User:SuperWIKI/sandbox/State deans (10)
For senators and representatives who represented defunct parties or switched parties intra-term, only their latest party while in office is reflected. Most states, due to not having long-running deans until the 1900s, have tables only starting from that decade.
Guidelines
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Seniority criteria
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- Number of past, non-consecutive terms
- Alphabetical order of surname (if more than two people fulfill same seniority after above criteria, use individual with earliest surname in alphabet)
- For Representatives elected to fill vacancy, seniority is calculated from date of special election. Column-wise (Congress), at-large representatives use the date they were sworn in.
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[edit]| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | |||
| 2nd | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793 | |||
| 3rd | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795 | |||
| 4th | March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797 | |||
| 5th | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799 | |||
| 6th | March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801 | |||
| 7th | March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803 | |||
| 8th | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805 | |||
| 9th | March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1807 | |||
| 10th | March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809 | |||
| 11th | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811 | |||
| 12th | March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 | |||
| 13th | March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815 | |||
| 14th | March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817 | |||
| 15th | March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819 | |||
| 16th | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821 | |||
| 17th | March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 | |||
| 18th | March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 | |||
| 19th | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827 | |||
| 20th | March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1829 | |||
| 21st | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 | |||
| 22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 | |||
| 23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835 | |||
| 24th | March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 | |||
| 25th | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 | |||
| 26th | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841 | |||
| 27th | March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 | |||
| 28th | March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845 | |||
| 29th | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847 | |||
| 30th | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 | |||
| 31st | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851 | |||
| 32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 | |||
| 33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 | |||
| 34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 | |||
| 35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 | |||
| 36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 | |||
| 37th | March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863 | |||
| 38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 | |||
| 39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 | |||
| 40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 | |||
| 41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 | |||
| 42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 | |||
| 43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | |||
| 44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | |||
| 45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||
| 46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | |||
| 47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
| 48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | |||
| 49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | |||
| 50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 | |||
| 51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
| 52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
| 53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
| 54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | |||
| 55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 | |||
| 56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
| 57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
| 58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
| 59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
| 60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
| 61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
| 62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | |||
| 63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
| 64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
| 65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||
| 66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
| 67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
| 68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
| 69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
| 70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
| 71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
| 72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
| 73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
| 74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
| 75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
| 76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
| 77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
| 78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
| 79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
| 80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
| 81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
| 82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
| 83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |||
| 84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
| 85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
| 86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
