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This is a list of United States congressmen who have set records for longevity of service since the United States 1st Congress in 1789. It is divided up into several categories.

List of longest-serving

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Uninterrupted time

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House and Senate

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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
Elias Boudinot Pro-Administration New Jersey March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 (H)
Thomas Fitzsimmons Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Samuel Griffin Pro-Administration Virginia
Richard Bland Lee I Pro-Administration Virginia
Jeremiah Wadsworth Pro-Administration Connecticut
March 8, 1796 Oliver Ellsworth Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796 (S) 7 years, 4 days 2561
June 1, 1796 Caleb Strong Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1796 (S) 7 years, 89 days 2646
June 10, 1796 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut March 4, 1789 – June 10, 1796 (H,S) 7 years, 98 days 2655
July 1, 1796 Daniel Hiester Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania March 4, 1789 – July 1, 1796 (H) 7 years, 119 days 2676
October 25, 1796 Pierce Butler Pro-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina March 4, 1789 – October 25, 1796 (S) 7 years, 235 days 2792
March 4, 1797 Fisher Ames Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1797 (H) 8 years, 0 days 2922
Nicholas Gilman Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire
James Madison Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Andrew Moore Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Frederick Muhlenberg Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania
John Page Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
July 10, 1797 John Henry Pro-Administration
Federalist
Maryland March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 (S) 8 years, 128 days 3050
William Loughton Smith Pro-Administration
Federalist
South Carolina March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 (H)
January 19, 1798 John M. Vining Pro-Administration
Federalist
Delaware March 4, 1789 – January 19, 1798 (H,S) 8 years, 321 days 3243
November 8, 1800 Benjamin Goodhue Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – November 8, 1800 (H,S) 11 years, 249 days 4266
December 21, 1800 Thomas Hartley Pro-Administration
Federalist
Pennsylvania March 4, 1789 – December 21, 1800 (H) 11 years, 292 days 4309
March 4, 1801 James Gunn Anti-Administration
Federalist
Georgia March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (S) 12 years, 0 days 4382
John Langdon Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
New Hampshire
Theodore Sedgwick Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (H,S)
Josiah Parker Anti-Administration
Federalist
Virginia March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (H)
George Thatcher Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts
June 12, 1801 Samuel Livermore Anti-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire March 4, 1789 – June 12, 1801 (H,S) 12 years, 100 days 4482
March 3, 1809 Abraham Baldwin Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Georgia March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1807 (H,S) 18 years, 0 days 6573
March 3, 1809 June 10, 1810 James Hillhouse Federalist Connecticut March 4, 1791 – June 10, 1810 (H,S) 19 years, 98 days 7037
March 4, 1813 Andrew Gregg Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1813 (H,S) 22 years, 0 days 8035
November 13, 1892 Nathaniel Macon Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
North Carolina March 4, 1791 – November 14, 1828 (H,S) 37 years, 245 days 13769
November 13, 1892 December 28, 1950 Justin Smith Morrill Whig
Republican
Vermont March 4, 1855 – December 28, 1898 (H,S) 43 years, 299 days 16005
December 28, 1950 October 24, 1957 Adolph J. Sabath Democratic Illinois March 4, 1907 – November 6, 1952 (H) 45 years, 247 days 16684
October 24, 1957 November 18, 2009 Carl Hayden Democratic Arizona February 19, 1912 – January 3, 1969 (H,S) 56 years, 319 days 20773
November 18, 2009 June 6, 2013 Robert Byrd Democratic West Virginia January 3, 1953 – June 28, 2010 (H,S) 57 years, 176 days 20995
June 6, 2013 John Dingell Democratic Michigan December 13, 1955 – January 3, 2015 (H) 59 years, 21 days 21571

Senate

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Begin Date End Date Name Party State Service Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 12, 1790 William Grayson Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 – March 12, 1790 1 year, 8 days 373
November 13, 1790 William Paterson Pro-Administration New Jersey March 4, 1789 – November 13, 1790 1 year, 254 days 619
March 4, 1791 Tristram Dalton Pro-Administration Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 2 years, 0 days 730
Jonathan Elmer Pro-Administration New Jersey
William Samuel Johnson Pro-Administration Connecticut
William Maclay Anti-Administration Pennsylvania
October 8, 1792 Richard Henry Lee Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 – October 8, 1792 3 years, 218 days 1314
November 30, 1792 Charles Carroll of Carrollton Pro-Administration Maryland March 4, 1789 – November 30, 1792 3 years, 271 days 1367
March 4, 1793 Richard Bassett Anti-Administration Delaware March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 4 years, 0 days 1461
William Few Anti-Administration Georgia
Paine Wingate Anti-Administration New Hampshire
September 18, 1793 George Read Pro-Administration Delaware March 4, 1789 – September 18, 1793 4 years, 198 days 1659
March 4, 1795 Ralph Izard Pro-Administration South Carolina March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 6 years, 0 days 2191
Robert Morris Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
March 8, 1796 Oliver Ellsworth Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796 7 years, 4 days 2561
June 1, 1796 Caleb Strong Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1796 7 years, 89 days 2646
October 25, 1796 Pierce Butler Pro-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina March 4, 1789 – October 25, 1796 7 years, 235 days 2792
July 10, 1797 John Henry Pro-Administration
Federalist
Maryland March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 8 years, 128 days 3050
June 7, 1802 James Gunn Anti-Administration
Federalist
Georgia March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 12 years, 0 days 4382
John Langdon Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
New Hampshire
June 7, 1802 December 7, 1808 Theodore Foster Pro-Administration
Federalist
Democratic-Republican
Rhode Island June 7, 1790 – March 4, 1803 12 years, 270 days 4652
December 7, 1808 December 25, 1811 James Hillhouse Federalist Connecticut March 12, 1796 – June 10, 1810 14 years, 90 days 5202
December 25, 1811 May 13, 1822 Joseph Anderson Democratic-Republican Tennessee September 26, 1797 – March 4, 1815 17 years, 159 days 6367
May 13, 1822 March 5, 1841 John Gaillard Democratic-Republican South Carolina December 6, 1804 – February 26, 1826 21 years, 82 days 7752
March 5, 1841 December 11, 1845 William R. King Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Alabama December 14, 1819 – April 15, 1844 24 years, 123 days 8889
December 11, 1845 September 25, 1896 Thomas Hart Benton Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Missouri August 10, 1821 – March 4, 1851 29 years, 206 days 10798
September 25, 1896 December 29, 1904 Justin Smith Morrill Whig
Republican
Vermont March 4, 1867 – December 28, 1898 31 years, 299 days 11622
December 29, 1904 August 3, 1944 William B. Allison Republican Iowa March 4, 1873 – August 4, 1908 35 years, 153 days 12936
August 3, 1944 November 17, 1952 Ellison D. Smith Democratic South Carolina March 4, 1909 – November 17, 1944 35 years, 258 days 13042
November 17, 1952 January 3, 1963 Kenneth McKellar Democratic Tennessee March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1953 35 years, 305 days 13089
January 3, 1963 September 9, 1998 Carl Hayden Democratic Arizona March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1969 41 years, 305 days 15281
September 9, 1998 February 28, 2005 Strom Thurmond Democratic
Republican
South Carolina November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003 46 years, 57 days 16858
February 28, 2005 Robert Byrd Democratic West Virginia January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010 51 years, 176 days 18804

House

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Begin Date End Date Name Party State Service Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 June 1, 1790 Theodorick Bland Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1790 1 year, 89 days 454
August 14, 1790 George Partridge Pro-Administration Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – August 14, 1790 1 year, 163 days 528
March 4, 1791 Aedanus Burke Anti-Administration South Carolina March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 2 years, 0 days 730
Lambert Cadwalader Pro-Administration New Jersey
Daniel Carroll Pro-Administration Maryland
George Clymer Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Isaac Coles Anti-Administration Virginia
Benjamin Contee Anti-Administration Maryland
William Floyd Anti-Administration New York
George Gale Pro-Administration Maryland
Jonathan Grout Anti-Administration Massachusetts
John Hathorn Anti-Administration New York
Benjamin Huntington Pro-Administration Connecticut
James Jackson Anti-Administration Georgia
George Mathews Anti-Administration Georgia
Peter Muhlenberg Anti-Administration Pennsylvania
James Schureman Pro-Administration New Jersey
Thomas Scott Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut
William Smith Anti-Administration Maryland
Michael J. Stone Anti-Administration Maryland
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer Anti-Administration New York
Henry Wynkoop Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
June 1, 1792 John Brown Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1792 3 years, 89 days 1185
December 6, 1792 Joshua Seney Anti-Administration Maryland March 4, 1789 – December 6, 1792 3 years, 277 days 1373
March 4, 1793 Egbert Benson Pro-Administration New York March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 4 years, 0 days 1461
Thomas Fitzsimmons Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Elbridge Gerry Anti-Administration Massachusetts
Daniel Huger Pro-Administration South Carolina
John Laurance Pro-Administration New York
George Leonard Pro-Administration Massachusetts
Samuel Livermore Anti-Administration New Hampshire
Peter Silvester Pro-Administration New York
Thomas Sinnickson Pro-Administration New Jersey
Jonathan Sturges Pro-Administration Connecticut
Thomas Sumter Anti-Administration South Carolina
Thomas Tudor Tucker Anti-Administration South Carolina
John M. Vining Pro-Administration Delaware
Alexander White Pro-Administration Virginia
March 4, 1795 Elias Boudinot Pro-Administration New Jersey March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 6 years, 0 days 2191
Samuel Griffin Pro-Administration Virginia
Richard Bland Lee I Pro-Administration Virginia
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Pro-Administration Connecticut
Jeremiah Wadsworth Pro-Administration Connecticut
June 11, 1796 Benjamin Goodhue Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – June 11, 1796 7 years, 99 days 2656
Theodore Sedgwick Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts
July 1, 1796 Daniel Hiester Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania March 4, 1789 – July 1, 1796 7 years, 119 days 2676
March 4, 1797 Fisher Ames Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1797 8 years, 0 days 2922
Nicholas Gilman Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire
James Madison Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Andrew Moore Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Frederick Muhlenberg Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania
John Page Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
July 10, 1797 William Loughton Smith Pro-Administration
Federalist
South Carolina March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 8 years, 128 days 3050
March 4, 1799 Abraham Baldwin Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Georgia March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1799 10 years, 0 days 3652
December 21, 1800 Thomas Hartley Pro-Administration
Federalist
Pennsylvania March 4, 1789 – December 21, 1800 11 years, 292 days 4309
March 4, 1803 Josiah Parker Anti-Administration
Federalist
Virginia March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 12 years, 0 days 4382
George Thatcher Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts
March 4, 1803 December 12, 1825 Nathaniel Macon Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
North Carolina March 4, 1791 – December 13, 1815 24 years, 284 days 9049
December 12, 1825 March 9, 1908 Thomas Newton, Jr. Democratic-Republican Virginia March 4, 1801 – March 9, 1830 29 years, 5 days 10597
March 9, 1908 March 21, 1940 Henry H. Bingham Republican Pennsylvania March 4, 1879 – March 22, 1912 33 years, 18 days 12071
March 21, 1940 October 24, 1957 Adolph J. Sabath Democratic Illinois March 4, 1907 – November 6, 1952 45 years, 247 days 16684
October 24, 1957 July 18, 1963 Sam Rayburn Democratic Texas March 4, 1913 – November 16, 1961 48 years, 257 days 17789
July 18, 1963 January 5, 1992 Carl Vinson Democratic Georgia November 3, 1914 – January 3, 1965 50 years, 61 days 18324
January 5, 1992 February 10, 2009 Jamie L. Whitten Democratic Mississippi November 4, 1941 – January 3, 1995 53 years, 60 days 19418
February 10, 2009 John Dingell Democratic Michigan December 13, 1955 – January 3, 2015 59 years, 21 days 21571

Governor

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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

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House and Senate

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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
Elias Boudinot Pro-Administration New Jersey March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 (H)
Thomas Fitzsimmons Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Samuel Griffin Pro-Administration Virginia
Richard Bland Lee I Pro-Administration Virginia
Jeremiah Wadsworth Pro-Administration Connecticut
March 8, 1796 Oliver Ellsworth Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796 (S) 7 years, 4 days 2561
June 1, 1796 Caleb Strong Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1796 (S) 7 years, 89 days 2646
June 10, 1796 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut March 4, 1789 – June 10, 1796 (H,S) 7 years, 98 days 2655
July 1, 1796 Daniel Hiester Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania March 4, 1789 – July 1, 1796 (H) 7 years, 119 days 2676
October 25, 1796 Pierce Butler Pro-Administration
Federalist
South Carolina March 4, 1789 – October 25, 1796 (S) 7 years, 235 days 2792
March 4, 1797 Fisher Ames Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1797 (H) 8 years, 0 days 2922
Nicholas Gilman Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire
James Madison Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Andrew Moore Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Frederick Muhlenberg Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania
John Page Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
July 10, 1797 John Henry Pro-Administration
Federalist
Maryland March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 (S) 8 years, 128 days 3050
William Loughton Smith Pro-Administration
Federalist
South Carolina March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 (H)
January 19, 1798 John M. Vining Pro-Administration
Federalist
Delaware March 4, 1789 – January 19, 1798 (H,S) 8 years, 321 days 3243
November 8, 1800 Benjamin Goodhue Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – November 8, 1800 (H,S) 11 years, 249 days 4266
December 21, 1800 Thomas Hartley Pro-Administration
Federalist
Pennsylvania March 4, 1789 – December 21, 1800 (H) 11 years, 292 days 4309
March 4, 1801 James Gunn Anti-Administration
Federalist
Georgia March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (S) 12 years, 0 days 4382
John Langdon Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
New Hampshire
Theodore Sedgwick Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (H,S)
Josiah Parker Anti-Administration
Federalist
Virginia March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 (H)
George Thatcher Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts
June 12, 1801 Samuel Livermore Anti-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire March 4, 1789 – June 12, 1801 (H,S) 12 years, 100 days 4482
March 3, 1809 Abraham Baldwin Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Georgia March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1807 (H,S) 18 years, 0 days 6573
March 3, 1809 October 15, 1831 Nathaniel Macon Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
North Carolina March 4, 1791 – November 14, 1828 (H,S) 37 years, 245 days 13769
October 15, 1831 April 4, 1894 Samuel Smith Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Maryland March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1815
January 31, 1816 – March 4, 1833 (H,S)
39 years, 32 days 14276
April 4, 1894 December 31, 1920 Justin Smith Morrill Whig
Republican
Vermont March 4, 1855 – December 28, 1898 (H,S) 43 years, 299 days 16005
December 31, 1920 February 17, 1958 Joseph G. Cannon Republican Illinois March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1891
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1913
March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1923 (H)
46 years, 0 days 16800
February 17, 1958 November 18, 2009 Carl Hayden Democratic Arizona February 19, 1912 – January 3, 1969 (H,S) 56 years, 319 days 20773
November 18, 2009 June 6, 2013 Robert Byrd Democratic West Virginia January 3, 1953 – June 28, 2010 (H,S) 57 years, 176 days 20995
June 6, 2013 John Dingell Democratic Michigan December 13, 1955 – January 3, 2015 (H) 59 years, 21 days 21571

Senate

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Begin Date End Date Name Party State Service Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 12, 1790 William Grayson Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 – March 12, 1790 1 year, 8 days 373
November 13, 1790 William Paterson Pro-Administration New Jersey March 4, 1789 – November 13, 1790 1 year, 254 days 619
March 4, 1791 Tristram Dalton Pro-Administration Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 2 years, 0 days 730
Jonathan Elmer Pro-Administration New Jersey
William Samuel Johnson Pro-Administration Connecticut
William Maclay Anti-Administration Pennsylvania
October 8, 1792 Richard Henry Lee Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 – October 8, 1792 3 years, 218 days 1314
November 30, 1792 Charles Carroll of Carrollton Pro-Administration Maryland March 4, 1789 – November 30, 1792 3 years, 271 days 1367
March 4, 1793 Richard Bassett Anti-Administration Delaware March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 4 years, 0 days 1461
William Few Anti-Administration Georgia
Paine Wingate Anti-Administration New Hampshire
September 18, 1793 George Read Pro-Administration Delaware March 4, 1789 – September 18, 1793 4 years, 198 days 1659
March 4, 1795 Ralph Izard Pro-Administration South Carolina March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 6 years, 0 days 2191
Robert Morris Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
March 8, 1796 Oliver Ellsworth Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut March 4, 1789 – March 8, 1796 7 years, 4 days 2561
June 1, 1796 Caleb Strong Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1796 7 years, 89 days 2646
October 25, 1796 Pierce Butler Pro-Administration
Federalist
South Carolina March 4, 1789 – October 25, 1796 7 years, 235 days 2792
July 10, 1797 John Henry Pro-Administration
Federalist
Maryland March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 8 years, 128 days 3050
June 7, 1802 James Gunn Anti-Administration
Federalist
Georgia March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 12 years, 0 days 4382
John Langdon Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
New Hampshire
June 7, 1802 December 7, 1808 Theodore Foster Pro-Administration
Federalist
Democratic-Republican
Rhode Island June 7, 1790 – March 4, 1803 12 years, 270 days 4652
December 7, 1808 December 25, 1811 James Hillhouse Federalist Connecticut March 12, 1796 – June 10, 1810 14 years, 90 days 5202
December 25, 1811 May 13, 1822 Joseph Anderson Democratic-Republican Tennessee September 26, 1797 – March 4, 1815 17 years, 159 days 6367
May 13, 1822 March 8, 1832 John Gaillard Democratic-Republican South Carolina December 6, 1804 – February 26, 1826 21 years, 82 days 7752
March 8, 1832 March 2, 1842 Samuel Smith Democratic-Republican Maryland March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1815
December 16, 1822 – March 4, 1833
22 years, 78 days 8114
March 2, 1842 December 11, 1845 William R. King Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Alabama December 14, 1819 – April 15, 1844[1] 24 years, 123 days 8889
December 11, 1845 October 9, 1894 Thomas Hart Benton Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Missouri August 10, 1821 – March 4, 1851 29 years, 206 days 10798
October 9, 1894 February 20, 1905 John Sherman Republican Ohio March 21, 1861 – March 8, 1877
March 4, 1881 - March 4, 1897
31 years, 352 days 11675
February 20, 1905 April 20, 1928 William B. Allison Republican Iowa March 4, 1873 – August 4, 1908 35 years, 153 days 12936
April 20, 1928 March 9, 1964 Francis E. Warren Republican Wyoming November 18, 1890 – March 4, 1893
March 4, 1895 – November 24, 1929
37 years, 6 days 13520
March 9, 1964 May 30, 1997 Carl Hayden Democratic Arizona March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1969 41 years, 305 days 15281
May 30, 1997 June 10, 2006 Strom Thurmond Democratic
Republican
South Carolina December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956
November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003
47 years, 159 days 17325
June 10, 2006 Robert Byrd Democratic West Virginia January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010 51 years, 176 days 18804

