List of the oldest living members of the United States House of Representatives

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Neal Edward Smith (D-IA; born 1920), is the oldest living sitting or former member of the House of Representatives. Neal Smith politician.jpg
Neal Edward Smith (D-IA; born 1920), is the oldest living sitting or former member of the House of Representatives.

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.

Contents

Historical

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 dateEnd dateRepresentativeDate of birthHouse termState servedPartyAge (years, days)
March 4, 1789July 23, 1793 Roger Sherman April 19, 17211789–1791 Connecticut Pro-Administration72 years, 95 days
July 23, 1793September 15, 1794 Abraham Clark February 15, 17261791–1794 New Jersey Pro-Administration68 years, 212 days
September 15, 1794December 10, 1796 Israel Jacobs June 9, 17261791–1793 Pennsylvania Pro-Administration70 years, 184 days
December 10, 1796October 28, 1800 Artemas Ward November 26, 17271791–1795 Massachusetts Pro-Administration72 years, 335 days
October 28, 1800March 27, 1814 William Smith April 12, 17281789–1791 Maryland Anti-Administration 85 years, 349 days
March 27, 1814July 26, 1819 George Leonard July 4, 17291789–1793
1795–1797
MassachusettsPro-Administration
Federalist
90 years, 22 days
July 26, 1819June 1, 1832 Thomas Sumter August 14, 17341789–1793
1797–1801
South Carolina Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
97 years, 292 days
June 1, 1832March 7, 1838 Paine Wingate May 14, 17391793–1795 New Hampshire Pro-Administration98 years, 297 days
March 7, 1838May 22, 1842 Henry Southard October 7, 17471801–1811
1815–1821
New JerseyDemocratic-Republican94 years, 227 days
May 22, 1842October 18, 1843 Ebenezer Elmer August 23, 17521801–1807New JerseyDemocratic-Republican91 years, 56 days
October 18, 1843March 6, 1844 Gabriel Duvall December 6, 17521794–1796MarylandAnti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
91 years, 91 days
March 6, 1844March 23, 1846 Laban Wheaton March 13, 17541809–1817MassachusettsFederalist92 years, 10 days
March 23, 1846January 20, 1849 Nathan Read July 2, 17591800–1803MassachusettsFederalist89 years, 202 days
January 20, 1849May 26, 1851 Simeon Baldwin December 14, 17611803–1805ConnecticutFederalist89 years, 163 days
May 26, 1851March 29, 1855 John Locke February 14, 17641823–1829Massachusetts Adams Republican 91 years, 43 days
March 29, 1855April 8, 1857 Alexander Boyd September 14, 17641813–1815 New York Federalist92 years, 206 days
April 8, 1857January 23, 1858 Daniel Burrows October 26, 17661821–1823ConnecticutDemocratic-Republican91 years, 89 days
January 23, 1858August 3, 1863 Zadock Cook February 18, 17691816–1819 Georgia Democratic-Republican94 years, 166 days
August 3, 1863July 1, 1864 Josiah Quincy III February 4, 17721805–1813MassachusettsFederalist92 years, 148 days
July 1, 1864January 2, 1866 Thomas Chandler August 10, 17721829–1833New Hampshire Jacksonian 93 years, 145 days
January 2, 1866April 1, 1868 James Parker March 1, 17761833–1837New JerseyJacksonian92 years, 31 days
April 1, 1868July 1, 1868 Samuel Tweedy March 8, 17761833–1835Connecticut Anti-Jacksonian 92 years, 115 days
July 1, 1868July 18, 1872 Samuel Thatcher July 1, 17761802–1805MassachusettsFederalist96 years, 17 days
July 18, 1872August 12, 1875 Horace Binney January 4, 17801833–1835PennsylvaniaAnti-Jacksonian95 years, 220 days
