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For senators and representatives who represented defunct parties or switched parties intra-term, only their latest party while in office is reflected. Most states, due to not having long-running deans until the 1900s, have tables only starting from that decade.

Guidelines

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Checklist

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  • Check all dates (Congress sessions, individual terms, deanships, ayds)
  • Check seniority (shared seniority, alphabetical precedence, combined House and Senate tenures, causes of departure)
  • Check numbered seniority (if death caused seniority to go up independent of list number)

Seniority criteria

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  • Number of consecutive terms (for speed, use seniority date)
  • Number of past, non-consecutive terms
  • Alphabetical order of surname (if more than two people fulfill same seniority after above criteria, use individual with earliest surname in alphabet)
  • For Representatives elected to fill vacancy, seniority is calculated from date of special election. Column-wise (Congress), at-large representatives use the date they were sworn in.

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Senior members of -- congressional delegation
Congress Dates Senior senator
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure) 		Delegation dean
(Combined seniority
and tenure) 		House dean
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure)
1st March 4, 1789 –
March 4, 1791
2nd March 4, 1791 –
March 4, 1793
3rd March 4, 1793 –
March 4, 1795
4th March 4, 1795 –
March 4, 1797
5th March 4, 1797 –
March 4, 1799
6th March 4, 1799 –
March 4, 1801
7th March 4, 1801 –
March 4, 1803
8th March 4, 1803 –
March 4, 1805
9th March 4, 1805 –
March 4, 1807
10th March 4, 1807 –
March 4, 1809
11th March 4, 1809 –
March 4, 1811
12th March 4, 1811 –
March 4, 1813
13th March 4, 1813 –
March 4, 1815
14th March 4, 1815 –
March 4, 1817
15th March 4, 1817 –
March 4, 1819
16th March 4, 1819 –
March 4, 1821
17th March 4, 1821 –
March 4, 1823
18th March 4, 1823 –
March 4, 1825
19th March 4, 1825 –
March 4, 1827
20th March 4, 1827 –
March 4, 1829
21st March 4, 1829 –
March 4, 1831
22nd March 4, 1831 –
March 4, 1833
23rd March 4, 1833 –
March 4, 1835
24th March 4, 1835 –
March 4, 1837
25th March 4, 1837 –
March 4, 1839
26th March 4, 1839 –
March 4, 1841
27th March 4, 1841 –
March 4, 1843
28th March 4, 1843 –
March 4, 1845
29th March 4, 1845 –
March 4, 1847
30th March 4, 1847 –
March 4, 1849
31st March 4, 1849 –
March 4, 1851
32nd March 4, 1851 –
March 4, 1853
33rd March 4, 1853 –
March 4, 1855
34th March 4, 1855 –
March 4, 1857
35th March 4, 1857 –
March 4, 1859
36th March 4, 1859 –
March 4, 1861
37th March 4, 1861 –
March 4, 1863
38th March 4, 1863 –
March 4, 1865
39th March 4, 1865 –
March 4, 1867
40th March 4, 1867 –
March 4, 1869
41st March 4, 1869 –
March 4, 1871
42nd March 4, 1871 –
March 4, 1873
43rd March 4, 1873 –
March 4, 1875
44th March 4, 1875 –
March 4, 1877
45th March 4, 1877 –
March 4, 1879
46th March 4, 1879 –
March 4, 1881
47th March 4, 1881 –
March 4, 1883
48th March 4, 1883 –
March 4, 1885
49th March 4, 1885 –
March 4, 1887
50th March 4, 1887 –
March 4, 1889
51st March 4, 1889 –
March 4, 1891
52nd March 4, 1891 –
March 4, 1893
53rd March 4, 1893 –
March 4, 1895
54th March 4, 1895 –
March 4, 1897
55th March 4, 1897 –
March 4, 1899
56th March 4, 1899 –
March 4, 1901
57th March 4, 1901 –
March 4, 1903
58th March 4, 1903 –
March 4, 1905
59th March 4, 1905 –
March 4, 1907
60th March 4, 1907 –
March 4, 1909
61st March 4, 1909 –
March 4, 1911
62nd March 4, 1911 –
March 4, 1913
63rd March 4, 1913 –
March 4, 1915
64th March 4, 1915 –
March 4, 1917
65th March 4, 1917 –
March 4, 1919
66th March 4, 1919 –
March 4, 1921
67th March 4, 1921 –
March 4, 1923
68th March 4, 1923 –
March 4, 1925
69th March 4, 1925 –
March 4, 1927
70th March 4, 1927 –
March 4, 1929
71st March 4, 1929 –
March 4, 1931
72nd March 4, 1931 –
March 4, 1933
73rd March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
74th January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1937
75th January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1939
76th January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941
77th January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943
78th January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
79th January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
80th January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
81st January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951
82nd January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1953
83rd January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1955
84th January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1957
85th January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1959
86th January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961
87th January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1963
88th January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
89th January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967
90th January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1969
91st January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1971
92nd January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1973
93rd January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1975
94th January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1977
95th January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1979
96th January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1981
97th January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
98th January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1985
99th January 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1987
100th January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1989
101st January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 1991
102nd January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 1993
103rd January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995
104th January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1997
105th January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 1999
106th January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2001
107th January 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2003
108th January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2005
109th January 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2007
110th January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2009
111th January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2011
112th January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013
113th January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2015
114th January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2017
115th January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2019
116th January 3, 2019 –
January 3, 2021
117th January 3, 2021 –
January 3, 2023
118th January 3, 2023 –
January 3, 2025
119th January 3, 2025 –
present
Congress Dates Senior senator
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure) 		Delegation dean
(Combined seniority
and tenure) 		House dean
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure)

Colorado

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Senior members of Colorado's congressional delegation
Congress Dates Senior senator
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure) 		Delegation dean
(Combined seniority
and tenure) 		House dean
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure)
44th August 1, 1876 –
October 3, 1876 		Vacant
(not yet elected) 		None Vacant
(not yet elected)
October 3, 1876 –
November 15, 1876 		Belford
(House)

Seniority from October 3, 1876
(1 year, 71 days)


James B. Belford[A]
Seniority from October 3, 1876
(1 year, 71 days)
(election contested)[1]
November 15, 1876 –
March 4, 1877
Jerome B. Chaffee[B]
Seniority from November 15, 1876[a]
(2 years, 108 days)
(retired)
45th March 4, 1877 –
December 13, 1877
December 13, 1877 –
March 4, 1879 		Chaffee
(Senate)

Seniority from November 15, 1876
(2 years, 108 days)


Thomas M. Patterson[A][B]
Seniority from December 13, 1877[b]
(1 year, 80 days)
(retired)
46th March 4, 1879 –
March 4, 1881
Henry M. Teller
Seniority from November 15, 1876
(5 years, 153 days)
(appointed Secretary of the Interior)[2] 		Teller
(Senate)

