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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 ...
Service Length of service March 4, 1789 March 3, 1803 George Thatcher: Pro-Administration/ Federalist: Massachusetts: March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1801 4,381 dd March 3, 1803 December 12, 1825 Nathaniel Macon: Anti-Administration/ Democratic-Republican: North Carolina: March 4, 1791 - December 13, 1815 9,049 dd December 12, 1825 March 9, 1908 ...
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.
At 91 years, 5 months and 20 days old, Grassley is the oldest sitting United States senator, the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, and the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history. He served as president pro tempore emeritus of the Senate from 2021 to 2025.
He retired in 2003 as the only member of either chamber of Congress to reach the age of 100 while still in office and the oldest-serving senator; he died less than six months later. His 47 years as a senator, a record at the time, is the fourth-longest in U.S. history behind Robert Byrd, Daniel Inouye, and Patrick Leahy. [7]
The exact dates of service for each individual speaker is shown in the Term of service column of the above table. Official seal of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Sam Rayburn , longest serving speaker of the House, 17 years, 53 days (cumulative) Tip O'Neill , longest uninterrupted tenure of office, 9 years, 350 days ...
This is a list of the several United States Congresses, since their beginning in 1789, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their individual sessions.. Each elected bicameral Congress (of the two chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives) lasts for two years and begins on January 3 of odd-numbered y
Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the U.S. Navy.