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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 ...
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.
5th district: Michael Quigley (D) (since 2009) 6th district: Sean Casten (D) (since 2019) 7th district: Danny K. Davis (D) (since 1997) 8th district: Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) (since 2017) 9th district: Jan Schakowsky (D) (since 1999) 10th district: Brad Schneider (D) (2013–2015, since 2017) 11th district: Bill Foster (D) (14th 2008–2011 ...
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]
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party.Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-three non-consecutive terms between 1873 and 1923; upon his retirement, he was the longest serving member of the United States Congress ever.
This makes Illinois the state with the most African-American senators. Illinois's current U.S. senators are Democrats Dick Durbin (serving since 1997) and Tammy Duckworth (serving since 2017). Shelby Moore Cullom was the longest serving senator, who served from 1883 to 1913.
This is the main page for the alphabetized list of former members of the United States House of Representatives, which is accessible by using the above template. The list is incomplete. The number of former members of the House is at least 11,026. [needs update]