18, 1973 | 65 years, 163 days | 23904 |
December 18, 1973 | December 2, 1974 | John A. Burns | Democratic | Hawaii | March 30, 1909 | December 3, 1962 – December 2, 1974 | 65 years, 247 days | 23988 |
December 2, 1974 | January 6, 1975 | Jack Richard Williams | Republican | Arizona | October 29, 1909 | January 2, 1967 – January 6, 1975 | 65 years, 69 days | 23810 |
January 6, 1975 | January 13, 1975[4] | Meldrim Thomson, Jr. | Republican | New Hampshire | March 8, 1912 | January 4, 1973 – January 4, 1979 | 62 years, 311 days[5] | 22956 |
January 13, 1975 | October 20, 1977[4] | Jim Rhodes | Republican | Ohio | September 13, 1909 | January 14, 1963 – January 11, 1971 January 13, 1975 – January 10, 1983 |
68 years, 37 days[5] | 24874 |
October 20, 1977 | March 4, 1978 | Wesley Bolin | Democratic | Arizona | July 1, 1909 | October 20, 1977 – March 4, 1978 | 68 years, 246 days | 25083 |
March 4, 1978 | January 10, 1983 | Jim Rhodes | Republican | Ohio | September 13, 1909 | January 14, 1963 – January 11, 1971 January 13, 1975 – January 10, 1983 |
73 years, 119 days | 26782 |
January 10, 1983 | January 18, 1983 | Bill Clements | Republican | Texas | April 13, 1917 | January 16, 1979 – January 18, 1983 January 20, 1987 – January 15, 1991 |
65 years, 280 days | 24021 |
January 18, 1983 | January 20, 1987[4] | Robert D. Orr | Republican | Indiana | November 17, 1917 | January 12, 1981 – January 9, 1989 | 69 years, 64 days[5] | 25266 |
January 20, 1987 | January 15, 1991 | Bill Clements | Republican | Texas | April 13, 1917 | January 16, 1979 – January 18, 1983 January 20, 1987 – January 15, 1991 |
73 years, 277 days | 26940 |
January 15, 1991 | December 5, 1994 | Wally Hickel | Alaskan Independence | Alaska | August 18, 1919 | December 5, 1966 – January 24, 1969 December 3, 1990 – December 5, 1994 |
75 years, 109 days | 27503 |
December 5, 1994 | January 3, 1995 | Bruce Sundlun | Democratic | Rhode Island | January 19, 1920 | January 1, 1991 – January 3, 1995 | 74 years, 349 days | 27378 |
January 3, 1995 | January 18, 1995 | William Donald Schaefer | Democratic | Maryland | November 2, 1921 | January 21, 1987 – January 18, 1995 | 73 years, 77 days | 26740 |
January 18, 1995 | January 13, 1997[4] | Phil Batt | Republican | Idaho | March 4, 1927 | January 2, 1995 – January 8, 1999 | 69 years, 315 days[5] | 25518 |
January 13, 1997 | January 15, 2001 | Cecil H. Underwood | Republican | West Virginia | November 5, 1922 | January 14, 1957 – January 16, 1961 January 13, 1997 – January 15, 2001 |
78 years, 71 days | 28561 |
January 15, 2001 | September 13, 2003 | Frank O'Bannon | Democratic | Indiana | January 30, 1930 | January 13, 1997 – September 13, 2003 | 73 years, 226 days | 26889 |
September 13, 2003 | January 12, 2004 | Murphy J. Foster, Jr. | Republican | Louisiana | July 11, 1930 | January 8, 1996 – January 12, 2004 | 73 years, 185 days | 26848 |
January 12, 2004 | December 4, 2006 | Frank Murkowski | Republican | Alaska | March 28, 1933 | December 2, 2002 – December 4, 2006 | 73 years, 251 days | 26914 |
December 4, 2006 | January 1, 2007 | Kenny Guinn | Republican | Nevada | August 24, 1936 | January 4, 1999 – January 1, 2007 | 70 years, 130 days | 25697 |
January 1, 2007 | January 3, 2011[4] | Ted Kulongoski | Democratic | Oregon | November 5, 1940 | January 13, 2003 – January 10, 2011 | 70 years, 59 days[5] | 25626 |
January 3, 2011 | January 7, 2019 | Jerry Brown | Democratic | California | April 7, 1938 | January 6, 1975 – January 3, 1983 January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019 |
80 years, 275 days | 29495 |
January 7, 2019 | January 14, 2019 | Nathan Deal | Republican | Georgia | August 25, 1942 | January 10, 2011 – January 14, 2019 | 76 years, 142 days | 27901 |
January 14, 2019 | Mike DeWine | Republican | Ohio | January 5, 1947 | January 14, 2019 – | 77 years, 355 days | 28479 |
List of oldest living
[edit]Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Date of birth | Years and days | Days |
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March 4, 1789 | June 13, 1791[4] | William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | October 7, 1727 | 63 years, 249 days[5] | 23260 |
June 13, 1791 | July 23, 1793 | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793 | April 19, 1721 | 72 years, 95 days | 26302 |
July 23, 1793 | November 14, 1819 | William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | October 7, 1727 | 92 years, 38 days | 33640 |
November 14, 1819 | June 1, 1832 | Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | December 15, 1801 – December 16, 1810 | August 14, 1734 | 97 years, 292 days | 35720 |
June 1, 1832 | November 14, 1832 | Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Pro-Administration | Maryland | March 4, 1789 – November 30, 1792 | September 19, 1737 | 95 years, 56 days | 34754 |
November 14, 1832 | March 7, 1838 | Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 | May 14, 1739 | 98 years, 297 days | 36101 |
March 7, 1838 | April 22, 1839 | Samuel Smith | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Maryland | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1815 January 31, 1816 – March 4, 1833 |
July 27, 1752 | 86 years, 269 days | 31679 |
April 22, 1839 | February 13, 1843 | Nathaniel Chipman | Federalist | Vermont | October 17, 1797 – March 4, 1803 | November 15, 1752 | 90 years, 90 days | 32961 |
February 13, 1843 | February 25, 1845 | Asher Robbins | National Republican Whig |
Rhode Island | October 31, 1825 – March 4, 1839 | October 26, 1757 | 87 years, 122 days | 31898 |
February 25, 1845 | December 22, 1850 | William Plumer | Federalist | New Hampshire | June 17, 1802 – March 4, 1807 | June 25, 1759 | 91 years, 180 days | 33417 |
December 22, 1850 | April 12, 1851 | David Daggett | Federalist | Connecticut | May 13, 1813 – March 4, 1819 | December 31, 1764 | 86 years, 102 days | 31512 |
April 12, 1851 | October 14, 1853 | Elisha Mathewson | Democratic-Republican | Rhode Island | October 26, 1807 – March 4, 1811 | April 18, 1767 | 86 years, 179 days | 31590 |
October 14, 1853 | November 19, 1853 | Samuel C. Crafts | Whig | Vermont | April 23, 1842 – March 4, 1843 | October 6, 1768 | 85 years, 44 days | 31089 |
November 19, 1853 | July 24, 1854 | Jonathan Roberts | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | February 24, 1814 – March 4, 1821 | August 16, 1771 | 82 years, 342 days | 30292 |
July 24, 1854 | April 20, 1857 | Benjamin Tappan | Democratic | Ohio | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845 | May 25, 1773 | 83 years, 330 days | 30645 |
April 20, 1857 | May 6, 1860 | Littleton Waller Tazewell | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Virginia | December 7, 1824 – July 16, 1832 | December 17, 1774 | 85 years, 141 days | 31186 |
May 6, 1860 | June 23, 1865 | William Wilkins | Democratic | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1831 – June 30, 1834 | December 20, 1779 | 85 years, 185 days | 31231 |
June 23, 1865 | June 19, 1867 | Henry Dodge | Democratic | Wisconsin | June 8, 1848 – March 4, 1857 | October 12, 1782 | 84 years, 250 days | 30930 |
June 19, 1867 | December 28, 1870 | Wilson Lumpkin | Democratic | Georgia | November 22, 1837 – March 4, 1841 | January 14, 1783 | 87 years, 348 days | 32124 |
December 28, 1870 | June 20, 1874 | John Ruggles | Democratic | Maine | January 20, 1835 – March 4, 1841 | October 8, 1789 | 84 years, 255 days | 30935 |
June 20, 1874 | July 3, 1878 | Daniel Sturgeon | Democratic | Pennsylvania | January 14, 1840 – March 4, 1851 | October 27, 1789 | 88 years, 249 days | 32390 |
July 3, 1878 | September 16, 1887 | Joseph Cilley | Democratic | New Hampshire | June 13, 1846 – March 4, 1847 | January 4, 1791 | 96 years, 255 days | 35318 |
September 16, 1887 | June 26, 1889 | Simon Cameron | Democratic Republican |
Pennsylvania | March 13, 1845 – March 4, 1849 March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 March 4, 1867 – March 12, 1877 |
March 8, 1799 | 90 years, 110 days | 32982 |
June 26, 1889 | April 4, 1893 | David Meriwether | Democratic | Kentucky | July 6, 1852 – August 31, 1852 | October 30, 1800 | 92 years, 156 days | 33759 |
April 4, 1893 | January 6, 1901 | James W. Bradbury | Democratic | Maine | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853 | June 10, 1802 | 98 years, 210 days | 36004 |
January 6, 1901 | October 7, 1906 | Daniel T. Jewett | Republican | Missouri | December 19, 1870 – January 20, 1871 | September 14, 1807 | 93 years, 114 days | 34082 |
October 7, 1906 | July 27, 1907 | Edmund Pettus | Democratic | Alabama | March 4, 1897 – July 27, 1907 | July 6, 1821 | 86 years, 21 days | 31431 |
July 27, 1907 | January 10, 1909 | John Conness | Republican | California | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1869 | September 22, 1821 | 87 years, 110 days | 31886 |
January 10, 1909 | November 3, 1924 | Cornelius Cole | Republican | California | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1873 | September 17, 1822 | 102 years, 47 days | 37302 |
November 3, 1924 | April 5, 1928 | Chauncey Depew | Republican | New York | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1911 | April 23, 1834 | 93 years, 348 days | 34315 |
April 5, 1928 | January 24, 1930 | Rebecca Latimer Felton | Democratic | Georgia | October 3, 1922 – November 22, 1922 | June 10, 1835 | 94 years, 228 days | 34561 |
January 24, 1930 | April 12, 1933 | Adelbert Ames | Republican | Mississippi | February 24, 1870 – January 4, 1874 | October 31, 1835 | 97 years, 163 days | 35592 |
April 12, 1933 | February 7, 1937 | Elihu Root | Republican | New York | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1915 | February 15, 1845 | 91 years, 358 days | 33594 |
February 7, 1937 | January 26, 1938 | Newell Sanders | Republican | Tennessee | April 11, 1912 – January 24, 1913 | July 12, 1850 | 87 years, 198 days | 31974 |
January 26, 1938 | July 24, 1938 | Obadiah Gardner | Democratic | Maine | September 23, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | September 13, 1852 | 85 years, 314 days | 31359 |
July 24, 1938 | April 30, 1940 | Furnifold McLendel Simmons | Democratic | North Carolina | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1931 | January 20, 1854 | 86 years, 101 days | 31511 |
April 30, 1940 | April 21, 1941[4] | Fountain L. Thompson | Democratic | North Dakota | November 10, 1909 – January 31, 1910 | November 18, 1854 | 86 years, 154 days[5] | 31565 |
April 21, 1941 | June 26, 1941 | Andrew Jackson Houston | Democratic | Texas | April 21, 1941 – June 26, 1941 | June 21, 1854 | 87 years, 5 days | 31781 |
June 26, 1941 | February 4, 1942 | Fountain L. Thompson | Democratic | North Dakota | November 10, 1909 – January 31, 1910 | November 18, 1854 | 87 years, 78 days | 31854 |
February 4, 1942 | July 19, 1947 | Robert Latham Owen | Democratic | Oklahoma | December 11, 1907 – March 4, 1925 | February 2, 1856 | 91 years, 167 days | 33404 |
July 19, 1947 | July 27, 1954 | Joseph E. Ransdell | Democratic | Louisiana | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1931 | October 7, 1858 | 95 years, 293 days | 34991 |
July 27, 1954 | March 1, 1958 | Lawrence C. Phipps | Republican | Colorado | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1931 | August 30, 1862 | 95 years, 183 days | 34881 |
March 1, 1958 | March 3, 1961 | Joseph R. Grundy | Republican | Pennsylvania | December 11, 1929 – December 1, 1930 | January 13, 1863 | 98 years, 49 days | 35843 |
March 3, 1961 | May 24, 1961 | George W. Pepper | Republican | Pennsylvania | January 9, 1922 – March 4, 1927 | March 16, 1867 | 94 years, 69 days | 34402 |
May 24, 1961 | May 19, 1966 | Theodore F. Green | Democratic | Rhode Island | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1961 | October 2, 1867 | 98 years, 229 days | 36023 |
May 19, 1966 | December 28, 1972 | John N. Heiskell | Democratic | Arkansas | January 6, 1913 – January 29, 1913 | November 2, 1872 | 100 years, 56 days | 36580 |
December 28, 1972 | July 29, 1974 | George L. P. Radcliffe | Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947 | August 22, 1877 | 96 years, 341 days | 35404 |
July 29, 1974 | April 14, 1977 | John Gerald Milton | Democratic | New Jersey | January 18, 1938 – November 8, 1938 | January 21, 1881 | 96 years, 83 days | 35146 |
April 14, 1977 | May 15, 1983 | Hall S. Lusk | Democratic | Oregon | March 16, 1960 – November 8, 1960 | September 21, 1883 | 99 years, 236 days | 36395 |
May 15, 1983 | December 1, 1984 | Stephen M. Young | Democratic | Ohio | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 | May 4, 1889 | 95 years, 211 days | 34909 |
December 1, 1984 | March 20, 1988 | Samuel W. Reynolds | Republican | Nebraska | July 3, 1954 – November 7, 1954 | August 11, 1890 | 97 years, 222 days | 35650 |
March 20, 1988 | March 14, 1989 | Gladys Pyle | Republican | South Dakota | November 9, 1938 – January 3, 1939 | October 4, 1890 | 98 years, 161 days | 35955 |
March 14, 1989 | September 23, 1992 | Frank P. Briggs | Democratic | Missouri | January 18, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | February 25, 1894 | 98 years, 211 days | 36004 |
September 23, 1992 | June 10, 1993 | Milward L. Simpson | Republican | Wyoming | November 6, 1962 – January 3, 1967 | November 12, 1897 | 95 years, 210 days | 34908 |
June 10, 1993 | May 29, 1995 | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973 | December 14, 1897 | 97 years, 166 days | 35594 |
May 29, 1995 | May 8, 1998 | Jennings Randolph | Democratic | West Virginia | November 5, 1958 – January 3, 1985 | March 8, 1902 | 96 years, 61 days | 35125 |
May 8, 1998 | June 26, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | Democratic Republican |
South Carolina | December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956 November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003 |
December 5, 1902 | 100 years, 203 days | 36728 |
June 26, 2003 | August 18, 2004 | Hiram Fong | Republican | Hawaii | August 21, 1959 – January 3, 1977 | October 15, 1906 | 97 years, 308 days | 35737 |
August 18, 2004 | October 20, 2009 | Clifford Hansen | Republican | Wyoming | January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1978 | October 16, 1912 | 97 years, 4 days | 35433 |
October 20, 2009 | July 30, 2013 | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. | Democratic Independent Democrat |
Virginia | November 12, 1965 – January 3, 1983 | December 20, 1914 | 98 years, 222 days | 36017 |
July 30, 2013 | January 3, 2015 | Edward Brooke | Republican | Massachusetts | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1979 | October 26, 1919 | 95 years, 69 days | 34768 |
January 3, 2015 | December 8, 2016 | John Glenn | Democratic | Ohio | December 24, 1974 – January 3, 1999 | July 18, 1921 | 95 years, 143 days | 34842 |
December 8, 2016 | April 6, 2019 | Ernest Hollings | Democratic | South Carolina | November 9, 1966 – January 3, 2005 | January 1, 1922 | 97 years, 95 days | 35524 |
April 6, 2019 | December 26, 2019 | Jocelyn Burdick | Democratic | North Dakota | September 12, 1992 – December 14, 1992 | February 6, 1922 | 97 years, 323 days | 35752 |
December 26, 2019 | August 18, 2023 | James L. Buckley | Conservative Republican |
New York | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 | March 9, 1923 | 100 years, 162 days | 36687 |
August 18, 2023 | September 20, 2024 | Daniel J. Evans | Republican | Washington | September 8, 1983 – January 3, 1989 | October 16, 1925 | 98 years, 340 days | 36134 |
September 20, 2024 | Nicholas F. Brady | Republican | New Jersey | April 12, 1982 – December 27, 1982 | April 11, 1930 | 94 years, 258 days | 34592 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Date of birth | Years and days | Days |
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October 3, 1922 | January 24, 1930 | Rebecca Latimer Felton | Democratic | Georgia | October 3, 1922 – November 22, 1922 | June 10, 1835 | 94 years, 228 days | 34561 |
January 24, 1930 | December 9, 1931 | none | ||||||
December 9, 1931 | December 21, 1950 | Hattie Caraway | Democratic | Arkansas | December 9, 1931 – January 3, 1945 | February 1, 1878 | 72 years, 323 days | 26620 |
December 21, 1950 | January 21, 1965 | Dixie Bibb Graves | Democratic | Alabama | August 20, 1937 – January 10, 1938 | July 26, 1882 | 82 years, 179 days | 30129 |
January 21, 1965 | July 30, 1966 | Hazel Abel | Republican | Nebraska | November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1954 | July 10, 1888 | 78 years, 20 days | 28508 |
July 30, 1966 | April 16, 1976 | Vera C. Bushfield | Republican | South Dakota | October 6, 1948 – December 26, 1948 | August 9, 1889 | 86 years, 251 days | 31661 |
April 16, 1976 | March 14, 1989 | Gladys Pyle | Republican | South Dakota | November 9, 1938 – January 3, 1939 | October 4, 1890 | 98 years, 161 days | 35955 |
March 14, 1989 | May 29, 1995 | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973 | December 14, 1897 | 97 years, 166 days | 35594 |
May 29, 1995 | February 22, 2000 | Maurine Brown Neuberger | Democratic | Oregon | November 9, 1960 – January 3, 1967 | January 9, 1907 | 93 years, 44 days | 34012 |
February 22, 2000 | December 26, 2019 | Jocelyn Burdick | Democratic | North Dakota | September 16, 1992 – December 14, 1992 | February 6, 1922 | 97 years, 323 days | 35752 |
December 26, 2019 | Nancy Kassebaum | Republican | Kansas | December 23, 1978 – January 3, 1997 | July 29, 1932 | 92 years, 149 days | 33752 |
Men
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Service | Date of birth | Years and days | Days |
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March 4, 1789 | June 13, 1791[4] | William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | October 7, 1727 | 63 years, 249 days[5] | 23260 |
June 13, 1791 | July 23, 1793 | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793 | April 19, 1721 | 72 years, 95 days | 26302 |
July 23, 1793 | November 14, 1819 | William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | October 7, 1727 | 92 years, 38 days | 33640 |
November 14, 1819 | June 1, 1832 | Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | December 15, 1801 – December 16, 1810 | August 14, 1734 | 97 years, 292 days | 35720 |
June 1, 1832 | November 14, 1832 | Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Pro-Administration | Maryland | March 4, 1789 – November 30, 1792 | September 19, 1737 | 95 years, 56 days | 34754 |
November 14, 1832 | March 7, 1838 | Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 | May 14, 1739 | 98 years, 297 days | 36101 |
March 7, 1838 | April 22, 1839 | Samuel Smith | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Maryland | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1815 January 31, 1816 – March 4, 1833 |
July 27, 1752 | 86 years, 269 days | 31679 |
April 22, 1839 | February 13, 1843 | Nathaniel Chipman | Federalist | Vermont | October 17, 1797 – March 4, 1803 | November 15, 1752 | 90 years, 90 days | 32961 |
February 13, 1843 | February 25, 1845 | Asher Robbins | National Republican Whig |
Rhode Island | October 31, 1825 – March 4, 1839 | October 26, 1757 | 87 years, 122 days | 31898 |
February 25, 1845 | December 22, 1850 | William Plumer | Federalist | New Hampshire | June 17, 1802 – March 4, 1807 | June 25, 1759 | 91 years, 180 days | 33417 |
December 22, 1850 | April 12, 1851 | David Daggett | Federalist | Connecticut | May 13, 1813 – March 4, 1819 | December 31, 1764 | 86 years, 102 days | 31512 |
April 12, 1851 | October 14, 1853 | Elisha Mathewson | Democratic-Republican | Rhode Island | October 26, 1807 – March 4, 1811 | April 18, 1767 | 86 years, 179 days | 31590 |
October 14, 1853 | November 19, 1853 | Samuel C. Crafts | Whig | Vermont | April 23, 1842 – March 4, 1843 | October 6, 1768 | 85 years, 44 days | 31089 |
November 19, 1853 | July 24, 1854 | Jonathan Roberts | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | February 24, 1814 – March 4, 1821 | August 16, 1771 | 82 years, 342 days | 30292 |
July 24, 1854 | April 20, 1857 | Benjamin Tappan | Democratic | Ohio | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845 | May 25, 1773 | 83 years, 330 days | 30645 |
April 20, 1857 | May 6, 1860 | Littleton Waller Tazewell | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Virginia | December 7, 1824 – July 16, 1832 | December 17, 1774 | 85 years, 141 days | 31186 |
May 6, 1860 | June 23, 1865 | William Wilkins | Democratic | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1831 – June 30, 1834 | December 20, 1779 | 85 years, 185 days | 31231 |
June 23, 1865 | June 19, 1867 | Henry Dodge | Democratic | Wisconsin | June 8, 1848 – March 4, 1857 | October 12, 1782 | 84 years, 250 days | 30930 |
June 19, 1867 | December 28, 1870 | Wilson Lumpkin | Democratic | Georgia | November 22, 1837 – March 4, 1841 | January 14, 1783 | 87 years, 348 days | 32124 |
December 28, 1870 | June 20, 1874 | John Ruggles | Democratic | Maine | January 20, 1835 – March 4, 1841 | October 8, 1789 | 84 years, 255 days | 30935 |
June 20, 1874 | July 3, 1878 | Daniel Sturgeon | Democratic | Pennsylvania | January 14, 1840 – March 4, 1851 | October 27, 1789 | 88 years, 249 days | 32390 |
July 3, 1878 | September 16, 1887 | Joseph Cilley | Democratic | New Hampshire | June 13, 1846 – March 4, 1847 | January 4, 1791 | 96 years, 255 days | 35318 |
September 16, 1887 | June 26, 1889 | Simon Cameron | Democratic Republican |
Pennsylvania | March 13, 1845 – March 4, 1849 March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 March 4, 1867 – March 12, 1877 |
March 8, 1799 | 90 years, 110 days | 32982 |
June 26, 1889 | April 4, 1893 | David Meriwether | Democratic | Kentucky | July 6, 1852 – August 31, 1852 | October 30, 1800 | 92 years, 156 days | 33759 |
April 4, 1893 | January 6, 1901 | James W. Bradbury | Democratic | Maine | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1853 | June 10, 1802 | 98 years, 210 days | 36004 |
January 6, 1901 | October 7, 1906 | Daniel T. Jewett | Republican | Missouri | December 19, 1870 – January 20, 1871 | September 14, 1807 | 93 years, 114 days | 34082 |
October 7, 1906 | July 27, 1907 | Edmund Pettus | Democratic | Alabama | March 4, 1897 – July 27, 1907 | July 6, 1821 | 86 years, 21 days | 31431 |
July 27, 1907 | January 10, 1909 | John Conness | Republican | California | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1869 | September 22, 1821 | 87 years, 110 days | 31886 |
January 10, 1909 | November 3, 1924 | Cornelius Cole | Republican | California | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1873 | September 17, 1822 | 102 years, 47 days | 37302 |
November 3, 1924 | April 5, 1928 | Chauncey Depew | Republican | New York | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1911 | April 23, 1834 | 93 years, 348 days | 34315 |
April 5, 1928 | April 12, 1933 | Adelbert Ames | Republican | Mississippi | February 24, 1870 – January 4, 1874 | October 31, 1835 | 97 years, 163 days | 35592 |
April 12, 1933 | February 7, 1937 | Elihu Root | Republican | New York | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1915 | February 15, 1845 | 91 years, 358 days | 33594 |
February 7, 1937 | January 26, 1938 | Newell Sanders | Republican | Tennessee | April 11, 1912 – January 24, 1913 | July 12, 1850 | 87 years, 198 days | 31974 |
January 26, 1938 | July 24, 1938 | Obadiah Gardner | Democratic | Maine | September 23, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | September 13, 1852 | 85 years, 314 days | 31359 |
July 24, 1938 | April 30, 1940 | Furnifold McLendel Simmons | Democratic | North Carolina | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1931 | January 20, 1854 | 86 years, 101 days | 31511 |
April 30, 1940 | April 21, 1941[4] | Fountain L. Thompson | Democratic | North Dakota | November 10, 1909 – January 31, 1910 | November 18, 1854 | 86 years, 154 days[5] | 31565 |
April 21, 1941 | June 26, 1941 | Andrew Jackson Houston | Democratic | Texas | April 21, 1941 – June 26, 1941 | June 21, 1854 | 87 years, 5 days | 31781 |
June 26, 1941 | February 4, 1942 | Fountain L. Thompson | Democratic | North Dakota | November 10, 1909 – January 31, 1910 | November 18, 1854 | 87 years, 78 days | 31854 |
February 4, 1942 | July 19, 1947 | Robert Latham Owen | Democratic | Oklahoma | December 11, 1907 – March 4, 1925 | February 2, 1856 | 91 years, 167 days | 33404 |
July 19, 1947 | July 27, 1954 | Joseph E. Ransdell | Democratic | Louisiana | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1931 | October 7, 1858 | 95 years, 293 days | 34991 |
July 27, 1954 | March 1, 1958 | Lawrence C. Phipps | Republican | Colorado | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1931 | August 30, 1862 | 95 years, 183 days | 34881 |
March 1, 1958 | March 3, 1961 | Joseph R. Grundy | Republican | Pennsylvania | December 11, 1929 – December 1, 1930 | January 13, 1863 | 98 years, 49 days | 35843 |
March 3, 1961 | May 24, 1961 | George W. Pepper | Republican | Pennsylvania | January 9, 1922 – March 4, 1927 | March 16, 1867 | 94 years, 69 days | 34402 |
May 24, 1961 | May 19, 1966 | Theodore F. Green | Democratic | Rhode Island | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1961 | October 2, 1867 | 98 years, 229 days | 36023 |
May 19, 1966 | December 28, 1972 | John N. Heiskell | Democratic | Arkansas | January 6, 1913 – January 29, 1913 | November 2, 1872 | 100 years, 56 days | 36580 |
