List of the oldest living members of the United States House of Representatives
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Ken Hechler (D-WV; born 1914), is the oldest living sitting or former member of the House of Representatives.
This page contains a list of people who, at the time of their death, were the oldest surviving members, sitting or former, of the United States House of Representatives, as well as a list of the currently oldest surviving sitting or former Representatives.
Historical
This is a list of the people who, at the time of their death, were the oldest surviving members of the United States House of Representatives.
Begin Date | End Date | Representative | Date of birth | House term | State served | Party | Age (years, days) |
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March 4, 1789 | July 23, 1793 | Roger Sherman | April 19, 1721 | 1789–1791 | Connecticut | Pro-Administration | 72 years, 95 days |
July 23, 1793 | September 15, 1794 | Abraham Clark | February 15, 1726 | 1791–1794 | New Jersey | Pro-Administration | 68 years, 212 days |
September 15, 1794 | December 10, 1796 | Israel Jacobs | June 9, 1726 | 1791–1793 | Pennsylvania | Pro-Administration | 70 years, 184 days |
December 10, 1796 | October 28, 1800 | Artemas Ward | November 26, 1727 | 1791–1795 | Massachusetts | Pro-Administration | 72 years, 335 days |
October 28, 1800 | March 27, 1814 | William Smith | April 12, 1728 | 1789–1791 | Maryland | Anti-Administration | 85 years, 349 days |
March 27, 1814 | July 26, 1819 | George Leonard | July 4, 1729 | 1789–1793 1795–1797 | Massachusetts | Pro-Administration Federalist | 90 years, 22 days |
July 26, 1819 | June 1, 1832 | Thomas Sumter | August 14, 1734 | 1789–1793 1797–1801 | South Carolina | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican | 97 years, 292 days |
June 1, 1832 | March 7, 1838 | Paine Wingate | May 14, 1739 | 1793–1795 | New Hampshire | Pro-Administration | 98 years, 297 days |
March 7, 1838 | May 22, 1842 | Henry Southard | October 7, 1747 | 1801–1811 1815–1821 | New Jersey | Democratic-Republican | 94 years, 227 days |
May 22, 1842 | October 18, 1843 | Ebenezer Elmer | August 23, 1752 | 1801–1807 | New Jersey | Democratic-Republican | 91 years, 56 days |
October 18, 1843 | March 6, 1844 | Gabriel Duvall | December 6, 1752 | 1794–1796 | Maryland | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican | 91 years, 91 days |
March 6, 1844 | March 23, 1846 | Laban Wheaton | March 13, 1754 | 1809–1817 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 92 years, 10 days |
March 23, 1846 | January 20, 1849 | Nathan Read | July 2, 1759 | 1800–1803 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 89 years, 202 days |
January 20, 1849 | May 26, 1851 | Simeon Baldwin | December 14, 1761 | 1803–1805 | Connecticut | Federalist | 89 years, 163 days |
May 26, 1851 | March 29, 1855 | John Locke | February 14, 1764 | 1823–1829 | Massachusetts | Adams Republican | 91 years, 43 days |
March 29, 1855 | April 8, 1857 | Alexander Boyd | September 14, 1764 | 1813–1815 | New York | Federalist | 92 years, 206 days |
April 8, 1857 | January 23, 1858 | Daniel Burrows | October 26, 1766 | 1821–1823 | Connecticut | Democratic-Republican | 91 years, 89 days |
January 23, 1858 | August 3, 1863 | Zadock Cook | February 18, 1769 | 1816–1819 | Georgia | Democratic-Republican | 94 years, 166 days |
August 3, 1863 | July 1, 1864 | Josiah Quincy III | February 4, 1772 | 1805–1813 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 92 years, 148 days |
July 1, 1864 | January 2, 1866 | Thomas Chandler | August 10, 1772 | 1829–1833 | New Hampshire | Jacksonian | 93 years, 145 days |
January 2, 1866 | April 1, 1868 | James Parker | March 1, 1776 | 1833–1837 | New Jersey | Jacksonian | 92 years, 31 days |
April 1, 1868 | July 1, 1868 | Samuel Tweedy | March 8, 1776 | 1833–1835 | Connecticut | Anti-Jacksonian | 92 years, 115 days |
July 1, 1868 | December 23, 1870 | James I. Van Alen | 1776 | 1807–1809 | New York | Democratic-Republican | ca. 94 yy |
December 23, 1870 | July 18, 1872 | Samuel Thatcher | July 1, 1776 | 1802–1805 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 96 years, 17 days |
July 18, 1872 | August 12, 1875 | Horace Binney | January 4, 1780 | 1833–1835 | Pennsylvania | Anti-Jacksonian | 95 years, 220 days |
August 12, 1875 | February 16, 1880 | Daniel Sheffer | May 24, 1783 | 1837–1839 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 96 years, 268 days |