House

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Begin Date End Date Name Party State Service Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 June 1, 1790 Theodorick Bland Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1790 1 year, 89 days 454
August 14, 1790 George Partridge Pro-Administration Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – August 14, 1790 1 year, 163 days 528
March 4, 1791 Aedanus Burke Anti-Administration South Carolina March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 2 years, 0 days 730
Lambert Cadwalader Pro-Administration New Jersey
Daniel Carroll Pro-Administration Maryland
George Clymer Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Isaac Coles Anti-Administration Virginia
Benjamin Contee Anti-Administration Maryland
William Floyd Anti-Administration New York
George Gale Pro-Administration Maryland
Jonathan Grout Anti-Administration Massachusetts
John Hathorn Anti-Administration New York
Benjamin Huntington Pro-Administration Connecticut
James Jackson Anti-Administration Georgia
George Mathews Anti-Administration Georgia
Peter Muhlenberg Anti-Administration Pennsylvania
James Schureman Pro-Administration New Jersey
Thomas Scott Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut
William Smith Anti-Administration Maryland
Michael J. Stone Anti-Administration Maryland
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer Anti-Administration New York
Henry Wynkoop Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
June 1, 1792 John Brown Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 – June 1, 1792 3 years, 89 days 1185
December 6, 1792 Joshua Seney Anti-Administration Maryland March 4, 1789 – December 6, 1792 3 years, 277 days 1373
March 4, 1793 Egbert Benson Pro-Administration New York March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793 4 years, 0 days 1461
Thomas Fitzsimmons Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Elbridge Gerry Anti-Administration Massachusetts
Daniel Huger Pro-Administration South Carolina
John Laurance Pro-Administration New York
George Leonard Pro-Administration Massachusetts
Samuel Livermore Anti-Administration New Hampshire
Peter Silvester Pro-Administration New York
Thomas Sinnickson Pro-Administration New Jersey
Jonathan Sturges Pro-Administration Connecticut
Thomas Sumter Anti-Administration South Carolina
Thomas Tudor Tucker Anti-Administration South Carolina
John M. Vining Pro-Administration Delaware
Alexander White Pro-Administration Virginia
March 4, 1795 Elias Boudinot Pro-Administration New Jersey March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1795 6 years, 0 days 2191
Samuel Griffin Pro-Administration Virginia
Richard Bland Lee I Pro-Administration Virginia
Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Pro-Administration Connecticut
Jeremiah Wadsworth Pro-Administration Connecticut
June 11, 1796 Benjamin Goodhue Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – June 11, 1796 7 years, 99 days 2656
Theodore Sedgwick Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts
July 1, 1796 Daniel Hiester Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania March 4, 1789 – July 1, 1796 7 years, 119 days 2676
March 4, 1797 Fisher Ames Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1797 8 years, 0 days 2922
Nicholas Gilman Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire
James Madison Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Andrew Moore Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Frederick Muhlenberg Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania
John Page Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
July 10, 1797 William Loughton Smith Pro-Administration
Federalist
South Carolina March 4, 1789 – July 10, 1797 8 years, 128 days 3050
March 4, 1799 Abraham Baldwin Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Georgia March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1799 10 years, 0 days 3652
December 21, 1800 Thomas Hartley Pro-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania March 4, 1789 – December 21, 1800 11 years, 292 days 4309
March 4, 1803 Josiah Parker Anti-Administration
Federalist
Virginia March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1801 12 years, 0 days 4382
George Thatcher Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts
March 4, 1803 December 12, 1825 Nathaniel Macon Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
North Carolina March 4, 1791 – December 13, 1815 24 years, 284 days 9049
December 12, 1825 March 12, 1904 Thomas Newton, Jr. Democratic-Republican Virginia March 4, 1801 – March 9, 1830
March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833
31 years, 5 days 11328
March 12, 1904 November 5, 1908 John H. Ketcham Republican New York March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1873
March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1893
March 4, 1897 – November 4, 1906
33 years, 245 days 12297
November 5, 1908 March 3, 1959 Joseph G. Cannon Republican Illinois March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1891
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1913
March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1923
46 years, 0 days 16800
March 3, 1959 July 18, 1963 Sam Rayburn Democratic Texas March 4, 1913 – November 16, 1961 48 years, 257 days 17789
July 18, 1963 January 5, 1992 Carl Vinson Democratic Georgia November 3, 1914 – January 3, 1965 50 years, 61 days 18324
January 5, 1992 February 10, 2009 Jamie L. Whitten Democratic Mississippi November 4, 1941 – January 3, 1995 53 years, 60 days 19418
February 10, 2009 John Dingell Democratic Michigan December 13, 1955 – January 3, 2015 59 years, 21 days 21571

Governor

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Service Years and days Days
October 1, 1769 March 11, 1792 Jonathan Trumbull Non-partisan Connecticut October 1, 1769 – May 13, 1784 14 years, 225 days 5338
March 11, 1792 December 13, 2015 George Clinton Democratic-Republican New York July 30, 1777 – June 30, 1795
July 1, 1801 – June 30, 1804
20 years, 334 days 7639
December 13, 2015 Terry Branstad Republican Iowa January 14, 1983 – January 15, 1999
January 14, 2011 – May 24, 2017
22 years, 131 days 8167

List of longest-serving women

[edit]

House and Senate

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Service Years and days Days
March 4, 1917 January 22, 1925 Jeannette Rankin Republican Montana March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919[2] (H) 2 years, 0 days 730
March 4, 1923 Alice Mary Robertson Republican Oklahoma March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 (H)
January 22, 1925 March 30, 1927 Mae Nolan Republican California January 23, 1923 – March 4, 1925 (H) 2 years, 40 days 771
March 30, 1927 January 18, 1937 Florence Prag Kahn Republican California February 17, 1925 – January 3, 1937 (H) 11 years, 321 days 4338
January 18, 1937 May 1, 1951 Mary Teresa Norton Democratic New Jersey March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1951 (H) 25 years, 305 days 9436
May 1, 1951 March 16, 2012 Edith Rogers Republican Massachusetts June 30, 1925 – September 10, 1960 (H) 35 years, 72 days 12856
March 16, 2012 January 3, 2023 Barbara Mikulski Democratic Maryland January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2017 (H,S) 40 years, 0 days 14610
January 3, 2023 Marcy Kaptur Democratic Ohio January 3, 1983 – in office (H) 41 years, 314 days 15289

Senate

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Service Years and days Days
October 3, 1922 January 2, 1932 Rebecca Latimer Felton Democratic Georgia October 3, 1922 – November 22, 1922 50 days 50
January 2, 1932 February 24, 1962 Hattie Caraway Democratic Arkansas November 13, 1931 – January 3, 1945 13 years, 51 days 4800
February 24, 1962 January 3, 2011 Margaret Chase Smith Republican Maine January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973 24 years, 0 days 8766
January 3, 2011 November 5, 2022 Barbara Mikulski Democratic Maryland January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2017 30 years, 0 days 10958
November 5, 2022 November 27, 2023 Dianne Feinstein Democratic California November 4, 1992 – September 28, 2023 30 years, 328 days 11285
November 27, 2023 Patty Murray Democratic Washington January 3, 1993 – in office 31 years, 314 days 11636

House

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Service Years and days Days
March 4, 1917 January 22, 1925 Jeannette Rankin Republican Montana March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919[2] 2 years, 0 days 730
March 4, 1923 Alice Mary Robertson Republican Oklahoma March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923
January 22, 1925 March 30, 1927 Mae Nolan Republican California January 23, 1923 – March 4, 1925 2 years, 40 days 771
March 30, 1927 January 18, 1937 Florence Prag Kahn Republican California February 17, 1925 – January 3, 1937 11 years, 321 days 4338
January 18, 1937 May 1, 1951 Mary Teresa Norton Democratic New Jersey March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1951 25 years, 305 days 9436
May 1, 1951 March 16, 2018 Edith Rogers Republican Massachusetts June 30, 1925 – September 10, 1960 35 years, 72 days 12856
March 16, 2018 Marcy Kaptur Democratic Ohio January 3, 1983 – in office 41 years, 314 days 15289

Governor

[edit]
Uninterrupted time
[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Service Years and days Days
January 3, 1927 January 5, 1977 Nellie Tayloe Ross Democratic Wyoming January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927 1 year, 363 days 728
January 15, 1935 Miriam A. Ferguson Democratic Texas January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935[3]
January 5, 1977 January 3, 1991 Ella T. Grasso Democratic Connecticut January 8, 1975 – December 31, 1980 5 years, 358 days 2184
January 3, 1991 January 18, 2000 Madeleine M. Kunin Democratic Vermont January 10, 1985 – January 10, 1991 6 years, 0 days 2191
January 18, 2000 January 17, 2008 Christine Todd Whitman Republican New Jersey January 18, 1994 – January 31, 2001 7 years, 13 days 2570
January 17, 2008 Ruth Ann Minner Democratic Delaware January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2009 8 years, 17 days 2939
Interrupted time
[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Service Years and days Days
January 3, 1927 January 18, 1933 Nellie Tayloe Ross Democratic Wyoming January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927 1 year, 363 days 728
January 18, 1933 January 2, 1979 Miriam A. Ferguson Democratic Texas January 20, 1925 – January 17, 1927
January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935
3 years, 360 days 1455
January 2, 1979 January 3, 1991 Ella T. Grasso Democratic Connecticut January 8, 1975 – December 31, 1980 5 years, 358 days 2184
January 3, 1991 January 18, 2000 Madeleine M. Kunin Democratic Vermont January 10, 1985 – January 10, 1991 6 years, 0 days 2191
January 18, 2000 January 17, 2008 Christine Todd Whitman Republican New Jersey January 18, 1994 – January 31, 2001 7 years, 13 days 2570
January 17, 2008 Ruth Ann Minner Democratic Delaware January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2009 8 years, 17 days 2939

List of longest-living

[edit]

House and Senate

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Lifespan Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 1, 1800 Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793 72 years, 95 days 26393
January 10, 1800 September 21, 1826 William Samuel Johnson Pro-Administration Connecticut October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819 92 years, 38 days 33640
September 21, 1826 March 1, 1837 Thomas Sumter Democratic-Republican South Carolina August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832 97 years, 292 days 35720
March 1, 1837 July 11, 1921 Paine Wingate Anti-Administration New Hampshire May 14, 1739 – March 7, 1838 98 years, 297 days 36091
July 11, 1921 October 1, 1972 Cornelius Cole Republican California September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924 102 years, 47 days 37302
October 1, 1972 July 20, 1988 Maurice Thatcher Republican Kentucky August 15, 1870 – January 6, 1973 102 years, 144 days 37399
July 20, 1988 Elizabeth Hawley Gasque Democratic South Carolina February 26, 1886 – November 2, 1989 103 years, 249 days 37869

Women

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Lifespan Years and days Days
March 4, 1917 March 4, 1921[4] Jeannette Rankin Republican Montana June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973 40 years, 266 days[5] 14875[5]
March 4, 1921 October 3, 1922[4] Alice Mary Robertson Republican California January 2, 1854 – October 3, 1922 68 years, 274 days[5] 25110[5]
October 3, 1922 June 22, 1972 Rebecca Latimer Felton Democratic Georgia June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930 94 years, 228 days 34561
June 22, 1972 May 1, 1983 Virginia Jenckes Democratic Indiana November 6, 1877 – January 9, 1975 97 years, 64 days 35492
May 1, 1983 Elizabeth Hawley Gasque Democratic South Carolina February 26, 1886 – November 2, 1989 103 years, 249 days 37869

Men

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Lifespan Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 1, 1800 Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793 72 years, 95 days 26393
January 10, 1800 September 21, 1826 William Samuel Johnson Pro-Administration Connecticut October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819 92 years, 38 days 33640
September 21, 1826 March 1, 1837 Thomas Sumter Democratic-Republican South Carolina August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832 97 years, 292 days 35720
March 1, 1837 July 11, 1921 Paine Wingate Anti-Administration New Hampshire May 14, 1739 – March 7, 1838 98 years, 297 days 36091
July 11, 1921 October 1, 1972 Cornelius Cole Republican California September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924 102 years, 47 days 37302
October 1, 1972 Maurice Thatcher Republican Kentucky August 15, 1870 – January 6, 1973 102 years, 144 days 37399

Senate

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Lifespan Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 June 13, 1791[4] William Samuel Johnson Pro-Administration Connecticut October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819 63 years, 249 days[5] 23260
June 13, 1791 January 10, 1800 Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793 72 years, 95 days 26393
January 10, 1800 September 21, 1826 William Samuel Johnson Pro-Administration Connecticut October 7, 1727 – November 14, 1819 92 years, 38 days 33640
September 21, 1826 March 1, 1837 Thomas Sumter Democratic-Republican South Carolina August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832 97 years, 292 days 35720
March 1, 1837 July 8, 1906 Paine Wingate Anti-Administration New Hampshire May 14, 1739 – March 7, 1838 98 years, 297 days 36091
July 8, 1906 October 10, 1921 Daniel Jewett Republican Missouri September 14, 1807 – October 7, 1906 99 years, 23 days 36182
October 10, 1921 Cornelius Cole Republican California September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924 102 years, 47 days 37302

Women

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Lifespan Years and days Days
October 3, 1922 May 20, 1985 Rebecca Latimer Felton Democratic Georgia June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930 94 years, 228 days 34561
May 20, 1985 Gladys Pyle Republican South Dakota October 4, 1890 – March 14, 1989 98 years, 161 days 35955

House

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Lifespan Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 1, 1800 Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793 72 years, 95 days 26393
March 1, 1800 March 15, 1801 Artemas Ward Pro-Administration Massachusetts November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800 72 years, 336 days 26634
March 15, 1801 June 18, 1815 William Smith Anti-Administration Maryland April 12, 1728 – March 27, 1814 85 years, 349 days 31394
June 18, 1815 September 4, 1824 George Leonard Pro-Administration Massachusetts July 4, 1729 – July 26, 1819 90 years, 22 days 32893
September 4, 1824 March 1, 1837 Thomas Sumter Democratic-Republican South Carolina August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832 97 years, 292 days 35720
March 1, 1837 July 11, 1921 Paine Wingate Anti-Administration New Hampshire May 14, 1739 – March 7, 1838 98 years, 297 days 36091
July 11, 1921 October 1, 1972 Cornelius Cole Republican California September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924 102 years, 47 days 37302
October 1, 1972 July 20, 1988 Maurice Thatcher Republican Kentucky August 15, 1870 – January 6, 1973 102 years, 144 days 37399
July 20, 1988 Elizabeth Hawley Gasque Democratic South Carolina February 26, 1886 – November 2, 1989 103 years, 249 days 37869

Women

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Lifespan Years and days Days
March 4, 1917 March 4, 1921[4] Jeannette Rankin Republican Montana June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973 40 years, 266 days[5] 14875
March 4, 1921 May 7, 1944 Alice Mary Robertson Republican California January 2, 1854 – July 1, 1931 77 years, 180 days 28303
May 7, 1944 March 14, 1957 Florence Prag Kahn Republican California November 9, 1866 – November 16, 1948 82 years, 7 days 29957
March 14, 1957 April 29, 1961 Mary Teresa Norton Democratic New Jersey March 7, 1875 – August 2, 1959 84 years, 148 days 30828
April 29, 1961 January 2, 1963 Pearl Peden Oldfield Democratic Arkansas December 2, 1876 – April 12, 1962 85 years, 131 days 31176
January 2, 1963 November 5, 1965 Ruth Baker Pratt Republican New York August 24, 1877 – August 23, 1965 87 years, 364 days 32140
November 5, 1965 May 1, 1983 Virginia Jenckes Democratic Indiana November 6, 1877 – January 9, 1975 97 years, 64 days 35492
May 1, 1983 Elizabeth Hawley Gasque Democratic South Carolina February 26, 1886 – November 2, 1989 103 years, 249 days 37869

Men

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Lifespan Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 1, 1800 Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793 72 years, 95 days 26393
March 1, 1800 March 15, 1801 Artemas Ward Pro-Administration Massachusetts November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800 72 years, 336 days 26634
March 15, 1801 June 18, 1815 William Smith Anti-Administration Maryland April 12, 1728 – March 27, 1814 85 years, 349 days 31394
June 18, 1815 September 4, 1824 George Leonard Pro-Administration Massachusetts July 4, 1729 – July 26, 1819 90 years, 22 days 32893
September 4, 1824 March 1, 1837 Thomas Sumter Democratic-Republican South Carolina August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832 97 years, 292 days 35720
March 1, 1837 July 11, 1921 Paine Wingate Anti-Administration New Hampshire May 14, 1739 – March 7, 1838 98 years, 297 days 36091
July 11, 1921 October 1, 1972 Cornelius Cole Republican California September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924 102 years, 47 days 37302
October 1, 1972 Maurice Thatcher Republican Kentucky August 15, 1870 – January 6, 1973 102 years, 144 days 37399

Governor

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Lifespan Years and days Days
December 7, 1787 December 12, 1787[4] Thomas Collins Non-partisan Delaware 1732 – March 29, 1789 55 years, 160 days ca.[5] 20250 ca.
December 12, 1787 June 23, 1809 Benjamin Franklin Non-partisan Pennsylvania January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 84 years, 90 days 30771
June 23, 1809 September 7, 1842 Samuel Ashe Anti-Administration North Carolina March 24, 1725 – February 13, 1813 87 years, 326 days 32102
September 7, 1842 December 15, 1848 Morgan Lewis Democratic-Republican New York October 16, 1754 – April 7, 1844 89 years, 174 days 32680
December 15, 1848 April 20, 1860 William Plumer Democratic-Republican New Hampshire June 25, 1759 – December 22, 1850 91 years, 180 days 33417
April 20, 1860 November 4, 1890 Joshua Hall Democratic Maine October 22, 1768 – December 25, 1862 94 years, 64 days 34396
November 4, 1890 December 18, 1936 Nathaniel Berry Republican New Hampshire September 1, 1796 – April 27, 1894 97 years, 238 days 35666
December 18, 1936 June 5, 1977 Roswell Colcord Republican Nevada April 25, 1839 – October 30, 1939 100 years, 188 days 36712
June 5, 1977 September 30, 2000 Nellie Tayloe Ross Democratic Wyoming November 29, 1876 – December 12, 1977 101 years, 13 days 36909
September 30, 2000 March 17, 2011 Jimmie Davis Democratic Louisiana September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000 101 years, 55 days 36945
March 17, 2011 Albert Rosellini Democratic Washington January 21, 1910 – October 10, 2011 101 years, 262 days 37152

Women

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Lifespan Years and days Days
January 5, 1925 January 20, 1925[4] Nellie Tayloe Ross Democratic Wyoming November 29, 1876 – December 12, 1977 48 years, 52 days[5] 17583
January 20, 1925 December 12, 1962 Miriam Ferguson Democratic Texas June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961 86 years, 12 days 31423
December 12, 1962 Nellie Tayloe Ross Democratic Wyoming November 29, 1876 – December 12, 1977 101 years, 13 days 36909

Men

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Lifespan Years and days Days
December 7, 1787 December 12, 1787[4] Thomas Collins Non-partisan Delaware 1732 – March 29, 1789 55 years, 160 days ca.[5] 20250 ca.
December 12, 1787 June 23, 1809 Benjamin Franklin Non-partisan Pennsylvania January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790 84 years, 90 days 30771
June 23, 1809 September 7, 1842 Samuel Ashe Anti-Administration North Carolina March 24, 1725 – February 13, 1813 87 years, 326 days 32102
September 7, 1842 December 15, 1848 Morgan Lewis Democratic-Republican New York October 16, 1754 – April 7, 1844 89 years, 174 days 32680
December 15, 1848 April 20, 1860 William Plumer Democratic-Republican New Hampshire June 25, 1759 – December 22, 1850 91 years, 180 days 33417
April 20, 1860 November 4, 1890 Joshua Hall Democratic Maine October 22, 1768 – December 25, 1862 94 years, 64 days 34396
November 4, 1890 December 18, 1936 Nathaniel Berry Republican New Hampshire September 1, 1796 – April 27, 1894 97 years, 238 days 35666
December 18, 1936 March 17, 2000 Roswell Colcord Republican Nevada April 25, 1839 – October 30, 1939 100 years, 188 days 36712
March 17, 2000 March 17, 2011 Jimmie Davis Democratic Louisiana September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000 101 years, 55 days 36945
March 17, 2011 Albert Rosellini Democratic Washington January 21, 1910 – October 10, 2011 101 years, 262 days 37152

List of oldest serving

[edit]