Seniority from November 15, 1876
(5 years, 153 days)


James B. Belford[C][A]
Seniority from March 4, 1879
(5 years, 364 days)
(lost renomination)[1]
47th March 4, 1881 –
April 17, 1882
April 17, 1882 –
March 4, 1883
Nathaniel P. Hill
Seniority from March 4, 1879
(5 years, 364 days)
(lost renomination) 		Belford[D]
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1879[c]
(5 years, 364 days)

48th March 4, 1883 –
March 4, 1885
49th March 4, 1885 –
March 4, 1887
Thomas M. Bowen
Seniority from March 4, 1883
(5 years, 364 days)
(retired) 		Bowen
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1883
(5 years, 364 days)


George G. Symes[A]
Seniority from March 4, 1885
(3 years, 364 days)
(retired)
50th March 4, 1887 –
March 4, 1889
51st March 4, 1889 –
March 4, 1891
Henry M. Teller[E][F]
Seniority from March 4, 1885
(23 years, 364 days)
(retired) 		Teller[D]
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1885
(23 years, 364 days)


Hosea Townsend[A]
Seniority from March 4, 1889
(3 years, 364 days)
(lost renomination)[3]
52nd March 4, 1891 –
March 4, 1893
53rd March 4, 1893 –
March 4, 1895 		Vacant[d][e]
54th March 4, 1895 –
March 4, 1897
John Calhoun Bell
Seniority from March 4, 1893
(9 years, 364 days)
(lost re-election)[4]
55th March 4, 1897 –
March 4, 1899
56th March 4, 1899 –
March 4, 1901
57th March 4, 1901 –
March 4, 1903
58th March 4, 1903 –
February 15, 1904
John F. Shafroth
Seniority from March 4, 1895
(8 years, 348 days)
(resigned)[5]
February 15, 1904 –
March 4, 1905 		Co-deans:

Franklin E. Brooks,
Herschel M. Hogg
Seniority from March 4, 1903
(3 years, 364 days)
(both retired)[6][7]
59th March 4, 1905 –
March 4, 1907
60th March 4, 1907 –
March 4, 1909
Robert W. Bonynge
Seniority from February 16, 1904[b]
(5 years, 15 days)
(lost re-election)[8]
61st March 4, 1909 –
March 4, 1911
Simon Guggenheim
Seniority from March 4, 1907
(5 years, 364 days)
(retired) 		Guggenheim
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1907
(5 years, 364 days)

Vacant[d][f]
62nd March 4, 1911 –
March 4, 1913
63rd March 4, 1913 –
March 4, 1915
Charles S. Thomas
Seniority from January 15, 1913[g]
(8 years, 47 days)
(lost re-election as National) 		Taylor
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1909
(32 years, 183 days)


Edward T. Taylor
Seniority from March 4, 1909
(32 years, 183 days)
(died)
64th March 4, 1915 –
March 4, 1917
65th March 4, 1917 –
March 4, 1919
66th March 4, 1919 –
March 4, 1921
67th March 4, 1921 –
March 4, 1923
Lawrence C. Phipps
Seniority from March 4, 1919
(11 years, 364 days)
(retired)
68th March 4, 1923 –
March 4, 1925
69th March 4, 1925 –
March 4, 1927
70th March 4, 1927 –
March 4, 1929
71st March 4, 1929 –
March 4, 1931
72nd March 4, 1931 –
August 27, 1932
Charles W. Waterman
Seniority from March 4, 1927
(5 years, 176 days)
(died)
August 27, 1932 –
March 4, 1933
Edward P. Costigan
Seniority from March 4, 1931
(5 years, 305 days)
(retired)
73rd March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
74th January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1937
75th January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1939
Alva B. Adams[G]
Seniority from March 4, 1933
(8 years, 272 days)
(died)
76th January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941
77th January 3, 1941 –
September 3, 1941
September 3, 1941 –
December 1, 1941 		Adams
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1933[c]
(8 years, 272 days)


Lawrence Lewis
Seniority from March 4, 1933
(10 years, 280 days)
(died)
December 1, 1941 –
January 3, 1943
Edwin C. Johnson
Seniority from January 3, 1937
(18 years, 0 days)
(ran for Colorado governor) 		Lewis
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1933
(10 years, 280 days)

78th January 3, 1943 –
December 9, 1943
December 9, 1943 –
January 3, 1945 		E. Johnson
(Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1937
(18 years, 0 days)

Co-deans:

John Chenoweth,
William S. Hill
Seniority from January 3, 1941
(8 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
79th January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
80th January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
81st January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951
William S. Hill
Seniority from January 3, 1941
(18 years, 0 days)
(retired)
82nd January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1953
83rd January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1955
84th January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1957
Eugene Millikin
Seniority from December 20, 1941[h]
(15 years, 14 days)
(retired) 		Hill
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1941
(18 years, 0 days)

85th January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1959
Gordon Allott
Seniority from January 3, 1955
(18 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
86th January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961 		Aspinall
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1949
(24 years, 0 days)


Wayne N. Aspinall
Seniority from January 3, 1949
(24 years, 0 days)
(lost renomination)[9]
87th January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1963
88th January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
89th January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967
90th January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1969
91st January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1971
92nd January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1973
93rd January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1975
Peter H. Dominick[H]
Seniority from January 3, 1963
(12 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election) 		Dominick
(House and Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1961
(14 years, 0 days)


Frank Evans
Seniority from January 3, 1965
(14 years, 0 days)
(retired)
94th January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1977
Floyd Haskell
Seniority from January 3, 1973
(6 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election) 		Evans
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1965
(14 years, 0 days)

95th January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1979
96th January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1981
Gary Hart
Seniority from January 3, 1975
(12 years, 0 days)
(retired) 		Co-deans:
Armstrong[I] (House and Senate)
J. Johnson, Schroeder (House)

Seniority from January 3, 1973
(8 years, 0 days)

Co-deans:

James P. Johnson (R),
Pat Schroeder (D)
Seniority from January 3, 1973
(8 years, 0 days)
(Johnson retired)
97th January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983 		Co-deans:
Armstrong[I] (House and Senate)
Schroeder (House)

Seniority from January 3, 1973
(18 years, 0 days)


Pat Schroeder
Seniority from January 3, 1973
(24 years, 0 days)
(retired)
98th January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1985
99th January 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1987
100th January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1989
William L. Armstrong[H]
Seniority from January 3, 1979
(12 years, 0 days)
(retired)
101st January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 1991
102nd January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 1993
Tim Wirth[H]
Seniority from January 3, 1987
(6 years, 0 days)
(retired) 		Schroeder
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1973
(24 years, 0 days)

103rd January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995
Hank Brown[H]
Seniority from January 3, 1991
(6 years, 0 days)
(retired)
104th January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1997
105th January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 1999
Ben Nighthorse Campbell[H]
Seniority from January 3, 1993
(12 years, 0 days)
(retired) 		Schaefer
(House)