December 28, 1972 | July 29, 1974 | George L. P. Radcliffe | Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947 | August 22, 1877 | 96 years, 341 days | 35404 |
July 29, 1974 | April 14, 1977 | John Gerald Milton | Democratic | New Jersey | January 18, 1938 – November 8, 1938 | January 21, 1881 | 96 years, 83 days | 35146 |
April 14, 1977 | May 15, 1983 | Hall S. Lusk | Democratic | Oregon | March 16, 1960 – November 8, 1960 | September 21, 1883 | 99 years, 236 days | 36395 |
May 15, 1983 | December 1, 1984 | Stephen M. Young | Democratic | Ohio | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 | May 4, 1889 | 95 years, 211 days | 34909 |
December 1, 1984 | March 20, 1988 | Samuel W. Reynolds | Republican | Nebraska | July 3, 1954 – November 7, 1954 | August 11, 1890 | 97 years, 222 days | 35650 |
March 20, 1988 | September 23, 1992 | Frank P. Briggs | Democratic | Missouri | January 18, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | February 25, 1894 | 98 years, 211 days | 36004 |
September 23, 1992 | June 10, 1993 | Milward L. Simpson | Republican | Wyoming | November 6, 1962 – January 3, 1967 | November 12, 1897 | 95 years, 210 days | 34908 |
June 10, 1993 | December 19, 1993 | Wallace F. Bennett | Republican | Utah | January 3, 1951 – December 20, 1974 | November 13, 1898 | 95 years, 36 days | 34734 |
December 19, 1993 | July 21, 1994 | Hugh Scott | Republican | Pennsylvania | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1977 | November 11, 1900 | 93 years, 252 days | 34220 |
July 21, 1994 | April 23, 1995 | John C. Stennis | Democratic | Mississippi | November 5, 1947 – January 3, 1989 | August 3, 1901 | 93 years, 263 days | 34231 |
April 23, 1995 | May 8, 1998 | Jennings Randolph | Democratic | West Virginia | November 5, 1958 – January 3, 1985 | March 8, 1902 | 96 years, 61 days | 35125 |
May 8, 1998 | June 26, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | Democratic Republican |
South Carolina | December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956 November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003 |
December 5, 1902 | 100 years, 203 days | 36728 |
June 26, 2003 | August 18, 2004 | Hiram Fong | Republican | Hawaii | August 21, 1959 – January 3, 1977 | October 15, 1906 | 97 years, 308 days | 35737 |
August 18, 2004 | October 20, 2009 | Clifford Hansen | Republican | Wyoming | January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1978 | October 16, 1912 | 97 years, 4 days | 35433 |
October 20, 2009 | July 30, 2013 | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. | Democratic Independent Democrat |
Virginia | November 12, 1965 – January 3, 1983 | December 20, 1914 | 98 years, 222 days | 36017 |
July 30, 2013 | January 3, 2015 | Edward Brooke | Republican | Massachusetts | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1979 | October 26, 1919 | 95 years, 69 days | 34768 |
January 3, 2015 | December 8, 2016 | John Glenn | Democratic | Ohio | December 24, 1974 – January 3, 1999 | July 18, 1921 | 95 years, 143 days | 34842 |
December 8, 2016 | April 6, 2019 | Ernest Hollings | Democratic | South Carolina | November 9, 1966 – January 3, 2005 | January 1, 1922 | 97 years, 95 days | 35524 |
December 26, 2019 | August 18, 2023 | James L. Buckley | Conservative Republican |
New York | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 | March 9, 1923 | 100 years, 162 days | 36687 |
August 18, 2023 | September 20, 2024 | Daniel J. Evans | Republican | Washington | September 8, 1983 – January 3, 1989 | October 16, 1925 | 98 years, 340 days | 36134 |
September 20, 2024 | Nicholas F. Brady | Republican | New Jersey | April 12, 1982 – December 27, 1982 | April 11, 1930 | 94 years, 258 days | 34592 |
House
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Representative | Date of birth | House term | State served | Party | Age (years, days) | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | July 23, 1793 | Roger Sherman | April 19, 1721 | 1789–1791 | Connecticut | Pro-Administration | 72 years, 95 days | 26393 |
July 23, 1793 | September 15, 1794 | Abraham Clark | February 15, 1726 | 1791–1794 | New Jersey | Pro-Administration | 68 years, 212 days | 25049 |
September 15, 1794 | December 10, 1796 | Israel Jacobs | June 9, 1726 | 1791–1793 | Pennsylvania | Pro-Administration | 70 years, 184 days | 25752 |
December 10, 1796 | October 28, 1800 | Artemas Ward | November 26, 1727 | 1791–1795 | Massachusetts | Pro-Administration | 72 years, 335 days | 26633 |
October 28, 1800 | March 27, 1814 | William Smith | April 12, 1728 | 1789–1791 | Maryland | Anti-Administration | 85 years, 349 days | 31394 |
March 27, 1814 | July 26, 1819 | George Leonard | July 4, 1729 | 1789–1793 1795–1797 |
Massachusetts | Pro-Administration Federalist |
90 years, 22 days | 32893 |
July 26, 1819 | June 1, 1832 | Thomas Sumter | August 14, 1734 | 1789–1793 1797–1801 |
South Carolina | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
97 years, 292 days | 35720 |
June 1, 1832 | March 7, 1838 | Paine Wingate | May 14, 1739 | 1793–1795 | New Hampshire | Pro-Administration | 98 years, 297 days | 36091 |
March 7, 1838 | May 22, 1842 | Henry Southard | October 7, 1747 | 1801–1811 1815–1821 |
New Jersey | Democratic-Republican | 94 years, 227 days | 34560 |
May 22, 1842 | October 18, 1843 | Ebenezer Elmer | August 23, 1752 | 1801–1807 | New Jersey | Democratic-Republican | 91 years, 56 days | 33292 |
October 18, 1843 | March 6, 1844 | Gabriel Duvall | December 6, 1752 | 1794–1796 | Maryland | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
91 years, 91 days | 33327 |
March 6, 1844 | March 23, 1846 | Laban Wheaton | March 13, 1754 | 1809–1817 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 92 years, 10 days | 33612 |
March 23, 1846 | January 20, 1849 | Nathan Read | July 2, 1759 | 1800–1803 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 89 years, 202 days | 32709 |
January 20, 1849 | May 26, 1851 | Simeon Baldwin | December 14, 1761 | 1803–1805 | Connecticut | Federalist | 89 years, 163 days | 32669 |
May 26, 1851 | March 29, 1855 | John Locke | February 14, 1764 | 1823–1829 | Massachusetts | Adams Republican | 91 years, 43 days | 33280 |
March 29, 1855 | April 8, 1857 | Alexander Boyd | September 14, 1764 | 1813–1815 | New York | Federalist | 92 years, 206 days | 33808 |
April 8, 1857 | January 23, 1858 | Daniel Burrows | October 26, 1766 | 1821–1823 | Connecticut | Democratic-Republican | 91 years, 89 days | 33326 |
January 23, 1858 | August 3, 1863 | Zadock Cook | February 18, 1769 | 1816–1819 | Georgia | Democratic-Republican | 94 years, 166 days | 34498 |
August 3, 1863 | July 1, 1864 | Josiah Quincy III | February 4, 1772 | 1805–1813 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 92 years, 148 days | 33750 |
July 1, 1864 | January 2, 1866 | Thomas Chandler | August 10, 1772 | 1829–1833 | New Hampshire | Jacksonian | 93 years, 145 days | 34112 |
January 2, 1866 | April 1, 1868 | James Parker | March 1, 1776 | 1833–1837 | New Jersey | Jacksonian | 92 years, 31 days | 33633 |
April 1, 1868 | July 1, 1868 | Samuel Tweedy | March 8, 1776 | 1833–1835 | Connecticut | Anti-Jacksonian | 92 years, 115 days | 33717 |
July 1, 1868 | July 18, 1872 | Samuel Thatcher | July 1, 1776 | 1802–1805 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 96 years, 17 days | 35080 |
July 18, 1872 | August 12, 1875 | Horace Binney | January 4, 1780 | 1833–1835 | Pennsylvania | Anti-Jacksonian | 95 years, 220 days | 34918 |
August 12, 1875 | February 16, 1880 | Daniel Sheffer | May 24, 1783 | 1837–1839 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 96 years, 268 days | 35331 |
February 16, 1880 | September 22, 1881 | John Alfred Cuthbert | June 3, 1788 | 1819–1821 | Georgia | Democratic-Republican | 93 years, 111 days | 34078 |
September 22, 1881 | February 7, 1885 | Joseph Grinnell | November 17, 1788 | 1843–1851 | Massachusetts | Whig | 96 years, 82 days | 35145 |
February 7, 1885 | August 8, 1885 | James Garland | June 6, 1791 | 1835–1841 | Virginia | Jacksonian Democratic Conservative |
94 years, 63 days | 34396 |
August 8, 1885 | May 7, 1886 | David Fisher | December 3, 1794 | 1847–1849 | Ohio | Whig | 91 years, 155 days | 33392 |
May 7, 1886 | January 9, 1887 | Elijah Babbitt | July 29, 1795 | 1859–1863 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 91 years, 164 days | 33401 |
January 9, 1887 | June 9, 1887 | John Hoge Ewing | October 8, 1796 | 1845–1847 | Pennsylvania | Whig | 90 years, 244 days | 33115 |
June 9, 1887 | July 26, 1891 | Paul Dillingham | August 10, 1799 | 1843–1847 | Vermont | Democratic | 91 years, 350 days | 33587 |
July 26, 1891 | May 9, 1892 | Sidney Lawrence | December 31, 1801 | 1847–1849 | New York | Democratic | 90 years, 130 days | 33002 |
May 9, 1892 | June 11, 1894 | John T. Andrews | May 29, 1803 | 1837–1839 | New York | Democratic | 91 years, 13 days | 33251 |
June 11, 1894 | February 12, 1896 | Emery D. Potter | October 7, 1804 | 1843–1845 1849–1851 |
Ohio | Democratic | 91 years, 128 days | 33365 |
February 12, 1896 | January 12, 1897 | John W. Crisfield | November 8, 1806 | 1847–1849 1861–1863 |
Maryland | Whig Unionist |
90 years, 65 days | 32938 |
January 12, 1897 | April 16, 1900 | John W. Hunter | October 15, 1807 | 1866–1867 | New York | Democratic | 92 years, 183 days | 33786 |
April 16, 1900 | March 18, 1902 | Daniel Wells, Jr. | July 16, 1808 | 1853–1857 | Wisconsin | Democratic | 93 years, 245 days | 34212 |
March 18, 1902 | April 24, 1902 | Edwin Hickman Ewing | December 2, 1809 | 1845–1847 | Tennessee | Whig | 92 years, 143 days | 33745 |
April 24, 1902 | March 8, 1903 | Martin I. Townsend | February 6, 1810 | 1875–1879 | New York | Republican | 93 years, 30 days | 33997 |
March 8, 1903 | March 27, 1908 | Ephraim R. Eckley | December 9, 1811 | 1863–1869 | Ohio | Republican | 96 years, 109 days | 35172 |
March 27, 1908 | September 18, 1910 | James McGrew | September 14, 1813 | 1869–1873 | West Virginia | Republican | 97 years, 4 days | 35432 |
September 18, 1910 | March 14, 1911 | John H. Rice | February 5, 1816 | 1861–1867 | Maine | Republican | 95 years, 37 days | 34735 |
March 14, 1911 | October 3, 1911 | John Morgan Bright | January 20, 1817 | 1871–1881 | Tennessee | Democratic | 94 years, 256 days | 34588 |
October 3, 1911 | March 12, 1916 | George William Palmer | January 13, 1818 | 1857–1861 | New York | Republican | 98 years, 59 days | 35852 |
March 12, 1916 | November 3, 1924 | Cornelius Cole | September 17, 1822 | 1863–1865 | California | Republican | 102 years, 47 days | 37302 |
November 3, 1924 | February 28, 1926 | William W. Crapo | May 16, 1830 | 1875–1883 | Massachusetts | Republican | 95 years, 288 days | 34986 |
February 28, 1926 | January 6, 1929 | John H. Lewis | July 21, 1830 | 1881–1883 | Illinois | Republican | 98 years, 169 days | 35963 |
January 6, 1929 | April 22, 1932 | J. Warren Keifer | January 30, 1836 | 1877–1885 1905–1911 |
Ohio | Republican | 96 years, 83 days | 35146 |
April 22, 1932 | May 25, 1938 | Henry R. Gibson | December 24, 1837 | 1895–1905 | Tennessee | Republican | 100 years, 152 days | 36676 |
May 25, 1938 | September 8, 1938 | George Frederic Kribbs | November 8, 1846 | 1891–1895 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 91 years, 304 days | 33541 |
September 8, 1938 | December 18, 1946 | Lemuel W. Royse | January 19, 1847 | 1895–1899 | Indiana | Republican | 99 years, 333 days | 36492 |
December 18, 1946 | June 10, 1947 | Addison James | February 27, 1850 | 1907–1909 | Kentucky | Republican | 97 years, 103 days | 35531 |
June 10, 1947 | February 25, 1948 | Amos R. Webber | January 21, 1852 | 1904–1907 | Ohio | Republican | 96 years, 35 days | 35098 |
February 25, 1948 | September 10, 1949 | John E. Weeks | June 14, 1853 | 1931–1933 | Vermont | Republican | 96 years, 88 days | 35151 |
September 10, 1949 | April 1, 1953 | Schuyler Merritt | December 16, 1853 | 1917–1931 1933–1937 |
Connecticut | Republican | 99 years, 106 days | 36265 |
April 1, 1953 | July 27, 1954 | Joseph E. Ransdell | October 7, 1858 | 1899–1913 | Louisiana | Democratic | 95 years, 293 days | 34991 |
July 27, 1954 | May 12, 1956 | Franklin Menges | October 26, 1858 | 1925–1931 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 97 years, 199 days | 35627 |
May 12, 1956 | July 5, 1956 | Addison T. Smith | September 5, 1862 | 1913–1933 | Idaho | Republican | 93 years, 304 days | 34271 |
July 5, 1956 | January 17, 1958 | Michael Donohoe | February 22, 1864 | 1911–1915 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 93 years, 329 days | 34297 |
January 17, 1958 | April 29, 1958 | Warren A. Haggott | May 18, 1864 | 1907–1909 | Colorado | Republican | 93 years, 346 days | 34313 |
April 29, 1958 | February 22, 1960 | Townsend Scudder | July 26, 1865 | 1899–1901 1903–1905 |
New York | Democratic | 94 years, 211 days | 34543 |
February 22, 1960 | October 11, 1960 | Daniel K. Hoch | January 31, 1866 | 1943–1947 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 94 years, 254 days | 34586 |
October 11, 1960 | September 12, 1963 | Charles Nelson Pray | April 6, 1868 | 1907–1913 | Montana | Republican | 95 years, 159 days | 34856 |
September 12, 1963 | November 7, 1967 | John Nance Garner | November 22, 1868 | 1903–1933 | Texas | Democratic | 98 years, 350 days | 36143 |
November 7, 1967 | July 12, 1971 | Earl Hanley Beshlin | April 28, 1870 | 1917–1919 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 101 years, 75 days | 36964 |
July 12, 1971 | January 6, 1973 | Maurice Hudson Thatcher | August 15, 1870 | 1923–1933 | Kentucky | Republican | 102 years, 144 days | 37399 |
January 6, 1973 | January 10, 1974 | Charles G. Bond | May 29, 1877 | 1921–1923 | New York | Republican | 96 years, 226 days | 35289 |
January 10, 1974 | January 9, 1975 | Virginia E. Jenckes | November 6, 1877 | 1933–1939 | Indiana | Democratic | 97 years, 64 days | 35492 |
January 9, 1975 | March 4, 1977 | Miles C. Allgood | February 22, 1878 | 1923–1935 | Alabama | Democratic | 99 years, 10 days | 36169 |
March 4, 1977 | December 27, 1980 | Charles S. Dewey | November 10, 1880 | 1941–1945 | Illinois | Republican | 100 years, 47 days | 36571 |
December 27, 1980 | June 1, 1981 | Carl Vinson | November 18, 1883 | 1914–1965 | Georgia | Democratic | 97 years, 195 days | 35624 |
June 1, 1981 | November 2, 1989 | Elizabeth Hawley Gasque | February 26, 1886 | 1938–1939 | South Carolina | Democratic | 103 years, 249 days | 37869 |
November 2, 1989 | January 18, 1991 | Hamilton Fish III | December 7, 1888 | 1920–1945 | New York | Republican | 102 years, 42 days | 37296 |
January 18, 1991 | April 3, 1993 | Peter J. De Muth | January 1, 1892 | 1937–1939 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 101 years, 92 days | 36982 |
April 3, 1993 | May 29, 1995 | Margaret Chase Smith | December 14, 1897 | 1940–1949 | Maine | Republican | 97 years, 166 days | 35594 |
May 29, 1995 | May 15, 1996 | Newt V. Mills | September 27, 1899 | 1937–1943 | Louisiana | Democratic | 96 years, 231 days | 35294 |
May 15, 1996 | January 4, 1997 | Harry P. Jeffrey | December 26, 1901 | 1943–1945 | Ohio | Republican | 95 years, 9 days | 34708 |
January 4, 1997 | May 8, 1998 | Jennings Randolph | March 8, 1902 | 1933–1947 | West Virginia | Democratic | 96 years, 61 days | 35125 |
May 8, 1998 | April 1, 1999 | Ellis Yarnal Berry | October 6, 1902 | 1951–1971 | South Dakota | Republican | 96 years, 177 days | 35241 |
April 1, 1999 | October 5, 2001 | Mike Mansfield | March 16, 1903 | 1943–1953 | Montana | Democratic | 98 years, 203 days | 35998 |
October 5, 2001 | March 11, 2003 | John Goodchild Dow | May 6, 1905 | 1965–1969 1971–1973 |
New York | Democratic | 97 years, 309 days | 35738 |
March 11, 2003 | November 10, 2007 | Augustus F. Hawkins | August 31, 1907 | 1963–1991 | California | Democratic | 100 years, 71 days | 36596 |
November 10, 2007 | September 25, 2008 | Glenn Andrews | January 15, 1909 | 1965–1967 | Alabama | Republican | 99 years, 254 days | 36413 |
September 25, 2008 | November 4, 2009 | William H. Avery | August 11, 1911 | 1955–1965 | Kansas | Republican | 98 years, 85 days | 35880 |
November 4, 2009 | January 8, 2011 | William F. Walsh | July 11, 1912 | 1973–1979 | New York | Republican–Conservative | 98 years, 181 days | 35975 |
January 8, 2011 | October 25, 2011 | Perkins Bass | October 6, 1912 | 1955–1963 | New Hampshire | Republican | 99 years, 19 days | 36178 |
October 25, 2011 | December 10, 2016 | Ken Hechler | September 20, 1914 | 1959–1977 | West Virginia | Democratic | 102 years, 81 days | 37337 |
December 10, 2016 | February 19, 2017 | John S. Wold | August 31, 1916 | 1969–1971 | Wyoming | Republican | 100 years, 172 days | 36697 |
February 19, 2017 | October 30, 2017 | James D. Martin | September 1, 1918 | 1965–1967 | Alabama | Republican | 106 years, 115 days | 38832 |
October 30, 2017 | May 11, 2021 | Lester L. Wolff | January 4, 1919 | 1965–1981 | New York | Democratic | 102 years, 127 days | 37383 |
May 11, 2021 | November 2, 2021 | Neal Edward Smith | March 23, 1920 | 1959–1995 | Iowa | Democratic | 101 years, 224 days | 37114 |
November 2, 2021 | December 5, 2021 | Robert Joseph Dole | July 22, 1923 | 1961–1969 | Kansas | Republican | 98 years, 136 days | 35931 |
December 5, 2021 | August 18, 2023 | Albert Harold Quie | September 18, 1923 | 1958–1979 | Minnesota | Republican | 99 years, 334 days | 36494 |
August 18, 2023 | Frank Joseph Guarini | August 20, 1924 | 1979–1993 | New Jersey | Democratic | 100 years, 127 days | 36652 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Representative | Date of birth | House term | State served | Party | Age (years, days) | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1917 | March 4, 1921[4] | Jeannette Rankin | June 11, 1880 | 1917–1919 1941–1943 |
Montana | Republican | 40 years, 266 days[5] | 14875[5] |
March 4, 1921 | July 1, 1931 | Alice Mary Robertson | January 2, 1854 | 1921–1923 | Oklahoma | Republican | 77 years, 180 days | 28303 |
July 1, 1931 | November 16, 1948 | Florence Prag Kahn | November 9, 1866 | 1925–1937 | California | Republican | 82 years, 7 days | 29957 |
November 16, 1948 | August 2, 1959 | Mary Teresa Norton | March 7, 1875 | 1925–1951 | New Jersey | Democratic | 84 years, 148 days | 30828 |
August 2, 1959 | April 12, 1962 | Pearl Peden Oldfield | December 2, 1876 | 1929–1931 | Arkansas | Democratic | 85 years, 131 days | 31176 |
April 12, 1962 | August 23, 1965 | Ruth Baker Pratt | August 24, 1877 | 1929–1933 | New York | Republican | 87 years, 364 days | 32140 |
August 23, 1965 | January 9, 1975 | Virginia E. Jenckes | November 6, 1877 | 1933–1939 | Indiana | Democratic | 97 years, 64 days | 35492 |
January 9, 1975 | March 9, 1977 | Frances P. Bolton | March 29, 1885 | 1940–1969 | Ohio | Republican | 91 years, 345 days | 33582 |
March 9, 1977 | November 2, 1989 | Elizabeth Hawley Gasque | February 26, 1886 | 1938–1939 | South Carolina | Democratic | 103 years, 249 days | 37869 |
November 2, 1989 | May 26, 1990 | Marguerite S. Church | September 27, 1892 | 1950–1963 | Illinois | Republican | 97 years, 241 days | 35669 |
May 26, 1990 | May 29, 1995 | Margaret Chase Smith | December 14, 1897 | 1940–1949 | Maine | Republican | 97 years, 166 days | 35594 |
May 29, 1995 | December 14, 1997 | Edna F. Kelly | August 20, 1906 | 1949–1969 | New York | Democratic | 91 years, 116 days | 33354 |
December 14, 1997 | December 2, 2002 | Elizabeth B. Andrews | February 12, 1911 | 1972–1973 | Alabama | Democratic | 91 years, 293 days | 33531 |
December 2, 2002 | January 23, 2006 | Virginia D. Smith | June 30, 1911 | 1975–1991 | Nebraska | Republican | 94 years, 207 days | 34541 |
January 23, 2006 | January 25, 2007 | Charlotte Thompson Reid | September 27, 1913 | 1963–1971 | Illinois | Republican | 93 years, 120 days | 34088 |
January 25, 2007 | July 27, 2013 | Lindy Boggs | March 13, 1916 | 1973–1991 | Louisiana | Democratic | 97 years, 136 days | 35565 |
July 27, 2013 | January 6, 2018 | Marjorie Holt | September 17, 1920 | 1973–1987 | Maryland | Republican | 97 years, 111 days | 35540 |
January 6, 2018 | November 23, 2019 | Catherine Small Long | February 7, 1924 | 1985–1987 | Louisiana | Democratic | 95 years, 289 days | 34988 |
November 23, 2019 | November 28, 2021 | Carrie P. Meek | April 29, 1926 | 1993–2003 | Florida | Democratic | 95 years, 213 days | 34912 |
November 28, 2021 | Patricia Fukuda Saiki | May 28, 1930 | 1987–1991 | Hawaii | Republican | 94 years, 211 days | 34545 |
Men
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Representative | Date of birth | House term | State served | Party | Age (years, days) | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | July 23, 1793 | Roger Sherman | April 19, 1721 | 1789–1791 | Connecticut | Pro-Administration | 72 years, 95 days | 26393 |
July 23, 1793 | September 15, 1794 | Abraham Clark | February 15, 1726 | 1791–1794 | New Jersey | Pro-Administration | 68 years, 212 days | 25049 |
September 15, 1794 | December 10, 1796 | Israel Jacobs | June 9, 1726 | 1791–1793 | Pennsylvania | Pro-Administration | 70 years, 184 days | 25752 |
December 10, 1796 | October 28, 1800 | Artemas Ward | November 26, 1727 | 1791–1795 | Massachusetts | Pro-Administration | 72 years, 335 days | 26633 |
October 28, 1800 | March 27, 1814 | William Smith | April 12, 1728 | 1789–1791 | Maryland | Anti-Administration | 85 years, 349 days | 31394 |
March 27, 1814 | July 26, 1819 | George Leonard | July 4, 1729 | 1789–1793 1795–1797 |
Massachusetts | Pro-Administration Federalist |
90 years, 22 days | 32893 |
July 26, 1819 | June 1, 1832 | Thomas Sumter | August 14, 1734 | 1789–1793 1797–1801 |
South Carolina | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
97 years, 292 days | 35720 |
June 1, 1832 | March 7, 1838 | Paine Wingate | May 14, 1739 | 1793–1795 | New Hampshire | Pro-Administration | 98 years, 297 days | 36091 |
March 7, 1838 | May 22, 1842 | Henry Southard | October 7, 1747 | 1801–1811 1815–1821 |
New Jersey | Democratic-Republican | 94 years, 227 days | 34560 |
May 22, 1842 | October 18, 1843 | Ebenezer Elmer | August 23, 1752 | 1801–1807 | New Jersey | Democratic-Republican | 91 years, 56 days | 33292 |
October 18, 1843 | March 6, 1844 | Gabriel Duvall | December 6, 1752 | 1794–1796 | Maryland | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
91 years, 91 days | 33327 |
March 6, 1844 | March 23, 1846 | Laban Wheaton | March 13, 1754 | 1809–1817 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 92 years, 10 days | 33612 |
March 23, 1846 | January 20, 1849 | Nathan Read | July 2, 1759 | 1800–1803 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 89 years, 202 days | 32709 |
January 20, 1849 | May 26, 1851 | Simeon Baldwin | December 14, 1761 | 1803–1805 | Connecticut | Federalist | 89 years, 163 days | 32669 |
May 26, 1851 | March 29, 1855 | John Locke | February 14, 1764 | 1823–1829 | Massachusetts | Adams Republican | 91 years, 43 days | 33280 |
March 29, 1855 | April 8, 1857 | Alexander Boyd | September 14, 1764 | 1813–1815 | New York | Federalist | 92 years, 206 days | 33808 |
April 8, 1857 | January 23, 1858 | Daniel Burrows | October 26, 1766 | 1821–1823 | Connecticut | Democratic-Republican | 91 years, 89 days | 33326 |
January 23, 1858 | August 3, 1863 | Zadock Cook | February 18, 1769 | 1816–1819 | Georgia | Democratic-Republican | 94 years, 166 days | 34498 |
August 3, 1863 | July 1, 1864 | Josiah Quincy III | February 4, 1772 | 1805–1813 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 92 years, 148 days | 33750 |
July 1, 1864 | January 2, 1866 | Thomas Chandler | August 10, 1772 | 1829–1833 | New Hampshire | Jacksonian | 93 years, 145 days | 34112 |
January 2, 1866 | April 1, 1868 | James Parker | March 1, 1776 | 1833–1837 | New Jersey | Jacksonian | 92 years, 31 days | 33633 |
April 1, 1868 | July 1, 1868 | Samuel Tweedy | March 8, 1776 | 1833–1835 | Connecticut | Anti-Jacksonian | 92 years, 115 days | 33717 |
July 1, 1868 | July 18, 1872 | Samuel Thatcher | July 1, 1776 | 1802–1805 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 96 years, 17 days | 35080 |
July 18, 1872 | August 12, 1875 | Horace Binney | January 4, 1780 | 1833–1835 | Pennsylvania | Anti-Jacksonian | 95 years, 220 days | 34918 |
August 12, 1875 | February 16, 1880 | Daniel Sheffer | May 24, 1783 | 1837–1839 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 96 years, 268 days | 35331 |
February 16, 1880 | September 22, 1881 | John Alfred Cuthbert | June 3, 1788 | 1819–1821 | Georgia | Democratic-Republican | 93 years, 111 days | 34078 |
September 22, 1881 | February 7, 1885 | Joseph Grinnell | November 17, 1788 | 1843–1851 | Massachusetts | Whig | 96 years, 82 days | 35145 |
February 7, 1885 | August 8, 1885 | James Garland | June 6, 1791 | 1835–1841 | Virginia | Jacksonian Democratic Conservative |
94 years, 63 days | 34396 |
August 8, 1885 | May 7, 1886 | David Fisher | December 3, 1794 | 1847–1849 | Ohio | Whig | 91 years, 155 days | 33392 |
May 7, 1886 | January 9, 1887 | Elijah Babbitt | July 29, 1795 | 1859–1863 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 91 years, 164 days | 33401 |
January 9, 1887 | June 9, 1887 | John Hoge Ewing | October 8, 1796 | 1845–1847 | Pennsylvania | Whig | 90 years, 244 days | 33115 |
June 9, 1887 | July 26, 1891 | Paul Dillingham | August 10, 1799 | 1843–1847 | Vermont | Democratic | 91 years, 350 days | 33587 |
July 26, 1891 | May 9, 1892 | Sidney Lawrence | December 31, 1801 | 1847–1849 | New York | Democratic | 90 years, 130 days | 33002 |
