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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
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 ...
A member of the Democratic Party, Dingell holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress in American history. Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Dingell attended Georgetown University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in chemistry in 1949 and a Juris Doctor in 1952.
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.
American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-PA) [78] Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres: 1721–1824: 102: Swiss-born Canadian cartographer and statesman [79] Leon Despres: 1908–2009: 101: American attorney and politician, member of the Chicago City Council [80] Georges-Casimir Dessaulles: 1827–1930: 102: Canadian ...
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.
He holds the record for the longest tenure as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving for over 17 years (among his three separate tenures). Born in Roane County, Tennessee , Rayburn moved with his family to Windom, Texas , in 1887.