User:SuperWIKI/sandbox/State deans (4)
For senators and representatives who represented defunct parties or switched parties intra-term, only their latest party while in office is reflected. Most states, due to not having long-running deans until the 1900s, have tables only starting from that decade.
Guidelines
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Seniority criteria
[edit]- 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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[edit]Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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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) |
Kansas
[edit]Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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36th | January 29, 1861 – 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 – 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) |
Kentucky
[edit]Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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2nd | June 1, 1792 – June 18, 1792 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
None | Vacant (not yet elected) |
June 18, 1792 – November 8, 1792 |
John Brown[A][B][C] Seniority from June 18, 1792[a] (12 years, 258 days) (lost re-election) | |||
November 8, 1792 – November 9, 1792 |
Brown (Senate) Seniority from June 18, 1792 |
None[b] | ||
November 9, 1792 – March 4, 1793 |
Alexander D. Orr[B] Seniority from November 8, 1792 (4 years, 115 days) (retired) | |||
3rd | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795 | |||
4th | March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797 | |||
5th | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799 |
No clear dean[c] | ||
6th | March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801 | |||
7th | March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803 | |||
8th | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805 |
John Fowler Seniority from March 4, 1797 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
9th | March 4, 1805 – August 7, 1805 |
John Breckinridge Seniority from March 4, 1801 (4 years, 156 days) (appointed Attorney General) |
Fowler (House) Seniority from March 4, 1797 | |
August 7, 1805 – March 4, 1807 |
Buckner Thruston Seniority from March 4, 1805 (4 years, 289 days) (appointed circuit court judge) | |||
10th | March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809 |
Lyon (House) Seniority from March 4, 1803 |
Matthew Lyon[D] Seniority from March 4, 1803[d] (7 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
11th | March 4, 1809 – December 18, 1809 | |||
December 18, 1809 – March 4, 1811 |
John Pope[E] Seniority from March 4, 1807 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
12th | March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 |
Co-deans: Pope (Senate) Desha, Johnson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1807 |
Co-deans: Joseph Desha, Richard Mentor Johnson Seniority from March 4, 1807 (11 years, 364 days) (both retired) | |
13th | March 4, 1813 – August 23, 1814 |
George M. Bibb Seniority from March 4, 1811 (3 years, 172 days) (resigned) |
Co-deans: Desha, Johnson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1807 | |
August 23, 1814 – December 24, 1814 |
Jesse Bledsoe Seniority from March 4, 1813 (1 year, 295 days) (resigned)[1] | |||
December 24, 1814 – February 2, 1815 |
George Walker Seniority from August 30, 1814[e] (156 days) (successor sworn in)[2] | |||
February 2, 1815 – March 4, 1815 |
William T. Barry[C] Seniority from February 2, 1815[f][g] (1 year, 89 days) (appointed KY circuit court judge) | |||
14th | March 4, 1815 – May 1, 1816 | |||
May 1, 1816 – March 4, 1817 |
Isham Talbot Seniority from February 2, 1815[f] (4 years, 29 days) (retired) | |||
15th | March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819 | |||
16th | March 4, 1819 – May 28, 1820 |
William Logan Seniority from March 4, 1819 (1 year, 85 days) (ran for Kentucky governor) |
Clay (House) Seniority from October 30, 1815 |
Henry Clay[F][D] Seniority from October 30, 1815[h] (5 years, 124 days) (retired) |
May 28, 1820 – March 4, 1821 |
Richard Mentor Johnson[G][C] Seniority from December 10, 1819[f] (9 years, 83 days) (lost re-election, elected to House) | |||
17th | March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 |
Trimble (House) Seniority from March 4, 1817 |
David Trimble[G] Seniority from March 4, 1817 (9 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
18th | March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 | |||
19th | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827 | |||
20th | March 4, 1827 – June 1, 1828 |
Metcalfe (House) Seniority from March 4, 1819 |
Thomas Metcalfe Seniority from March 4, 1819 (9 years, 89 days) (ran for Kentucky governor) | |
June 1, 1828 – March 4, 1829 |
Johnson[H] (House and Senate) Seniority from December 10, 1819 |
Richard A. Buckner Seniority from March 4, 1823[i] (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 |
John Rowan[C] Seniority from March 4, 1825 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Robert P. Letcher (AJ), Charles A. Wickliffe (J) Seniority from March 4, 1823 (9 years, 364 days) (Letcher re-elected late, Wickliffe retired) | |
22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 |
George M. Bibb[I] Seniority from March 4, 1829 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835 |
Chittenden Lyon Seniority from March 4, 1827 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 |
Henry Clay[J][K][C] Seniority from November 10, 1831[j] (10 years, 141 days) (resigned) |
Richard Mentor Johnson[L][D] Seniority from March 4, 1829 (7 years, 364 days) (elected Vice President) | |
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 |
Clay[H] (Senate) Seniority from November 10, 1831 |
John Chambers[D] Seniority from March 4, 1835[k] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
26th | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841 |
William J. Graves Seniority from March 4, 1835[i] (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
27th | March 4, 1841 – March 31, 1842 |
Co-deans: Joseph R. Underwood, John White[M] Seniority from March 4, 1835 (7 years, 364 days) (Underwood retired) | ||
March 31, 1842 – March 4, 1843 |
James T. Morehead Seniority from March 4, 1841 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Underwood, White (House) Seniority from March 4, 1835 | ||
28th | March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845 |
White (House) Seniority from March 4, 1835 |
John White Seniority from March 4, 1835 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
29th | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847 |