May 9, 1892 | June 11, 1894 | John T. Andrews | May 29, 1803 | 1837–1839 | New York | Democratic | 91 years, 13 days | 33251 |
June 11, 1894 | February 12, 1896 | Emery D. Potter | October 7, 1804 | 1843–1845 1849–1851 |
Ohio | Democratic | 91 years, 128 days | 33365 |
February 12, 1896 | January 12, 1897 | John W. Crisfield | November 8, 1806 | 1847–1849 1861–1863 |
Maryland | Whig Unionist |
90 years, 65 days | 32938 |
January 12, 1897 | April 16, 1900 | John W. Hunter | October 15, 1807 | 1866–1867 | New York | Democratic | 92 years, 183 days | 33786 |
April 16, 1900 | March 18, 1902 | Daniel Wells, Jr. | July 16, 1808 | 1853–1857 | Wisconsin | Democratic | 93 years, 245 days | 34212 |
March 18, 1902 | April 24, 1902 | Edwin Hickman Ewing | December 2, 1809 | 1845–1847 | Tennessee | Whig | 92 years, 143 days | 33745 |
April 24, 1902 | March 8, 1903 | Martin I. Townsend | February 6, 1810 | 1875–1879 | New York | Republican | 93 years, 30 days | 33997 |
March 8, 1903 | March 27, 1908 | Ephraim R. Eckley | December 9, 1811 | 1863–1869 | Ohio | Republican | 96 years, 109 days | 35172 |
March 27, 1908 | September 18, 1910 | James McGrew | September 14, 1813 | 1869–1873 | West Virginia | Republican | 97 years, 4 days | 35432 |
September 18, 1910 | March 14, 1911 | John H. Rice | February 5, 1816 | 1861–1867 | Maine | Republican | 95 years, 37 days | 34735 |
March 14, 1911 | October 3, 1911 | John Morgan Bright | January 20, 1817 | 1871–1881 | Tennessee | Democratic | 94 years, 256 days | 34588 |
October 3, 1911 | March 12, 1916 | George William Palmer | January 13, 1818 | 1857–1861 | New York | Republican | 98 years, 59 days | 35852 |
March 12, 1916 | November 3, 1924 | Cornelius Cole | September 17, 1822 | 1863–1865 | California | Republican | 102 years, 47 days | 37302 |
November 3, 1924 | February 28, 1926 | William W. Crapo | May 16, 1830 | 1875–1883 | Massachusetts | Republican | 95 years, 288 days | 34986 |
February 28, 1926 | January 6, 1929 | John H. Lewis | July 21, 1830 | 1881–1883 | Illinois | Republican | 98 years, 169 days | 35963 |
January 6, 1929 | April 22, 1932 | J. Warren Keifer | January 30, 1836 | 1877–1885 1905–1911 |
Ohio | Republican | 96 years, 83 days | 35146 |
April 22, 1932 | May 25, 1938 | Henry R. Gibson | December 24, 1837 | 1895–1905 | Tennessee | Republican | 100 years, 152 days | 36676 |
May 25, 1938 | September 8, 1938 | George Frederic Kribbs | November 8, 1846 | 1891–1895 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 91 years, 304 days | 33541 |
September 8, 1938 | December 18, 1946 | Lemuel W. Royse | January 19, 1847 | 1895–1899 | Indiana | Republican | 99 years, 333 days | 36492 |
December 18, 1946 | June 10, 1947 | Addison James | February 27, 1850 | 1907–1909 | Kentucky | Republican | 97 years, 103 days | 35531 |
June 10, 1947 | February 25, 1948 | Amos R. Webber | January 21, 1852 | 1904–1907 | Ohio | Republican | 96 years, 35 days | 35098 |
February 25, 1948 | September 10, 1949 | John E. Weeks | June 14, 1853 | 1931–1933 | Vermont | Republican | 96 years, 88 days | 35151 |
September 10, 1949 | April 1, 1953 | Schuyler Merritt | December 16, 1853 | 1917–1931 1933–1937 |
Connecticut | Republican | 99 years, 106 days | 36265 |
April 1, 1953 | July 27, 1954 | Joseph E. Ransdell | October 7, 1858 | 1899–1913 | Louisiana | Democratic | 95 years, 293 days | 34991 |
July 27, 1954 | May 12, 1956 | Franklin Menges | October 26, 1858 | 1925–1931 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 97 years, 199 days | 35627 |
May 12, 1956 | July 5, 1956 | Addison T. Smith | September 5, 1862 | 1913–1933 | Idaho | Republican | 93 years, 304 days | 34271 |
July 5, 1956 | January 17, 1958 | Michael Donohoe | February 22, 1864 | 1911–1915 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 93 years, 329 days | 34297 |
January 17, 1958 | April 29, 1958 | Warren A. Haggott | May 18, 1864 | 1907–1909 | Colorado | Republican | 93 years, 346 days | 34313 |
April 29, 1958 | February 22, 1960 | Townsend Scudder | July 26, 1865 | 1899–1901 1903–1905 |
New York | Democratic | 94 years, 211 days | 34543 |
February 22, 1960 | October 11, 1960 | Daniel K. Hoch | January 31, 1866 | 1943–1947 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 94 years, 254 days | 34586 |
October 11, 1960 | September 12, 1963 | Charles Nelson Pray | April 6, 1868 | 1907–1913 | Montana | Republican | 95 years, 159 days | 34856 |
September 12, 1963 | November 7, 1967 | John Nance Garner | November 22, 1868 | 1903–1933 | Texas | Democratic | 98 years, 350 days | 36143 |
November 7, 1967 | July 12, 1971 | Earl Hanley Beshlin | April 28, 1870 | 1917–1919 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 101 years, 75 days | 36964 |
July 12, 1971 | January 6, 1973 | Maurice Hudson Thatcher | August 15, 1870 | 1923–1933 | Kentucky | Republican | 102 years, 144 days | 37399 |
January 6, 1973 | January 10, 1974 | Charles G. Bond | May 29, 1877 | 1921–1923 | New York | Republican | 96 years, 226 days | 35289 |
January 10, 1974 | March 4, 1977 | Miles C. Allgood | February 22, 1978 | 1923–1935 | Alabama | Democratic | 99 years, 10 days | 36169 |
March 4, 1977 | December 27, 1980 | Charles S. Dewey | November 10, 1880 | 1941–1945 | Illinois | Republican | 100 years, 47 days | 36571 |
December 27, 1980 | June 1, 1981 | Carl Vinson | November 18, 1883 | 1914–1965 | Georgia | Democratic | 97 years, 195 days | 35624 |
June 1, 1981 | January 18, 1982 | Clarence G. Burton | December 14, 1886 | 1948–1953 | Virginia | Democratic | 95 years, 35 days | 34733 |
January 18, 1982 | December 18, 1983 | John J. Phillips | September 11, 1887 | 1943–1957 | California | Republican | 96 years, 98 days | 35161 |
December 18, 1983 | March 3, 1987 | LaFayette L. Patterson | August 23, 1888 | 1928–1933 | Alabama | Democratic | 98 years, 192 days | 35985 |
March 3, 1987 | January 18, 1991 | Hamilton Fish III | December 7, 1888 | 1920–1945 | New York | Republican | 102 years, 42 days | 37296 |
January 18, 1991 | April 3, 1993 | Peter J. De Muth | January 1, 1892 | 1937–1939 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 101 years, 92 days | 36982 |
April 3, 1993 | June 14, 1994 | Thomas J. Lane | July 6, 1898 | 1941–1963 | Massachusetts | Democratic | 95 years, 343 days | 35041 |
June 14, 1994 | May 15, 1996 | Newt V. Mills | September 27, 1899 | 1937–1943 | Louisiana | Democratic | 96 years, 231 days | 35294 |
May 15, 1996 | January 4, 1997 | Harry P. Jeffrey | December 26, 1901 | 1943–1945 | Ohio | Republican | 95 years, 9 days | 34708 |
January 4, 1997 | May 8, 1998 | Jennings Randolph | March 8, 1902 | 1933–1947 | West Virginia | Democratic | 96 years, 61 days | 35125 |
May 8, 1998 | April 1, 1999 | Ellis Yarnal Berry | October 6, 1902 | 1951–1971 | South Dakota | Republican | 96 years, 177 days | 35241 |
April 1, 1999 | October 5, 2001 | Mike Mansfield | March 16, 1903 | 1943–1953 | Montana | Democratic | 98 years, 203 days | 35998 |
October 5, 2001 | March 11, 2003 | John Goodchild Dow | May 6, 1905 | 1965–1969 1971–1973 |
New York | Democratic | 97 years, 309 days | 35738 |
March 11, 2003 | November 10, 2007 | Augustus F. Hawkins | August 31, 1907 | 1963–1991 | California | Democratic | 100 years, 71 days | 36596 |
November 10, 2007 | September 25, 2008 | Glenn Andrews | January 15, 1909 | 1965–1967 | Alabama | Republican | 99 years, 254 days | 36413 |
September 25, 2008 | November 4, 2009 | William H. Avery | August 11, 1911 | 1955–1965 | Kansas | Republican | 98 years, 85 days | 35880 |
November 4, 2009 | January 8, 2011 | William F. Walsh | July 11, 1912 | 1973–1979 | New York | Republican–Conservative | 98 years, 181 days | 35975 |
January 8, 2011 | October 25, 2011 | Perkins Bass | October 6, 1912 | 1955–1963 | New Hampshire | Republican | 99 years, 19 days | 36178 |
October 25, 2011 | December 10, 2016 | Ken Hechler | September 20, 1914 | 1959–1977 | West Virginia | Democratic | 102 years, 81 days | 37337 |
December 10, 2016 | February 19, 2017 | John S. Wold | August 31, 1916 | 1969–1971 | Wyoming | Republican | 100 years, 172 days | 36697 |
February 19, 2017 | October 30, 2017 | James D. Martin | September 1, 1918 | 1965–1967 | Alabama | Republican | 99 years, 59 days | 36219 |
October 30, 2017 | May 11, 2021 | Lester L. Wolff | January 4, 1919 | 1965–1981 | New York | Democratic | 102 years, 127 days | 37383 |
May 11, 2021 | November 2, 2021 | Neal Edward Smith | March 23, 1920 | 1959–1995 | Iowa | Democratic | 101 years, 224 days | 37114 |
November 2, 2021 | December 5, 2021 | Robert Joseph Dole | July 22, 1923 | 1961–1969 | Kansas | Republican | 98 years, 136 days | 35931 |
December 5, 2021 | August 18, 2023 | Albert Harold Quie | September 18, 1923 | 1958–1979 | Minnesota | Republican | 99 years, 334 days | 36494 |
August 18, 2023 | Frank Joseph Guarini | August 20, 1924 | 1979–1993 | New Jersey | Democratic | 100 years, 127 days | 36652 |
Governor
[edit]Start Date | End Date | Governor | Party | State | Birth Date | Age | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 7, 1787 | December 12, 1787[6] | Thomas Collins | Non-partisan | Delaware | 1732 | 55–56 years ca. | 20300 ca. |
December 12, 1787 | April 17, 1790 | Benjamin Franklin | Non-partisan | Pennsylvania | January 17, 1706 | 84 years, 90 days | 30771 |
April 17, 1790 | July 25, 1790 | William Livingston | Federalist | New Jersey | November 30, 1723 | 66 years, 237 days | 24344 |
July 25, 1790 | October 8, 1793[4] | Josiah Bartlett | Democratic-Republican | New Hampshire | November 21, 1729 | 63 years, 321 days[5] | 23332[5] |
October 8, 1793 | October 2, 1803 | Samuel Adams | Democratic-Republican | Massachusetts | September 27, 1722 | 81 years, 5 days | 29589 |
October 2, 1803 | February 13, 1813 | Samuel Ashe | Democratic-Republican | North Carolina | March 24, 1725 | 87 years, 326 days | 32102 |
February 13, 1813 | August 17, 1816 | Samuel Johnston | Federalist | North Carolina | December 15, 1733 | 82 years, 246 days | 30195 |
August 17, 1816 | June 24, 1817 | Thomas McKean | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | March 19, 1734 | 83 years, 97 days | 30412 |
June 24, 1817 | September 18, 1819 | John Langdon | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | June 26, 1741 | 78 years, 84 days | 28572 |
September 18, 1819 | March 19, 1829 | John Tayler | Democratic-Republican | New York | July 4, 1742 | 86 years, 258 days | 31669 |
March 19, 1829 | May 17, 1829 | John Jay | Federalist | New York | December 12, 1745 | 83 years, 156 days | 30471 |
May 17, 1829 | June 10, 1832 | Joseph Hiester | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | November 18, 1752 | 79 years, 205 days | 29058 |
June 10, 1832 | September 24, 1834 | Jonas Galusha | Democratic-Republican | Vermont | February 11, 1753 | 81 years, 225 days | 29809 |
September 24, 1834 | December 11, 1838 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Vermont | February 8, 1754 | 84 years, 306 days | 30986 |
December 11, 1838 | April 7, 1844 | Morgan Lewis | Democratic-Republican | New York | October 16, 1754 | 89 years, 174 days | 32680 |
April 7, 1844 | December 22, 1850 | William Plumer | Federalist Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | June 25, 1759 | 91 years, 180 days | 33417 |
December 22, 1850 | December 25, 1862 | Joshua Hall | Democratic | Maine | October 22, 1768 | 94 years, 64 days | 34396 |
December 25, 1862 | October 16, 1869 | Joseph Ritner | Anti-Masonic | Pennsylvania | March 25, 1780 | 89 years, 205 days | 32711 |
October 16, 1869 | February 3, 1870 | Allen Trimble | Federalist | Ohio | November 24, 1783 | 86 years, 71 days | 31482 |
February 3, 1870 | October 10, 1870 | Mordecai Bartley | Whig | Ohio | December 16, 1783 | 86 years, 298 days | 31709 |
October 10, 1870 | November 1, 1874 | Enos T. Throop | Democratic | New York | August 21, 1784 | 90 years, 72 days | 32943 |
November 1, 1874 | February 27, 1877 | Joseph Johnson | Democratic | Virginia | December 19, 1785 | 91 years, 70 days | 33307 |
February 27, 1877 | December 18, 1885 | Hiland Hall | Republican | Vermont | July 20, 1795 | 90 years, 151 days | 33023 |
December 18, 1885 | April 27, 1894 | Nathaniel S. Berry | Republican | New Hampshire | September 1, 1796 | 97 years, 238 days | 35666 |
April 27, 1894 | June 13, 1896 | Alpheus Felch | Democratic | Michigan | September 28, 1804 | 91 years, 259 days | 33496 |
June 13, 1896 | August 23, 1898 | Moody Currier | Democratic Free Soil Republican |
New Hampshire | April 22, 1806 | 92 years, 123 days | 33726 |
August 23, 1898 | February 28, 1899 | James Madison Wells | Republican | Louisiana | January 8, 1808 | 91 years, 51 days | 33289 |
February 28, 1899 | July 9, 1902 | William Marvin | Democratic | Florida | April 14, 1808 | 94 years, 86 days | 34418 |
July 9, 1902 | December 8, 1906 | Alonzo Garcelon | Democratic | Maine | May 6, 1813 | 93 years, 216 days | 34183 |
December 8, 1906 | April 27, 1909 | Frederick Holbrook | Republican | Vermont | February 15, 1814 | 95 years, 71 days | 34769 |
April 27, 1909 | February 3, 1912 | Frederick Robie | Republican | Maine | August 12, 1822 | 89 years, 175 days | 32681 |
February 3, 1912 | June 4, 1912 | Royal C. Taft | Republican | Rhode Island | February 14, 1823 | 89 years, 111 days | 32617 |
June 4, 1912 | January 8, 1914 | Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr. | Democratic National Democratic |
Kentucky | April 1, 1823 | 90 years, 282 days | 33154 |
January 8, 1914 | May 16, 1920 | Levi P. Morton | Republican | New York | May 16, 1824 | 96 years, 0 days | 35063 |
May 16, 1920 | April 4, 1923 | Horace Boies | Democratic | Iowa | December 7, 1827 | 95 years, 118 days | 34816 |
April 4, 1923 | April 3, 1924 | Ebenezer J. Ormsbee | Republican | Vermont | June 8, 1834 | 89 years, 300 days | 32806 |
April 3, 1924 | January 28, 1925 | Augustus O. Bourn | Republican | Rhode Island | October 1, 1834 | 90 years, 119 days | 32991 |
January 28, 1925 | April 12, 1933 | Adelbert Ames | Republican | Mississippi | October 31, 1835 | 97 years, 163 days | 35592 |
April 12, 1933 | October 30, 1939 | Roswell K. Colcord | Republican | Nevada | April 25, 1839 | 100 years, 188 days | 36712 |
October 30, 1939 | August 23, 1945 | Martin Frederick Ansel | Democratic | South Carolina | December 12, 1850 | 94 years, 254 days | 34587 |
August 23, 1945 | September 6, 1946 | John I. Cox | Democratic | Tennessee | November 23, 1855 | 90 years, 287 days | 33159 |
September 6, 1946 | April 11, 1949 | Chase Osborn | Republican | Michigan | January 22, 1860 | 89 years, 79 days | 32586 |
April 11, 1949 | May 9, 1958 | Fenimore Chatterton | Republican | Wyoming | July 21, 1860 | 97 years, 292 days | 35720 |
May 9, 1958 | August 12, 1958 | Augustus Owsley Stanley | Democratic | Kentucky | May 21, 1867 | 91 years, 83 days | 33320 |
August 12, 1958 | May 19, 1966 | Theodore F. Green | Democratic | Rhode Island | October 2, 1867 | 98 years, 229 days | 36023 |
May 19, 1966 | June 12, 1969 | Percival Proctor Baxter | Republican | Maine | November 22, 1876 | 92 years, 202 days | 33804 |
June 12, 1969 | December 19, 1977 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Democratic | Wyoming | November 29, 1876 | 101 years, 20 days | 36909 |
December 19, 1977 | March 3, 1980 | Forrest C. Donnell | Republican | Missouri | August 20, 1884 | 95 years, 196 days | 34893 |
March 3, 1980 | October 12, 1987 | Alf Landon | Republican | Kansas | September 9, 1887 | 100 years, 33 days | 36557 |
October 12, 1987 | April 21, 1990 | Frank J. Lausche | Democratic | Ohio | November 14, 1895 | 94 years, 158 days | 34491 |
April 21, 1990 | June 10, 1993 | Milward L. Simpson | Republican | Wyoming | November 12, 1897 | 95 years, 210 days | 34908 |
June 10, 1993 | October 20, 1996 | J. Bracken Lee | Republican | Utah | January 7, 1899 | 97 years, 287 days | 35715 |
October 20, 1996 | November 5, 2000 | Jimmie Davis | Democratic | Louisiana | September 11, 1899 | 101 years, 55 days | 36945 |
November 5, 2000 | June 26, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | Democratic Republican |
South Carolina | December 5, 1902 | 100 years, 203 days | 36728 |
June 26, 2003 | April 19, 2004 | Frank B. Morrison | Democratic | Nebraska | May 20, 1905 | 98 years, 335 days | 36129 |
April 19, 2004 | November 15, 2004 | Elmer Lee Andersen | Republican | Minnesota | June 17, 1909 | 95 years, 151 days | 34850 |
November 15, 2004 | October 10, 2011 | Albert Rosellini | Democratic | Washington | January 21, 1910 | 101 years, 262 days | 37152 |
October 10, 2011 | April 10, 2015 | Raul H. Castro | Democratic | Arizona | June 12, 1916 | 98 years, 302 days | 36096 |
April 10, 2015 | February 4, 2016 | Edgar Whitcomb | Republican | Indiana | November 6, 1917 | 98 years, 90 days | 35884 |
February 4, 2016 | January 17, 2017 | David P. Buckson | Republican | Delaware | July 25, 1920 | 96 years, 176 days | 35240 |
January 17, 2017 | June 4, 2021 | John Malcolm Patterson | Democratic | Alabama | September 27, 1921 | 99 years, 250 days | 36410 |
June 4, 2021 | August 18, 2023 | Al Quie | Republican | Minnesota | September 18, 1923 | 99 years, 334 days | 36494 |
August 18, 2023 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | Georgia | October 1, 1924 | 100 years, 85 days | 36610 |
Women
[edit]Start Date | End Date | Governor | Party | State | Birth Date | Age | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 5, 1925 | January 20, 1925[4] | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Democratic | Wyoming | November 29, 1876 | 48 years, 52 days[5] | 17583[5] |
January 20, 1925 | June 25, 1961 | Miriam A. Ferguson | Democratic | Texas | June 13, 1875 | 86 years, 12 days | 31423 |
June 25, 1961 | December 19, 1977 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Democratic | Wyoming | November 29, 1876 | 101 years, 20 days | 36909 |
December 19, 1977 | January 2, 1994 | Dixy Lee Ray | Democratic | Washington | September 3, 1914 | 79 years, 121 days | 28976 |
January 2, 1994 | September 15, 2016 | Rose Mofford | Democratic | Arizona | June 10, 1922 | 94 years, 97 days | 34431 |
September 15, 2016 | Madeleine M. Kunin | Democratic | Vermont | September 28, 1933 | 91 years, 88 days | 33326 |
Men
[edit]Start Date | End Date | Governor | Party | State | Birth Date | Age | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 7, 1787 | December 12, 1787[6] | Thomas Collins | Non-partisan | Delaware | 1732 | 55–56 years ca. | 20300 ca. |
December 12, 1787 | April 17, 1790 | Benjamin Franklin | Non-partisan | Pennsylvania | January 17, 1706 | 84 years, 90 days | 30771 |
April 17, 1790 | July 25, 1790 | William Livingston | Federalist | New Jersey | November 30, 1723 | 66 years, 237 days | 24344 |
July 25, 1790 | October 8, 1793[4] | Josiah Bartlett | Democratic-Republican | New Hampshire | November 21, 1729 | 63 years, 321 days[5] | 23332 |
October 8, 1793 | October 2, 1803 | Samuel Adams | Democratic-Republican | Massachusetts | September 27, 1722 | 81 years, 5 days | 29589 |
October 2, 1803 | February 13, 1813 | Samuel Ashe | Democratic-Republican | North Carolina | March 24, 1725 | 87 years, 326 days | 32102 |
February 13, 1813 | August 17, 1816 | Samuel Johnston | Federalist | North Carolina | December 15, 1733 | 82 years, 246 days | 30195 |
August 17, 1816 | June 24, 1817 | Thomas McKean | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | March 19, 1734 | 83 years, 97 days | 30412 |
June 24, 1817 | September 18, 1819 | John Langdon | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | June 26, 1741 | 78 years, 84 days | 28572 |
September 18, 1819 | March 19, 1829 | John Tayler | Democratic-Republican | New York | July 4, 1742 | 86 years, 258 days | 31669 |
March 19, 1829 | May 17, 1829 | John Jay | Federalist | New York | December 12, 1745 | 83 years, 156 days | 30471 |
May 17, 1829 | June 10, 1832 | Joseph Hiester | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | November 18, 1752 | 79 years, 205 days | 29058 |
June 10, 1832 | September 24, 1834 | Jonas Galusha | Democratic-Republican | Vermont | February 11, 1753 | 81 years, 225 days | 29809 |
September 24, 1834 | December 11, 1838 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Vermont | February 8, 1754 | 84 years, 306 days | 30986 |
December 11, 1838 | April 7, 1844 | Morgan Lewis | Democratic-Republican | New York | October 16, 1754 | 89 years, 174 days | 32680 |
April 7, 1844 | December 22, 1850 | William Plumer | Federalist Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | June 25, 1759 | 91 years, 180 days | 33417 |
December 22, 1850 | December 25, 1862 | Joshua Hall | Democratic | Maine | October 22, 1768 | 94 years, 64 days | 34396 |
December 25, 1862 | October 16, 1869 | Joseph Ritner | Anti-Masonic | Pennsylvania | March 25, 1780 | 89 years, 205 days | 32711 |
October 16, 1869 | February 3, 1870 | Allen Trimble | Federalist | Ohio | November 24, 1783 | 86 years, 71 days | 31482 |
February 3, 1870 | October 10, 1870 | Mordecai Bartley | Whig | Ohio | December 16, 1783 | 86 years, 298 days | 31709 |
October 10, 1870 | November 1, 1874 | Enos T. Throop | Democratic | New York | August 21, 1784 | 90 years, 72 days | 32943 |
November 1, 1874 | February 27, 1877 | Joseph Johnson | Democratic | Virginia | December 19, 1785 | 91 years, 70 days | 33307 |
February 27, 1877 | December 18, 1885 | Hiland Hall | Republican | Vermont | July 20, 1795 | 90 years, 151 days | 33023 |
December 18, 1885 | April 27, 1894 | Nathaniel S. Berry | Republican | New Hampshire | September 1, 1796 | 97 years, 238 days | 35666 |
April 27, 1894 | June 13, 1896 | Alpheus Felch | Democratic | Michigan | September 28, 1804 | 91 years, 259 days | 33496 |
June 13, 1896 | August 23, 1898 | Moody Currier | Democratic Free Soil Republican |
New Hampshire | April 22, 1806 | 92 years, 123 days | 33726 |
August 23, 1898 | February 28, 1899 | James Madison Wells | Republican | Louisiana | January 8, 1808 | 91 years, 51 days | 33289 |
February 28, 1899 | July 9, 1902 | William Marvin | Democratic | Florida | April 14, 1808 | 94 years, 86 days | 34418 |
July 9, 1902 | December 8, 1906 | Alonzo Garcelon | Democratic | Maine | May 6, 1813 | 93 years, 216 days | 34183 |
December 8, 1906 | April 27, 1909 | Frederick Holbrook | Republican | Vermont | February 15, 1814 | 95 years, 71 days | 34769 |
April 27, 1909 | February 3, 1912 | Frederick Robie | Republican | Maine | August 12, 1822 | 89 years, 175 days | 32681 |
February 3, 1912 | June 4, 1912 | Royal C. Taft | Republican | Rhode Island | February 14, 1823 | 89 years, 111 days | 32617 |
June 4, 1912 | January 8, 1914 | Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr. | Democratic National Democratic |
Kentucky | April 1, 1823 | 90 years, 282 days | 33154 |
January 8, 1914 | May 16, 1920 | Levi P. Morton | Republican | New York | May 16, 1824 | 96 years, 0 days | 35063 |
May 16, 1920 | April 4, 1923 | Horace Boies | Democratic | Iowa | December 7, 1827 | 95 years, 118 days | 34816 |
April 4, 1923 | April 3, 1924 | Ebenezer J. Ormsbee | Republican | Vermont | June 8, 1834 | 89 years, 300 days | 32806 |
April 3, 1924 | January 28, 1925 | Augustus O. Bourn | Republican | Rhode Island | October 1, 1834 | 90 years, 119 days | 32991 |
January 28, 1925 | April 12, 1933 | Adelbert Ames | Republican | Mississippi | October 31, 1835 | 97 years, 163 days | 35592 |
April 12, 1933 | October 30, 1939 | Roswell K. Colcord | Republican | Nevada | April 25, 1839 | 100 years, 188 days | 36712 |
October 30, 1939 | August 23, 1945 | Martin Frederick Ansel | Democratic | South Carolina | December 12, 1850 | 94 years, 254 days | 34587 |
August 23, 1945 | September 6, 1946 | John I. Cox | Democratic | Tennessee | November 23, 1855 | 90 years, 287 days | 33159 |
September 6, 1946 | April 11, 1949 | Chase Osborn | Republican | Michigan | January 22, 1860 | 89 years, 79 days | 32586 |
April 11, 1949 | May 9, 1958 | Fenimore Chatterton | Republican | Wyoming | July 21, 1860 | 97 years, 292 days | 35720 |
May 9, 1958 | August 12, 1958 | Augustus Owsley Stanley | Democratic | Kentucky | May 21, 1867 | 91 years, 83 days | 33320 |
August 12, 1958 | May 19, 1966 | Theodore F. Green | Democratic | Rhode Island | October 2, 1867 | 98 years, 229 days | 36023 |
May 19, 1966 | June 12, 1969 | Percival Proctor Baxter | Republican | Maine | November 22, 1876 | 92 years, 202 days | 33804 |
June 12, 1969 | June 20, 1974 | Andrew W. Hockenhull | Democratic | New Mexico | January 16, 1877 | 97 years, 155 days | 35583 |
June 20, 1974 | September 28, 1977 | Charles Wilbert Snow | Democratic | Connecticut | April 6, 1884 | 93 years, 175 days | 34142 |
September 28, 1977 | March 3, 1980 | Forrest C. Donnell | Republican | Missouri | August 20, 1884 | 95 years, 196 days | 34893 |
March 3, 1980 | October 12, 1987 | Alf Landon | Republican | Kansas | September 9, 1887 | 100 years, 33 days | 36557 |
October 12, 1987 | April 21, 1990 | Frank J. Lausche | Democratic | Ohio | November 14, 1895 | 94 years, 158 days | 34491 |
April 21, 1990 | June 10, 1993 | Milward L. Simpson | Republican | Wyoming | November 12, 1897 | 95 years, 210 days | 34908 |
June 10, 1993 | October 20, 1996 | J. Bracken Lee | Republican | Utah | January 7, 1899 | 97 years, 287 days | 35715 |
October 20, 1996 | November 5, 2000 | Jimmie Davis | Democratic | Louisiana | September 11, 1899 | 101 years, 55 days | 36945 |
November 5, 2000 | June 26, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | Democratic Republican |
