For senators and representatives who represented defunct parties or switched parties intra-term, only their latest party while in office is reflected. Most states, due to not having long-running deans until the 1900s, have tables only starting from that decade.
Nevada
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
---|---|---|---|---|
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
John P. Jones[A] Seniority from March 4, 1873 (29 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Jones (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1873 |
Francis G. Newlands[B] Seniority from March 4, 1893 (9 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) |
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | |||
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 | |||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
William M. Stewart[C] Seniority from March 4, 1887 (17 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Stewart (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1887 |
Clarence D. Van Duzer[B] Seniority from March 4, 1903 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) |
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
Francis G. Newlands[D] Seniority from March 4, 1903 (14 years, 295 days) (died) |
Newlands (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1893 | |
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
George A. Bartlett[B] Seniority from March 4, 1907 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
Edwin E. Roberts[B] Seniority from March 4, 1911 (7 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate)[1] | ||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – December 24, 1917 | |||
December 24, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Key Pittman[E] Seniority from January 28, 1913[a][2][3] (27 years, 287 days) (died) |
Roberts (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 | ||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Pittman (Senate) Seniority from January 28, 1913 |
Charles R. Evans[B] Seniority from March 4, 1919 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
Samuel S. Arentz[B] Seniority from March 4, 1921 (1 year, 364 days) (ran for Senate)[4] | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Charles L. Richards[B] Seniority from March 4, 1923 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
Samuel S. Arentz[F][G][B] Seniority from March 4, 1925 (7 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[5] | ||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
James G. Scrugham[B] Seniority from March 4, 1933 (9 years, 278 days) (elected to Senate)[6] | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – November 10, 1940 | |||
November 10, 1940 – January 3, 1941 |
Pat McCarran Seniority from March 4, 1933 (21 years, 208 days) (died) |
Co-deans: McCarran (Senate) Scrugham[H] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1933 | ||
77th | January 3, 1941 – December 7, 1942 | |||
December 7, 1942 – January 3, 1943 |
Vacant | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
Maurice J. Sullivan[B] Seniority from January 3, 1943 (2 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[7] | ||
79th | January 3, 1945 – June 23, 1945 |
Berkeley L. Bunker[I][B] Seniority from January 3, 1945 (2 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
June 23, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
McCarran (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1933 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Charles H. Russell[B] Seniority from January 3, 1947 (2 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
Walter S. Baring Jr.[B] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (4 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – September 28, 1954 |
C. Clifton Young[B] Seniority from January 3, 1953 (4 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
September 28, 1954 – January 3, 1955 |
George W. Malone Seniority from January 3, 1947 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Malone (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1947 | ||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
Walter S. Baring Jr.[F][G][B] Seniority from January 3, 1957 (16 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[8] | ||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Alan Bible Seniority from December 2, 1954[b] (20 years, 15 days) (resigned) |
Bible (Senate) Seniority from December 2, 1954 | |
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – December 17, 1974 |
David Towell[B] Seniority from January 3, 1973 (2 years, 0 days) (lost re-election)[9] | ||
December 17, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Howard Cannon Seniority from January 3, 1959 (24 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Cannon (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1959 | ||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 |
James D. Santini[B] Seniority from January 3, 1975 (8 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate)[10] | ||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
Paul Laxalt Seniority from December 18, 1974[c] (12 years, 16 days) (retired) |
Laxalt (Senate) Seniority from December 18, 1974 |
Co-deans: Harry Reid (D), Barbara Vucanovich (R) Seniority from January 3, 1983 (4 years, 0 days) (Reid elected to Senate) |