Seniority from March 29, 1983
(15 years, 280 days)


Daniel Schaefer
Seniority from March 29, 1983[i]
(15 years, 280 days)
(retired)
106th January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2001 		Co-deans:
Campbell (House and Senate)
Hefley (House)

Seniority from January 3, 1987
(18 years, 0 days)


Joel Hefley
Seniority from January 3, 1987
(20 years, 0 days)
(retired)
107th January 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2003
108th January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2005
109th January 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2007
Wayne Allard[H]
Seniority from January 3, 1997
(12 years, 0 days)
(retired) 		Hefley
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1987
(20 years, 0 days)

110th January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2009 		Allard
(House and Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1991
(18 years, 0 days)


Diana DeGette
Seniority from January 3, 1997
(27 years, 324 days)
(Incumbent)
111th January 3, 2009 –
January 20, 2009
Ken Salazar
Seniority from January 3, 2005
(4 years, 17 days)
(appointed Secretary of the Interior) 		DeGette
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1997
(27 years, 324 days)

January 20, 2009 –
January 3, 2011
Mark Udall[H]
Seniority from January 3, 2009
(6 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
112th January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013
113th January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2015
114th January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2017
Michael Bennet
Seniority from January 21, 2009[h]
(15 years, 306 days)
(Incumbent)
115th January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2019
116th January 3, 2019 –
January 3, 2021
117th January 3, 2021 –
January 3, 2023
118th January 3, 2023 –
January 3, 2025
119th January 3, 2025 –
present
Congress Dates Senior senator
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure) 		Delegation dean
(Combined seniority
and tenure) 		House dean
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure)

Connecticut

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Senior members of Connecticut's congressional delegation (1881–present)
Congress Dates Senior senator
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure) 		Delegation dean
(Combined seniority
and tenure) 		House dean
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure)
47th March 4, 1881 –
March 4, 1883
Orville H. Platt
Seniority from March 4, 1879
(26 years, 48 days)
(died) 		Phelps
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1875
(7 years, 364 days)


James Phelps
Seniority from March 4, 1875
(7 years, 364 days)
(retired)
48th March 4, 1883 –
March 4, 1885 		Wait
(House)

Seniority from April 12, 1876
(10 years, 325 days)


John T. Wait
Seniority from April 12, 1876[i]
(10 years, 325 days)
(retired)
49th March 4, 1885 –
March 4, 1887
50th March 4, 1887 –
March 4, 1889 		Platt
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1879
(26 years, 48 days)

No clear dean[d][j]
51st March 4, 1889 –
March 4, 1891
Charles Addison Russell
Seniority from March 4, 1887
(15 years, 233 days)
(died)
52nd March 4, 1891 –
March 4, 1893
53rd March 4, 1893 –
March 4, 1895
54th March 4, 1895 –
March 4, 1897
55th March 4, 1897 –
March 4, 1899
56th March 4, 1899 –
March 4, 1901
57th March 4, 1901 –
October 23, 1902
October 23, 1902 –
March 4, 1903 		Co-deans:

E. Stevens Henry,
Ebenezer J. Hill
Seniority from March 4, 1895
(17 years, 364 days)
(Henry retired, Hill lost
re-election)
58th March 4, 1903 –
March 4, 1905
59th March 4, 1905 –
April 21, 1905
April 21, 1905 –
March 4, 1907
Morgan Bulkeley
Seniority from March 4, 1905
(5 years, 364 days)
(lost renomination)[11] 		Co-deans:
Henry, Hill
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1895
(17 years, 364 days)

60th March 4, 1907 –
March 4, 1909
61st March 4, 1909 –
March 4, 1911
62nd March 4, 1911 –
March 4, 1913
Frank B. Brandegee[J][H]
Seniority from May 10, 1905[k]
(19 years, 157 days)
(died)
63rd March 4, 1913 –
March 4, 1915 		Brandegee
(House and Senate)

Seniority from November 4, 1902[i]
(21 years, 345 days)


Thomas L. Reilly
Seniority from March 4, 1911
(3 years, 364 days)
(lost re-election)
64th March 4, 1915 –
March 4, 1917
Ebenezer J. Hill[C]
Seniority from March 4, 1915[l]
(2 years, 207 days)
(died)
65th March 4, 1917 –
September 27, 1917
September 27, 1917 –
March 4, 1919
John Q. Tilson[K]
Seniority from March 4, 1915[c]
(17 years, 274 days)
(resigned)
66th March 4, 1919 –
March 4, 1921
67th March 4, 1921 –
March 4, 1923
68th March 4, 1923 –
October 14, 1924
October 14, 1924 –
March 4, 1925
George P. McLean
Seniority from March 4, 1911
(17 years, 364 days)
(retired) 		McLean
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1911
(17 years, 364 days)

69th March 4, 1925 –
March 4, 1927
70th March 4, 1927 –
March 4, 1929
71st March 4, 1929 –
March 4, 1931
Hiram Bingham III
Seniority from January 8, 1925[g]
(8 years, 54 days)
(lost re-election) 		Tilson
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1915[c]
(17 years, 274 days)

72nd March 4, 1931 –
December 3, 1932
December 3, 1932 –
March 4, 1933 		Freeman
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1915
(17 years, 364 days)


Richard P. Freeman
Seniority from March 4, 1915
(17 years, 364 days)
(lost renomination)[12]
73rd March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
Frederic C. Walcott
Seniority from March 4, 1929
(5 years, 305 days)
(lost re-election) 		Walcott
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1929
(5 years, 305 days)


Edward W. Goss
Seniority from November 4, 1930[i]
(4 years, 60 days)
(lost re-election)
74th January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1937
Augustine Lonergan[H]
Seniority from March 4, 1933
(5 years, 305 days)
(lost re-election) 		Lonergan
(House and Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1931
(7 years, 305 days)


Schuyler Merritt[K]
Seniority from March 4, 1933[c]
(3 years, 305 days)
(lost re-election)
75th January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1939
Herman P. Kopplemann
Seniority from March 4, 1933
(5 years, 305 days)
(lost re-election)
76th January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941
Francis T. Maloney[H]
Seniority from January 3, 1935
(10 years, 13 days)
(died) 		Maloney
(House and Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1933
(11 years, 318 days)

Co-deans:

James A. Shanley,
J. Joseph Smith
Seniority from January 3, 1935
(6 years, 305 days)
(Smith appointed district court
judge)
77th January 3, 1941 –
November 4, 1941
November 4, 1941 –
January 3, 1943
James A. Shanley
Seniority from January 3, 1935
(8 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
78th January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
Joseph E. Talbot
Seniority from January 20, 1942[i]
(4 years, 348 days)
(ran for Connecticut governor)
79th January 3, 1945 –
January 16, 1945
January 16, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
Brien McMahon
Seniority from January 3, 1945
(7 years, 207 days)
(died) 		Talbot
(House)