South Carolina | December 5, 1902 | 100 years, 203 days | 36728 |
June 26, 2003 | April 19, 2004 | Frank B. Morrison | Democratic | Nebraska | May 20, 1905 | 98 years, 335 days | 36129 |
April 19, 2004 | November 15, 2004 | Elmer Lee Andersen | Republican | Minnesota | June 17, 1909 | 95 years, 151 days | 34850 |
November 15, 2004 | October 10, 2011 | Albert Rosellini | Democratic | Washington | January 21, 1910 | 101 years, 262 days | 37152 |
October 10, 2011 | April 10, 2015 | Raul H. Castro | Democratic | Arizona | June 12, 1916 | 98 years, 302 days | 36096 |
April 10, 2015 | February 4, 2016 | Edgar Whitcomb | Republican | Indiana | November 6, 1917 | 98 years, 90 days | 35884 |
February 4, 2016 | January 17, 2017 | David P. Buckson | Republican | Delaware | July 25, 1920 | 96 years, 176 days | 35240 |
January 17, 2017 | June 4, 2021 | John Malcolm Patterson | Democratic | Alabama | September 27, 1921 | 99 years, 250 days | 36410 |
June 4, 2021 | August 18, 2023 | Al Quie | Republican | Minnesota | September 18, 1923 | 99 years, 334 days | 36494 |
August 18, 2023 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | Georgia | October 1, 1924 | 100 years, 85 days | 36610 |
List of earliest serving
[edit]Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Senator | Party | State | 1st Entered Senate | Time since entry | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 12, 1790 | William Grayson | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 | 1 year, 8 days | 373 |
June 19, 1794 | Richard Henry Lee | Anti-Administration | Virginia | 5 years, 107 days | 1933 | ||
September 21, 1798 | George Read | Pro-Administration | Delaware | 9 years, 201 days | 3488 | ||
December 16, 1798 | John Henry | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Maryland | 9 years, 287 days | 3574 | ||
July 30, 1801 | James Gunn | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Georgia | 12 years, 148 days | 4530 | ||
April 16, 1804 | William Maclay | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | 15 years, 43 days | 5521 | ||
May 30, 1804 | Ralph Izard | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | 15 years, 87 days | 5565 | ||
May 8, 1806 | Robert Morris | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | 17 years, 65 days | 6273 | ||
September 9, 1806 | William Paterson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | 17 years, 189 days | 6397 | ||
November 26, 1807 | Oliver Ellsworth | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | 18 years, 267 days | 6840 | ||
August 15, 1815 | Richard Bassett | Anti-Administration | Delaware | 26 years, 164 days | 9659 | ||
May 30, 1817 | Tristram Dalton | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | 28 years, 87 days | 10313 | ||
September 3, 1817 | Jonathan Elmer | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | 28 years, 183 days | 10409 | ||
September 18, 1819 | John Langdon | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | 30 years, 198 days | 11154 | ||
November 7, 1819 | Caleb Strong | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | 30 years, 248 days | 11204 | ||
November 14, 1819 | William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | 30 years, 255 days | 11211 | ||
February 15, 1822 | Pierce Butler | Pro-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | 32 years, 348 days | 12035 | ||
July 16, 1828 | William Few | Anti-Administration | Georgia | 39 years, 134 days | 14378 | ||
November 14, 1832 | Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Pro-Administration | Maryland | 43 years, 255 days | 15960 | ||
March 7, 1838 | Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | 49 years, 3 days | 17899 | ||
March 7, 1838 | February 23, 1840 | John Rutherfurd | Federalist | New Jersey | March 4, 1791 | 48 years, 356 days | 17887 |
February 23, 1840 | August 12, 1849 | Albert Gallatin | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | December 2, 1793 | 55 years, 253 days | 20341 |
November 27, 1847[7] | James Ross | Federalist | Pennsylvania | April 24, 1794 | 53 years, 217 days | 19574 | |
November 27, 1847 | January 11, 1849 | Ray Greene | Federalist | Rhode Island | November 13, 1797 | 51 years, 59 days | 18686 |
August 12, 1849 | December 22, 1850 | William Plumer | Federalist Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | June 17, 1802 | 48 years, 188 days | 17720 |
December 22, 1850 | June 29, 1852 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican National Republican Whig |
Kentucky | November 19, 1806 | 45 years, 223 days | 16659 |
June 29, 1852 | October 14, 1853 | Elisha Mathewson | Democratic-Republican | Rhode Island | October 26, 1807 | 45 years, 353 days | 16790 |
October 14, 1853 | November 5, 1857 | Alexander Campbell | Democratic-Republican | Ohio | December 11, 1809 | 47 years, 329 days | 17496 |
November 5, 1857 | April 14, 1859 | George M. Bibb | Democratic | Kentucky | March 4, 1811 | 48 years, 41 days | 17573 |
April 14, 1859 | July 26, 1863 | John J. Crittenden | Democratic-Republican Whig American Constitutional Union |
Kentucky | March 4, 1817 | 46 years, 144 days | 16945 |
July 26, 1863 | September 4, 1864 | Henry Johnson | Democratic-Republican Whig |
Louisiana | January 12, 1818 | 46 years, 236 days | 17037 |
September 4, 1864 | December 14, 1868 | Walter Lowrie | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1819 | 49 years, 285 days | 18183 |
December 14, 1868 | October 13, 1880 | Peleg Sprague | National-Republican | Maine | March 4, 1829 | 51 years, 223 days | 18851 |
October 13, 1880 | March 19, 1888 | John P. King | Jacksonian | Georgia | November 21, 1833 | 54 years, 119 days | 19842 |
March 19, 1888 | May 11, 1889 | Henry A. Foster | Democratic | New York | November 30, 1844 | 44 years, 162 days | 16233 |
May 11, 1889 | June 26, 1889 | Simon Cameron | Democratic Republican |
Pennsylvania | March 13, 1845 | 44 years, 105 days | 16176 |
June 26, 1889 | June 13, 1896 | Alpheus Felch | Democratic | Michigan | March 4, 1847 | 49 years, 101 days | 17999 |
January 6, 1901 | James Bradbury | Democratic | Maine | 53 years, 308 days | 19666 | ||
January 6, 1901 | April 12, 1913 | John B. Henderson | Unionist Republican |
Missouri | January 17, 1862 | 51 years, 85 days | 18712 |
April 12, 1913 | September 11, 1915 | William Sprague | Republican | Rhode Island | March 4, 1863 | 52 years, 191 days | 19183 |
September 11, 1915 | February 27, 1919 | George F. Edmunds | Republican | Vermont | April 3, 1866 | 52 years, 330 days | 19322 |
February 27, 1919 | November 3, 1924 | Cornelius Cole | Republican | California | March 4, 1867 | 57 years, 244 days | 21063 |
November 3, 1924 | April 12, 1933 | Adelbert Ames | Republican | Mississippi | February 23, 1870 | 63 years, 48 days | 23058 |
April 12, 1933 | November 16, 1933 | Henry C. Hansbrough | Republican | North Dakota | March 4, 1891 | 42 years, 257 days | 15597 |
November 16, 1933 | November 18, 1934 | Lee Mantle | Republican | Montana | January 16, 1895 | 39 years, 306 days | 14550 |
November 18, 1934 | June 3, 1938 | Marion Butler | Populist | North Carolina | March 4, 1895 | 43 years, 91 days | 15796 |
June 3, 1938 | October 21, 1938 | Henry Heitfeld | Populist | Idaho | March 4, 1897 | 41 years, 231 days | 15205 |
October 21, 1938 | April 30, 1940 | Furnifold Simmons | Democratic | North Carolina | March 4, 1901 | 39 years, 57 days | 14302 |
April 30, 1940 | February 9, 1941 | Reed Smoot | Republican | Utah | March 4, 1903 | 37 years, 342 days | 13857 |
February 9, 1941 | March 13, 1945 | Charles W. F. Dick | Republican | Ohio | March 23, 1904 | 40 years, 355 days | 14965 |
March 13, 1945 | January 5, 1960 | Norris Brown | Republican | Nebraska | March 4, 1907 | 52 years, 307 days | 19300 |
January 5, 1960 | May 31, 1962 | Henry F. Ashurst | Democratic | Arizona | March 27, 1912 | 50 years, 65 days | 18327 |
May 31, 1962 | December 28, 1972 | John Heiskell | Democratic | Arkansas | January 6, 1913 | 59 years, 357 days | 21906 |
December 28, 1972 | January 6, 1975 | Burton K. Wheeler | Democratic | Montana | March 4, 1923 | 51 years, 308 days | 18936 |
January 14, 1978 | Clarence Dill | Democratic | Washington | 54 years, 316 days | 20040 | ||
January 14, 1978 | August 16, 1979 | F. Ryan Duffy | Democratic | Wisconsin | March 4, 1933 | 46 years, 165 days | 16966 |
August 16, 1979 | March 13, 1985 | Elmer Austin Benson | Farmer-Labor | Minnesota | December 27, 1935 | 49 years, 76 days | 17974 |
March 13, 1985 | May 30, 1989 | Claude Pepper | Democratic | Florida | November 4, 1936 | 52 years, 207 days | 19200 |
May 30, 1989 | September 22, 1990 | John A. Danaher | Republican | Connecticut | January 3, 1939 | 51 years, 262 days | 18890 |
September 22, 1990 | June 15, 1991 | Happy Chandler | Democratic | Kentucky | October 10, 1939 | 51 years, 248 days | 18876 |
June 15, 1991 | December 18, 1993 | Joseph H. Ball | Republican | Minnesota | October 14, 1940 | 53 years, 65 days | 19423 |
December 18, 1993 | January 21, 1999 | Berkeley L. Bunker | Democratic | Nevada | November 27, 1940 | 58 years, 55 days | 21239 |
January 21, 1999 | May 9, 2003 | Russell B. Long | Democratic | Louisiana | December 31, 1948 | 54 years, 129 days | 19852 |
May 9, 2003 | January 20, 2007 | George Smathers | Democratic | Florida | January 3, 1951 | 56 years, 17 days | 20471 |
January 20, 2007 | June 28, 2010 | Robert Byrd[8] | Democratic | West Virginia | January 3, 1959 | 51 years, 176 days | 18804 |
June 28, 2010 | October 21, 2012 | George McGovern | Democratic | South Dakota | January 3, 1963 | 49 years, 292 days | 18189 |
December 17, 2012 | Daniel Inouye[8] | Democratic | Hawaii | 49 years, 349 days | 18246 | ||
March 14, 2019 | Birch Bayh | Democratic | Indiana | 56 years, 70 days | 20524 | ||
March 14, 2019 | November 23, 2024 | Fred R. Harris | Democratic | Oklahoma | November 4, 1964 | 60 years, 19 days | 21934 |
November 23, 2024 | Bob Packwood | Republican | Oregon | January 3, 1969 | 55 years, 357 days | 20445 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Senator | Party | State | 1st Entered Senate | Time since entry | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 3, 1922 | January 24, 1930 | Rebecca Latimer Felton | Democratic | Georgia | October 3, 1922 | 7 years, 113 days | 2670 |
January 24, 1930 | December 9, 1931 | none | |||||
December 9, 1931 | December 22, 1950 | Hattie Caraway | Democratic | Arkansas | December 9, 1931 | 19 years, 13 days | 6953 |
December 22, 1950 | May 27, 1970 | Rose McConnell Long | Democratic | Louisiana | January 31, 1936 | 34 years, 116 days | 12535 |
May 27, 1970 | March 14, 1989 | Gladys Pyle | Republican | South Dakota | November 9, 1938 | 50 years, 125 days | 18388 |
March 14, 1989 | May 29, 1995 | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine | January 3, 1949 | 46 years, 146 days | 16947 |
May 29, 1995 | February 22, 2000 | Maurine Brown Neuberger | Democratic | Oregon | November 9, 1960 | 39 years, 105 days | 14349 |
February 22, 2000 | May 14, 2018 | Elaine S. Edwards | Democratic | Louisiana | August 1, 1972 | 45 years, 286 days | 16722 |
May 14, 2018 | July 23, 2018 | Maryon Pittman Allen | Democratic | Alabama | June 8, 1978 | 40 years, 45 days | 14655 |
July 23, 2018 | Nancy Kassebaum | Republican | Kansas | December 23, 1978 | 46 years, 2 days | 16804 |
House
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Representative | Party | State | 1st Entered House | Time since entry | Days |
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March 4, 1789 | June 1, 1790 | Theodorick Bland | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 | 1 year, 89 days | 454 |
July 23, 1793 | Roger Sherman | Pro Administration | Connecticut | 4 years, 141 days | 1602 | ||
March 2, 1796 | Thomas Scott | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | 6 years, 364 days | 2555 | ||
July 5, 1796 | Daniel Carroll | Pro-Administration | Maryland | 7 years, 123 days | 2680 | ||
October 20, 1798 | Joshua Seney | Anti-Administration | Maryland | 9 years, 230 days | 3517 | ||
July 6, 1799 | Daniel Huger | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | 10 years, 124 days | 3776 | ||
October 16, 1800 | Benjamin Huntington | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | 11 years, 226 days | 4243 | ||
December 21, 1800 | Thomas Hartley | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | 11 years, 292 days | 4309 | ||
June 4, 1801 | Frederick Muhlenberg | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | 12 years, 92 days | 4474 | ||
February 1802 | John M. Vining | Pro-Administration | Delaware | 12 years, 340 days ca. | 4730 ca. | ||
March 30, 1802 | Aedanus Burke | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | 13 years, 26 days | 4773 | ||
May 18, 1803 | Samuel Livermore | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | 14 years, 75 days | 5187 | ||
March 7, 1804 | Daniel Hiester | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | 15 years, 3 days | 5481 | ||
April 30, 1804 | Jeremiah Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | 15 years, 57 days | 5535 | ||
September 19, 1804 | Alexander White | Pro-Administration | Virginia | 15 years, 199 days | 5677 | ||
March 19, 1806 | James Jackson | Anti-Administration | Georgia | 17 years, 15 days | 6223 | ||
March 4, 1807 | Abraham Baldwin | Anti-Administration | Georgia | 18 years, 0 days | 6573 | ||
September 8, 1807 | Jonathan Grout | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | 18 years, 188 days | 6761 | ||
October 1, 1807 | Peter Muhlenberg | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | 18 years, 211 days | 6784 | ||
July 4, 1808 | Fisher Ames | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | 19 years, 122 days | 7061 | ||
October 11, 1808 | John Page | Anti-Administration | Virginia | 19 years, 221 days | 7160 | ||
October 15, 1808 | Peter Silvester | Pro-Administration | New York | 19 years, 225 days | 7164 | ||
August 7, 1809 | Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | 20 years, 156 days | 7460 | ||
February 19, 1810 | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Anti-Administration | New York | 20 years, 352 days | 7656 | ||
March 11, 1810 | Josiah Parker | Anti-Administration | Virginia | 21 years, 7 days | 7676 | ||
November 3, 1810 | Samuel Griffin | Pro-Administration | Virginia | 21 years, 244 days | 7913 | ||
November 11, 1810 | John Laurance | Pro-Administration | New York | 21 years, 252 days | 7921 | ||
August 26, 1811 | Thomas Fitzsimmons | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | 22 years, 175 days | 8209 | ||
April 1, 1812 | Michael J. Stone | Anti-Administration | Maryland | 23 years, 28 days | 8428 | ||
August 30, 1812 | George Mathews | Anti-Administration | Georgia | 23 years, 179 days | 8579 | ||
December 19, 1812 | William Loughton Smith | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | 23 years, 290 days | 8690 | ||
January 24, 1813 | George Clymer | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | 23 years, 326 days | 8726 | ||
Theodore Sedgwick | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
June 3, 1813 | Isaac Coles | Anti-Administration | Virginia | 24 years, 91 days | 8856 | ||
March 27, 1814 | William Smith | Anti-Administration | Maryland | 25 years, 23 days | 9153 | ||
May 2, 1814 | Nicholas Gilman | Pro-Administration | New Hampshire | 25 years, 59 days | 9189 | ||
July 28, 1814 | Benjamin Goodhue | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | 25 years, 146 days | 9276 | ||
November 23, 1814 | Elbridge Gerry | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | 25 years, 264 days | 9394 | ||
January 2, 1815 | George Gale | Pro-Administration | Maryland | 25 years, 304 days | 9434 | ||
November 30, 1815 | Benjamin Contee | Anti-Administration | Maryland | 26 years, 271 days | 9766 | ||
March 25, 1816 | Henry Wynkoop | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | 27 years, 21 days | 9882 | ||
May 15, 1817 | Thomas Sinnickson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | 28 years, 72 days | 10298 | ||
July 26, 1819 | George Leonard | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | 30 years, 144 days | 11100 | ||
October 4, 1819 | Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | 30 years, 214 days | 11170 | ||
April 14, 1821 | Andrew Moore | Anti-Administration | Virginia | 32 years, 41 days | 11728 | ||
August 4, 1821 | William Floyd | Anti-Administration | New York | 32 years, 153 days | 11840 | ||
October 24, 1821 | Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | 32 years, 234 days | 11921 | ||
September 13, 1823 | Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | 34 years, 193 days | 12610 | ||
January 22, 1824 | James Schureman | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | 34 years, 324 days | 12741 | ||
April 6, 1824 | George Thatcher | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | 35 years, 33 days | 12816 | ||
February 19, 1825 | John Hathorn | Anti-Administration | New York | 35 years, 352 days | 13135 | ||
March 12, 1827 | Richard Bland Lee I | Pro-Administration | Virginia | 38 years, 8 days | 13886 | ||
May 2, 1828 | Thomas Tudor Tucker | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | 39 years, 59 days | 14303 | ||
July 7, 1828 | George Partridge | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | 39 years, 125 days | 14369 | ||
June 1, 1832 | Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | 43 years, 89 days | 15794 | ||
August 24, 1833 | Egbert Benson | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New York | 44 years, 173 days | 16243 | ||
June 28, 1836 | James Madison | Anti-Administration | Virginia | 47 years, 116 days | 17282 | ||
August 29, 1837 | John Brown | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia Kentucky |
48 years, 178 days | 17709 | ||
August 29, 1837 | September 21, 1842 | Jeremiah Smith | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | March 4, 1791 | 51 years, 201 days | 18828 |
September 21, 1842 | March 6, 1844 | Gabriel Duvall | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Maryland | November 11, 1794 | 49 years, 116 days | 18012 |
March 6, 1844 | August 12, 1849 | Albert Gallatin | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1795 | 54 years, 161 days | 19884 |
August 12, 1849 | November 1, 1849 | Elizur Goodrich | Federalist | Connecticut | March 4, 1799 | 50 years, 242 days | 18504 |
November 1, 1849 | May 6, 1860 | Littleton Tazewell | Democratic-Republican Jacksonian |
Virginia | November 26, 1800 | 59 years, 162 days | 21711 |
May 6, 1860 | July 18, 1872 | Samuel Thatcher | Federalist | Massachusetts | December 6, 1802 | 69 years, 225 days | 25427 |
July 18, 1872 | November 1, 1874 | Enos Thompson Throop | Democratic-Republican | New York | March 4, 1815 | 59 years, 242 days | 21792 |
November 1, 1874 | May 10, 1875 | Willard Hall | Democratic-Republican | Delaware | March 4, 1817 | 58 years, 67 days | 21251 |
May 10, 1875 | September 22, 1881 | John Alfred Cuthbert | Democratic-Republican | Georgia | March 4, 1819 | 62 years, 202 days | 22848 |
October 7, 1883 | Mark Alexander | Democratic-Republican Crawford Republican Jacksonian |
Virginia | 64 years, 217 days | 23593 | ||
October 7, 1883 | December 18, 1885 | Hiland Hall | Anti-Jacksonian Whig |
Vermont | January 1, 1833 | 52 years, 351 days | 19344 |
December 18, 1885 | May 30, 1888 | John James Pearson | Anti-Jacksonian | Pennsylvania | December 5, 1836 | 51 years, 177 days | 18804 |
May 30, 1888 | May 11, 1889 | Henry A. Foster | Democratic | New York | March 4, 1837 | 52 years, 68 days | 19061 |
May 6, 1890 | Hiram Gray | Democratic | New York | 53 years, 63 days | 19421 | ||
May 13, 1890 | Amasa J. Parker | Democratic | New York | 53 years, 70 days | 19428 | ||
January 11, 1892 | Richard P. Marvin | Whig | New York | 54 years, 313 days | 20036 | ||
June 11, 1894 | John T. Andrews | Democratic | New York | 57 years, 99 days | 20918 | ||
June 11, 1894 | November 16, 1894 | Robert Charles Winthrop | Whig | Massachusetts | November 9, 1840 | 54 years, 7 days | 19730 |
November 16, 1894 | February 9, 1900 | Richard W. Thompson | Whig | Indiana | March 4, 1841 | 58 years, 342 days | 21526 |
February 9, 1900 | September 20, 1900 | John Alexander McClernand | Democratic | Illinois | March 4, 1843 | 57 years, 200 days | 21019 |
April 22, 1903 | Alexander Ramsey | Whig Republican |
Pennsylvania Minnesota |
60 years, 49 days | 21963 | ||
April 22, 1903 | July 10, 1903 | Ausburn Birdsall | Democratic | New York | March 4, 1847 | 56 years, 128 days | 20581 |
July 10, 1903 | April 5, 1904 | John Houston Savage | Democratic | Tennessee | March 4, 1849 | 55 years, 32 days | 20120 |
May 19, 1907 | Andrew J. Harlan | Democratic | Indiana | 58 years, 76 days | 21259 | ||
May 19, 1907 | February 4, 1909 | Addison White | Whig | Kentucky | March 4, 1851 | 57 years, 337 days | 21156 |
February 4, 1909 | January 30, 1912 | James C. Allen | Democratic | Illinois | March 4, 1853 | 58 years, 332 days | 21515 |
January 30, 1912 | May 26, 1912 | John Jamison Pearce | Opposition | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1855 | 57 years, 83 days | 20902 |
May 26, 1912 | May 3, 1914 | Daniel Sickles | Democratic | New York | March 4, 1857 | 57 years, 60 days | 20878 |
March 12, 1916 | George William Palmer | Republican | New York | 59 years, 8 days | 21557 | ||
March 12, 1916 | March 14, 1919 | Roger Atkinson Pryor | Democratic | Virginia | December 7, 1859 | 59 years, 97 days | 21646 |
March 14, 1919 | November 3, 1924 | Cornelius Cole | Republican | California | March 4, 1863 | 61 years, 244 days | 22524 |
November 3, 1924 | March 15, 1926 | Jackson Orr | Republican | Iowa | March 4, 1871 | 55 years, 11 days | 20099 |
March 15, 1926 | November 12, 1926 | Joseph Gurney Cannon | Republican | Illinois | March 4, 1873 | 53 years, 253 days | 19610 |
December 6, 1926 | Ira B. Hyde | Republican | Missouri | 53 years, 277 days | 19634 | ||
August 14, 1928 | William J. Purman | Republican | Florida | 55 years, 163 days | 20251 | ||
September 4, 1930 | Frederick George Bromberg | Liberal Republican | Alabama | 57 years, 184 days | 21002 | ||
May 22, 1931 | Henry Otis Pratt | Republican | Iowa | 58 years, 79 days | 21262 | ||
November 2, 1939 | John Roy Lynch | Republican | Mississippi | 66 years, 243 days | 24348 | ||
November 2, 1939 | May 25, 1947 | Perry Belmont | Democratic | New York | March 4, 1881 | 66 years, 82 days | 24187 |
May 25, 1947 | July 29, 1948 | James Eli Watson | Republican | Indiana | March 4, 1895 | 53 years, 147 days | 19505 |
October 2, 1950 | John F. Fitzgerald | Democratic | Massachusetts | 55 years, 212 days | 20300 | ||
October 22, 1954 | Harrison Henry Atwood | Republican | Massachusetts | 59 years, 232 days | 21781 | ||
October 22, 1954 | February 22, 1960 | Townsend Scudder | Democratic | New York | March 4, 1899 | 60 years, 355 days | 22269 |
March 24, 1961 | Mitchell May | Democratic | New York | 62 years, 20 days | 22665 | ||
March 24, 1961 | November 7, 1967 | John Nance Garner | Democratic | Texas | March 4, 1903 | 64 years, 248 days | 23624 |
November 7, 1967 | April 9, 1972 | James Francis Byrnes | Democratic | South Carolina | March 4, 1911 | 61 years, 36 days | 22317 |
April 9, 1972 | June 1, 1981 | Carl Vinson | Democratic | Georgia | November 3, 1914 | 66 years, 210 days | 24317 |
June 1, 1981 | January 18, 1991 | Hamilton Fish III | Republican | New York | November 2, 1920 | 70 years, 77 days | 25644 |
January 18, 1991 | October 10, 1991 | Victor Christgau | Republican | Minnesota | March 4, 1929 | 62 years, 220 days | 22865 |
October 10, 1991 | May 15, 1994 | Robert T. Secrest | Democratic | Ohio | March 4, 1933 | 61 years, 72 days | 22352 |
May 8, 1998 | Jennings Randolph | Democratic | West Virginia | 65 years, 65 days | 23806 | ||
May 8, 1998 | December 5, 1998 | Albert Gore, Sr. | Democratic | Tennessee | January 3, 1939 | 59 years, 336 days | 21886 |
January 24, 2000 | Carl Thomas Curtis | Republican | Nebraska | 61 years, 21 days | 22301 | ||
January 24, 2000 | October 18, 2004 | Edwin Arthur Hall | Republican | New York | November 7, 1939 | 64 years, 346 days | 23722 |
October 18, 2004 | August 13, 2005 | William Jennings Bryan Dorn | Democratic | South Carolina | January 3, 1947 | 58 years, 222 days | 21407 |
January 20, 2007 | George Smathers | Democratic | Florida | 60 years, 17 days | 21932 | ||
January 20, 2007 | April 17, 2007 | Steven Derounian | Republican | New York | January 3, 1953 | 54 years, 104 days | 19827 |
June 16, 2009 | Paul A. Fino | Republican | New York | 56 years, 164 days | 20618 | ||
March 6, 2010 | Stuyvesant Wainwright | Republican | New York | 57 years, 62 days | 20881 | ||
June 28, 2010 | Robert Byrd | Democratic | West Virginia | 57 years, 176 days | 20995 | ||
May 23, 2011 | Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. | Republican | New Jersey | 58 years, 140 days | 21324 | ||
June 27, 2011 | Richard Harding Poff | Republican | Virginia | 58 years, 175 days | 21359 | ||
August 20, 2011 | Charles S. Gubser | Republican | California | 58 years, 229 days | 21413 | ||
May 23, 2012 | William C. Wampler | Republican | Virginia | 59 years, 141 days | 21690 | ||
December 4, 2012 | Jack Brooks | Democratic | Texas | 59 years, 336 days | 21885 | ||
April 3, 2016 | Clarence Clifton Young | Republican | Nevada | 63 years, 91 days | 23101 | ||