Senate

[edit]
Begin date End date Name Party State Date of birth Service Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 4, 1791 William Samuel Johnson Pro-Administration Connecticut October 7, 1727 March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 63 years, 148 days 23159
March 4, 1791 June 13, 1791[4] Richard Henry Lee Anti-Administration Virginia January 20, 1732 March 4, 1789 – October 8, 1792 59 years, 144 days[5] 21694
June 13, 1791 July 23, 1793 Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut April 19, 1721 June 13, 1791 – July 23, 1793 72 years, 95 days 26302
July 23, 1793 October 1797 William Bradford Pro-Administration
Federalist
Rhode Island November 4, 1729 March 4, 1793 – October 1797 67 years, 340 days ca. 24800 ca.
October 1797 June 12, 1801 Samuel Livermore Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire May 14, 1732 March 4, 1793 – June 12, 1801 69 years, 29 days 25230
June 12, 1801 June 17, 1801[4] William Hindman Federalist Maryland April 1, 1743 December 12, 1800 – November 19, 1801 58 years, 77 days[5] 21261
June 17, 1801 December 15, 1801[4] Simeon Olcott Federalist New Hampshire October 1, 1735 June 17, 1801 – March 4, 1805 66 years, 75 days[5] 27468
December 15, 1801 December 16, 1810 Thomas Sumter Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina August 14, 1734 December 15, 1801 – December 16, 1810 76 years, 124 days 27882
December 16, 1810 March 4, 1811 Timothy Pickering Federalist Massachusetts July 17, 1745 March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1811 65 years, 230 days 23970
March 4, 1811 March 4, 1815 John Lambert Democratic-Republican New Jersey February 24, 1746 March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1815 69 years, 8 days 25209
March 4, 1815 March 4, 1817 Joseph Bradley Varnum Democratic-Republican Massachusetts January 29, 1751 June 29, 1811 – March 4, 1817 66 years, 34 days 24140
March 4, 1817 March 4, 1821 Isaac Tichenor Federalist Vermont February 8, 1754 October 18, 1796 – October 17, 1797
March 4, 1814 – March 4, 1821
67 years, 24 days 24495
March 4, 1821 December 17, 1822[4] Rufus King Federalist New York March 24, 1755 July 25, 1789 – May 23, 1796
March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1825
67 years, 268 days[5] 24739
December 17, 1822 March 4, 1833 Samuel Smith Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Maryland July 27, 1752 March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1815
December 17, 1822 – March 4, 1833
80 years, 220 days 29439
March 4, 1833 March 4, 1839 Asher Robbins National Republican
Whig
Rhode Island October 26, 1761 October 31, 1825 – March 4, 1839 77 years, 129 days 28252
March 4, 1839 April 23, 1842[4] Benjamin Tappan Democratic Ohio May 25, 1773 March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845 68 years, 333 days[5] 25169
April 23, 1842 March 4, 1843 Samuel C. Crafts Whig Vermont October 6, 1768 April 23, 1842 – March 4, 1843 74 years, 149 days 27174
March 4, 1843 March 4, 1845 Benjamin Tappan Democratic Ohio May 25, 1773 March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845 71 years, 283 days 26215
March 4, 1845 March 4, 1847 Thomas Clayton Whig Delaware July 1777 January 8, 1824 – March 4, 1827
January 9, 1837 – March 4, 1847
69 years, 230 days ca. 25430 ca.
March 4, 1847 June 23, 1848[4] John M. Berrien Whig Georgia August 23, 1781 March 4, 1841 – May 28, 1852 66 years, 305 days[5] 24410
June 23, 1848 March 4, 1849 Thomas Metcalfe Whig Kentucky March 20, 1780 June 23, 1848 – March 4, 1849 68 years, 349 days 25185
March 4, 1849 June 29, 1852 Henry Clay Democratic-Republican
Whig
Kentucky April 12, 1777 December 29, 1806 – March 4, 1807
January 4, 1810 – March 4, 1811
November 10, 1831 – March 31, 1842
March 4, 1849 – June 29, 1852
75 years, 78 days 27471
June 29, 1852 March 4, 1857 Lewis Cass Democratic Michigan October 9, 1782 March 4, 1845 – May 29, 1848
March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1857
74 years, 146 days 27174
March 4, 1857 March 4, 1859 Philip Allen Democratic Rhode Island September 1, 1785 July 20, 1853 – March 4, 1859 73 years, 184 days 26846
March 4, 1859 March 4, 1861 John J. Crittenden Democratic-Republican
National Republican
Whig
American
Constitutional Union
Unionist Party
Kentucky September 10, 1787 March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819
March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1841
March 31, 1842 – June 12, 1848
March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1861
73 years, 175 days 26838
March 4, 1861 November 9, 1865 Jacob Collamer Whig
Republican
Vermont January 8, 1791 March 4, 1855 – November 9, 1865 74 years, 305 days 27333
November 9, 1865 February 7, 1868 James Guthrie Democratic Kentucky December 5, 1792 March 4, 1865 – February 7, 1868 75 years, 64 days 27456
February 7, 1868 July 10, 1868 Reverdy Johnson Democratic Maryland May 21, 1796 March 4, 1863 – July 10, 1868 72 years, 50 days 26347
July 10, 1868 March 12, 1877 Simon Cameron Democratic
Republican
Pennsylvania March 8, 1799 March 13, 1845 – March 4, 1849
March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
March 4, 1867 – March 12, 1877
78 years, 4 days 28493
March 12, 1877 March 4, 1881 Hannibal Hamlin Democratic
Republican
Maine August 27, 1809 June 8, 1848 – January 7, 1857
March 4, 1857 – January 17, 1861
March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1881
71 years, 189 days 26122
March 4, 1881 December 28, 1898 Justin Smith Morrill Republican Vermont April 14, 1810 March 4, 1867 – December 28, 1898 88 years, 258 days 32400
December 28, 1898 July 27, 1907 Edmund Pettus Democratic Alabama July 6, 1821 March 4, 1897 – July 27, 1907 86 years, 21 days 31431
July 27, 1907 March 17, 1908 William Pinkney Whyte Democratic Maryland August 9, 1824 July 13, 1868 – March 4, 1869
March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881
June 8, 1906 – March 17, 1908
83 years, 221 days 30535
March 17, 1908 March 24, 1908[4] William B. Allison Republican Iowa March 2, 1829 March 4, 1873 – August 4, 1908 79 years, 22 days[5] 28876
March 24, 1908 October 21, 1908 John Wolcott Stewart Republican Vermont November 24, 1825 March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908 82 years, 332 days 30281
October 21, 1908 March 4, 1915 Isaac Stephenson Republican Wisconsin June 18, 1829 May 17, 1907 – March 4, 1915 85 years, 259 days 31304
March 4, 1915 August 17, 1918 Jacob Harold Gallinger Republican New Hampshire March 28, 1837 March 4, 1891 – August 17, 1918 81 years, 142 days 29726
August 17, 1918 March 4, 1919 David Baird Republican New Jersey April 7, 1839 February 23, 1918 – March 4, 1919 79 years, 331 days 29185
March 4, 1919 March 1, 1920 John H. Bankhead Democratic Alabama September 13, 1842 June 18, 1907 – March 1, 1920 77 years, 170 days 28293
March 1, 1920 October 3, 1922[4] Carroll S. Page Republican Vermont January 10, 1843 October 21, 1908 – March 4, 1923 79 years, 266 days[5] 29120
October 3, 1922 November 22, 1922 Rebecca Latimer Felton Democratic Georgia June 10, 1835 October 3, 1922 – November 22, 1922 87 years, 165 days 31941
November 22, 1922 March 4, 1923 Carroll S. Page Republican Vermont January 10, 1843 October 21, 1908 – March 4, 1923 80 years, 53 days 29272
March 4, 1923 April 28, 1923 Knute Nelson Republican Minnesota February 2, 1843 March 4, 1895 – April 28, 1923 80 years, 85 days 29304
April 28, 1923 July 12, 1923 William P. Dillingham Republican Vermont December 12, 1843 October 18, 1900 – July 12, 1923 79 years, 212 days 29066
July 12, 1923 November 24, 1929 Francis E. Warren Republican Wyoming June 20, 1844 November 24, 1890 – March 4, 1893
March 4, 1895 – November 24, 1929
85 years, 157 days 31202
November 24, 1929 March 4, 1931 Frederick H. Gillett Republican Massachusetts October 16, 1851 March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1931 79 years, 139 days 28993
March 4, 1931 May 24, 1933[4] John B. Kendrick Democratic Wyoming September 6, 1857 March 4, 1917 – November 3, 1933 75 years, 260 days[5] 27653
May 24, 1933 November 6, 1934 William Henry Thompson Democratic Nebraska December 14, 1853 May 24, 1933 – November 6, 1934 80 years, 327 days 29546
November 6, 1934 April 21, 1941[4] Carter Glass Democratic Virginia January 4, 1858 February 20, 1920 – May 28, 1946 83 years, 107 days[5] 30422
April 21, 1941 June 26, 1941 Andrew Jackson Houston Democratic Texas June 21, 1854 April 21, 1841 – June 26, 1941 87 years, 5 days 31781
June 26, 1941 May 28, 1946 Carter Glass Democratic Virginia January 4, 1858 February 20, 1920 – May 28, 1946 88 years, 144 days 32285
May 28, 1946 January 3, 1949 Arthur Capper Republican Kansas July 14, 1865 March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1949 83 years, 173 days 30488
January 3, 1949 January 3, 1961 Theodore F. Green Democratic Rhode Island October 2, 1867 January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1961 93 years, 93 days 34061
January 3, 1961 January 3, 1969 Carl Hayden Democratic Arizona October 2, 1877 March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1969 91 years, 93 days 33330
January 3, 1969 January 3, 1971 Stephen M. Young Democratic Ohio May 4, 1889 January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 81 years, 244 days 29828
January 3, 1971 July 27, 1972 Allen J. Ellender Democratic Louisiana September 24, 1890 January 3, 1937 – July 27, 1972 81 years, 307 days 29891
July 27, 1972 January 3, 1975 George Aiken Republican Vermont August 20, 1892 January 10, 1941 – January 3, 1975 82 years, 136 days 30085
January 3, 1975 November 28, 1977 John Little McClellan Democratic Arkansas February 25, 1896 January 3, 1943 – November 28, 1977 81 years, 276 days 29861
November 28, 1977 January 3, 1981 Milton Young Republican North Dakota December 6, 1897 March 12, 1945 – January 3, 1981 83 years, 28 days 30343
January 3, 1981 January 3, 1989 John C. Stennis Democratic Mississippi August 3, 1901 November 5, 1947 – January 3, 1989 87 years, 153 days 31930
January 3, 1989 January 3, 2003 Strom Thurmond Democratic
Republican
South Carolina December 5, 1902 December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956
November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003
100 years, 29 days 36554
January 3, 2003 June 28, 2010 Robert Byrd Democratic West Virginia November 20, 1917 January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010 92 years, 220 days 33823
June 28, 2010 June 3, 2013 Frank Lautenberg Democratic New Jersey January 23, 1924 December 27, 1982 – January 3, 2001
January 3, 2003 – June 3, 2013
89 years, 131 days 32639
June 3, 2013 September 28, 2023 Dianne Feinstein Democratic California June 22, 1933 November 4, 1992 – September 28, 2023 90 years, 98 days 32970
September 28, 2023 Chuck Grassley Republican Iowa September 17, 1933 January 3, 1981 – in office 91 years, 56 days 33294

Women

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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, 289 days 28413

Men

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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, 56 days 33294

House

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Begin date End date Name Party State Date of birth Service Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 4, 1791 Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut April 19, 1721 March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 69 years, 319 days 25521
March 4, 1791 September 15, 1794 Abraham Clark Pro-Administration New Jersey February 15, 1726 March 4, 1791 – September 15, 1794 68 years, 212 days 25049
September 15, 1794 March 4, 1795 Artemas Ward Pro-Administration Massachusetts November 26, 1727 March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1795 67 years, 98 days 24570
March 4, 1795 March 4, 1797 Robert Rutherford Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia October 20, 1728 March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1797 68 years, 135 days 24972
March 4, 1797 March 4, 1799 Matthew Locke Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
North Carolina 1730 March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1799 68–69 years ca. 25000 ca.
March 4, 1799 December 15, 1801 Thomas Sumter Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina August 14, 1734 March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793
March 4, 1797 – December 15, 1801
67 years, 123 days 24594
December 15, 1801 March 4, 1803 Abiel Foster Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire August 8, 1735 March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791
March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1803
67 years, 208 days 24679
March 4, 1803 March 4, 1807 John Whitehill Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania December 11, 1729 March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1807 77 years, 83 days 28206
March 4, 1807 April 8, 1813 Robert Whitehill Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania July 21, 1738 November 7, 1805 – April 8, 1813 74 years, 261 days 27289
April 8, 1813 March 4, 1817 William Findley Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania 1741/42 March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1799
March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1817
75 years ca. 27400 ca.
March 4, 1817 February 21, 1818 Peterson Goodwyn Democratic-Republican Virginia 1745 March 4, 1803 – February 21, 1818 73 years ca. 26500 ca.
February 21, 1818 March 4, 1819 Anthony New Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Kentucky
1747 March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1805
March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819
March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823
72 years ca. 26200 ca.
March 4, 1819 March 4, 1821 Thomas Forrest Federalist Pennsylvania 1747 March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821
October 8, 1822 – March 4, 1823
74 years ca. 26900 ca.
March 4, 1821 March 4, 1823 Anthony New Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Kentucky
1747 March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1805
March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819
March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823
72 years ca. 26200 ca.
October 8, 1822 Thomas Forrest Federalist Pennsylvania 1747 March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821
October 8, 1822 – March 4, 1823
74 years ca. 26900 ca.
March 4, 1823 March 4, 1825 Daniel Udree Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania August 5, 1751 October 12, 1813 – March 4, 1815
December 26, 1820 – March 4, 1821
December 10, 1822 – March 4, 1825
73 years, 211 days 26874
March 4, 1825 March 4, 1827 Joshua Sands Federalist
Adams Republican
New York October 12, 1757 March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805
March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827
69 years, 143 days 25344
March 4, 1827 March 4, 1829 Ebenezer Tucker Unaffiliated New Jersey November 15, 1758 March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 70 years, 109 days 25676
March 4, 1829 March 4, 1831 James Shields Jacksonian Ohio April 13, 1762 March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 68 years, 325 days 25161
March 4, 1831 March 4, 1833 John Adair Democratic-Republican Kentucky January 9, 1757 March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 76 years, 54 days 27812
March 4, 1833 March 4, 1835 Philemon Thomas Democratic Louisiana February 9, 1763 March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1835 72 years, 23 days 26320
March 4, 1835 March 4, 1837 John Roane Democratic-Republican
Jacksonian
Virginia February 9, 1766 March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1815
March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1831
March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837
71 years, 23 days 25955
March 4, 1837 February 23, 1848 John Quincy Adams National Republican
Anti-Masonic
Whig
Massachusetts July 11, 1767 March 4, 1831 – February 23, 1848 80 years, 227 days 29446
February 23, 1848 March 4, 1849 Charles Jared Ingersoll Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Pennsylvania October 3, 1782 March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815
March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1849
66 years, 152 days 24258
March 4, 1849 March 4, 1851 William Nelson Whig New York June 18, 1784 March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1851 66 years, 259 days 24364
March 4, 1851 March 4, 1853 Alexander Harper Whig Ohio February 5, 1786 March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839
March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1847
March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853
67 years, 27 days 24498
March 4, 1853 March 4, 1855 Thomas Hart Benton Democratic Missouri March 14, 1782 March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 72 years, 355 days 26652
March 4, 1855 March 4, 1857 Killian Miller Opposition New York July 30, 1785 March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 71 years, 217 days 26149
March 4, 1857 March 4, 1859 Amos P. Granger Opposition
Republican
New York June 3, 1789 March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1859 69 years, 274 days 25475
March 4, 1859 March 4, 1861 Martin Butterfield Republican New York December 8, 1790 March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 70 years, 86 days 25653
March 4, 1861 September 27, 1861 William Appleton Whig
Constitutional Union
Massachusetts November 16, 1786 March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1855
March 4, 1861 – September 27, 1861
74 years, 315 days 27343
September 27, 1861 July 26, 1863 John J. Crittenden Unionist Kentucky September 10, 1787 July 4, 1861 – July 26, 1863 75 years, 319 days 27712
July 26, 1863 August 11, 1868 Thaddeus Stevens Whig
Republican
Pennsylvania April 4, 1792 March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1853
March 4, 1859 – August 11, 1868
76 years, 129 days 27887
August 11, 1868 March 4, 1869 Nathaniel Boyden Whig
Conservative
North Carolina August 16, 1796 March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849
July 13, 1868 – March 4, 1869
72 years, 200 days 26497
March 4, 1869 March 4, 1871 Charles Knapp Republican New York October 8, 1797 March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 73 years, 147 days 26809
March 4, 1871 March 4, 1875 Eli Perry Democratic New York December 25, 1799 March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875 75 years, 69 days 27462
March 4, 1875 March 4, 1877 Chester W. Chapin Democratic Massachusetts December 16, 1798 March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 78 years, 78 days 28567
March 4, 1877 March 4, 1879 George W. Patterson Republican New York November 11, 1799 March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 79 years, 113 days 28967
March 4, 1879 March 4, 1881 Joseph E. Johnston Democratic Virginia February 3, 1807 March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 74 years, 29 days 27058
March 4, 1881 March 4, 1887 John T. Wait Republican Connecticut August 27, 1811 April 12, 1876 – March 4, 1887 75 years, 189 days 27583
March 4, 1887 January 9, 1890 William D. Kelley Republican Pennsylvania April 12, 1814 March 4, 1861 – January 9, 1890 75 years, 272 days 27666
January 9, 1890 March 4, 1891 Frederick Miles Republican Connecticut December 19, 1815 March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883
March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891
75 years, 75 days 27469
March 4, 1891 March 4, 1893 Edward Scull Republican Pennsylvania February 5, 1818 March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1893 75 years, 27 days 27421
March 4, 1893 December 4, 1893[4] Thomas Dunn English Democratic New Jersey June 29, 1819 March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1895 74 years, 161 days[5] 27190
December 4, 1893 March 4, 1895 Hezekiah S. Bundy Republican Ohio August 15, 1817 March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867
March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
December 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895
77 years, 201 days 28325
March 4, 1895 March 4, 1897[4] Galusha A. Grow Democratic
Republican
Pennsylvania August 31, 1823 March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1863
February 26, 1894 – March 4, 1903
73 years, 185 days[5] 26849
March 4, 1897 April 22, 1897 William S. Holman Democratic Indiana September 6, 1822 March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1865
March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1877
March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1895
March 4, 1897 – April 22, 1897
74 years, 228 days 27257
April 22, 1897 March 4, 1899 Jehu Baker Republican Illinois November 4, 1822 March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1879
March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889
March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899
76 years, 120 days 27879
March 4, 1899 March 4, 1903 Galusha A. Grow Democratic
Republican
Pennsylvania August 31, 1823 March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1863
February 26, 1894 – March 4, 1903
79 years, 185 days 29039
March 4, 1903 March 4, 1911 Nehemiah D. Sperry Republican Connecticut July 10, 1827 March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1911 83 years, 237 days 30552
March 4, 1911 March 4, 1921 Isaac R. Sherwood Republican
Democratic
Ohio August 13, 1835 March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1921
March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925
85 years, 203 days 31249
March 4, 1921 March 4, 1923 Joseph Gurney Cannon Republican Illinois May 7, 1836 March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1891
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1913
March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1923
86 years, 301 days 31711
March 4, 1923 March 4, 1925 Isaac R. Sherwood Republican
Democratic
Ohio August 13, 1835 March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1921
March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925
89 years, 203 days 32710
March 4, 1925 September 23, 1930 Charles Manly Stedman Democratic North Carolina January 29, 1841 March 4, 1911 – September 23, 1930 89 years, 237 days 32763
September 23, 1930 March 1, 1931 Henry A. Cooper Republican Wisconsin September 8, 1850 March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1919
March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1931
80 years, 174 days 29393
March 1, 1931 March 4, 1931[4] George Scott Graham Republican Pennsylvania September 13, 1850 March 4, 1913 – July 4, 1931 80 years, 172 days[5] 29513
March 4, 1931 January 3, 1935 Clement C. Dickinson Democratic Missouri December 6, 1849 February 1, 1910 – March 4, 1921
March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1929
March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935
85 years, 28 days 31073
January 3, 1935 January 3, 1937 Schuyler Merritt Republican Connecticut December 16, 1853 November 6, 1917 – March 4, 1931
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937
83 years, 18 days 30333
January 3, 1937 September 3, 1941 Edward T. Taylor Democratic Colorado June 19, 1858 March 4, 1909 – September 3, 1941 83 years, 76 days 30391
September 3, 1941 July 12, 1947 Joseph J. Mansfield Democratic Texas February 9, 1861 March 4, 1917 – July 12, 1947 86 years, 153 days 31563
July 12, 1947 January 3, 1953 Robert L. Doughton Democratic North Carolina November 7, 1863 March 4, 1911 – January 3, 1953 89 years, 57 days 32564
January 3, 1953 May 17, 1953 Merlin Hull Republican Wisconsin December 18, 1870 March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931
January 3, 1935 – May 17, 1953
82 years, 150 days 30100
May 17, 1953 January 3, 1955 Robert Crosser Democratic Ohio June 7, 1874 March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1919
March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1955
80 years, 210 days 29429
January 3, 1955 January 3, 1963 Brent Spence Democratic Kentucky December 24, 1874 March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1963 88 years, 10 days 32151
January 3, 1963 April 14, 1964 Thomas J. O'Brien Democratic Illinois April 30, 1878 March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
January 3, 1943 – April 14, 1964
85 years, 350 days 31395
April 14, 1964 May 12, 1964 Clarence Cannon Democratic Missouri April 11, 1879 March 4, 1923 – May 12, 1964 85 years, 31 days 31077
May 12, 1964 January 3, 1969 Barratt O'Hara Democratic Illinois April 28, 1882 January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1969
86 years, 250 days 31661
January 3, 1969 November 9, 1970 William L. Dawson Democratic Illinois April 26, 1886 January 3, 1943 – November 9, 1970 84 years, 197 days 30877
November 9, 1970 January 3, 1973 Emanuel Celler Democratic New York May 6, 1888 March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1973 84 years, 242 days 30922
January 3, 1973 January 3, 1977 Ray Madden Democratic Indiana February 25, 1892 January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1977 84 years, 313 days 30993
January 3, 1977 January 3, 1979 Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Democratic Pennsylvania August 9, 1898 May 20, 1958 – January 3, 1979 80 years, 147 days 29366
January 3, 1979 May 30, 1989 Claude Pepper Democratic Florida September 8, 1900 January 3, 1963 – May 30, 1989 88 years, 264 days 32406
May 30, 1989 January 3, 1991 Augustus F. Hawkins Democratic California August 31, 1907 January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1991 83 years, 125 days 30441
January 3, 1991 January 3, 1999 Sidney R. Yates Democratic Illinois August 27, 1909 January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999
89 years, 129 days 32636
January 3, 1999 July 15, 1999 George Brown, Jr. Democratic California March 6, 1920 January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971
January 3, 1973 – July 15, 1999
79 years, 131 days 28985
July 15, 1999 January 3, 2003 Benjamin A. Gilman Republican New York December 6, 1922 January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2003 80 years, 28 days 29248
January 3, 2003 January 3, 2015 Ralph Hall Democratic
Republican
Texas May 3, 1923 January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2015 91 years, 245 days 33483
January 3, 2015 December 5, 2017 John Conyers Democratic Michigan May 16, 1929 January 3, 1965 – December 5, 2017 88 years, 203 days 32345
December 5, 2017 March 16, 2018 Louise Slaughter Democratic New York August 14, 1929 January 3, 1987 – March 16, 2018 88 years, 214 days 32356
March 16, 2018 January 3, 2019 Sam Johnson Republican Texas October 11, 1930 May 8, 1991 – January 3, 2019 88 years, 84 days 32226
January 3, 2019 March 18, 2022 Don Young Republican Alaska June 9, 1933 March 6, 1973 – March 18, 2022 88 years, 282 days 32424
March 18, 2022 January 3, 2023 Eddie Bernice Johnson Democratic Texas December 3, 1935 January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2023 87 years, 31 days 31808
January 3, 2023 Grace Napolitano Democratic California December 4, 1936 January 3, 1999 – 87 years, 344 days 32120

