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.
Guidelines
editChecklist
edit- Check all dates (Congress sessions, individual terms, deanships, ayds)
- Check seniority (shared seniority, alphabetical precedence, combined House and Senate tenures, causes of departure)
- Check numbered seniority (if death caused seniority to go up independent of list number)
Seniority criteria
edit- Number of consecutive terms (for speed, use seniority date)
- Number of past, non-consecutive terms
- Alphabetical order of surname (if more than two people fulfill same seniority after above criteria, use individual with earliest surname in alphabet)
- For Representatives elected to fill vacancy, seniority is calculated from date of special election. Column-wise (Congress), at-large representatives use the date they were sworn in.
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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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1st | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 | |||
2nd | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793 | |||
3rd | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795 | |||
4th | March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797 | |||
5th | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799 | |||
6th | March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801 | |||
7th | March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803 | |||
8th | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805 | |||
9th | March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1807 | |||
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 – March 4, 1817 | |||
15th | March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819 | |||
16th | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821 | |||
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 – March 4, 1829 | |||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 | |||
22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 | |||
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 – March 4, 1841 | |||
27th | March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 | |||
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 | |||
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 | |||
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 | |||
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 | |||
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 | |||
36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 | |||
37th | March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863 | |||
38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 | |||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 | |||
40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 | |||
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 | |||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 | |||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | |||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | |||
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | |||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | |||
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | |||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 | |||
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
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 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
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 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
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 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
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 – January 3, 1947 | |||
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 – January 3, 1955 | |||
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 – 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 – January 3, 1975 | |||
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 | |||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
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 | |||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
South Dakota
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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51st | November 2, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
Richard F. Pettigrew[A][B] Seniority from November 2, 1889[a] (11 years, 121 days) (lost re-election) |
None | Oscar S. Gifford[B] Seniority from November 2, 1889[b] (1 year, 121 days) (lost renomination)[1] |
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
John Pickler Seniority from November 2, 1889 (7 years, 121 days) (retired) | ||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | |||
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
Pettigrew (Senate) Seniority from November 2, 1889 |
No clear dean[c] | |
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
Robert J. Gamble[C] Seniority from March 4, 1899[d] (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
57th | March 4, 1901 – July 1, 1901 |
James H. Kyle Seniority from March 4, 1891 (10 years, 119 days) (died) |
Kyle (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1891 |
Charles H. Burke Seniority from March 4, 1899 (7 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[2] |
July 1, 1901 – March 4, 1903 |
Robert J. Gamble[D] Seniority from March 4, 1901 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[3] |
Gamble (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1899[d] | ||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – November 3, 1908 |
No clear dean[c][e] | ||
November 3, 1908 – March 4, 1909 |
Philo Hall Seniority from March 4, 1907 (1 year, 364 days) (lost renomination)[4] | |||
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 |
Eben Martin[C] Seniority from November 3, 1908[f] (6 years, 120 days) (retired) | ||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | |||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
