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
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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 – January 3, 2025 | |||
119th | January 3, 2025 – 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) |
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[a] |
Bird S. McGuire[A] Seniority from November 16, 1907[a] (7 years, 107 days) (retired) |
December 11, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
Thomas Gore Seniority from December 11, 1907[b] (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)[1] | |
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[B] 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)[2] |
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
Elmer Thomas[B] 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)[3] | |
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)[4] | ||
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[c] (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)[6] | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Carl Albert[C] 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[B] 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[d] (8 years, 60 days) (ran for President)[7] |
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[B] Seniority from November 16, 1994[d][8] (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[c] (30 years, 212 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 – January 3, 2025 |
James Lankford[B] Seniority from January 3, 2015 (9 years, 340 days) (Incumbent) |
Lucas (House) Seniority from May 10, 1994 | |
119th | January 3, 2025 – 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) |
Oregon
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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58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
John H. Mitchell[D] Seniority from March 4, 1901 (4 years, 279 days) (died) | ||
59th | March 4, 1905 – December 8, 1905 | |||
December 8, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
Charles W. Fulton Seniority from March 4, 1903 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 |
Jonathan Bourne Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1907 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[9] | ||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | |||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
George E. Chamberlain Seniority from March 4, 1909 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
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 |
Charles L. McNary[E][F] Seniority from December 18, 1918[e] (25 years, 69 days) (died) | ||
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 – February 25, 1944 | |||
February 25, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
Rufus C. Holman Seniority from January 3, 1939 (6 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[10] | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Guy Cordon Seniority from March 4, 1944[e][11] (10 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) | ||
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 |
Wayne Morse[G] Seniority from January 3, 1945 (24 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
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 |
Mark Hatfield Seniority from January 10, 1967[f] (29 years, 359 days) (retired) | ||
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 – February 5, 1996 | |||
February 5, 1996 – January 3, 1997 |
Peter DeFazio Seniority from January 3, 1987 (36 years, 0 days) (retired) | |||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
Ron Wyden[B] Seniority from February 6, 1996[d] (28 years, 306 days) (Incumbent) | ||
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 – January 3, 2025 |
Earl Blumenauer | ||
119th | January 3, 2025 – present |
Suzanne Bonamici | ||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Pennsylvania
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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34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
Richard Brodhead[B] Seniority from March 4, 1851 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Brodhead (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1851[g] |
Co-deans: Thomas B. Florence (D), Galusha A. Grow (R)[H] Seniority from March 4, 1851 (9 years, 364 days) (Florence retired)[12] |
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 |
William Bigler Seniority from January 14, 1856[h] (5 years, 48 days) (lost re-election)[13] |
Co-deans: Florence, Grow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1851 | |
36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 | |||
37th | March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
Edgar Cowan Seniority from March 4, 1861[i] (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Grow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1851 |
Galusha A. Grow[I] Seniority from March 4, 1851 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 |
Stevens (House) Seniority from March 4, 1859[g] |
Thaddeus Stevens[J] Seniority from March 4, 1859[g] (9 years, 160 days) (died) | |
