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September 9, 1998 Carl Hayden: Democratic Arizona: March 4, 1927 - January 3, 1969 15,281 dd September 9, 1998 February 28, 2005 Strom Thurmond: Democratic/ Republican South Carolina November 7, 1956 - January 3, 2003 16,858 dd February 28, 2005 Robert Byrd: Democratic West Virginia: January 3, 1959 - June 28, 2010 18,804 dd
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 ...
After winning re-election in 2008 for his 28th consecutive term, Dingell surpassed the record for having the longest tenure in the history of the House of Representatives on February 11, 2009. [40] In honor of the record, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm declared February 11, 2009, to be John Dingell Day. [41]
Member / Delegate Party District Years Electoral history J. Leroy Adair: Democratic: 15th: March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 [data missing]George E. Adams: Republican
Michael Joseph Madigan (born April 19, 1942) is an American politician who is the former speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. [1] He was the longest-serving leader of any state or federal legislative body in the history of the United States, having held the position for all but two years from 1983 to 2021. [2]
American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1963) [66] Roswell K. Colcord: 1839–1939: 100: American politician, Governor of Nevada [citation needed] Cornelius Cole: 1822–1924: 102: American politician, U.S. Senator from California (1867–1873), longest-lived U.S. senator Tom Copeland: 1924– 100
He became the longest-serving senator in American history on June 12, 2006, surpassing Strom Thurmond of South Carolina with 17,327 days of service. [1] On November 18, 2009, Byrd became the longest-serving member in congressional history, with 56 years, 320 days of combined service in the House and Senate, passing Carl Hayden of Arizona.
He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Illinois. [18] He holds the record as the 10th longest-serving member in the history of the US Congress, and also has the longest tenure of all members whose time in Congress included a break in service.