February 16, 1880 | September 22, 1881 | John Alfred Cuthbert | June 3, 1788 | 1819–1821 | Georgia | Democratic-Republican | 93 years, 111 days |
September 22, 1881 | February 7, 1885 | Joseph Grinnell | November 17, 1788 | 1843–1851 | Massachusetts | Whig | 96 years, 82 days |
February 7, 1885 | August 8, 1885 | James Garland | June 6, 1791 | 1835–1841 | Virginia | Jacksonian Democratic Conservative | 94 years, 63 days |
August 8, 1885 | May 7, 1886 | David Fisher | December 3, 1794 | 1847–1849 | Ohio | Whig | 91 years, 155 days |
May 7, 1886 | January 9, 1887 | Elijah Babbitt | July 29, 1795 | 1859–1863 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 91 years, 164 days |
January 9, 1887 | June 9, 1887 | John Hoge Ewing | October 8, 1796 | 1845–1847 | Pennsylvania | Whig | 90 years, 244 days |
June 9, 1887 | July 26, 1891 | Paul Dillingham | August 10, 1799 | 1843–1847 | Vermont | Democratic | 91 years, 350 days |
July 26, 1891 | May 9, 1892 | Sidney Lawrence | December 31, 1801 | 1847–1849 | New York | Democratic | 90 years, 130 days |
May 9, 1892 | June 11, 1894 | John T. Andrews | May 29, 1803 | 1837–1839 | New York | Democratic | 91 years, 13 days |
June 11, 1894 | February 12, 1896 | Emery D. Potter | October 7, 1804 | 1843–1845 1849–1851 | Ohio | Democratic | 91 years, 128 days |
February 12, 1896 | January 12, 1897 | John W. Crisfield | November 8, 1806 | 1847–1849 1861–1863 | Maryland | Whig Unionist | 90 years, 65 days |
January 12, 1897 | April 16, 1900 | John W. Hunter | October 15, 1807 | 1866–1867 | New York | Democratic | 92 years, 183 days |
April 16, 1900 | March 18, 1902 | Daniel Wells, Jr. | July 16, 1808 | 1853–1857 | Wisconsin | Democratic | 93 years, 245 days |
March 18, 1902 | April 24, 1902 | Edwin Hickman Ewing | December 2, 1809 | 1845–1847 | Tennessee | Whig | 92 years, 143 days |
April 24, 1902 | March 8, 1903 | Martin I. Townsend | February 6, 1810 | 1875–1879 | New York | Republican | 93 years, 30 days |
March 8, 1903 | March 27, 1908 | Ephraim R. Eckley | December 9, 1811 | 1863–1869 | Ohio | Republican | 96 years, 109 days |
March 27, 1908 | September 18, 1910 | James McGrew | September 14, 1813 | 1869–1873 | West Virginia | Republican | 97 years, 4 days |
September 18, 1910 | March 14, 1911 | John H. Rice | February 5, 1816 | 1861–1867 | Maine | Republican | 95 years, 37 days |
March 14, 1911 | October 3, 1911 | John Morgan Bright | January 20, 1817 | 1871–1881 | Tennessee | Democratic | 94 years, 256 days |
October 3, 1911 | March 12, 1916 | George William Palmer | January 13, 1818 | 1857–1861 | New York | Republican | 98 years, 59 days |
March 12, 1916 | November 3, 1924 | Cornelius Cole | September 17, 1822 | 1863–1865 | California | Republican | 102 years, 47 days |
November 3, 1924 | February 28, 1926 | William W. Crapo | May 16, 1830 | 1875–1883 | Massachusetts | Republican | 95 years, 288 days |
February 28, 1926 | January 6, 1929 | John H. Lewis | July 21, 1830 | 1881–1883 | Illinois | Republican | 98 years, 169 days |
January 6, 1929 | April 22, 1932 | J. Warren Keifer | January 30, 1836 | 1877–1885 1905–1911 | Ohio | Republican | 96 years, 83 days |
April 22, 1932 | May 25, 1938 | Henry R. Gibson | December 24, 1837 | 1895–1905 | Tennessee | Republican | 100 years, 152 days |
May 25, 1938 | September 8, 1938 | George Frederic Kribbs | November 8, 1846 | 1891–1895 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 91 years, 304 days |
September 8, 1938 | December 18, 1946 | Lemuel W. Royse | January 19, 1847 | 1895–1899 | Indiana | Republican | 99 years, 333 days |
December 18, 1946 | June 10, 1947 | Addison James | February 27, 1850 | 1907–1909 | Kentucky | Republican | 97 years, 103 days |
June 10, 1947 | February 25, 1948 | Amos R. Webber | January 21, 1852 | 1904–1907 | Ohio | Republican | 96 years, 35 days |
February 25, 1948 | September 10, 1949 | John E. Weeks | June 14, 1853 | 1931–1933 | Vermont | Republican | 96 years, 88 days |
September 10, 1949 | April 1, 1953 | Schuyler Merritt | December 16, 1853 | 1917–1931 1933–1937 | Connecticut | Republican | 99 years, 106 days |
April 1, 1953 | July 27, 1954 | Joseph E. Ransdell | October 7, 1858 | 1899–1913 | Louisiana | Democratic | 95 years, 293 days |
July 27, 1954 | May 12, 1956 | Franklin Menges | October 26, 1858 | 1925–1931 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 97 years, 199 days |