| 87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
| 88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
| 89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
| 90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
| 91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
| 92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
| 93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |||
| 94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
| 95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
| 96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
| 97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
| 98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |||
| 99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
| 100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
| 101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
| 102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
| 103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
| 104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
| 105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
| 106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
| 107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
| 108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
| 109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
| 110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
| 111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
| 112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
| 113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||
| 114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
| 115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
| 116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
| 117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
| 118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 | |||
| 119th | January 3, 2025 – present | |||
| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Virginia (TO CHECK)
[edit]| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50th | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
 Harrison H. Riddleberger Seniority from March 4, 1883 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Wise (House) Seniority from March 4, 1881 |
.jpg) George D. Wise Seniority from March 4, 1881 (9 years, 37 days) (election invalidated) |
| 51st | March 4, 1889 – April 10, 1890 |
.jpg) John W. Daniel[A] Seniority from March 4, 1887 (23 years, 117 days) (died) | ||
| April 10, 1890 – March 4, 1891 |
O'Ferrall (House) Seniority from May 5, 1884 |
 Charles T. O'Ferrall Seniority from May 5, 1884[a] (9 years, 238 days) (elected Virginia governor) | ||
| 52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
| 53rd | March 4, 1893 – December 28, 1893 | |||
| December 28, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
J. W. Daniel (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1885 |
Co-deans:  Paul C. Edmunds, H. S. G. Tucker III Seniority from March 4, 1889 (5 years, 364 days) (Edmunds retired) | ||
| 54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
H. S. G. Tucker III Seniority from March 4, 1889 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
| 55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
.jpg) William Atkinson Jones[B] Seniority from March 4, 1891 (27 years, 44 days) (died) | ||
| 56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
| 57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
| 58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
| 59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
| 60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
| 61st | March 4, 1909 – June 29, 1910 | |||
| June 29, 1910 – March 4, 1911 |
.jpg) Thomas S. Martin[C] Seniority from March 4, 1895 (24 years, 253 days) (died) |
Jones (House) Seniority from March 4, 1891 | ||
| 62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | |||
| 63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
| 64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
| 65th | March 4, 1917 – April 17, 1918 | |||
| April 17, 1918 – March 4, 1919 |
Martin (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1895 |
 Henry D. Flood Seniority from March 4, 1901 (20 years, 279 days) (died) | ||
| 66th | March 4, 1919 – November 12, 1919 | |||
| November 12, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
 Claude A. Swanson[A] Seniority from August 1, 1910[b] (22 years, 214 days) (appointed Secretary of the Navy) |
Flood (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 | ||
| 67th | March 4, 1921 – December 8, 1921 | |||
| December 8, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
Slemp (House) Seniority from December 17, 1907 |
 C. Bascom Slemp Seniority from December 17, 1907[a] (15 years, 76 days) (retired) | ||
| 68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Swanson (Senate) Seniority from August 1, 1910 |
 Andrew Jackson Montague Seniority from March 4, 1913 (23 years, 326 days) (died) | |
| 69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
| 70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
| 71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
| 72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
| 73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
 Carter Glass[D][A] Seniority from February 2, 1920[b] (26 years, 115 days) (died) |
Montague (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 | |
| 74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
| 75th | January 3, 1937 – January 24, 1937 | |||
| January 24, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Bland (House) Seniority from July 2, 1918 |
 S. Otis Bland Seniority from July 2, 1918[a] (31 years, 229 days) (died) | ||
| 76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
| 77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
| 78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
| 79th | January 3, 1945 – May 28, 1946 | |||
| May 28, 1946 – January 3, 1947 |
 Harry F. Byrd Seniority from March 4, 1933 (32 years, 251 days) (resigned) | |||
| 80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
| 81st | January 3, 1949 – February 16, 1950 | |||
| February 16, 1950 – January 3, 1951 |
Smith (House) Seniority from March 4, 1931 |
 Howard W. Smith Seniority from March 4, 1931 (35 years, 305 days) (lost renomination) | ||
| 82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
| 83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |||