Boyd (House) Seniority from March 4, 1839 |
Linn Boyd[N][D] Seniority from March 4, 1839[d] (15 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
30th | March 4, 1847 – June 12, 1848 |
John J. Crittenden[K] Seniority from March 31, 1842[f] (6 years, 73 days) (elected Kentucky governor) | ||
June 12, 1848 – March 4, 1849 |
Joseph R. Underwood[C] Seniority from March 4, 1847 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
31st | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851 | |||
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 | |||
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
Archibald Dixon Seniority from September 1, 1852[f] (2 years, 183 days) (retired) | ||
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
John B. Thompson[C] Seniority from March 4, 1853 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Thompson (Senate) Cox, Elliott (House) Seniority from March 4, 1853 |
Co-deans: Leander Cox (KN), John M. Elliott (D) Seniority from March 4, 1853 (3 years, 364 days) (Cox lost re-election) |
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 |
Co-deans: Thompson (Senate) Elliott (House) Seniority from March 4, 1853 |
John M. Elliott Seniority from March 4, 1853 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 |
John J. Crittenden[I] Seniority from March 4, 1855 (5 years, 364 days) (elected to House) |
Co-deans: Crittenden (House and Senate) Burnett (House) Seniority from March 4, 1855 |
Henry C. Burnett Seniority from March 4, 1855 (6 years, 274 days) (expelled)[4] |
37th | March 4, 1861 – December 3, 1861 |
Lazarus W. Powell Seniority from March 4, 1859 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
December 3, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
Crittenden (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1855 |
Robert Mallory Seniority from March 4, 1859 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 |
Co-deans: Powell (Senate) Mallory (House) Seniority from March 4, 1859 | ||
39th | March 4, 1865 – September 7, 1866 |
Garrett Davis[O] Seniority from December 10, 1861[f] (10 years, 287 days) (died) |
Grider (House) Seniority from March 4, 1861[d] |
Henry Grider[D] Seniority from March 4, 1861[d] (5 years, 187 days) (died) |
September 7, 1866 – March 4, 1867 |
Harding (House) Seniority from March 4, 1861 |
Aaron Harding Seniority from March 4, 1861 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 |
Davis (Senate) Seniority from December 10, 1861 |
Lawrence S. Trimble Seniority from March 4, 1865 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[5] | |
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 | |||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – September 22, 1872 |
Co-deans: George M. Adams, James B. Beck Seniority from March 4, 1867 (7 years, 364 days) (Adams lost re-election, Beck retired) | ||
September 22, 1872 – March 4, 1873 |
John W. Stevenson[P][C] Seniority from March 4, 1871 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Adams, Beck (House) Seniority from March 4, 1867 | ||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | |||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
Stevenson (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1871 |
John Y. Brown[D] Seniority from March 4, 1873[d] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
Thomas C. McCreery[K] Seniority from March 4, 1873 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: McCreery (Senate) Durham (House) Seniority from March 4, 1873 |
Milton J. Durham Seniority from March 4, 1873 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
James B. Beck[Q][C] Seniority from March 4, 1877 (13 years, 60 days) (died) |
Knott (House) Seniority from March 4, 1875[d] |
J. Proctor Knott[D] Seniority from March 4, 1875[d] (7 years, 364 days) (retired) |
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
Blackburn (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1875 |
J. C. S. Blackburn Seniority from March 4, 1875 (9 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | |
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
Co-deans: John G. Carlisle,[R] Albert S. Willis Seniority from March 4, 1877 (9 years, 364 days) (Willis lost renomination)[6] | ||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
John G. Carlisle[R] Seniority from March 4, 1877 (13 years, 83 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
51st | March 4, 1889 – May 3, 1890 | |||
May 3, 1890 – May 26, 1890 |
J. C. S. Blackburn[C] Seniority from March 4, 1885 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |||
May 26, 1890 – March 4, 1891 |
W. C. P. Breckinridge Seniority from March 4, 1885[i] (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
James B. McCreary Seniority from March 4, 1885 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[7] | ||
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
William Lindsay Seniority from February 15, 1893[f] (8 years, 16 days) (retired) |
Lindsay (Senate) Seniority from February 15, 1893 |
Albert S. Berry Seniority from March 4, 1893 (7 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 25, 1902 |
William J. Deboe Seniority from April 29, 1897[f][8] (5 years, 308 days) (retired) |
Rhea (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
John S. Rhea Seniority from March 4, 1897[i] (5 years, 21 days) (election invalidated)[9] |
March 25, 1902 – March 4, 1903 |
Co-deans: Smith, Wheeler (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
Co-deans: David H. Smith, Charles K. Wheeler Seniority from March 4, 1897 (5 years, 364 days) (Wheeler retired) | ||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
J. C. S. Blackburn[I][S] Seniority from March 4, 1901 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[10] |
Smith (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
David H. Smith Seniority from March 4, 1897 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) |
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
James B. McCreary[C] Seniority from March 4, 1903 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Co-deans: McCreary (Senate) James (House) Seniority from March 4, 1903 |
Ollie M. James Seniority from March 4, 1903 (9 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) |
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 |
Thomas H. Paynter[C] Seniority from March 4, 1907 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
James (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1903 | |
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | |||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – May 23, 1914 |
William O. Bradley Seniority from March 4, 1909 (5 years, 80 days) (died) |
Co-deans: J. Swagar Sherley, Augustus O. Stanley Seniority from March 4, 1903 (11 years, 364 days) (Stanley ran for Senate) | |
