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This article 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-living United States senators among those current or former senators then living. Of those living, the longest-living senator is James L. Buckley. The oldest sitting senator is Dianne Feinstein (born 1933). The longest-lived senator in history is Cornelius Cole, who died at 102.
This is a list of the senators who were, while in office or after, the oldest living before they died.
Begin date | End date | Senator | Birth date | Term(s) | State | Party | Age (years, days) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 | June 13, 1791 [n 1] | William Johnson [n 2] | October 7, 1727 | 1789–1791 | Connecticut | Pro-Administration | 63 years, 249 days |
June 13, 1791 | July 23, 1793 | Roger Sherman [n 2] | April 19, 1721 | 1791–1793 | Connecticut | Pro-Administration | 72 years, 95 days |
July 23, 1793 | November 14, 1819 | William Johnson [n 3] | October 7, 1727 | 1789–1791 | Connecticut | Pro-Administration | 92 years, 38 days |
November 14, 1819 | June 1, 1832 | Thomas Sumter | August 14, 1734 | 1801–1810 | South Carolina | Democratic-Republican | 97 years, 292 days |
June 1, 1832 | November 14, 1832 | Charles Carroll | September 19, 1737 | 1789–1792 | Maryland | Federalist | 95 years, 56 days |
November 14, 1832 | March 7, 1838 | Paine Wingate | May 14, 1739 | 1789–1793 | New Hampshire | Federalist | 98 years, 297 days |
March 7, 1838 | April 22, 1839 | Samuel Smith | July 27, 1752 | 1803–1815, 1822–1833 | Maryland | Democratic-Republican, Crawford Republican, Jacksonian | 86 years, 269 days |
April 22, 1839 | February 13, 1843 | Nathaniel Chipman | November 15, 1752 | 1797–1803 | Vermont | Federalist | 90 years, 90 days |
February 13, 1843 | February 25, 1845 | Asher Robbins | October 26, 1757 | 1825–1839 | Rhode Island | Anti-Jacksonian, Adams | 87 years, 122 days |
February 25, 1845 | December 22, 1850 | William Plumer | June 25, 1759 | 1802–1807 | New Hampshire | Federalist | 91 years, 180 days |
December 22, 1850 | April 12, 1851 | David Daggett | December 31, 1764 | 1813–1819 | Connecticut | Federalist | 86 years, 102 days |
April 12, 1851 | October 14, 1853 | Elisha Mathewson | April 18, 1767 | 1807–1811 | Rhode Island | Democratic-Republican | 86 years, 179 days |
October 14, 1853 | November 19, 1853 | Samuel Crafts | October 6, 1768 | 1842–1843 | Vermont | Whig | 85 years, 44 days |
November 19, 1853 | July 24, 1854 | Jonathan Roberts | August 16, 1771 | 1814–1821 | Pennsylvania | Democratic-Republican | 82 years, 342 days |
July 24, 1854 | April 20, 1857 | Benjamin Tappan | May 25, 1773 | 1839–1845 | Ohio | Democratic | 83 years, 330 days |
April 20, 1857 | May 6, 1860 | Littleton Tazewell | December 17, 1774 | 1824–1832 | Virginia | Democratic-Republican, Jacksonian | 85 years, 141 days |
May 6, 1860 | June 23, 1865 | William Wilkins | December 20, 1779 | 1831–1834 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 85 years, 185 days |
June 23, 1865 | June 19, 1867 | Henry Dodge | October 12, 1782 | 1848–1857 | Wisconsin | Democratic | 84 years, 250 days |