Seniority from January 20, 1942
(4 years, 348 days)

80th January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949 		McMahon
(Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1945
(7 years, 207 days)


William J. Miller[K]
Seniority from January 3, 1947[c]
(2 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
81st January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951 		Co-deans:

John D. Lodge,
James T. Patterson
Seniority from January 3, 1947
(4 years, 0 days)
(Lodge elected Connecticut
governor)
82nd January 3, 1951 –
July 28, 1952
James T. Patterson
Seniority from January 3, 1947
(12 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
July 28, 1952 –
January 3, 1953
William Benton
Seniority from December 17, 1949[h]
(3 years, 17 days)
(lost re-election) 		Patterson
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1947
(12 years, 0 days)

83rd January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1955
Prescott Bush
Seniority from November 4, 1952[g]
(10 years, 60 days)
(retired)
84th January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1957
85th January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1959
86th January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961 		Bush
(Senate)

Seniority from November 4, 1952
(10 years, 60 days)

No clear dean[d]
87th January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1963
Emilio Daddario
Seniority from January 3, 1959[m]
(12 years, 0 days)
(ran for Connecticut governor)
88th January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
Thomas J. Dodd
Seniority from January 3, 1959
(12 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election as
Independent) 		Co-deans:
T. Dodd (Senate)
Daddario (House)

Seniority from January 3, 1959
(12 years, 0 days)

89th January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967
90th January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1969
91st January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1971
92nd January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1973
Abraham Ribicoff[H]
Seniority from January 3, 1963
(18 years, 0 days)
(retired) 		Co-deans:
Giaimo, Monagan
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1959
(14 years, 0 days)

Co-deans:

Robert Giaimo,
John S. Monagan
Seniority from January 3, 1959
(14 years, 0 days)
(Monagan lost re-election)
93rd January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1975 		Giaimo
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1959
(22 years, 0 days)


Robert Giaimo
Seniority from January 3, 1959
(22 years, 0 days)
(retired)
94th January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1977
95th January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1979
96th January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1981
97th January 3, 1981 –
September 8, 1981
Lowell Weicker[H]
Seniority from January 3, 1971
(18 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election) 		Weicker
(House and Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1969
(20 years, 0 days)

Co-deans:

William R. Cotter (D),
Stewart McKinney (R)
Seniority from January 3, 1971
(10 years, 248 days)
(Cotter died)
September 8, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
Stewart McKinney
Seniority from January 3, 1971
(16 years, 124 days)
(died)
98th January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1985
99th January 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1987
100th January 3, 1987 –
May 7, 1987
May 7, 1987 –
January 3, 1989
Sam Gejdenson
Seniority from January 3, 1981
(20 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
101st January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 1991
Chris Dodd[H]
Seniority from January 3, 1981
(30 years, 0 days)
(retired) 		C. Dodd
(House and Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1975
(36 years, 0 days)

102nd January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 1993
103rd January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995
104th January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1997
105th January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 1999
106th January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2001
107th January 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2003
Nancy Johnson
Seniority from January 3, 1983
(24 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
108th January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2005
109th January 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2007
110th January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2009
Chris Shays
Seniority from August 18, 1987[i][13]
(21 years, 138 days)
(lost re-election)
111th January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2011
Rosa DeLauro
Seniority from January 3, 1991
(33 years, 324 days)
(Incumbent)
112th January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013
Joe Lieberman[L]
Seniority from January 3, 1989
(24 years, 0 days)
(retired) 		Lieberman
(Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1989
(24 years, 0 days)

113th January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2015
Richard Blumenthal
Seniority from January 3, 2011
(13 years, 324 days)
(Incumbent) 		DeLauro
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1991
(33 years, 324 days)

114th January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2017
115th January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2019
116th January 3, 2019 –
January 3, 2021
117th January 3, 2021 –
January 3, 2023
118th January 3, 2023 –
January 3, 2025
119th January 3, 2025 –
present
Congress Dates Senior senator
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure) 		Delegation dean
(Combined seniority
and tenure) 		House dean
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure)

Delaware

[edit]
Senior members of Delaware's congressional delegation (1853–present)
Congress Dates Senior senator
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure) 		Delegation dean
(Combined seniority
and tenure) 		House dean[M]
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure)
33rd March 4, 1853 –
March 4, 1855
James A. Bayard Jr.[N]
Seniority from March 4, 1851
(12 years, 331 days)
(resigned)[14] 		Co-deans:
J. Bayard (Senate)
Riddle (House)

Seniority from March 4, 1851
(3 years, 364 days)


George R. Riddle
Seniority from March 4, 1851
(3 years, 364 days)
(lost re-election)
34th March 4, 1855 –
March 4, 1857 		J. Bayard
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1851
(12 years, 331 days)


Elisha D. Cullen
Seniority from March 4, 1855
(1 year, 364 days)
(lost re-election)
35th March 4, 1857 –
March 4, 1859
William G. Whiteley
Seniority from March 4, 1857
(3 years, 364 days)
(retired)
36th March 4, 1859 –
March 4, 1861
37th March 4, 1861 –
March 4, 1863
George P. Fisher
Seniority from March 4, 1861
(1 year, 364 days)
(lost re-election)
38th March 4, 1863 –
May 28, 1863
William Temple
Seniority from March 4, 1863
(85 days)
(died)[15]
May 28, 1863 –
December 7, 1863 		Vacant
December 7, 1863 –
January 29, 1864
Nathaniel B. Smithers
Seniority from December 7, 1863[i]
(1 year, 86 days)
(lost re-election)[16]
January 29, 1864 –
March 4, 1865
Willard Saulsbury Sr.
Seniority from March 4, 1859
(11 years, 364 days)
(lost re-election) 		W. Saulsbury Sr.
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1859
(11 years, 364 days)

39th March 4, 1865 –
March 4, 1867
John A. Nicholson
Seniority from March 4, 1865
(3 years, 364 days)
(retired)
40th March 4, 1867 –
March 4, 1869
41st March 4, 1869 –
March 4, 1871
Benjamin T. Biggs
Seniority from March 4, 1869
(3 years, 364 days)
(retired)
42nd March 4, 1871 –
March 4, 1873
Thomas F. Bayard[O]
Seniority from March 4, 1869
(16 years, 2 days)
(appointed Secretary of State)[17] 		Co-deans:
T. Bayard Sr. (Senate)
Biggs (House)

Seniority from March 4, 1869
(3 years, 364 days)

43rd March 4, 1873 –
March 4, 1875 		T. Bayard Sr.
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1869
(16 years, 2 days)