May 23, 1914 – March 4, 1915 |
Ollie M. James[C] Seniority from March 4, 1913 (5 years, 177 days) (died) | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
J. Swagar Sherley Seniority from March 4, 1903 (15 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
65th | March 4, 1917 – August 28, 1918 | |||
August 28, 1918 – March 4, 1919 |
J. C. W. Beckham Seniority from March 4, 1915 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Sherley (House) Seniority from March 4, 1903 | ||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Co-deans: Johnson, Langley (House) Seniority from March 4, 1907 |
Co-deans: Ben Johnson (D), John W. Langley (R) Seniority from March 4, 1907 (18 years, 313 days) (Langley resigned) | |
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
Augustus O. Stanley[C] Seniority from May 19, 1919[l] (5 years, 288 days) (lost re-election) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – January 11, 1926 |
Richard P. Ernst Seniority from March 4, 1921 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
January 11, 1926 – March 4, 1927 |
Johnson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1907 |
Ben Johnson Seniority from March 4, 1907 (19 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
Frederic M. Sackett Seniority from March 4, 1925 (4 years, 311 days) (appointed Ambassador to Germany) |
Barkley (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
David H. Kincheloe Seniority from March 4, 1915 (15 years, 215 days) (appointed U.S. Customs Court judge) |
71st | March 4, 1929 – January 9, 1930 | |||
January 9, 1930 – October 5, 1930 |
Alben W. Barkley[T][C] Seniority from March 4, 1927 (21 years, 321 days) (elected Vice President) | |||
October 5, 1930 – November 30, 1930 |
Maurice Thatcher Seniority from March 4, 1923 (9 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | |||
November 30, 1930 – March 4, 1931 | ||||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
W. Voris Gregory Seniority from March 4, 1927 (9 years, 220 days) (died) | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – October 10, 1936 | |||
October 10, 1936 – December 5, 1936 |
Fred M. Vinson[D] Seniority from March 4, 1931[m] (7 years, 69 days) (appointed appeals court judge)[11] | |||
December 5, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | ||||
75th | January 3, 1937 – May 12, 1938 | |||
May 12, 1938 – January 3, 1939 |
Virgil Chapman[D] Seniority from March 4, 1931[d] (17 years, 305 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
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 19, 1949 |
Brent Spence Seniority from March 4, 1931 (31 years, 305 days) (retired) | ||
January 19, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
Virgil Chapman[C] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (2 years, 64 days) (died) |
Chapman (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1931[d] | ||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – March 8, 1951 | |||
March 8, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Earle Clements[C] Seniority from November 27, 1950[n] (6 years, 37 days) (lost re-election) |
Spence (House) Seniority from March 4, 1931 | ||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
John Sherman Cooper[K] Seniority from November 7, 1956[n] (16 years, 57 days) (retired) | ||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
Chelf (House) Seniority from January 3, 1945 |
Frank Chelf Seniority from January 3, 1945 (22 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 |
Perkins (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
Carl D. Perkins Seniority from January 3, 1949 (35 years, 213 days) (died) | |
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – December 27, 1974 |
Marlow Cook Seniority from December 17, 1968[e] (6 years, 10 days) (resigned) | ||
December 27, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Walter Dee Huddleston Seniority from January 3, 1973 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
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 – August 3, 1984 | |||
August 3, 1984 – January 3, 1985 |
Natcher (House) Seniority from August 1, 1953 |
William Natcher Seniority from August 1, 1953[h] (40 years, 240 days) (died) | ||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
Wendell Ford Seniority from December 28, 1974[e] (24 years, 6 days) (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 – March 29, 1994 | |||
March 29, 1994 – January 3, 1995 |
Mazzoli (House) Seniority from January 3, 1971 |
Romano Mazzoli Seniority from January 3, 1971 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Ford (Senate) Seniority from December 28, 1974 |
Hal Rogers[U] Seniority from January 3, 1981 (43 years, 324 days) (Incumbent) | |
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Mitch McConnell[V] Seniority from January 3, 1985 (39 years, 324 days) (Incumbent) |
Rogers (House) Seniority from January 3, 1981 | |
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) |
Louisiana
[edit]Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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42nd | March 4, 1871 – November 1, 1872 |
William Pitt Kellogg Seniority from July 9, 1868[f] (4 years, 115 days) (elected Louisiana governor) |
Kellogg (Senate) Seniority from July 9, 1868 |
Chester Bidwell Darrall Seniority from March 4, 1869[i] (5 years, 364 days) (co-dean after Sheldon lost re-election) |
November 1, 1872 – March 4, 1873 |
J. R. West Seniority from March 4, 1871 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Darrall (House) Seniority from March 4, 1869[i] | ||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | |||
44th | March 4, 1875 – June 8, 1876 |
Co-deans: Darrall, Morey (House) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
Co-deans: Chester Bidwell Darrall, Frank Morey Seniority from March 4, 1869 (7 years, 96 days) (Morey's election contested)[12] | |
June 8, 1876 – March 4, 1877 |
Darrall (House) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
Chester Bidwell Darrall Seniority from March 4, 1869 (8 years, 353 days) (election contested)[13] | ||
45th | March 4, 1877 – February 20, 1878 |
James B. Eustis Seniority from January 12, 1876[f][o] (3 years, 50 days) (lost re-election) | ||
February 20, 1878 – March 4, 1879 |
Co-deans: Gibson[W] (House and Senate) Ellis (House) Seniority from March 4, 1875 |
Co-deans: E. John Ellis, Randall L. Gibson Seniority from March 4, 1875 (7 years, 364 days) (Gibson elected to Senate) | ||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
William Pitt Kellogg[I] Seniority from March 4, 1877[p] (5 years, 364 days) (elected to House) | ||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
