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This is a list of people who, at the time of their death, were the oldest sitting or former members of the United States House of Representatives, followed by a list of the currently oldest living sitting or former representatives.
This is a list of the people who, at the time of their death, were the oldest surviving members of the United States House of Representatives.
Begin date | End date | Representative | Date of birth | House term | State served | Party | Age (years, days) |
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March 4, 1789 | July 23, 1793 | Roger Sherman | April 19, 1721 | 1789–1791 | Connecticut | Pro-Administration | 72 years, 95 days |
July 23, 1793 | September 15, 1794 | Abraham Clark | February 15, 1726 | 1791–1794 | New Jersey | Pro-Administration | 68 years, 212 days |
September 15, 1794 | December 10, 1796 | Israel Jacobs | June 9, 1726 | 1791–1793 | Pennsylvania | Pro-Administration | 70 years, 184 days |
December 10, 1796 | October 28, 1800 | Artemas Ward | November 26, 1727 | 1791–1795 | Massachusetts | Pro-Administration | 72 years, 335 days |
October 28, 1800 | March 27, 1814 | William Smith | April 12, 1728 | 1789–1791 | Maryland | Anti-Administration | 85 years, 349 days |
March 27, 1814 | July 26, 1819 | George Leonard | July 4, 1729 | 1789–1793 1795–1797 | Massachusetts | Pro-Administration Federalist | 90 years, 22 days |
July 26, 1819 | June 1, 1832 | Thomas Sumter | August 14, 1734 | 1789–1793 1797–1801 | South Carolina | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican | 97 years, 292 days |
June 1, 1832 | March 7, 1838 | Paine Wingate | May 14, 1739 | 1793–1795 | New Hampshire | Pro-Administration | 98 years, 297 days |
March 7, 1838 | May 22, 1842 | Henry Southard | October 7, 1747 | 1801–1811 1815–1821 | New Jersey | Democratic-Republican | 94 years, 227 days |
May 22, 1842 | October 18, 1843 | Ebenezer Elmer | August 23, 1752 | 1801–1807 | New Jersey | Democratic-Republican | 91 years, 56 days |
October 18, 1843 | March 6, 1844 | Gabriel Duvall | December 6, 1752 | 1794–1796 | Maryland | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican | 91 years, 91 days |
March 6, 1844 | March 23, 1846 | Laban Wheaton | March 13, 1754 | 1809–1817 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 92 years, 10 days |
March 23, 1846 | January 20, 1849 | Nathan Read | July 2, 1759 | 1800–1803 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 89 years, 202 days |
January 20, 1849 | May 26, 1851 | Simeon Baldwin | December 14, 1761 | 1803–1805 | Connecticut | Federalist | 89 years, 163 days |
May 26, 1851 | March 29, 1855 | John Locke | February 14, 1764 | 1823–1829 | Massachusetts | Adams Republican | 91 years, 43 days |
March 29, 1855 | April 8, 1857 | Alexander Boyd | September 14, 1764 | 1813–1815 | New York | Federalist | 92 years, 206 days |
April 8, 1857 | January 23, 1858 | Daniel Burrows | October 26, 1766 | 1821–1823 | Connecticut | Democratic-Republican | 91 years, 89 days |
January 23, 1858 | August 3, 1863 | Zadock Cook | February 18, 1769 | 1816–1819 | Georgia | Democratic-Republican | 94 years, 166 days |
August 3, 1863 | July 1, 1864 | Josiah Quincy III | February 4, 1772 | 1805–1813 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 92 years, 148 days |
July 1, 1864 | January 2, 1866 | Thomas Chandler | August 10, 1772 | 1829–1833 | New Hampshire | Jacksonian | 93 years, 145 days |