June 19, 1867 | December 28, 1870 | Wilson Lumpkin | January 14, 1783 | 1837–1841 | Georgia | Democratic | 87 years, 348 days |
December 28, 1870 | June 20, 1874 | John Ruggles | October 8, 1789 | 1835–1841 | Maine | Democratic | 84 years, 255 days |
June 20, 1874 | July 3, 1878 | Daniel Sturgeon | October 27, 1789 | 1840–1851 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 88 years, 249 days |
July 3, 1878 | September 16, 1887 | Joseph Cilley | January 4, 1791 | 1846–1847 | New Hampshire | Liberty | 96 years, 255 days |
September 16, 1887 | June 26, 1889 | Simon Cameron | March 8, 1799 | 1845–1849, 1857–1861, 1867–1877 | Pennsylvania | Democratic, Republican | 90 years, 110 days |
June 26, 1889 | April 4, 1893 | David Meriwether | October 30, 1800 | 1852–1852 | Kentucky | Democratic | 92 years, 156 days |
April 4, 1893 | January 6, 1901 | James Bradbury | June 10, 1802 | 1847–1853 | Maine | Democratic | 98 years, 210 days |
January 6, 1901 | October 7, 1906 | Daniel Jewett | September 14, 1807 | 1870–1871 | Missouri | Republican | 99 years, 23 days |
October 7, 1906 | July 27, 1907 | Edmund Pettus [n 4] | July 6, 1821 | 1897–1907 | Alabama | Democratic | 86 years, 21 days |
July 27, 1907 | January 10, 1909 | John Conness | September 22, 1821 | 1863–1869 | California | Republican | 87 years, 110 days |
January 10, 1909 | November 3, 1924 | Cornelius Cole | September 17, 1822 | 1867–1873 | California | Republican | 102 years, 47 days |
November 3, 1924 | April 5, 1928 | Chauncey Depew | April 23, 1834 | 1899–1911 | New York | Republican | 93 years, 348 days |
April 5, 1928 | January 24, 1930 | Rebecca Felton | June 10, 1835 | 1922–1922 | Georgia | Democratic | 94 years, 228 days |
January 24, 1930 | April 12, 1933 | Adelbert Ames | October 31, 1835 | 1870–1874 | Mississippi | Republican | 97 years, 163 days |
April 12, 1933 | February 7, 1937 | Elihu Root | February 15, 1845 | 1909–1915 | New York | Republican | 91 years, 358 days |
February 7, 1937 | January 26, 1938 | Newell Sanders | July 12, 1850 | 1912–1913 | Tennessee | Republican | 87 years, 198 days |
January 26, 1938 | July 24, 1938 | Obadiah Gardner | September 13, 1852 | 1911–1913 | Maine | Democratic | 85 years, 314 days |
July 24, 1938 | April 30, 1940 | Furnifold Simmons | January 20, 1854 | 1901–1931 | North Carolina | Democratic | 86 years, 101 days |
April 30, 1940 | April 21, 1941 [n 1] | Fountain Thompson | November 18, 1854 | 1909–1910 | North Dakota | Democratic | 86 years, 154 days |
April 21, 1941 | June 26, 1941 | Andrew Houston [n 2] | June 21, 1854 | 1941–1941 | Texas | Democratic | 87 years, 5 days |
June 26, 1941 | February 4, 1942 | Fountain Thompson | November 18, 1854 | 1909–1910 | North Dakota | Democratic | 87 years, 78 days |
February 4, 1942 | July 19, 1947 | Robert Owen | February 2, 1856 | 1907–1925 | Oklahoma | Democratic | 91 years, 167 days |
July 19, 1947 | July 27, 1954 | Joseph Ransdell | October 7, 1858 | 1913–1931 | Louisiana | Democratic | 95 years, 293 days |
July 27, 1954 | March 1, 1958 | Lawrence Phipps | August 30, 1862 | 1919–1931 | Colorado | Republican | 95 years, 183 days |