| 84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
| 85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
| 86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
| 87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
| 88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
| 89th | January 3, 1965 – November 10, 1965 | |||
| November 10, 1965 – December 30, 1966 |
 A. Willis Robertson[A] Seniority from November 6, 1946[c] (20 years, 54 days) (resigned) | |||
| December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967 |
.jpg) Harry F. Byrd Jr.[E] Seniority from November 12, 1965[b] (17 years, 52 days) (retired) | |||
| 90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 |
Hardy (House) Seniority from January 3, 1947 |
 Porter Hardy Jr. Seniority from January 3, 1947 (22 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
Abbitt (House) Seniority from February 17, 1948 |
 Watkins Abbitt Seniority from February 17, 1948[a] (24 years, 321 days) (retired) | |
| 92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
| 93rd | January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974 |
Broyhill (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
 Joel Broyhill Seniority from January 3, 1953[2] (21 years, 362 days) (resigned) | |
| December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Downing (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 |
 Thomas N. Downing Seniority from January 3, 1959 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
| 94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
| 95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Satterfield (House) Seniority from January 3, 1965 |
 David E. Satterfield III Seniority from January 3, 1965 (16 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
| 97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Byrd Jr. (Senate) Seniority from November 12, 1965 |
 William C. Wampler[F] Seniority from January 3, 1967 (16 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |
| 98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
 John Warner Seniority from January 2, 1979[b] (30 years, 1 day) (retired) |
Co-deans: D. Daniel, Whitehurst (House) Seniority from January 3, 1969 |
Co-deans:  Dan Daniel (D), G. William Whitehurst (R) Seniority from January 3, 1969 (18 years, 0 days) (Whitehurst retired) |
| 99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
| 100th | January 3, 1987 – January 23, 1988 |
D. Daniel (House) Seniority from January 3, 1969 |
 Dan Daniel Seniority from January 3, 1969 (19 years, 20 days) (died) | |
| January 23, 1988 – January 3, 1989 |
Trible[G] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1977 |
Co-deans:  Thomas Bliley, Frank Wolf Seniority from January 3, 1981 (20 years, 0 days) (Bliley retired) | ||
| 101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 |
Warner (Senate) Seniority from January 2, 1979 | ||
| 102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
| 103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
| 104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
| 105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
| 106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
| 107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
Frank Wolf Seniority from January 3, 1981 (34 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
| 108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
| 109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
| 110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
| 111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
 Jim Webb Seniority from January 3, 2007 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Wolf (House) Seniority from January 3, 1981 | |
| 112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
| 113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
 Mark Warner Seniority from January 3, 2009 (15 years, 327 days) (Incumbent) | ||
| 114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
Co-deans: Goodlatte, Scott (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
Co-deans:.jpg)  Bob Goodlatte (R), Bobby Scott (D) Seniority from January 3, 1993 (26 years, 0 days) (Goodlatte retired) | |
| 115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
| 116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Scott (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
Bobby Scott Seniority from January 3, 1993 (31 years, 327 days) (Incumbent) | |
| 117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
| 118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 | |||
| 119th | January 3, 2025 – present | |||
| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Washington
[edit]| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
.jpg) George Turner Seniority from March 4, 1897 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Turner (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
No clear dean[d] |
| 57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
| 58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
.jpg) Addison G. Foster Seniority from March 4, 1899 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Foster (Senate) Jones, Cushman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
Co-deans: .jpg) Wesley L. Jones, Francis W. Cushman Seniority from March 4, 1899 (10 years, 0 days) (Jones elected to Senate) |
| 59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
 Levi Ankeny Seniority from March 4, 1903 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[3] |
Co-deans: Jones[G] (House and Senate) Cushman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 | |
| 60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
| 61st | March 4, 1909 – July 6, 1909 |
 Samuel H. Piles Seniority from March 4, 1905 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Francis W. Cushman Seniority from March 4, 1899 (10 years, 124 days) (died) | |
| July 6, 1909 – March 4, 1911 |
Jones (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
.jpg) William E. Humphrey Seniority from March 4, 1903 (13 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
| 62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
 Wesley L. Jones[A] Seniority from March 4, 1909 (23 years, 260 days) (died) | ||
| 63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
| 64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
| 65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