August 12, 1875February 16, 1880 Daniel Sheffer May 24, 17831837–1839Pennsylvania Democratic 96 years, 268 days
February 16, 1880September 22, 1881 John Alfred Cuthbert June 3, 17881819–1821GeorgiaDemocratic-Republican93 years, 111 days
September 22, 1881February 7, 1885 Joseph Grinnell November 17, 17881843–1851Massachusetts Whig 96 years, 82 days
February 7, 1885August 8, 1885 James Garland June 6, 17911835–1841 Virginia Jacksonian
Democratic
Conservative
94 years, 63 days
August 8, 1885May 7, 1886 David Fisher December 3, 17941847–1849 Ohio Whig91 years, 155 days
May 7, 1886January 9, 1887 Elijah Babbitt July 29, 17951859–1863Pennsylvania Republican 91 years, 164 days
January 9, 1887June 9, 1887 John Hoge Ewing October 8, 17961845–1847PennsylvaniaWhig90 years, 244 days
June 9, 1887July 26, 1891 Paul Dillingham August 10, 17991843–1847 Vermont Democratic91 years, 350 days
July 26, 1891May 9, 1892 Sidney Lawrence December 31, 18011847–1849New YorkDemocratic90 years, 130 days
May 9, 1892June 11, 1894 John T. Andrews May 29, 18031837–1839New YorkDemocratic91 years, 13 days
June 11, 1894February 12, 1896 Emery D. Potter October 7, 18041843–1845
1849–1851
OhioDemocratic91 years, 128 days
February 12, 1896January 12, 1897 John W. Crisfield November 8, 18061847–1849
1861–1863
MarylandWhig
Unionist
90 years, 65 days
January 12, 1897April 16, 1900 John W. Hunter October 15, 18071866–1867New YorkDemocratic92 years, 183 days
April 16, 1900March 18, 1902 Daniel Wells, Jr. July 16, 18081853–1857 Wisconsin Democratic93 years, 245 days
March 18, 1902April 24, 1902 Edwin Hickman Ewing December 2, 18091845–1847 Tennessee Whig92 years, 143 days
April 24, 1902March 8, 1903 Martin I. Townsend February 6, 18101875–1879New YorkRepublican93 years, 30 days
March 8, 1903March 27, 1908 Ephraim R. Eckley December 9, 18111863–1869OhioRepublican96 years, 109 days
March 27, 1908September 18, 1910 James McGrew September 14, 18131869–1873 West Virginia Republican97 years, 4 days
September 18, 1910March 14, 1911 John H. Rice February 5, 18161861–1867 Maine Republican95 years, 37 days
March 14, 1911October 3, 1911 John Morgan Bright January 20, 18171871–1881TennesseeDemocratic94 years, 256 days
October 3, 1911March 12, 1916 George William Palmer January 13, 18181857–1861New YorkRepublican98 years, 59 days
March 12, 1916November 3, 1924 Cornelius Cole September 17, 18221863–1865 California Republican102 years, 47 days
November 3, 1924February 28, 1926 William W. Crapo May 16, 18301875–1883MassachusettsRepublican95 years, 288 days
February 28, 1926January 6, 1929 John H. Lewis July 21, 18301881–1883 Illinois Republican98 years, 169 days
January 6, 1929April 22, 1932 J. Warren Keifer January 30, 18361877–1885
1905–1911
OhioRepublican96 years, 83 days
April 22, 1932May 25, 1938 Henry R. Gibson December 24, 18371895–1905TennesseeRepublican100 years, 152 days
May 25, 1938September 8, 1938 George Frederic Kribbs November 8, 18461891–1895PennsylvaniaDemocratic91 years, 304 days
September 8, 1938December 18, 1946 Lemuel W. Royse January 19, 18471895–1899 Indiana Republican99 years, 333 days
December 18, 1946June 10, 1947 Addison James February 27, 18501907–1909 Kentucky Republican97 years, 103 days
June 10, 1947February 25, 1948 Amos R. Webber January 21, 18521904–1907OhioRepublican96 years, 35 days
February 25, 1948September 10, 1949 John E. Weeks June 14, 18531931–1933VermontRepublican96 years, 88 days