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
Chic Hecht Seniority from January 3, 1983 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
No clear dean[d] | Barbara Vucanovich Seniority from January 3, 1983 (14 years, 0 days) (retired)[11] |
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 |
Harry Reid[J][D] Seniority from January 3, 1987 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Reid (House and Senate) Vucanovich (House) Seniority from January 3, 1983 | |
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
Reid (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1983 |
John Ensign Seniority from January 3, 1995 (4 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | |
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Jim Gibbons Seniority from January 3, 1997 (9 years, 362 days) (elected Nevada governor) | ||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
109th | January 3, 2005 – December 31, 2006 | |||
December 31, 2006 – January 3, 2007 |
Shelley Berkley Seniority from January 3, 1999 (14 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | |||
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
Joe Heck Seniority from January 3, 2011 (6 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 |
Dean Heller[D] Seniority from May 9, 2011[b] (7 years, 239 days) (lost re-election) |
Heller (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2007 |
Mark Amodei Seniority from September 13, 2011[e] (12 years, 348 days) (Incumbent) |
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Catherine Cortez Masto Seniority from January 3, 2017 (7 years, 236 days) (Incumbent) |
Amodei (House) Seniority from September 13, 2011 | |
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – present | |||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
New Mexico
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
---|---|---|---|---|
62nd | January 6, 1912 – January 8, 1912 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
None | Vacant (not yet elected) |
January 8, 1912 – March 27, 1912 |
None (same seniority) | |||
March 27, 1912 – March 4, 1913 |
Thomas B. Catron Seniority from March 27, 1912[f] (4 years, 341 days) (retired)[13] |
Co-deans: Curry, Fergusson (House)[g] Seniority from January 8, 1912 | ||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
Fergusson (House) Seniority from January 8, 1912 |
Harvey B. Fergusson[B] Seniority from January 8, 1912 (3 years, 54 days) (lost re-election) | |
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
Catron (Senate) Seniority from March 27, 1912[f] |
Benigno C. Hernández[B] Seniority from March 4, 1915 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Albert B. Fall Seniority from March 27, 1912 (8 years, 342 days) (appointed Secretary of the Interior) |
Fall (Senate) Seniority from March 27, 1912 |
William B. Walton[B] Seniority from March 4, 1917 (1 year, 364 days) (ran for Senate) |
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Benigno C. Hernández[F][B][G] Seniority from March 4, 1919 (1 year, 364 days) (retired)[14] | ||
67th | March 4, 1921 – January 13, 1923 |
Andrieus A. Jones Seniority from March 4, 1917 (10 years, 291 days) (died) |
Jones (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1917 |
Néstor Montoya[B] Seniority from March 4, 1921 (1 year, 315 days) (died) |
January 13, 1923 – March 4, 1923 |
Vacant | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
John Morrow[B] Seniority from March 4, 1923 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – December 20, 1927 | |||
December 20, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
Sam G. Bratton Seniority from March 4, 1925 (8 years, 112 days) (appointed appeals court judge) |
Morrow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1923 | ||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
Bratton (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1925 |
Albert G. Simms[B] Seniority from March 4, 1929 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
Dennis Chávez[B] Seniority from March 4, 1931 (3 years, 305 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – June 24, 1933 | |||
June 24, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Bronson M. Cutting[C] Seniority from March 4, 1929 (6 years, 63 days) (died) |
Cutting (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1929 | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – May 6, 1935 |
John J. Dempsey[B] Seniority from January 3, 1935 (6 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate)[15] | ||
May 6, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
Carl Hatch Seniority from October 10, 1933[c] (15 years, 85 days) (retired) |
Hatch (Senate) Seniority from October 10, 1933 | ||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Clinton Anderson[K] Seniority from January 3, 1941 (4 years, 178 days) (appointed Secretary of Agriculture) | ||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – June 30, 1945 | |||
June 30, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Antonio M. Fernández Seniority from January 3, 1943 (13 years, 309 days) (died) | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
Dennis Chávez[D] Seniority from May 11, 1935[c] (27 years, 191 days) (died) |
Chávez (Senate) Seniority from May 11, 1935 | |
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |||
84th | January 3, 1955 – November 7, 1956 | |||
