List of longest-living United States Senators

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This page contains a list of the longest-living United States Senators among those currently living (incumbent or former) and a list of the individuals who, at the time of their deaths, were the longest-lived United States Senators among those current or former senators then living. Of those living, the longest-lived senator is Jocelyn Burdick. The oldest sitting senator is Dianne Feinstein (born 1933). The longest-lived senator in history is Cornelius Cole, who died at 102.

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Oldest senators (historic)

This is a list of the senators who were, while in office or after, the oldest living before they died.

Begin dateEnd dateSenatorBirth dateTerm(s)StatePartyAge (years, days)
March 4, 1789June 13, 1791 [n 1] William Johnson [n 2] October 7, 17271789–1791ConnecticutPro-Administration92 years, 38 days
June 13, 1791July 23, 1793 Roger Sherman [n 2] April 19, 17211791–1793ConnecticutPro-Administration72 years, 95 days
July 23, 1793November 14, 1819 William Johnson [n 3] October 7, 17271789–1791ConnecticutPro-Administration92 years, 38 days
November 14, 1819June 1, 1832 Thomas Sumter August 14, 17341801–1810South CarolinaDemocratic-Republican97 years, 292 days
June 1, 1832November 14, 1832 Charles Carroll September 19, 17371789–1792MarylandFederalist95 years, 56 days
November 14, 1832March 7, 1838 Paine Wingate May 14, 17391789–1793New HampshireFederalist98 years, 297 days
March 7, 1838April 22, 1839 Samuel Smith July 27, 17521803–1815, 1822–1833MarylandDemocratic-Republican, Crawford Republican, Jacksonian86 years, 269 days
April 22, 1839February 13, 1843 Nathaniel Chipman November 15, 17521797–1803VermontFederalist90 years, 90 days
February 13, 1843February 25, 1845 Asher Robbins October 26, 17571825–1839Rhode IslandAnti-Jacksonian, Adams87 years, 122 days
February 25, 1845December 22, 1850 William Plumer June 25, 17591802–1807New HampshireFederalist91 years, 180 days
December 22, 1850April 12, 1851 David Daggett December 31, 17641813–1819ConnecticutFederalist86 years, 102 days
April 12, 1851October 14, 1853 Elisha Mathewson April 18, 17671807–1811Rhode IslandDemocratic-Republican86 years, 179 days
October 14, 1853November 19, 1853 Samuel Crafts October 6, 17681842–1843VermontWhig85 years, 44 days
November 19, 1853July 24, 1854 Jonathan Roberts August 16, 17711814–1821PennsylvaniaDemocratic-Republican82 years, 342 days
July 24, 1854April 20, 1857 Benjamin Tappan May 25, 17731839–1845OhioDemocratic83 years, 330 days
April 20, 1857May 6, 1860 Littleton Tazewell December 17, 17741824–1832VirginiaDemocratic-Republican, Jacksonian85 years, 141 days
May 6, 1860June 23, 1865 William Wilkins December 20, 17791831–1834PennsylvaniaDemocratic85 years, 185 days
June 23, 1865June 19, 1867 Henry Dodge October 12, 17821848–1857WisconsinDemocratic84 years, 250 days
June 19, 1867December 28, 1870 Wilson Lumpkin January 14, 17831837–1841GeorgiaDemocratic87 years, 348 days
December 28, 1870June 20, 1874 John Ruggles October 8, 17891835–1841MaineDemocratic84 years, 255 days
June 20, 1874July 3, 1878 Daniel Sturgeon October 27, 17891840–1851PennsylvaniaDemocratic88 years, 249 days
July 3, 1878September 16, 1887 Joseph Cilley January 4, 17911846–1847New HampshireLiberty96 years, 255 days
September 16, 1887June 26, 1889 Simon Cameron March 8, 17991845–1849, 1857–1861, 1867–1877PennsylvaniaDemocratic, Republican90 years, 110 days
June 26, 1889April 4, 1893 David Meriwether October 30, 18001852–1852KentuckyDemocratic92 years, 156 days
April 4, 1893January 6, 1901 James Bradbury June 10, 18021847–1853MaineDemocratic98 years, 210 days
January 6, 1901October 7, 1906 Daniel Jewett September 14, 18071870–1871MissouriRepublican99 years, 23 days
October 7, 1906July 27, 1907 Edmund Pettus [n 4] July 6, 18211897–1907AlabamaDemocratic86 years, 21 days