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 | |||
40th | March 4, 1867 – August 11, 1868 |
Charles R. Buckalew Seniority from March 4, 1863 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
August 11, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
J. Moorhead (House) Seniority from March 4, 1859 |
James K. Moorhead Seniority from March 4, 1859 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 |
Simon Cameron[E] Seniority from March 4, 1867 (10 years, 8 days) (resigned) |
Kelley (House) Seniority from March 4, 1861 |
William D. Kelley[K] Seniority from March 4, 1861 (28 years, 311 days) (died) |
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 12, 1877 | |||
March 12, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
William A. Wallace[L] Seniority from March 4, 1875 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | |||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
J. Donald Cameron Seniority from March 20, 1877[j] (19 years, 348 days) (retired) | ||
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 – January 9, 1890 | |||
January 9, 1890 – April 13, 1890 |
Randall (House) Seniority from March 4, 1863 |
Samuel J. Randall[M] Seniority from March 4, 1863 (27 years, 40 days) (died) | ||
April 13, 1890 – March 4, 1891 |
O'Neill (House) Seniority from March 4, 1873 |
Charles O'Neill[J] Seniority from March 4, 1873 (20 years, 266 days) (died) | ||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – November 25, 1893 | |||
November 25, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
Harmer (House) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
Alfred C. Harmer[N][J] Seniority from March 4, 1877 (23 years, 2 days) (died) | ||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | |||
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
Matthew Quay Seniority from March 4, 1887 (11 years, 364 days) (term expired) | ||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 6, 1900 |
Boies Penrose Seniority from March 4, 1897 (24 years, 302 days) (died) | ||
March 6, 1900 – March 4, 1901 |
Bingham (House) Seniority from March 4, 1879 |
Henry H. Bingham[O] Seniority from March 4, 1879 (33 years, 18 days) (died) | ||
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 22, 1912 | |||
March 22, 1912 – March 4, 1913 |
Dalzell (House) Seniority from March 4, 1887 |
John Dalzell[P] Seniority from March 4, 1887 (25 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
Co-deans: Penrose (Senate) Butler (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
Thomas S. Butler[Q] Seniority from March 4, 1897 (31 years, 83 days) (died) | |
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 – December 31, 1921 | |||
December 31, 1921 – August 2, 1922 |
William E. Crow Seniority from October 24, 1921[e] (282 days) (died) |
Butler (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | ||
August 2, 1922 – March 4, 1923 |
George W. Pepper Seniority from January 9, 1922[e] (5 years, 53 days) (lost renomination) | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – May 26, 1928 |
David A. Reed Seniority from August 8, 1922[e] (12 years, 154 days) (lost re-election) | ||
May 26, 1928 – March 4, 1929 |
Griest (House) Seniority from March 4, 1909 |
William W. Griest Seniority from March 4, 1909 (20 years, 276 days) (died) | ||
71st | March 4, 1929 – December 5, 1929 | |||
December 5, 1929 – June 27, 1930 |
Porter (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
Stephen G. Porter Seniority from March 4, 1911 (19 years, 115 days) (died) | ||
June 27, 1930 – July 20, 1930 |
Co-deans: Graham, Kiess (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Co-deans: George S. Graham, Edgar R. Kiess Seniority from March 4, 1913 (17 years, 138 days) (Kiess died) | ||
July 20, 1930 – March 4, 1931 |
Graham (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
George S. Graham Seniority from March 4, 1913 (18 years, 122 days) (died) | ||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – July 4, 1931 | |||
July 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
Darrow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1915 |
George P. Darrow Seniority from March 4, 1915[k] (18 years, 176 days) (co-dean after Watson's death) | ||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – August 27, 1933 | |||
August 27, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Co-deans: Darrow, McFadden (House) Seniority from March 4, 1915 |
Co-deans: George P. Darrow, Louis T. McFadden Seniority from March 4, 1915 (19 years, 305 days) (McFadden lost re-election) | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
James J. Davis Seniority from December 2, 1930[d] (14 years, 32 days) (lost re-election) |
Darrow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1915 |
George P. Darrow Seniority from March 4, 1915 (21 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) |
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Wolfenden (House) Seniority from November 6, 1928 |
James Wolfenden Seniority from November 6, 1928[c] (18 years, 58 days) (retired) | |
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 |