James R. Lofland
Seniority from March 4, 1873
(1 year, 364 days)
(lost re-election)[18]
44th March 4, 1875 –
March 4, 1877
James Williams
Seniority from March 4, 1875
(3 years, 364 days)
(retired)
45th March 4, 1877 –
March 4, 1879
46th March 4, 1879 –
March 4, 1881
Edward L. Martin
Seniority from March 4, 1879
(3 years, 364 days)
(retired)
47th March 4, 1881 –
March 4, 1883
48th March 4, 1883 –
March 4, 1885
Charles B. Lore
Seniority from March 4, 1883
(3 years, 364 days)
(retired)
49th March 4, 1885 –
March 6, 1885
March 6, 1885 –
March 4, 1887
Eli Saulsbury
Seniority from March 4, 1871
(17 years, 364 days)
(lost re-election) 		E. Saulsbury
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1871
(17 years, 364 days)

50th March 4, 1887 –
March 4, 1889
John B. Penington
Seniority from March 4, 1887
(3 years, 364 days)
(retired)
51st March 4, 1889 –
March 4, 1891
George Gray
Seniority from March 18, 1885[k]
(13 years, 350 days)
(lost re-election) 		Gray
(Senate)

Seniority from March 18, 1885
(13 years, 350 days)

52nd March 4, 1891 –
March 4, 1893
John W. Causey
Seniority from March 4, 1891
(3 years, 364 days)
(retired)
53rd March 4, 1893 –
March 4, 1895
54th March 4, 1895 –
March 4, 1897
Jonathan S. Willis
Seniority from March 4, 1895
(1 year, 364 days)
(lost re-election)[19]
55th March 4, 1897 –
March 4, 1899
L. Irving Handy
Seniority from March 4, 1897
(1 year, 364 days)
(lost re-election)[20]
56th March 4, 1899 –
June 16, 1900
Richard R. Kenney
Seniority from January 19, 1897[k]
(4 years, 43 days)
(lost re-election)[21] 		Kenney
(Senate)

Seniority from January 19, 1897
(4 years, 43 days)


John H. Hoffecker
Seniority from March 4, 1899
(1 year, 104 days)
(died)[22]
June 16, 1900 –
November 6, 1900 		Vacant
November 6, 1900 –
March 4, 1901
Walter O. Hoffecker
Seniority from November 6, 1900[i]
(117 days)
(retired)
57th March 4, 1901 –
March 2, 1903 		Vacant Ball
(House and Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1901
(3 years, 364 days)


L. Heisler Ball
Seniority from March 4, 1901
(1 year, 363 days)
(lost re-election, elected to
Senate)[23]
March 2, 1903 –
March 4, 1903
L. Heisler Ball[H]
Seniority from March 2, 1903[k][n]
(2 years, 1 day)
(retired)[23] 		Vacant
58th March 4, 1903 –
March 4, 1905
Henry A. Houston
Seniority from March 4, 1903
(1 year, 364 days)
(retired)
59th March 4, 1905 –
March 4, 1907
J. Frank Allee
Seniority from March 2, 1903[k]
(4 years, 1 day)
(retired)[24] 		Allee
(Senate)

Seniority from March 2, 1903
(4 years, 1 day)


Hiram R. Burton
Seniority from March 4, 1905
(3 years, 364 days)
(lost renomination)[25]
60th March 4, 1907 –
March 4, 1909
Henry A. du Pont
Seniority from June 13, 1906[k]
(10 years, 263 days)
(lost re-election)[26] 		Burton
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1905
(3 years, 364 days)

61st March 4, 1909 –
March 4, 1911 		du Pont
(Senate)

Seniority from June 13, 1906
(10 years, 263 days)


William H. Heald
Seniority from March 4, 1909
(3 years, 364 days)
(retired)
62nd March 4, 1911 –
March 4, 1913
63rd March 4, 1913 –
March 4, 1915
Franklin Brockson
Seniority from March 4, 1913
(1 year, 364 days)
(lost re-election)
64th March 4, 1915 –
March 4, 1917
Thomas W. Miller
Seniority from March 4, 1915
(1 year, 364 days)
(lost re-election)
65th March 4, 1917 –
March 4, 1919
Willard Saulsbury Jr.[P]
Seniority from March 4, 1913
(5 years, 364 days)
(lost re-election) 		W. Saulsbury Jr.
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1913
(5 years, 364 days)


Albert F. Polk
Seniority from March 4, 1917
(1 year, 364 days)
(lost re-election)
66th March 4, 1919 –
March 4, 1921
Josiah O. Wolcott
Seniority from March 4, 1917
(4 years, 120 days)
(appointed Chancellor of Delaware) 		Wolcott
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1917
(4 years, 120 days)


Caleb R. Layton
Seniority from March 4, 1919
(3 years, 364 days)
(lost re-election)
67th March 4, 1921 –
July 2, 1921
July 2, 1921 –
March 4, 1923
L. Heisler Ball[E]
Seniority from March 4, 1919
(5 years, 364 days)
(lost renomination)[23] 		Ball[D]
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1919[c]
(5 years, 364 days)

68th March 4, 1923 –
March 4, 1925
William H. Boyce
Seniority from March 4, 1923
(1 year, 364 days)
(lost re-election)
69th March 4, 1925 –
March 4, 1927
Thomas F. Bayard Jr.
Seniority from November 7, 1922[g][27]
(6 years, 116 days)
(lost re-election) 		T. Bayard Jr.
(Senate)

Seniority from November 7, 1922
(6 years, 116 days)


Robert G. Houston
Seniority from March 4, 1925
(7 years, 364 days)
(retired)
70th March 4, 1927 –
March 4, 1929
71st March 4, 1929 –
March 4, 1931
Daniel O. Hastings
Seniority from December 10, 1928[h]
(8 years, 24 days)
(lost re-election) 		Houston
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1925
(7 years, 364 days)

72nd March 4, 1931 –
March 4, 1933
73rd March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935 		Hastings
(Senate)

Seniority from December 10, 1928
(8 years, 24 days)


Wilbur L. Adams
Seniority from March 4, 1933
(1 year, 305 days)
(ran for Senate)
74th January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1937
J. George Stewart
Seniority from January 3, 1935
(2 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
75th January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1939
John G. Townsend Jr.
Seniority from March 4, 1929
(11 years, 305 days)
(lost re-election)[28] 		Townsend
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1929
(11 years, 305 days)


William F. Allen
Seniority from January 3, 1937
(2 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
76th January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941
George S. Williams
Seniority from January 3, 1939
(2 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
77th January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943
James H. Hughes
Seniority from January 3, 1937
(6 years, 0 days)
(lost renomination)[29] 		Hughes
(Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1937
(6 years, 0 days)


Philip A. Traynor
Seniority from January 3, 1941
(2 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
78th January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
James M. Tunnell
Seniority from January 3, 1941
(6 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election) 		Tunnell
(Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1941
(6 years, 0 days)


Earle D. Willey
Seniority from January 3, 1943
(2 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
79th January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
Philip A. Traynor[C]
Seniority from January 3, 1945
(2 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
80th January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
C. Douglass Buck
Seniority from January 3, 1943
(6 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election) 		Buck
(Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1943
(6 years, 0 days)