November 7, 1956 – January 3, 1957 |
John J. Dempsey[F][G] Seniority from January 3, 1951 (7 years, 67 days) (died)[15] | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – March 11, 1958 | |||
March 11, 1958 – January 3, 1959 |
Joseph Montoya Seniority from April 9, 1957[e] (7 years, 208 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
87th | January 3, 1961 – November 18, 1962 | |||
November 18, 1962 – January 3, 1963 |
Clinton Anderson[D] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Anderson (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1949 | ||
88th | January 3, 1963 – November 3, 1964 | |||
November 3, 1964 – January 3, 1965 |
Thomas G. Morris Seniority from January 3, 1959 (10 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
No clear dean[h][i] | ||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
Manuel Lujan Jr. Seniority from January 3, 1969 (20 years, 0 days) (retired)[j] | ||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Joseph Montoya[D] Seniority from November 4, 1964[b] (12 years, 60 days) (lost re-election) |
Montoya (House and Senate) Seniority from April 9, 1957 | |
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Pete Domenici Seniority from January 3, 1973 (36 years, 0 days) (retired) |
M. Lujan (House) Seniority from January 3, 1969 | |
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 |
Domenici (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
Joe Skeen Seniority from January 3, 1981 (22 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
Heather Wilson Seniority from June 23, 1998[e] (10 years, 194 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Jeff Bingaman Seniority from January 3, 1983 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Bingaman (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1983 |
No clear dean[h][k] |
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
Tom Udall[D] Seniority from January 3, 2009 (12 years, 0 days) (retired)[l] |
Udall (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1999 |
Ben Ray Luján Seniority from January 3, 2009 (12 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) |
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
117th | January 3, 2021 – March 16, 2021 |
Martin Heinrich[D] Seniority from January 3, 2013 (11 years, 236 days) (Incumbent) |
Co-deans: Heinrich (House and Senate) B. Luján[H] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2009 |
Deb Haaland Seniority from January 3, 2019 (2 years, 72 days) (appointed Secretary of the Interior) |
March 16, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
Co-deans: Yvette Herrell (R), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) Seniority from January 3, 2021 (2 years, 0 days) (Herrell lost re-election) | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – present |
Teresa Leger Fernandez Seniority from January 3, 2021 (3 years, 236 days) (Incumbent) | ||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
North Carolina
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | November 21, 1789 – November 26, 1789 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
None | Vacant (not yet elected) |
November 26, 1789 – November 27, 1789 |
Samuel Johnston Seniority from November 26, 1789[m] (3 years, 97 days) (lost re-election) | |||
November 27, 1789 – March 19, 1790 |
Johnston (Senate) Seniority from November 26, 1789 | |||
March 19, 1790 – March 24, 1790 |
None[n] | |||
March 24, 1790 – March 4, 1791 |
Hugh Williamson Seniority from March 19, 1790 (2 years, 349 days) (retired) | |||
2nd | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793 | |||
3rd | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795 |
Benjamin Hawkins Seniority from November 27, 1789 (5 years, 96 days) (retired) |
Hawkins (Senate) Seniority from November 27, 1789 |
Co-deans: William B. Grove (F),[L] Nathaniel Macon (DR)[M][N] Seniority from March 4, 1791 (11 years, 364 days) (Grove lost re-election)[16] |
4th | March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797 |
Alexander Martin Seniority from March 4, 1793 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Grove, Macon (House) Seniority from March 4, 1791 | |
5th | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799 | |||
6th | March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801 |
Timothy Bloodworth[D] Seniority from March 4, 1795 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
7th | March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803 |
Jesse Franklin[O][D] Seniority from March 4, 1799 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
8th | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805 |
Macon (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1791 |
Nathaniel Macon[M] Seniority from March 4, 1791 (24 years, 284 days) (elected to Senate) | |
9th | March 4, 1805 – February 17, 1807 |
David Stone[D] Seniority from March 4, 1801 (5 years, 350 days) (reappointed to North Carolina Superior Court)[17] | ||
February 17, 1807 – March 4, 1807 |
James Turner Seniority from December 22, 1805[a] (10 years, 335 days) (resigned)[18] | |||
10th | March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809 | |||
11th | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811 | |||
12th | March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 | |||
13th | March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815 | |||