Coe I. Crawford Seniority from March 4, 1909 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[6] |
Martin (House) Seniority from November 3, 1908 | |
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
Thomas Sterling Seniority from March 4, 1913 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[7] |
Co-deans: Sterling (Senate) Dillon (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Charles H. Dillon Seniority from March 4, 1913 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[8] |
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Sterling (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Co-deans: Harry Gandy (D), Royal C. Johnson (R) Seniority from March 4, 1915 (5 years, 364 days) (Gandy lost re-election) | |
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
Royal C. Johnson Seniority from March 4, 1915 (17 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
Peter Norbeck Seniority from March 4, 1921 (15 years, 291 days) (died) |
R. Johnson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1915 | |
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 |
Norbeck (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1921 |
No clear dean[c][g] | |
74th | January 3, 1935 – December 20, 1936 | |||
December 20, 1936 – January 3, 1937 |
William J. Bulow Seniority from March 4, 1931 (11 years, 305 days) (lost renomination)[9] |
Bulow (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1931 | ||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Fred H. Hildebrandt Seniority from March 4, 1933 (5 years, 305 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Francis Case Seniority from January 3, 1937 (14 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
Chan Gurney Seniority from January 3, 1939 (12 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[10] |
Case[E] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1937 | |
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Karl Mundt[D] Seniority from December 31, 1948[h] (24 years, 3 days) (retired) |
Harold Lovre Seniority from January 3, 1949 (8 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
E. Y. Berry Seniority from January 3, 1951 (20 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
87th | January 3, 1961 – June 22, 1962 | |||
June 22, 1962 – January 3, 1963 |
Mundt (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1939 | |||
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 |
No clear dean[c][i] | ||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
George McGovern[D] Seniority from January 3, 1963 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
McGovern (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1963 |
Frank E. Denholm Seniority from January 3, 1971 (4 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 |
James Abdnor Seniority from January 3, 1973 (8 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Larry Pressler[D] Seniority from January 3, 1979 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Abdnor[E] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
Tom Daschle[F] Seniority from January 3, 1979 (8 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) |
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
Pressler (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1975 |
Tim Johnson[F] Seniority from January 3, 1987 (10 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | |
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
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 |
Tom Daschle[G][D] Seniority from January 3, 1987 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Daschle (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1979 |
John Thune[F] Seniority from January 3, 1997 (6 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) |
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 20, 2004 |
Bill Janklow[F] Seniority from January 3, 2003 (1 year, 17 days) (resigned) | ||
January 20, 2004 – June 3, 2004 |
Vacant | |||
June 3, 2004 – January 3, 2005 |
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin[F] Seniority from June 1, 2004[f][11] (7 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
Tim Johnson[D] Seniority from January 3, 1997 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) |
T. Johnson (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1987 | |
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Kristi Noem[F] Seniority from January 3, 2011 (8 years, 0 days) (elected South Dakota governor) | ||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
John Thune[D] Seniority from January 3, 2005 (19 years, 299 days) (Incumbent) |
Thune (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2005 | |
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Dusty Johnson[F] Seniority from January 3, 2019 (5 years, 299 days) (Incumbent) | ||
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) |
Tennessee (TO CHECK)
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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47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
Isham G. Harris[H][D] Seniority from March 4, 1877 (20 years, 126 days) (died) |
Whitthorne (House) Seniority from March 4, 1871 |
Washington C. Whitthorne Seniority from March 4, 1871 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) |
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
Dibrell (House) Seniority from March 4, 1875 |
George Gibbs Dibrell Seniority from March 4, 1875 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
Harris (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
Co-deans: Leonidas C. Houk (R), Benton McMillin (D) Seniority from March 4, 1879 (12 years, 82 days) (Houk died) | |
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 | |||
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – May 25, 1891 | |||
May 25, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
