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Her record was surpassed in 2012 by Mikulski, who served a total of 40 years in Congress from 1977 to 2017 (10 years in the House of Representatives and 30 years in the Senate). Maxine Waters and Eleanor Holmes Norton , both inaugurated in 1991, are the longest-serving African-American women (and women of color) in the House.
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 more senior a representative is, the more likely the representative is to receive desirable committee assignments or leadership posts. Seniority also affects access to more desirable office space in the House Office Buildings: [ 3 ] after an office is vacated, members next in seniority can choose whether to move into it.
The Congressional Pictorial Directory is a picture directory of leaders and members of the United States Congress and other key officials including the President.It is published at least once every Congressional Term and is in the public domain.
California 50: January 3, 2021 2001–2019 74 Emanuel Cleaver: D Missouri 5: January 3, 2005 75 Jim Costa: D California 16 76 Henry Cuellar: D Texas 28 77 Jeff Fortenberry: R Nebraska 1 Resigned on March 31, 2022. 78 Virginia Foxx: R North Carolina 5 79 Louie Gohmert: R Texas 1 80 Al Green: D Texas 9 81 Brian Higgins: D New York 26
50 Mike Rogers: R Alabama 3: Chair: Armed Services: 51 Dutch Ruppersberger: D Maryland 2 52 Linda Sánchez: D California 38: 53 David Scott: D Georgia 13: Ranking Member: Agriculture: 54 Mike Turner: R Ohio 10: Chair: Intelligence: 55 Darrell Issa: R California 48: January 3, 2021 2001–2019 56 Emanuel Cleaver: D Missouri 5: January 3, 2005 57 ...
Congress isn’t getting any younger. In fact, compared with the previous session, it’s 79 days older, and the third oldest in U.S. history. With an average member age of 58.9 years old, the ...
[49] [50] In 1990, Rep. Susan Molinari become the first woman elected to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of her father rather than his death. [51] Mae Nolan of California becomes the first woman elected to Congress to fill the vacant seat caused by the death of her husband in 1922, which is sometimes known as the widow's succession.