Joseph F. Guffey Seniority from January 3, 1935 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Francis J. Myers[B] Seniority from January 3, 1945 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Walter (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
Francis E. Walter Seniority from March 4, 1933 (30 years, 88 days) (died) |
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Edward Martin Seniority from January 3, 1947 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
Joseph S. Clark Jr. Seniority from January 3, 1957 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – May 31, 1963 | |||
May 31, 1963 – September 15, 1963 |
Gavin (House) Seniority from January 3, 1943 |
Leon H. Gavin Seniority from January 3, 1943 (20 years, 255 days) (died) | ||
September 15, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
Corbett (House) Seniority from January 3, 1945[g] |
Robert J. Corbett[J] Seniority from January 3, 1945[g] (26 years, 112 days) (died) | ||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
Hugh Scott[R][B] Seniority from January 3, 1959 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – April 25, 1971 | |||
April 25, 1971 – October 6, 1971 |
Co-deans: Fulton, Morgan (House) Seniority from January 3, 1945 |
Co-deans: James G. Fulton (R), Thomas E. Morgan (D) Seniority from January 3, 1945 (26 years, 276 days) (Fulton died) | ||
October 6, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
Morgan (House) Seniority from January 3, 1945 |
Thomas E. Morgan Seniority from January 3, 1945 (32 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Richard Schweiker[B] Seniority from January 3, 1969 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Flood (House) Seniority from January 3, 1955 |
Daniel Flood[J] Seniority from January 3, 1955 (25 years, 28 days) (resigned) |
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 31, 1980 | |||
January 31, 1980 – January 3, 1981 |
W. Moorhead (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 |
William S. Moorhead Seniority from January 3, 1959 (22 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
John Heinz[B] Seniority from January 3, 1977 (14 years, 91 days) (died) |
McDade (House) Seniority from January 3, 1963 |
Joseph M. McDade Seniority from January 3, 1963 (36 years, 0 days) (retired) |
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 – April 4, 1991 | |||
April 4, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
Arlen Specter[S] Seniority from January 3, 1981 (30 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[14] | |||
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 |
Shuster (House) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
Bud Shuster Seniority from January 3, 1973 (28 years, 31 days) (resigned) | |
107th | January 3, 2001 – February 3, 2001 | |||
February 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
Murtha (House) Seniority from February 5, 1974 |
John Murtha Seniority from February 5, 1974[c] (36 years, 3 days) (died) | ||
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 – February 8, 2010 | |||
February 8, 2010 – January 3, 2011 |
Specter (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1981 |
Paul Kanjorski Seniority from January 3, 1985 (26 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Bob Casey Jr. Seniority from January 3, 2007 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Holden (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
Tim Holden Seniority from January 3, 1993 (20 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[15] |
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
Co-deans: Doyle, Fattah (House) Seniority from January 3, 1995 |
Co-deans: Mike Doyle, Chaka Fattah Seniority from January 3, 1995 (21 years, 172 days) (Fattah resigned) | |
114th | January 3, 2015 – June 23, 2016 | |||
June 23, 2016 – January 3, 2017 |
Doyle (House) Seniority from January 3, 1995 |
Mike Doyle Seniority from January 3, 1995 (28 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 – January 3, 2025 |
Casey (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2007 |
Glenn Thompson Seniority from January 3, 2009 (15 years, 340 days) (Incumbent) | |
119th | January 3, 2025 – present |
John Fetterman Seniority from January 3, 2023 (1 year, 340 days) (Incumbent) |
Thompson (House) Seniority from January 3, 2009 | |
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Rhode Island
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
---|---|---|---|---|
36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 |
James F. Simmons[T] Seniority from March 4, 1857 (5 years, 185 days) (resigned)[16] |
Simmons[U] (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1857[g] |
William D. Brayton Seniority from March 4, 1857 (3 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
37th | March 4, 1861 – September 5, 1862 |
No clear dean[l][m] | ||
September 5, 1862 – March 4, 1863 |
Henry B. Anthony[V] Seniority from March 4, 1859 (25 years, 182 days) (died) |
Anthony (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1859 | ||
38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 |
Nathan F. Dixon II[J] Seniority from March 4, 1863[g] (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