.jpg) William La Follette Seniority from March 4, 1911 (7 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[4] | ||
| 66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
.jpg) Albert Johnson Seniority from March 4, 1913 (19 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
| 68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
| 69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
| 70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
| 71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
| 72nd | March 4, 1931 – November 19, 1932 | |||
| November 19, 1932 – March 4, 1933 |
.jpg) Clarence Dill[A] Seniority from March 4, 1923 (11 years, 305 days) (retired) |
Johnson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 | ||
| 73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Dill (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1923 |
.jpg) Samuel B. Hill Seniority from September 25, 1923[a] (12 years, 274 days) (appointed Board of Tax Appeals member) | |
| 74th | January 3, 1935 – June 25, 1936 |
 Homer Bone Seniority from March 4, 1933 (11 years, 254 days) (appointed appeals court judge) |
S. Hill (House) Seniority from September 25, 1923 | |
| June 25, 1936 – January 3, 1937 |
Co-deans: Bone (Senate) K. Hill (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
 Knute Hill Seniority from March 4, 1933[e] (7 years, 290 days) (co-dean after Wallgren elected to Senate) | ||
| 75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
| 76th | January 3, 1939 – December 19, 1940 | |||
| December 19, 1940 – January 3, 1941 |
No clear dean[f] | Co-deans:  Knute Hill, Martin F. Smith Seniority from March 4, 1933 (9 years, 305 days) (both lost re-election) | ||
| 77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
| 78th | January 3, 1943 – November 13, 1944 |
Co-deans: Bone (Senate) Wallgren[G] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
Co-deans: .jpg) John M. Coffee, Warren Magnuson Seniority from January 3, 1937 (7 years, 346 days) (Magnuson appointed to Senate) | |
| November 13, 1944 – December 14, 1944 |
.jpg) Monrad Wallgren[A] Seniority from December 19, 1940[b] (4 years, 21 days) (elected Washington governor) |
Wallgren (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1933 | ||
| December 14, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
John M. Coffee Seniority from January 3, 1937 (10 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
| 79th | January 3, 1945 – January 9, 1945 | |||
| January 9, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
 Warren Magnuson[H][A] Seniority from December 14, 1944[b] (36 years, 20 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Magnuson (House and Senate) Coffee (House) Seniority from January 3, 1937 | ||
| 80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Magnuson (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1937 |
 Henry M. Jackson Seniority from January 3, 1941 (12 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | |
| 81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
| 82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
| 83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Co-deans: .jpg) Hal Holmes, Walt Horan Seniority from January 3, 1943 (16 years, 0 days) (Holmes retired)[5] | ||
| 84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
| 85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
| 86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
 Walt Horan Seniority from January 3, 1943 (22 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
| 88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
| 89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
 Thomas Pelly Seniority from January 3, 1953 (20 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
| 90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
| 91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
| 92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
| 93rd | January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974 |
.jpg) Julia Butler Hansen Seniority from November 8, 1960[a] (14 years, 53 days) (resigned) | ||
| December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
.jpg) Brock Adams Seniority from January 3, 1965[e] (12 years, 19 days) (appointed Secretary of Transportation) | |||
| 94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
| 95th | January 3, 1977 – January 22, 1977 | |||
| January 22, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Co-deans:.jpg)  Tom Foley, Lloyd Meeds Seniority from January 3, 1965 (14 years, 0 days) (Meeds retired)[6] | |||
| 96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 |
(b).jpg) Tom Foley[I] Seniority from January 3, 1965 (30 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
 Henry M. Jackson[A] Seniority from January 3, 1953 (30 years, 241 days) (died) |
Jackson (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1941 | |
| 98th | January 3, 1983 – September 1, 1983 | |||
| September 1, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
.jpg) Slade Gorton Seniority from January 3, 1981 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Foley (House) Seniority from January 3, 1965 | ||
| 99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
| 100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
 Daniel J. Evans Seniority from September 8, 1983[b] (5 years, 117 days) (retired) | ||
| 101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 |
Brock Adams[A] Seniority from January 3, 1987 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
| 102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
| 103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
 Slade Gorton[J] Seniority from January 3, 1989 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Dicks (House) Seniority from January 3, 1977 |
 Norm Dicks Seniority from January 3, 1977 (36 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
| 106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
| 107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
 Patty Murray[K] Seniority from January 3, 1993 (31 years, 327 days) (Incumbent) | ||
| 108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
| 109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
| 110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
| 111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
| 112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
| 113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