Women

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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, 344 days 32120

Men

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Begin date End date Name Party State Date of birth Service Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 4, 1791 Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut April 19, 1721 March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 69 years, 319 days 25521
March 4, 1791 September 15, 1794 Abraham Clark Pro-Administration New Jersey February 15, 1726 March 4, 1791 – September 15, 1794 68 years, 212 days 25049
September 15, 1794 March 4, 1795 Artemas Ward Pro-Administration Massachusetts November 26, 1727 March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1795 67 years, 98 days 24570
March 4, 1795 March 4, 1797 Robert Rutherford Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia October 20, 1728 March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1797 68 years, 135 days 24972
March 4, 1797 March 4, 1799 Matthew Locke Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
North Carolina 1730 March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1799 68–69 years ca. 25000 ca.
March 4, 1799 December 15, 1801 Thomas Sumter Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina August 14, 1734 March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1793
March 4, 1797 – December 15, 1801
67 years, 123 days 24594
December 15, 1801 March 4, 1803 Abiel Foster Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire August 8, 1735 March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791
March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1803
67 years, 208 days 24679
March 4, 1803 March 4, 1807 John Whitehill Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania December 11, 1729 March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1807 77 years, 83 days 28206
March 4, 1807 April 8, 1813 Robert Whitehill Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania July 21, 1738 November 7, 1805 – April 8, 1813 74 years, 261 days 27289
April 8, 1813 March 4, 1817 William Findley Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania 1741/42 March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1799
March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1817
75 years ca. 27400 ca.
March 4, 1817 February 21, 1818 Peterson Goodwyn Democratic-Republican Virginia 1745 March 4, 1803 – February 21, 1818 73 years ca. 26500 ca.
February 21, 1818 March 4, 1819 Anthony New Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Kentucky
1747 March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1805
March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819
March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823
72 years ca. 26200 ca.
March 4, 1819 March 4, 1821 Thomas Forrest Federalist Pennsylvania 1747 March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821
October 8, 1822 – March 4, 1823
74 years ca. 26900 ca.
March 4, 1821 March 4, 1823 Anthony New Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Kentucky
1747 March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1805
March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819
March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823
72 years ca. 26200 ca.
October 8, 1822 Thomas Forrest Federalist Pennsylvania 1747 March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821
October 8, 1822 – March 4, 1823
74 years ca. 26900 ca.
March 4, 1823 March 4, 1825 Daniel Udree Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania August 5, 1751 October 12, 1813 – March 4, 1815
December 26, 1820 – March 4, 1821
December 10, 1822 – March 4, 1825
73 years, 211 days 26874
March 4, 1825 March 4, 1827 Joshua Sands Federalist
Adams Republican
New York October 12, 1757 March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805
March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827
69 years, 143 days 25344
March 4, 1827 March 4, 1829 Ebenezer Tucker Unaffiliated New Jersey November 15, 1758 March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 70 years, 109 days 25676
March 4, 1829 March 4, 1831 James Shields Jacksonian Ohio April 13, 1762 March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 68 years, 325 days 25161
March 4, 1831 March 4, 1833 John Adair Democratic-Republican Kentucky January 9, 1757 March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 76 years, 54 days 27812
March 4, 1833 March 4, 1835 Philemon Thomas Democratic Louisiana February 9, 1763 March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1835 72 years, 23 days 26320
March 4, 1835 March 4, 1837 John Roane Democratic-Republican
Jacksonian
Virginia February 9, 1766 March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1815
March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1831
March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837
71 years, 23 days 25955
March 4, 1837 February 23, 1848 John Quincy Adams National Republican
Anti-Masonic
Whig
Massachusetts July 11, 1767 March 4, 1831 – February 23, 1848 80 years, 227 days 29446
February 23, 1848 March 4, 1849 Charles Jared Ingersoll Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Pennsylvania October 3, 1782 March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815
March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1849
66 years, 152 days 24258
March 4, 1849 March 4, 1851 William Nelson Whig New York June 18, 1784 March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1851 66 years, 259 days 24364
March 4, 1851 March 4, 1853 Alexander Harper Whig Ohio February 5, 1786 March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839
March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1847
March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853
67 years, 27 days 24498
March 4, 1853 March 4, 1855 Thomas Hart Benton Democratic Missouri March 14, 1782 March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 72 years, 355 days 26652
March 4, 1855 March 4, 1857 Killian Miller Opposition New York July 30, 1785 March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 71 years, 217 days 26149
March 4, 1857 March 4, 1859 Amos P. Granger Opposition
Republican
New York June 3, 1789 March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1859 69 years, 274 days 25475
March 4, 1859 March 4, 1861 Martin Butterfield Republican New York December 8, 1790 March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 70 years, 86 days 25653
March 4, 1861 September 27, 1861 William Appleton Whig
Constitutional Union
Massachusetts November 16, 1786 March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1855
March 4, 1861 – September 27, 1861
74 years, 315 days 27343
September 27, 1861 July 26, 1863 John J. Crittenden Unionist Kentucky September 10, 1787 July 4, 1861 – July 26, 1863 75 years, 319 days 27712
July 26, 1863 August 11, 1868 Thaddeus Stevens Whig
Republican
Pennsylvania April 4, 1792 March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1853
March 4, 1859 – August 11, 1868
76 years, 129 days 27887
August 11, 1868 March 4, 1869 Nathaniel Boyden Whig
Conservative
North Carolina August 16, 1796 March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849
July 13, 1868 – March 4, 1869
72 years, 200 days 26497
March 4, 1869 March 4, 1871 Charles Knapp Republican New York October 8, 1797 March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 73 years, 147 days 26809
March 4, 1871 March 4, 1875 Eli Perry Democratic New York December 25, 1799 March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875 75 years, 69 days 27462
March 4, 1875 March 4, 1877 Chester W. Chapin Democratic Massachusetts December 16, 1798 March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 78 years, 78 days 28567
March 4, 1877 March 4, 1879 George W. Patterson Republican New York November 11, 1799 March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 79 years, 113 days 28967
March 4, 1879 March 4, 1881 Joseph E. Johnston Democratic Virginia February 3, 1807 March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 74 years, 29 days 27058
March 4, 1881 March 4, 1887 John T. Wait Republican Connecticut August 27, 1811 April 12, 1876 – March 4, 1887 75 years, 189 days 27583
March 4, 1887 January 9, 1890 William D. Kelley Republican Pennsylvania April 12, 1814 March 4, 1861 – January 9, 1890 75 years, 272 days 27666
January 9, 1890 March 4, 1891 Frederick Miles Republican Connecticut December 19, 1815 March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1883
March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891
75 years, 75 days 27469
March 4, 1891 March 4, 1893 Edward Scull Republican Pennsylvania February 5, 1818 March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1893 75 years, 27 days 27421
March 4, 1893 December 4, 1893[4] Thomas Dunn English Democratic New Jersey June 29, 1819 March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1895 74 years, 161 days[5] 27190
December 4, 1893 March 4, 1895 Hezekiah S. Bundy Republican Ohio August 15, 1817 March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867
March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
December 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895
77 years, 201 days 28325
March 4, 1895 March 4, 1897[4] Galusha A. Grow Democratic
Republican
Pennsylvania August 31, 1823 March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1863
February 26, 1894 – March 4, 1903
73 years, 185 days[5] 26849
March 4, 1897 April 22, 1897 William S. Holman Democratic Indiana September 6, 1822 March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1865
March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1877
March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1895
March 4, 1897 – April 22, 1897
74 years, 228 days 27257
April 22, 1897 March 4, 1899 Jehu Baker Republican Illinois November 4, 1822 March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1879
March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889
March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899
76 years, 120 days 27879
March 4, 1899 March 4, 1903 Galusha A. Grow Democratic
Republican
Pennsylvania August 31, 1823 March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1863
February 26, 1894 – March 4, 1903
79 years, 185 days 29039
March 4, 1903 March 4, 1911 Nehemiah D. Sperry Republican Connecticut July 10, 1827 March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1911 83 years, 237 days 30552
March 4, 1911 March 4, 1921 Isaac R. Sherwood Republican
Democratic
Ohio August 13, 1835 March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1921
March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925
85 years, 203 days 31249
March 4, 1921 March 4, 1923 Joseph Gurney Cannon Republican Illinois May 7, 1836 March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1891
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1913
March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1923
86 years, 301 days 31711
March 4, 1923 March 4, 1925 Isaac R. Sherwood Republican
Democratic
Ohio August 13, 1835 March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1921
March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925
89 years, 203 days 32710
March 4, 1925 September 23, 1930 Charles Manly Stedman Democratic North Carolina January 29, 1841 March 4, 1911 – September 23, 1930 89 years, 237 days 32763
September 23, 1930 March 1, 1931 Henry A. Cooper Republican Wisconsin September 8, 1850 March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1919
March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1931
80 years, 174 days 29393
March 1, 1931 March 4, 1931[4] George Scott Graham Republican Pennsylvania September 13, 1850 March 4, 1913 – July 4, 1931 80 years, 172 days[5] 29513
March 4, 1931 January 3, 1935 Clement C. Dickinson Democratic Missouri December 6, 1849 February 1, 1910 – March 4, 1921
March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1929
March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935
85 years, 28 days 31073
January 3, 1935 January 3, 1937 Schuyler Merritt Republican Connecticut December 16, 1853 November 6, 1917 – March 4, 1931
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937
83 years, 18 days 30333
January 3, 1937 September 3, 1941 Edward T. Taylor Democratic Colorado June 19, 1858 March 4, 1909 – September 3, 1941 83 years, 76 days 30391
September 3, 1941 July 12, 1947 Joseph J. Mansfield Democratic Texas February 9, 1861 March 4, 1917 – July 12, 1947 86 years, 153 days 31563
July 12, 1947 January 3, 1953 Robert L. Doughton Democratic North Carolina November 7, 1863 March 4, 1911 – January 3, 1953 89 years, 57 days 32564
January 3, 1953 May 17, 1953 Merlin Hull Republican Wisconsin December 18, 1870 March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931
January 3, 1935 – May 17, 1953
82 years, 150 days 30100
May 17, 1953 January 3, 1955 Robert Crosser Democratic Ohio June 7, 1874 March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1919
March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1955
80 years, 210 days 29429
January 3, 1955 January 3, 1963 Brent Spence Democratic Kentucky December 24, 1874 March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1963 88 years, 10 days 32151
January 3, 1963 April 14, 1964 Thomas J. O'Brien Democratic Illinois April 30, 1878 March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939
January 3, 1943 – April 14, 1964
85 years, 350 days 31395
April 14, 1964 May 12, 1964 Clarence Cannon Democratic Missouri April 11, 1879 March 4, 1923 – May 12, 1964 85 years, 31 days 31077
May 12, 1964 January 3, 1969 Barratt O'Hara Democratic Illinois April 28, 1882 January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1969
86 years, 250 days 31661
January 3, 1969 November 9, 1970 William L. Dawson Democratic Illinois April 26, 1886 January 3, 1943 – November 9, 1970 84 years, 197 days 30877
November 9, 1970 January 3, 1973 Emanuel Celler Democratic New York May 6, 1888 March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1973 84 years, 242 days 30922
January 3, 1973 January 3, 1977 Ray Madden Democratic Indiana February 25, 1892 January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1977 84 years, 313 days 30993
January 3, 1977 January 3, 1979 Robert N.C. Nix, Sr. Democratic Pennsylvania August 9, 1898 May 20, 1958 – January 3, 1979 80 years, 147 days 29366
January 3, 1979 May 30, 1989 Claude Pepper Democratic Florida September 8, 1900 January 3, 1963 – May 30, 1989 88 years, 264 days 32406
May 30, 1989 January 3, 1991 Augustus F. Hawkins Democratic California August 31, 1907 January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1991 83 years, 125 days 30441
January 3, 1991 January 3, 1999 Sidney R. Yates Democratic Illinois August 27, 1909 January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999
89 years, 129 days 32636
January 3, 1999 July 15, 1999 George Brown, Jr. Democratic California March 6, 1920 January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971
January 3, 1973 – July 15, 1999
79 years, 131 days 28985
July 15, 1999 January 3, 2003 Benjamin A. Gilman Republican New York December 6, 1922 January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2003 80 years, 28 days 29248
January 3, 2003 January 3, 2015 Ralph Hall Democratic
Republican
Texas May 3, 1923 January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2015 91 years, 245 days 33483
January 3, 2015 December 5, 2017 John Conyers Democratic Michigan May 16, 1929 January 3, 1965 – December 5, 2017 88 years, 203 days 32345
December 5, 2017 January 3, 2019 Sam Johnson Republican Texas October 11, 1930 May 8, 1991 – January 3, 2019 88 years, 84 days 32226
January 3, 2019 March 18, 2022 Don Young Republican Alaska June 9, 1933 March 6, 1973 – March 18, 2022 88 years, 282 days 32424
March 18, 2022 August 21, 2024 Bill Pascrell Democratic New Jersey January 25, 1937 January 3, 1997 – August 21, 2024 87 years, 209 days 31985
August 21, 2024 Hal Rogers Republican Kentucky December 31, 1937 January 3, 1981 – 86 years, 317 days 31728

Governor

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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, 28 days 29248

Women

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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, 28 days 29248

Men

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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, 312 days 28436

List of oldest living

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Senate

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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, 215 days 34549

Women

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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, 106 days 33709

Men

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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, 215 days 34549

House

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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, 72 days 38789
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, 84 days 36609

Women

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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, 168 days 34502

Men

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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, 84 days 36609

Governor

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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, 42 days 36567

Women

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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, 45 days 33283

Men

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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, 42 days 36567