No clear dean[l][n] | ||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | |||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
Benjamin T. Eames Seniority from March 4, 1871 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
Latimer W. Ballou Seniority from March 4, 1875 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
47th | March 4, 1881 – October 4, 1881 |
Nelson W. Aldrich Seniority from March 4, 1879 (2 years, 214 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
October 4, 1881 – December 5, 1881 |
Jonathan Chace Seniority from March 4, 1881 (3 years, 328 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
December 5, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | ||||
48th | March 4, 1883 – September 2, 1884 | |||
September 2, 1884 – January 26, 1885 |
Nelson W. Aldrich[B] Seniority from October 5, 1881[j] (29 years, 149 days) (retired) |
Aldrich (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1879 | ||
January 26, 1885 – February 12, 1885 |
Henry J. Spooner Seniority from December 5, 1881 (9 years, 88 days) (lost re-election)[17] | |||
February 12, 1885 – 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 |
Charles H. Page[J] Seniority from March 4, 1891[g] (1 year, 364 days) (re-elected late)[18] | ||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
Oscar Lapham Seniority from March 4, 1891 (3 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[19] | ||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Warren O. Arnold[J] Seniority from March 4, 1895[g] (1 year, 364 days) (retired) | ||
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
Melville Bull Seniority from March 4, 1895 (7 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[20] | ||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
Adin B. Capron Seniority from March 4, 1897 (13 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
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 – November 3, 1912 |
George P. Wetmore[E] Seniority from January 22, 1908[j] (5 years, 40 days) (retired)[21] |
Wetmore (Senate) Seniority from January 22, 1908 |
No clear dean[l][o] |
November 3, 1912 – March 4, 1913 |
George F. O'Shaunessy Seniority from March 4, 1911 (7 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | |||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
Henry F. Lippitt Seniority from March 4, 1911 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Lippitt (Senate) O'Shaunessy (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 | |
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
LeBaron B. Colt Seniority from March 4, 1913 (11 years, 167 days) (died) |
O'Shaunessy (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 | |
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Co-deans: Colt (Senate) Kennedy (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Ambrose Kennedy Seniority from March 4, 1913 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – August 18, 1924 |
Colt (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Clark Burdick Seniority from March 4, 1919 (13 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
August 18, 1924 – March 4, 1925 |
Peter G. Gerry[B] Seniority from March 4, 1917 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Gerry (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1917 | ||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
Jesse H. Metcalf Seniority from November 4, 1924[d][22] (12 years, 60 days) (lost re-election) |
Burdick (House) Seniority from March 4, 1919 | |
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Metcalf (Senate) Seniority from November 4, 1924 |
Francis Condon Seniority from November 4, 1930[c] (4 years, 67 days) (appointed RI Supreme Court associate justice)[23] | |
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 10, 1935 | |||
January 10, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
John M. O'Connell Seniority from March 4, 1933 (5 years, 305 days) (retired) | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Peter G. Gerry[T] Seniority from January 3, 1935 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) |
O'Connell (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 | |
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Gerry[U] (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1935 |
Charles Risk[J] Seniority from January 3, 1939[g] (2 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Aime Forand[J] Seniority from January 3, 1941[g] (20 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Theodore F. Green Seniority from January 3, 1937 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Green (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1937 | |
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 |
John Pastore Seniority from December 19, 1950[d] (26 years, 9 days) (resigned) |
Fogarty (House) Seniority from January 3, 1941 |
John E. Fogarty Seniority from January 3, 1941 (26 years, 7 days) (died) |
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 10, 1967 | |||
January 10, 1967 – January 3, 1969 |
Pastore (Senate) Seniority from December 19, 1950 |
Fernand St Germain Seniority from January 3, 1961 (28 years, 0 days) (lost re-election)[24] | ||