Benjamin F. Jonas Seniority from March 4, 1879 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
E. John Ellis Seniority from March 4, 1875 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
Randall L. Gibson[C] Seniority from March 4, 1883 (9 years, 286 days) (died) |
Gibson (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1875 |
J. Floyd King Seniority from March 4, 1879 (7 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
Newton C. Blanchard Seniority from March 4, 1881 (13 years, 8 days) (appointed to Senate) | ||
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – December 15, 1892 | |||
December 15, 1892 – March 4, 1893 |
Edward Douglass White Seniority from March 4, 1891 (3 years, 8 days) (appointed Supreme Court associate justice) |
Blanchard[W] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1881 | ||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 12, 1894 | |||
March 12, 1894 – March 4, 1895 |
Donelson Caffery Seniority from December 31, 1892[e] (8 years, 62 days) (retired) |
Samuel M. Robertson Seniority from December 5, 1887[h] (19 years, 88 days) (lost renomination) | ||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | |||
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
Robertson (House) Seniority from December 5, 1887 | ||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 |
Samuel D. McEnery Seniority from March 4, 1897 (13 years, 116 days) (died) | ||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 8, 1908 |
Meyer (House) Seniority from March 4, 1891 |
Adolph Meyer Seniority from March 4, 1891 (17 years, 4 days) (died) | |
March 8, 1908 – December 26, 1908 |
Davey (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897[d] |
Robert C. Davey[D] Seniority from March 4, 1897[d] (11 years, 279 days) (died) | ||
December 26, 1908 – March 4, 1909 |
Co-deans: McEnery (Senate) Broussard (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
Robert F. Broussard Seniority from March 4, 1897 (17 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
61st | March 4, 1909 – June 28, 1910 | |||
June 28, 1910 – March 4, 1911 |
Murphy J. Foster Seniority from March 4, 1901 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Broussard[W] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | ||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | |||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
John Thornton Seniority from December 7, 1910[f] (4 years, 86 days) (retired) | ||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
Joseph E. Ransdell[C] Seniority from March 4, 1913 (17 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[15] |
John T. Watkins Seniority from March 4, 1905 (15 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | |
65th | March 4, 1917 – April 12, 1918 | |||
April 12, 1918 – March 4, 1919 |
Ransdell (House and Senate) Seniority from August 29, 1899[h] | |||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
H. Garland Dupré Seniority from November 8, 1910[h] (13 years, 105 days) (died) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – February 21, 1924 | |||
February 21, 1924 – March 4, 1925 |
Co-deans: James B. Aswell, Ladislas Lazaro Seniority from March 4, 1913 (14 years, 26 days) (Lazaro died) | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 30, 1927 | |||
March 30, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
James B. Aswell Seniority from March 4, 1913 (18 years, 12 days) (died) | |||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 16, 1931 |
Edwin S. Broussard Seniority from March 4, 1921 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[16] |
Aswell (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 | |
March 16, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
Wilson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1915 |
Riley J. Wilson Seniority from March 4, 1915 (21 years, 305 days) (lost renomination) | ||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Huey Long Seniority from January 25, 1932[l] (3 years, 228 days) (assassinated) | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – September 10, 1935 | |||
September 10, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
John H. Overton[C] Seniority from March 4, 1933 (15 years, 71 days) (died) | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
De Rouen (House) Seniority from August 23, 1927 |
René L. De Rouen Seniority from August 23, 1927[h] (13 years, 133 days) (retired) | |
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Overton (House and Senate) Seniority from May 12, 1931[h] |
Co-deans: A. Leonard Allen, Overton Brooks Seniority from January 3, 1937 (16 years, 0 days) (Allen retired) | |
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – May 14, 1948 | |||
May 14, 1948 – January 3, 1949 |
Allen J. Ellender[X] Seniority from January 3, 1937 (35 years, 206 days) (died) |
Co-deans: Ellender (Senate) Allen, Brooks (House) Seniority from January 3, 1937 | ||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Co-deans: Ellender (Senate) Brooks (House) Seniority from January 3, 1937 |
Overton Brooks Seniority from January 3, 1937 (24 years, 256 days) (died) | |
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 – September 16, 1961 | |||
September 16, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
Ellender (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1937 |
F. Edward Hébert Seniority from January 3, 1941 (36 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
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 – July 27, 1972 | |||
July 27, 1972 – January 3, 1973 |
Russell B. Long Seniority from December 31, 1948[n] (38 years, 3 days) (retired) |
Hébert (House) Seniority from January 3, 1941 | ||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Long (Senate) Seniority from December 31, 1948 |
Joe Waggonner Seniority from December 19, 1961[h] (17 years, 15 days) (retired) | |
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 |
John Breaux Seniority from September 30, 1972[h] (14 years, 95 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
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 |
J. Bennett Johnston Seniority from November 14, 1972[e] (24 years, 50 days) (retired) |
Breaux (House and Senate) Seniority from September 30, 1972 |
Lindy Boggs Seniority from March 20, 1973[h] (17 years, 289 days) (retired) |
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
Jerry Huckaby Seniority from January 3, 1977 (16 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Bob Livingston Seniority from August 27, 1977[h] (21 years, 186 days) (resigned) | ||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
John Breaux[C] Seniority from January 3, 1987 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