List of earliest serving

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Senate

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Senator Party State 1st Entered Senate Time since entry Days
March 4, 1789 March 12, 1790 William Grayson Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 1 year, 8 days 373
June 19, 1794 Richard Henry Lee Anti-Administration Virginia 5 years, 107 days 1933
September 21, 1798 George Read Pro-Administration Delaware 9 years, 201 days 3488
December 16, 1798 John Henry Pro-Administration
Federalist
Maryland 9 years, 287 days 3574
July 30, 1801 James Gunn Anti-Administration
Federalist
Georgia 12 years, 148 days 4530
April 16, 1804 William Maclay Anti-Administration Pennsylvania 15 years, 43 days 5521
May 30, 1804 Ralph Izard Pro-Administration South Carolina 15 years, 87 days 5565
May 8, 1806 Robert Morris Pro-Administration Pennsylvania 17 years, 65 days 6273
September 9, 1806 William Paterson Pro-Administration New Jersey 17 years, 189 days 6397
November 26, 1807 Oliver Ellsworth Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut 18 years, 267 days 6840
August 15, 1815 Richard Bassett Anti-Administration Delaware 26 years, 164 days 9659
May 30, 1817 Tristram Dalton Pro-Administration Massachusetts 28 years, 87 days 10313
September 3, 1817 Jonathan Elmer Pro-Administration New Jersey 28 years, 183 days 10409
September 18, 1819 John Langdon Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
New Hampshire 30 years, 198 days 11154
November 7, 1819 Caleb Strong Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts 30 years, 248 days 11204
November 14, 1819 William Samuel Johnson Pro-Administration Connecticut 30 years, 255 days 11211
February 15, 1822 Pierce Butler Pro-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina 32 years, 348 days 12035
July 16, 1828 William Few Anti-Administration Georgia 39 years, 134 days 14378
November 14, 1832 Charles Carroll of Carrollton Pro-Administration Maryland 43 years, 255 days 15960
March 7, 1838 Paine Wingate Anti-Administration New Hampshire 49 years, 3 days 17899
March 7, 1838 February 23, 1840 John Rutherfurd Federalist New Jersey March 4, 1791 48 years, 356 days 17887
February 23, 1840 August 12, 1849 Albert Gallatin Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania December 2, 1793 55 years, 253 days 20341
November 27, 1847[7] James Ross Federalist Pennsylvania April 24, 1794 53 years, 217 days 19574
November 27, 1847 January 11, 1849 Ray Greene Federalist Rhode Island November 13, 1797 51 years, 59 days 18686
August 12, 1849 December 22, 1850 William Plumer Federalist
Democratic-Republican
New Hampshire June 17, 1802 48 years, 188 days 17720
December 22, 1850 June 29, 1852 Henry Clay Democratic-Republican
National Republican
Whig
Kentucky November 19, 1806 45 years, 223 days 16659
June 29, 1852 October 14, 1853 Elisha Mathewson Democratic-Republican Rhode Island October 26, 1807 45 years, 353 days 16790
October 14, 1853 November 5, 1857 Alexander Campbell Democratic-Republican Ohio December 11, 1809 47 years, 329 days 17496
November 5, 1857 April 14, 1859 George M. Bibb Democratic Kentucky March 4, 1811 48 years, 41 days 17573
April 14, 1859 July 26, 1863 John J. Crittenden Democratic-Republican
Whig
American
Constitutional Union
Kentucky March 4, 1817 46 years, 144 days 16945
July 26, 1863 September 4, 1864 Henry Johnson Democratic-Republican
Whig
Louisiana January 12, 1818 46 years, 236 days 17037
September 4, 1864 December 14, 1868 Walter Lowrie Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania March 4, 1819 49 years, 285 days 18183
December 14, 1868 October 13, 1880 Peleg Sprague National-Republican Maine March 4, 1829 51 years, 223 days 18851
October 13, 1880 March 19, 1888 John P. King Jacksonian Georgia November 21, 1833 54 years, 119 days 19842
March 19, 1888 May 11, 1889 Henry A. Foster Democratic New York November 30, 1844 44 years, 162 days 16233
May 11, 1889 June 26, 1889 Simon Cameron Democratic
Republican
Pennsylvania March 13, 1845 44 years, 105 days 16176
June 26, 1889 June 13, 1896 Alpheus Felch Democratic Michigan March 4, 1847 49 years, 101 days 17999
January 6, 1901 James Bradbury Democratic Maine 53 years, 308 days 19666
January 6, 1901 April 12, 1913 John B. Henderson Unionist
Republican
Missouri January 17, 1862 51 years, 85 days 18712
April 12, 1913 September 11, 1915 William Sprague Republican Rhode Island March 4, 1863 52 years, 191 days 19183
September 11, 1915 February 27, 1919 George F. Edmunds Republican Vermont April 3, 1866 52 years, 330 days 19322
February 27, 1919 November 3, 1924 Cornelius Cole Republican California March 4, 1867 57 years, 244 days 21063
November 3, 1924 April 12, 1933 Adelbert Ames Republican Mississippi February 23, 1870 63 years, 48 days 23058
April 12, 1933 November 16, 1933 Henry C. Hansbrough Republican North Dakota March 4, 1891 42 years, 257 days 15597
November 16, 1933 November 18, 1934 Lee Mantle Republican Montana January 16, 1895 39 years, 306 days 14550
November 18, 1934 June 3, 1938 Marion Butler Populist North Carolina March 4, 1895 43 years, 91 days 15796
June 3, 1938 October 21, 1938 Henry Heitfeld Populist Idaho March 4, 1897 41 years, 231 days 15205
October 21, 1938 April 30, 1940 Furnifold Simmons Democratic North Carolina March 4, 1901 39 years, 57 days 14302
April 30, 1940 February 9, 1941 Reed Smoot Republican Utah March 4, 1903 37 years, 342 days 13857
February 9, 1941 March 13, 1945 Charles W. F. Dick Republican Ohio March 23, 1904 40 years, 355 days 14965
March 13, 1945 January 5, 1960 Norris Brown Republican Nebraska March 4, 1907 52 years, 307 days 19300
January 5, 1960 May 31, 1962 Henry F. Ashurst Democratic Arizona March 27, 1912 50 years, 65 days 18327
May 31, 1962 December 28, 1972 John Heiskell Democratic Arkansas January 6, 1913 59 years, 357 days 21906
December 28, 1972 January 6, 1975 Burton K. Wheeler Democratic Montana March 4, 1923 51 years, 308 days 18936
January 14, 1978 Clarence Dill Democratic Washington 54 years, 316 days 20040
January 14, 1978 August 16, 1979 F. Ryan Duffy Democratic Wisconsin March 4, 1933 46 years, 165 days 16966
August 16, 1979 March 13, 1985 Elmer Austin Benson Farmer-Labor Minnesota December 27, 1935 49 years, 76 days 17974
March 13, 1985 May 30, 1989 Claude Pepper Democratic Florida November 4, 1936 52 years, 207 days 19200
May 30, 1989 September 22, 1990 John A. Danaher Republican Connecticut January 3, 1939 51 years, 262 days 18890
September 22, 1990 June 15, 1991 Happy Chandler Democratic Kentucky October 10, 1939 51 years, 248 days 18876
June 15, 1991 December 18, 1993 Joseph H. Ball Republican Minnesota October 14, 1940 53 years, 65 days 19423
December 18, 1993 January 21, 1999 Berkeley L. Bunker Democratic Nevada November 27, 1940 58 years, 55 days 21239
January 21, 1999 May 9, 2003 Russell B. Long Democratic Louisiana December 31, 1948 54 years, 129 days 19852
May 9, 2003 January 20, 2007 George Smathers Democratic Florida January 3, 1951 56 years, 17 days 20471
January 20, 2007 June 28, 2010 Robert Byrd[8] Democratic West Virginia January 3, 1959 51 years, 176 days 18804
June 28, 2010 October 21, 2012 George McGovern Democratic South Dakota January 3, 1963 49 years, 292 days 18189
December 17, 2012 Daniel Inouye[8] Democratic Hawaii 49 years, 349 days 18246
March 14, 2019 Birch Bayh Democratic Indiana 56 years, 70 days 20524
March 14, 2019 Fred R. Harris Democratic Oklahoma November 4, 1964 60 years, 8 days 21923

Women

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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, 325 days 16761

House

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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
Theodore Sedgwick Pro-Administration Massachusetts
June 3, 1813 Isaac Coles Anti-Administration Virginia 24 years, 91 days 8856
March 27, 1814 William Smith Anti-Administration Maryland 25 years, 23 days 9153
May 2, 1814 Nicholas Gilman Pro-Administration New Hampshire 25 years, 59 days 9189
July 28, 1814 Benjamin Goodhue Pro-Administration Massachusetts 25 years, 146 days 9276
November 23, 1814 Elbridge Gerry Anti-Administration Massachusetts 25 years, 264 days 9394
January 2, 1815 George Gale Pro-Administration Maryland 25 years, 304 days 9434
November 30, 1815 Benjamin Contee Anti-Administration Maryland 26 years, 271 days 9766
March 25, 1816 Henry Wynkoop Pro-Administration Pennsylvania 27 years, 21 days 9882
May 15, 1817 Thomas Sinnickson Pro-Administration New Jersey 28 years, 72 days 10298
July 26, 1819 George Leonard Pro-Administration Massachusetts 30 years, 144 days 11100
October 4, 1819 Jonathan Sturges Pro-Administration Connecticut 30 years, 214 days 11170
April 14, 1821 Andrew Moore Anti-Administration Virginia 32 years, 41 days 11728
August 4, 1821 William Floyd Anti-Administration New York 32 years, 153 days 11840
October 24, 1821 Elias Boudinot Pro-Administration New Jersey 32 years, 234 days 11921
September 13, 1823 Lambert Cadwalader Pro-Administration New Jersey 34 years, 193 days 12610
January 22, 1824 James Schureman Pro-Administration New Jersey 34 years, 324 days 12741
April 6, 1824 George Thatcher Pro-Administration Massachusetts 35 years, 33 days 12816
February 19, 1825 John Hathorn Anti-Administration New York 35 years, 352 days 13135
March 12, 1827 Richard Bland Lee I Pro-Administration Virginia 38 years, 8 days 13886
May 2, 1828 Thomas Tudor Tucker Anti-Administration South Carolina 39 years, 59 days 14303
July 7, 1828 George Partridge Pro-Administration Massachusetts 39 years, 125 days 14369
June 1, 1832 Thomas Sumter Anti-Administration South Carolina 43 years, 89 days 15794
August 24, 1833 Egbert Benson Pro-Administration
Federalist
New York 44 years, 173 days 16243
June 28, 1836 James Madison Anti-Administration Virginia 47 years, 116 days 17282
August 29, 1837 John Brown Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Kentucky
48 years, 178 days 17709
August 29, 1837 September 21, 1842 Jeremiah Smith Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire March 4, 1791 51 years, 201 days 18828
September 21, 1842 March 6, 1844 Gabriel Duvall Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Maryland November 11, 1794 49 years, 116 days 18012
March 6, 1844 August 12, 1849 Albert Gallatin Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania March 4, 1795 54 years, 161 days 19884
August 12, 1849 November 1, 1849 Elizur Goodrich Federalist Connecticut March 4, 1799 50 years, 242 days 18504
November 1, 1849 May 6, 1860 Littleton Tazewell Democratic-Republican
Jacksonian
Virginia November 26, 1800 59 years, 162 days 21711
May 6, 1860 July 18, 1872 Samuel Thatcher Federalist Massachusetts December 6, 1802 69 years, 225 days 25427
July 18, 1872 November 1, 1874 Enos Thompson Throop Democratic-Republican New York March 4, 1815 59 years, 242 days 21792
November 1, 1874 May 10, 1875 Willard Hall Democratic-Republican Delaware March 4, 1817 58 years, 67 days 21251
May 10, 1875 September 22, 1881 John Alfred Cuthbert Democratic-Republican Georgia March 4, 1819 62 years, 202 days 22848
October 7, 1883 Mark Alexander Democratic-Republican
Crawford Republican
Jacksonian
Virginia 64 years, 217 days 23593
October 7, 1883 December 18, 1885 Hiland Hall Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
Vermont January 1, 1833 52 years, 351 days 19344
December 18, 1885 May 30, 1888 John James Pearson Anti-Jacksonian Pennsylvania December 5, 1836 51 years, 177 days 18804
May 30, 1888 May 11, 1889 Henry A. Foster Democratic New York March 4, 1837 52 years, 68 days 19061
May 6, 1890 Hiram Gray Democratic New York 53 years, 63 days 19421
May 13, 1890 Amasa J. Parker Democratic New York 53 years, 70 days 19428
January 11, 1892 Richard P. Marvin Whig New York 54 years, 313 days 20036
June 11, 1894 John T. Andrews Democratic New York 57 years, 99 days 20918
June 11, 1894 November 16, 1894 Robert Charles Winthrop Whig Massachusetts November 9, 1840 54 years, 7 days 19730
November 16, 1894 February 9, 1900 Richard W. Thompson Whig Indiana March 4, 1841 58 years, 342 days 21526
February 9, 1900 September 20, 1900 John Alexander McClernand Democratic Illinois March 4, 1843 57 years, 200 days 21019
April 22, 1903 Alexander Ramsey Whig
Republican
Pennsylvania
Minnesota
60 years, 49 days 21963
April 22, 1903 July 10, 1903 Ausburn Birdsall Democratic New York March 4, 1847 56 years, 128 days 20581
July 10, 1903 April 5, 1904 John Houston Savage Democratic Tennessee March 4, 1849 55 years, 32 days 20120
May 19, 1907 Andrew J. Harlan Democratic Indiana 58 years, 76 days 21259
May 19, 1907 February 4, 1909 Addison White Whig Kentucky March 4, 1851 57 years, 337 days 21156
February 4, 1909 January 30, 1912 James C. Allen Democratic Illinois March 4, 1853 58 years, 332 days 21515
January 30, 1912 May 26, 1912 John Jamison Pearce Opposition Pennsylvania March 4, 1855 57 years, 83 days 20902
May 26, 1912 May 3, 1914 Daniel Sickles Democratic New York March 4, 1857 57 years, 60 days 20878
March 12, 1916 George William Palmer Republican New York 59 years, 8 days 21557
March 12, 1916 March 14, 1919 Roger Atkinson Pryor Democratic Virginia December 7, 1859 59 years, 97 days 21646
March 14, 1919 November 3, 1924 Cornelius Cole Republican California March 4, 1863 61 years, 244 days 22524
November 3, 1924 March 15, 1926 Jackson Orr Republican Iowa March 4, 1871 55 years, 11 days 20099
March 15, 1926 November 12, 1926 Joseph Gurney Cannon Republican Illinois March 4, 1873 53 years, 253 days 19610
December 6, 1926 Ira B. Hyde Republican Missouri 53 years, 277 days 19634
August 14, 1928 William J. Purman Republican Florida 55 years, 163 days 20251
September 4, 1930 Frederick George Bromberg Liberal Republican Alabama 57 years, 184 days 21002
May 22, 1931 Henry Otis Pratt Republican Iowa 58 years, 79 days 21262
November 2, 1939 John Roy Lynch Republican Mississippi 66 years, 243 days 24348
November 2, 1939 May 25, 1947 Perry Belmont Democratic New York March 4, 1881 66 years, 82 days 24187
May 25, 1947 July 29, 1948 James Eli Watson Republican Indiana March 4, 1895 53 years, 147 days 19505
October 2, 1950 John F. Fitzgerald Democratic Massachusetts 55 years, 212 days 20300
October 22, 1954 Harrison Henry Atwood Republican Massachusetts 59 years, 232 days 21781
October 22, 1954 February 22, 1960 Townsend Scudder Democratic New York March 4, 1899 60 years, 355 days 22269
March 24, 1961 Mitchell May Democratic New York 62 years, 20 days 22665
March 24, 1961 November 7, 1967 John Nance Garner Democratic Texas March 4, 1903 64 years, 248 days 23624
November 7, 1967 April 9, 1972 James Francis Byrnes Democratic South Carolina March 4, 1911 61 years, 36 days 22317
April 9, 1972 June 1, 1981 Carl Vinson Democratic Georgia November 3, 1914 66 years, 210 days 24317
June 1, 1981 January 18, 1991 Hamilton Fish III Republican New York November 2, 1920 70 years, 77 days 25644
January 18, 1991 October 10, 1991 Victor Christgau Republican Minnesota March 4, 1929 62 years, 220 days 22865
October 10, 1991 May 15, 1994 Robert T. Secrest Democratic Ohio March 4, 1933 61 years, 72 days 22352
May 8, 1998 Jennings Randolph Democratic West Virginia 65 years, 65 days 23806
May 8, 1998 December 5, 1998 Albert Gore, Sr. Democratic Tennessee January 3, 1939 59 years, 336 days 21886
January 24, 2000 Carl Thomas Curtis Republican Nebraska 61 years, 21 days 22301
January 24, 2000 October 18, 2004 Edwin Arthur Hall Republican New York November 7, 1939 64 years, 346 days 23722
October 18, 2004 August 13, 2005 William Jennings Bryan Dorn Democratic South Carolina January 3, 1947 58 years, 222 days 21407
January 20, 2007 George Smathers Democratic Florida 60 years, 17 days 21932
January 20, 2007 April 17, 2007 Steven Derounian Republican New York January 3, 1953 54 years, 104 days 19827
June 16, 2009 Paul A. Fino Republican New York 56 years, 164 days 20618
March 6, 2010 Stuyvesant Wainwright Republican New York 57 years, 62 days 20881
June 28, 2010 Robert Byrd Democratic West Virginia 57 years, 176 days 20995
May 23, 2011 Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr. Republican New Jersey 58 years, 140 days 21324
June 27, 2011 Richard Harding Poff Republican Virginia 58 years, 175 days 21359
August 20, 2011 Charles S. Gubser Republican California 58 years, 229 days 21413
May 23, 2012 William C. Wampler Republican Virginia 59 years, 141 days 21690
December 4, 2012 Jack Brooks Democratic Texas 59 years, 336 days 21885
April 3, 2016 Clarence Clifton Young Republican Nevada 63 years, 91 days 23101
November 16, 2016 Melvin R. Laird Republican Wisconsin 63 years, 318 days 23328
November 16, 2016 February 7, 2019 John Dingell Democratic Michigan December 13, 1955 63 years, 56 days 23067
February 7, 2019 February 20, 2019 William Broomfield Republican Michigan January 3, 1957 62 years, 48 days 22693
January 16, 2020 Harry G. Haskell Jr. Republican Delaware 63 years, 13 days 23023
Merwin Coad Democratic Iowa 67 years, 314 days 24785

Women

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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, 314 days 18941
Elizabeth Holtzman Democratic New York

Governor

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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, 314 days 22594

Women

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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, 335 days 14945

Men

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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, 314 days 22594

List of most senior in office

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Uninterrupted time

[edit]