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 – December 28, 1976 | |||
December 28, 1976 – January 3, 1977 |
Claiborne Pell Seniority from January 3, 1961 (36 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Pell (Senate) St Germain (House) Seniority from January 3, 1961 | ||
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 |
Pell (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1961 |
Claudine Schneider Seniority from January 3, 1981 (10 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | |
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
Ronald Machtley Seniority from January 3, 1989 (6 years, 0 days) (ran for Rhode Island governor) | ||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Jack Reed Seniority from January 3, 1991 (6 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
John Chafee Seniority from December 29, 1976[e] (22 years, 299 days) (died) |
Chafee (Senate) Seniority from December 29, 1976 |
Patrick J. Kennedy Seniority from January 3, 1995 (16 years, 0 days) (retired) |
106th | January 3, 1999 – October 24, 1999 | |||
October 24, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Jack Reed[B] Seniority from January 3, 1997 (27 years, 340 days) (Incumbent) |
Reed (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1991 | ||
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 |
James Langevin Seniority from January 3, 2001 (22 years, 0 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 | |||
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – May 31, 2023 |
David Cicilline Seniority from January 3, 2011 (12 years, 148 days) (resigned) | ||
May 31, 2023 – January 3, 2025 |
Seth Magaziner Seniority from January 3, 2023 (1 year, 340 days) (Incumbent) | |||
119th | January 3, 2025 – 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 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) |
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1st | March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791 |
Pierce Butler[W] Seniority from March 4, 1789[p] (7 years, 235 days) (resigned)[25] |
None | None (same seniority) |
2nd | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793 |
Daniel Huger Seniority from March 4, 1789[k] (3 years, 364 days) (retired)[26] | ||
3rd | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795 |
William Loughton Smith[X] Seniority from March 4, 1789[27] (8 years, 128 days) (appointed Minister to Portugal) | ||
4th | March 4, 1795 – October 25, 1796 | |||
October 25, 1796 – March 4, 1797 |
Jacob Read[Y] Seniority from March 4, 1795 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
W. L. Smith (House) Seniority from March 4, 1789 | ||
5th | March 4, 1797 – July 10, 1797 | |||
July 10, 1797 – March 4, 1799 |
Benton (House) Seniority from March 4, 1793 |
Lemuel Benton Seniority from March 4, 1793 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
6th | March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801 |
Harper (House) Seniority from February 9, 1795 |
Robert Goodloe Harper Seniority from February 9, 1795[c] (6 years, 22 days) (lost re-election)[28] | |
7th | March 4, 1801 – June 6, 1801 |
Charles Pinckney Seniority from December 6, 1798[j] (2 years, 182 days) (appointed Minister to Spain) |
Sumter (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1797[g] |
Thomas Sumter[J] Seniority from March 4, 1797[g] (4 years, 286 days) (elected to Senate) |
June 6, 1801 – December 15, 1801 |
John E. Colhoun Seniority from March 4, 1801 (1 year, 236 days) (died) | |||
December 15, 1801 – October 26, 1802 |
John Rutledge Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1797 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
October 26, 1802 – March 4, 1803 |
Thomas Sumter[B] Seniority from December 15, 1801[j] (9 years, 1 day) (resigned)[29] | |||
8th | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805 |
Benjamin Huger Seniority from March 4, 1799 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
9th | March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1807 |
Co-deans: William Butler, Thomas Moore Seniority from March 4, 1801 (11 years, 364 days) (both retired)[30][31] | ||
10th | March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809 | |||
11th | March 4, 1809 – December 16, 1810 | |||
December 16, 1810 – March 4, 1811 |
John Gaillard[Z][AA] Seniority from December 6, 1804[j] (21 years, 82 days) (died) |
Co-deans: W. Butler, Moore (House) Seniority from March 4, 1801 | ||
12th | March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 | |||
13th | March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815 |
Gaillard (Senate) Seniority from December 6, 1804 |
Langdon Cheves[AB] Seniority from December 31, 1810[c] (4 years, 62 days) (retired)[32] | |
14th | March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817 |
Co-deans: John C. Calhoun, William Lowndes Seniority from March 4, 1811 (6 years, 244 days) (Calhoun appointed Secretary of War)[33] | ||
15th | March 4, 1817 – November 3, 1817 | |||
November 3, 1817 – March 4, 1819 |
William Lowndes Seniority from March 4, 1811 (11 years, 65 days) (resigned)[34] | |||