November 16, 2016 | Melvin R. Laird | Republican | Wisconsin | 63 years, 318 days | 23328 | ||
November 16, 2016 | February 7, 2019 | John Dingell | Democratic | Michigan | December 13, 1955 | 63 years, 56 days | 23067 |
February 7, 2019 | February 20, 2019 | William Broomfield | Republican | Michigan | January 3, 1957 | 62 years, 48 days | 22693 |
January 16, 2020 | Harry G. Haskell Jr. | Republican | Delaware | 63 years, 13 days | 23023 | ||
Merwin Coad | Democratic | Iowa | 67 years, 357 days | 24828 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Representative | Party | State | 1st Entered House | Time since entry | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1917 | May 18, 1973 | Jeannette Rankin | Republican | Montana | March 4, 1917 | 56 years, 75 days | 20529 |
May 18, 1973 | July 9, 1973 | Mae Nolan | Republican | California | January 23, 1923 | 50 years, 167 days | 18430 |
July 9, 1973 | January 9, 1975 | Virginia E. Jenckes | Democratic | Indiana | March 4, 1933 | 41 years, 311 days | 15286 |
January 9, 1975 | November 2, 1989 | Elizabeth Hawley Gasque | Democratic | South Carolina | September 13, 1938 | 51 years, 50 days | 18678 |
November 2, 1989 | August 10, 1994 | Jessie Sumner | Republican | Illinois | January 3, 1939 | 55 years, 219 days | 20308 |
August 10, 1994 | May 29, 1995 | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine | June 3, 1940 | 54 years, 360 days | 20083 |
May 29, 1995 | February 29, 1996 | Winifred C. Stanley | Republican | New York | January 3, 1943 | 53 years, 57 days | 19415 |
February 29, 1996 | December 14, 1997 | Edna F. Kelly | Democratic | New York | November 8, 1949 | 48 years, 36 days | 17568 |
December 14, 1997 | April 22, 2003 | Martha Griffiths | Democratic | Michigan | January 3, 1955 | 48 years, 109 days | 17641 |
April 22, 2003 | May 28, 2004 | Catherine Dean May | Republican | Washington | January 3, 1959 | 45 years, 146 days | 16582 |
May 28, 2004 | January 25, 2007 | Charlotte Thompson Reid | Republican | Illinois | January 3, 1963 | 44 years, 22 days | 16093 |
January 25, 2007 | August 6, 2018 | Margaret Heckler | Republican | Massachusetts | January 3, 1967 | 51 years, 156 days | 18784 |
August 6, 2018 | March 13, 2023 | Pat Schroeder | Democratic | Colorado | January 3, 1973 | 50 years, 69 days | 18331 |
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke | Democratic | California | 51 years, 357 days | 18984 | |||
Elizabeth Holtzman | Democratic | New York |
Governor
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Governor | Party | State | In office from | Time since assumption of office |
Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 7, 1787[6] | December 18, 1787[6] | John McKinly | Federalist | Delaware | February 12, 1777 | 10 years, 309 days | 3961 |
December 18, 1787[6] | January 2, 1788[6] | William Livingston | Federalist | New Jersey | August 31, 1776 | 11 years, 124 days | 4141 |
January 2, 1788[6] | February 2, 1804 | George Walton | Non-partisan | Georgia | December 11, 1775 | 28 years, 53 days | 10279 |
February 2, 1804 | October 26, 1819 | Thomas Johnson | Non-partisan | Maryland | March 21, 1777 | 42 years, 219 days | 15558 |
October 26, 1819 | July 4, 1826 | Thomas Jefferson | Non-partisan | Virginia | June 1, 1779 | 47 years, 33 days | 17199 |
July 4, 1826 | November 2, 1828 | Thomas Pinckney | Federalist | South Carolina | February 20, 1787 | 41 years, 256 days | 15230 |
November 2, 1828 | May 17, 1829 | John Jay | Federalist | New York | July 1, 1795 | 33 years, 320 days | 12373 |
May 17, 1829 | December 11, 1838 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Vermont | October 16, 1797 | 41 years, 56 days | 15030 |
December 11, 1838 | April 7, 1844 | Morgan Lewis | Democratic-Republican | New York | July 1, 1804 | 39 years, 281 days | 14525 |
April 7, 1844 | January 12, 1853 | William H. Cabell | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | December 7, 1805 | 47 years, 36 days | 17203 |
January 12, 1853 | October 5, 1853 | Mahlon Dickerson | Democratic-Republican | New Jersey | October 26, 1815 | 37 years, 344 days | 13859 |
October 5, 1853 | April 18, 1854 | Nehemiah R. Knight | Democratic-Republican | Rhode Island | May 7, 1817 | 36 years, 346 days | 13495 |
April 18, 1854 | January 3, 1863 | John Branch | Democratic-Republican | North Carolina | December 6, 1817 | 45 years, 28 days | 16464 |
January 3, 1863 | January 30, 1865 | Thomas Bennett, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | South Carolina | December 7, 1820 | 44 years, 54 days | 16125 |
January 30, 1865 | February 24, 1871 | William C. Gibbs | Democratic-Republican | Rhode Island | May 2, 1821 | 49 years, 298 days | 18195 |
February 24, 1871 | November 1, 1874 | Enos T. Throop | Democratic | New York | March 12, 1829 | 45 years, 234 days | 16670 |
November 1, 1874 | February 11, 1888 | Wyndham Robertson | Whig | Virginia | April 30, 1836 | 51 years, 287 days | 18914 |
February 11, 1888 | February 17, 1894 | David Dunn | Democratic | Maine | January 1, 1844 | 50 years, 47 days | 18310 |
February 17, 1894 | June 13, 1896 | Alpheus Felch | Democratic | Michigan | January 5, 1846 | 50 years, 160 days | 18422 |
June 13, 1896 | March 8, 1898 | Peter Hansborough Bell | Democratic | Texas | December 21, 1849 | 48 years, 77 days | 17609 |
March 8, 1898 | February 27, 1905 | George S. Boutwell | Democratic | Massachusetts | January 11, 1851 | 54 years, 47 days | 19770 |
February 27, 1905 | September 11, 1915 | William Sprague IV | Republican | Rhode Island | May 29, 1860 | 55 years, 105 days | 20192 |
September 11, 1915 | April 12, 1933 | Adelbert Ames | Non-partisan | Mississippi | June 15, 1868 | 64 years, 301 days | 23676 |
April 12, 1933 | August 6, 1938 | Joseph W. Fifer | Republican | Illinois | January 14, 1889 | 49 years, 204 days | 18100 |
August 6, 1938 | October 30, 1939 | Roswell K. Colcord | Republican | Nevada | January 5, 1891 | 48 years, 298 days | 17829 |
October 30, 1939 | April 24, 1943 | John E. Osborne | Democratic | Wyoming | January 2, 1893 | 50 years, 112 days | 18373 |
April 24, 1943 | January 10, 1944 | Frederick B. Fancher | Republican | North Dakota | January 3, 1899 | 45 years, 7 days | 16442 |
January 10, 1944 | June 8, 1946 | John L. Bates | Republican | Massachusetts | January 8, 1903 | 43 years, 151 days | 15857 |
June 8, 1946 | May 9, 1958 | Fenimore Chatterton | Republican | Wyoming | April 28, 1903 | 55 years, 11 days | 20100 |
May 9, 1958 | April 4, 1960 | George L. Sheldon | Republican | Nebraska | January 3, 1907 | 53 years, 92 days | 19450 |
April 4, 1960 | July 29, 1960 | Robert P. Bass | Republican | New Hampshire | January 5, 1911 | 49 years, 206 days | 18103 |
July 29, 1960 | August 22, 1960 | Oswald West | Democratic | Oregon | January 11, 1911 | 49 years, 224 days | 18121 |
August 22, 1960 | October 23, 1962 | Henry D. Hatfield | Republican | West Virginia | March 14, 1913 | 49 years, 223 days | 18120 |
October 23, 1962 | April 10, 1964 | John G. Townsend, Jr. | Republican | Delaware | January 16, 1917 | 47 years, 85 days | 17251 |
April 10, 1964 | June 7, 1964 | William P. Hobby | Democratic | Texas | August 25, 1917 | 46 years, 287 days | 17088 |
June 7, 1964 | September 14, 1968 | William H. McMaster | Republican | South Dakota | January 4, 1921 | 47 years, 254 days | 17420 |
September 14, 1968 | June 12, 1969 | Percival Proctor Baxter | Republican | Maine | January 31, 1921 | 48 years, 132 days | 17664 |
June 12, 1969 | December 19, 1977 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Democratic | Wyoming | January 5, 1925 | 52 years, 348 days | 19341 |
December 19, 1977 | October 12, 1987 | Alf Landon | Republican | Kansas | January 9, 1933 | 54 years, 276 days | 19999 |
October 12, 1987 | June 15, 1991 | Happy Chandler | Democratic | Kentucky | December 10, 1935 | 55 years, 187 days | 20276 |
June 15, 1991 | March 4, 2001 | Harold Stassen | Republican | Minnesota | January 2, 1939 | 62 years, 61 days | 22707 |
March 4, 2001 | August 8, 2002 | Charles Poletti | Democratic | New York | December 3, 1942 | 59 years, 248 days | 21798 |
August 8, 2002 | June 26, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | Democratic | South Carolina | January 21, 1947 | 56 years, 156 days | 20610 |
June 26, 2003 | October 4, 2003 | Sid McMath | Democratic | Arkansas | January 11, 1949 | 54 years, 266 days | 19989 |
October 4, 2003 | February 6, 2005 | Elbert N. Carvel | Democratic | Delaware | January 18, 1949 | 56 years, 19 days | 20473 |
February 6, 2005 | May 9, 2013 | George M. Leader | Democratic | Pennsylvania | January 18, 1955 | 58 years, 111 days | 21296 |
May 9, 2013 | June 4, 2021 | John Malcolm Patterson | Democratic | Alabama | January 19, 1959 | 62 years, 136 days | 22782 |
June 4, 2021 | George Nigh | Democratic | Oklahoma | January 3, 1963 | 61 years, 357 days | 22637 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Governor | Party | State | In office from | Time since assumption of office |
Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 5, 1925 | December 19, 1977 | Nellie Tayloe Ross | Democratic | Wyoming | January 5, 1925 | 52 years, 348 days | 19341 |
December 19, 1977 | February 5, 1981 | Ella T. Grasso | Democratic | Connecticut | January 8, 1975 | 6 years, 28 days | 2220 |
February 5, 1981 | January 2, 1994 | Dixy Lee Ray | Democratic | Washington | January 12, 1977 | 16 years, 355 days | 6199 |
January 2, 1994 | Martha Layne Collins | Democratic | Kentucky | December 13, 1983 | 41 years, 12 days | 14988 |
Men
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Governor | Party | State | In office from | Time since assumption of office |
Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 7, 1787[6] | December 18, 1787[6] | John McKinly | Federalist | Delaware | February 12, 1777 | 10 years, 309 days | 3961 |
December 18, 1787[6] | January 2, 1788[6] | William Livingston | Federalist | New Jersey | August 31, 1776 | 11 years, 124 days | 4141 |
January 2, 1788[6] | February 2, 1804 | George Walton | Non-partisan | Georgia | December 11, 1775 | 28 years, 53 days | 10279 |
February 2, 1804 | October 26, 1819 | Thomas Johnson | Non-partisan | Maryland | March 21, 1777 | 42 years, 219 days | 15558 |
October 26, 1819 | July 4, 1826 | Thomas Jefferson | Non-partisan | Virginia | June 1, 1779 | 47 years, 33 days | 17199 |
July 4, 1826 | November 2, 1828 | Thomas Pinckney | Federalist | South Carolina | February 20, 1787 | 41 years, 256 days | 15230 |
November 2, 1828 | May 17, 1829 | John Jay | Federalist | New York | July 1, 1795 | 33 years, 320 days | 12373 |
May 17, 1829 | December 11, 1838 | Isaac Tichenor | Federalist | Vermont | October 16, 1797 | 41 years, 56 days | 15030 |
December 11, 1838 | April 7, 1844 | Morgan Lewis | Democratic-Republican | New York | July 1, 1804 | 39 years, 281 days | 14525 |
April 7, 1844 | January 12, 1853 | William H. Cabell | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | December 7, 1805 | 47 years, 36 days | 17203 |
January 12, 1853 | October 5, 1853 | Mahlon Dickerson | Democratic-Republican | New Jersey | October 26, 1815 | 37 years, 344 days | 13859 |
October 5, 1853 | April 18, 1854 | Nehemiah R. Knight | Democratic-Republican | Rhode Island | May 7, 1817 | 36 years, 346 days | 13495 |
April 18, 1854 | January 3, 1863 | John Branch | Democratic-Republican | North Carolina | December 6, 1817 | 45 years, 28 days | 16464 |
January 3, 1863 | January 30, 1865 | Thomas Bennett, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | South Carolina | December 7, 1820 | 44 years, 54 days | 16125 |
January 30, 1865 | February 24, 1871 | William C. Gibbs | Democratic-Republican | Rhode Island | May 2, 1821 | 49 years, 298 days | 18195 |
February 24, 1871 | November 1, 1874 | Enos T. Throop | Democratic | New York | March 12, 1829 | 45 years, 234 days | 16670 |
November 1, 1874 | February 11, 1888 | Wyndham Robertson | Whig | Virginia | April 30, 1836 | 51 years, 287 days | 18914 |
February 11, 1888 | February 17, 1894 | David Dunn | Democratic | Maine | January 1, 1844 | 50 years, 47 days | 18310 |
February 17, 1894 | June 13, 1896 | Alpheus Felch | Democratic | Michigan | January 5, 1846 | 50 years, 160 days | 18422 |
June 13, 1896 | March 8, 1898 | Peter Hansborough Bell | Democratic | Texas | December 21, 1849 | 48 years, 77 days | 17609 |
March 8, 1898 | February 27, 1905 | George S. Boutwell | Democratic | Massachusetts | January 11, 1851 | 54 years, 47 days | 19770 |
February 27, 1905 | September 11, 1915 | William Sprague IV | Republican | Rhode Island | May 29, 1860 | 55 years, 105 days | 20192 |
September 11, 1915 | April 12, 1933 | Adelbert Ames | Non-partisan | Mississippi | June 15, 1868 | 64 years, 301 days | 23676 |
April 12, 1933 | August 6, 1938 | Joseph W. Fifer | Republican | Illinois | January 14, 1889 | 49 years, 204 days | 18100 |
August 6, 1938 | October 30, 1939 | Roswell K. Colcord | Republican | Nevada | January 5, 1891 | 48 years, 298 days | 17829 |
October 30, 1939 | April 24, 1943 | John E. Osborne | Democratic | Wyoming | January 2, 1893 | 50 years, 112 days | 18373 |
April 24, 1943 | January 10, 1944 | Frederick B. Fancher | Republican | North Dakota | January 3, 1899 | 45 years, 7 days | 16442 |
January 10, 1944 | June 8, 1946 | John L. Bates | Republican | Massachusetts | January 8, 1903 | 43 years, 151 days | 15857 |
June 8, 1946 | May 9, 1958 | Fenimore Chatterton | Republican | Wyoming | April 28, 1903 | 55 years, 11 days | 20100 |
May 9, 1958 | April 4, 1960 | George L. Sheldon | Republican | Nebraska | January 3, 1907 | 53 years, 92 days | 19450 |
April 4, 1960 | July 29, 1960 | Robert P. Bass | Republican | New Hampshire | January 5, 1911 | 49 years, 206 days | 18103 |
July 29, 1960 | August 22, 1960 | Oswald West | Democratic | Oregon | January 11, 1911 | 49 years, 224 days | 18121 |
August 22, 1960 | October 23, 1962 | Henry D. Hatfield | Republican | West Virginia | March 14, 1913 | 49 years, 223 days | 18120 |
October 23, 1962 | April 10, 1964 | John G. Townsend, Jr. | Republican | Delaware | January 16, 1917 | 47 years, 85 days | 17251 |
April 10, 1964 | June 7, 1964 | William P. Hobby | Democratic | Texas | August 25, 1917 | 46 years, 287 days | 17088 |
June 7, 1964 | September 14, 1968 | William H. McMaster | Republican | South Dakota | January 4, 1921 | 47 years, 254 days | 17420 |
September 14, 1968 | June 12, 1969 | Percival Proctor Baxter | Republican | Maine | January 31, 1921 | 48 years, 132 days | 17664 |
June 12, 1969 | October 25, 1972 | Doyle E. Carlton | Democratic | Florida | January 8, 1929 | 43 years, 291 days | 15996 |
October 25, 1972 | October 12, 1987 | Alf Landon | Republican | Kansas | January 9, 1933 | 54 years, 276 days | 19999 |
October 12, 1987 | June 15, 1991 | Happy Chandler | Democratic | Kentucky | December 10, 1935 | 55 years, 187 days | 20276 |
June 15, 1991 | March 4, 2001 | Harold Stassen | Republican | Minnesota | January 2, 1939 | 62 years, 61 days | 22707 |
March 4, 2001 | August 8, 2002 | Charles Poletti | Democratic | New York | December 3, 1942 | 59 years, 248 days | 21798 |
August 8, 2002 | June 26, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | Democratic | South Carolina | January 21, 1947 | 56 years, 156 days | 20610 |
June 26, 2003 | October 4, 2003 | Sid McMath | Democratic | Arkansas | January 11, 1949 | 54 years, 266 days | 19989 |
October 4, 2003 | February 6, 2005 | Elbert N. Carvel | Democratic | Delaware | January 18, 1949 | 56 years, 19 days | 20473 |
February 6, 2005 | May 9, 2013 | George M. Leader | Democratic | Pennsylvania | January 18, 1955 | 58 years, 111 days | 21296 |
May 9, 2013 | June 4, 2021 | John Malcolm Patterson | Democratic | Alabama | January 19, 1959 | 62 years, 136 days | 22782 |
June 4, 2021 | George Nigh | Democratic | Oklahoma | January 3, 1963 | 61 years, 357 days | 22637 |
List of most senior in office
[edit]Uninterrupted time
[edit]House and Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Seniority date | Chamber | Years and days | Days |
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March 4, 1789 | March 12, 1790 | William Grayson | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 | Senate | 1 year, 8 days | 373 |
June 1, 1790 | Theodorick Bland | Anti-Administration | Virginia | House | 1 year, 89 days | 454 | ||
August 14, 1790 | George Partridge | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | House | 1 year, 163 days | 528 | ||
November 13, 1790 | William Paterson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | Senate | 1 year, 254 days | 619 | ||
March 4, 1791 | Tristram Dalton | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | Senate | 2 years, 0 days | 730 | ||
Jonathan Elmer | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | ||||||
William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | ||||||
William Maclay | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
Aedanus Burke | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | House | |||||
Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | ||||||
Daniel Carroll | Pro-Administration | Maryland | ||||||
George Clymer | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
Isaac Coles | Anti-Administration | Virginia | ||||||
Benjamin Contee | Anti-Administration | Maryland | ||||||
William Floyd | Anti-Administration | New York | ||||||
George Gale | Pro-Administration | Maryland | ||||||
Jonathan Grout | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | ||||||
John Hathorn | Anti-Administration | New York | ||||||
Benjamin Huntington | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | ||||||
James Jackson | Anti-Administration | Georgia | ||||||
George Mathews | Anti-Administration | Georgia | ||||||
Peter Muhlenberg | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
James Schureman | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | ||||||
Thomas Scott | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | ||||||
Thomas Sinnickson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | ||||||
William Smith | Anti-Administration | Maryland | ||||||
Michael J. Stone | Anti-Administration | Maryland | ||||||
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Anti-Administration | New York | ||||||
Henry Wynkoop | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
June 1, 1792 | John Brown | Anti-Administration | Virginia | House | 3 years, 89 days | 1185 | ||
October 8, 1792 | Richard Henry Lee | Anti-Administration | Virginia | Senate | 3 years, 218 days | 1314 | ||
November 30, 1792 | Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Pro-Administration | Maryland | Senate | 3 years, 271 days | 1367 | ||
December 6, 1792 | Joshua Seney | Anti-Administration | Maryland | House | 3 years, 277 days | 1373 | ||
March 4, 1793 | Richard Bassett | Anti-Administration | Delaware | Senate | 4 years, 0 days | 1461 | ||
William Few | Anti-Administration | Georgia | ||||||
Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | ||||||
Egbert Benson | Pro-Administration | New York | House | |||||
Elbridge Gerry | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | ||||||
Daniel Huger | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | ||||||
John Laurance | Pro-Administration | New York | ||||||
George Leonard | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | ||||||
Peter Silvester | Pro-Administration | New York | ||||||
Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | ||||||
Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | ||||||
Thomas Tudor Tucker | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | ||||||
Alexander White | Pro-Administration | Virginia | ||||||
September 18, 1793 | George Read | Pro-Administration | Delaware | Senate | 4 years, 198 days | 1659 | ||
March 4, 1795 | Ralph Izard | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | Senate | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 | ||
Robert Morris | Pro-Adminsitration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | House | |||||
Thomas Fitzsimmons | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
Samuel Griffin | Pro-Administration | Virginia | ||||||
Richard Bland Lee I | Pro-Administration | Virginia | ||||||
Jeremiah Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | ||||||
March 8, 1796 | Oliver Ellsworth | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | Senate | 7 years, 4 days | 2561 | ||
June 1, 1796 | Caleb Strong | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | Senate | 7 years, 89 days | 2646 | ||
June 10, 1796 | Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | House Senate |
7 years, 98 days | 2655 | ||
July 1, 1796 | Daniel Hiester | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | House | 7 years, 119 days | 2676 | ||
October 25, 1796 | Pierce Butler | Pro-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | Senate | 7 years, 235 days | 2792 | ||
March 4, 1797 | Fisher Ames | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | House | 8 years, 0 days | 2922 | ||
Nicholas Gilman | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | ||||||
James Madison | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | ||||||
Andrew Moore | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | ||||||
Frederick Muhlenberg | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | ||||||
John Page | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | ||||||
July 10, 1797 | John Henry | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Maryland | Senate | 8 years, 128 days | 3050 | ||
William Loughton Smith | Pro-Administration Federalist |
South Carolina | House | |||||
January 19, 1798 | John M. Vining | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Delaware | House Senate |
8 years, 321 days | 3243 | ||
November 8, 1800 | Benjamin Goodhue | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | House Senate |
11 years, 249 days | 4266 | ||
December 21, 1800 | Thomas Hartley | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Pennsylvania | House | 11 years, 292 days | 4309 | ||
March 4, 1801 | James Gunn | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Georgia | Senate | 12 years, 0 days | 4382 | ||
John Langdon | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | ||||||
Theodore Sedgwick | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | House Senate | |||||
Josiah Parker | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Virginia | House | |||||
George Thatcher | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | ||||||
June 12, 1801 | Samuel Livermore | Anti-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | House Senate |
12 years, 100 days | 4482 | ||
March 4, 1807 | Abraham Baldwin | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Georgia | House Senate |
18 years, 0 days | 6573 | ||
March 4, 1807 | June 10, 1810 | James Hillhouse | Federalist | Connecticut | March 4, 1791 | House Senate |
19 years, 98 days | 7037 |
March 4, 1813 | Andrew Gregg | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | House Senate |
22 years, 0 days | 8035 | ||
November 14, 1828 | Nathaniel Macon | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
North Carolina | House Senate |
37 years, 255 days | 13769 | ||
November 14, 1828 | March 4, 1833 | William McCoy | Democratic-Republican Democratic Party |
Virginia | March 4, 1811 | House | 22 years, 0 days | 8036 |
March 4, 1833 | February, 23 1842 | Lewis Williams | Democratic-Republican National Republican Whig |
North Carolina | March 4, 1815 | House | 26 years, 356 days | 9853 |
February, 23 1842 | April 15, 1844 | William R. King | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Alabama | December 14, 1819 | Senate | 24 years, 123 days | 8889 |
April 15, 1844 | March 4, 1851 | Thomas Hart Benton | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Missouri | August 10, 1821 | Senate | 29 years, 206 days | 10798 |
March 4, 1851 | March 4, 1859 | Joshua Reed Giddings | Whig Free Soil Opposition Republican |
Ohio | December 3, 1838 | House | 20 years, 91 days | 7396 |
March 4, 1859 | December 20, 1862 | James Pearce | Whig Opposition Democratic |
Maryland | March 4, 1841 | House Senate |
21 years, 291 days | 7961 |
December 20, 1862 | March 4, 1863 | John S. Phelps | Whig Opposition Democratic |
Missouri | March 4, 1845 | House | 18 years, 0 days | 6574 |
March 4, 1863 | January 29, 1864 | James A. Bayard Jr. | Democratic | Delaware | March 4, 1851 | Senate | 12 years, 331 days | 4714 |
March 28, 1866 | Solomon Foot | Whig Opposition Republican |
Vermont | 15 years, 24 days | 5503 | |||
March 28, 1866 | March 4, 1869 | Benjamin Wade | Whig Opposition Republican |
Ohio | March 15, 1851 | Senate | 17 years, 354 days | 6564 |
March 4, 1869 | March 11, 1874 | Charles Sumner | Free Soil Opposition Republican |
Massachusetts | April 25, 1851 | Senate | 22 years, 320 days | 8356 |
March 11, 1874 | March 8, 1877 | John Sherman | Opposition Republican |
Ohio | March 4, 1855 | House Senate |
22 years, 4 days | 8040 |
December 28, 1898 | Justin Smith Morrill | Opposition Republican |
Vermont | 43 years, 299 days | 16005 | |||
December 28, 1898 | September 30, 1904 | George Frisbie Hoar | Republican | Massachusetts | March 4, 1869 | House Senate |
35 years, 210 days | 12993 |
September 30, 1904 | August 8, 1911 | William P. Frye | Republican | Maine | March 4, 1871 | House Senate |
40 years, 157 days | 14766 |
August 8, 1911 | March 22, 1912 | Henry H. Bingham | Republican | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1879 | House | 33 years, 18 days | 12071 |