September 10, 1949April 1, 1953 Schuyler Merritt December 16, 18531917–1931
1933–1937
ConnecticutRepublican99 years, 106 days
April 1, 1953July 27, 1954 Joseph E. Ransdell October 7, 18581899–1913 Louisiana Democratic95 years, 293 days
July 27, 1954May 12, 1956 Franklin Menges October 26, 18581925–1931PennsylvaniaRepublican97 years, 199 days
May 12, 1956July 5, 1956 Addison T. Smith September 5, 18621913–1933 Idaho Republican93 years, 304 days
July 5, 1956January 17, 1958 Michael Donohoe February 22, 18641911–1915PennsylvaniaDemocratic93 years, 329 days
January 17, 1958April 29, 1958 Warren A. Haggott May 18, 18641907–1909 Colorado Republican93 years, 346 days
April 29, 1958February 22, 1960 Townsend Scudder July 26, 18651899–1901
1903–1905
New YorkDemocratic94 years, 211 days
February 22, 1960October 11, 1960 Daniel K. Hoch January 31, 18661943–1947PennsylvaniaDemocratic94 years, 254 days
October 11, 1960September 12, 1963 Charles Nelson Pray April 6, 18681907–1913 Montana Republican95 years, 159 days
September 12, 1963November 7, 1967 John Nance Garner November 22, 18681903–1933 Texas Democratic98 years, 350 days
November 7, 1967July 12, 1971 Earl Hanley Beshlin April 28, 18701917–1919PennsylvaniaDemocratic101 years, 75 days
July 12, 1971January 6, 1973 Maurice Thatcher August 15, 18701923–1933KentuckyRepublican102 years, 144 days
January 6, 1973January 10, 1974 Charles G. Bond May 29, 18771921–1923New YorkRepublican96 years, 226 days
January 10, 1974January 9, 1975 Virginia E. Jenckes November 6, 18771933–1939IndianaDemocratic97 years, 64 days
January 9, 1975March 4, 1977 Miles C. Allgood February 22, 18781923–1935 Alabama Democratic99 years, 10 days
March 4, 1977December 27, 1980 Charles S. Dewey November 10, 18801941–1945IllinoisRepublican100 years, 47 days
December 27, 1980June 1, 1981 Carl Vinson November 18, 18831914–1965GeorgiaDemocratic97 years, 195 days
June 1, 1981November 2, 1989 Elizabeth Hawley Gasque February 26, 18861938–1939South CarolinaDemocratic103 years, 249 days
November 2, 1989January 18, 1991 Hamilton Fish III December 7, 18881920–1945New YorkRepublican102 years, 42 days
January 18, 1991April 3, 1993 Peter J. De Muth January 1, 18921937–1939PennsylvaniaDemocratic101 years, 92 days
April 3, 1993May 29, 1995 Margaret Chase Smith December 14, 18971940–1949MaineRepublican97 years, 166 days
May 29, 1995May 15, 1996 Newt V. Mills September 27, 18991937–1943LouisianaDemocratic96 years, 231 days
May 15, 1996January 4, 1997 Harry P. Jeffrey December 26, 19011943–1945OhioRepublican95 years, 9 days
January 4, 1997May 8, 1998 Jennings Randolph March 8, 19021933–1947West VirginiaDemocratic96 years, 61 days
May 8, 1998April 1, 1999 Ellis Yarnal Berry October 6, 19021951–1971 South Dakota Republican96 years, 177 days
April 1, 1999October 5, 2001 Mike Mansfield March 16, 19031943–1953MontanaDemocratic98 years, 203 days
October 5, 2001March 11, 2003 John G. Dow May 6, 19051965–1969
1971–1973
New YorkDemocratic97 years, 309 days
March 11, 2003November 10, 2007 Augustus F. Hawkins August 31, 19071963–1991CaliforniaDemocratic100 years, 71 days
November 10, 2007September 25, 2008 Glenn Andrews January 15, 19091965–1967AlabamaRepublican99 years, 254 days
September 25, 2008November 4, 2009 William H. Avery August 11, 19111955–1965 Kansas Republican98 years, 85 days
November 4, 2009January 8, 2011 William F. Walsh July 11, 19121973–1979New YorkRepublican–Conservative 98 years, 181 days