16th | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821 | |||
17th | March 4, 1821 – May 8, 1822 | |||
May 8, 1822 – March 4, 1823 |
Starling Tucker[AA] Seniority from March 4, 1817 (13 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
18th | March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 | |||
19th | March 4, 1825 – February 26, 1826 | |||
February 26, 1826 – March 4, 1827 |
Robert Y. Hayne[AC] Seniority from March 4, 1823 (9 years, 284 days) (elected South Carolina governor) |
Tucker (House) Seniority from March 4, 1817 | ||
20th | March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1829 | |||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 | |||
22nd | March 4, 1831 – December 13, 1832 |
McDuffie (House) Seniority from March 4, 1821 |
George McDuffie Seniority from March 4, 1821 (13 years, 279 days) (elected South Carolina governor) | |
December 13, 1832 – March 2, 1833 |
Stephen Decatur Miller[B] Seniority from March 4, 1831 (1 year, 363 days) (resigned)[35] | |||
March 2, 1833 – March 4, 1833 |
John C. Calhoun[AD][AE][B] Seniority from December 29, 1832[j] (10 years, 64 days) (resigned)[33] | |||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – December 8, 1834 | |||
December 8, 1834 – January 29, 1835 |
Davis (House) Seniority from March 4, 1827 |
Warren R. Davis Seniority from March 4, 1827 (7 years, 331 days) (died) | ||
January 29, 1835 – March 4, 1835 |
Co-deans: Felder, Griffin (House) Seniority from March 4, 1831 |
Co-deans: John M. Felder, John K. Griffin Seniority from March 4, 1831 (3 years, 364 days) (Felder retired) | ||
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 |
Griffin (House) Seniority from March 4, 1831 |
John K. Griffin[AF] Seniority from March 4, 1831 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 | |||
26th | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841 | |||
27th | March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 |
Calhoun (Senate) Seniority from December 29, 1832 |
Francis Wilkinson Pickens Seniority from December 8, 1834[c] (8 years, 85 days) (retired) | |
28th | March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845 |
George McDuffie[B] Seniority from December 23, 1842[j] (3 years, 237 days) (resigned)[36] |
Campbell (House) Seniority from March 4, 1837[g] |
John Campbell[J] Seniority from March 4, 1837[g] (7 years, 364 days) (retired) |
29th | March 4, 1845 – August 17, 1846 |
Rhett (House) Seniority from March 4, 1837 |
Robert Rhett Seniority from March 4, 1837 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
August 17, 1846 – March 4, 1847 |
John C. Calhoun[T] Seniority from November 26, 1845[j] (4 years, 125 days) (died)[33] | |||
30th | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 | |||
31st | March 4, 1849 – March 31, 1850 |
Holmes (House) Seniority from March 4, 1839 |
Isaac E. Holmes Seniority from March 4, 1839 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
March 31, 1850 – March 4, 1851 |
Andrew Butler Seniority from December 4, 1846[e] (10 years, 172 days) (died) | |||
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 |
Co-deans: Burt, Woodward (House) Seniority from March 4, 1843 |
Co-deans: Armistead Burt, Joseph Woodward Seniority from March 4, 1843 (9 years, 364 days) (both retired)[37][38] | |
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
A. Butler (Senate) Seniority from December 4, 1846 |
John McQueen Seniority from February 12, 1849[c] (11 years, 313 days) (resigned) | |
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 | |||
35th | March 4, 1857 – May 25, 1857 | |||
May 25, 1857 – May 6, 1858 |
Josiah J. Evans Seniority from March 4, 1853 (5 years, 63 days) (died) |
McQueen (House) Seniority from February 12, 1849 | ||
May 6, 1858 – March 4, 1859 |
James H. Hammond[B] Seniority from December 7, 1857[j] (2 years, 340 days) (withdrew)[39] | |||
36th | March 4, 1859 – November 11, 1860 | |||
November 11, 1860 – December 21, 1860 |
Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) | |||
December 21, 1860 – March 4, 1861 |
None | Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) | ||
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 – July 15, 1868 | |||
July 15, 1868 – July 16, 1868 |
Thomas J. Robertson Seniority from July 15, 1868[q] (8 years, 231 days) (retired) | |||
July 16, 1868 – July 18, 1868 |
Robertson (Senate) Seniority from July 15, 1868 | |||
July 18, 1868 – July 20, 1868 |
No clear dean[r][s] | |||
July 20, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
Co-deans: James H. Goss, B. F. Whittemore Seniority from July 18, 1868 (228 days) (Goss retired)[40] | |||
41st | March 4, 1869 – February 24, 1870 |
B. F. Whittemore Seniority from July 18, 1868 (1 year, 221 days) (resigned)[41] | ||
February 24, 1870 – March 4, 1871 |
Christopher C. Bowen Seniority from July 20, 1868 (2 years, 226 days) (lost re-election)[42] | |||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 |
Alexander S. Wallace Seniority from May 27, 1870[t] (6 years, 280 days) (lost re-election)[43] | ||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | |||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | |||