July 27, 1907January 10, 1909 John Conness September 22, 18211863–1869CaliforniaRepublican87 years, 110 days
January 10, 1909November 3, 1924 Cornelius Cole September 17, 18221867–1873CaliforniaRepublican102 years, 47 days
November 3, 1924April 5, 1928 Chauncey Depew April 23, 18341899–1911New YorkRepublican93 years, 348 days
April 5, 1928January 24, 1930 Rebecca Felton June 10, 18351922–1922GeorgiaDemocratic94 years, 228 days
January 24, 1930April 12, 1933 Adelbert Ames October 31, 18351870–1874MississippiRepublican97 years, 163 days
April 12, 1933February 7, 1937 Elihu Root February 15, 18451909–1915New YorkRepublican91 years, 358 days
February 7, 1937January 26, 1938 Newell Sanders July 12, 18501912–1913TennesseeRepublican87 years, 198 days
January 26, 1938July 24, 1938 Obadiah Gardner September 13, 18521911–1913MaineDemocratic85 years, 314 days
July 24, 1938April 30, 1940 Furnifold Simmons January 20, 18541901–1931North CarolinaDemocratic86 years, 101 days
April 30, 1940April 21, 1941 [n 1] Fountain Thompson November 18, 18541909–1910North DakotaDemocratic87 years, 78 days
April 21, 1941June 26, 1941 Andrew Houston [n 2] June 21, 18541941–1941TexasDemocratic87 years, 5 days
June 26, 1941February 4, 1942 Fountain Thompson November 18, 18541909–1910North DakotaDemocratic87 years, 78 days
February 4, 1942July 19, 1947 Robert Owen February 2, 18561907–1925OklahomaDemocratic91 years, 167 days
July 19, 1947July 27, 1954 Joseph Ransdell October 7, 18581913–1931LouisianaDemocratic95 years, 293 days
July 27, 1954March 1, 1958 Lawrence Phipps August 30, 18621919–1931ColoradoRepublican95 years, 183 days
March 1, 1958March 3, 1961 Joseph Grundy January 13, 18631929–1930PennsylvaniaRepublican98 years, 49 days
March 3, 1961May 24, 1961 George Pepper March 16, 18671922–1927PennsylvaniaRepublican94 years, 69 days
May 24, 1961May 19, 1966 Theodore Green October 2, 18671937–1961Rhode IslandDemocratic98 years, 229 days
May 19, 1966December 28, 1972 John Heiskell November 2, 18721913–1913ArkansasDemocratic100 years, 56 days
December 28, 1972July 29, 1974 George Radcliffe August 22, 18771935–1947MarylandDemocratic96 years, 341 days
July 29, 1974April 14, 1977 John Milton January 21, 18811938–1938New JerseyDemocratic96 years, 83 days
April 14, 1977May 15, 1983 Hall Lusk September 21, 18831960–1960OregonDemocratic99 years, 236 days
May 15, 1983December 1, 1984 Stephen Young May 4, 18891959–1971OhioDemocratic95 years, 211 days
December 1, 1984March 20, 1988 Samuel Reynolds August 11, 18901954–1954NebraskaRepublican97 years, 222 days
March 20, 1988March 14, 1989 Gladys Pyle October 4, 18901938–1939South DakotaRepublican98 years, 161 days
March 14, 1989September 23, 1992 Frank Briggs February 25, 18941945–1947MissouriDemocratic98 years, 211 days
September 23, 1992June 10, 1993 Milward Simpson November 12, 18971962–1967WyomingRepublican95 years, 210 days
June 10, 1993May 29, 1995 Margaret Smith December 14, 18971949–1973MaineRepublican97 years, 166 days
May 29, 1995May 8, 1998 Jennings Randolph March 8, 19021958–1985West VirginiaDemocratic96 years, 61 days
May 8, 1998June 26, 2003 Strom Thurmond [n 4] December 5, 19021954–1956, 1956–2003South CarolinaDemocratic, Republican100 years, 203 days
June 26, 2003August 18, 2004 Hiram Fong October 15, 19061959–1977HawaiiRepublican97 years, 308 days
August 18, 2004October 20, 2009 Clifford Hansen October 16, 19121967–1978WyomingRepublican97 years, 4 days
October 20, 2009July 30, 2013 Harry F. Byrd Jr. December 20, 19141965–1983VirginiaDemocratic, Independent98 years, 222 days
July 30, 2013January 3, 2015 Edward Brooke October 26, 19191967–1979MassachusettsRepublican95 years, 69 days
January 3, 2015December 8, 2016 John Glenn July 18, 19211974–1999OhioDemocratic95 years, 143 days
December 8, 2016April 6, 2019 Fritz Hollings January 1, 19221966–2005South CarolinaDemocratic97 years, 95 days
April 6, 2019Present Jocelyn Burdick February 6, 19221992North DakotaDemocratic97 years, 191 days