106th | January 3, 1999 – March 1, 1999 | |||
March 1, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Billy Tauzin Seniority from May 22, 1980[h] (24 years, 226 days) (retired) | |||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
Mary Landrieu Seniority from January 3, 1997 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Baker (House) Seniority from January 3, 1987 |
Richard Baker Seniority from January 3, 1987 (21 years, 30 days) (resigned) |
110th | January 3, 2007 – February 2, 2008 | |||
February 2, 2008 – January 3, 2009 |
McCrery (House) Seniority from April 16, 1988 |
Jim McCrery Seniority from April 16, 1988[h] (20 years, 262 days) (retired) | ||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Landrieu (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1997 |
Rodney Alexander Seniority from January 3, 2003 (10 years, 266 days) (appointed Louisiana Secretary of Veterans Affairs) | |
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – September 26, 2013 | |||
September 26, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
Charles Boustany Seniority from January 3, 2005 (12 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | |||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
David Vitter[C] Seniority from January 3, 2005 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Vitter (House and Senate) Seniority from May 25, 1999[h] | |
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 |
Bill Cassidy[C] Seniority from January 3, 2015 (9 years, 324 days) (Incumbent) |
Scalise (House) Seniority from May 3, 2008 |
Steve Scalise Seniority from May 3, 2008[h] (16 years, 203 days) (Incumbent) |
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 | |||
119th | January 3, 2025 – present | |||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Maine
[edit]Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
Hannibal Hamlin[Y][C] Seniority from June 8, 1848[f] (8 years, 214 days) (elected Maine governor) |
Hamlin (Senate) Seniority from June 8, 1848 |
Thomas J. D. Fuller Seniority from March 4, 1849 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) |
34th | March 4, 1855 – January 7, 1857 | |||
January 7, 1857 – March 4, 1857 |
William P. Fessenden[Z][C] Seniority from February 10, 1854[j] (10 years, 142 days) (appointed Secretary of the Treasury) |
Fuller (House) Seniority from March 4, 1849 | ||
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 |
Washburn (House) Seniority from March 4, 1851 |
Israel Washburn Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1851 (9 years, 303 days) (elected Maine governor) | |
36th | March 4, 1859 – January 1, 1861 | |||
January 1, 1861 – March 4, 1861 |
Fessenden (Senate) Seniority from February 10, 1854 |
Freeman H. Morse[D] Seniority from March 4, 1857[d] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
37th | March 4, 1861 – December 1, 1862 |
No clear dean[c][q] | ||
December 1, 1862 – March 4, 1863 |
Samuel C. Fessenden Seniority from March 4, 1861[i] (1 year, 364 days) (retired) | |||
38th | March 4, 1863 – July 1, 1864 |
Co-deans: Frederick A. Pike, John H. Rice Seniority from March 4, 1861 (5 years, 364 days) (Rice retired) | ||
July 1, 1864 – March 4, 1865 |
Lot M. Morrill Seniority from January 17, 1861[f] (8 years, 45 days) (lost re-election) |
Morrill (Senate) Seniority from January 17, 1861 | ||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 | |||
40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 |
Frederick A. Pike Seniority from March 4, 1861 (7 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | ||
41st | March 4, 1869 – September 8, 1869 |
William P. Fessenden[I] Seniority from March 4, 1865 (4 years, 188 days) (died) |
Blaine (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1863 |
James G. Blaine[AA] Seniority from March 4, 1863 (13 years, 128 days) (appointed to Senate) |
September 8, 1869 – March 4, 1871 |
Hannibal Hamlin[I][AB] Seniority from March 4, 1869 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 | |||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | |||
44th | March 4, 1875 – July 10, 1876 | |||
July 10, 1876 – March 4, 1877 |
Eugene Hale Seniority from March 4, 1869 (9 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |||
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
William P. Frye Seniority from March 4, 1871 (10 years, 13 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 5, 1881 |
James G. Blaine[C] Seniority from July 10, 1876[e] (4 years, 238 days) (appointed Secretary of State) | ||
March 5, 1881 – March 17, 1881 |
Eugene Hale[AC][C] Seniority from March 4, 1881 (29 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Frye (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1871 | ||
March 17, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
Co-deans: Stephen Lindsey, Thomas Brackett Reed Seniority from March 4, 1877 (5 years, 364 days) (Lindsey retired) | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
Thomas Brackett Reed[AD] Seniority from March 4, 1877 (22 years, 184 days) (resigned) | ||
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 – September 4, 1899 | |||
September 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
Charles A. Boutelle Seniority from March 4, 1883 (17 years, 364 days) (resigned)[17] | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 |
Edwin C. Burleigh Seniority from June 21, 1897[h] (13 years, 255 days) (lost re-election)[18] | ||
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 – August 8, 1911 |
William P. Frye[AE][C] Seniority from March 18, 1881 (30 years, 143 days) (died) |
Frank E. Guernsey Seniority from November 3, 1908[h] (8 years, 120 days) (ran for Senate)[19] | |
August 8, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
Charles F. Johnson Seniority from March 4, 1911 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Guernsey (House) Seniority from November 3, 1908 | ||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Bert M. Fernald Seniority from September 12, 1916[n] (9 years, 345 days) (died) |
Peters (House) Seniority from September 9, 1913 |
John A. Peters Seniority from September 9, 1913[h] (8 years, 115 days) (appointed district court judge) |
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – January 2, 1922 | |||
January 2, 1922 – March 4, 1923 |
Fernald (Senate) Seniority from September 12, 1916 |
Co-deans: Ira G. Hersey, Wallace H. White Seniority from March 4, 1917 (11 years, 364 days) (Hersey lost renomination) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – August 23, 1926 | |||
August 23, 1926 – March 4, 1927 |
Frederick Hale Seniority from March 4, 1917 (23 years, 305 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Hale (Senate) Hersey, White (House) Seniority from March 4, 1917 | ||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