J. Caleb Boggs
Seniority from January 3, 1947
(6 years, 0 days)
(elected Delaware governor)
81st January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951
John J. Williams
Seniority from January 3, 1947
(23 years, 362 days)
(resigned) 		Co-deans:
Williams (Senate)
Boggs (House)

Seniority from January 3, 1947
(6 years, 0 days)

82nd January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1953
83rd January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1955 		Williams
(Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1947
(23 years, 362 days)


Herbert Warburton
Seniority from January 3, 1953
(2 years, 0 days)
(ran for Senate)
84th January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1957
Harris McDowell
Seniority from January 3, 1955
(2 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
85th January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1959
Hal Haskell
Seniority from January 3, 1957
(2 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
86th January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961
Harris McDowell[C]
Seniority from January 3, 1959
(8 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
87th January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1963
88th January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
89th January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967
90th January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1969
William Roth
Seniority from January 3, 1967
(3 years, 362 days)
(appointed to Senate)[30]
91st January 3, 1969 –
December 31, 1970
December 31, 1970 –
January 3, 1971
J. Caleb Boggs[H]
Seniority from January 3, 1961
(12 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election) 		Boggs[D]
(Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1961
(12 years, 0 days)

Vacant
92nd January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1973
Pete du Pont
Seniority from January 3, 1971
(6 years, 0 days)
(elected Delaware governor)
93rd January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1975
William Roth[H]
Seniority from January 1, 1971[h]
(30 years, 2 days)
(lost re-election) 		Roth
(House and Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1967
(34 years, 0 days)

94th January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1977
95th January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1979
Thomas B. Evans Jr.
Seniority from January 3, 1977
(6 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
96th January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1981
97th January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
98th January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1985
Tom Carper
Seniority from January 3, 1983
(10 years, 0 days)
(elected Delaware governor)
99th January 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1987
100th January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1989
101st January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 1991
102nd January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 1993
103rd January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995
Mike Castle
Seniority from January 3, 1993
(18 years, 0 days)
(ran for Senate)
104th January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1997
105th January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 1999
106th January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2001
107th January 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2003
Joe Biden
Seniority from January 3, 1973
(36 years, 12 days)
(elected Vice President) 		Biden
(Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1973
(36 years, 12 days)

108th January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2005
109th January 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2007
110th January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2009
111th January 3, 2009 –
January 15, 2009
January 15, 2009 –
January 3, 2011
Tom Carper[H]
Seniority from January 3, 2001
(24 years, 0 days)
(retired) 		Castle
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1993
(18 years, 0 days)

112th January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013 		Carper
(Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 2001
(24 years, 0 days)


John Carney
Seniority from January 3, 2011
(6 years, 0 days)
(elected Delaware governor)
113th January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2015
114th January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2017
115th January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2019
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Seniority from January 3, 2017
(8 years, 0 days)
(elected to Senate)
116th January 3, 2019 –
January 3, 2021
117th January 3, 2021 –
January 3, 2023
118th January 3, 2023 –
January 3, 2025
119th January 3, 2025 –
present
Chris Coons
Seniority from November 15, 2010[g]
(14 years, 7 days)
(Incumbent) 		Coons
(Senate)

Seniority from November 15, 2010
(14 years, 7 days)


Sarah McBride
Seniority from January 3, 2025
(−42 days)
(Incumbent)
Congress Dates Senior senator
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure) 		Delegation dean
(Combined seniority
and tenure) 		House dean
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure)

Florida

[edit]
Senior members of Florida's congressional delegation (1897–present)
Congress Dates Senior senator
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure) 		Delegation dean
(Combined seniority
and tenure) 		House dean
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure)
55th March 4, 1897 –
March 4, 1899
Samuel Pasco
Seniority from May 19, 1887[o]
(11 years, 334 days)
(lost election to finish term)[p][31] 		Pasco
(Senate)

Seniority from May 19, 1887
(11 years, 334 days)


Stephen M. Sparkman
Seniority from March 4, 1895
(21 years, 364 days)
(retired)
56th March 4, 1899 –
April 18, 1899
April 18, 1899 –
March 4, 1901
Stephen Mallory II[H]
Seniority from May 15, 1897[o][32]
(10 years, 222 days)
(died) 		Sparkman
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1895
(21 years, 364 days)

57th March 4, 1901 –
March 4, 1903
58th March 4, 1903 –
March 4, 1905
59th March 4, 1905 –
March 4, 1907
60th March 4, 1907 –
December 23, 1907
December 23, 1907 –
March 4, 1909
James Taliaferro
Seniority from April 20, 1899[k]
(11 years, 317 days)
(lost re-election)
61st March 4, 1909 –
March 4, 1911
62nd March 4, 1911 –
March 4, 1913
Duncan U. Fletcher
Seniority from March 4, 1909
(27 years, 105 days)
(died)
63rd March 4, 1913 –
March 4, 1915
64th March 4, 1915 –
March 4, 1917
65th March 4, 1917 –
March 4, 1919 		Clark
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1905
(19 years, 364 days)


Frank Clark
Seniority from March 4, 1905
(19 years, 364 days)
(lost renomination)[33]
66th March 4, 1919 –
March 4, 1921
67th March 4, 1921 –
March 4, 1923
68th March 4, 1923 –
March 4, 1925
69th March 4, 1925 –
March 4, 1927 		Fletcher
(Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1909
(27 years, 105 days)


William J. Sears
Seniority from March 4, 1915
(13 years, 364 days)
(lost renomination)[34]
70th March 4, 1927 –
March 4, 1929
71st March 4, 1929 –
March 4, 1931
Herbert J. Drane
Seniority from March 4, 1917
(15 years, 364 days)
(lost renomination)[35]
72nd March 4, 1931 –
March 4, 1933
73rd March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
Robert A. Green
Seniority from March 4, 1925
(19 years, 266 days)
(commissioned in U.S.
Navy)[36]
74th January 3, 1935 –
June 17, 1936
June 17, 1936 –
November 4, 1936
Scott Loftin
Seniority from May 26, 1936[h]
(161 days)
(successor elected) 		Green
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1925
(19 years, 266 days)

November 4, 1936 –
January 3, 1937
Charles O. Andrews
Seniority from November 4, 1936[h][q]
(9 years, 318 days)
(died)
75th January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1939
76th January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941
77th January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943
78th January 3, 1943 –
November 25, 1944
November 25, 1944 –
January 3, 1945 		Peterson
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1933
(17 years, 305 days)


J. Hardin Peterson
Seniority from March 4, 1933
(17 years, 305 days)
(retired)
79th January 3, 1945 –
September 18, 1946
September 18, 1946 –
January 3, 1947
Claude Pepper
Seniority from November 4, 1936[h]
(14 years, 60 days)
(lost renomination)
80th January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
81st January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951
82nd January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1953
Spessard Holland
Seniority from September 25, 1946[h]
(24 years, 100 days)
(retired) 		Sikes
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1945[c]
(34 years, 0 days)