January 8, 2011October 25, 2011 Perkins Bass October 6, 19121955–1963New HampshireRepublican99 years, 19 days
October 25, 2011December 10, 2016 Ken Hechler September 20, 19141959–1977West VirginiaDemocratic102 years, 81 days
December 10, 2016February 19, 2017 John S. Wold August 31, 19161969–1971 Wyoming Republican100 years, 172 days
February 19, 2017October 30, 2017 James D. Martin September 1, 19181965–1967AlabamaRepublican99 years, 59 days
October 30, 2017May 11, 2021 Lester L. Wolff January 4, 19191965–1981New YorkDemocratic102 years, 127 days
May 11, 2021Present Neal Edward Smith March 23, 19201959–1995 Iowa Democratic101 years, 183 days

Current

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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Symington]]||September 28, 1927||1969–1977||Missouri||Democratic||{{ayd|1927|9|28}} |- |_row_count||[[Pete McCloskey]]||September 29, 1927||1967–1983||California||Republican||{{ayd|1927|9|29}} |- |_row_count||[[Bill Archer]]||March 22, 1928||1971–2001||Texas||Republican||{{ayd|1928|3|22}} |- |_row_count||[[Nick Galifianakis (politician)|Nick Galifianakis]]||July 22, 1928||1967–1973||North Carolina|| Democratic||{{ayd|1928|7|22}} |- |_row_count||[[William Sheldrick Conover|William S. Conover]]||August 27, 1928||1972–1973||Pennsylvania||Republican||{{ayd|1928|8|27}} |- |_row_count||[[Bill Gradison]]||December 28, 1928||1975–1993||Ohio||Republican||{{ayd|1928|12|28}} |- |_row_count||[[Richard Ottinger]]||January 27, 1929||1965–1971<br>1975–1985||New York||Democratic||{{ayd|1929|1|27}} |- |_row_count||[[James L. Nelligan]]||February 14, 1929||1981–1983||Pennsylvania||Republican||{{ayd|1929|2|14}} |- |_row_count||[[Harris W. Fawell]]||March 25, 1929||1985–1999||Illinois||Republican||{{ayd|1929|3|25}} |- |_row_count||[[Richard T. Schulze]]||August 7, 1929||1975–1993||Pennsylvania||Republican||{{ayd|1929|8|7}} |- |_row_count||[[Dale Kildee]]||September 16, 1929||1977–2013||Michigan||Democratic||{{ayd|1929|9|16}} |- |_row_count||[[Louis A. Bafalis]]||September 28, 1929||1973–1983||Florida||Republican||{{ayd|1929|9|28}} |- |_row_count||[[Esteban Edward Torres]]||January 27, 1930||1983–1999||California||Democratic||{{ayd|1930|1|27}} |- |_row_count||[[George Gekas]]||April 14, 1930||1983–2003||Pennsylvania||Republican||{{ayd|1930|4|14}} |- |_row_count||[[Pat Saiki]]||May 28, 1930||1987–1991||Hawaii||Republican||{{ayd|1930|5|28}} |- |_row_count||[[James Paul Johnson]]||June 2, 1930||1973–1981||Colorado||Republican||{{ayd|1930|6|2}} |- |_row_count||[[Charles Rangel]]||June 11, 1930||1971–2017||New York||Democratic||{{ayd|1930|6|11}} |- |_row_count||[[Herb Klein (politician)|Herb Klein]]||June 24, 1930||1993–1995||New Jersey||Democratic||{{ayd|1930|6|24}} |- |_row_count||[[Michael Bilirakis]]||July 16, 1930||1983–2007||Florida||Republican||{{ayd|1930|7|16}} |- |_row_count||[[Martha Keys]]||August 10, 1930||1975–1979||Kansas||Democratic||{{ayd|1930|8|10}} |- |_row_count||[[Andy Ireland]]||August 23, 1930||1977–1993||Florida||Democratic/Republican||{{ayd|1930|8|23}} |- |_row_count||[[Alec G. Olson]]||September 11, 1930||1963–1967||Minnesota||Democratic–Farmer–Labor||{{ayd|1930|9|11}} |- |_row_count||[[Elliott H. Levitas]]||December 26, 1930||1975–1985||Georgia||Democratic||{{ayd|1930|12|26}} |- |_row_count||[[Edward G. Biester Jr.]]