Co-deans: Hale (Senate) White[W] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1917 |
Wallace H. White Seniority from March 4, 1917 (13 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | |
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
Carroll L. Beedy Seniority from March 4, 1921 (13 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) | ||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
Edward C. Moran Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1933 (3 years, 305 days) (retired) | ||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Owen Brewster Seniority from January 3, 1935 (6 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Wallace H. White[AF][C] Seniority from March 4, 1931 (17 years, 305 days) (retired) |
White (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1917 |
James C. Oliver Seniority from January 3, 1937 (6 years, 0 days) (lost renomination) |
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
Margaret Chase Smith Seniority from June 3, 1940[h] (8 years, 214 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
Owen Brewster[C] Seniority from January 3, 1941 (11 years, 302 days) (resigned) |
Brewster (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1935 |
Frank Fellows Seniority from January 3, 1941 (10 years, 236 days) (died) |
82nd | January 3, 1951 – August 27, 1951 | |||
August 27, 1951 – December 31, 1952 |
Robert Hale Seniority from January 3, 1943 (16 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
December 31, 1952 – January 3, 1953 |
Margaret Chase Smith[C] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (24 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Smith (House and Senate) Seniority from June 3, 1940 | ||
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 |
Clifford McIntire Seniority from October 22, 1941[h] (23 years, 73 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
Stanley R. Tupper Seniority from January 3, 1961 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 |
William Hathaway Seniority from January 3, 1965 (8 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Edmund Muskie Seniority from January 3, 1959 (21 years, 125 days) (appointed Secretary of State) |
Muskie (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1959 |
Peter Kyros Seniority from January 3, 1967 (8 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 |
William Cohen Seniority from January 3, 1973 (6 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
96th | January 3, 1979 – May 7, 1980 |
David F. Emery Seniority from January 3, 1975 (8 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
May 7, 1980 – January 3, 1981 |
William Cohen[C] Seniority from January 3, 1979 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Cohen (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1973 | ||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
Olympia Snowe Seniority from January 3, 1979 (16 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
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 |
No clear dean[c][r] | ||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
Olympia Snowe[C] Seniority from January 3, 1995 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Snowe (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1979 |
John Baldacci Seniority from January 3, 1995 (8 years, 0 days) (elected Maine governor) |
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
Tom Allen Seniority from January 3, 1997 (12 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Mike Michaud Seniority from January 3, 2003 (12 years, 0 days) (ran for Maine governor) | ||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
Susan Collins Seniority from January 3, 1997 (27 years, 324 days) (Incumbent) |
Collins (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1997 | |
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
Chellie Pingree Seniority from January 3, 2009 (15 years, 324 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) |
Maryland
[edit]Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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38th | March 4, 1863 – February 14, 1865 |
Thomas Holliday Hicks Seniority from December 29, 1862[e] (2 years, 47 days) (died) |
Webster (House) Seniority from March 4, 1859 |
Edwin H. Webster Seniority from March 4, 1859 (6 years, 144 days) (appointed Port of Baltimore customs collector) |
February 14, 1865 – March 4, 1865 |
Reverdy Johnson[AG][K] Seniority from March 4, 1863 (5 years, 128 days) (appointed Minister to the United Kingdom) | |||
39th | March 4, 1865 – July 26, 1865 | |||
July 26, 1865 – March 4, 1867 |
Thomas (House) Seniority from March 4, 1861 |
Francis Thomas[AG][D] Seniority from March 4, 1861 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
40th | March 4, 1867 – July 10, 1868 | |||
July 10, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
George Vickers Seniority from March 7, 1868[f] (4 years, 361 days) (retired)[20] | |||
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 |
Co-deans: Archer, Stone (House) Seniority from March 4, 1867 |
Co-deans: Stevenson Archer, Frederick Stone Seniority from March 4, 1867 (3 years, 364 days) (Stone lost re-election)[21] | |
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 |
Archer (House) Seniority from March 4, 1867 |
Stevenson Archer Seniority from March 4, 1867 (7 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[22] | |
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
William T. Hamilton[C] Seniority from March 4, 1869 (5 years, 364 days) (ran for Maryland governor) | ||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
George R. Dennis Seniority from March 4, 1873 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Swann (House) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
Thomas Swann Seniority from March 4, 1869 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) |
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
William P. Whyte[K] Seniority from March 4, 1875 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Whyte (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1875[d] |
Eli Jones Henkle Seniority from March 4, 1875 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[23] |
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
James Black Groome Seniority from March 4, 1879 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
McLane (House) Seniority from March 4, 1879[d] |
Robert M. McLane[D] Seniority from March 4, 1879[d] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) |
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
Co-deans: Groome (Senate) Talbott (House) Seniority from March 4, 1879 |
