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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
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.
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 ...
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Illinois.For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Illinois.
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]
Rep. Don Young, longest-serving GOP congressman in U.S. history, dead at 88
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]
Adolph Joachim Sabath (April 4, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Chicago, Illinois, from 1907 until his death in 1952. From 1934 onward, he served as the Dean of the United States House of Representatives.