Oldest senators currently living

This is a list of the 100 eldest senators, current or former, currently living.

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Stewart]] |February 8, 1940 |1978–1981 |[[Alabama]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1940|2|8}} |- | _row_count |[[Hank Brown]] |February 12, 1940 |1991–1997 |[[Colorado]] |Republican |{{ayd|1940|2|12}} |- | _row_count | style="background:#D4F2CE;" |[[Patrick Leahy]]{{dagger}} |March 31, 1940 |1975–present |[[Vermont]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1940|3|31}} |- | _row_count | style="background:#D4F2CE;" |[[Lamar Alexander]]{{dagger}} |July 3, 1940 |2003–present |[[Tennessee]] |Republican |{{ayd|1940|7|3}} |- | _row_count |[[William Cohen]] |August 28, 1940 |1979–1997 |[[Maine]] |Republican |{{ayd|1940|8|28}} |- | _row_count |[[Wyche Fowler]] |October 6, 1940 |1987–1993 |[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1940|10|6}} |- | _row_count |[[Gordon J. Humphrey]] |October 9, 1940 |1979–1990 |[[New Hampshire]] |Republican |{{ayd|1940|10|9}} |- | _row_count |[[Connie Mack III]] |October 29, 1940 |1989–2001 |[[Florida]] |Republican |{{ayd|1940|10|29}} |- | _row_count |[[Barbara Boxer]] |November 11, 1940 |1993–2017 |[[California]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1940|11|11}} |- | _row_count |[[Robert C. Smith]] |March 30, 1941 |1990–2003 |[[New Hampshire]] |Republican |{{ayd|1941|3|30}} |- | _row_count |[[David L. Boren]] |April 21, 1941 |1979–1994 |[[Oklahoma]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1941|4|21}} |- | _row_count |[[Ben Nelson]] |May 17, 1941 |2001–2013 |[[Nebraska]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1941|5|17}} |- | _row_count | style="background:#D4F2CE;" |[[Bernie Sanders]]{{dagger}} |September 8, 1941 |2007–present |[[Vermont]] |Independent/Democratic caucus |{{ayd|1941|9|8}} |- | _row_count |[[Trent Lott]] |October 9, 1941 |1989–2007 |[[Mississippi]] |Republican |{{ayd|1941|10|9}} |- | _row_count |[[Max Baucus]] |December 11, 1941 |1978–2014 |[[Montana]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1941|12|11}} |- | _row_count | style="background:#D4F2CE;" |[[Mitch McConnell]]{{dagger}} |February 20, 1942 |1985–present |[[Kentucky]] |Republican |{{ayd|1942|2|20}} |- | _row_count |[[Joe Lieberman]] |February 24, 1942 |1989–2013 |[[Connecticut]] |Democratic {{small|(1989–2006)}}<br>Independent/Democratic caucus {{small|(2006–2013)}} |{{ayd|1942|2|24}} |- | _row_count |[[Larry Pressler]] |March 29, 1942 |1979–1997 |[[South Dakota]] |Republican |{{ayd|1942|3|29}} |- | _row_count |[[Jon Kyl]] |April 25, 1942 |1995–2013, 2018 |[[Arizona]] |Republican |{{ayd|1942|4|25}} |- | _row_count |[[John Ashcroft]] |May 9, 1942 |1995–2001 |[[Missouri]] |Republican |{{ayd|1942|5|9}} |- | _row_count |[[Byron Dorgan]] |May 14, 1942 |1992–2011 |[[North Dakota]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1942|5|14}} |- | _row_count |[[Bob Kasten]] |June 19, 1942 |1981–1993 |[[Wisconsin]] |Republican |{{ayd|1942|6|19}} |- | _row_count |[[Phil Gramm]] |July 8, 1942 |1985–2002 |[[Texas]] |Republican |{{ayd|1942|7|8}} |- | _row_count |[[Max Cleland]] |August 24, 1942 |1997–2003 |[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1942|8|24}} |- | _row_count |[[Bill Nelson]] |September 29, 1942 |2001–2019 |[[Florida]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1942|9|29}} |- | _row_count |[[Joe Biden]] |November 20, 1942 |1973–2009 |[[Delaware]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1942|11|20}} |- | _row_count | style="background:#D4F2CE;" |[[Jim Risch]]{{dagger}} |May 3, 1943 |2009–present |[[Idaho]] |Republican |{{ayd|1943|5|3}} |- | _row_count |[[Dan Coats]] |May 16, 1943 |1989–1999, 2011–2017 |[[Indiana]] |Republican |{{ayd|1943|5|16}} |- | _row_count |[[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] |July 22, 1943 |1993–2013 |[[Texas]] |Republican |{{ayd|1943|7|22}} |- | _row_count |[[Bill Bradley]] |July 28, 1943 |1979–1997 |[[New Jersey]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1943|7|28}} |- | _row_count |[[Bob Kerrey]] |August 27, 1943 |1989–2001 |[[Nebraska]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1943|8|27}} |- | _row_count |[[Jeff Bingaman]] |October 3, 1943 |1983–2013 |[[New Mexico]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1943|10|3}} |- <!--| _row_count |style="background:#D4F2CE;" [[Ben Cardin]]{{dagger}} |October 5, 1943 |2007–present |[[Maryland]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1943|10|5}} |- |_row_count |[[Saxby Chambliss]] |November 10, 1943 |2003–2015 |[[Georgia]] |Republican |{{ayd|1943|11|10}} |- |_row_count |[[Wayne Allard]] |December 2, 1943 |1997–2009 |[[Colorado]] |Republican |{{ayd|1943|12|2}} |- |_row_count |[[John Kerry]] |December 11, 1943 |1985–2013 |[[Massachusetts]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1943|12|11}}--> |- |}