House and Senate

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Seniority date Chamber Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 12, 1790 William Grayson Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 Senate 1 year, 8 days 373
June 1, 1790 Theodorick Bland Anti-Administration Virginia House 1 year, 89 days 454
August 14, 1790 George Partridge Pro-Administration Massachusetts House 1 year, 163 days 528
November 13, 1790 William Paterson Pro-Administration New Jersey Senate 1 year, 254 days 619
March 4, 1791 Tristram Dalton Pro-Administration Massachusetts Senate 2 years, 0 days 730
Jonathan Elmer Pro-Administration New Jersey
William Samuel Johnson Pro-Administration Connecticut
William Maclay Anti-Administration Pennsylvania
Aedanus Burke Anti-Administration South Carolina House
Lambert Cadwalader Pro-Administration New Jersey
Daniel Carroll Pro-Administration Maryland
George Clymer Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Isaac Coles Anti-Administration Virginia
Benjamin Contee Anti-Administration Maryland
William Floyd Anti-Administration New York
George Gale Pro-Administration Maryland
Jonathan Grout Anti-Administration Massachusetts
John Hathorn Anti-Administration New York
Benjamin Huntington Pro-Administration Connecticut
James Jackson Anti-Administration Georgia
George Mathews Anti-Administration Georgia
Peter Muhlenberg Anti-Administration Pennsylvania
James Schureman Pro-Administration New Jersey
Thomas Scott Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut
Thomas Sinnickson Pro-Administration New Jersey
William Smith Anti-Administration Maryland
Michael J. Stone Anti-Administration Maryland
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer Anti-Administration New York
Henry Wynkoop Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
June 1, 1792 John Brown Anti-Administration Virginia House 3 years, 89 days 1185
October 8, 1792 Richard Henry Lee Anti-Administration Virginia Senate 3 years, 218 days 1314
November 30, 1792 Charles Carroll of Carrollton Pro-Administration Maryland Senate 3 years, 271 days 1367
December 6, 1792 Joshua Seney Anti-Administration Maryland House 3 years, 277 days 1373
March 4, 1793 Richard Bassett Anti-Administration Delaware Senate 4 years, 0 days 1461
William Few Anti-Administration Georgia
Paine Wingate Anti-Administration New Hampshire
Egbert Benson Pro-Administration New York House
Elbridge Gerry Anti-Administration Massachusetts
Daniel Huger Pro-Administration South Carolina
John Laurance Pro-Administration New York
George Leonard Pro-Administration Massachusetts
Peter Silvester Pro-Administration New York
Jonathan Sturges Pro-Administration Connecticut
Thomas Sumter Anti-Administration South Carolina
Thomas Tudor Tucker Anti-Administration South Carolina
Alexander White Pro-Administration Virginia
September 18, 1793 George Read Pro-Administration Delaware Senate 4 years, 198 days 1659
March 4, 1795 Ralph Izard Pro-Administration South Carolina Senate 6 years, 0 days 2191
Robert Morris Pro-Adminsitration Pennsylvania
Elias Boudinot Pro-Administration New Jersey House
Thomas Fitzsimmons Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Samuel Griffin Pro-Administration Virginia
Richard Bland Lee I Pro-Administration Virginia
Jeremiah Wadsworth Pro-Administration Connecticut
March 8, 1796 Oliver Ellsworth Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut Senate 7 years, 4 days 2561
June 1, 1796 Caleb Strong Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts Senate 7 years, 89 days 2646
June 10, 1796 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut House
Senate
7 years, 98 days 2655
July 1, 1796 Daniel Hiester Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania House 7 years, 119 days 2676
October 25, 1796 Pierce Butler Pro-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina Senate 7 years, 235 days 2792
March 4, 1797 Fisher Ames Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts House 8 years, 0 days 2922
Nicholas Gilman Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire
James Madison Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Andrew Moore Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Frederick Muhlenberg Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania
John Page Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
July 10, 1797 John Henry Pro-Administration
Federalist
Maryland Senate 8 years, 128 days 3050
William Loughton Smith Pro-Administration
Federalist
South Carolina House
January 19, 1798 John M. Vining Pro-Administration
Federalist
Delaware House
Senate
8 years, 321 days 3243
November 8, 1800 Benjamin Goodhue Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts House
Senate
11 years, 249 days 4266
December 21, 1800 Thomas Hartley Pro-Administration
Federalist
Pennsylvania House 11 years, 292 days 4309
March 4, 1801 James Gunn Anti-Administration
Federalist
Georgia Senate 12 years, 0 days 4382
John Langdon Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
New Hampshire
Theodore Sedgwick Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts House
Senate
Josiah Parker Anti-Administration
Federalist
Virginia House
George Thatcher Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts
June 12, 1801 Samuel Livermore Anti-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire House
Senate
12 years, 100 days 4482
March 4, 1807 Abraham Baldwin Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Georgia House
Senate
18 years, 0 days 6573
March 4, 1807 June 10, 1810 James Hillhouse Federalist Connecticut March 4, 1791 House
Senate
19 years, 98 days 7037
March 4, 1813 Andrew Gregg Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania House
Senate
22 years, 0 days 8035
November 14, 1828 Nathaniel Macon Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
North Carolina House
Senate
37 years, 255 days 13769
November 14, 1828 March 4, 1833 William McCoy Democratic-Republican
Democratic Party
Virginia March 4, 1811 House 22 years, 0 days 8036
March 4, 1833 February, 23 1842 Lewis Williams Democratic-Republican
National Republican
Whig
North Carolina March 4, 1815 House 26 years, 356 days 9853
February, 23 1842 April 15, 1844 William R. King Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Alabama December 14, 1819 Senate 24 years, 123 days 8889
April 15, 1844 March 4, 1851 Thomas Hart Benton Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Missouri August 10, 1821 Senate 29 years, 206 days 10798
March 4, 1851 March 4, 1859 Joshua Reed Giddings Whig
Free Soil
Opposition
Republican
Ohio December 3, 1838 House 20 years, 91 days 7396
March 4, 1859 December 20, 1862 James Pearce Whig
Opposition
Democratic
Maryland March 4, 1841 House
Senate
21 years, 291 days 7961
December 20, 1862 March 4, 1863 John S. Phelps Whig
Opposition
Democratic
Missouri March 4, 1845 House 18 years, 0 days 6574
March 4, 1863 January 29, 1864 James A. Bayard Jr. Democratic Delaware March 4, 1851 Senate 12 years, 331 days 4714
March 28, 1866 Solomon Foot Whig
Opposition
Republican
Vermont 15 years, 24 days 5503
March 28, 1866 March 4, 1869 Benjamin Wade Whig
Opposition
Republican
Ohio March 15, 1851 Senate 17 years, 354 days 6564
March 4, 1869 March 11, 1874 Charles Sumner Free Soil
Opposition
Republican
Massachusetts April 25, 1851 Senate 22 years, 320 days 8356
March 11, 1874 March 8, 1877 John Sherman Opposition
Republican
Ohio March 4, 1855 House
Senate
22 years, 4 days 8040
December 28, 1898 Justin Smith Morrill Opposition
Republican
Vermont 43 years, 299 days 16005
December 28, 1898 September 30, 1904 George Frisbie Hoar Republican Massachusetts March 4, 1869 House
Senate
35 years, 210 days 12993
September 30, 1904 August 8, 1911 William P. Frye Republican Maine March 4, 1871 House
Senate
40 years, 157 days 14766
August 8, 1911 March 22, 1912 Henry H. Bingham Republican Pennsylvania March 4, 1879 House 33 years, 18 days 12071
March 22, 1912 March 4, 1913 Shelby Moore Cullom Republican Illinois March 4, 1883 Senate 30 years, 0 days 10957
March 4, 1913 November 9, 1924 Henry Cabot Lodge Republican Massachusetts March 4, 1887 House
Senate
37 years, 250 days 13764
November 9, 1924 March 4, 1931 Frederick H. Gillett Republican Massachusetts March 4, 1893 House
Senate
38 years, 0 days 13878
March 4, 1931 November 19, 1932 Wesley Livsey Jones Republican Washington March 4, 1899 House
Senate
33 years, 260 days 12313
March 4, 1933 Gilbert N. Haugen Republican Iowa House 34 years, 0 days 12418
March 4, 1933 April 1, 1934 Edward W. Pou Democratic North Carolina March 4, 1901 House 33 years, 28 days 12081
April 1, 1934 April 9, 1941 Morris Sheppard Democratic Texas November 15, 1902 House
Senate
38 years, 145 days 14025
April 9, 1941 January 3, 1943 George W. Norris Republican
Independent
Nebraska March 4, 1903 House
Senate
39 years, 305 days 14550
January 3, 1943 November 6, 1952 Adolph J. Sabath Democratic Illinois March 4, 1907 House 45 years, 247 days 16684
November 6, 1952 January 3, 1953 Robert L. Doughton Democratic North Carolina March 4, 1911 House 41 years, 305 days 15281
January 3, 1953 January 3, 1969 Carl Hayden Democratic Arizona February 19, 1912 House
Senate
56 years, 319 days 20773
January 3, 1969 January 3, 1973 Emanuel Celler Democratic New York March 4, 1923 House 49 years, 305 days 18203
January 3, 1973 March 7, 1976 Wright Patman Democratic Texas March 4, 1929 House 47 years, 3 days 17170
March 7, 1976 January 3, 1979 George H. Mahon Democratic Texas January 3, 1935 House 44 years, 0 days 16071
January 3, 1979 January 3, 1981 Warren Magnuson Democratic Washington January 3, 1937 House
Senate
44 years, 0 days 16071
January 3, 1981 September 1, 1983 Henry M. Jackson Democratic Washington January 3, 1941 House
Senate
42 years, 241 days 15581
September 1, 1983 January 3, 1995 Jamie Whitten Democratic Mississippi November 4, 1941 House 53 years, 60 days 19418
January 3, 1995 June 28, 2010 Robert Byrd Democratic West Virginia January 3, 1953 House
Senate
57 years, 176 days 20995
June 28, 2010 January 3, 2015 John Dingell Democratic Michigan December 13, 1955 House 59 years, 21 days 21571
January 3, 2015 December 5, 2017 John Conyers Democratic Michigan January 3, 1965 House 52 years, 336 days 19329
December 5, 2017 April 1, 2018 Thad Cochran Republican Mississippi January 3, 1973 House
Senate
45 years, 88 days 16524
April 1, 2018 March 18, 2022 Don Young Republican Alaska March 6, 1973 House 49 years, 12 days 17909
March 18, 2022 January 3, 2023 Patrick Leahy Democratic Vermont January 3, 1975 Senate 48 years, 0 days 17532
Chuck Grassley Republican Iowa House
Senate
49 years, 314 days 18211
Women
[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Seniority date Chamber Years and days Days
March 4, 1917 March 4, 1919 Jeannette Rankin Republican Montana March 4, 1917 House 2 years, 0 days 730
March 4, 1919 March 4, 1921 none
March 4, 1921 March 4, 1923 Alice Mary Robertson Republican Oklahoma March 4, 1921 House 2 years, 0 days 730
March 4, 1923 March 4, 1925 Mae Nolan Republican California January 23, 1923 House 2 years, 40 days 771
March 4, 1925 January 3, 1937 Florence Prag Kahn Republican California February 17, 1925 House 11 years, 321 days 4338
January 3, 1937 January 3, 1951 Mary Teresa Norton Democratic New Jersey March 4, 1925 House 25 years, 305 days 9436
January 3, 1951 September 10, 1960 Edith Nourse Rogers Republican Massachusetts June 30, 1925 House 35 years, 72 days 12856
September 10, 1960 January 3, 1969 Frances P. Bolton Republican Ohio February 27, 1940 House 28 years, 311 days 10538
January 3, 1969 January 3, 1973 Margaret Chase Smith Republican Maine June 3, 1940 House
Senate
32 years, 214 days 11902
January 3, 1973 January 3, 1977 Leonor Sullivan Democratic Missouri January 3, 1953 House 24 years, 0 days 8766
January 3, 1977 January 3, 1983 Margaret Heckler Republican Massachusetts January 3, 1967 House 16 years, 0 days 5844
January 3, 1983 January 3, 1987 Marjorie Holt Republican Maryland January 3, 1973 House 14 years, 0 days 5113
January 3, 1997 Pat Schroeder Democratic Colorado 24 years, 0 days 8766
January 3, 1997 January 3, 2017 Barbara Mikulski Democratic Maryland January 3, 1977 House
Senate
40 years, 0 days 14610
January 3, 2017 Marcy Kaptur Democratic Ohio January 3, 1983 House 41 years, 314 days 15289

Senate

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Seniority date Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 12, 1790 William Grayson Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 1 year, 8 days 373
November 13, 1790 William Paterson Pro-Administration New Jersey 1 year, 254 days 619
March 3, 1791 Tristram Dalton Pro-Administration Massachusetts 1 year, 364 days 729
Jonathan Elmer Pro-Administration New Jersey
William Maclay Anti-Administration Pennsylvania
March 4, 1791 William Samuel Johnson Pro-Administration Connecticut 2 years, 0 days 730
October 8, 1792 Richard Henry Lee Anti-Administration Virginia 3 years, 218 days 1314
November 30, 1792 Charles Carroll of Carrollton Pro-Administration Maryland 3 years, 271 days 1367
March 3, 1793 Richard Bassett Anti-Administration
Pro-Administration
Delaware 3 years, 364 days 1460
William Few Anti-Administration Georgia
Paine Wingate Anti-Administration New Hampshire
September 18, 1793 George Read Pro-Administration Delaware 4 years, 198 days 1659
March 3, 1795 Ralph Izard Pro-Administration South Carolina 5 years, 364 days 2190
Robert Morris Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
March 8, 1796 Oliver Ellsworth Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut 7 years, 4 days 2561
June 1, 1796 Caleb Strong Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts 7 years, 89 days 2646
October 25, 1796 Pierce Butler Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina 7 years, 235 days 2792
July 10, 1797 John Henry Pro-Administration Maryland 8 years, 128 days 3050
March 3, 1801 James Gunn Anti-Administration
Federalist
Georgia 11 years, 364 days 4381
John Langdon Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
New Hampshire
March 4, 1801 March 3, 1803 Theodore Foster Pro-Administration
Federalist
Democratic-Republican
Rhode Island June 12, 1790 12 years, 264 days 4646
March 4, 1803 March 3, 1805 John Brown Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Kentucky June 18, 1792 12 years, 258 days 4640
March 4, 1805 June 10, 1810 James Hillhouse Federalist Connecticut May 18, 1796 14 years, 23 days 5135
June 10, 1810 March 3, 1815 Joseph Anderson Democratic-Republican Tennessee September 26, 1797 17 years, 158 days 6366
March 4, 1815 February 26, 1826 John Gaillard Democratic-Republican
Crawford Republican
Jacksonian
South Carolina December 6, 1804 21 years, 82 days 7752
February 26, 1826 March 3, 1833 Benjamin Ruggles Democratic-Republican
Crawford Republican
Adams Republican
Anti-Jacksonian
Ohio March 4, 1815 17 years, 364 days 6574
March 4, 1833 April 15, 1844 William R. King Democratic-Republican
Jackson Republican
Jacksonian
Democratic
Alabama December 14, 1819 24 years, 123 days 8889
April 15, 1844 March 3, 1851 Thomas Hart Benton Democratic-Republican
Jackson Republican
Jacksonian
Democratic
Missouri August 10, 1821 29 years, 205 days 10797
March 4, 1851 March 3, 1853 Willie Person Mangum Whig North Carolina November 25, 1840 12 years, 98 days 4481
March 4, 1853 December 20, 1862 James Pearce Whig
Opposition
Democratic
Maryland March 4, 1843 19 years, 291 days 7231
December 20, 1862 January 29, 1864 James A. Bayard Jr. Democratic Delaware March 4, 1851 12 years, 331 days 4714
March 28, 1866 Solomon Foot Whig
Opposition
Republican
Vermont 15 years, 24 days 5503
March 28, 1866 March 3, 1869 Benjamin Wade Whig
Opposition
Republican
Ohio March 15, 1851 17 years, 353 days 6563
March 4, 1869 March 11, 1874 Charles Sumner Free Soil
Opposition
Republican
Liberal Republican
Massachusetts April 24, 1851 22 years, 321 days 8357
March 11, 1874 March 3, 1875 Zachariah Chandler Republican Michigan March 4, 1857 17 years, 364 days 6573
March 4, 1875 September 2, 1884 Henry B. Anthony Republican Rhode Island March 4, 1859 25 years, 182 days 9314
September 2, 1884 November 1, 1891 George F. Edmunds Republican Vermont April 3, 1866 25 years, 212 days 9343
November 1, 1891 December 28, 1898 Justin Smith Morrill Republican Vermont March 4, 1867 31 years, 299 days 11622
December 28, 1898 March 3, 1903 John P. Jones Republican
Silver
Republican
Nevada March 4, 1873 29 years, 364 days 10955
August 4, 1908 William B. Allison Republican Iowa 35 years, 153 days 12936
August 4, 1908 March 3, 1911 Eugene Hale Republican Maine March 4, 1881 29 years, 364 days 10955
March 4, 1911 August 8, 1911 William P. Frye Republican Maine March 18, 1881 30 years, 143 days 11099
August 8, 1911 March 3, 1913 Shelby Moore Cullom Republican Illinois March 4, 1883 29 years, 364 days 10956
March 4, 1913 August 17, 1918 Jacob Harold Gallinger Republican New Hampshire March 4, 1891 27 years, 166 days 10027
August 17, 1918 November 9, 1924 Henry Cabot Lodge Republican Massachusetts March 4, 1893 31 years, 250 days 11572
November 9, 1924 November 24, 1929 Francis E. Warren Republican Wyoming March 4, 1895 34 years, 265 days 12683
November 24, 1929 March 3, 1931 Furnifold McLendel Simmons Democratic North Carolina March 4, 1901 29 years, 364 days 10956
March 4, 1931 March 3, 1933 Reed Smoot Republican Utah March 4, 1903 29 years, 364 days 10957
March 4, 1933 January 19, 1940 William Borah Republican Idaho March 4, 1907 32 years, 321 days 12009
January 19, 1940 November 17, 1944 Ellison D. Smith Democratic South Carolina March 4, 1909 35 years, 258 days 13042
November 17, 1944 January 3, 1953 Kenneth McKellar Democratic Tennessee March 4, 1917 35 years, 305 days 13089
January 3, 1953 January 3, 1957 Walter F. George Democratic Georgia November 22, 1922 34 years, 42 days 12461
January 3, 1957 January 3, 1969 Carl Hayden Democratic Arizona March 4, 1927 41 years, 305 days 15281
January 3, 1969 January 21, 1971 Richard Russell Jr. Democratic Georgia January 12, 1933 38 years, 9 days 13888
January 21, 1971 July 27, 1972 Allen J. Ellender Democratic Louisiana January 3, 1937 35 years, 206 days 12989
July 27, 1972 January 3, 1975 George Aiken Republican Vermont January 10, 1941 33 years, 358 days 12411
January 3, 1975 November 28, 1977 John L. McClellan Democratic Arkansas January 3, 1943 34 years, 329 days 12748
December 27, 1978 James Eastland Democratic Mississippi 35 years, 358 days 13142
December 27, 1978 January 3, 1981 Warren Magnuson Democratic Washington December 14, 1944 36 years, 20 days 13169
January 3, 1981 January 3, 1989 John C. Stennis Democratic Mississippi November 17, 1947 41 years, 47 days 15023
January 3, 1989 January 3, 2003 Strom Thurmond Democratic
Republican
South Carolina November 7, 1956 46 years, 57 days 16858
January 3, 2003 June 28, 2010 Robert Byrd Democratic West Virginia January 3, 1959 51 years, 176 days 18804
June 28, 2010 December 17, 2012 Daniel Inouye Democratic Hawaii January 3, 1963 49 years, 349 days 18246
December 17, 2012 January 3, 2023 Patrick Leahy Democratic Vermont January 3, 1975 48 years, 0 days 17532
January 3, 2023 Chuck Grassley Republican Iowa January 3, 1981 43 years, 314 days 16019
Women
[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Seniority date Years and days Days
October 3, 1922 November 22, 1922 Rebecca Latimer Felton Democratic Georgia October 3, 1922 50 days 50
November 22, 1922 November 13, 1931 none
November 13, 1931 January 3, 1945 Hattie Wyatt Caraway Democratic Arkansas November 13, 1931 13 years, 51 days 4800
January 3, 1945 October 6, 1948 none
October 6, 1948 December 26, 1948 Vera C. Bushfield Republican South Dakota October 6, 1948 81 days 81
December 26, 1948 January 3, 1949 none
January 3, 1949 January 3, 1973 Margaret Chase Smith Republican Maine January 3, 1949 24 years, 0 days 8766
January 3, 1973 January 25, 1978 none
January 25, 1978 November 7, 1978 Muriel Humphrey Brown Democratic Minnesota January 25, 1978 286 days 286
November 7, 1978 December 23, 1978 none
December 23, 1978 January 3, 1997 Nancy Kassebaum Republican Kansas December 23, 1978 18 years, 11 days 6586
January 3, 1997 January 3, 2017 Barbara Mikulski Democratic Maryland January 3, 1987 30 years, 0 days 10958
January 3, 2017 September 28, 2023 Dianne Feinstein Democratic California November 4, 1992 30 years, 328 days 11285
September 28, 2023 Patty Murray Democratic Washington January 3, 1993 31 years, 314 days 11636

