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As of 2024, he is the oldest senator at 91 years old, and is the longest-serving Republican in congressional history and the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history. Before becoming a senator, Grassley served eight terms in the Iowa House of Representatives (1959–1975) and three terms in the United States House of Representatives (1975 ...
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 ...
Senate Minority Leader: Mitch McConnell: KY: January 20, 2021 Party leader since January 3, 2007: Senate Minority Whip: John Thune: SD: January 20, 2021 Party whip since January 3, 2019: Chair of the Senate Republican Conference: John Barrasso: WY: January 3, 2019: Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee: Joni Ernst: IA: January 3, 2023
As of December 2024, a total of 2,006 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving). [ 1 ] In the party affiliation column, if a senator switched parties and served non-consecutive terms, their affiliation for each term is listed on the corresponding line.
Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (20 years) 24 1887 Bernie Sanders: Independent [10] Vermont: Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (16 years) 25 1888 Sherrod Brown: Democratic Ohio: Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years) 26 1889 Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania 6th in ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of December 14, 2024, the 118th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
The outgoing Congress is one of the oldest in U.S. history, with more than half of the House of Representatives and two-thirds of the Senate part of the "Baby Boomer" generation born between 1946 ...
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 ...