March 1, 1958 | March 3, 1961 | Joseph Grundy | January 13, 1863 | 1929–1930 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 98 years, 49 days |
March 3, 1961 | May 24, 1961 | George Pepper | March 16, 1867 | 1922–1927 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 94 years, 69 days |
May 24, 1961 | May 19, 1966 | Theodore Green | October 2, 1867 | 1937–1961 | Rhode Island | Democratic | 98 years, 229 days |
May 19, 1966 | December 28, 1972 | John Heiskell | November 2, 1872 | 1913–1913 | Arkansas | Democratic | 100 years, 56 days |
December 28, 1972 | July 29, 1974 | George Radcliffe | August 22, 1877 | 1935–1947 | Maryland | Democratic | 96 years, 341 days |
July 29, 1974 | April 14, 1977 | John Milton | January 21, 1881 | 1938–1938 | New Jersey | Democratic | 96 years, 83 days |
April 14, 1977 | May 15, 1983 | Hall Lusk | September 21, 1883 | 1960–1960 | Oregon | Democratic | 99 years, 236 days |
May 15, 1983 | December 1, 1984 | Stephen Young | May 4, 1889 | 1959–1971 | Ohio | Democratic | 95 years, 211 days |
December 1, 1984 | March 20, 1988 | Samuel Reynolds | August 11, 1890 | 1954–1954 | Nebraska | Republican | 97 years, 222 days |
March 20, 1988 | March 14, 1989 | Gladys Pyle | October 4, 1890 | 1938–1939 | South Dakota | Republican | 98 years, 161 days |
March 14, 1989 | September 23, 1992 | Frank Briggs | February 25, 1894 | 1945–1947 | Missouri | Democratic | 98 years, 211 days |
September 23, 1992 | June 10, 1993 | Milward Simpson | November 12, 1897 | 1962–1967 | Wyoming | Republican | 95 years, 210 days |
June 10, 1993 | May 29, 1995 | Margaret Smith | December 14, 1897 | 1949–1973 | Maine | Republican | 97 years, 166 days |
May 29, 1995 | May 8, 1998 | Jennings Randolph | March 8, 1902 | 1958–1985 | West Virginia | Democratic | 96 years, 61 days |
May 8, 1998 | June 26, 2003 | Strom Thurmond [n 4] | December 5, 1902 | 1954–1956, 1956–2003 | South Carolina | Democratic, Republican | 100 years, 203 days |
June 26, 2003 | August 18, 2004 | Hiram Fong | October 15, 1906 | 1959–1977 | Hawaii | Republican | 97 years, 308 days |
August 18, 2004 | October 20, 2009 | Clifford Hansen | October 16, 1912 | 1967–1978 | Wyoming | Republican | 97 years, 4 days |
October 20, 2009 | July 30, 2013 | Harry F. Byrd Jr. | December 20, 1914 | 1965–1983 | Virginia | Democratic, Independent | 98 years, 222 days |
July 30, 2013 | January 3, 2015 | Edward Brooke | October 26, 1919 | 1967–1979 | Massachusetts | Republican | 95 years, 69 days |
January 3, 2015 | December 8, 2016 | John Glenn | July 18, 1921 | 1974–1999 | Ohio | Democratic | 95 years, 143 days |
December 8, 2016 | April 6, 2019 | Fritz Hollings | January 1, 1922 | 1966–2005 | South Carolina | Democratic | 97 years, 95 days |
April 6, 2019 | December 26, 2019 | Jocelyn Burdick | February 6, 1922 | 1992 | North Dakota | Democratic–Nonpartisan League | 97 years, 323 days |
December 26, 2019 | Present | James L. Buckley | March 9, 1923 | 1971–1977 | New York | Conservative, Republican | 98 years, 197 days |
This is a list of the 100 eldest senators, current or former, currently living.