J. Frederick C. Talbott Seniority from March 4, 1879 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
Arthur P. Gorman[AH] Seniority from March 4, 1881 (17 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Gorman (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1881 |
Co-deans: John Van Lear Findlay (D), Louis E. McComas (R) Seniority from March 4, 1883 (3 years, 364 days) (Findlay retired) |
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
Louis E. McComas Seniority from March 4, 1883 (7 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[24] | ||
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
Harry W. Rusk Seniority from November 2, 1886[h] (10 years, 121 days) (retired) | ||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | |||
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
William Benjamin Baker Seniority from March 4, 1895 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
George L. Wellington[C] Seniority from March 4, 1897 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Wellington (House and Senate) Baker (House) Seniority from March 4, 1895 | |
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 |
Wellington (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1895 |
Sydney E. Mudd I[D] Seniority from March 4, 1897 (13 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
Louis E. McComas[C] Seniority from March 4, 1899 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Mudd (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | |
59th | March 4, 1905 – June 4, 1906 |
Arthur P. Gorman[I][AI] Seniority from March 4, 1903 (3 years, 92 days) (died) | ||
June 4, 1906 – March 4, 1907 |
Isidor Rayner[C] Seniority from March 4, 1905 (7 years, 266 days) (died) | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – November 25, 1912 |
Talbott[H] (House) Seniority from March 4, 1903 |
J. Frederick C. Talbott[AJ] Seniority from March 4, 1903 (15 years, 215 days) (died) | |
November 25, 1912 – March 4, 1913 |
John W. Smith[C] Seniority from March 25, 1908[f] (12 years, 343 days) (lost re-election) | |||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – October 5, 1918 | |||
October 5, 1918 – March 4, 1919 |
Smith (Senate) Seniority from March 25, 1908 |
J. Charles Linthicum Seniority from March 4, 1911 (21 years, 215 days) (died) | ||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
Joseph I. France Seniority from March 4, 1917 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Linthicum (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 | |
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Ovington Weller Seniority from March 4, 1921 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
William Cabell Bruce Seniority from March 4, 1923 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
Millard Tydings[C] Seniority from March 4, 1927 (23 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) | ||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – October 5, 1932 | |||
October 5, 1932 – March 4, 1933 |
Goldsborough (House) Seniority from March 4, 1921 |
Thomas A. Goldsborough Seniority from March 4, 1921 (18 years, 32 days) (appointed district court judge) | ||
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 – April 5, 1939 | |||
April 5, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Tydings (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1923 |
William Purington Cole Jr.[D] Seniority from March 4, 1931 (11 years, 236 days) (appointed U.S. Customs Court judge) | ||
77th | January 3, 1941 – October 26, 1942 | |||
October 26, 1942 – January 3, 1943 |
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. Seniority from January 3, 1939 (8 years, 133 days) (elected Baltimore mayor) | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – May 16, 1947 | |||
May 16, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Lansdale G. Sasscer Seniority from February 3, 1939[h] (13 years, 335 days) (ran for Senate) | |||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Herbert O'Conor Seniority from January 3, 1947 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Sasscer (House) Seniority from February 3, 1939 | |
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
John Marshall Butler Seniority from January 3, 1951 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Beall (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1943 |
George H. Fallon Seniority from January 3, 1945 (26 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[25] |
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 |
J. Glenn Beall[C] Seniority from January 3, 1953 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
Daniel Brewster[C] Seniority from January 3, 1963 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Fallon (House) Seniority from January 3, 1945 | |
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
Joseph Tydings Seniority from January 3, 1965 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
Charles Mathias[C] Seniority from January 3, 1969 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Garmatz (House) Seniority from July 15, 1947 |
Edward Garmatz Seniority from July 15, 1947[h] (25 years, 172 days) (retired) |
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Mathias (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1961 |
Clarence Long Seniority from January 3, 1963 (22 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |
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 |
Parren Mitchell Seniority from January 3, 1971 (16 years, 0 days) (ran for Maryland lieutenant governor) | ||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
Paul Sarbanes[C] Seniority from January 3, 1977 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Sarbanes (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1971 |
Beverly Byron Seniority from January 3, 1979 (14 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[26] |
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Steny Hoyer Seniority from May 19, 1981[h] (43 years, 187 days) (Incumbent) | ||
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 |
Barbara Mikulski[C] Seniority from January 3, 1987 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Mikulski (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1977 | |
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 |
Ben Cardin[C] Seniority from January 3, 2007 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Hoyer (House) Seniority from May 19, 1981 | |
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 Van Hollen[C] Seniority from January 3, 2017 (7 years, 324 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) |
References