14th | March 4, 1815 – December 13, 1815 | |||
December 13, 1815 – April 9, 1816 |
Richard Stanford[P] Seniority from March 4, 1797 (19 years, 36 days) (died) | |||
April 9, 1816 – November 4, 1816 |
Co-deans: William R. King, Israel Pickens Seniority from March 4, 1811 (5 years, 245 days) (resigned) | |||
November 4, 1816 – November 21, 1816 |
Israel Pickens Seniority from March 4, 1811 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
November 21, 1816 – March 4, 1817 |
Nathaniel Macon[Q][R][D] Seniority from December 13, 1815[a][19] (12 years, 337 days) (resigned) | |||
15th | March 4, 1817 – October 6, 1818 |
Joseph Bryan Seniority from March 4, 1815[o] (3 years, 216 days) (co-dean after Forney's resignation) | ||
October 6, 1818 – March 4, 1819 |
Co-deans: Joseph Bryan, Lewis Williams Seniority from March 4, 1815 (3 years, 364 days) (Bryan retired) | |||
16th | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821 |
Lewis Williams[S][R] Seniority from March 4, 1815 (26 years, 356 days) (died) | ||
17th | March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 | |||
18th | March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 | |||
19th | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827 | |||
20th | March 4, 1827 – November 14, 1828 | |||
November 14, 1828 – March 4, 1829 |
John Branch Seniority from March 4, 1823 (6 years, 5 days) (appointed Secretary of the Navy) |
Williams (House) Seniority from March 4, 1815 | ||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 9, 1829 | |||
March 9, 1829 – March 4, 1831 |
James Iredell Jr. Seniority from December 15, 1828[a] (2 years, 78 days) (retired) | |||
22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 |
Bedford Brown[T] Seniority from December 9, 1829[a] (10 years, 343 days) (resigned) | ||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835 | |||
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 | |||
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 | |||
26th | March 4, 1839 – November 16, 1840 | |||
November 16, 1840 – November 25, 1840 |
Vacant | |||
November 25, 1840 – March 4, 1841 |
Willie P. Mangum[U][C][D] Seniority from November 25, 1840[a][p] (12 years, 98 days) (lost re-election) | |||
27th | March 4, 1841 – February 23, 1842 | |||
February 23, 1842 – March 4, 1843 |
McKay (House) Seniority from March 4, 1831 |
James I. McKay[V] Seniority from March 4, 1831 (17 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
28th | March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845 | |||
29th | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847 | |||
30th | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 | |||
31st | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851 |
Mangum (Senate) Seniority from November 25, 1840 |
John R. J. Daniel Seniority from March 4, 1841 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 | |||
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
George Badger Seniority from November 25, 1846[a] (8 years, 98 days) (retired)[20] |
Badger (House) Seniority from November 25, 1846 |
Thomas L. Clingman[G] Seniority from March 4, 1847 (11 years, 64 days) (appointed to Senate) |
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
David S. Reid[D] Seniority from December 6, 1854[a] (4 years, 87 days) (lost re-election) |
Clingman (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1847 | |
35th | March 4, 1857 – May 7, 1858 | |||
May 7, 1858 – March 4, 1859 |
Co-deans: F. Burton Craige, Thomas H. Ruffin Seniority from March 4, 1853 (7 years, 364 days) (both retired) | |||
36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 |
Thomas L. Clingman[D] Seniority from May 6, 1858[c] (2 years, 309 days) (withdrew)[21] | ||
37th | March 4, 1861 – March 11, 1861 |
Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) | ||
March 11, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) |
None | ||
38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 | |||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 | |||
40th | March 4, 1867 – July 6, 1868 | |||
July 6, 1868 – July 13, 1868 |
No clear dean[q][r] | |||
July 13, 1868 – July 14, 1868 |
Deweese (House) Seniority from July 6, 1868 |
John T. Deweese Seniority from July 6, 1868[o] (1 year, 237 days) (resigned)[22] | ||
July 14, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
Joseph C. Abbott Seniority from July 14, 1868[s] (2 years, 232 days) (lost re-election)[23] | |||
41st | March 4, 1869 – February 28, 1870 | |||
February 28, 1870 – March 4, 1871 |
A. Jones (House) Seniority from July 6, 1868 |
Alexander H. Jones Seniority from July 6, 1868 (2 years, 240 days) (lost re-election)[24] | ||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 |
John Pool Seniority from July 14, 1868 (4 years, 232 days) (retired) |
Pool (Senate) Seniority from July 14, 1868 |
Co-deans: Clinton L. Cobb (R), Francis E. Shober (D) Seniority from March 4, 1869 (3 years, 364 days) (Shober retired)[25] |
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
Matt W. Ransom[W] Seniority from January 30, 1872[a] (23 years, 32 days) (lost re-election) |
Cobb (House) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
Clinton L. Cobb Seniority from March 4, 1869 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[26] |
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
Waddell (House) Seniority from March 4, 1871 |