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Smith]] |March 30, 1941 |1990–2003 |[[New Hampshire]] |Republican |{{ayd|1941|3|30}} |- | _row_count |[[David 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–Nonpartisan League |{{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 (U.S. state)|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}} |- | _row_count |[[John Breaux]] |March 1, 1944 |1987–2005 |[[Louisiana]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1944|3|1}} |- | _row_count | style="background:#D4F2CE;" |[[Angus King]]{{dagger}} |March 31, 1944 |2013–present |[[Maine]] |Independent/Democratic caucus |{{ayd|1944|3|31}} |- | _row_count |[[Chris Dodd]] |May 27, 1944 |1981–2011 |[[Connecticut]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1944|5|27}} |- | _row_count | style="background:#D4F2CE;" |[[Dick Durbin]]{{dagger}} |November 21, 1944 |1997–present |[[Illinois]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1944|11|21}} |- | _row_count |[[Johnny Isakson]] |December 28, 1944 |2005–2019 |[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] |Republican |{{ayd|1944|12|28}} |- | _row_count |[[Sheila Frahm]] |March 22, 1945 |1996 |[[Kansas]] |Republican |{{ayd|1945|3|22}} |- | _row_count |[[Larry Craig]] |July 20, 1945 |1991–2009 |[[Idaho]] |Republican |{{ayd|1945|7|20}} |- | _row_count |[[Jim Webb]] |February 9, 1946 |2007–2013 |[[Virginia]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1946|2|9}} |- <!-- | _row_count | style="background:#D4F2CE;|[[Richard Blumenthal]] {{dagger}} |February 13, 1946 |2011–present |[[Connecticut]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1946|2|13}} |- | _row_count | style="background:#D4F2CE;|[[Ed Markey]] {{dagger}} |July 11, 1946 |2013-present |[[Massachusetts]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1946|7|11}} |- | _row_count |[[Chuck Hagel]] |October 4, 1946 |1997–2009 |[[Nebraska]] |Republican |{{ayd|1946|10|4}} |- | _row_count |[[Mel Martínez]] |October 23, 1946 |2005-2009 |[[Florida]] |Republican |{{ayd|1946|10|23}} |- | _row_count |[[Jeff Sessions]] |December 24, 1946 |1997-2017 |[[Alabama]] |Republican |{{ayd|1946|12|24}} |- | _row_count |[[Tim Johnson]] |December 28, 1946 |1997-2015 |[[South Dakota]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1946|12|28}} |- |[[Paul Trible]] |December 29, 1946 |1983-1989 |[[Virginia]] |Republican |{{ayd|1946|12|29}} |- |[[Jon Corzine]] |January 1, 1947 |2001-2006 |[[New Jersey]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1947|1|1}} |- |[[Mike DeWine]] |January 5, 1947 |1995-2007 |[[Ohio]] |Republican |{{ayd|1947|1|5}} |- |style="background:#D4F2CE;|[[Tom Carper]] {{dagger}} |January 23, 1947 |2001-present |[[Delaware]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1947|1|23}} |- |[[Mark Dayton]] |January 26, 1947 |2001-2007 |[[Minnesota]] |Democratic-Farmer-Labor |{{ayd|1947|1|26}} |- |style="background:#D4F2CE;|[[Jeanne Shaheen]] {{dagger}} |January 28, 1947 |2009-present |[[New Hampshire]] |Democratic |{{ayd|1947|1|28}}---> |- |}
Since Alaska became a U.S. state in 1959, 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, and members of the House from Alaska are elected to two-year terms from Alaska's at-large congressional district. Before becoming a state, the Territory of Alaska elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1905 to 1959.
Father of the House is a title that has been traditionally bestowed, unofficially, on certain members of some legislatures, most notably the House of Commons in the United Kingdom. In some legislatures the title refers to the longest continuously-serving member, while in others it refers to the oldest member. Recently, the title Mother of the House or Mother of Parliament has also been used, although the usage varies between countries; it is either the female alternative to Father of the House, being applied when the relevant member is a woman, or refers to the oldest or longest-serving woman without reference to male members.
The Dean of the United States House of Representatives is the longest continuously serving member of the House. The current Dean is Don Young, a Republican Party U.S. Representative from Alaska, who has served since 1973 and is the first Republican Dean in more than eighty years, as well as the first from Alaska. Additionally, with the death of John Conyers, Young is currently the only living Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Dean is a symbolic post whose only customary duty is to swear in a Speaker of the House after they are elected. This responsibility was first recorded in 1819 but has not been observed continuously – at times, the Speaker-elect was the current Dean or the Speaker-elect preferred to be sworn in by a member of his own party when the Dean belonged to another party. The Dean comes forward on the House Floor to administer the oath to the Speaker-elect, before the new Speaker then administers the oath to the other members.
The secretary of the Senate is an officer of the United States Senate. The secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body. The office is somewhat analogous to that of the clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
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.
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.
These are tables of congressional delegations from Indiana to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
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.
The Dean of the United States Senate is an informal term for the senator with the longest continuous service, regardless of party affiliation. This is not an official position within the Senate, although customarily the longest-serving member of the majority party serves as president pro tempore.
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.