January 2, 1866 | April 1, 1868 | James Parker | March 1, 1776 | 1833–1837 | New Jersey | Jacksonian | 92 years, 31 days |
April 1, 1868 | July 1, 1868 | Samuel Tweedy | March 8, 1776 | 1833–1835 | Connecticut | Anti-Jacksonian | 92 years, 115 days |
July 1, 1868 | July 18, 1872 | Samuel Thatcher | July 1, 1776 | 1802–1805 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 96 years, 17 days |
July 18, 1872 | August 12, 1875 | Horace Binney | January 4, 1780 | 1833–1835 | Pennsylvania | Anti-Jacksonian | 95 years, 220 days |
August 12, 1875 | February 16, 1880 | Daniel Sheffer | May 24, 1783 | 1837–1839 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 96 years, 268 days |
February 16, 1880 | September 22, 1881 | John Alfred Cuthbert | June 3, 1788 | 1819–1821 | Georgia | Democratic-Republican | 93 years, 111 days |
September 22, 1881 | February 7, 1885 | Joseph Grinnell | November 17, 1788 | 1843–1851 | Massachusetts | Whig | 96 years, 82 days |
February 7, 1885 | August 8, 1885 | James Garland | June 6, 1791 | 1835–1841 | Virginia | Jacksonian Democratic Conservative | 94 years, 63 days |
August 8, 1885 | May 7, 1886 | David Fisher | December 3, 1794 | 1847–1849 | Ohio | Whig | 91 years, 155 days |
May 7, 1886 | January 9, 1887 | Elijah Babbitt | July 29, 1795 | 1859–1863 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 91 years, 164 days |
January 9, 1887 | June 9, 1887 | John Hoge Ewing | October 8, 1796 | 1845–1847 | Pennsylvania | Whig | 90 years, 244 days |
June 9, 1887 | July 26, 1891 | Paul Dillingham | August 10, 1799 | 1843–1847 | Vermont | Democratic | 91 years, 350 days |
July 26, 1891 | May 9, 1892 | Sidney Lawrence | December 31, 1801 | 1847–1849 | New York | Democratic | 90 years, 130 days |
May 9, 1892 | June 11, 1894 | John T. Andrews | May 29, 1803 | 1837–1839 | New York | Democratic | 91 years, 13 days |
June 11, 1894 | February 12, 1896 | Emery D. Potter | October 7, 1804 | 1843–1845 1849–1851 | Ohio | Democratic | 91 years, 128 days |
February 12, 1896 | January 12, 1897 | John W. Crisfield | November 8, 1806 | 1847–1849 1861–1863 | Maryland | Whig Unionist | 90 years, 65 days |
January 12, 1897 | April 16, 1900 | John W. Hunter | October 15, 1807 | 1866–1867 | New York | Democratic | 92 years, 183 days |
April 16, 1900 | March 18, 1902 | Daniel Wells, Jr. | July 16, 1808 | 1853–1857 | Wisconsin | Democratic | 93 years, 245 days |
March 18, 1902 | April 24, 1902 | Edwin Hickman Ewing | December 2, 1809 | 1845–1847 | Tennessee | Whig | 92 years, 143 days |
April 24, 1902 | March 8, 1903 | Martin I. Townsend | February 6, 1810 | 1875–1879 | New York | Republican | 93 years, 30 days |
March 8, 1903 | March 27, 1908 | Ephraim R. Eckley | December 9, 1811 | 1863–1869 | Ohio | Republican | 96 years, 109 days |
March 27, 1908 | September 18, 1910 | James McGrew | September 14, 1813 | 1869–1873 | West Virginia | Republican | 97 years, 4 days |
September 18, 1910 | March 14, 1911 | John H. Rice | February 5, 1816 | 1861–1867 | Maine | Republican | 95 years, 37 days |
March 14, 1911 | October 3, 1911 | John Morgan Bright | January 20, 1817 | 1871–1881 | Tennessee | Democratic | 94 years, 256 days |
October 3, 1911 | March 12, 1916 | George William Palmer | January 13, 1818 | 1857–1861 | New York | Republican | 98 years, 59 days |
March 12, 1916 | November 3, 1924 | Cornelius Cole | September 17, 1822 | 1863–1865 | California | Republican | 102 years, 47 days |
November 3, 1924 | February 28, 1926 | William W. Crapo | May 16, 1830 | 1875–1883 | Massachusetts | Republican | 95 years, 288 days |