Alfred M. Waddell Seniority from March 4, 1871 (7 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[27] | |
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
Ransom (House) Seniority from January 30, 1872 |
Robert B. Vance Seniority from March 4, 1873 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[28] | |
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | |||
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
William R. Cox Seniority from March 4, 1881 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[29] | ||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
William H. H. Cowles Seniority from March 4, 1885[o] (3 years, 364 days) (co-dean after Johnston lost re-election)[30] | ||
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
Co-deans: William H. H. Cowles, John S. Henderson Seniority from March 4, 1885 (7 years, 364 days) (Cowles retired) | ||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
John S. Henderson Seniority from March 4, 1885 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Jeter C. Pritchard Seniority from January 23, 1895[a] (8 years, 39 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Settle, Woodard (House) Seniority from March 4, 1893 |
Co-deans: Thomas Settle (R), Frederick A. Woodard (D) Seniority from March 4, 1893 (3 years, 364 days) (both lost re-election)[31][32] |
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
Pritchard (Senate) Seniority from January 23, 1895 |
Romulus Z. Linney Seniority from March 4, 1895[o] (5 years, 364 days) (retired)[33] | |
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 |
William W. Kitchin Seniority from March 4, 1897 (11 years, 313 days) (elected North Carolina governor) | ||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
F. M. Simmons[X][D] Seniority from March 4, 1901 (29 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[34] |
W. Kitchin (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | |
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – January 11, 1909 | |||
January 11, 1909 – March 4, 1909 |
Co-deans: Small, Thomas (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
Co-deans: John H. Small, Charles R. Thomas Seniority from March 4, 1899 (11 years, 364 days) (Thomas retired) | ||
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
Small (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
John H. Small Seniority from March 4, 1899 (21 years, 364 days) (retired)[35] | |
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
Co-deans: Simmons (Senate) C. Kitchin, Pou (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 |
Co-deans: Claude Kitchin,[Y] Edward W. Pou Seniority from March 4, 1901 (22 years, 88 days) (Kitchin died) | |
68th | March 4, 1923 – May 31, 1923 | |||
May 31, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Co-deans: Simmons (Senate) Pou (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 |
Edward W. Pou[Z] Seniority from March 4, 1901 (33 years, 28 days) (died) | ||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – December 4, 1932 |
Cameron A. Morrison Seniority from December 13, 1930[c] (1 year, 357 days) (lost election to finish term)[36] |
Pou (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 | |
December 4, 1932 – March 4, 1933 |
Josiah Bailey Seniority from March 4, 1931 (15 years, 286 days) (died) | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – April 1, 1934 | |||
April 1, 1934 – January 3, 1935 |
Doughton (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
Robert L. Doughton[AA] Seniority from March 4, 1911 (41 years, 305 days) (retired)[37] | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – December 15, 1946 | |||
December 15, 1946 – January 3, 1947 |
Clyde R. Hoey[D] Seniority from January 3, 1945 (9 years, 129 days) (died) | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – May 12, 1954 |
Cooley (House) Seniority from July 7, 1934 |
Harold D. Cooley Seniority from July 7, 1934[e] (32 years, 176 days) (resigned) | |
May 12, 1954 – November 28, 1954 |
Alton Lennon Seniority from July 10, 1953[c] (1 year, 141 days) (lost nomination to finish term)[38] | |||
November 28, 1954 – January 3, 1955 |
Sam Ervin[D] Seniority from June 5, 1954[c] (20 years, 209 days) (resigned) | |||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – December 30, 1966 | |||
December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967 |
Co-deans: Fountain, Jonas (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
Co-deans: Lawrence H. Fountain (D), Charles R. Jonas (R) Seniority from January 3, 1953 (20 years, 0 days) (Jonas retired) | ||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974 |
Fountain (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
Lawrence H. Fountain Seniority from January 3, 1953 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Jesse Helms Seniority from January 3, 1973 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
Broyhill[H] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1963 |
Jim Broyhill Seniority from January 3, 1963 (23 years, 192 days) (appointed to Senate) | |
99th | January 3, 1985 – July 14, 1986 | |||
July 14, 1986 – November 4, 1986 |
Walter B. Jones Sr. Seniority from February 5, 1966[e] (26 years, 223 days) (died) | |||
November 4, 1986 – January 3, 1987 |
W. Jones (House) Seniority from February 5, 1966 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – September 15, 1992 | |||
