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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 ...
Begin date End date Name Party State Service Length of service March 4, 1789 June 6, 1802 James Gunn: Anti-Administration/ Federalist: Georgia: March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1801
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 ...
The United States Senate career of Joe Biden began on January 3, 1973, and ended on January 15, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party from the state of Delaware, Biden's first United States Senate election was from Delaware, elected to the Senate in 1973, and was sworn into office at the age of 30 (he was later reelected five times and is Delaware's longest-serving U.S. senator).
This is a complete list of all people who previously served in the United States Senate. As of January 2025, a total of 2,016 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving). As of January 2025, a total of 2,016 persons have served in the senate (including those currently serving).
The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress . Party affiliation
Ohio was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1803, and elects U.S. senators to class 1 and class 3.Its current U.S. senator is Republican Bernie Moreno (serving since 2025). Not counting Vermont and Arizona, where independents have caucused with the Democrats since 2001 and 2023, Ohio had the longest current split delegation, having had two senators from the opposite parties from 2007 until 2025.
In the Senate, Republican Margaret Chase Smith, who served for 23 years from 1949 to 1973 as a senator from Maine, was the longest-serving female Senator upon her retirement. Her record was surpassed in 2011 by Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, who served for 30 years from 1987 to 2017.