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The 90th Congress was notable because for a period of 10 days (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 1969), it contained within the Senate, all 10 of what was at one point the top 10 longest-serving senators in history (Byrd, Inouye, Thurmond, Kennedy, Hayden, Stennis, Stevens, Hollings, Russell Jr., and Long) until January 7, 2013, when Patrick Leahy surpassed Russell B. Long as the 10th longest ...
Upon the death of Representative Don Young on March 18, 2022, Leahy became the longest-serving current member of Congress. [127] Leahy's last term ended in January 2023, and he was succeeded by Peter Welch ; [ 128 ] he was the last United States senator to have served in the 1970s.
American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-West Virginia, 1959–1977) and Secretary of State of West Virginia (1985–2001) [142] John N. Heiskell: 1872–1972: 100: American newspaper publisher and politician, U.S. Senator from Arkansas (1913) [143] Gerard Helders: 1905–2013: 107: Dutch politician [144] Fritz ...
Neal Edward Smith (March 23, 1920 – November 2, 2021) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from Iowa from 1959 until 1995, the longest-serving Iowan in the United States House of Representatives. Upon the death of Lester L. Wolff in May 2021, Smith became the oldest ...
A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-longest serving incumbent member of the House of Representatives at the time of his retirement in 2017, having served continuously since 1971. As its most senior member, he was also the Dean of New York's congressional delegation.
Begin date End date Name Party State Service Length of service March 4, 1789 June 6, 1802 James Gunn: Anti-Administration/ Federalist: Georgia: March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1801
Patsy Mink, who was the dean of women in the House from 1997 to 2002, was the longest-serving Asian-American woman in the House (and Congress). Carol Moseley Braun is the longest-serving (and first) African-American woman (and woman of color) in the Senate. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the longest-serving Hispanic or Latina American woman in the ...
This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 117th United States Congress, which runs from January 3, 2021, through January 3, 2023, ordered by seniority.