Bob Sikes[K]
Seniority from January 3, 1945[c]
(34 years, 0 days)
(retired)
83rd January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1955
84th January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1957
85th January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1959
86th January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961
87th January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1963
88th January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
89th January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967
90th January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1969
91st January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1971
92nd January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1973
Edward Gurney[H]
Seniority from January 3, 1969
(5 years, 362 days)
(resigned)
93rd January 3, 1973 –
December 31, 1974
December 31, 1974 –
January 3, 1975
Lawton Chiles
Seniority from January 3, 1971
(18 years, 0 days)
(retired)
94th January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1977
95th January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1979
96th January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1981 		Bennett
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1949
(44 years, 0 days)


Charles E. Bennett
Seniority from January 3, 1949
(44 years, 0 days)
(retired)
97th January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
98th January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1985
99th January 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1987
100th January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1989
101st January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 1991
Bob Graham
Seniority from January 3, 1987
(18 years, 0 days)
(retired)
102nd January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 1993
103rd January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995 		Gibbons
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1963
(34 years, 0 days)


Sam Gibbons
Seniority from January 3, 1963
(34 years, 0 days)
(retired)
104th January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1997
105th January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 1999 		Young
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1971
(42 years, 288 days)


Bill Young
Seniority from January 3, 1971
(42 years, 288 days)
(died)
106th January 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2001
107th January 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2003
108th January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2005
109th January 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2007
Bill Nelson[H]
Seniority from January 3, 2001
(18 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
110th January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2009
111th January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2011
112th January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013
113th January 3, 2013 –
October 18, 2013
October 18, 2013 –
January 3, 2015 		Ros-Lehtinen
(House)

Seniority from August 29, 1989
(29 years, 127 days)


Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Seniority from August 29, 1989[i]
(29 years, 127 days)
(retired)
114th January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2017
115th January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2019
116th January 3, 2019 –
January 3, 2021
Marco Rubio
Seniority from January 3, 2011
(13 years, 324 days)
(Incumbent) 		Hastings
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1993
(28 years, 93 days)


Alcee Hastings
Seniority from January 3, 1993
(28 years, 93 days)
(died)
117th January 3, 2021 –
April 6, 2021
April 6, 2021 –
January 3, 2023 		Díaz-Balart
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 2003
(21 years, 324 days)


Mario Díaz-Balart
Seniority from January 3, 2003
(21 years, 324 days)
(Incumbent)
118th January 3, 2023 –
January 3, 2025
119th January 3, 2025 –
present
Congress Dates Senior senator
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure) 		Delegation dean
(Combined seniority
and tenure) 		House dean
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure)

Georgia

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Senior members of Georgia's congressional delegation (1897–present)
Congress Dates Senior senator
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure) 		Delegation dean
(Combined seniority
and tenure) 		House dean(s)
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure)
55th March 4, 1897 –
March 4, 1899
Augustus O. Bacon[Q]
Seniority from March 4, 1895
(18 years, 347 days)
(died) 		Lester
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1889
(17 years, 104 days)


Rufus E. Lester
Seniority from March 4, 1889
(17 years, 104 days)
(died)
56th March 4, 1899 –
March 4, 1901
57th March 4, 1901 –
March 4, 1903
58th March 4, 1903 –
March 4, 1905
59th March 4, 1905 –
June 16, 1906
June 16, 1906 –
March 4, 1907 		Livingston
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1891
(19 years, 364 days)


Leonidas F. Livingston
Seniority from March 4, 1891
(19 years, 364 days)
(lost renomination)[37]
60th March 4, 1907 –
March 4, 1909
61st March 4, 1909 –
March 4, 1911
62nd March 4, 1911 –
March 4, 1913 		Co-deans:
Bacon (Senate)
Bartlett (House)

Seniority from March 4, 1895
(18 years, 347 days)


Charles L. Bartlett
Seniority from March 4, 1895
(19 years, 364 days)
(retired)
63rd March 4, 1913 –
February 14, 1914
February 14, 1914 –
March 4, 1915
Hoke Smith
Seniority from July 12, 1911[k][r]
(9 years, 234 days)
(lost renomination)[38] 		Bartlett
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1895
(19 years, 364 days)

64th March 4, 1915 –
March 4, 1917 		Adamson
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1897
(20 years, 289 days)


William C. Adamson
Seniority from March 4, 1897
(20 years, 289 days)
(resigned)[39]
65th March 4, 1917 –
December 18, 1917
December 18, 1917 –
March 4, 1919 		Hardwick[I]
(House and Senate)

Seniority from March 4, 1903[s]
(15 years, 364 days)

Co-deans:

Thomas M. Bell,
Gordon Lee
Seniority from March 4, 1905
(21 years, 364 days)
(Lee retired)[40]
66th March 4, 1919 –
March 4, 1921 		Co-deans:
Bell, Lee
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1905
(21 years, 364 days)

67th March 4, 1921 –
March 4, 1923
William J. Harris
Seniority from March 4, 1919
(13 years, 45 days)
(died)
68th March 4, 1923 –
March 4, 1925
69th March 4, 1925 –
March 4, 1927
70th March 4, 1927 –
March 4, 1929 		Bell
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1905
(25 years, 364 days)


Thomas M. Bell
Seniority from March 4, 1905
(25 years, 364 days)
(lost renomination)[41]
71st March 4, 1929 –
March 4, 1931
72nd March 4, 1931 –
April 18, 1932 		Crisp
(House)

Seniority from March 4, 1913
(19 years, 217 days)


Charles R. Crisp[K]
Seniority from March 4, 1913
(19 years, 217 days)
(appointed to U.S. Tariff
Commission)[42]
April 18, 1932 –
October 7, 1932
Walter F. George[R]
Seniority from November 22, 1922[g]
(34 years, 42 days)
(retired)
October 7, 1932 –
March 4, 1933 		Vinson
(House)

Seniority from November 3, 1914
(50 years, 61 days)


Carl Vinson[S]
Seniority from November 3, 1914[i]
(50 years, 61 days)
(retired)
73rd March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
74th January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1937
75th January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1939
76th January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941
77th January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943
78th January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
79th January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
80th January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
81st January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1951
82nd January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1953
83rd January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1955
84th January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1957
85th January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1959
Richard Russell Jr.[T]
Seniority from January 12, 1933[g]
(38 years, 9 days)
(died)
86th January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961
87th January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1963
88th January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
89th January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1967 		Russell
(Senate)

Seniority from January 12, 1933
(38 years, 9 days)


Phillip M. Landrum
Seniority from January 3, 1953
(24 years, 0 days)
(retired)
90th January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1969
91st January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1971
92nd January 3, 1971 –
January 21, 1971
January 21, 1971 –
January 3, 1973
Herman Talmadge
Seniority from January 3, 1957
(24 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election) 		Landrum
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1953
(24 years, 0 days)