March 22, 1912 | March 4, 1913 | Shelby Moore Cullom | Republican | Illinois | March 4, 1883 | Senate | 30 years, 0 days | 10957 |
March 4, 1913 | November 9, 1924 | Henry Cabot Lodge | Republican | Massachusetts | March 4, 1887 | House Senate |
37 years, 250 days | 13764 |
November 9, 1924 | March 4, 1931 | Frederick H. Gillett | Republican | Massachusetts | March 4, 1893 | House Senate |
38 years, 0 days | 13878 |
March 4, 1931 | November 19, 1932 | Wesley Livsey Jones | Republican | Washington | March 4, 1899 | House Senate |
33 years, 260 days | 12313 |
March 4, 1933 | Gilbert N. Haugen | Republican | Iowa | House | 34 years, 0 days | 12418 | ||
March 4, 1933 | April 1, 1934 | Edward W. Pou | Democratic | North Carolina | March 4, 1901 | House | 33 years, 28 days | 12081 |
April 1, 1934 | April 9, 1941 | Morris Sheppard | Democratic | Texas | November 15, 1902 | House Senate |
38 years, 145 days | 14025 |
April 9, 1941 | January 3, 1943 | George W. Norris | Republican Independent |
Nebraska | March 4, 1903 | House Senate |
39 years, 305 days | 14550 |
January 3, 1943 | November 6, 1952 | Adolph J. Sabath | Democratic | Illinois | March 4, 1907 | House | 45 years, 247 days | 16684 |
November 6, 1952 | January 3, 1953 | Robert L. Doughton | Democratic | North Carolina | March 4, 1911 | House | 41 years, 305 days | 15281 |
January 3, 1953 | January 3, 1969 | Carl Hayden | Democratic | Arizona | February 19, 1912 | House Senate |
56 years, 319 days | 20773 |
January 3, 1969 | January 3, 1973 | Emanuel Celler | Democratic | New York | March 4, 1923 | House | 49 years, 305 days | 18203 |
January 3, 1973 | March 7, 1976 | Wright Patman | Democratic | Texas | March 4, 1929 | House | 47 years, 3 days | 17170 |
March 7, 1976 | January 3, 1979 | George H. Mahon | Democratic | Texas | January 3, 1935 | House | 44 years, 0 days | 16071 |
January 3, 1979 | January 3, 1981 | Warren Magnuson | Democratic | Washington | January 3, 1937 | House Senate |
44 years, 0 days | 16071 |
January 3, 1981 | September 1, 1983 | Henry M. Jackson | Democratic | Washington | January 3, 1941 | House Senate |
42 years, 241 days | 15581 |
September 1, 1983 | January 3, 1995 | Jamie Whitten | Democratic | Mississippi | November 4, 1941 | House | 53 years, 60 days | 19418 |
January 3, 1995 | June 28, 2010 | Robert Byrd | Democratic | West Virginia | January 3, 1953 | House Senate |
57 years, 176 days | 20995 |
June 28, 2010 | January 3, 2015 | John Dingell | Democratic | Michigan | December 13, 1955 | House | 59 years, 21 days | 21571 |
January 3, 2015 | December 5, 2017 | John Conyers | Democratic | Michigan | January 3, 1965 | House | 52 years, 336 days | 19329 |
December 5, 2017 | April 1, 2018 | Thad Cochran | Republican | Mississippi | January 3, 1973 | House Senate |
45 years, 88 days | 16524 |
April 1, 2018 | March 18, 2022 | Don Young | Republican | Alaska | March 6, 1973 | House | 49 years, 12 days | 17909 |
March 18, 2022 | January 3, 2023 | Patrick Leahy | Democratic | Vermont | January 3, 1975 | Senate | 48 years, 0 days | 17532 |
Chuck Grassley | Republican | Iowa | House Senate |
49 years, 357 days | 18254 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Seniority date | Chamber | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1917 | March 4, 1919 | Jeannette Rankin | Republican | Montana | March 4, 1917 | House | 2 years, 0 days | 730 |
March 4, 1919 | March 4, 1921 | none | ||||||
March 4, 1921 | March 4, 1923 | Alice Mary Robertson | Republican | Oklahoma | March 4, 1921 | House | 2 years, 0 days | 730 |
March 4, 1923 | March 4, 1925 | Mae Nolan | Republican | California | January 23, 1923 | House | 2 years, 40 days | 771 |
March 4, 1925 | January 3, 1937 | Florence Prag Kahn | Republican | California | February 17, 1925 | House | 11 years, 321 days | 4338 |
January 3, 1937 | January 3, 1951 | Mary Teresa Norton | Democratic | New Jersey | March 4, 1925 | House | 25 years, 305 days | 9436 |
January 3, 1951 | September 10, 1960 | Edith Nourse Rogers | Republican | Massachusetts | June 30, 1925 | House | 35 years, 72 days | 12856 |
September 10, 1960 | January 3, 1969 | Frances P. Bolton | Republican | Ohio | February 27, 1940 | House | 28 years, 311 days | 10538 |
January 3, 1969 | January 3, 1973 | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine | June 3, 1940 | House Senate |
32 years, 214 days | 11902 |
January 3, 1973 | January 3, 1977 | Leonor Sullivan | Democratic | Missouri | January 3, 1953 | House | 24 years, 0 days | 8766 |
January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1983 | Margaret Heckler | Republican | Massachusetts | January 3, 1967 | House | 16 years, 0 days | 5844 |
January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1987 | Marjorie Holt | Republican | Maryland | January 3, 1973 | House | 14 years, 0 days | 5113 |
January 3, 1997 | Pat Schroeder | Democratic | Colorado | 24 years, 0 days | 8766 | |||
January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2017 | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 1977 | House Senate |
40 years, 0 days | 14610 |
January 3, 2017 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | Ohio | January 3, 1983 | House | 41 years, 357 days | 15332 |
Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Seniority date | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 12, 1790 | William Grayson | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 | 1 year, 8 days | 373 |
November 13, 1790 | William Paterson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | 1 year, 254 days | 619 | ||
March 3, 1791 | Tristram Dalton | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | 1 year, 364 days | 729 | ||
Jonathan Elmer | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
William Maclay | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
March 4, 1791 | William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | 2 years, 0 days | 730 | ||
October 8, 1792 | Richard Henry Lee | Anti-Administration | Virginia | 3 years, 218 days | 1314 | ||
November 30, 1792 | Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Pro-Administration | Maryland | 3 years, 271 days | 1367 | ||
March 3, 1793 | Richard Bassett | Anti-Administration Pro-Administration |
Delaware | 3 years, 364 days | 1460 | ||
William Few | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | |||||
September 18, 1793 | George Read | Pro-Administration | Delaware | 4 years, 198 days | 1659 | ||
March 3, 1795 | Ralph Izard | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | 5 years, 364 days | 2190 | ||
Robert Morris | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
March 8, 1796 | Oliver Ellsworth | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | 7 years, 4 days | 2561 | ||
June 1, 1796 | Caleb Strong | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | 7 years, 89 days | 2646 | ||
October 25, 1796 | Pierce Butler | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | 7 years, 235 days | 2792 | ||
July 10, 1797 | John Henry | Pro-Administration | Maryland | 8 years, 128 days | 3050 | ||
March 3, 1801 | James Gunn | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Georgia | 11 years, 364 days | 4381 | ||
John Langdon | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | |||||
March 4, 1801 | March 3, 1803 | Theodore Foster | Pro-Administration Federalist Democratic-Republican |
Rhode Island | June 12, 1790 | 12 years, 264 days | 4646 |
March 4, 1803 | March 3, 1805 | John Brown | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Kentucky | June 18, 1792 | 12 years, 258 days | 4640 |
March 4, 1805 | June 10, 1810 | James Hillhouse | Federalist | Connecticut | May 18, 1796 | 14 years, 23 days | 5135 |
June 10, 1810 | March 3, 1815 | Joseph Anderson | Democratic-Republican | Tennessee | September 26, 1797 | 17 years, 158 days | 6366 |
March 4, 1815 | February 26, 1826 | John Gaillard | Democratic-Republican Crawford Republican Jacksonian |
South Carolina | December 6, 1804 | 21 years, 82 days | 7752 |
February 26, 1826 | March 3, 1833 | Benjamin Ruggles | Democratic-Republican Crawford Republican Adams Republican Anti-Jacksonian |
Ohio | March 4, 1815 | 17 years, 364 days | 6574 |
March 4, 1833 | April 15, 1844 | William R. King | Democratic-Republican Jackson Republican Jacksonian Democratic |
Alabama | December 14, 1819 | 24 years, 123 days | 8889 |
April 15, 1844 | March 3, 1851 | Thomas Hart Benton | Democratic-Republican Jackson Republican Jacksonian Democratic |
Missouri | August 10, 1821 | 29 years, 205 days | 10797 |
March 4, 1851 | March 3, 1853 | Willie Person Mangum | Whig | North Carolina | November 25, 1840 | 12 years, 98 days | 4481 |
March 4, 1853 | December 20, 1862 | James Pearce | Whig Opposition Democratic |
Maryland | March 4, 1843 | 19 years, 291 days | 7231 |
December 20, 1862 | January 29, 1864 | James A. Bayard Jr. | Democratic | Delaware | March 4, 1851 | 12 years, 331 days | 4714 |
March 28, 1866 | Solomon Foot | Whig Opposition Republican |
Vermont | 15 years, 24 days | 5503 | ||
March 28, 1866 | March 3, 1869 | Benjamin Wade | Whig Opposition Republican |
Ohio | March 15, 1851 | 17 years, 353 days | 6563 |
March 4, 1869 | March 11, 1874 | Charles Sumner | Free Soil Opposition Republican Liberal Republican |
Massachusetts | April 24, 1851 | 22 years, 321 days | 8357 |
March 11, 1874 | March 3, 1875 | Zachariah Chandler | Republican | Michigan | March 4, 1857 | 17 years, 364 days | 6573 |
March 4, 1875 | September 2, 1884 | Henry B. Anthony | Republican | Rhode Island | March 4, 1859 | 25 years, 182 days | 9314 |
September 2, 1884 | November 1, 1891 | George F. Edmunds | Republican | Vermont | April 3, 1866 | 25 years, 212 days | 9343 |
November 1, 1891 | December 28, 1898 | Justin Smith Morrill | Republican | Vermont | March 4, 1867 | 31 years, 299 days | 11622 |
December 28, 1898 | March 3, 1903 | John P. Jones | Republican Silver Republican |
Nevada | March 4, 1873 | 29 years, 364 days | 10955 |
August 4, 1908 | William B. Allison | Republican | Iowa | 35 years, 153 days | 12936 | ||
August 4, 1908 | March 3, 1911 | Eugene Hale | Republican | Maine | March 4, 1881 | 29 years, 364 days | 10955 |
March 4, 1911 | August 8, 1911 | William P. Frye | Republican | Maine | March 18, 1881 | 30 years, 143 days | 11099 |
August 8, 1911 | March 3, 1913 | Shelby Moore Cullom | Republican | Illinois | March 4, 1883 | 29 years, 364 days | 10956 |
March 4, 1913 | August 17, 1918 | Jacob Harold Gallinger | Republican | New Hampshire | March 4, 1891 | 27 years, 166 days | 10027 |
August 17, 1918 | November 9, 1924 | Henry Cabot Lodge | Republican | Massachusetts | March 4, 1893 | 31 years, 250 days | 11572 |
November 9, 1924 | November 24, 1929 | Francis E. Warren | Republican | Wyoming | March 4, 1895 | 34 years, 265 days | 12683 |
November 24, 1929 | March 3, 1931 | Furnifold McLendel Simmons | Democratic | North Carolina | March 4, 1901 | 29 years, 364 days | 10956 |
March 4, 1931 | March 3, 1933 | Reed Smoot | Republican | Utah | March 4, 1903 | 29 years, 364 days | 10957 |
March 4, 1933 | January 19, 1940 | William Borah | Republican | Idaho | March 4, 1907 | 32 years, 321 days | 12009 |
January 19, 1940 | November 17, 1944 | Ellison D. Smith | Democratic | South Carolina | March 4, 1909 | 35 years, 258 days | 13042 |
November 17, 1944 | January 3, 1953 | Kenneth McKellar | Democratic | Tennessee | March 4, 1917 | 35 years, 305 days | 13089 |
January 3, 1953 | January 3, 1957 | Walter F. George | Democratic | Georgia | November 22, 1922 | 34 years, 42 days | 12461 |
January 3, 1957 | January 3, 1969 | Carl Hayden | Democratic | Arizona | March 4, 1927 | 41 years, 305 days | 15281 |
January 3, 1969 | January 21, 1971 | Richard Russell Jr. | Democratic | Georgia | January 12, 1933 | 38 years, 9 days | 13888 |
January 21, 1971 | July 27, 1972 | Allen J. Ellender | Democratic | Louisiana | January 3, 1937 | 35 years, 206 days | 12989 |
July 27, 1972 | January 3, 1975 | George Aiken | Republican | Vermont | January 10, 1941 | 33 years, 358 days | 12411 |
January 3, 1975 | November 28, 1977 | John L. McClellan | Democratic | Arkansas | January 3, 1943 | 34 years, 329 days | 12748 |
December 27, 1978 | James Eastland | Democratic | Mississippi | 35 years, 358 days | 13142 | ||
December 27, 1978 | January 3, 1981 | Warren Magnuson | Democratic | Washington | December 14, 1944 | 36 years, 20 days | 13169 |
January 3, 1981 | January 3, 1989 | John C. Stennis | Democratic | Mississippi | November 17, 1947 | 41 years, 47 days | 15023 |
January 3, 1989 | January 3, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | Democratic Republican |
South Carolina | November 7, 1956 | 46 years, 57 days | 16858 |
January 3, 2003 | June 28, 2010 | Robert Byrd | Democratic | West Virginia | January 3, 1959 | 51 years, 176 days | 18804 |
June 28, 2010 | December 17, 2012 | Daniel Inouye | Democratic | Hawaii | January 3, 1963 | 49 years, 349 days | 18246 |
December 17, 2012 | January 3, 2023 | Patrick Leahy | Democratic | Vermont | January 3, 1975 | 48 years, 0 days | 17532 |
January 3, 2023 | Chuck Grassley | Republican | Iowa | January 3, 1981 | 43 years, 357 days | 16062 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Seniority date | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 3, 1922 | November 22, 1922 | Rebecca Latimer Felton | Democratic | Georgia | October 3, 1922 | 50 days | 50 |
November 22, 1922 | November 13, 1931 | none | |||||
November 13, 1931 | January 3, 1945 | Hattie Wyatt Caraway | Democratic | Arkansas | November 13, 1931 | 13 years, 51 days | 4800 |
January 3, 1945 | October 6, 1948 | none | |||||
October 6, 1948 | December 26, 1948 | Vera C. Bushfield | Republican | South Dakota | October 6, 1948 | 81 days | 81 |
December 26, 1948 | January 3, 1949 | none | |||||
January 3, 1949 | January 3, 1973 | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine | January 3, 1949 | 24 years, 0 days | 8766 |
January 3, 1973 | January 25, 1978 | none | |||||
January 25, 1978 | November 7, 1978 | Muriel Humphrey Brown | Democratic | Minnesota | January 25, 1978 | 286 days | 286 |
November 7, 1978 | December 23, 1978 | none | |||||
December 23, 1978 | January 3, 1997 | Nancy Kassebaum | Republican | Kansas | December 23, 1978 | 18 years, 11 days | 6586 |
January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2017 | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 1987 | 30 years, 0 days | 10958 |
January 3, 2017 | September 28, 2023 | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | California | November 4, 1992 | 30 years, 328 days | 11285 |
September 28, 2023 | Patty Murray | Democratic | Washington | January 3, 1993 | 31 years, 357 days | 11679 |
House
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Seniority date | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | June 1, 1790 | Theodorick Bland | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 | 1 year, 89 days | 454 |
August 14, 1790 | George Partridge | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | 1 year, 163 days | 528 | ||
March 3, 1791 | Aedanus Burke | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | 1 year, 364 days | 729 | ||
Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Daniel Carroll | Pro-Administration | Maryland | |||||
George Clymer | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Isaac Coles | Anti-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Benjamin Contee | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
William Floyd | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
George Gale | Pro-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Jonathan Grout | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
John Hathorn | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
Benjamin Huntington | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
James Jackson | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
George Mathews | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
Peter Muhlenberg | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
James Schureman | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Thomas Scott | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Thomas Sinnickson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
William Smith | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Michael Jenifer Stone | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
Henry Wynkoop | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
June 1, 1792 | John Brown | Anti-Administration | Virginia | 3 years, 89 days | 1185 | ||
March 3, 1793 | Egbert Benson | Pro-Administration | New York | 3 years, 364 days | 1460 | ||
Elbridge Gerry | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
Daniel Huger | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
John Laurance | Pro-Administration | New York | |||||
George Leonard | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
Samuel Livermore | Anti-Administration Pro-Administration |
New Hampshire | |||||
Joshua Seney | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Peter Silvester | Pro-Administration | New York | |||||
Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
Thomas Tudor Tucker | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
John Vining | Pro-Administration | Delaware | |||||
Alexander White | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
March 3, 1795 | Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | 5 years, 364 days | 2190 | ||
Thomas Fitzsimons | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Samuel Griffin | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Pro-Administration |
Virginia | |||||
Richard Bland Lee | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Jeremiah Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
June 11, 1796 | Benjamin Goodhue | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | 7 years, 99 days | 2656 | ||
Theodore Sedgwick | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | |||||
July 1, 1796 | Daniel Hiester | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | 7 years, 119 days | 2676 | ||
March 3, 1797 | Fisher Ames | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | 7 years, 364 days | 2921 | ||
Nicholas Gilman | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | |||||
James Madison | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Andrew Moore | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Frederick Muhlenberg | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | |||||
John Page | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
July 10, 1797 | William Loughton Smith | Pro-Administration Federalist |
South Carolina | 8 years, 128 days | 3050 | ||
March 3, 1799 | Abraham Baldwin | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Georgia | 9 years, 364 days | 3651 | ||
December 21, 1800 | Thomas Hartley | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Pennsylvania | 11 years, 292 days | 4309 | ||
March 3, 1801 | Josiah Parker | Anti-Administration Pro-Administration Federalist |
Virginia | 11 years, 364 days | 4381 | ||
George Thatcher | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | |||||
March 4, 1801 | March 3, 1803 | William Barry Grove | Pro-Administration Federalist |
North Carolina | March 4, 1791 | 11 years, 364 days | 4381 |
March 3, 1807 | Andrew Gregg | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | 15 years, 364 days | 5842 | ||
December 13, 1815 | Nathaniel Macon | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
North Carolina | 24 years, 284 days | 9049 | ||
December 13, 1815 | April 9, 1816 | Richard Stanford | Democratic-Republican | North Carolina | March 4, 1797 | 19 years, 36 days | 6975 |
April 9, 1816 | March 3, 1817 | John Davenport | Federalist | Connecticut | March 4, 1799 | 17 years, 364 days | 6573 |
March 4, 1817 | March 9, 1830 | Thomas Newton Jr. | Democratic-Republican Adams-Clay Republican Adams Republican Anti-Jacksonian |
Virginia | March 4, 1801 | 29 years, 5 days | 10597 |
March 9, 1830 | March 3, 1833 | William McCoy | Democratic-Republican Crawford Republican Jacksonian |
Virginia | March 4, 1811 | 21 years, 364 days | 8035 |
March 4, 1833 | February 23, 1842 | Lewis Williams | Democratic-Republican Crawford Republican Adams Republican Anti-Jacksonian Whig |
North Carolina | March 4, 1815 | 26 years, 356 days | 9853 |
February 23, 1842 | March 3, 1843 | Horace Everett | Anti-Jacksonian Whig |
Vermont | March 4, 1829 | 13 years, 364 days | 5112 |
April 22, 1844 | Dixon Hall Lewis | Democratic | Alabama | 15 years, 49 days | 5528 | ||
April 22, 1844 | February 23, 1848 | John Quincy Adams | Whig | Massachusetts | March 4, 1831 | 16 years, 356 days | 6200 |
March 3, 1849 | James Iver McKay | Jacksonian Democratic |
North Carolina | 17 years, 364 days | 6574 | ||
March 4, 1849 | March 3, 1859 | Joshua Reed Giddings | Whig Free Soil Opposition Republican |
Ohio | December 3, 1838 | 20 years, 90 days | 7395 |
March 4, 1859 | March 3, 1863 | John S. Phelps | Democratic | Missouri | March 4, 1845 | 17 years, 364 days | 6573 |
March 4, 1863 | March 6, 1869 | Elihu B. Washburne | Whig Opposition Republican |
Illinois | March 4, 1853 | 16 years, 2 days | 5846 |
March 6, 1869 | March 3, 1875 | Henry L. Dawes | Republican | Massachusetts | March 4, 1857 | 17 years, 364 days | 6573 |
March 4, 1875 | January 9, 1890 | William D. Kelley | Republican | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1861 | 28 years, 311 days | 10538 |
January 9, 1890 | April 13, 1890 | Samuel J. Randall | Democratic | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1863 | 27 years, 40 days | 9902 |
April 13, 1890 | March 3, 1891 | Joseph Gurney Cannon | Republican | Illinois | March 4, 1873 | 17 years, 364 days | 6573 |
March 29, 1892 | Roger Q. Mills | Democratic | Texas | 19 years, 25 days | 6965 | ||
March 3, 1893 | James Henderson Blount | Democratic | Georgia | 19 years, 364 days | 7304 | ||
November 25, 1893 | Charles O'Neill | Republican | Pennsylvania | 20 years, 266 days | 7571 | ||
March 3, 1895 | Richard P. Bland | Democratic | Missouri | 21 years, 364 days | 8034 | ||
March 4, 1895 | March 3, 1897 | David B. Culberson | Democratic | Texas | March 4, 1875 | 21 years, 364 days | 8035 |
March 4, 1897 | September 4, 1899 | Thomas Brackett Reed | Republican | Maine | March 4, 1877 | 22 years, 184 days | 8219 |
March 6, 1900 | Alfred C. Harmer | Republican | Pennsylvania | 23 years, 2 days | 8402 | ||
March 6, 1900 | March 22, 1912 | Henry H. Bingham | Republican | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1879 | 33 years, 18 days | 12071 |
March 22, 1912 | March 3, 1913 | John Dalzell | Republican | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1887 | 25 years, 364 days | 9495 |
March 4, 1913 | December 10, 1914 | Sereno E. Payne | Republican | New York | December 2, 1889 | 25 years, 8 days | 9138 |
December 10, 1914 | April 17, 1918 | William Atkinson Jones | Democratic | Virginia | March 4, 1891 | 27 years, 44 days | 9905 |
April 17, 1918 | March 3, 1919 | Henry Allen Cooper | Republican | Wisconsin | March 4, 1893 | 25 years, 364 days | 9494 |
March 3, 1925 | Frederick H. Gillett | Republican | Massachusetts | 31 years, 364 days | 11686 | ||
March 4, 1925 | May 26, 1928 | Thomas S. Butler | Republican | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1897 | 31 years, 83 days | 11405 |
May 26, 1928 | March 3, 1933 | Gilbert N. Haugen | Republican | Iowa | March 4, 1899 | 33 years, 364 days | 12417 |
March 4, 1933 | April 1, 1934 | Edward W. Pou | Democratic | North Carolina | March 4, 1901 | 33 years, 28 days | 12081 |
April 1, 1934 | November 6, 1952 | Adolph J. Sabath | Democratic | Illinois | March 4, 1907 | 45 years, 247 days | 16684 |
November 6, 1952 | January 3, 1953 | Robert L. Doughton | Democratic | North Carolina | March 4, 1911 | 41 years, 305 days | 15281 |
January 3, 1953 | November 16, 1961 | Sam Rayburn | Democratic | Texas | March 4, 1913 | 48 years, 257 days | 17789 |
November 16, 1961 | January 3, 1965 | Carl Vinson | Democratic | Georgia | November 3, 1914 | 50 years, 61 days | 18324 |
January 3, 1965 | January 3, 1973 | Emanuel Celler | Democratic | New York | March 4, 1923 | 49 years, 305 days | 18203 |
January 3, 1973 | March 7, 1976 | Wright Patman | Democratic | Texas | March 4, 1929 | 47 years, 3 days | 17170 |
March 7, 1976 | January 3, 1979 | George H. Mahon | Democratic | Texas | January 3, 1935 | 44 years, 0 days | 16071 |
January 3, 1979 | January 3, 1995 | Jamie Whitten | Democratic | Mississippi | November 4, 1941 | 53 years, 60 days | 19418 |
January 3, 1995 | January 3, 2015 | John Dingell | Democratic | Michigan | December 13, 1955 | 59 years, 21 days | 21571 |
January 3, 2015 | December 5, 2017 | John Conyers | Democratic | Michigan | January 3, 1965 | 52 years, 336 days | 19329 |
December 5, 2017 | March 18, 2022 | Don Young | Republican | Alaska | March 6, 1973 | 49 years, 12 days | 17909 |
March 18, 2022 | Hal Rogers | Republican | Kentucky | January 3, 1981 | 43 years, 357 days | 16062 | |
Chris Smith | Republican | New Jersey |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Seniority date | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1917 | March 3, 1919 | Jeannette Rankin | Republican | Montana | March 4, 1917 | 1 year, 364 days | 729 |
March 4, 1919 | March 3, 1921 | none | |||||