February 28, 1926 | January 6, 1929 | John H. Lewis | July 21, 1830 | 1881–1883 | Illinois | Republican | 98 years, 169 days |
January 6, 1929 | April 22, 1932 | J. Warren Keifer | January 30, 1836 | 1877–1885 1905–1911 | Ohio | Republican | 96 years, 83 days |
April 22, 1932 | May 25, 1938 | Henry R. Gibson | December 24, 1837 | 1895–1905 | Tennessee | Republican | 100 years, 152 days |
May 25, 1938 | September 8, 1938 | George Frederic Kribbs | November 8, 1846 | 1891–1895 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 91 years, 304 days |
September 8, 1938 | December 18, 1946 | Lemuel W. Royse | January 19, 1847 | 1895–1899 | Indiana | Republican | 99 years, 333 days |
December 18, 1946 | June 10, 1947 | Addison James | February 27, 1850 | 1907–1909 | Kentucky | Republican | 97 years, 103 days |
June 10, 1947 | February 25, 1948 | Amos R. Webber | January 21, 1852 | 1904–1907 | Ohio | Republican | 96 years, 35 days |
February 25, 1948 | September 10, 1949 | John E. Weeks | June 14, 1853 | 1931–1933 | Vermont | Republican | 96 years, 88 days |
September 10, 1949 | April 1, 1953 | Schuyler Merritt | December 16, 1853 | 1917–1931 1933–1937 | Connecticut | Republican | 99 years, 106 days |
April 1, 1953 | July 27, 1954 | Joseph E. Ransdell | October 7, 1858 | 1899–1913 | Louisiana | Democratic | 95 years, 293 days |
July 27, 1954 | May 12, 1956 | Franklin Menges | October 26, 1858 | 1925–1931 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 97 years, 199 days |
May 12, 1956 | July 5, 1956 | Addison T. Smith | September 5, 1862 | 1913–1933 | Idaho | Republican | 93 years, 304 days |
July 5, 1956 | January 17, 1958 | Michael Donohoe | February 22, 1864 | 1911–1915 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 93 years, 329 days |
January 17, 1958 | April 29, 1958 | Warren A. Haggott | May 18, 1864 | 1907–1909 | Colorado | Republican | 93 years, 346 days |
April 29, 1958 | February 22, 1960 | Townsend Scudder | July 26, 1865 | 1899–1901 1903–1905 | New York | Democratic | 94 years, 211 days |
February 22, 1960 | October 11, 1960 | Daniel K. Hoch | January 31, 1866 | 1943–1947 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 94 years, 254 days |
October 11, 1960 | September 12, 1963 | Charles Nelson Pray | April 6, 1868 | 1907–1913 | Montana | Republican | 95 years, 159 days |
September 12, 1963 | November 7, 1967 | John Nance Garner | November 22, 1868 | 1903–1933 | Texas | Democratic | 98 years, 350 days |
November 7, 1967 | July 12, 1971 | Earl Hanley Beshlin | April 28, 1870 | 1917–1919 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 101 years, 75 days |
July 12, 1971 | January 6, 1973 | Maurice Thatcher | August 15, 1870 | 1923–1933 | Kentucky | Republican | 102 years, 144 days |
January 6, 1973 | January 10, 1974 | Charles G. Bond | May 29, 1877 | 1921–1923 | New York | Republican | 96 years, 226 days |
January 10, 1974 | January 9, 1975 | Virginia E. Jenckes | November 6, 1877 | 1933–1939 | Indiana | Democratic | 97 years, 64 days |
January 9, 1975 | March 4, 1977 | Miles C. Allgood | February 22, 1878 | 1923–1935 | Alabama | Democratic | 99 years, 10 days |
March 4, 1977 | December 27, 1980 | Charles S. Dewey | November 10, 1880 | 1941–1945 | Illinois | Republican | 100 years, 47 days |
December 27, 1980 | June 1, 1981 | Carl Vinson | November 18, 1883 | 1914–1965 | Georgia | Democratic | 97 years, 195 days |
June 1, 1981 | November 2, 1989 | Elizabeth Hawley Gasque | February 26, 1886 | 1938–1939 | South Carolina | Democratic | 103 years, 249 days |
