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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 ...
Service Length of service March 4, 1789 March 3, 1803 George Thatcher: Pro-Administration/ Federalist: Massachusetts: March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1801 4,381 dd March 3, 1803 December 12, 1825 Nathaniel Macon: Anti-Administration/ Democratic-Republican: North Carolina: March 4, 1791 - December 13, 1815 9,049 dd December 12, 1825 March 9, 1908 ...
At 91 years, 5 months and 16 days old, Grassley is the oldest sitting United States senator, the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, and the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history. He served as president pro tempore emeritus of the Senate from 2021 to 2025.
American Foreign Service Officer [307] Clark S. Smith: 1912–2014: 102: American politician [308] Neal Smith: 1920–2021: 101: American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1995) and longest serving congressman in Iowa [309] [310] [311] Alejandra Soler: 1913–2017: 103: Spanish activist, diplomat, politician and ...
Including his tenure as a state legislator from 1947 to 1953, Byrd's service on the political front exceeded 60 continuous years. Byrd, who never lost an election, cast his 18,000th vote on June 21, 2007, the most of any senator in history. [3] [47] John Dingell broke Byrd's record as longest-serving member of Congress on June 7, 2013. [48]
Neal Edward Smith (March 23, 1920 – November 2, 2021) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from Iowa from 1959 until 1995, the longest-serving Iowan in the United States House of Representatives.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Tenure Name Party affiliation State Reason for leaving Dates of service Lifespan 1: 1 day: Effingham Lawrence (O): Democratic: Louisiana: The results of the 1872 election in the district were contested, and the House did not declare Lawrence the winner of the election and seat him until March 3, 1875, the day before the term was to expire.