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
John J. Patterson Seniority from March 4, 1873 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Rainey (House) Seniority from November 8, 1870 |
Joseph Rainey Seniority from November 8, 1870[c][44] (8 years, 115 days) (lost re-election) |
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
Matthew Butler Seniority from March 4, 1877 (17 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Co-deans: M. Butler (Senate) Aiken, Evins (House) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
Co-deans: D. Wyatt Aiken, John H. Evins Seniority from March 4, 1877 (7 years, 230 days) (Evins died) |
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – October 20, 1884 | |||
October 20, 1884 – March 4, 1885 |
Co-deans: M. Butler (Senate) Aiken (House) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
D. Wyatt Aiken Seniority from March 4, 1877 (9 years, 364 days) (retired)[45] | ||
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | |||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
M. Butler (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
George D. Tillman[J] Seniority from March 4, 1883[u] (9 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[46] | |
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – February 12, 1894 |
Co-deans: William H. Brawley, George W. Shell Seniority from March 4, 1891 (2 years, 345 days) (Brawley appointed district court judge)[47] | ||
February 12, 1894 – March 4, 1895 |
George W. Shell Seniority from March 4, 1891 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
John L. M. Irby Seniority from March 4, 1891 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Irby (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1891 |
John L. McLaurin Seniority from December 5, 1892[c] (4 years, 177 days) (appointed to Senate) |
55th | March 4, 1897 – May 31, 1897 |
Benjamin Tillman Seniority from March 4, 1895 (23 years, 121 days) (died) |
McLaurin[AG] (House and Senate) Seniority from December 5, 1892 | |
May 31, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
Asbury Latimer Seniority from March 4, 1893[k] (9 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
Latimer[AG] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1893 |
David E. Finley Seniority from March 4, 1899 (17 years, 328 days) (died) | |
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – February 20, 1908 | |||
February 20, 1908 – March 4, 1909 |
Tillman (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1895 | |||
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 – January 26, 1917 | |||
January 26, 1917 – March 4, 1917 |
A. Frank Lever Seniority from November 5, 1901[c] (17 years, 269 days) (appointed to Federal Farm Loan Board) | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – July 3, 1918 | |||
July 3, 1918 – March 4, 1919 |
Ellison D. Smith[AH] Seniority from March 4, 1909 (35 years, 258 days) (died) |
Lever (House) Seniority from November 5, 1901 | ||
66th | March 4, 1919 – August 1, 1919 | |||
August 1, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
E. D. Smith (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1909 |
James F. Byrnes Seniority from March 4, 1911 (13 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
Co-deans: Frederick H. Dominick, William F. Stevenson Seniority from March 4, 1917 (15 years, 364 days) (both lost renomination)[48][49] | ||
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: Hampton P. Fulmer, John J. McSwain Seniority from March 4, 1921 (15 years, 155 days) (McSwain died)[50] | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – August 6, 1936 | |||
August 6, 1936 – January 3, 1937 |
Hampton P. Fulmer Seniority from March 4, 1921 (23 years, 229 days) (died) | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – July 8, 1941 | |||
July 8, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | ||||
78th | January 3, 1943 – October 19, 1944 | |||
October 19, 1944 – November 17, 1944 |
James P. Richards Seniority from March 4, 1933 (23 years, 305 days) (retired) | |||
November 17, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
Burnet R. Maybank Seniority from November 5, 1941[d] (12 years, 300 days) (died) |
Richards (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 | ||
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 – September 1, 1954 | |||
September 1, 1954 – January 3, 1955 |
Olin D. Johnston Seniority from January 3, 1945 (20 years, 105 days) (died) | |||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
McMillan (House) Seniority from January 3, 1939 |
John L. McMillan Seniority from January 3, 1939 (34 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[51] | |
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 – April 18, 1965 | |||
April 18, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
Strom Thurmond[AI][E] Seniority from November 7, 1956[d] (46 years, 57 days) (retired)[52] | |||
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 |
Dorn (House) Seniority from January 3, 1951 |
W. J. Bryan Dorn[J] Seniority from January 3, 1951 (23 years, 362 days) (resigned)[53] | |