Benton McMillin Seniority from March 4, 1879 (19 years, 308 days) (elected Tennessee governor) | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | |||
55th | March 4, 1897 – July 8, 1897 | |||
July 8, 1897 – January 6, 1899 |
William B. Bate Seniority from March 4, 1887 (18 years, 5 days) (died) |
McMillin (House) Seniority from March 4, 1879 | ||
January 6, 1899 – March 4, 1899 |
Richardson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1885 |
James D. Richardson[I] Seniority from March 4, 1885 (19 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 9, 1905 |
Bate (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1887 |
Walter P. Brownlow Seniority from March 4, 1897[j] (13 years, 126 days) (died) | |
March 9, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
Edward W. Carmack[D] Seniority from March 4, 1901 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Co-deans: Carmack (House and Senate) Brownlow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | ||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
James B. Frazier Seniority from March 21, 1905[k] (5 years, 347 days) (lost re-election) |
Brownlow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | |
61st | March 4, 1909 – July 8, 1910 | |||
July 8, 1910 – March 4, 1911 |
Co-deans: Moon, Sims (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
Co-deans: John A. Moon, Thetus W. Sims Seniority from March 4, 1897 (23 years, 364 days) (Moon withdrew for illness, Sims lost renomination) | ||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 31, 1912 |
Robert Love Taylor[D] Seniority from March 4, 1907 (5 years, 27 days) (died) | ||
March 31, 1912 – March 4, 1913 |
Luke Lea Seniority from March 4, 1911 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | |||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
John K. Shields Seniority from March 4, 1913 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | ||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1922 |
Padgett (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 |
Lemuel P. Padgett Seniority from March 4, 1901 (21 years, 151 days) (died) | |
August 2, 1922 – March 4, 1923 |
Garrett (House) Seniority from March 4, 1905 |
Finis J. Garrett[J] Seniority from March 4, 1905 (23 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
Kenneth McKellar[K][D] Seniority from March 4, 1917 (35 years, 305 days) (lost renomination) | ||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
Byrns (House) Seniority from March 4, 1909 |
Jo Byrns[L] Seniority from March 4, 1909 (27 years, 92 days) (died) | |
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
74th | January 3, 1935 – June 4, 1936 | |||
June 4, 1936 – January 3, 1937 |
McKellar (House and Senate) Seniority from December 4, 1911[f] |
J. Will Taylor Seniority from March 4, 1919 (20 years, 255 days) (died) | ||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – November 14, 1939 | |||
November 14, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Jere Cooper Seniority from March 4, 1929 (28 years, 279 days) (died) | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
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 – January 3, 1955 |
Estes Kefauver[D] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (14 years, 219 days) (died) |
Cooper (I) (House) Seniority from March 4, 1929 | |
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – December 18, 1957 | |||
December 18, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
Kefauver (House and Senate) Seniority from September 13, 1939[f] |
Clifford Davis Seniority from February 14, 1940[f] (24 years, 324 days) (lost renomination) | ||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – August 10, 1963 | |||
August 10, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
Albert Gore Sr.[D] Seniority from January 3, 1953 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Davis (House) Seniority from February 14, 1940 | ||
89th | January 3, 1965 – December 30, 1966 |
Murray (House) Seniority from January 3, 1943 |
Tom J. Murray Seniority from January 3, 1943 (23 years, 361 days) (resigned) | |
December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967 |
Gore[C] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1945 |
Joe L. Evins Seniority from January 3, 1947 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
Howard Baker[M] Seniority from January 3, 1967 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Evins (House) Seniority from January 3, 1947 | |
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Quillen (House) Seniority from January 3, 1963 |
Jimmy Quillen Seniority from January 3, 1963 (34 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
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 |
Jim Sasser Seniority from January 3, 1977 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Fred Thompson Seniority from December 2, 1994[l] (8 years, 32 days) (retired) | ||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
Gordon (House) Seniority from January 3, 1985 |
Bart Gordon Seniority from January 3, 1985 (26 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
Bill Frist[N] Seniority from January 3, 1995 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
Lamar Alexander Seniority from January 3, 2003 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Duncan (House) Seniority from November 8, 1988 |
Jimmy Duncan Seniority from November 8, 1988[f] (30 years, 56 days) (retired) | |
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 |
Cooper (II) (House) Seniority from January 3, 2003[d] |
Jim Cooper[C] Seniority from January 3, 2003[d] (20 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
Marsha Blackburn[D] Seniority from January 3, 2019 (5 years, 299 days) (Incumbent) | ||
118th | January 3, 2023 – present |
Blackburn (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2003 |
Steve Cohen Seniority from January 3, 2007 (17 years, 299 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) |