||January 5, 1931||1967–1977||Pennsylvania||Republican||{{ayd|1931|1|5}} |- |_row_count||[[Ron Packard]]||January 19, 1931||1983–2001||California||Republican||{{ayd|1931|1|19}} |- |_row_count||[[Connie Morella]]||February 12, 1931||1987–2003||Maryland||Republican||{{ayd|1931|2|12}} |- |_row_count||[[James Abourezk]]||February 24, 1931||1971–1973||South Dakota||Democratic||{{ayd|1931|2|24}} |- |_row_count||[[Arlen Erdahl]]||February 27, 1931||1979–1983||Minnesota||Independent-Republican||{{ayd|1931|2|27}} |- |_row_count||[[John E. Cunningham]]||March 27, 1931||1977–1979||Washington||Republican||{{ayd|1931|3|27}} |- |_row_count||[[Lee H. Hamilton]]||April 20, 1931||1965–1999||Indiana||Democratic||{{ayd|1931|4|20}} |- |_row_count||[[Bill Clay]]||April 30, 1931||1969–2001||Missouri||Democratic||{{ayd|1931|4|30}} |- |_row_count||[[Lowell Weicker]]||May 16, 1931||1969–1971||Connecticut||Republican||{{ayd|1931|5|16}} |- |_row_count||[[Ed Weber]]||July 26, 1931||1981–1983||Ohio||Republican||{{ayd|1931|7|26}} |- |_row_count||[[Sander Levin]]||September 6, 1931||1983–2019||Michigan||Democratic||{{ayd|1931|9|6}} |- |_row_count||[[Thomas B. Evans Jr.]]||November 5, 1931||1977–1983||Delaware||Republican||{{ayd|1931|11|5}} |- |_row_count||[[Norman Mineta]]||November 12, 1931||1975–1995||California||Democratic||{{ayd|1931|11|12}} |- |_row_count||[[Jolene Unsoeld]]||December 3, 1931||1989–1995||Washington||Democratic||{{ayd|1931|12|3}} |- |_row_count||[[Bud Shuster]]||January 23, 1932||1973–2001||Pennsylvania||Republican||{{ayd|1932|1|23}} |- |_row_count||[[Thomas J. Bliley Jr.]]||January 28, 1932||1981–2001||Virginia||Republican||{{ayd|1932|1|28}} |- |_row_count||[[James V. Stanton]]||February 27, 1932||1971–1977||Ohio||Democratic||{{ayd|1932|2|27}} |- |_row_count||[[Andrew Young]]||March 12, 1932||1973–1977||Georgia||Democratic||{{ayd|1932|3|13}} |- |_row_count||[[Alex McMillan]]||May 9, 1932||1985–1995||North Carolina||Republican||{{ayd|1932|5|9}} |- |_row_count||[[Harold Vernon Froehlich]]||May 12, 1932||1973–1975||Wisconsin||Republican||{{ayd|1932|5|12}} |- |_row_count||[[Jack H. McDonald]]||June 28, 1932||1967–1973||Michigan||Republican||{{ayd|1932|6|28}} |- |_row_count||[[Beverly Byron]]||July 27, 1932||1979–1993||Maryland||Democratic||{{ayd|1932|7|27}} |- |_row_count||[[Yvonne Brathwaite Burke]]||October 5, 1932||1973–1979||California||Democratic||{{ayd|1932|10|5}} |- |_row_count||[[David R. Bowen]]||October 21, 1932||1973–1983||Mississippi||Democratic||{{ayd|1932|10|21}} |- |_row_count||[[Romano Mazzoli]]||November 2, 1932||1971–1995||Kentucky||Democratic||{{ayd|1932|11|2}} |- |_row_count||[[John Burton (American politician)|John L. Burton]]||December 15, 1932||1974–1983||California||Democratic||{{ayd|1932|12|15}} |- |_row_count||[[Buddy MacKay]]||March 22, 1933||1983–1989||Florida||Democratic||{{ayd|1933|3|22}} |- |_row_count||[[Bob Dornan]]||April 3, 1933||1977–1983<br>1985–1997||California||Republican||{{ayd|1933|4|3}} |- |_row_count||[[Jim Gardner (politician)|Jim Gardner]]||April 8, 1933||1967–1969||North Carolina||Republican||{{ayd|1933|4|8}} |- |_row_count||[[Ben Nighthorse Campbell]]||April 13, 1933||1987–1993||Colorado||Democratic||{{ayd|1933|4|13}} |- |_row_count||[[Sid Morrison]]||May 13, 1933||1981–1993||Washington||Republican||{{ayd|1933|5|13}} |- |_row_count||style="background:#D4F2CE;"|[[Don Young]]{{dagger}}||June 9, 1933||1973–present||Alaska||Republican||{{ayd|1933|6|9}} |- |_row_count||[[Gary A. Lee]]||August 18, 1933||1979–1983||New