House

[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Seniority date Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 June 1, 1790 Theodorick Bland Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 1 year, 89 days 454
August 14, 1790 George Partridge Pro-Administration Massachusetts 1 year, 163 days 528
March 3, 1791 Aedanus Burke Anti-Administration South Carolina 1 year, 364 days 729
Lambert Cadwalader Pro-Administration New Jersey
Daniel Carroll Pro-Administration Maryland
George Clymer Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Isaac Coles Anti-Administration Virginia
Benjamin Contee Anti-Administration Maryland
William Floyd Anti-Administration New York
George Gale Pro-Administration Maryland
Jonathan Grout Anti-Administration Massachusetts
John Hathorn Anti-Administration New York
Benjamin Huntington Pro-Administration Connecticut
James Jackson Anti-Administration Georgia
George Mathews Anti-Administration Georgia
Peter Muhlenberg Anti-Administration Pennsylvania
James Schureman Pro-Administration New Jersey
Thomas Scott Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut
Thomas Sinnickson Pro-Administration New Jersey
William Smith Anti-Administration Maryland
Michael Jenifer Stone Anti-Administration Maryland
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer Anti-Administration New York
Henry Wynkoop Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
June 1, 1792 John Brown Anti-Administration Virginia 3 years, 89 days 1185
March 3, 1793 Egbert Benson Pro-Administration New York 3 years, 364 days 1460
Elbridge Gerry Anti-Administration Massachusetts
Daniel Huger Pro-Administration South Carolina
John Laurance Pro-Administration New York
George Leonard Pro-Administration Massachusetts
Samuel Livermore Anti-Administration
Pro-Administration
New Hampshire
Joshua Seney Anti-Administration Maryland
Peter Silvester Pro-Administration New York
Jonathan Sturges Pro-Administration Connecticut
Thomas Sumter Anti-Administration South Carolina
Thomas Tudor Tucker Anti-Administration South Carolina
John Vining Pro-Administration Delaware
Alexander White Pro-Administration Virginia
March 3, 1795 Elias Boudinot Pro-Administration New Jersey 5 years, 364 days 2190
Thomas Fitzsimons Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Samuel Griffin Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Pro-Administration
Virginia
Richard Bland Lee Pro-Administration Virginia
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Pro-Administration Connecticut
Jeremiah Wadsworth Pro-Administration Connecticut
June 11, 1796 Benjamin Goodhue Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts 7 years, 99 days 2656
Theodore Sedgwick Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts
July 1, 1796 Daniel Hiester Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania 7 years, 119 days 2676
March 3, 1797 Fisher Ames Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts 7 years, 364 days 2921
Nicholas Gilman Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire
James Madison Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Andrew Moore Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Frederick Muhlenberg Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania
John Page Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
July 10, 1797 William Loughton Smith Pro-Administration
Federalist
South Carolina 8 years, 128 days 3050
March 3, 1799 Abraham Baldwin Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Georgia 9 years, 364 days 3651
December 21, 1800 Thomas Hartley Pro-Administration
Federalist
Pennsylvania 11 years, 292 days 4309
March 3, 1801 Josiah Parker Anti-Administration
Pro-Administration
Federalist
Virginia 11 years, 364 days 4381
George Thatcher Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts
March 4, 1801 March 3, 1803 William Barry Grove Pro-Administration
Federalist
North Carolina March 4, 1791 11 years, 364 days 4381
March 3, 1807 Andrew Gregg Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania 15 years, 364 days 5842
December 13, 1815 Nathaniel Macon Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
North Carolina 24 years, 284 days 9049
December 13, 1815 April 9, 1816 Richard Stanford Democratic-Republican North Carolina March 4, 1797 19 years, 36 days 6975
April 9, 1816 March 3, 1817 John Davenport Federalist Connecticut March 4, 1799 17 years, 364 days 6573
March 4, 1817 March 9, 1830 Thomas Newton Jr. Democratic-Republican
Adams-Clay Republican
Adams Republican
Anti-Jacksonian
Virginia March 4, 1801 29 years, 5 days 10597
March 9, 1830 March 3, 1833 William McCoy Democratic-Republican
Crawford Republican
Jacksonian
Virginia March 4, 1811 21 years, 364 days 8035
March 4, 1833 February 23, 1842 Lewis Williams Democratic-Republican
Crawford Republican
Adams Republican
Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
North Carolina March 4, 1815 26 years, 356 days 9853
February 23, 1842 March 3, 1843 Horace Everett Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
Vermont March 4, 1829 13 years, 364 days 5112
April 22, 1844 Dixon Hall Lewis Democratic Alabama 15 years, 49 days 5528
April 22, 1844 February 23, 1848 John Quincy Adams Whig Massachusetts March 4, 1831 16 years, 356 days 6200
March 3, 1849 James Iver McKay Jacksonian
Democratic
North Carolina 17 years, 364 days 6574
March 4, 1849 March 3, 1859 Joshua Reed Giddings Whig
Free Soil
Opposition
Republican
Ohio December 3, 1838 20 years, 90 days 7395
March 4, 1859 March 3, 1863 John S. Phelps Democratic Missouri March 4, 1845 17 years, 364 days 6573
March 4, 1863 March 6, 1869 Elihu B. Washburne Whig
Opposition
Republican
Illinois March 4, 1853 16 years, 2 days 5846
March 6, 1869 March 3, 1875 Henry L. Dawes Republican Massachusetts March 4, 1857 17 years, 364 days 6573
March 4, 1875 January 9, 1890 William D. Kelley Republican Pennsylvania March 4, 1861 28 years, 311 days 10538
January 9, 1890 April 13, 1890 Samuel J. Randall Democratic Pennsylvania March 4, 1863 27 years, 40 days 9902
April 13, 1890 March 3, 1891 Joseph Gurney Cannon Republican Illinois March 4, 1873 17 years, 364 days 6573
March 29, 1892 Roger Q. Mills Democratic Texas 19 years, 25 days 6965
March 3, 1893 James Henderson Blount Democratic Georgia 19 years, 364 days 7304
November 25, 1893 Charles O'Neill Republican Pennsylvania 20 years, 266 days 7571
March 3, 1895 Richard P. Bland Democratic Missouri 21 years, 364 days 8034
March 4, 1895 March 3, 1897 David B. Culberson Democratic Texas March 4, 1875 21 years, 364 days 8035
March 4, 1897 September 4, 1899 Thomas Brackett Reed Republican Maine March 4, 1877 22 years, 184 days 8219
March 6, 1900 Alfred C. Harmer Republican Pennsylvania 23 years, 2 days 8402
March 6, 1900 March 22, 1912 Henry H. Bingham Republican Pennsylvania March 4, 1879 33 years, 18 days 12071
March 22, 1912 March 3, 1913 John Dalzell Republican Pennsylvania March 4, 1887 25 years, 364 days 9495
March 4, 1913 December 10, 1914 Sereno E. Payne Republican New York December 2, 1889 25 years, 8 days 9138
December 10, 1914 April 17, 1918 William Atkinson Jones Democratic Virginia March 4, 1891 27 years, 44 days 9905
April 17, 1918 March 3, 1919 Henry Allen Cooper Republican Wisconsin March 4, 1893 25 years, 364 days 9494
March 3, 1925 Frederick H. Gillett Republican Massachusetts 31 years, 364 days 11686
March 4, 1925 May 26, 1928 Thomas S. Butler Republican Pennsylvania March 4, 1897 31 years, 83 days 11405
May 26, 1928 March 3, 1933 Gilbert N. Haugen Republican Iowa March 4, 1899 33 years, 364 days 12417
March 4, 1933 April 1, 1934 Edward W. Pou Democratic North Carolina March 4, 1901 33 years, 28 days 12081
April 1, 1934 November 6, 1952 Adolph J. Sabath Democratic Illinois March 4, 1907 45 years, 247 days 16684
November 6, 1952 January 3, 1953 Robert L. Doughton Democratic North Carolina March 4, 1911 41 years, 305 days 15281
January 3, 1953 November 16, 1961 Sam Rayburn Democratic Texas March 4, 1913 48 years, 257 days 17789
November 16, 1961 January 3, 1965 Carl Vinson Democratic Georgia November 3, 1914 50 years, 61 days 18324
January 3, 1965 January 3, 1973 Emanuel Celler Democratic New York March 4, 1923 49 years, 305 days 18203
January 3, 1973 March 7, 1976 Wright Patman Democratic Texas March 4, 1929 47 years, 3 days 17170
March 7, 1976 January 3, 1979 George H. Mahon Democratic Texas January 3, 1935 44 years, 0 days 16071
January 3, 1979 January 3, 1995 Jamie Whitten Democratic Mississippi November 4, 1941 53 years, 60 days 19418
January 3, 1995 January 3, 2015 John Dingell Democratic Michigan December 13, 1955 59 years, 21 days 21571
January 3, 2015 December 5, 2017 John Conyers Democratic Michigan January 3, 1965 52 years, 336 days 19329
December 5, 2017 March 18, 2022 Don Young Republican Alaska March 6, 1973 49 years, 12 days 17909
March 18, 2022 Hal Rogers Republican Kentucky January 3, 1981 43 years, 314 days 16019
Chris Smith Republican New Jersey
Women
[edit]
Begin Date End Date Name Party State Seniority date Years and days Days
March 4, 1917 March 3, 1919 Jeannette Rankin Republican Montana March 4, 1917 1 year, 364 days 729
March 4, 1919 March 3, 1921 none
March 4, 1921 March 3, 1923 Alice Mary Robertson Republican Oklahoma March 4, 1921 1 year, 364 days 729
March 4, 1923 March 3, 1925 Mae Nolan Republican California January 23, 1923 2 years, 39 days 770
March 4, 1925 January 3, 1937 Florence Prag Kahn Republican California February 17, 1925 11 years, 321 days 4338
January 3, 1937 January 3, 1951 Mary Teresa Norton Democratic New Jersey March 4, 1925 25 years, 305 days 9436
January 3, 1951 September 10, 1960 Edith Nourse Rogers Republican Massachusetts June 30, 1925 35 years, 72 days 12856
September 10, 1960 January 3, 1969 Frances P. Bolton Republican Ohio February 27, 1940 28 years, 311 days 10538
January 3, 1969 January 3, 1977 Leonor Sullivan Democratic Missouri January 3, 1953 24 years, 0 days 8766
January 3, 1977 January 3, 1983 Margaret Heckler Republican Massachusetts January 3, 1967 16 years, 0 days 5844
January 3, 1983 January 3, 1987 Marjorie Holt Republican Maryland January 3, 1973 14 years, 0 days 5113
January 3, 1997 Pat Schroeder Democratic Colorado 24 years, 0 days 8766
January 3, 1997 January 3, 2003 Marge Roukema Republican New Jersey January 3, 1981 22 years, 0 days 8035
January 3, 2003 January 3, 2007 Nancy Johnson Republican Connecticut January 3, 1983 24 years, 0 days 8766
Marcy Kaptur Democratic Ohio 41 years, 314 days 15289

Interrupted time

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House and Senate

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Begin Date End Date Name Party State Seniority date Chamber Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 12, 1790 William Grayson Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 Senate 1 year, 8 days 373
June 1, 1790 Theodorick Bland Anti-Administration Virginia House 1 year, 89 days 454
August 14, 1790 George Partridge Pro-Administration Massachusetts House 1 year, 163 days 528
November 13, 1790 William Paterson Pro-Administration New Jersey Senate 1 year, 254 days 619
March 4, 1791 Tristram Dalton Pro-Administration Massachusetts Senate 2 years, 0 days 730
Jonathan Elmer Pro-Administration New Jersey
William Samuel Johnson Pro-Administration Connecticut
William Maclay Anti-Administration Pennsylvania
Aedanus Burke Anti-Administration South Carolina House
Lambert Cadwalader Pro-Administration New Jersey
Daniel Carroll Pro-Administration Maryland
George Clymer Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Isaac Coles Anti-Administration Virginia
Benjamin Contee Anti-Administration Maryland
William Floyd Anti-Administration New York
George Gale Pro-Administration Maryland
Jonathan Grout Anti-Administration Massachusetts
John Hathorn Anti-Administration New York
Benjamin Huntington Pro-Administration Connecticut
James Jackson Anti-Administration Georgia
George Mathews Anti-Administration Georgia
Peter Muhlenberg Anti-Administration Pennsylvania
James Schureman Pro-Administration New Jersey
Thomas Scott Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut
Thomas Sinnickson Pro-Administration New Jersey
William Smith Anti-Administration Maryland
Michael Jenifer Stone Anti-Administration Maryland
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer Anti-Administration New York
Henry Wynkoop Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
June 1, 1792 John Brown Anti-Administration Virginia House 3 years, 89 days 1185
October 8, 1792 Richard Henry Lee Anti-Administration Virginia Senate 3 years, 218 days 1314
November 30, 1792 Charles Carroll of Carrollton Pro-Administration Maryland Senate 3 years, 271 days 1367
December 6, 1792 Joshua Seney Anti-Administration Maryland House 3 years, 277 days 1373
March 4, 1793 Richard Bassett Anti-Administration
ProAdministration
Delaware Senate 4 years, 0 days 1461
William Few Anti-Administration Georgia
Egbert Benson Pro-Administration New York House
Elbridge Gerry Anti-Administration Massachusetts
Daniel Huger Pro-Administration South Carolina
John Laurance Pro-Administration New York
George Leonard Pro-Administration Massachusetts
Peter Silvester Pro-Administration New York
Jonathan Sturges Pro-Administration Connecticut
Thomas Sumter Anti-Administration South Carolina
Thomas Tudor Tucker Anti-Administration South Carolina
Alexander White Pro-Administration Virginia
June 13, 1791 July 23, 1793 Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut Senate 4 years, 141 days 1602
March 4, 1789 September 18, 1793 George Read Pro-Administration Delaware Senate 4 years, 198 days 1659
March 4, 1795 Ralph Izard Pro-Administration South Carolina Senate 6 years, 0 days 2191
Robert Morris Pro-Adminsitration Pennsylvania
Paine Wingate Anti-Administration New Hampshire Senate
House
Elias Boudinot Pro-Administration New Jersey House
Thomas Fitzsimons Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Samuel Griffin Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Pro-Administration
Virginia
Richard Bland Lee Pro-Administration Virginia
Jeremiah Wadsworth Pro-Administration Connecticut
March 4, 1793 Thomas Scott Pro-Administration Pennsylvania House
Lambert Cadwalader Pro-Administration New Jersey
Peter Muhlenberg Anti-Administration Pennsylvania
October 31, 1795 James Jackson Anti-Administration Georgia House
Senate
6 years, 241 days 2432
March 4, 1789 March 8, 1796 Oliver Ellsworth Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut Senate 7 years, 4 days 2561
June 1, 1796 Caleb Strong Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts Senate 7 years, 89 days 2646
June 10, 1796 Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut House
Senate
7 years, 98 days 2655
July 1, 1796 Daniel Hiester Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania House 7 years, 119 days 2676
October 25, 1796 Pierce Butler Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina Senate 7 years, 235 days 2792
March 4, 1797 Fisher Ames Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts House 8 years, 0 days 2922
Nicholas Gilman Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire
James Madison Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Andrew Moore Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Frederick Muhlenberg Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania
John Page Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
March 4, 1793 Isaac Coles Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia House
March 4, 1795 John Hathorn Democratic-Republican New York House
George Leonard Federalist Massachusetts
March 4, 1789 July 10, 1797 John Henry Pro-Administration
Federalist
Maryland Senate 8 years, 128 days 3050
William Loughton Smith Pro-Administration
Federalist
South Carolina House
January 19, 1798 John Vining Pro-Administration
Federalist
Delaware House
Senate
8 years, 321 days 3243
March 4, 1797 March 4, 1799 Thomas Sinnickson Federalist New Jersey House 10 years, 0 days 3652
November 9, 1796 August 1, 1800 John Laurance Federalist New York House
Senate
11 years, 150 days 3955
March 4, 1789 November 8, 1800 Benjamin Goodhue Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts House
Senate
11 years, 249 days 4266
December 21, 1800 Thomas Hartley Pro-Administration
Federalist
Pennsylvania House 11 years, 292 days 4309
March 4, 1797 February 2, 1801 James Schureman Pro Administration
Federalist
New Jersey House
Senate
11 years, 349 days 4366
March 4, 1789 March 4, 1801 James Gunn Anti-Administration
Federalist
Georgia Senate 12 years, 0 days 4382
John Langdon Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
New Hampshire
Theodore Sedgwick Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts House
Senate
House
Josiah Parker Anti-Administration
Federalist
Virginia House
George Thatcher Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts
June 12, 1801 Samuel Livermore Anti-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire House
Senate
12 years, 100 days 4482
March 4, 1799 June 30, 1801 Peter Muhlenberg Democratic-Republican Pennsylvania House
Senate
12 years, 118 days 4500
March 4, 1801 March 7, 1804 Daniel Hiester Democratic-Republican Maryland House 15 years, 3 days 5481
November 4, 1802 November 21, 1804 Pierce Butler Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina Senate 15 years, 262 days 5740
June 18, 1792 March 4, 1805 John Brown Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Kentucky House
Senate
16 years, 0 days 5843
March 4, 1801 March 19, 1806 James Jackson Democratic-Republican Georgia House
Senate
17 years, 15 days 6223
March 4, 1789 March 4, 1807 Abraham Baldwin Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Georgia House
Senate
18 years, 0 days 6573
March 5, 1804 March 4, 1809 Andrew Moore Democratic-Republican Virginia House
Senate
20 years, 0 days 7304
March 4, 1797 December 16, 1810 Thomas Sumter Democratic-Republican South Carolina House
Senate
21 years, 287 days 7956
March 4, 1813 August 2, 1813 Egbert Benson Federalist New York House 24 years, 151 days 8916
March 4, 1805 May 2, 1814 Nicholas Gilman Democratic-Republican New Hampshire House
Senate
25 years, 59 days 9189
March 4, 1813 March 4, 1815 James Schureman Federalist New Jersey House
Senate
House
26 years, 0 days 9495
March 4, 1815 March 4, 1825 Rufus King Pro-Administration
Federalist
New York July 16, 1789 Senate 35 years, 231 days 13014
March 4, 1825 November 14, 1828 Nathaniel Macon Democratic-Republican
Crawford Republican
Jacksonian
North Carolina March 4, 1791 House
Senate
37 years, 255 days 13769
November 14, 1828 March 4, 1833 Samuel Smith Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Maryland March 4, 1793 House 40 years, 0 days 14609
March 4, 1833 May 24, 1833 John Randolph of Roanoke Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Virginia March 4, 1799 House
Senate
House
34 years, 81 days 12499
May 24, 1833 March 4, 1835 John Quincy Adams Federalist
Whig
Massachusetts March 4, 1803 Senate
House
32 years, 0 days 11688
March 4, 1835 March 4, 1843 John Taliaferro Democratic-Republican
Crawford Republican
Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
Virginia March 4, 1801 House 42 years, 0 days 15340
March 4, 1843 February 23, 1848 John Quincy Adams Federalist
Whig
Massachusetts March 4, 1803 Senate
House
44 years, 356 days 16427
February 23, 1848 March 4, 1849 John C. Calhoun Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Nullifier
Democratic
South Carolina March 4, 1811 House
Senate
38 years, 0 days 13880
July 1, 1848 William R. King Democratic-Republican
Jacksonian
Democratic
Alabama
March 4, 1849 June 29, 1852 Henry Clay Democratic-Republican
Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
Kentucky December 29, 1806 Senate
House
Senate
45 years, 183 days 16619
June 29, 1852 December 20, 1852 William R. King Democratic-Republican
Jacksonian
Democratic
Alabama March 4, 1811 House
Senate
41 years, 291 days 15267
December 20, 1852 March 4, 1853 Willie Person Mangum Jacksonian
Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
North Carolina March 4, 1823 House
Senate
30 years, 0 days 10958
Sam Houston Democratic
Know Nothing
Tennessee
Texas
March 4, 1853 March 4, 1855 Thomas Hart Benton Democratic-Republican
Jacksonian
Democratic
Missouri August 10, 1821 Senate
House
33 years, 206 days 12259
March 4, 1855 March 4, 1863 John J. Crittenden Democratic-Republican
Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
Opposition
Know Nothing
Unionist
Kentucky March 4, 1817 Senate
House
46 years, 0 days 16801
March 4, 1863 March 4, 1869 Francis Thomas Jacksonian
Democratic
Unionist
Unconditional Unionist
Republican
Maryland March 4, 1831 House 38 years, 0 days 13880
March 4, 1869 September 22, 1872 Garrett Davis Whig
Unionist
Kentucky March 4, 1839 House
Senate
33 years, 202 days 12256
September 22, 1872 March 4, 1875 Fernando Wood Democratic New York March 4, 1841 House 34 years, 0 days 12418
March 4, 1875 March 4, 1877 Philip Francis Thomas Democratic Maryland March 4, 1839 House 38 years, 0 days 13880
March 4, 1877 March 4, 1881 Fernando Wood Democratic New York March 4, 1841 House 40 years, 0 days 14610
March 4, 1881 November 4, 1882 Alexander H. Stephens Whig
Unionist
Democratic
Georgia October 2, 1843 House 39 years, 33 days 14278
November 4, 1882 March 4, 1883 Robert Milligan McLane Democratic Maryland March 4, 1847 House 36 years, 0 days 13149
March 4, 1883 July 8, 1897 Isham G. Harris Democratic Tennessee March 4, 1849 House
Senate
48 years, 126 days 17658
July 8, 1897 March 4, 1903 Galusha A. Grow Democratic
Republican
Pennsylvania March 4, 1851 House 52 years, 0 days 18992
March 4, 1903 August 4, 1908 William B. Allison Republican Iowa March 4, 1863 House
Senate
45 years, 153 days 16589
August 4, 1908 March 4, 1913 Shelby Moore Cullom Republican Illinois March 4, 1865 House
Senate
48 years, 0 days 17531
March 4, 1913 March 4, 1921 Isaac R. Sherwood Republican
Democratic
Ohio March 4, 1873 House 48 years, 0 days 17531
March 4, 1915 March 4, 1923 Joseph Gurney Cannon Republican Illinois 50 years, 0 days 18261
March 4, 1923 March 4, 1925 Isaac R. Sherwood Republican
Democratic
Ohio 52 years, 0 days 18992
March 4, 1925 June 18, 1925 Robert M. La Follette Republican Wisconsin March 4, 1885 House
Senate
40 years, 106 days 14715
June 18, 1925 March 4, 1931 Furnifold McLendel Simmons Democratic North Carolina March 4, 1887 House
Senate
44 years, 0 days 16070
March 4, 1931 July 23, 1932 Henry St. George Tucker III Democratic Virginia March 4, 1889 House 43 years, 141 days 15846
July 23, 1932 March 4, 1933 Claude A. Swanson Democratic Virginia March 4, 1893 House
Senate
40 years, 0 days 14609
March 4, 1933 April 9, 1939 J. Hamilton Lewis Democratic Washington
Illinois
March 4, 1897 House
Senate
42 years, 36 days 15375
January 3, 1941 William H. King Democratic Utah 43 years, 305 days 16010
January 3, 1941 May 28, 1946 Carter Glass Democratic Virginia November 4, 1902 House
Senate
43 years, 205 days 15911
May 28, 1946 November 6, 1952 Adolph J. Sabath Democratic Illinois March 4, 1907 House 45 years, 247 days 16684
November 6, 1952 January 3, 1953 Robert L. Doughton Democratic North Carolina March 4, 1911 House 41 years, 305 days 15281
January 3, 1953 January 3, 1969 Carl Hayden Democratic Arizona February 19, 1912 House
Senate
56 years, 319 days 20773
January 3, 1969 January 3, 1973 Emanuel Celler Democratic New York March 4, 1923 House 49 years, 305 days 18203
January 3, 1973 March 7, 1976 Wright Patman Democratic Texas March 4, 1929 House 47 years, 3 days 17170
March 7, 1976 January 3, 1985 Jennings Randolph Democratic West Virginia March 4, 1933 House
Senate
51 years, 305 days 18933
January 3, 1985 May 30, 1989 Claude Pepper Democratic Florida November 4, 1936 Senate
House
52 years, 207 days 19200
May 30, 1989 January 3, 1995 Jamie Whitten Democratic Mississippi November 4, 1941 House 53 years, 60 days 19418
January 3, 1995 January 3, 1999 Sidney R. Yates Democratic Illinois January 3, 1949 House 50 years, 0 days 18262
January 3, 1999 June 28, 2010 Robert Byrd Democratic West Virginia January 3, 1953 House
Senate
57 years, 176 days 20995
June 28, 2010 January 3, 2015 John Dingell Democratic Michigan December 13, 1955 House 59 years, 21 days 21571
January 3, 2015 December 5, 2017 John Conyers Democratic Michigan January 3, 1965 House 52 years, 336 days 19329
December 5, 2017 April 1, 2018 Thad Cochran Republican Mississippi January 3, 1973 House
Senate
45 years, 88 days 16524
April 1, 2018 March 18, 2022 Don Young Republican Alaska March 6, 1973 House 49 years, 12 days 17909
March 18, 2022 January 3, 2023 Patrick Leahy Democratic Vermont January 3, 1975 Senate 48 years, 0 days 17532
Chuck Grassley Republican Iowa House
Senate
49 years, 314 days 18211
Women
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Begin Date End Date Name Party State Seniority date Chamber Years and days Days
March 4, 1917 March 4, 1919 Jeannette Rankin Republican Montana March 4, 1917 House 2 years, 0 days 730
March 4, 1919 March 4, 1921 none
March 4, 1921 March 4, 1923 Alice Mary Robertson Republican Oklahoma March 4, 1921 House 2 years, 0 days 730
March 4, 1923 March 4, 1925 Mae Nolan Republican California January 23, 1923 House 2 years, 40 days 771
March 4, 1925 January 3, 1937 Florence Prag Kahn Republican California February 17, 1925 House 11 years, 321 days 4338
January 3, 1937 January 3, 1941 Mary Teresa Norton Democratic New Jersey March 4, 1925 House 15 years, 305 days 5784
January 3, 1941 January 3, 1943 Jeannette Rankin Republican Montana March 4, 1917 House 25 years, 305 days 9436
January 3, 1943 January 3, 1951 Mary Teresa Norton Democratic New Jersey March 4, 1925 House 25 years, 305 days 9436
January 3, 1951 September 10, 1960 Edith Nourse Rogers Republican Massachusetts June 30, 1925 House 35 years, 72 days 12856
September 10, 1960 January 3, 1969 Frances P. Bolton Republican Ohio February 27, 1940 House 28 years, 311 days 10538
January 3, 1969 January 3, 1973 Margaret Chase Smith Republican Maine June 3, 1940 House
Senate
32 years, 214 days 11902
January 3, 1973 January 3, 1977 Leonor Sullivan Democratic Missouri January 3, 1953 House 24 years, 0 days 8766
January 3, 1977 January 3, 1983 Margaret Heckler Republican Massachusetts January 3, 1967 House 16 years, 0 days 5844
January 3, 1983 January 3, 1987 Marjorie Holt Republican Maryland January 3, 1973 House 14 years, 0 days 5113
September 22, 1990 Pat Schroeder Democratic Colorado 17 years, 262 days 6471
September 22, 1990 September 28, 2002 Patsy Mink Democratic Hawaii January 3, 1965 House 37 years, 268 days 13782
September 28, 2002 January 3, 2017 Barbara Mikulski Democratic Maryland January 3, 1977 House
Senate
40 years, 0 days 14610
January 3, 2017 Marcy Kaptur Democratic Ohio January 3, 1983 House 41 years, 314 days 15289