March 4, 1921 | March 3, 1923 | Alice Mary Robertson | Republican | Oklahoma | March 4, 1921 | 1 year, 364 days | 729 |
March 4, 1923 | March 3, 1925 | Mae Nolan | Republican | California | January 23, 1923 | 2 years, 39 days | 770 |
March 4, 1925 | January 3, 1937 | Florence Prag Kahn | Republican | California | February 17, 1925 | 11 years, 321 days | 4338 |
January 3, 1937 | January 3, 1951 | Mary Teresa Norton | Democratic | New Jersey | March 4, 1925 | 25 years, 305 days | 9436 |
January 3, 1951 | September 10, 1960 | Edith Nourse Rogers | Republican | Massachusetts | June 30, 1925 | 35 years, 72 days | 12856 |
September 10, 1960 | January 3, 1969 | Frances P. Bolton | Republican | Ohio | February 27, 1940 | 28 years, 311 days | 10538 |
January 3, 1969 | January 3, 1977 | Leonor Sullivan | Democratic | Missouri | January 3, 1953 | 24 years, 0 days | 8766 |
January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1983 | Margaret Heckler | Republican | Massachusetts | January 3, 1967 | 16 years, 0 days | 5844 |
January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1987 | Marjorie Holt | Republican | Maryland | January 3, 1973 | 14 years, 0 days | 5113 |
January 3, 1997 | Pat Schroeder | Democratic | Colorado | 24 years, 0 days | 8766 | ||
January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2003 | Marge Roukema | Republican | New Jersey | January 3, 1981 | 22 years, 0 days | 8035 |
January 3, 2003 | January 3, 2007 | Nancy Johnson | Republican | Connecticut | January 3, 1983 | 24 years, 0 days | 8766 |
Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | Ohio | 41 years, 357 days | 15332 |
Interrupted time
[edit]House and Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Seniority date | Chamber | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 12, 1790 | William Grayson | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 | Senate | 1 year, 8 days | 373 |
June 1, 1790 | Theodorick Bland | Anti-Administration | Virginia | House | 1 year, 89 days | 454 | ||
August 14, 1790 | George Partridge | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | House | 1 year, 163 days | 528 | ||
November 13, 1790 | William Paterson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | Senate | 1 year, 254 days | 619 | ||
March 4, 1791 | Tristram Dalton | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | Senate | 2 years, 0 days | 730 | ||
Jonathan Elmer | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | ||||||
William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | ||||||
William Maclay | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
Aedanus Burke | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | House | |||||
Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | ||||||
Daniel Carroll | Pro-Administration | Maryland | ||||||
George Clymer | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
Isaac Coles | Anti-Administration | Virginia | ||||||
Benjamin Contee | Anti-Administration | Maryland | ||||||
William Floyd | Anti-Administration | New York | ||||||
George Gale | Pro-Administration | Maryland | ||||||
Jonathan Grout | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | ||||||
John Hathorn | Anti-Administration | New York | ||||||
Benjamin Huntington | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | ||||||
James Jackson | Anti-Administration | Georgia | ||||||
George Mathews | Anti-Administration | Georgia | ||||||
Peter Muhlenberg | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
James Schureman | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | ||||||
Thomas Scott | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | ||||||
Thomas Sinnickson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | ||||||
William Smith | Anti-Administration | Maryland | ||||||
Michael Jenifer Stone | Anti-Administration | Maryland | ||||||
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Anti-Administration | New York | ||||||
Henry Wynkoop | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
June 1, 1792 | John Brown | Anti-Administration | Virginia | House | 3 years, 89 days | 1185 | ||
October 8, 1792 | Richard Henry Lee | Anti-Administration | Virginia | Senate | 3 years, 218 days | 1314 | ||
November 30, 1792 | Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Pro-Administration | Maryland | Senate | 3 years, 271 days | 1367 | ||
December 6, 1792 | Joshua Seney | Anti-Administration | Maryland | House | 3 years, 277 days | 1373 | ||
March 4, 1793 | Richard Bassett | Anti-Administration ProAdministration |
Delaware | Senate | 4 years, 0 days | 1461 | ||
William Few | Anti-Administration | Georgia | ||||||
Egbert Benson | Pro-Administration | New York | House | |||||
Elbridge Gerry | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | ||||||
Daniel Huger | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | ||||||
John Laurance | Pro-Administration | New York | ||||||
George Leonard | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | ||||||
Peter Silvester | Pro-Administration | New York | ||||||
Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | ||||||
Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | ||||||
Thomas Tudor Tucker | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | ||||||
Alexander White | Pro-Administration | Virginia | ||||||
June 13, 1791 | July 23, 1793 | Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | Senate | 4 years, 141 days | 1602 | |
March 4, 1789 | September 18, 1793 | George Read | Pro-Administration | Delaware | Senate | 4 years, 198 days | 1659 | |
March 4, 1795 | Ralph Izard | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | Senate | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 | ||
Robert Morris | Pro-Adminsitration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | Senate House | |||||
Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | House | |||||
Thomas Fitzsimons | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
Samuel Griffin | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Pro-Administration |
Virginia | ||||||
Richard Bland Lee | Pro-Administration | Virginia | ||||||
Jeremiah Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | ||||||
March 4, 1793 | Thomas Scott | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | House | ||||
Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | ||||||
Peter Muhlenberg | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | ||||||
October 31, 1795 | James Jackson | Anti-Administration | Georgia | House Senate |
6 years, 241 days | 2432 | ||
March 4, 1789 | March 8, 1796 | Oliver Ellsworth | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | Senate | 7 years, 4 days | 2561 | |
June 1, 1796 | Caleb Strong | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | Senate | 7 years, 89 days | 2646 | ||
June 10, 1796 | Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | House Senate |
7 years, 98 days | 2655 | ||
July 1, 1796 | Daniel Hiester | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | House | 7 years, 119 days | 2676 | ||
October 25, 1796 | Pierce Butler | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | Senate | 7 years, 235 days | 2792 | ||
March 4, 1797 | Fisher Ames | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | House | 8 years, 0 days | 2922 | ||
Nicholas Gilman | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | ||||||
James Madison | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | ||||||
Andrew Moore | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | ||||||
Frederick Muhlenberg | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | ||||||
John Page | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | ||||||
March 4, 1793 | Isaac Coles | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | House | ||||
March 4, 1795 | John Hathorn | Democratic-Republican | New York | House | ||||
George Leonard | Federalist | Massachusetts | ||||||
March 4, 1789 | July 10, 1797 | John Henry | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Maryland | Senate | 8 years, 128 days | 3050 | |
William Loughton Smith | Pro-Administration Federalist |
South Carolina | House | |||||
January 19, 1798 | John Vining | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Delaware | House Senate |
8 years, 321 days | 3243 | ||
March 4, 1797 | March 4, 1799 | Thomas Sinnickson | Federalist | New Jersey | House | 10 years, 0 days | 3652 | |
November 9, 1796 | August 1, 1800 | John Laurance | Federalist | New York | House Senate |
11 years, 150 days | 3955 | |
March 4, 1789 | November 8, 1800 | Benjamin Goodhue | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | House Senate |
11 years, 249 days | 4266 | |
December 21, 1800 | Thomas Hartley | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Pennsylvania | House | 11 years, 292 days | 4309 | ||
March 4, 1797 | February 2, 1801 | James Schureman | Pro Administration Federalist |
New Jersey | House Senate |
11 years, 349 days | 4366 | |
March 4, 1789 | March 4, 1801 | James Gunn | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Georgia | Senate | 12 years, 0 days | 4382 | |
John Langdon | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | ||||||
Theodore Sedgwick | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | House Senate House | |||||
Josiah Parker | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Virginia | House | |||||
George Thatcher | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | ||||||
June 12, 1801 | Samuel Livermore | Anti-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | House Senate |
12 years, 100 days | 4482 | ||
March 4, 1799 | June 30, 1801 | Peter Muhlenberg | Democratic-Republican | Pennsylvania | House Senate |
12 years, 118 days | 4500 | |
March 4, 1801 | March 7, 1804 | Daniel Hiester | Democratic-Republican | Maryland | House | 15 years, 3 days | 5481 | |
November 4, 1802 | November 21, 1804 | Pierce Butler | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | Senate | 15 years, 262 days | 5740 | |
June 18, 1792 | March 4, 1805 | John Brown | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Kentucky | House Senate |
16 years, 0 days | 5843 | |
March 4, 1801 | March 19, 1806 | James Jackson | Democratic-Republican | Georgia | House Senate |
17 years, 15 days | 6223 | |
March 4, 1789 | March 4, 1807 | Abraham Baldwin | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Georgia | House Senate |
18 years, 0 days | 6573 | |
March 5, 1804 | March 4, 1809 | Andrew Moore | Democratic-Republican | Virginia | House Senate |
20 years, 0 days | 7304 | |
March 4, 1797 | December 16, 1810 | Thomas Sumter | Democratic-Republican | South Carolina | House Senate |
21 years, 287 days | 7956 | |
March 4, 1813 | August 2, 1813 | Egbert Benson | Federalist | New York | House | 24 years, 151 days | 8916 | |
March 4, 1805 | May 2, 1814 | Nicholas Gilman | Democratic-Republican | New Hampshire | House Senate |
25 years, 59 days | 9189 | |
March 4, 1813 | March 4, 1815 | James Schureman | Federalist | New Jersey | House Senate House |
26 years, 0 days | 9495 | |
March 4, 1815 | March 4, 1825 | Rufus King | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New York | July 16, 1789 | Senate | 35 years, 231 days | 13014 |
March 4, 1825 | November 14, 1828 | Nathaniel Macon | Democratic-Republican Crawford Republican Jacksonian |
North Carolina | March 4, 1791 | House Senate |
37 years, 255 days | 13769 |
November 14, 1828 | March 4, 1833 | Samuel Smith | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Maryland | March 4, 1793 | House | 40 years, 0 days | 14609 |
March 4, 1833 | May 24, 1833 | John Randolph of Roanoke | Democratic-Republican Democratic |
Virginia | March 4, 1799 | House Senate House |
34 years, 81 days | 12499 |
May 24, 1833 | March 4, 1835 | John Quincy Adams | Federalist Whig |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1803 | Senate House |
32 years, 0 days | 11688 |
March 4, 1835 | March 4, 1843 | John Taliaferro | Democratic-Republican Crawford Republican Anti-Jacksonian Whig |
Virginia | March 4, 1801 | House | 42 years, 0 days | 15340 |
March 4, 1843 | February 23, 1848 | John Quincy Adams | Federalist Whig |
Massachusetts | March 4, 1803 | Senate House |
44 years, 356 days | 16427 |
February 23, 1848 | March 4, 1849 | John C. Calhoun | Democratic-Republican Democratic Nullifier Democratic |
South Carolina | March 4, 1811 | House Senate |
38 years, 0 days | 13880 |
July 1, 1848 | William R. King | Democratic-Republican Jacksonian Democratic |
Alabama | |||||
March 4, 1849 | June 29, 1852 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican Anti-Jacksonian Whig |
Kentucky | December 29, 1806 | Senate House Senate |
45 years, 183 days | 16619 |
June 29, 1852 | December 20, 1852 | William R. King | Democratic-Republican Jacksonian Democratic |
Alabama | March 4, 1811 | House Senate |
41 years, 291 days | 15267 |
December 20, 1852 | March 4, 1853 | Willie Person Mangum | Jacksonian Anti-Jacksonian Whig |
North Carolina | March 4, 1823 | House Senate |
30 years, 0 days | 10958 |
Sam Houston | Democratic Know Nothing |
Tennessee Texas | ||||||
March 4, 1853 | March 4, 1855 | Thomas Hart Benton | Democratic-Republican Jacksonian Democratic |
Missouri | August 10, 1821 | Senate House |
33 years, 206 days | 12259 |
March 4, 1855 | March 4, 1863 | John J. Crittenden | Democratic-Republican Anti-Jacksonian Whig Opposition Know Nothing Unionist |
Kentucky | March 4, 1817 | Senate House |
46 years, 0 days | 16801 |
March 4, 1863 | March 4, 1869 | Francis Thomas | Jacksonian Democratic Unionist Unconditional Unionist Republican |
Maryland | March 4, 1831 | House | 38 years, 0 days | 13880 |
March 4, 1869 | September 22, 1872 | Garrett Davis | Whig Unionist |
Kentucky | March 4, 1839 | House Senate |
33 years, 202 days | 12256 |
September 22, 1872 | March 4, 1875 | Fernando Wood | Democratic | New York | March 4, 1841 | House | 34 years, 0 days | 12418 |
March 4, 1875 | March 4, 1877 | Philip Francis Thomas | Democratic | Maryland | March 4, 1839 | House | 38 years, 0 days | 13880 |
March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1881 | Fernando Wood | Democratic | New York | March 4, 1841 | House | 40 years, 0 days | 14610 |
March 4, 1881 | November 4, 1882 | Alexander H. Stephens | Whig Unionist Democratic |
Georgia | October 2, 1843 | House | 39 years, 33 days | 14278 |
November 4, 1882 | March 4, 1883 | Robert Milligan McLane | Democratic | Maryland | March 4, 1847 | House | 36 years, 0 days | 13149 |
March 4, 1883 | July 8, 1897 | Isham G. Harris | Democratic | Tennessee | March 4, 1849 | House Senate |
48 years, 126 days | 17658 |
July 8, 1897 | March 4, 1903 | Galusha A. Grow | Democratic Republican |
Pennsylvania | March 4, 1851 | House | 52 years, 0 days | 18992 |
March 4, 1903 | August 4, 1908 | William B. Allison | Republican | Iowa | March 4, 1863 | House Senate |
45 years, 153 days | 16589 |
August 4, 1908 | March 4, 1913 | Shelby Moore Cullom | Republican | Illinois | March 4, 1865 | House Senate |
48 years, 0 days | 17531 |
March 4, 1913 | March 4, 1921 | Isaac R. Sherwood | Republican Democratic |
Ohio | March 4, 1873 | House | 48 years, 0 days | 17531 |
March 4, 1915 | March 4, 1923 | Joseph Gurney Cannon | Republican | Illinois | 50 years, 0 days | 18261 | ||
March 4, 1923 | March 4, 1925 | Isaac R. Sherwood | Republican Democratic |
Ohio | 52 years, 0 days | 18992 | ||
March 4, 1925 | June 18, 1925 | Robert M. La Follette | Republican | Wisconsin | March 4, 1885 | House Senate |
40 years, 106 days | 14715 |
June 18, 1925 | March 4, 1931 | Furnifold McLendel Simmons | Democratic | North Carolina | March 4, 1887 | House Senate |
44 years, 0 days | 16070 |
March 4, 1931 | July 23, 1932 | Henry St. George Tucker III | Democratic | Virginia | March 4, 1889 | House | 43 years, 141 days | 15846 |
July 23, 1932 | March 4, 1933 | Claude A. Swanson | Democratic | Virginia | March 4, 1893 | House Senate |
40 years, 0 days | 14609 |
March 4, 1933 | April 9, 1939 | J. Hamilton Lewis | Democratic | Washington Illinois |
March 4, 1897 | House Senate |
42 years, 36 days | 15375 |
January 3, 1941 | William H. King | Democratic | Utah | 43 years, 305 days | 16010 | |||
January 3, 1941 | May 28, 1946 | Carter Glass | Democratic | Virginia | November 4, 1902 | House Senate |
43 years, 205 days | 15911 |
May 28, 1946 | November 6, 1952 | Adolph J. Sabath | Democratic | Illinois | March 4, 1907 | House | 45 years, 247 days | 16684 |
November 6, 1952 | January 3, 1953 | Robert L. Doughton | Democratic | North Carolina | March 4, 1911 | House | 41 years, 305 days | 15281 |
January 3, 1953 | January 3, 1969 | Carl Hayden | Democratic | Arizona | February 19, 1912 | House Senate |
56 years, 319 days | 20773 |
January 3, 1969 | January 3, 1973 | Emanuel Celler | Democratic | New York | March 4, 1923 | House | 49 years, 305 days | 18203 |
January 3, 1973 | March 7, 1976 | Wright Patman | Democratic | Texas | March 4, 1929 | House | 47 years, 3 days | 17170 |
March 7, 1976 | January 3, 1985 | Jennings Randolph | Democratic | West Virginia | March 4, 1933 | House Senate |
51 years, 305 days | 18933 |
January 3, 1985 | May 30, 1989 | Claude Pepper | Democratic | Florida | November 4, 1936 | Senate House |
52 years, 207 days | 19200 |
May 30, 1989 | January 3, 1995 | Jamie Whitten | Democratic | Mississippi | November 4, 1941 | House | 53 years, 60 days | 19418 |
January 3, 1995 | January 3, 1999 | Sidney R. Yates | Democratic | Illinois | January 3, 1949 | House | 50 years, 0 days | 18262 |
January 3, 1999 | June 28, 2010 | Robert Byrd | Democratic | West Virginia | January 3, 1953 | House Senate |
57 years, 176 days | 20995 |
June 28, 2010 | January 3, 2015 | John Dingell | Democratic | Michigan | December 13, 1955 | House | 59 years, 21 days | 21571 |
January 3, 2015 | December 5, 2017 | John Conyers | Democratic | Michigan | January 3, 1965 | House | 52 years, 336 days | 19329 |
December 5, 2017 | April 1, 2018 | Thad Cochran | Republican | Mississippi | January 3, 1973 | House Senate |
45 years, 88 days | 16524 |
April 1, 2018 | March 18, 2022 | Don Young | Republican | Alaska | March 6, 1973 | House | 49 years, 12 days | 17909 |
March 18, 2022 | January 3, 2023 | Patrick Leahy | Democratic | Vermont | January 3, 1975 | Senate | 48 years, 0 days | 17532 |
Chuck Grassley | Republican | Iowa | House Senate |
49 years, 357 days | 18254 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Seniority date | Chamber | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1917 | March 4, 1919 | Jeannette Rankin | Republican | Montana | March 4, 1917 | House | 2 years, 0 days | 730 |
March 4, 1919 | March 4, 1921 | none | ||||||
March 4, 1921 | March 4, 1923 | Alice Mary Robertson | Republican | Oklahoma | March 4, 1921 | House | 2 years, 0 days | 730 |
March 4, 1923 | March 4, 1925 | Mae Nolan | Republican | California | January 23, 1923 | House | 2 years, 40 days | 771 |
March 4, 1925 | January 3, 1937 | Florence Prag Kahn | Republican | California | February 17, 1925 | House | 11 years, 321 days | 4338 |
January 3, 1937 | January 3, 1941 | Mary Teresa Norton | Democratic | New Jersey | March 4, 1925 | House | 15 years, 305 days | 5784 |
January 3, 1941 | January 3, 1943 | Jeannette Rankin | Republican | Montana | March 4, 1917 | House | 25 years, 305 days | 9436 |
January 3, 1943 | January 3, 1951 | Mary Teresa Norton | Democratic | New Jersey | March 4, 1925 | House | 25 years, 305 days | 9436 |
January 3, 1951 | September 10, 1960 | Edith Nourse Rogers | Republican | Massachusetts | June 30, 1925 | House | 35 years, 72 days | 12856 |
September 10, 1960 | January 3, 1969 | Frances P. Bolton | Republican | Ohio | February 27, 1940 | House | 28 years, 311 days | 10538 |
January 3, 1969 | January 3, 1973 | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine | June 3, 1940 | House Senate |
32 years, 214 days | 11902 |
January 3, 1973 | January 3, 1977 | Leonor Sullivan | Democratic | Missouri | January 3, 1953 | House | 24 years, 0 days | 8766 |
January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1983 | Margaret Heckler | Republican | Massachusetts | January 3, 1967 | House | 16 years, 0 days | 5844 |
January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1987 | Marjorie Holt | Republican | Maryland | January 3, 1973 | House | 14 years, 0 days | 5113 |
September 22, 1990 | Pat Schroeder | Democratic | Colorado | 17 years, 262 days | 6471 | |||
September 22, 1990 | September 28, 2002 | Patsy Mink | Democratic | Hawaii | January 3, 1965 | House | 37 years, 268 days | 13782 |
September 28, 2002 | January 3, 2017 | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 1977 | House Senate |
40 years, 0 days | 14610 |
January 3, 2017 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | Ohio | January 3, 1983 | House | 41 years, 357 days | 15332 |
Senate
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Seniority date | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | March 12, 1790 | William Grayson | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 | 1 year, 8 days | 373 |
November 13, 1790 | William Paterson | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | 1 year, 254 days | 619 | ||
March 4, 1791 | Tristram Dalton | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | 2 years, 0 days | 730 | ||
Jonathan Elmer | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
William Maclay | Anti-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
William Samuel Johnson | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
October 8, 1792 | Richard Henry Lee | Anti-Administration | Virginia | 3 years, 218 days | 1314 | ||
November 30, 1792 | Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Pro-Administration | Maryland | 3 years, 271 days | 1367 | ||
March 4, 1793 | Richard Bassett | Anti-Administration Pro-Administration |
Delaware | 4 years, 0 days | 1461 | ||
William Few | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
Paine Wingate | Anti-Administration | New Hampshire | |||||
September 18, 1793 | George Read | Pro-Administration | Delaware | 4 years, 198 days | 1659 | ||
March 4, 1795 | Ralph Izard | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 | ||
Robert Morris | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
March 8, 1796 | Oliver Ellsworth | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Connecticut | 7 years, 4 days | 2561 | ||
June 1, 1796 | Caleb Strong | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | 7 years, 89 days | 2646 | ||
October 25, 1796 | Pierce Butler | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | 7 years, 235 days | 2792 | ||
July 10, 1797 | John Henry | Pro-Administration | Maryland | 8 years, 128 days | 3050 | ||
March 4, 1801 | James Gunn | Anti-Administration Federalist |
Georgia | 12 years, 0 days | 4382 | ||
John Langdon | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
New Hampshire | |||||
March 4, 1801 | November 4, 1802 | Theodore Foster | Pro-Administration Federalist Democratic-Republican |
Rhode Island | June 12, 1790 | 12 years, 145 days | 4527 |
November 4, 1802 | November 21, 1804 | Pierce Butler | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | March 4, 1789 | 15 years, 262 days | 5740 |
November 21, 1804 | March 4, 1813 | Stephen R. Bradley | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Vermont | March 4, 1791 | 22 years, 0 days | 8035 |
March 4, 1813 | March 4, 1825 | Rufus King | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New York | July 16, 1789 | 35 years, 231 days | 13014 |
March 4, 1825 | October 14, 1825 | Andrew Jackson | Democratic-Republican | Tennessee | September 26, 1797 | 28 years, 18 days | 10244 |
October 14, 1825 | March 4, 1833 | Samuel Smith | Democratic-Republican Crawford Republican Jacksonian democracy |
Maryland | March 4, 1803 | 30 years, 0 days | 10958 |
March 4, 1833 | March 31, 1842 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican Anti-Jacksonian Whig |
Kentucky | December 29, 1806 | 35 years, 92 days | 12876 |
March 31, 1842 | June 12, 1848 | John J. Crittenden | Democratic-Republican Anti-Jacksonian Whig Opposition Know Nothing |
Kentucky | March 4, 1817 | 31 years, 100 days | 11423 |
June 12, 1848 | March 4, 1849 | Henry Johnson | Democratic-Republican Adams-Clay Republican Whig |
Louisiana | January 12, 1818 | 31 years, 51 days | 11374 |
March 4, 1849 | June 29, 1852 | Henry Clay | Democratic-Republican Anti-Jacksonian Whig |
Kentucky | December 29, 1806 | 45 years, 183 days | 16619 |
June 29, 1852 | December 20, 1852 | William R. King | Democratic-Republican Jackson Republican Jacksonian Democratic |
Alabama | December 14, 1819 | 33 years, 6 days | 12060 |
December 20, 1852 | March 4, 1853 | Willie Person Mangum | Jacksonian Anti-Jacksonian Whig |
North Carolina | March 4, 1831 | 22 years, 0 days | 8036 |
March 4, 1853 | March 4, 1855 | John M. Clayton | Anti-Jacksonian Whig Opposition |
Delaware | March 4, 1829 | 26 years, 0 days | 9496 |
March 4, 1855 | March 4, 1861 | John J. Crittenden | Democratic-Republican Anti-Jacksonian Whig Opposition Know Nothing |
Kentucky | March 4, 1817 | 44 years, 0 days | 16071 |
March 4, 1861 | September 5, 1862 | James F. Simmons | Whig | Rhode Island | March 4, 1841 | 21 years, 185 days | 7855 |
September 5, 1862 | December 20, 1862 | James Pearce | Whig Opposition Democratic |
Maryland | March 4, 1843 | 19 years, 291 days | 7231 |
December 20, 1862 | March 4, 1863 | John P. Hale | Independent Democrat Free Soil Opposition Democratic |