93rd January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1975
94th January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1977
95th January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1979 		Flynt
(House)

Seniority from November 2, 1954
(24 years, 62 days)


John Flynt
Seniority from November 2, 1954[i]
(24 years, 62 days)
(retired)
96th January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1981 		Talmadge
(Senate)

Seniority from January 3, 1957
(24 years, 0 days)


Jack Brinkley
Seniority from January 3, 1967
(16 years, 0 days)
(retired)
97th January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
Sam Nunn
Seniority from November 8, 1972[g]
(24 years, 56 days)
(retired) 		Brinkley
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1967
(16 years, 0 days)

98th January 3, 1983 –
September 1, 1983 		Nunn
(Senate)

Seniority from November 8, 1972
(24 years, 56 days)

Co-deans:

Elliott H. Levitas,
Larry McDonald
Seniority from January 3, 1975
(8 years, 241 days)
(McDonald died)[43]
September 1, 1983 –
January 3, 1985
Elliott H. Levitas
Seniority from January 3, 1975
(10 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)[44]
99th January 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1987 		Co-deans:

Doug Barnard Jr.,
Ed Jenkins
Seniority from January 3, 1977
(16 years, 0 days)
(both retired)
100th January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1989
101st January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 1991
102nd January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 1993
103rd January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995
Newt Gingrich[U]
Seniority from January 3, 1979
(20 years, 0 days)
(resigned)[45]
104th January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1997
105th January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 1999
Paul Coverdell
Seniority from January 3, 1993
(7 years, 197 days)
(died) 		Gingrich
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1979
(20 years, 0 days)

106th January 3, 1999 –
July 18, 2000 		Lewis
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1987
(33 years, 196 days)


John Lewis
Seniority from January 3, 1987
(33 years, 196 days)
(died)[46]
July 18, 2000 –
January 3, 2001
Max Cleland
Seniority from January 3, 1997
(6 years, 0 days)
(lost re-election)
107th January 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2003
108th January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2005
Zell Miller
Seniority from July 24, 2000[h][47]
(4 years, 163 days)
(retired)
109th January 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2007
Saxby Chambliss[H]
Seniority from January 3, 2003
(12 years, 0 days)
(retired)
110th January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2009
111th January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2011
112th January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013
113th January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2015
114th January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2017
Johnny Isakson[H]
Seniority from January 3, 2005
(14 years, 362 days)
(resigned)[48]
115th January 3, 2017 –
January 3, 2019
116th January 3, 2019 –
December 31, 2019
December 31, 2019 –
July 17, 2020
David Perdue
Seniority from January 3, 2015
(6 years, 0 days)
(term expired)
July 17, 2020 –
January 3, 2021 		Bishop
(House)

Seniority from January 3, 1993
(31 years, 324 days)


Sanford Bishop
Seniority from January 3, 1993
(31 years, 324 days)
(Incumbent)
117th January 3, 2021 –
January 20, 2021
Kelly Loeffler
Seniority from January 6, 2020[h]
(1 year, 14 days)
(lost election to finish term)
January 20, 2021 –
January 3, 2023
Jon Ossoff
Seniority from January 20, 2021[t][u]
(3 years, 307 days)
(Incumbent)
118th January 3, 2023 –
January 3, 2025
119th January 3, 2025 –
present
Congress Dates Senior senator
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure) 		Delegation dean
(Combined seniority
and tenure) 		House dean(s)
(Seniority and tenure)
(Cause of departure)

References

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  24. ^ "ALLEE, James Frank (1857 – 1938)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
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Footnotes (positional)

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  1. ^ a b c d e Sole representative (at-large district)
  2. ^ a b Former non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives
  3. ^ a b c d Second time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
  4. ^ a b c d Second time
  5. ^ a b Second time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
  6. ^ Elected as Republican from 1889 to 1897; as Silver Republican from 1897 to 1903
  7. ^ Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
  9. ^ a b c as junior senator
  10. ^ President pro tempore from March 25 to 26, 1912
  11. ^ a b c d e Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
  12. ^ Elected as Democrat until 2007
  13. ^ As an at-large congressional district, Delaware was represented by one member in the House of Representatives from 1789 to 1813, and since 1823.
  14. ^ Dean of the Senate from 1862 to 1864 (alongside Solomon Foot)
  15. ^ President pro tempore from October 10 to October 13, 1881
  16. ^ President pro tempore from 1916 to 1919
  17. ^ President pro tempore (rotating basis) from 1911 to 1913
  18. ^ Dean of the Senate from 1953 to 1957; President pro tempore from 1955 to 1957
  19. ^ Dean of the House from 1961 to 1965
  20. ^ President pro tempore and Dean of the Senate from 1969 to 1971
  21. ^ Speaker of the House from 1995 to 1998; House Republican Leader from 1995 to 1999

Footnotes (seniority)

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  1. ^ Seniority over Henry M. Teller due to tenure as delegate to the House of Representatives from Colorado Territory
  2. ^ a b Seated late due to contested election
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Shares seniority date with other officeholder(s); credited as sole dean by past non-consecutive terms in Congress
  4. ^ a b c d Preceding elections involved turnover of all sitting incumbents; incoming officeholders share a seniority date with no distinguishing aspects
  5. ^ John Calhoun Bell shared seniority with Lafe Pence until March 4, 1895
  6. ^ Edward T. Taylor shared seniority with John Andrew Martin and Atterson W. Rucker until March 4, 1913
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Senator elected to fill intra-term vacancy after ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from date the individual assumed office
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Senator appointed to fill intra-term vacancy; seniority calculated from date of appointment
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Representative elected to fill vacancy; seniority calculated from date of special election (if different from date the seat was filled)[10] Cite error: The named reference "housevacancy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  10. ^ Charles Addison Russell shared seniority with Carlos French, Miles T. Granger, and Robert J. Vance until March 4, 1889
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h Senator elected by state legislature intra-term prior to ratification of Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from election date (if different from date the seat was filled)
  12. ^ Served more prior non-consecutive terms (nine) than John Q. Tilson (two)
  13. ^ Shares seniority date with more than two other Representatives (thus unable to count as co-deans); credited as sole dean due to surname coming first alphabetically
  14. ^ Seniority over J. Frank Allee due to past service as a member of the House of Representatives
  15. ^ a b Elected late
  16. ^ Pasco was appointed to begin his second and third terms due to failure of his state legislature to elect in 1892–93 and 1898–99.
  17. ^ Seniority over Claude Pepper due to surname coming first alphabetically
  18. ^ Seated late by virtue of holding other political, governmental, or judicial office
  19. ^ For the purposes of this list, the one-day gap between Hardwick's resignation from the House and his election to the Senate (November 2 – November 4, 1914) is ignored.
  20. ^ Elected late in runoff election
  21. ^ Seniority over Raphael Warnock due to surname coming first alphabetically

Bibliography

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