Texas (TO CHECK)
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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29th | February 21, 1846 – March 30, 1846 |
Sam Houston Seniority from February 21, 1846[m] (13 years, 10 days) (retired) |
None | Vacant (not yet elected) |
March 30, 1846 – March 4, 1847 |
Houston (Senate) Seniority from February 21, 1846 |
None (same seniority) | ||
30th | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 | |||
31st | March 4, 1849 – January 31, 1851 |
David S. Kaufman Seniority from March 30, 1846 (4 years, 307 days) (died) | ||
January 31, 1851 – March 4, 1851 |
Volney Howard Seniority from March 4, 1849 (3 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |||
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 | |||
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
No clear dean[c] | ||
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
Peter H. Bell Seniority from March 4, 1853 (3 years, 364 days) (retired)[12] | ||
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 |
No clear dean[c] | ||
36th | March 4, 1859 – December 5, 1859 |
Matthias Ward Seniority from September 27, 1858[h] (1 year, 69 days) (lost nomination to finish term) |
Reagan (House) Seniority from March 4, 1857 |
John H. Reagan Seniority from March 4, 1857 (3 years, 364 days) (withdrew) |
December 5, 1859 – March 4, 1861 |
John Hemphill Seniority from March 4, 1859 (2 years, 129 days) (expelled) | |||
37th | March 4, 1861 – July 11, 1861 |
Hemphill (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1859 |
Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) | |
July 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 – March 4, 1869 | |||
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 30, 1870 | |||
March 30, 1870 – March 31, 1870 |
J. W. Flanagan Seniority from March 30, 1870 (4 years, 338 days) (retired) |
No clear dean[n] | ||
March 31, 1870 – March 4, 1871 |
Co-deans: Flanagan (Senate) Whitmore (House) Seniority from March 30, 1870 |
George W. Whitmore Seniority from March 30, 1870 (338 days) (lost re-election) | ||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – May 13, 1872 |
Flanagan (Senate) Seniority from March 30, 1870 |
Co-deans: William T. Clark (R), John C. Conner (D) Seniority from March 31, 1870 (2 years, 43 days) (Clark resigned) | |
May 13, 1872 – March 4, 1873 |
John C. Conner Seniority from March 31, 1870 (2 years, 337 days) (retired) | |||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
Co-deans: John Hancock, William S. Herndon Seniority from March 4, 1871 (3 years, 364 days) (Herndon lost re-election)[13] | ||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
Morgan C. Hamilton Seniority from March 31, 1870 (6 years, 337 days) (retired) |
Hamilton (Senate) Seniority from March 31, 1870 |
John Hancock Seniority from March 4, 1871 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
Samuel B. Maxey Seniority from March 4, 1875 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Mills (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1873 |
Roger Q. Mills Seniority from March 4, 1873 (19 years, 25 days) (elected to Senate) |
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | |||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | |||
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | |||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
Richard Coke Seniority from March 4, 1877 (17 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 29, 1892 | |||
March 29, 1892 – March 4, 1893 |
David B. Culberson[O] Seniority from March 4, 1875 (21 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Roger Q. Mills[D] Seniority from March 30, 1892[k][14] (6 years, 338 days) (retired) | ||
55th | March 4, 1897 – January 16, 1899 |
Joseph D. Sayers Seniority from March 4, 1885 (13 years, 318 days) (elected Texas governor) | ||
January 16, 1899 – March 4, 1899 |
Joseph W. Bailey Seniority from March 4, 1891 (9 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
Horace Chilton[P] Seniority from March 4, 1895 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Bailey[E] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1891 | |
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 |
Charles A. Culberson[Q] Seniority from March 4, 1899 (23 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Samuel B. Cooper Seniority from March 4, 1893 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
Robert L. Henry Seniority from March 4, 1897[j] (19 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – January 3, 1913 | |||
January 3, 1913 – March 4, 1913 |
Henry (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | |||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Slayden (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
James L. Slayden Seniority from March 4, 1897 (21 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Culberson (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
John Nance Garner[R] Seniority from March 4, 1903 (29 years, 364 days) (elected Vice President) | |
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Morris Sheppard[D] Seniority from February 3, 1913[k] (28 years, 65 days) (died) |
Sheppard (House and Senate) Seniority from November 15, 1902[f] | |
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 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Co-deans: Sam Rayburn,[S] Hatton W. Sumners Seniority from March 4, 1913 (33 years, 305 days) (Sumners retired) | ||
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 – April 9, 1941 | |||
April 9, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Tom Connally[D] Seniority from March 4, 1929 (23 years, 305 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Rayburn, Sumners (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 | ||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Rayburn (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Sam Rayburn[S] Seniority from March 4, 1913 (48 years, 257 days) (died) | |