York||Republican||{{ayd|1933|8|18}} |- |_row_count||[[Don Fuqua]]||August 20, 1933||1963–1987||Florida||Democratic||{{ayd|1933|8|20}} |- |_row_count||[[Ken Lucas]]||August 22, 1933||1999–2005||Kentucky||Democratic||{{ayd|1933|8|22}} |- |_row_count||[[Chuck Grassley]]||September 17, 1933||1975–1981||Iowa||Republican||{{ayd|1933|9|17}} |- |_row_count||[[Larry J. Hopkins]]||October 25, 1933||1979–1993||Kentucky||Republican||{{ayd|1933|10|25}} |- |_row_count||[[Diane Watson]]||November 12, 1933||2001–2011||California||Democratic||{{ayd|1933|11|12}} |- |_row_count||[[William P. Curlin Jr.]]||November 30, 1933||1971–1973||Kentucky||Democratic||{{ayd|1933|11|30}} |- |_row_count||[[Ed Foreman]]||December 22, 1933||1963–1965<br>1969–1971||Texas<br>New Mexico||Republican||{{ayd|1933|12|22}} |- |_row_count||[[Pat Danner]]||January 13, 1934||1993–2001||Missouri||Democratic||{{ayd|1934|1|13}} |- |_row_count||[[William Vollie Alexander Jr.]]||January 16, 1934||1969–1993||Arkansas||Democratic||{{ayd|1934|1|16}} |- |_row_count||[[Ronald M. Mottl]]||February 6, 1934||1975–1983||Ohio||Democratic||{{ayd|1934|2|6}} |- |_row_count||[[Buddy Leach]]||March 30, 1934||1979–1981||Louisiana||Democratic||{{ayd|1934|3|30}} |- |_row_count||[[Richard Shelby]]||May 6, 1934||1979–1987||Alabama||Democratic||{{ayd|1934|5|6}} |- |_row_count||[[Bill Gunter]]||July 16, 1934||1973–1975||Florida||Democratic||{{ayd|1934|7|16}} |- |_row_count||[[Edolphus Towns]]||July 21, 1934||1983–2013||New York||Democratic||{{ayd|1934|7|21}} |- |_row_count||[[Norman D. Shumway]]||July 28, 1934||1979–1991||California||Republican||{{ayd|1934|7|28}} |- |_row_count||[[David Pryor]]||August 29, 1934||1966–1973||Arkansas||Democratic||{{ayd|1934|8|29}} |- |_row_count||[[Eva Clayton]]||September 16, 1934||1992–2003||North Carolina||Democratic||{{ayd|1934|9|16}} |- |_row_count||[[Jean Spencer Ashbrook]]||September 21, 1934||1982–1983||Ohio||Republican||{{ayd|1934|9|21}} |- |_row_count||[[Jerry M. Patterson]]||October 25, 1934||1975–1985||California||Democratic||{{ayd|1934|10|25}} |- |_row_count||[[Joseph E. Brennan]]||November 2, 1934||1987–1991||Maine||Democratic||{{ayd|1934|11|2}} |- |_row_count||[[Nick Smith (U.S. politician)|Nick Smith]]||November 5, 1934||1993–2005||Michigan||Republican||{{ayd|1934|11|5}} |- |_row_count||[[Stephen L. Neal]]||November 7, 1934||1975–1995||North Carolina||Democratic||{{ayd|1934|11|7}} |- |_row_count||[[Jim Inhofe]]||November 17, 1934||1987–1994||Oklahoma||Republican||{{ayd|1934|11|17}} |- |_row_count||[[Ronald A. Sarasin]]||December 31, 1934||1973–1979||Connecticut||Republican||{{ayd|1934|12|31}} |- |_row_count||[[Nancy Johnson]]||January 5, 1935||1983–2007||Connecticut||Republican||{{ayd|1935|1|5}} |- |_row_count||[[John G. Hutchinson]]||February 4, 1935||1980–1981||West Virginia||Democratic||{{ayd|1935|2|4}} <!-- |- |_row_count||[[Henry J. Nowak]]||February 21, 1935||1975–1993||New York||Democratic||{{ayd|1935|2|21}} |- |_row_count||[[Cleve Benedict]]||March 21, 1935||1981–1983||West Virginia||Republican||{{ayd|1935|3|21}} |- |_row_count||[[Albert Bustamante]]||April 8, 1935||1985–1993||Texas||Republican||{{ayd|1935|4|8}} |- |_row_count||[[Joel Hefley]]||April 18, 1935||1987–2007||Colorado||Republican||{{ayd|1935|4|18}} |- |_row_count||[[W.S. Stuckey Jr.]]||May 25, 1935||1967–1977||Georgia||Democratic||{{ayd|1935|5|25}} |- |_row_count||[[John E. 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