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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 ...
Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first female U.S. senator, representing Georgia in the Senate for one day in 1922, [1] having been appointed to the seat to replace Thomas E. Watson after his death in September 1922. Richard Russell Jr. was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1933 to 1971.
Georgia: March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1801 4,381 dd John Langdon: Pro-Administration/ Anti-Administration/ Democratic-Republican: New Hampshire: June 6, 1802 December 6, 1808 Theodore Foster: Pro-Administration/ Federalist/ Democratic-Republican Rhode Island: June 7, 1790 - March 3, 1803 4,651 dd December 6, 1808 December 25, 1811 James Hillhouse ...
Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 21st district; In office January 11, 1993 – January 6, 1997 ... He is the longest serving Republican senator in the ...
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 ...
Georgia. The Georgia Senate races in 2020 tipped control of the Senate to the Democrats, and Republicans are eager to target Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) after the incumbent defeated then-Sen. David ...
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.
Elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George W. B. Towns and served from January 2, 1837, to March 3, 1837; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses and served ...