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Lyndon B. Johnson[T] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (12 years, 0 days) (elected Vice President) | ||
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 – November 16, 1961 |
Ralph Yarborough Seniority from April 29, 1957[l] (13 years, 249 days) (lost renomination) | ||
November 16, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
Patman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1929 |
Wright Patman[U] Seniority from March 4, 1929 (47 years, 3 days) (died) | ||
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 |
John Tower Seniority from June 15, 1961[l] (23 years, 202 days) (retired) | ||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |||
94th | January 3, 1975 – March 7, 1976 | |||
March 7, 1976 – January 3, 1977 |
Mahon (House) Seniority from January 3, 1935 |
George H. Mahon[V] Seniority from January 3, 1935 (44 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 |
Brooks (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
Jack Brooks Seniority from January 3, 1953 (42 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
Lloyd Bentsen[D] Seniority from January 3, 1971 (22 years, 17 days) (appointed Secretary of the Treasury) | ||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 20, 1993 | |||
January 20, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Phil Gramm[D] Seniority from January 3, 1985 (17 years, 331 days) (resigned) | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
González (House) Seniority from November 4, 1961 |
Henry B. González Seniority from November 4, 1961[f] (37 years, 60 days) (retired) | |
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Archer (House) Seniority from January 3, 1971 |
Bill Archer Seniority from January 3, 1971 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
107th | January 3, 2001 – November 30, 2002 |
Co-deans: Frost, Stenholm (House) Seniority from January 3, 1979 |
Co-deans: Martin Frost, Charles Stenholm Seniority from January 3, 1979 (26 years, 0 days) (both lost re-election) | |
November 30, 2002 – January 3, 2003 |
Kay Bailey Hutchison Seniority from June 14, 1993[l] (19 years, 203 days) (retired) | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
Hall (House) Seniority from January 3, 1981 |
Ralph Hall Seniority from January 3, 1981 (34 years, 0 days) (lost renomination) | |
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 |
John Cornyn Seniority from December 2, 2002[h] (21 years, 331 days) (Incumbent) | ||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
Barton (House) Seniority from January 3, 1985 |
Joe Barton Seniority from January 3, 1985 (34 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Johnson (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
Eddie Bernice Johnson Seniority from January 3, 1993 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – July 19, 2024 |
Co-deans: Doggett, Jackson Lee (House) Seniority from January 3, 1995 |
Co-deans: Lloyd Doggett, Sheila Jackson Lee Seniority from January 3, 1995 (29 years, 198 days) (Jackson Lee died) | |
July 19, 2024 – present |
Doggett (House) Seniority from January 3, 1995 |
Lloyd Doggett Seniority from January 3, 1995 (29 years, 299 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) |
Utah
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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54th | January 4, 1896 – 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 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
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 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
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 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
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 – January 3, 1947 | |||
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 – January 3, 1955 | |||
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 – 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 – January 3, 1975 | |||
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 | |||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Orrin Hatch[W] Seniority from January 3, 1977 (42 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
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 | |||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
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 | |||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Mike Lee Seniority from January 3, 2011 (13 years, 299 days) (Incumbent) | ||
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) |
Vermont
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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32nd | March 4, 1851 – January 14, 1853 | |||
January 14, 1853 – March 4, 1853 |
Solomon Foot[D] | |||
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 | |||
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 | |||
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 | |||
36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 | |||
37th | March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863 | |||
38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 | |||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 28, 1866 | |||
March 28, 1866 – March 4, 1867 | ||||
40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 | |||
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 | |||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 | |||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | |||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | |||
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | |||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | |||
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | |||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 | |||