November 2, 1989 | January 18, 1991 | Hamilton Fish III | December 7, 1888 | 1920–1945 | New York | Republican | 102 years, 42 days |
January 18, 1991 | April 3, 1993 | Peter J. De Muth | January 1, 1892 | 1937–1939 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 101 years, 92 days |
April 3, 1993 | May 29, 1995 | Margaret Chase Smith | December 14, 1897 | 1940–1949 | Maine | Republican | 97 years, 166 days |
May 29, 1995 | May 15, 1996 | Newt V. Mills | September 27, 1899 | 1937–1943 | Louisiana | Democratic | 96 years, 231 days |
May 15, 1996 | January 4, 1997 | Harry P. Jeffrey | December 26, 1901 | 1943–1945 | Ohio | Republican | 95 years, 9 days |
January 4, 1997 | May 8, 1998 | Jennings Randolph | March 8, 1902 | 1933–1947 | West Virginia | Democratic | 96 years, 61 days |
May 8, 1998 | April 1, 1999 | Ellis Yarnal Berry | October 6, 1902 | 1951–1971 | South Dakota | Republican | 96 years, 177 days |
April 1, 1999 | October 5, 2001 | Mike Mansfield | March 16, 1903 | 1943–1953 | Montana | Democratic | 98 years, 203 days |
October 5, 2001 | March 11, 2003 | John G. Dow | May 6, 1905 | 1965–1969 1971–1973 | New York | Democratic | 97 years, 309 days |
March 11, 2003 | November 10, 2007 | Augustus F. Hawkins | August 31, 1907 | 1963–1991 | California | Democratic | 100 years, 71 days |
November 10, 2007 | September 25, 2008 | Glenn Andrews | January 15, 1909 | 1965–1967 | Alabama | Republican | 99 years, 254 days |
September 25, 2008 | November 4, 2009 | William H. Avery | August 11, 1911 | 1955–1965 | Kansas | Republican | 98 years, 85 days |
November 4, 2009 | January 8, 2011 | William F. Walsh | July 11, 1912 | 1973–1979 | New York | Republican–Conservative | 98 years, 181 days |
January 8, 2011 | October 25, 2011 | Perkins Bass | October 6, 1912 | 1955–1963 | New Hampshire | Republican | 99 years, 19 days |
October 25, 2011 | December 10, 2016 | Ken Hechler | September 20, 1914 | 1959–1977 | West Virginia | Democratic | 102 years, 81 days |
December 10, 2016 | February 19, 2017 | John S. Wold | August 31, 1916 | 1969–1971 | Wyoming | Republican | 100 years, 172 days |
February 19, 2017 | October 30, 2017 | James D. Martin | September 1, 1918 | 1965–1967 | Alabama | Republican | 99 years, 59 days |
October 30, 2017 | May 11, 2021 | Lester L. Wolff | January 4, 1919 | 1965–1981 | New York | Democratic | 102 years, 127 days |
May 11, 2021 | Present | Neal Edward Smith | March 23, 1920 | 1959–1995 | Iowa | Democratic | 101 years, 183 days |
This is a list of the oldest currently living former and current members of the United States House of Representatives. The list includes some politicians who were also Senators.
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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.
President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the speaker in some other assemblies.
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.
In the Parliament of Australia, a casual vacancy arises when a member of either the Senate or the House of Representatives:
These are tables of congressional delegations from West Virginia to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
These are tables of congressional delegations from New Mexico to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
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.
Arthur Glenn Andrews was an American politician and a United States Representative from Alabama.
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.