McDermott (House) Seniority from January 3, 1989 |
 Jim McDermott Seniority from January 3, 1989 (28 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
| 115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 |
Murray (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
 Adam Smith Seniority from January 3, 1997 (27 years, 327 days) (Incumbent) | |
| 116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
| 117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
| 118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 | |||
| 119th | January 3, 2025 – present | |||
| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
West Virginia
[edit]| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38th | June 20, 1863 – August 4, 1863 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
None | Vacant (not yet elected) |
| August 4, 1863 – December 7, 1863 |
 Waitman T. Willey[L][M] Seniority from August 4, 1863[g] (7 years, 211 days) (retired) |
Willey (Senate) Seniority from August 4, 1863[h] | ||
| December 7, 1863 – March 4, 1865 |
 William G. Brown Sr.[F] Seniority from December 7, 1863[i] (1 year, 86 days) (retired) | |||
| 39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 |
 Kellian Whaley[F] Seniority from December 7, 1863 (3 years, 86 days) (retired) | ||
| 40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 |
.jpg) Chester D. Hubbard Seniority from March 4, 1865 (3 years, 364 days) (retired)[7] | ||
| 41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 |
No clear dean[d][j] | ||
| 42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 |
 Arthur I. Boreman Seniority from March 4, 1869 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Boreman (Senate) McGrew (House) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
 James McGrew Seniority from March 4, 1869 (3 years, 364 days) (retired)[8] |
| 43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
Boreman (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
Co-deans:.jpg)  John J. Davis, Frank Hereford Seniority from March 4, 1871 (3 years, 364 days) (Davis retired)[9] | |
| 44th | March 4, 1875 – January 31, 1877 |
 Henry G. Davis Seniority from March 4, 1871 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Davis (Senate) Hereford[G] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1871 |
Frank Hereford Seniority from March 4, 1871 (5 years, 333 days) (elected to Senate) |
| January 31, 1877 – March 4, 1877 |
.jpg) Charles J. Faulkner (I)[F] Seniority from March 4, 1875[h] (1 year, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | |||
| 45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
 Benjamin Wilson Seniority from March 4, 1875 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
| 46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | |||
| 47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
Davis (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1871 | ||
| 48th | March 4, 1883 – May 15, 1883 |
 Johnson N. Camden Seniority from March 4, 1881 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Kenna (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
No clear dean[d][k] |
| May 15, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
 Eustace Gibson Seniority from March 4, 1883[e] (3 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[10] | |||
| 49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | |||
| 50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
 John E. Kenna[A] Seniority from March 4, 1883 (9 years, 313 days) (died)[11] |
Co-deans:  Nathan Goff Jr. (R), William Lyne Wilson (D) Seniority from March 4, 1883 (5 years, 364 days) (Goff retired)[12] | |
| 51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
William Lyne Wilson Seniority from March 4, 1883 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 52nd | March 4, 1891 – January 11, 1893 | |||
| January 11, 1893 – March 4, 1893 |
 Charles J. Faulkner (II) Seniority from March 4, 1887 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Wilson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1883 | ||
| 53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
| 54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Faulkner (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1887 |
No clear dean[d][l] | |
| 55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 | |||
| 56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
.jpg) Stephen B. Elkins[N] Seniority from March 4, 1895 (15 years, 306 days) (died)[13] |
Elkins (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1895[m] |
Co-deans:  Alston G. Dayton, Blackburn B. Dovener Seniority from March 4, 1895 (10 years, 12 days) (Dayton appointed district court judge)[14] |
| 57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
| 58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
| 59th | March 4, 1905 – March 16, 1905 | |||
| March 16, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
 Blackburn B. Dovener Seniority from March 4, 1895 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[15] | |||
| 60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
Co-deans: .jpg) Joseph H. Gaines, James A. Hughes Seniority from March 4, 1901 (9 years, 364 days) (Gaines lost re-election)[16] | ||
| 61st | March 4, 1909 – January 4, 1911 | |||
| January 4, 1911 – March 4, 1911 |
.jpg) Nathan B. Scott Seniority from March 4, 1899 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[17] |
Scott (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1899 | ||
| 62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
 Clarence W. Watson Seniority from February 1, 1911[n] (1 year, 337 days) (lost re-election) |
Hughes (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 |
James A. Hughes Seniority from March 4, 1901 (13 years, 364 days) (retired)[18] |
| 63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
 William E. Chilton Seniority from March 4, 1911 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 64th | March 4, 1915 – March 9, 1916 |
Co-deans: Chilton (Senate) Brown (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
 William G. Brown Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1911 (5 years, 5 days) (died)[19] | |
| March 9, 1916 – July 15, 1916 |
Chilton (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
Co-deans:.jpg) .jpg) Hunter H. Moss Jr., Howard Sutherland Seniority from March 4, 1913 (3 years, 133 days) (Moss died)[20] | ||
| July 15, 1916 – March 4, 1917 |
