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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

Uninterrupted time

House and Senate

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 (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	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 (S)
		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
July 10, 1797	William Loughton Smith	Pro-Administration Federalist	South Carolina	March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 (H)	8 years, 128 days	3050
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	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (S)
	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	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (H)
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

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
	March 4, 1795	Robert Morris	Pro-Administration	Pennsylvania	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795	6 years, 0 days	2191
	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
	June 7, 1802	John Langdon	Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican	New Hampshire	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801	12 years, 0 days	4382
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

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
	June 11, 1796	Theodore Sedgwick	Pro-Administration Federalist	Massachusetts	March 4, 1789 – June 11, 1796	7 years, 99 days	2656
	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
	March 4, 1803	George Thatcher	Pro-Administration Federalist	Massachusetts	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801	12 years, 0 days	4382
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

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		George Clinton	Democratic-Republican	New York	July 30, 1777 – June 30, 1795	17 years, 335 days	6544

Interrupted time

House and Senate

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 (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	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 (S)
		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
July 10, 1797	William Loughton Smith	Pro-Administration Federalist	South Carolina	March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 (H)	8 years, 128 days	3050
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	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (S)
	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	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (H)
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

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
	March 4, 1795	Robert Morris	Pro-Administration	Pennsylvania	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795	6 years, 0 days	2191
	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
	June 7, 1802	John Langdon	Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican	New Hampshire	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801	12 years, 0 days	4382
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

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
	June 11, 1796	Theodore Sedgwick	Pro-Administration Federalist	Massachusetts	March 4, 1789 – June 11, 1796	7 years, 99 days	2656
	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
	March 4, 1803	George Thatcher	Pro-Administration Federalist	Massachusetts	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801	12 years, 0 days	4382
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

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

House and Senate

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	January 22, 1925	Alice Mary Robertson	Republican	Oklahoma	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 (H)	2 years, 0 days	730
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, 321 days	15296

Senate

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, 321 days	11643

House

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	January 22, 1925	Alice Mary Robertson	Republican	Oklahoma	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923	2 years, 0 days	730
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, 321 days	15296

Governor

Uninterrupted time

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	January 5, 1977	Miriam A. Ferguson	Democratic	Texas	January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935^[3]	1 year, 363 days	728
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

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

House and Senate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senate

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, 63 days	33301

Women

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, 296 days	28420

Men

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, 63 days	33301

House

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	March 4, 1823	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 –	87 years, 351 days	32127

Women

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 –	87 years, 351 days	32127

Men

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	March 4, 1823	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, 324 days	31735

Governor

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, 35 days	29255

Women

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, 35 days	29255

Men

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, 319 days	28443

List of oldest living

Senate

Begin Date	End Date	Name	Party	State	Service	Date of birth	Years and days	Days
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, 222 days	34556

Women

Begin Date	End Date	Name	Party	State	Service	Date of birth	Years and days	Days
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, 113 days	33716

Men

Begin Date	End Date	Name	Party	State	Service	Date of birth	Years and days	Days
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, 222 days	34556

House

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, 79 days	38796
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, 91 days	36616

Women

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, 175 days	34509

Men

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, 91 days	36616

Governor

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, 49 days	36574

Women

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, 52 days	33290

Men

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, 49 days	36574

List of earliest serving

Senate

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
February 23, 1840	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
June 26, 1889	January 6, 1901	James Bradbury	Democratic	Maine	March 4, 1847	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
December 28, 1972	January 14, 1978	Clarence Dill	Democratic	Washington	March 4, 1923	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		Fred R. Harris	Democratic	Oklahoma	November 4, 1964	60 years, 15 days	21930

Women

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	45 years, 332 days	16768

House

Begin Date	End Date	Representative	Party	State	1st Entered House	Time since entry	Days
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
	January 24, 1813	Theodore Sedgwick	Pro-Administration	Massachusetts		23 years, 326 days	8726
	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
May 10, 1875	October 7, 1883	Mark Alexander	Democratic-Republican Crawford Republican Jacksonian	Virginia	March 4, 1819	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
February 9, 1900	April 22, 1903	Alexander Ramsey	Whig Republican	Pennsylvania Minnesota	March 4, 1843	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
July 10, 1903	May 19, 1907	Andrew J. Harlan	Democratic	Indiana	March 4, 1849	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
May 26, 1912	March 12, 1916	George William Palmer	Republican	New York	March 4, 1857	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
October 22, 1954	March 24, 1961	Mitchell May	Democratic	New York	March 4, 1899	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
October 10, 1991	May 8, 1998	Jennings Randolph	Democratic	West Virginia	March 4, 1933	65 years, 65 days	23806
May 8, 1998	December 5, 1998	Albert Gore, Sr.	Democratic	Tennessee	January 3, 1939	59 years, 336 days	21886
May 8, 1998	January 24, 2000	Carl Thomas Curtis	Republican	Nebraska	January 3, 1939	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
October 18, 2004	January 20, 2007	George Smathers	Democratic	Florida	January 3, 1947	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, 321 days	24792

Women

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, 321 days	18948
		Elizabeth Holtzman	Democratic	New York		51 years, 321 days	18948

Governor

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, 321 days	22601

Women

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	40 years, 342 days	14952

Men

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, 321 days	22601

List of most senior in office

Uninterrupted time

House and Senate

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 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		Senate
		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
July 10, 1797	William Loughton Smith	Pro-Administration Federalist	South Carolina	House	8 years, 128 days	3050
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	Senate
	Theodore Sedgwick	Pro-Administration Federalist	Massachusetts	House Senate
	Josiah Parker	Anti-Administration Federalist	Virginia	House
	George Thatcher	Pro-Administration Federalist	Massachusetts	House
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 4, 1863	March 28, 1866	Solomon Foot	Whig Opposition Republican	Vermont	March 4, 1851	Senate	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
March 11, 1874	December 28, 1898	Justin Smith Morrill	Opposition Republican	Vermont	March 4, 1855	House Senate	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, 1931	March 4, 1933	Gilbert N. Haugen	Republican	Iowa	March 4, 1899	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
March 18, 2022		Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	January 3, 1975	House Senate	49 years, 321 days	18218

