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In the Senate, Republican Margaret Chase Smith, who served for 23 years from 1949 to 1973 as a senator from Maine, was the longest-serving female Senator upon her retirement. Her record was surpassed in 2011 by Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, who served for 30 years from 1987 to 2017.
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 ...
Subsequently, Patty Murray surpassed Feinstein as the longest serving woman senator, and continues to serve. In 2012, a record five new female senators were elected. This beat the record of four new female senators from 1992 and set the record of five new women and eleven female senators in one Senate class.
Having won re-election in 2010, she has surpassed Margaret Chase Smith as the longest-serving female senator. [31] ABC News named Mikulski its Person of the Week for that milestone. [ 32 ] On March 17, 2012, she became the longest-serving female member of Congress in the history of the United States, surpassing the previous record-holder, Rep ...
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 ...
The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress . Party affiliation
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
When senators have been in office for the same length of time, a number of tiebreakers are used, including comparing their former government service and then their respective state population. [54] The senator in each state with the longer time in office is known as the senior senator, while the other is the junior senator.