Howard Sutherland Seniority from March 4, 1913 (3 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate)[21] | |||
| 65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Nathan Goff Jr.[A] Seniority from April 1, 1913[o] (5 years, 336 days) (retired) |
Sutherland (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
.jpg) Matthew M. Neely Seniority from October 14, 1913[a] (7 years, 140 days) (lost re-election) |
| 66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Howard Sutherland[A] Seniority from March 4, 1917 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[21] | ||
| 67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
_(cropped).jpeg) George M. Bowers Seniority from May 9, 1916[a] (6 years, 298 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
.jpg) Davis Elkins[M] Seniority from March 4, 1919 (5 years, 305 days) (retired) |
Reed (House) Seniority from March 4, 1917 |
 Stuart F. Reed Seniority from March 4, 1917 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) |
| 69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
.jpg) Matthew M. Neely[A] Seniority from March 4, 1923 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Neely (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1923[h] |
 J. Alfred Taylor Seniority from March 4, 1923 (3 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
| 70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
.jpg) Carl G. Bachmann Seniority from March 4, 1925[e] (3 years, 364 days) (co-dean after Strother's retirement)[22] | ||
| 71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
.jpg) Guy D. Goff Seniority from March 4, 1925 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Goff (Senate) Bachmann, Bowman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1925 |
Co-deans: .jpg) Carl G. Bachmann, Frank L. Bowman Seniority from March 4, 1925 (7 years, 364 days) (both lost re-election) |
| 72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
 Henry D. Hatfield Seniority from March 4, 1929 (5 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Bachmann, Bowman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1925 | |
| 73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Co-deans: Hatfield (Senate) Smith (House) Seniority from March 4, 1929 |
.jpg) Joe L. Smith Seniority from March 4, 1929 (15 years, 305 days) (retired)[23] | |
| 74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
 Matthew M. Neely[J] Seniority from March 4, 1931 (9 years, 314 days) (elected West Virginia governor) |
Smith (House) Seniority from March 4, 1929 | |
| 75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
| 76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
| 77th | January 3, 1941 – January 12, 1941 | |||
| January 12, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
 Harley M. Kilgore Seniority from January 3, 1941 (15 years, 56 days) (died)[24] | |||
| 78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
| 79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Co-deans: Kee, Randolph (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
Co-deans:  John Kee, Jennings Randolph Seniority from March 4, 1933 (13 years, 305 days) (Randolph lost re-election) | |
| 80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Kee (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
John Kee Seniority from March 4, 1933 (18 years, 65 days) (died) | |
| 81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
| 82nd | January 3, 1951 – May 8, 1951 | |||
| May 8, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Kilgore (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1941 |
.jpg) E. H. Hedrick Seniority from January 3, 1945 (8 years, 0 days) (ran for West Virginia governor)[25] | ||
| 83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
.jpg) Cleveland M. Bailey[F] Seniority from January 3, 1949[h] (14 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 84th | January 3, 1955 – February 28, 1956 | |||
| February 28, 1956 – January 3, 1957 |
Matthew M. Neely[O] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (9 years, 15 days) (died)[26] |
Neely[P] (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1949[p] | ||
| 85th | January 3, 1957 – January 18, 1958 | |||
| January 18, 1958 – January 3, 1959 |
 Chapman Revercomb[M] Seniority from November 7, 1956[c] (2 years, 57 days) (lost re-election) |
Bailey (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 | ||
| 86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Jennings Randolph[A] Seniority from November 5, 1958[c] (26 years, 59 days) (retired) | ||
| 87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
| 88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
Staggers (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
 Harley Orrin Staggers Seniority from January 3, 1949 (32 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
| 90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
| 91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
| 92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
| 93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |||
| 94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
| 95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
| 96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
| 97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Byrd (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
 Bob Mollohan[F] Seniority from January 3, 1969 (14 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
 Nick Rahall Seniority from January 3, 1977 (38 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
 Robert Byrd[Q][A] Seniority from January 3, 1959 (51 years, 176 days) (died) | ||
| 100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
| 101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
| 102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
| 103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
| 104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
| 105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
| 106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
| 107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
| 108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
| 109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
| 110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
| 111th | January 3, 2009 – June 28, 2010 | |||
| June 28, 2010 – January 3, 2011 |
