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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 ...
This is a list of United States congressmen who have set records for longevity of service since the United States 1st Congress in 1789. It is divided up into several categories. Uninterrupted time
As of that date, Dingell had served with 2,453 different U.S. Representatives in his career. [39] Dingell served in Congress for more than 59 years, retiring as the longest-tenured member of Congress in the history of the United States. [40] His wife, Debbie Dingell, successfully ran to succeed him in the 2014 election. [41] [42]
John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat who entered the House of Representatives in 1955 to finish his late father's term and served until 2015, died Thursday. John Dingell, longest-serving member of U ...
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.
Rep. Don Young, longest-serving GOP congressman in U.S. history, dead at 88
American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1995) and longest serving congressman in Iowa [307] [308] [309] Alejandra Soler: 1913–2017: 103: Spanish activist, diplomat, politician and schoolteacher [310] Song Ping: 1917– 107: Chinese politician [311] Soong Mei-ling: 1898–2003: 105
The late Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, the longest-serving member of the current Congress, will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall on Tuesday.