New Hampshire | March 4, 1847 | 16 years, 0 days | 5844 |
March 4, 1863 | July 10, 1868 | Reverdy Johnson | Whig Unionist Democratic |
Maryland | March 4, 1845 | 23 years, 128 days | 8529 |
July 10, 1868 | March 12, 1877 | Simon Cameron | Democratic Republican |
Pennsylvania | March 13, 1845 | 31 years, 364 days | 11687 |
March 12, 1877 | March 4, 1881 | Hannibal Hamlin | Democratic Republican |
Maine | June 8, 1848 | 32 years, 269 days | 11957 |
March 4, 1881 | March 4, 1897 | John Sherman | Republican | Ohio | March 21, 1861 | 35 years, 348 days | 13132 |
March 4, 1897 | March 4, 1899 | David Turpie | Democratic | Indiana | January 14, 1863 | 36 years, 49 days | 13198 |
March 4, 1899 | March 4, 1905 | William Morris Stewart | Republican Silver Republican |
Nevada | December 15, 1864 | 40 years, 79 days | 14688 |
March 4, 1905 | December 8, 1905 | John H. Mitchell | Republican | Oregon | March 4, 1873 | 32 years, 279 days | 11966 |
June 8, 1906 | William B. Allison | Republican | Iowa | 33 years, 96 days | 12148 | ||
June 8, 1906 | March 17, 1908 | William Pinkney Whyte | Democratic | Maryland | July 13, 1868 | 39 years, 248 days | 14491 |
March 17, 1908 | August 4, 1908 | William B. Allison | Republican | Iowa | March 4, 1873 | 35 years, 153 days | 12936 |
August 4, 1908 | March 4, 1909 | Henry M. Teller | Republican Silver Republican Democratic |
Colorado | November 15, 1876 | 32 years, 109 days | 11796 |
March 4, 1909 | March 4, 1911 | Eugene Hale | Republican | Maine | March 4, 1881 | 30 years, 0 days | 10956 |
March 4, 1911 | August 8, 1911 | William P. Frye | Republican | Maine | March 18, 1881 | 30 years, 143 days | 11099 |
August 8, 1911 | March 4, 1913 | Shelby Moore Cullom | Republican | Illinois | March 4, 1883 | 30 years, 0 days | 10957 |
March 4, 1913 | November 24, 1929 | Francis E. Warren | Republican | Wyoming | November 18, 1890 | 39 years, 6 days | 14250 |
November 24, 1929 | March 4, 1931 | Furnifold McLendel Simmons | Democratic | North Carolina | March 4, 1901 | 30 years, 0 days | 10957 |
March 4, 1931 | March 4, 1933 | Reed Smoot | Republican | Utah | March 4, 1903 | 30 years, 0 days | 10958 |
March 4, 1933 | January 19, 1940 | William Borah | Republican | Idaho | March 4, 1907 | 32 years, 321 days | 12009 |
January 19, 1940 | November 17, 1944 | Ellison D. Smith | Democratic | South Carolina | March 4, 1909 | 35 years, 258 days | 13042 |
November 17, 1944 | January 3, 1947 | Peter G. Gerry | Democratic | Rhode Island | March 4, 1917 | 29 years, 305 days | 10897 |
January 3, 1953 | Kenneth McKellar | Democratic | Tennessee | 35 years, 305 days | 13089 | ||
January 3, 1953 | January 3, 1957 | Walter F. George | Democratic | Georgia | November 22, 1922 | 34 years, 42 days | 12461 |
January 3, 1957 | January 18, 1958 | Matthew M. Neely | Democratic | West Virginia | March 4, 1923 | 34 years, 320 days | 12739 |
January 18, 1958 | January 3, 1969 | Carl Hayden | Democratic | Arizona | March 4, 1927 | 41 years, 305 days | 15281 |
January 3, 1969 | January 21, 1971 | Richard Russell Jr. | Democratic | Georgia | January 12, 1933 | 38 years, 9 days | 13888 |
January 21, 1971 | July 27, 1972 | Allen J. Ellender | Democratic | Louisiana | January 3, 1937 | 35 years, 206 days | 12989 |
July 27, 1972 | January 3, 1975 | George Aiken | Republican | Vermont | January 10, 1941 | 33 years, 358 days | 12411 |
January 3, 1975 | December 27, 1978 | James Eastland | Democratic | Mississippi | June 30, 1941 | 37 years, 180 days | 13694 |
December 27, 1978 | January 3, 1981 | Warren Magnuson | Democratic | Washington | December 14, 1944 | 36 years, 20 days | 13169 |
January 3, 1981 | January 3, 1989 | John C. Stennis | Democratic | Mississippi | November 17, 1947 | 41 years, 47 days | 15023 |
January 3, 1989 | January 3, 2003 | Strom Thurmond | Democratic Republican |
South Carolina | December 24, 1954 | 48 years, 10 days | 17542 |
January 3, 2003 | June 28, 2010 | Robert Byrd | Democratic | West Virginia | January 3, 1959 | 51 years, 176 days | 18804 |
June 28, 2010 | December 17, 2012 | Daniel Inouye | Democratic | Hawaii | January 3, 1963 | 49 years, 349 days | 18246 |
December 17, 2012 | January 3, 2023 | Patrick Leahy | Democratic | Vermont | January 3, 1975 | 48 years, 0 days | 17532 |
January 3, 2023 | Chuck Grassley | Republican | Iowa | January 3, 1981 | 43 years, 357 days | 16062 |
Women
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Seniority date | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 3, 1922 | November 22, 1922 | Rebecca Latimer Felton | Democratic | Georgia | October 3, 1922 | 50 days | 50 |
November 22, 1922 | November 13, 1931 | none | |||||
November 13, 1931 | January 3, 1945 | Hattie Wyatt Caraway | Democratic | Arkansas | November 13, 1931 | 13 years, 51 days | 4800 |
January 3, 1945 | October 6, 1948 | none | |||||
October 6, 1948 | December 26, 1948 | Vera C. Bushfield | Republican | South Dakota | October 6, 1948 | 81 days | 81 |
December 26, 1948 | January 3, 1949 | none | |||||
January 3, 1949 | January 3, 1973 | Margaret Chase Smith | Republican | Maine | January 3, 1949 | 24 years, 0 days | 8766 |
January 3, 1973 | January 25, 1978 | none | |||||
January 25, 1978 | November 7, 1978 | Muriel Humphrey Brown | Democratic | Minnesota | January 25, 1978 | 286 days | 286 |
November 7, 1978 | December 23, 1978 | none | |||||
December 23, 1978 | January 3, 1997 | Nancy Kassebaum | Republican | Kansas | December 23, 1978 | 18 years, 11 days | 6586 |
January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2017 | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | Maryland | January 3, 1987 | 30 years, 0 days | 10958 |
January 3, 2017 | September 28, 2023 | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | California | November 4, 1992 | 30 years, 328 days | 11285 |
September 28, 2023 | Patty Murray | Democratic | Washington | January 3, 1993 | 31 years, 357 days | 11679 |
House
[edit]Begin Date | End Date | Name | Party | State | Seniority date | Years and days | Days |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | June 1, 1790 | Theodorick Bland | Anti-Administration | Virginia | March 4, 1789 | 1 year, 89 days | 454 |
August 14, 1790 | George Partridge | Pro-Administration | Massachusetts | 1 year, 163 days | 528 | ||
March 4, 1791 | Aedanus Burke | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | 2 years, 0 days | 730 | ||
Lambert Cadwalader | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | |||||
Daniel Carroll | Pro-Administration | Maryland | |||||
George Clymer | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Isaac Coles | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Benjamin Contee | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
William Floyd | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
New York | |||||
George Gale | Pro-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Jonathan Grout | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
John Hathorn | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
Benjamin Huntington | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
James Jackson | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
George Mathews | Anti-Administration | Georgia | |||||
Peter Muhlenberg | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | |||||
James Schureman | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Jersey | |||||
Thomas Scott | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Roger Sherman | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Thomas Sinnickson | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Jersey | |||||
William Smith | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Michael Jenifer Stone | Anti-Administration | Maryland | |||||
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Anti-Administration | New York | |||||
Henry Wynkoop | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
June 1, 1792 | John Brown | Anti-Administration | Virginia | 3 years, 89 days | 1185 | ||
December 6, 1792 | Joshua Seney | Anti-Administration | Maryland | 3 years, 277 days | 1373 | ||
March 4, 1793 | Egbert Benson | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New York | 4 years, 0 days | 1461 | ||
Elbridge Gerry | Anti-Administration | Massachusetts | |||||
Daniel Huger | Pro-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
John Laurance | Pro-Administration | New York | |||||
George Leonard | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | |||||
Samuel Livermore | Anti-Administration Pro-Administration |
New Hampshire | |||||
Peter Silvester | Pro-Administration | New York | |||||
Jonathan Sturges | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Thomas Sumter | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
South Carolina | |||||
Thomas Tudor Tucker | Anti-Administration | South Carolina | |||||
John Vining | Pro-Administration | Delaware | |||||
Alexander White | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
March 4, 1795 | Elias Boudinot | Pro-Administration | New Jersey | 6 years, 0 days | 2191 | ||
Thomas Fitzsimons | Pro-Administration | Pennsylvania | |||||
Samuel Griffin | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Pro-Administration |
Virginia | |||||
Richard Bland Lee | Pro-Administration | Virginia | |||||
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
Jeremiah Wadsworth | Pro-Administration | Connecticut | |||||
June 11, 1796 | Benjamin Goodhue | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | 7 years, 99 days | 2656 | ||
Theodore Sedgwick | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | |||||
July 1, 1796 | Daniel Hiester | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania Maryland |
7 years, 119 days | 2676 | ||
March 4, 1797 | Fisher Ames | Pro-Administration Federalist |
Massachusetts | 8 years, 0 days | 2922 | ||
Nicholas Gilman | Pro-Administration Federalist |
New Hampshire | |||||
James Madison | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Andrew Moore | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
Frederick Muhlenberg | Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Pennsylvania | |||||
John Page | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican |
Virginia | |||||
July 10, 1797 | William L. Smith | Pro-Administration Federalist |
South Carolina | 8 years, 128 days | 3050 |
References
[edit]- ^ Also in charge from July 1, 1848 to December 20, 1852
- ^ a b Also in charge from January 3, 1941 to January 3, 1943
- ^ Also in charge from January 20, 1925 to January 17, 1927
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek Calculated at the day of loss of record.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n New state admitted to the Union
- ^ Gallatin's election was declared void by the Senate.
- ^ a b Attained most Senior Senator status while serving uninterrupted terms.
List of popes by age
[edit]Numerical order |
Pope |
Date of birth |
Papacy began | Papacy ended | Age at election |
Length of pontificate |
Age |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
215 | Pius III | May 29, 1439 | September 22, 1503 | October 18, 1503 | 64 years, 116 days | 26 days | 64 years, 142 days |
216 | Julius II | December 5, 1443 | November 1, 1503 | February 21, 1513 | 59 years, 331 days | 9 years, 112 days | 69 years, 78 days |
217 | Leo X | December 11, 1475 | March 9, 1513 | December 1, 1521 | 37 years, 88 days | 8 years, 267 days | 45 years, 355 days |
218 | Adrian VI | March 2, 1459 | January 9, 1522 | September 14, 1523 | 62 years, 313 days | 1 year, 248 days | 64 years, 196 days |
219 | Clement VII | May 26, 1478 | November 19, 1523 | September 25, 1534 | 45 years, 177 days | 10 years, 310 days | 56 years, 122 days |
220 | Paul III | February 29, 1468 | October 13, 1534 | November 10, 1549 | 66 years, 227 days | 15 years, 28 days | 81 years, 255 days |
221 | Julius III | September 10, 1487 | February 7, 1550 | March 23, 1555 | 62 years, 150 days | 5 years, 44 days | 67 years, 194 days |
222 | Marcellus II | May 6, 1501 | April 9, 1555 | May 1, 1555 | 53 years, 338 days | 22 days | 53 years, 360 days |
223 | Paul IV | June 28, 1476 | May 23, 1555 | August 18, 1559 | 78 years, 329 days | 4 years, 87 days | 83 years, 51 days |
224 | Pius IV | March 31, 1499 | December 25, 1559 | December 9, 1565 | 60 years, 269 days | 5 years, 349 days | 66 years, 253 days |
225 | Pius V | January 17, 1504 | January 7, 1566 | May 1, 1572 | 61 years, 355 days | 6 years, 115 days | 68 years, 105 days |
226 | Gregory XIII | January 7, 1502 | May 13, 1572 | April 10, 1585 | 70 years, 127 days | 12 years, 332 days | 83 years, 93 days |
227 | Sixtus V | December 13, 1520 | April 24, 1585 | August 27, 1590 | 64 years, 132 days | 5 years, 125 days | 69 years, 257 days |
228 | Urban VII | August 4, 1521 | September 15, 1590 | September 27, 1590 | 69 years, 42 days | 12 days | 69 years, 54 days |
229 | Gregory XIV | February 11, 1535 | December 5, 1590 | October 16, 1591 | 55 years, 297 days | 315 days | 56 years, 247 days |
230 | Innocent IX | July 20, 1519 | October 29, 1591 | December 30, 1591 | 72 years, 101 days | 62 days | 72 years, 163 days |
231 | Clement VIII | February 24, 1535 | January 30, 1592 | March 3, 1605 | 56 years, 340 days | 13 years, 32 days | 70 years, 7 days |
232 | Leo XI | June 2, 1535 | April 1, 1605 | April 27, 1605 | 69 years, 303 days | 26 days | 69 years, 329 days |
233 | Paul V | September 17, 1552 | May 16, 1605 | January 28, 1621 | 52 years, 241 days | 15 years, 257 days | 68 years, 133 days |
234 | Gregory XV | January 9, 1554 | February 9, 1621 | July 8, 1623 | 67 years, 31 days | 2 years, 149 days | 69 years, 180 days |
235 | Urban VIII | April 5, 1568 | August 6, 1623 | July 29, 1644 | 55 years, 123 days | 20 years, 358 days | 76 years, 115 days |
236 | Innocent X | May 6, 1574 | September 15, 1644 | January 7, 1655 | 70 years, 132 days | 10 years, 114 days | 80 years, 246 days |
237 | Alexander VII | February 13, 1599 | April 7, 1655 | May 22, 1667 | 56 years, 53 days | 12 years, 45 days | 68 years, 98 days |
238 | Clement IX | January 28, 1600 | June 20, 1667 | December 9, 1669 | 67 years, 143 days | 2 years, 172 days | 69 years, 315 days |
239 | Clement X | July 13, 1590 | April 29, 1670 | July 22, 1676 | 79 years, 290 days | 6 years, 84 days | 86 years, 9 days |
240 | Innocent XI | May 16, 1611 | September 21, 1676 | August 12, 1689 | 65 years, 128 days | 12 years, 325 days | 78 years, 88 days |
241 | Alexander VIII | April 22, 1610 | October 6, 1689 | February 1, 1691 | 79 years, 167 days | 1 year, 118 days | 80 years, 285 days |
242 | Innocent XII | March 13, 1615 | July 12, 1691 | September 27, 1700 | 76 years, 121 days | 9 years, 77 days | 85 years, 198 days |
243 | Clement XI | July 23, 1649 | November 23, 1700 | March 19, 1721 | 51 years, 123 days | 20 years, 116 days | 71 years, 239 days |
244 | Innocent XIII | May 13, 1655 | May 8, 1721 | March 7, 1724 | 65 years, 360 days | 2 years, 304 days | 68 years, 299 days |
245 | Benedict XIII | February 2, 1650 | May 29, 1724 | February 21, 1730 | 74 years, 117 days | 5 years, 268 days | 80 years, 19 days |
246 | Clement XII | April 7, 1652 | July 12, 1730 | February 6, 1740 | 78 years, 96 days | 9 years, 209 days | 87 years, 305 days |
247 | Benedict XIV | March 31, 1675 | August 17, 1740 | May 3, 1758 | 65 years, 139 days | 17 years, 259 days | 83 years, 33 days |
248 | Clement XIII | March 7, 1693 | July 16, 1758 | February 22, 1769 | 65 years, 131 days | 10 years, 221 days | 75 years, 352 days |
249 | Clement XIV | October 31, 1705 | May 19, 1769 | September 22, 1774 | 63 years, 200 days | 5 years, 126 days | 68 years, 326 days |
250 | Pius VI | December 25, 1717 | February 15, 1775 | August 29, 1799 | 57 years, 52 days | 24 years, 195 days | 81 years, 247 days |
251 | Pius VII | August 14, 1742 | March 14, 1800 | August 20, 1823 | 57 years, 212 days | 23 years, 159 days | 81 years, 6 days |
252 | Leo XII | August 22, 1760 | September 28, 1823 | February 10, 1829 | 63 years, 37 days | 5 years, 135 days | 68 years, 172 days |
253 | Pius VIII | November 20, 1761 | March 31, 1829 | November 30, 1830 | 67 years, 131 days | 1 year, 244 days | 69 years, 10 days |
254 | Gregory XVI | September 18, 1765 | February 2, 1831 | June 1, 1846 | 65 years, 137 days | 15 years, 119 days | 80 years, 256 days |
255 | Pius IX | May 13, 1792 | June 16, 1846 | February 7, 1878 | 54 years, 34 days | 31 years, 236 days | 85 years, 270 days |
256 | Leo XIII | March 2, 1810 | February 20, 1878 | July 20, 1903 | 67 years, 355 days | 25 years, 150 days | 93 years, 140 days |
257 | Pius X | June 2, 1835 | August 4, 1903 | August 20, 1914 | 68 years, 63 days | 11 years, 16 days | 79 years, 79 days |
258 | Benedict XV | November 21, 1854 | September 3, 1914 | January 22, 1922 | 59 years, 286 days | 7 years, 141 days | 67 years, 62 days |
259 | Pius XI | May 31, 1857 | February 6, 1922 | February 10, 1939 | 64 years, 251 days | 17 years, 4 days | 81 years, 255 days |
260 | Pius XII | March 2, 1876 | March 2, 1939 | October 9, 1958 | 63 years, 0 days | 19 years, 221 days | 82 years, 221 days |
261 | John XXIII | November 25, 1881 | October 28, 1958 | June 3, 1963 | 76 years, 337 days | 4 years, 218 days | 81 years, 190 days |
262 | Paul VI | September 26, 1897 | June 21, 1963 | August 6, 1978 | 65 years, 268 days | 15 years, 46 days | 80 years, 314 days |
263 | John Paul I | October 17, 1912 | August 26, 1978 | September 28, 1978 | 65 years, 313 days | 33 days | 65 years, 346 days |
264 | John Paul II | May 18, 1920 | October 16, 1978 | April 2, 2005 | 58 years, 151 days | 26 years, 168 days | 84 years, 319 days |
265 | Benedict XVI | April 16, 1927 | April 19, 2005 | February 28, 2013 | 78 years, 3 days | 7 years, 315 days | 85 years, 318 days[1] |
266 | Francis | December 17, 1936 | March 13, 2013 | December 25, 2024 | 76 years, 86 days | 11 years, 287 days | 88 years, 8 days |
Numerical order |
Pope |
Date of birth | Papacy began | Papacy ended | Age at election |
Length of pontificate |
Age |
- ^ Pope emeritus Benedict XVI died on December 31, 2022 aged 95 years, 259 days
Senators for life
[edit]№ | Senator | Date of birth | Served from | Served to | Age at entry | Length of service | Age at exit |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Enrico De Nicola | November 9, 1877 | May 12, 1948 | October 1, 1959 | 70 years, 185 days | 11 years, 142 days | 81 years, 326 days |
2 | Guido Castelnuovo | August 14, 1865 | December 5, 1949 | April 27, 1952 | 84 years, 113 days | 2 years, 144 days | 86 years, 257 days |
3 | Arturo Toscanini | March 25, 1867 | December 5, 1949 | December 6, 1949[1] | 82 years, 255 days | 1 day | 82 years, 256 days[2] |
4 | Pietro Canonica | March 1, 1869 | December 1, 1950 | June 8, 1959 | 81 years, 275 days | 8 years, 189 days | 90 years, 99 days |
5 | Gaetano De Sanctis | October 15, 1870 | December 1, 1950 | April 9, 1957 | 80 years, 47 days | 6 years, 129 days | 86 years, 176 days |
6 | Pasquale Jannaccone | May 18, 1872 | December 1, 1950 | December 22, 1959 | 78 years, 197 days | 9 years, 21 days | 87 years, 218 days |
7 | Carlo Alberto Salustri | October 26, 1871 | December 1, 1950 | December 21, 1950 | 79 years, 36 days | 20 days | 79 years, 56 days |
8 | Luigi Sturzo | November 26, 1871 | September 17, 1952 | August 8, 1959 | 80 years, 296 days | 6 years, 325 days | 87 years, 255 days |
9 | Umberto Zanotti Bianco | January 22, 1889 | September 17, 1952 | August 28, 1963 | 63 years, 239 days | 10 years, 345 days | 74 years, 218 days |
10 | Luigi Einaudi | March 24, 1874 | May 11, 1955 | October 30, 1961 | 81 years, 48 days | 6 years, 172 days | 87 years, 220 days |
11 | Giuseppe Paratore | May 31, 1876 | November 9, 1957 | February 26, 1967 | 81 years, 162 days | 9 years, 109 days | 90 years, 271 days |
12 | Giovanni Gronchi | September 10, 1887 | May 11, 1962 | October 17, 1978 | 74 years, 243 days | 16 years, 159 days | 91 years, 37 days |
13 | Cesare Merzagora | November 9, 1898 | March 2, 1963 | May 1, 1991 | 64 years, 113 days | 28 years, 60 days | 92 years, 173 days |
14 | Ferruccio Parri | January 19, 1890 | March 2, 1963 | December 8, 1981 | 73 years, 42 days | 18 years, 281 days | 91 years, 323 days |
15 | Meuccio Ruini | December 14, 1877 | March 2, 1963 | March 6, 1970 | 85 years, 78 days | 7 years, 4 days | 92 years, 82 days |
16 | Antonio Segni | February 2, 1891 | December 6, 1964 | December 1, 1972 | 73 years, 308 days | 7 years, 361 days | 81 years, 303 days |
17 | Vittorio Valletta | July 28, 1883 | November 28, 1966 | August 10, 1967 | 83 years, 123 days | 255 days | 84 years, 13 days |
18 | Eugenio Montale | October 10, 1896 | June 13, 1967 | September 12, 1981 | 70 years, 246 days | 14 years, 91 days | 84 years, 337 days |
19 | Giovanni Leone | November 3, 1908 | August 27, 1967 | December 24, 1971[3] | 58 years, 297 days | 4 years, 119 days | 63 years, 51 days |
20 | Pietro Nenni | February 9, 1891 | November 25, 1970 | January 1, 1980 | 79 years, 289 days | 9 years, 37 days | 88 years, 326 days |
21 | Giuseppe Saragat | September 19, 1898 | December 29, 1971 | June 11, 1988 | 73 years, 101 days | 16 years, 165 days | 89 years, 266 days |
22 | Amintore Fanfani | February 6, 1908 | March 10, 1972 | November 20, 1999 | 64 years, 33 days | 27 years, 255 days | 91 years, 287 days |
23 | Giovanni Leone | November 3, 1908 | June 15, 1978 | November 9, 2001 | 69 years, 224 days | 23 years, 147 days | 93 years, 6 days |
24 | Leo Valiani | February 9, 1909 | January 12, 1980 | September 18, 1999 | 70 years, 337 days | 19 years, 249 days | 90 years, 221 days |
25 | Eduardo De Filippo | May 24, 1900 | September 26, 1981 | October 31, 1984 | 81 years, 125 days | 3 years, 35 days | 84 years, 160 days |
26 | Camilla Ravera | June 18, 1889 | January 8, 1982 | April 14, 1988 | 92 years, 204 days | 6 years, 97 days | 98 years, 301 days |
27 | Carlo Bo | January 25, 1911 | July 18, 1984 | July 21, 2001 | 73 years, 175 days | 17 years, 3 days | 90 years, 177 days |
28 | Norberto Bobbio | October 18, 1909 | July 18, 1984 | January 9, 2004 | 74 years, 274 days | 19 years, 175 days | 94 years, 83 days |
29 | Sandro Pertini | September 25, 1896 | June 23, 1985 | February 24, 1990 | 88 years, 271 days | 4 years, 246 days | 93 years, 152 days |
30 | Giovanni Spadolini | June 21, 1925 | May 2, 1991 | August 4, 1994 | 65 years, 315 days | 3 years, 94 days | 69 years, 44 days |
31 | Giovanni Agnelli | March 12, 1921 | June 1, 1991 | January 24, 2003 | 70 years, 81 days | 11 years, 237 days | 81 years, 318 days |
32 | Giulio Andreotti | January 14, 1919 | June 1, 1991 | May 6, 2013 | 72 years, 138 days | 21 years, 339 days | 94 years, 112 days |
33 | Francesco De Martino | May 31, 1907 | June 1, 1991 | November 18, 2002 | 84 years, 1 day | 11 years, 170 days | 95 years, 171 days |
34 | Paolo Emilio Taviani | November 6, 1912 | June 1, 1991 | June 18, 2001 | 78 years, 207 days | 10 years, 17 days | 88 years, 224 days |
35 | Francesco Cossiga | July 26, 1928 | April 28, 1992 | August 17, 2010 | 63 years, 277 days | 18 years, 111 days | 82 years, 22 days |
36 | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro | September 9, 1918 | May 15, 1999 | January 29, 2012 | 80 years, 248 days | 12 years, 259 days | 93 years, 142 days |
37 | Rita Levi-Montalcini | April 22, 1909 | August 1, 2001 | December 30, 2012 | 92 years, 101 days | 11 years, 151 days | 103 years, 252 days |
38 | Emilio Colombo | April 11, 1920 | January 14, 2003 | June 24, 2013 | 82 years, 278 days | 10 years, 161 days | 93 years, 74 days |
39 | Mario Luzi | October 20, 1914 | October 14, 2004 | February 28, 2005 | 89 years, 360 days | 137 days | 90 years, 131 days |
40 | Giorgio Napolitano | June 29, 1925 | September 23, 2005 | May 15, 2006[4] | 80 years, 86 days | 234 days | 80 years, 320 days |
41 | Sergio Pininfarina | September 8, 1926 | September 23, 2005 | July 3, 2012 | 79 years, 15 days | 6 years, 284 days | 85 years, 299 days |
42 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | December 9, 1920 | May 15, 2006 | September 16, 2016 | 85 years, 157 days | 10 years, 124 days | 95 years, 282 days |
43 | Mario Monti | March 19, 1943 | November 9, 2011 | in office | 68 years, 235 days | 13 years, 46 days | 81 years, 281 days |
44 | Claudio Abbado | June 26, 1933 | August 30, 2013 | January 20, 2014 | 80 years, 65 days | 143 days | 80 years, 208 days |
45 | Elena Cattaneo | October 22, 1962 | August 30, 2013 | in office | 50 years, 312 days | 11 years, 117 days | 62 years, 64 days |
46 | Renzo Piano | September 14, 1937 | August 30, 2013 | in office | 75 years, 350 days | 11 years, 117 days | 87 years, 102 days |
47 | Carlo Rubbia | March 31, 1934 | August 30, 2013 | in office | 79 years, 152 days | 11 years, 117 days | 90 years, 269 days |
48 | Giorgio Napolitano | June 29, 1925 | January 14, 2015 | September 22, 2023 | 89 years, 199 days | 8 years, 251 days | 98 years, 85 days |
49 | Liliana Segre | September 10, 1930 | January 19, 2018 | in office | 87 years, 131 days | 6 years, 341 days | 94 years, 106 days |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Senator Toscanini resigned the immediate day after the nomination. He died on January 16, 1957.
- ^ Former Senator Toscanini died on January 16, 1957, aged 89 years, 297 days.
- ^ Senator Leone resigned on this date because of his election as President of the Republic.
- ^ Senator Napolitano resigned on this date because of his election as President of the Republic.