September 15, 1992 – January 3, 1993 |
Co-deans: Helms (Senate) Rose (House) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
Charlie Rose Seniority from January 3, 1973 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
Helms (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
Bill Hefner Seniority from January 3, 1975 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Howard Coble Seniority from January 3, 1985 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
John Edwards Seniority from January 3, 1999 (6 years, 0 days) (ran for President) |
Coble (House) Seniority from January 3, 1985 | |
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
Elizabeth Dole Seniority from January 3, 2003 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Richard Burr[D] Seniority from January 3, 2005 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
Burr (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1995 |
David Price[G] Seniority from January 3, 1997 (26 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – present |
Thom Tillis Seniority from January 3, 2015 (9 years, 236 days) (Incumbent) |
Co-deans: Foxx, McHenry (House) Seniority from January 3, 2005 |
Co-deans: Virginia Foxx, Patrick McHenry Seniority from January 3, 2005 (19 years, 236 days) (Incumbent) |
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Oklahoma
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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60th | November 16, 1907 – December 11, 1907 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
McGuire (House) Seniority from November 16, 1907[t] |
Bird S. McGuire Seniority from November 16, 1907[t] (7 years, 107 days) (retired) |
December 11, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
Thomas Gore Seniority from December 11, 1907[u] (13 years, 82 days) (lost renomination) | |||
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | |||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
Carter (House) Seniority from November 16, 1907 |
Charles D. Carter Seniority from November 16, 1907 (19 years, 107 days) (lost renomination)[39] | |
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
Robert L. Owen Seniority from December 11, 1907 (17 years, 82 days) (retired) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
John W. Harreld[D] Seniority from March 4, 1921 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
William B. Pine Seniority from March 4, 1925 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
McClintic (House) Seniority from March 4, 1915 |
James V. McClintic Seniority from March 4, 1915 (19 years, 305 days) (lost renomination)[40] |
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
Elmer Thomas[D] Seniority from March 4, 1927 (23 years, 305 days) (lost renomination) | ||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
Thomas (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1923 |
Co-deans: Wilburn Cartwright, Jed Johnson Seniority from March 4, 1927 (15 years, 305 days) (Cartwright lost renomination)[41] | |
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
Jed Johnson Seniority from March 4, 1927 (19 years, 305 days) (lost renomination)[42] | ||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Mike Monroney Seniority from January 3, 1939 (12 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – August 21, 1952 |
Robert S. Kerr Seniority from January 3, 1949 (13 years, 363 days) (died) |
Monroney (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1939 |
William G. Stigler Seniority from March 28, 1944[e] (8 years, 146 days) (died) |
August 21, 1952 – January 3, 1953 |
Co-deans: Carl Albert, Toby Morris Seniority from January 3, 1947 (5 years, 364 days) (Morris lost renomination)[43] | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Carl Albert[AB] Seniority from January 3, 1947 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 1, 1963 | |||
January 1, 1963 – January 3, 1963 |
Mike Monroney[D] Seniority from January 3, 1951 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
Fred R. Harris Seniority from November 4, 1964[b] (8 years, 60 days) (ran for President)[44] |
Albert (House) Seniority from January 3, 1947 | |
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Henry Bellmon Seniority from January 3, 1969 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Steed (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
Tom Steed Seniority from January 3, 1949 (32 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
David Boren Seniority from January 3, 1979 (15 years, 316 days) (became University of Oklahoma president) |
Jones (House) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
James R. Jones Seniority from January 3, 1973 (14 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) |
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
English (House) Seniority from January 3, 1975 |
Glenn English Seniority from January 3, 1975 (19 years, 4 days) (resigned) | |
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 7, 1994 | |||
January 7, 1994 – November 15, 1994 |
Co-deans: Boren (Senate) Synar (House) Seniority from January 3, 1979 |
Mike Synar Seniority from January 3, 1979 (16 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
November 15, 1994 – January 3, 1995 |