 Jay Rockefeller Seniority from January 15, 1985[o] (29 years, 353 days) (retired) |
Rahall (House) Seniority from January 3, 1977 | ||
| 112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
| 113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||
| 114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
.jpg) Joe Manchin[R] Seniority from November 15, 2010[c] (14 years, 49 days) (retired) |
Capito (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2001 |
.jpg) David McKinley Seniority from January 3, 2011 (12 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[27] |
| 115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
| 116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
| 117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
| 118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 |
.jpg) Alex Mooney Seniority from January 3, 2015 (10 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
| 119th | January 3, 2025 – present |
 Shelley Moore Capito[A] Seniority from January 3, 2015 (9 years, 327 days) (Incumbent) |
 Carol Miller Seniority from January 3, 2019 (5 years, 327 days) (Incumbent) | |
| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Wisconsin
[edit]| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
 William F. Vilas Seniority from March 4, 1891 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[28] |
Co-deans: Vilas (Senate) Mitchell (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1891 |
Co-deans:_(3571720099)_(2).jpg)  Joseph W. Babcock, Henry Allen Cooper Seniority from March 4, 1893 (13 years, 364 days) (Babcock retired)[29] |
| 55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
 John L. Mitchell[A] Seniority from March 4, 1893 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Mitchell (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1891 | |
| 56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
 John Coit Spooner[M] Seniority from March 4, 1897 (10 years, 57 days) (resigned) |
Co-deans: Babcock, Cooper (House) Seniority from March 4, 1893 | |
| 57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
| 58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
| 59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
| 60th | March 4, 1907 – April 30, 1907 |
Cooper (House) Seniority from March 4, 1893 |
Henry Allen Cooper[S] Seniority from March 4, 1893 (25 years, 364 days) (lost re-election as Independent) | |
| April 30, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
 Robert M. La Follette[A] Seniority from January 4, 1906[o] (19 years, 165 days) (died) | |||
| 61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
| 62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | |||
| 63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
| 64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
| 65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||
| 66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Esch (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
.jpg) John J. Esch Seniority from March 4, 1899 (21 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | |
| 67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
La Follette (Senate) Seniority from January 4, 1906 |
Co-deans:.jpg) .jpg) Edward E. Browne, James A. Frear Seniority from March 4, 1913 (17 years, 364 days) (Browne lost renomination)[30] | |
| 68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
| 69th | March 4, 1925 – June 18, 1925 | |||
| June 18, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
.jpg) Irvine Lenroot[A] Seniority from April 18, 1918[c] (8 years, 319 days) (lost renomination) |
Lenroot (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1909 | ||
| 70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
.jpg) Robert M. La Follette Jr.[T] Seniority from September 30, 1925[c] (21 years, 95 days) (lost renomination as Republican)[31] |
Co-deans: Browne, Frear (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 | |
| 71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
| 72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
Frear (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
James A. Frear Seniority from March 4, 1913 (21 years, 305 days) (retired) | |
| 73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
| 74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
La Follette Jr. (Senate) Seniority from September 30, 1925 |
 Michael Reilly[F] Seniority from November 4, 1930[a] (8 years, 60 days) (lost re-election) | |
| 75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
| 76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
 Merlin Hull[F] Seniority from January 3, 1935[h] (18 years, 134 days) (died) | ||
| 77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
| 78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
| 79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
| 80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
.jpg) Alexander Wiley Seniority from January 3, 1939 (24 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Hull (House) Seniority from January 3, 1935 | |
| 81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
| 82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
| 83rd | January 3, 1953 – May 17, 1953 | |||
| May 17, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Wiley (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1939 |
.jpg) Lawrence H. Smith Seniority from August 29, 1941[a] (16 years, 146 days) (died) | ||
| 84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
| 85th | January 3, 1957 – January 22, 1958 | |||
| January 22, 1958 – January 3, 1959 |
 Alvin O'Konski Seniority from January 3, 1945 (28 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
| 86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
| 87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
| 88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
 William Proxmire Seniority from August 28, 1957[c] (31 years, 128 days) (retired) |
O'Konski (House) Seniority from January 3, 1945 | |
| 89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
| 90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
| 91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
| 92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
| 93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Zablocki (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
 Clement Zablocki Seniority from January 3, 1949 (34 years, 334 days) (died) | |
| 94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