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Notes

  1. 1 2 Did not die on this date; an older senator took office.
  2. 1 2 3 Was the oldest-living senator immediately upon taking office.
  3. ↑ Held position the longest at 26 years and 115 days; second is Cornelius Cole at 15 years and 299 days.
  4. 1 2 Became the oldest-living senator during service in the Senate.

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Since Utah became a U.S. state in 1896, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years. Before the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were elected by the Utah State Legislature. Members of the House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms, one from each of Utah's four congressional districts. Before becoming a state, the Territory of Utah elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1850 to 1896.

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Since Montana became a U.S. state in 1889, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years. Before the Seventeenth Amendment took effect in 1913, senators were elected by the Montana State Legislature. Members of the House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms, one from Montana's at-large congressional district. Before becoming a state, the Territory of Montana elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1864 to 1889.

Quentin Burdick American politician

Quentin Northrup Burdick was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, he represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U.S. Senate (1960–1992). At the time of his death, he was the third longest-serving senator among current members of the Senate.

United States senators are conventionally ranked by the length of their tenure in the Senate. The senator in each U.S. state with the longer time in office is known as the senior senator; the other is the junior senator. This convention has no official standing, though seniority confers several benefits, including preference in the choice of committee assignments and physical offices. When senators have been in office for the same length of time, a number of tiebreakers, including previous offices held, are used to determine seniority.

This is an incomplete list of lists pertaining to the United States Congress.

Expulsion is the most serious form of disciplinary action that can be taken against a Member of Congress. Article I, Section 5 of the United States Constitution provides that "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member." The processes for expulsion differ somewhat between the House of Representatives and the Senate.

This page contains a list of the individuals who, at the time of their deaths, had served at the earliest date in the United States House of Representatives among those current or former Representatives then living and a list of the earliest serving United States Representatives among those currently living.

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