Don Nickles Seniority from January 3, 1981 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Synar (House) Seniority from January 3, 1979 | ||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Nickles (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1981 |
Bill Brewster Seniority from January 3, 1991 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
Ernest Istook Seniority from January 3, 1993 (14 years, 0 days) (ran for Oklahoma governor) | ||
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
Jim Inhofe[D] Seniority from November 16, 1994[b][45] (28 years, 48 days) (resigned) |
Inhofe (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1987 | |
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
Frank Lucas Seniority from May 10, 1994[e] (30 years, 108 days) (Incumbent) | ||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – present |
James Lankford[D] Seniority from January 3, 2015 (9 years, 236 days) (Incumbent) |
Lucas (House) Seniority from May 10, 1994 | |
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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Footnotes (positional)
edit- ^ Elected as Silver from 1895 to 1901
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Sole representative (at-large district)
- ^ a b c Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
- ^ President pro tempore from 1933 to 1940
- ^ a b c d Second time
- ^ a b c d e f Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ a b c as junior senator
- ^ Representative who previously served as a senator
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 2005 to 2017
- ^ Sole representative (at-large district) until reapportionment in 1942 House elections
- ^ Formally elected as a Federalist from 1795, previously Pro-Administration
- ^ a b Various positions:
- Speaker of the House (1801–1807)
- Dean of the House (1807–1815)
- ^ Formally elected as a Democratic-Republican from 1795, previously Anti-Administration
- ^ President pro tempore from March 10 to November 4, 1804
- ^ Dean of the House from 1815 to 1816
- ^ President pro tempore 1826 to 1827
- ^ a b Elected as Democratic-Republican until 1825
- ^ Dean of the House from 1833 to 1842
- ^ Elected as Jacksonian Democrat until 1837
- ^ President pro tempore from 1842 to 1845; Dean of the Senate from 1851 to 1853
- ^ Dean of the House from 1848 to 1849
- ^ President pro tempore from January 7 to 10, 1895
- ^ Dean of the Senate from 1929 to 1931
- ^ House Democratic Leader from 1921 to 1923
- ^ Dean of the House from 1933 to 1934
- ^ Dean of the House from 1952 to 1953
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Democratic Leader from 1971 to 1977
Footnotes (seniority)
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Senator elected by state legislature intra-term prior to ratification of Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from election date (if different from date the seat was filled)
- ^ a b c d e Senator elected to fill intra-term vacancy after ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from date the individual assumed office
- ^ a b c d e f g Senator appointed to fill intra-term vacancy; seniority calculated from date of appointment
- ^ Chic Hecht, Harry Reid (Senate), and Barbara Vucanovich (House) share a seniority date of January 3, 1983.
- ^ a b c d e f g Representative elected to fill vacancy; seniority calculated from date of special election (if different from date the seat was filled)[12] Cite error: The named reference "housevacancy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b Seniority over Albert B. Fall due to tenure as delegate to the House of Representatives
- ^ Seniority only in relation to Thomas B. Catron; no House dean until 1913
- ^ a b Preceding elections involved turnover of all sitting incumbents; incoming officeholders share a seniority date with no distinguishing aspects
- ^ Manuel Lujan Jr. shared seniority with Ed Foreman until January 3, 1971
- ^ Subsequently appointed as Secretary of the Interior, effective February 3, 1989; retirement unrelated to assumption of new office
- ^ Ben Ray Luján shared seniority with Martin Heinrich until January 3, 2013
- ^ Subsequently appointed as Ambassador to New Zealand, effective December 2, 2021; retirement unrelated to assumption of new office
- ^ Seniority over Benjamin Hawkins as Johnston assumed his seat one day before Hawkins
- ^ Hugh Williamson did not become House dean until John B. Ashe was elected to the House on March 24, 1790.
- ^ a b c d Shares seniority date with more than two other Representatives (thus unable to count as co-deans); credited as sole dean due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ Seniority over William Alexander Graham due to prior service in the House of Representatives
- ^ All newly-seated post-Civil War representatives share seniority date of July 6, 1868
- ^ All newly-seated members shared seniority until Oliver H. Dockery was elected on July 13, 1868
- ^ Seniority over John Pool due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ a b Seniority over Charles D. Carter, James S. Davenport, Scott Ferris, and Elmer L. Fulton due to tenure as delegate to the House of Representatives
- ^ Seniority over Robert L. Owen due to surname coming first alphabetically
Bibliography
edit- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774 – 2005) (PDF), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005, retrieved November 12, 2023