Women

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, 1983	January 3, 1997	Pat Schroeder	Democratic	Colorado	January 3, 1973	House	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, 321 days	15296

Senate

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
	March 3, 1795	Robert Morris	Pro-Administration	Pennsylvania		5 years, 364 days	2190
	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
	March 3, 1801	John Langdon	Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican	New Hampshire		11 years, 364 days	4381
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
December 20, 1862	March 28, 1866	Solomon Foot	Whig Opposition Republican	Vermont	March 4, 1851	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
December 28, 1898	August 4, 1908	William B. Allison	Republican	Iowa	March 4, 1873	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
January 3, 1975	December 27, 1978	James Eastland	Democratic	Mississippi	January 3, 1943	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, 321 days	16026

Women

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, 321 days	11643

House

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
	June 11, 1796	Theodore Sedgwick	Pro-Administration Federalist	Massachusetts		7 years, 99 days	2656
	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
	March 3, 1801	George Thatcher	Pro-Administration Federalist	Massachusetts		11 years, 364 days	4381
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
February 23, 1842	April 22, 1844	Dixon Hall Lewis	Democratic	Alabama	March 4, 1829	15 years, 49 days	5528
April 22, 1844	February 23, 1848	John Quincy Adams	Whig	Massachusetts	March 4, 1831	16 years, 356 days	6200
April 22, 1844	March 3, 1849	James Iver McKay	Jacksonian Democratic	North Carolina	March 4, 1831	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 4, 1897	March 6, 1900	Alfred C. Harmer	Republican	Pennsylvania	March 4, 1877	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
April 17, 1918	March 3, 1925	Frederick H. Gillett	Republican	Massachusetts	March 4, 1893	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, 321 days	16026
March 18, 2022		Chris Smith	Republican	New Jersey	January 3, 1981	43 years, 321 days	16026

Women

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, 1983	January 3, 1997	Pat Schroeder	Democratic	Colorado	January 3, 1973	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
January 3, 2003		Marcy Kaptur	Democratic	Ohio	January 3, 1983	41 years, 321 days	15296

Interrupted time

House and Senate

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		Senate
		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		Senate
		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
March 4, 1795		George Leonard	Federalist	Massachusetts	House
March 4, 1789	July 10, 1797	John Henry	Pro-Administration Federalist	Maryland	Senate	8 years, 128 days	3050
	July 10, 1797	William Loughton Smith	Pro-Administration Federalist	South Carolina	House	8 years, 128 days	3050
	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
March 4, 1789	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	Senate
		Theodore Sedgwick	Pro-Administration Federalist	Massachusetts	House Senate House
		Josiah Parker	Anti-Administration Federalist	Virginia	House
		George Thatcher	Pro-Administration Federalist	Massachusetts	House
	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	March 4, 1849	William R. King	Democratic-Republican Jacksonian Democratic	Alabama	March 4, 1811	House Senate	38 years, 0 days	13880
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
December 20, 1852	March 4, 1853	Sam Houston	Democratic Know Nothing	Tennessee Texas	March 4, 1823	House Senate	30 years, 0 days	10958
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
March 4, 1933	January 3, 1941	William H. King	Democratic	Utah	March 4, 1897	House Senate	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
March 18, 2022		Chuck Grassley	Republican	Iowa	January 3, 1975	House Senate	49 years, 321 days	18218

Women

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
January 3, 1983	September 22, 1990	Pat Schroeder	Democratic	Colorado	January 3, 1973	House	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, 321 days	15296

Senate

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
	March 4, 1795	Robert Morris	Pro-Administration	Pennsylvania		6 years, 0 days	2191
	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
	March 4, 1801	John Langdon	Pro-Administration Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican	New Hampshire		12 years, 0 days	4382
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
March 4, 1905	June 8, 1906	William B. Allison	Republican	Iowa	March 4, 1873	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
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 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, 321 days	16026

Women

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, 321 days	11643

House

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
	June 11, 1796	Theodore Sedgwick	Pro-Administration Federalist	Massachusetts		7 years, 99 days	2656
	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

^ 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

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	November 19, 2024	76 years, 86 days	11 years, 251 days	87 years, 338 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

№	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, 10 days	81 years, 245 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, 81 days	62 years, 28 days
46	Renzo Piano	September 14, 1937	August 30, 2013	in office	75 years, 350 days	11 years, 81 days	87 years, 66 days
47	Carlo Rubbia	March 31, 1934	August 30, 2013	in office	79 years, 152 days	11 years, 81 days	90 years, 233 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, 305 days	94 years, 70 days

Notes

^ 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.

[1] Also in charge from July 1, 1848 to December 20, 1852

[rankin-2] Also in charge from January 3, 1941 to January 3, 1943

[ferguson-3] Also in charge from January 20, 1925 to January 17, 1927

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[7] Gallatin's election was declared void by the Senate.

[SeniorStillServUn-8] Attained most Senior Senator status while serving uninterrupted terms.

[9] Pope emeritus Benedict XVI died on December 31, 2022 aged 95 years, 259 days

[10] Senator Toscanini resigned the immediate day after the nomination. He died on January 16, 1957.

[11] Former Senator Toscanini died on January 16, 1957, aged 89 years, 297 days.

[12] Senator Leone resigned on this date because of his election as President of the Republic.

[13] Senator Napolitano resigned on this date because of his election as President of the Republic.

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