[edit]- ^ "BLEDSOE, Jesse (1776 – 1836)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ "WALKER, George (1763 – 1819)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Chapter 7 § 2. Seniority and Derivative Rights". Deschler's Precedents, Volume 2 (PDF). U.S. Government Publishing Office. January 1, 1994. p. 670. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- ^ "BURNETT, Henry Cornelius (1825 – 1866)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ "TRIMBLE, Lawrence Strother (1825 – 1904)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ "WILLIS, Albert Shelby (1843 – 1897)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ "MCCREARY, James Bennett (1838 – 1918)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
- ^ "DEBOE, William Joseph (1849 – 1927)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "RHEA, John Stockdale (1855 – 1924)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "BLACKBURN, Joseph Clay Stiles (1838 – 1918)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "VINSON, Frederick Moore (1890 – 1953)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "MOREY, Frank (1840 – 1890)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
- ^ "DARRALL, Chester Bidwell (1842 – 1908)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
- ^ "EUSTIS, James Biddle (1834 – 1899)". Biographical Directory of the United States. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ "RANSDELL, Joseph Eugene (1858 – 1954)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ "BROUSSARD, Edwin Sidney (1874 – 1934)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ "BOUTELLE, Charles Addison (1839 – 1901)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ^ "BURLEIGH, Edwin Chick (1843 – 1916)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ^ "GUERNSEY, Frank Edward (1866 – 1927)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ^ "VICKERS, George (1801 – 1879)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ^ "STONE, Frederick (1820 – 1899)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ "ARCHER, Stevenson (1827 – 1898)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ "HENKLE, Eli Jones (1828 – 1893)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ "MCCOMAS, Louis Emory (1846 – 1907)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ "FALLON, George Hyde (1902 – 1980)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
- ^ "BYRON, Beverly Barton Butcher (1932 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
Footnotes (positional)
[edit]- ^ President pro tempore from 1803 to 1804; Dean of the Senate from 1803 to 1805
- ^ a b Elected as Anti-Administration until 1795
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ President pro tempore from February to November 1811
- ^ Speaker of the House from 1811 to 1814, 1815 to 1820, 1823 to 1825
- ^ a b Elected as Democratic-Republican until 1825
- ^ a b c Second time
- ^ a b c d e f g Second time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ Elected as National Republican until 1837
- ^ a b c d e f Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ Representative who previously served as a senator
- ^ Speaker of the House from 1841 to 1843
- ^ Dean of the House from 1849 to 1855; Speaker of the House and House Democratic Leader from 1851 to 1855
- ^ Elected as Unionist until 1867
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1873 to 1877
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1885 to 1890
- ^ a b Speaker of the House and House Democratic Leader from 1883 to 1889
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1906 to 1907
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1937 to 1949
- ^ Dean of the House since 2022
- ^ Senate Republican Leader from 2007 to 2025
- ^ a b c d as junior senator
- ^ President pro tempore and Dean of the Senate from 1971 to 1972
- ^ Democrat until 1856
- ^ Opposition until 1860
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Republican Leader from 1869 to 1875
- ^ Former Vice President (ex officio President of the Senate)
- ^ Senate Republican Leader (de facto) from 1908 to 1911
- ^ Speaker of the House from 1889 to 1891, 1895 to 1899; House Republican Leader from 1889 to 1899
- ^ President pro tempore from 1896 to 1911
- ^ Senate Republican Leader from 1944 to 1949
- ^ a b Unconditional Unionist until 1866
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1890 to 1898
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1903 to 1906
- ^ Second time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
Footnotes (seniority)
[edit]- ^ Seniority over John Edwards due to past service as a member of the House of Representatives from Virginia
- ^ Alexander D. Orr served as Kentucky's sole representative (2nd district) until Christopher Greenup was sworn in on November 9
- ^ a b c Preceding elections involved turnover of all sitting incumbents; incoming officeholders share a seniority date with no distinguishing aspects
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Shares seniority date with other officeholder(s); credited as sole dean by past non-consecutive terms in Congress
- ^ a b c d e f g Senator appointed to fill intra-term vacancy; seniority calculated from date of appointment
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 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)
- ^ Seniority over Isham Talbot due to past service as a member of the House of Representatives
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Representative elected to fill vacancy; seniority calculated from date of special election (if different from date the seat was filled)[3] Cite error: The named reference "housevacancy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d e f g 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
- ^ a b Elected late
- ^ Served more prior time (92 days) in the House than John Calhoon (2 days)
- ^ a b Seated late by virtue of holding other political, governmental, or judicial office
- ^ Served more prior non-consecutive terms (two full, one partial) than Virgil Chapman (two)
- ^ a b c d Senator elected to fill intra-term vacancy after ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from date the individual assumed office
- ^ De jure; not seated until December 10, 1877 due to contested credentials; seniority backdated upon swearing-in[14]
- ^ De facto senior senator from March 4 to December 10, 1877, when James B. Eustis received retroactive seniority
- ^ All newly-seated members shared seniority until T. A. D. Fessenden was elected on December 1, 1862
- ^ John Baldacci shared seniority with James B. Longley Jr. until January 3, 1997
Bibliography
[edit]- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774 – 2005) (PDF), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005, retrieved November 12, 2023