| 95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
| 96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
| 97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
| 98th | January 3, 1983 – December 3, 1983 | |||
| December 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
Proxmire (Senate) Seniority from August 28, 1957 |
.jpg) Robert Kastenmeier Seniority from January 3, 1959 (32 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
| 100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
| 101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 |
 Bob Kasten[A] Seniority from January 3, 1981 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Kastenmeier (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 | |
| 102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
Obey (House) Seniority from April 1, 1969 |
 Dave Obey Seniority from April 1, 1969[a] (41 years, 277 days) (retired) | |
| 103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
 Herb Kohl Seniority from January 3, 1989 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
| 104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
| 105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
| 106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
| 107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
| 108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
| 109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
| 110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
| 111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
| 112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Sensenbrenner (House) Seniority from January 3, 1979 |
 Jim Sensenbrenner Seniority from January 3, 1979 (42 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
 Ron Johnson Seniority from January 3, 2011 (13 years, 327 days) (Incumbent) | ||
| 114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
| 115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
| 116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
| 117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
Kind (House) Seniority from January 3, 1997 |
 Ron Kind Seniority from January 3, 1997 (26 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 |
Baldwin[G] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1999 |
 Gwen Moore Seniority from January 3, 2005 (19 years, 327 days) (Incumbent) | |
| 119th | January 3, 2025 – present | |||
| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Wyoming
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- ^ "LA FOLLETTE, Robert Marion, Jr. (1895 – 1953)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
Footnotes (positional)
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
- ^ Dean of the House from 1914 to 1918
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1911 to 1913, 1917 to 1919
- ^ President pro tempore from 1941 to 1945
- ^ Elected as Democrat until 1970
- ^ a b c d e f g h Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ a b c d e as junior senator
- ^ Various positions:
- President pro tempore (1979–1981, interrupted from December 5–6, 1980)
- Dean of the Senate (1978–1981)
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Democratic Leader from 1989 to 1995
- ^ a b Second time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ President pro tempore since 2023
- ^ Unconditional Unionist until 1865
- ^ a b c d Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ Former non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives
- ^ Third time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ Second time
- ^ Various positions:
- Senate Democratic Leader (1977–1989)
- President pro tempore (1989–1995, January 3–20, 2001, 2001–2003, 2007–2010)
- President pro tempore emeritus (2003–2007)
- Dean of the Senate (2003–2010)
- ^ Democrat until 2024
- ^ Dean of the House from 1918 to 1919
- ^ Elected as Republican until 1935
Footnotes (seniority)
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Representative elected to fill vacancy; seniority calculated from date of special election (if different from date the seat was filled)[1] Cite error: The named reference "housevacancy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d e f g Senator appointed to fill intra-term vacancy; seniority calculated from date of appointment
- ^ a b c d e f g Senator elected to fill intra-term vacancy after ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from date the individual assumed office
- ^ a b c d Preceding elections involved turnover of all sitting incumbents; incoming officeholders share a seniority date with no distinguishing aspects
- ^ a b c d Shares seniority date with more than two other Representatives (thus unable to count as co-deans); credited as sole dean due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ Homer Bone, Monrad Wallgren (Senate), Knute Hill, and Martin F. Smith (House) share a seniority date of March 4, 1933.
- ^ Seniority over Peter G. Van Winkle due to past service as a senator from Virginia
- ^ a b c d e Shares seniority date with other officeholder(s); credited as sole dean by past non-consecutive terms in Congress
- ^ Served more prior non-consecutive terms (three) than Kellian Whaley (one full) and Jacob B. Blair (one partial)
- ^ James McGrew shared seniority with Isaac H. Duval and John Witcher until March 4, 1871
- ^ Eustace Gibson, Nathan Goff Jr. and William Lyne Wilson shared seniority until Charles P. Snyder was elected on May 15, 1883
- ^ Alston G. Dayton and Blackburn B. Dovener shared seniority with James H. Huling (until March 4, 1897) and Warren Miller (until March 4, 1899)
- ^ Seniority over Alston G. Dayton and Blackburn B. Dovener due to tenure as a delegate to the House of Representatives from New Mexico Territory
- ^ Senator elected by state legislature intra-term prior to ratification of Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from election date (if different from date the seat was filled)
- ^ a b c Seated late by virtue of holding other political, governmental, or judicial office
- ^ Neely had seniority over Cleveland M. Bailey because, on February 28, 1956, he had served more days of past non-consecutive service in Congress (11,832) than Bailey (3342).
Bibliography
[edit]- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774 – 2005) (PDF), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005, retrieved November 12, 2023