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
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 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
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 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
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 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
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 – January 3, 1947 | |||
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 – January 3, 1955 | |||
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 – 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 – January 3, 1975 | |||
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 | |||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 |
Patrick Leahy[X] Seniority from January 3, 1975 (48 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 | |||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
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 | |||
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 |
Bernie Sanders[D] Seniority from January 3, 2007 (17 years, 299 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) |
References
edit- ^ "GIFFORD, Oscar Sherman (1842 – 1913)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "BURKE, Charles Henry (1861 – 1944)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "GAMBLE, Robert Jackson (1851 – 1924)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "HALL, Philo (1865 – 1938)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Chapter 7 § 2. Seniority and Derivative Rights". Deschler's Precedents, Volume 2 (PDF). U.S. Government Publishing Office. January 1, 1994. p. 670. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- ^ "CRAWFORD, Coe Isaac (1858 – 1944)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "STERLING, Thomas (1851 – 1930)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "DILLON, Charles Hall (1853 – 1929)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "BULOW, William John (1869 – 1960)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "GURNEY, John Chandler (Chan) (1896 – 1985)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
- ^ "HERSETH SANDLIN, Stephanie (1970 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
- ^ "BELL, Peter Hansbrough (1812 – 1898)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "HERNDON, William Smith (1835 – 1903)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "MILLS, Roger Quarles (1832 – 1911)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
Footnotes (positional)
edit- ^ Elected as Republican until 1897
- ^ a b Former non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives
- ^ a b c d Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
- ^ a b c as junior senator
- ^ a b c d e f g Sole representative (at-large district)
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1995 to 2005
- ^ President pro tempore from 1893 to 1895 (interrupted between January 7–10, 1895)
- ^ House Democratic Leader from 1899 to 1903
- ^ House Democratic Leader from 1923 to 1929
- ^ Dean of the Senate from 1944 to 1953; President pro tempore from 1945 to 1947, 1949 to 1953
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Democratic Leader from 1935 to 1936
- ^ Senate Republican Leader from 1977 to 1979, 1980 to 1985
- ^ Senate Republican Leader from 2003 to 2007
- ^ Dean of the House and House Democratic Leader from 1895 to 1897
- ^ Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1907 to 1909
- ^ House Democratic Leader from 1929 to 1933; Speaker of the House from 1931 to 1933
- ^ a b Various positions:
- Speaker of the House (1940–1947, 1949–1953, 1955–1961)
- House Democratic Leader (1940–1961)
- Dean of the House (1953–1961)
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1953 to 1961
- ^ Dean of the House from 1973 to 1976
- ^ Dean of the House from 1976 to 1979
- ^ President pro tempore from 2015 to 2019
- ^ Various positions:
- President pro tempore (2012–2015, 2021–2023)
- Dean of the Senate (2012–2023)
- President pro tempore emeritus (2015–2021)
Footnotes (seniority)
edit- ^ Seniority over Gideon C. Moody due to tenure as delegate to the House of Representatives from Dakota Territory
- ^ Seniority over John Pickler due to tenure as delegate to the House of Representatives from Dakota Territory
- ^ a b c d e f Preceding elections involved turnover of all sitting incumbents; incoming officeholders share a seniority date with no distinguishing aspects
- ^ a b c d Shares seniority date with other officeholder(s); credited as sole dean by past non-consecutive terms in Congress
- ^ Philo Hall shared seniority with William H. Parker until Parker's death on June 26, 1908. Hall served as South Dakota's sole representative until Eben Martin was elected to fill Parker's seat on November 3, 1908.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Representative elected to fill vacancy; seniority calculated from date of special election (if different from date the seat was filled)[5] Cite error: The named reference "housevacancy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Fred H. Hildebrandt shared seniority with Theodore B. Werner until January 3, 1937
- ^ a b c Senator appointed to fill intra-term vacancy; seniority calculated from date of appointment
- ^ Frank E. Denholm shared seniority with James Abourezk until January 3, 1973
- ^ a b 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
- ^ a b c 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 Senator elected to fill intra-term vacancy after ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from date the individual assumed office
- ^ Seniority over Thomas Jefferson Rusk due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ George W. Whitmore served as Kentucky's sole representative (1st district) until Clark, Conner, and Degener were sworn in on March 31
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