December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Thurmond (Senate) Seniority from November 7, 1956 |
James Mann Seniority from January 3, 1969 (10 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 |
Floyd Spence Seniority from January 3, 1971 (30 years, 225 days) (died) | ||
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 – August 16, 2001 | |||
August 16, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
John Spratt Seniority from January 3, 1983 (28 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
Fritz Hollings Seniority from November 9, 1966[d] (38 years, 55 days) (retired) |
Hollings (Senate) Seniority from November 9, 1966 | |
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
Lindsey Graham[B] Seniority from January 3, 2003 (21 years, 340 days) (Incumbent) |
Spratt (House) Seniority from January 3, 1983 | |
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Clyburn (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
Jim Clyburn Seniority from January 3, 1993 (31 years, 340 days) (Incumbent) | |
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 – January 3, 2025 | |||
119th | January 3, 2025 – 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) |
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Footnotes (positional)
edit- ^ Former non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Democratic Leader from 1971 to 1977
- ^ Third time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ a b c d Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ Senate Republican Leader from 1933 to 1944
- ^ Independent until 1957
- ^ Elected as Democrat until 1857
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Republican Leader from 1861 to 1863
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ Dean of the House from 1875 to 1890
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1877 to 1881
- ^ Various positions:
- Speaker of the House (1876–1881)
- House Democratic Leader (1869–1871, alongside William E. Niblack)
- Dean of the House (Jan–Apr 1890)
- ^ Dean of the House from 1897 to 1900
- ^ Dean of the House from 1900 to 1912
- ^ Dean of the House from 1912 to 1913
- ^ Dean of the House from 1925 to 1928
- ^ Senate Republican Leader from 1969 to 1977
- ^ Republican until 2009
- ^ a b c Second time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ a b Second time
- ^ Various positions:
- President pro tempore (1869–1873, January 25 – February 17, 1875)
- Senate Republican Leader (de facto) (1862–1884)
- Dean of the Senate (1875–1884)
- ^ Pro-Administration from 1789 to 1791, Anti-Administration from 1791 to 1795
- ^ Elected as Pro-Administration until 1795
- ^ President pro tempore from November to December 1797
- ^ Various positions:
- President pro tempore (February–December 1810, 1814–1819, 1820–1825)
- Dean of the Senate (1815–1826)
- ^ a b Elected as Democratic-Republican until 1825
- ^ Speaker of the House from 1814 to 1815
- ^ Elected as Jacksonian Democrat from 1825 to 1831
- ^ Former Vice President (ex officio President of the Senate)
- ^ Elected as Nullifier until 1837
- ^ Elected as Nullifier until 1839
- ^ a b as junior senator
- ^ Dean of the Senate from 1940 to 1944
- ^ Various positions:
- President pro tempore (1981–1987, 1995–2001, 2001)
- Dean of the Senate (1989–2003)
- President pro tempore emeritus (2001–2003)
Footnotes (seniority)
edit- ^ 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 from Oklahoma Territory
- ^ Seniority over Robert L. Owen due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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
- ^ Seated late by virtue of holding other political, governmental, or judicial office
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Shares seniority date with other officeholder(s); credited as sole dean by past non-consecutive terms in Congress
- ^ Elected late
- ^ Simon Cameron, who would have been the senior senator after William Bigler's election loss, resigned on March 4, 1861, the same day Bigler's term expired, to serve as Secretary of War. This left Cowan as the senior senator despite succeeding Bigler in office.
- ^ 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 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 Preceding elections involved turnover of all sitting incumbents; incoming officeholders share a seniority date with no distinguishing aspects
- ^ George H. Browne and William P. Sheffield Sr. shared seniority until March 4, 1863
- ^ James M. Pendleton shared seniority with Benjamin T. Eames until March 4, 1879
- ^ George F. O'Shaunessy shared seniority with George H. Utter until Utter's death on November 3, 1912
- ^ Seniority over Ralph Izard due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ Seniority over Frederick A. Sawyer as Robertson assumed his seat one day before Sawyer
- ^ Newly-seated post-Civil War representatives share seniority date of July 18, 1868
- ^ All newly-seated members shared seniority until Christopher C. Bowen was elected on July 20, 1868
- ^ Seated late due to contested election
- ^ Served more prior non-consecutive terms (one full, one partial) than Samuel Dibble (one partial)
Bibliography
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