Senate

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Begin Date End Date Name Party State Seniority date Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 March 12, 1790 William Grayson Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 1 year, 8 days 373
November 13, 1790 William Paterson Pro-Administration New Jersey 1 year, 254 days 619
March 4, 1791 Tristram Dalton Pro-Administration Massachusetts 2 years, 0 days 730
Jonathan Elmer Pro-Administration New Jersey
William Maclay Anti-Administration Pennsylvania
William Samuel Johnson Pro-Administration Connecticut
October 8, 1792 Richard Henry Lee Anti-Administration Virginia 3 years, 218 days 1314
November 30, 1792 Charles Carroll of Carrollton Pro-Administration Maryland 3 years, 271 days 1367
March 4, 1793 Richard Bassett Anti-Administration
Pro-Administration
Delaware 4 years, 0 days 1461
William Few Anti-Administration Georgia
Paine Wingate Anti-Administration New Hampshire
September 18, 1793 George Read Pro-Administration Delaware 4 years, 198 days 1659
March 4, 1795 Ralph Izard Pro-Administration South Carolina 6 years, 0 days 2191
Robert Morris Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
March 8, 1796 Oliver Ellsworth Pro-Administration
Federalist
Connecticut 7 years, 4 days 2561
June 1, 1796 Caleb Strong Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts 7 years, 89 days 2646
October 25, 1796 Pierce Butler Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina 7 years, 235 days 2792
July 10, 1797 John Henry Pro-Administration Maryland 8 years, 128 days 3050
March 4, 1801 James Gunn Anti-Administration
Federalist
Georgia 12 years, 0 days 4382
John Langdon Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
New Hampshire
March 4, 1801 November 4, 1802 Theodore Foster Pro-Administration
Federalist
Democratic-Republican
Rhode Island June 12, 1790 12 years, 145 days 4527
November 4, 1802 November 21, 1804 Pierce Butler Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina March 4, 1789 15 years, 262 days 5740
November 21, 1804 March 4, 1813 Stephen R. Bradley Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Vermont March 4, 1791 22 years, 0 days 8035
March 4, 1813 March 4, 1825 Rufus King Pro-Administration
Federalist
New York July 16, 1789 35 years, 231 days 13014
March 4, 1825 October 14, 1825 Andrew Jackson Democratic-Republican Tennessee September 26, 1797 28 years, 18 days 10244
October 14, 1825 March 4, 1833 Samuel Smith Democratic-Republican
Crawford Republican
Jacksonian democracy
Maryland March 4, 1803 30 years, 0 days 10958
March 4, 1833 March 31, 1842 Henry Clay Democratic-Republican
Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
Kentucky December 29, 1806 35 years, 92 days 12876
March 31, 1842 June 12, 1848 John J. Crittenden Democratic-Republican
Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
Opposition
Know Nothing
Kentucky March 4, 1817 31 years, 100 days 11423
June 12, 1848 March 4, 1849 Henry Johnson Democratic-Republican
Adams-Clay Republican
Whig
Louisiana January 12, 1818 31 years, 51 days 11374
March 4, 1849 June 29, 1852 Henry Clay Democratic-Republican
Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
Kentucky December 29, 1806 45 years, 183 days 16619
June 29, 1852 December 20, 1852 William R. King Democratic-Republican
Jackson Republican
Jacksonian
Democratic
Alabama December 14, 1819 33 years, 6 days 12060
December 20, 1852 March 4, 1853 Willie Person Mangum Jacksonian
Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
North Carolina March 4, 1831 22 years, 0 days 8036
March 4, 1853 March 4, 1855 John M. Clayton Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
Opposition
Delaware March 4, 1829 26 years, 0 days 9496
March 4, 1855 March 4, 1861 John J. Crittenden Democratic-Republican
Anti-Jacksonian
Whig
Opposition
Know Nothing
Kentucky March 4, 1817 44 years, 0 days 16071
March 4, 1861 September 5, 1862 James F. Simmons Whig Rhode Island March 4, 1841 21 years, 185 days 7855
September 5, 1862 December 20, 1862 James Pearce Whig
Opposition
Democratic
Maryland March 4, 1843 19 years, 291 days 7231
December 20, 1862 March 4, 1863 John P. Hale Independent Democrat
Free Soil
Opposition
Democratic
New Hampshire March 4, 1847 16 years, 0 days 5844
March 4, 1863 July 10, 1868 Reverdy Johnson Whig
Unionist
Democratic
Maryland March 4, 1845 23 years, 128 days 8529
July 10, 1868 March 12, 1877 Simon Cameron Democratic
Republican
Pennsylvania March 13, 1845 31 years, 364 days 11687
March 12, 1877 March 4, 1881 Hannibal Hamlin Democratic
Republican
Maine June 8, 1848 32 years, 269 days 11957
March 4, 1881 March 4, 1897 John Sherman Republican Ohio March 21, 1861 35 years, 348 days 13132
March 4, 1897 March 4, 1899 David Turpie Democratic Indiana January 14, 1863 36 years, 49 days 13198
March 4, 1899 March 4, 1905 William Morris Stewart Republican
Silver
Republican
Nevada December 15, 1864 40 years, 79 days 14688
March 4, 1905 December 8, 1905 John H. Mitchell Republican Oregon March 4, 1873 32 years, 279 days 11966
June 8, 1906 William B. Allison Republican Iowa 33 years, 96 days 12148
June 8, 1906 March 17, 1908 William Pinkney Whyte Democratic Maryland July 13, 1868 39 years, 248 days 14491
March 17, 1908 August 4, 1908 William B. Allison Republican Iowa March 4, 1873 35 years, 153 days 12936
August 4, 1908 March 4, 1909 Henry M. Teller Republican
Silver Republican
Democratic
Colorado November 15, 1876 32 years, 109 days 11796
March 4, 1909 March 4, 1911 Eugene Hale Republican Maine March 4, 1881 30 years, 0 days 10956
March 4, 1911 August 8, 1911 William P. Frye Republican Maine March 18, 1881 30 years, 143 days 11099
August 8, 1911 March 4, 1913 Shelby Moore Cullom Republican Illinois March 4, 1883 30 years, 0 days 10957
March 4, 1913 November 24, 1929 Francis E. Warren Republican Wyoming November 18, 1890 39 years, 6 days 14250
November 24, 1929 March 4, 1931 Furnifold McLendel Simmons Democratic North Carolina March 4, 1901 30 years, 0 days 10957
March 4, 1931 March 4, 1933 Reed Smoot Republican Utah March 4, 1903 30 years, 0 days 10958
March 4, 1933 January 19, 1940 William Borah Republican Idaho March 4, 1907 32 years, 321 days 12009
January 19, 1940 November 17, 1944 Ellison D. Smith Democratic South Carolina March 4, 1909 35 years, 258 days 13042
November 17, 1944 January 3, 1947 Peter G. Gerry Democratic Rhode Island March 4, 1917 29 years, 305 days 10897
January 3, 1953 Kenneth McKellar Democratic Tennessee 35 years, 305 days 13089
January 3, 1953 January 3, 1957 Walter F. George Democratic Georgia November 22, 1922 34 years, 42 days 12461
January 3, 1957 January 18, 1958 Matthew M. Neely Democratic West Virginia March 4, 1923 34 years, 320 days 12739
January 18, 1958 January 3, 1969 Carl Hayden Democratic Arizona March 4, 1927 41 years, 305 days 15281
January 3, 1969 January 21, 1971 Richard Russell Jr. Democratic Georgia January 12, 1933 38 years, 9 days 13888
January 21, 1971 July 27, 1972 Allen J. Ellender Democratic Louisiana January 3, 1937 35 years, 206 days 12989
July 27, 1972 January 3, 1975 George Aiken Republican Vermont January 10, 1941 33 years, 358 days 12411
January 3, 1975 December 27, 1978 James Eastland Democratic Mississippi June 30, 1941 37 years, 180 days 13694
December 27, 1978 January 3, 1981 Warren Magnuson Democratic Washington December 14, 1944 36 years, 20 days 13169
January 3, 1981 January 3, 1989 John C. Stennis Democratic Mississippi November 17, 1947 41 years, 47 days 15023
January 3, 1989 January 3, 2003 Strom Thurmond Democratic
Republican
South Carolina December 24, 1954 48 years, 10 days 17542
January 3, 2003 June 28, 2010 Robert Byrd Democratic West Virginia January 3, 1959 51 years, 176 days 18804
June 28, 2010 December 17, 2012 Daniel Inouye Democratic Hawaii January 3, 1963 49 years, 349 days 18246
December 17, 2012 January 3, 2023 Patrick Leahy Democratic Vermont January 3, 1975 48 years, 0 days 17532
January 3, 2023 Chuck Grassley Republican Iowa January 3, 1981 43 years, 314 days 16019
Women
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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, 314 days 11636

House

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Begin Date End Date Name Party State Seniority date Years and days Days
March 4, 1789 June 1, 1790 Theodorick Bland Anti-Administration Virginia March 4, 1789 1 year, 89 days 454
August 14, 1790 George Partridge Pro-Administration Massachusetts 1 year, 163 days 528
March 4, 1791 Aedanus Burke Anti-Administration South Carolina 2 years, 0 days 730
Lambert Cadwalader Pro-Administration New Jersey
Daniel Carroll Pro-Administration Maryland
George Clymer Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Isaac Coles Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Benjamin Contee Anti-Administration Maryland
William Floyd Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
New York
George Gale Pro-Administration Maryland
Jonathan Grout Anti-Administration Massachusetts
John Hathorn Anti-Administration New York
Benjamin Huntington Pro-Administration Connecticut
James Jackson Anti-Administration Georgia
George Mathews Anti-Administration Georgia
Peter Muhlenberg Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania
James Schureman Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Jersey
Thomas Scott Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Roger Sherman Pro-Administration Connecticut
Thomas Sinnickson Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Jersey
William Smith Anti-Administration Maryland
Michael Jenifer Stone Anti-Administration Maryland
Jeremiah Van Rensselaer Anti-Administration New York
Henry Wynkoop Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
June 1, 1792 John Brown Anti-Administration Virginia 3 years, 89 days 1185
December 6, 1792 Joshua Seney Anti-Administration Maryland 3 years, 277 days 1373
March 4, 1793 Egbert Benson Pro-Administration
Federalist
New York 4 years, 0 days 1461
Elbridge Gerry Anti-Administration Massachusetts
Daniel Huger Pro-Administration South Carolina
John Laurance Pro-Administration New York
George Leonard Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts
Samuel Livermore Anti-Administration
Pro-Administration
New Hampshire
Peter Silvester Pro-Administration New York
Jonathan Sturges Pro-Administration Connecticut
Thomas Sumter Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
South Carolina
Thomas Tudor Tucker Anti-Administration South Carolina
John Vining Pro-Administration Delaware
Alexander White Pro-Administration Virginia
March 4, 1795 Elias Boudinot Pro-Administration New Jersey 6 years, 0 days 2191
Thomas Fitzsimons Pro-Administration Pennsylvania
Samuel Griffin Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Pro-Administration
Virginia
Richard Bland Lee Pro-Administration Virginia
Jonathan Trumbull Jr. Pro-Administration Connecticut
Jeremiah Wadsworth Pro-Administration Connecticut
June 11, 1796 Benjamin Goodhue Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts 7 years, 99 days 2656
Theodore Sedgwick Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts
July 1, 1796 Daniel Hiester Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania
Maryland
7 years, 119 days 2676
March 4, 1797 Fisher Ames Pro-Administration
Federalist
Massachusetts 8 years, 0 days 2922
Nicholas Gilman Pro-Administration
Federalist
New Hampshire
James Madison Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Andrew Moore Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
Frederick Muhlenberg Pro-Administration
Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Pennsylvania
John Page Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
Virginia
July 10, 1797 William L. Smith Pro-Administration
Federalist
South Carolina 8 years, 128 days 3050

References

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  1. ^ Also in charge from July 1, 1848 to December 20, 1852
  2. ^ a b Also in charge from January 3, 1941 to January 3, 1943
  3. ^ Also in charge from January 20, 1925 to January 17, 1927
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  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n New state admitted to the Union
  7. ^ Gallatin's election was declared void by the Senate.
  8. ^ a b Attained most Senior Senator status while serving uninterrupted terms.

List of popes by age

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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 12, 2024 76 years, 86 days 11 years, 244 days 87 years, 331 days
Numerical
order
Pope
Date of birth Papacy began Papacy ended Age at
election
Length of
pontificate
Age
  1. ^ Pope emeritus Benedict XVI died on December 31, 2022 aged 95 years, 259 days

Senators for life

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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, 3 days 81 years, 238 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, 74 days 62 years, 21 days
46 Renzo Piano September 14, 1937 August 30, 2013 in office 75 years, 350 days 11 years, 74 days 87 years, 59 days
47 Carlo Rubbia March 31, 1934 August 30, 2013 in office 79 years, 152 days 11 years, 74 days 90 years, 226 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, 298 days 94 years, 63 days

Notes

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  1. ^ Senator Toscanini resigned the immediate day after the nomination. He died on January 16, 1957.
  2. ^ Former Senator Toscanini died on January 16, 1957, aged 89 years, 297 days.
  3. ^ Senator Leone resigned on this date because of his election as President of the Republic.
  4. ^ Senator Napolitano resigned on this date because of his election as President of the Republic.