May 12, 1956 | July 5, 1956 | Addison T. Smith | September 5, 1862 | 1913–1933 | Idaho | Republican | 93 years, 304 days |
July 5, 1956 | January 17, 1958 | Michael Donohoe | February 22, 1864 | 1911–1915 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 93 years, 329 days |
January 17, 1958 | April 29, 1958 | Warren A. Haggott | May 18, 1864 | 1907–1909 | Colorado | Republican | 93 years, 346 days |
April 29, 1958 | February 22, 1960 | Townsend Scudder | July 26, 1865 | 1899–1901 1903–1905 | New York | Democratic | 94 years, 211 days |
February 22, 1960 | October 11, 1960 | Daniel K. Hoch | January 31, 1866 | 1943–1947 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 94 years, 254 days |
October 11, 1960 | September 12, 1963 | Charles Nelson Pray | April 6, 1868 | 1907–1913 | Montana | Republican | 95 years, 159 days |
September 12, 1963 | November 7, 1967 | John Nance Garner | November 22, 1868 | 1903–1933 | Texas | Democratic | 98 years, 350 days |
November 7, 1967 | July 12, 1971 | Earl Hanley Beshlin | April 28, 1870 | 1917–1919 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 101 years, 75 days |
July 12, 1971 | January 6, 1973 | Maurice Hudson Thatcher | August 15, 1870 | 1923–1933 | Kentucky | Republican | 102 years, 144 days |
January 6, 1973 | January 10, 1974 | Charles G. Bond | May 29, 1877 | 1921–1923 | New York | Republican | 96 years, 226 days |
January 10, 1974 | January 9, 1975 | Virginia E. Jenckes | November 6, 1877 | 1933–1939 | Indiana | Democratic | 97 years, 64 days |
January 9, 1975 | March 4, 1977 | Miles C. Allgood | February 22, 1878 | 1923–1935 | Alabama | Democratic | 99 years, 10 days |
March 4, 1977 | December 27, 1980 | Charles S. Dewey | November 10, 1880 | 1941–1945 | Illinois | Republican | 100 years, 47 days |
December 27, 1980 | June 1, 1981 | Carl Vinson | November 18, 1883 | 1914–1965 | Georgia | Democratic | 97 years, 195 days |
June 1, 1981 | November 2, 1989 | Elizabeth Hawley Gasque | February 26, 1886 | 1938–1939 | South Carolina | Democratic | 103 years, 249 days |
November 2, 1989 | January 18, 1991 | Hamilton Fish III | December 7, 1888 | 1920–1945 | New York | Republican | 102 years, 42 days |
January 18, 1991 | April 3, 1993 | Peter J. De Muth | January 1, 1892 | 1937–1939 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 101 years, 92 days |
April 3, 1993 | May 29, 1995 | Margaret Chase Smith | December 14, 1897 | 1940–1949 | Maine | Republican | 97 years, 166 days |
May 29, 1995 | May 15, 1996 | Newt V. Mills | September 27, 1899 | 1937–1943 | Louisiana | Democratic | 96 years, 231 days |
May 15, 1996 | January 4, 1997 | Harry P. Jeffrey | December 26, 1901 | 1943–1945 | Ohio | Republican | 95 years, 9 days |
January 4, 1997 | May 8, 1998 | Jennings Randolph | March 8, 1902 | 1933–1947 | West Virginia | Democratic | 96 years, 61 days |
May 8, 1998 | April 1, 1999 | Ellis Yarnal Berry | October 6, 1902 | 1951–1971 | South Dakota | Republican | 96 years, 177 days |
April 1, 1999 | October 5, 2001 | Mike Mansfield | March 16, 1903 | 1943–1953 | Montana | Democratic | 98 years, 203 days |
October 5, 2001 | March 11, 2003 | John Goodchild Dow | May 6, 1905 | 1965–1969 1971–1973 | New York | Democratic | 97 years, 309 days |
March 11, 2003 | November 10, 2007 | Augustus F. Hawkins | August 31, 1907 | 1963–1991 | California | Democratic | 100 years, 71 days |
November 10, 2007 | September 25, 2008 | Glenn Andrews | January 15, 1909 | 1965–1967 | Alabama | Republican | 99 years, 254 days |
September 25, 2008 | November 4, 2009 | William H. Avery | August 11, 1911 | 1955–1965 | Kansas | Republican | 98 years, 85 days |
November 4, 2009 | January 8, 2011 | William F. Walsh | July 11, 1912 | 1973–1979 | New York | Republican–Conservative | 98 years, 181 days |
January 8, 2011 | October 25, 2011 | Perkins Bass | October 6, 1912 | 1955–1963 | New Hampshire | Republican | 99 years, 19 days |
October 25, 2011 | Ken Hechler | September 20, 1914 | 1959–1977 | West Virginia | Democratic | 102 years, 78 days |
Current
This is a list of the oldest currently living former and current members of the United States House of Representatives. The list includes some politicians who were Senators. The oldest sitting member is John Conyers, a Democrat from Michigan, who was born in 1929. He is also Dean of the House, or longest serving member.
Rank | Representative | Date of birth | House term | State served | Party | Age (years, days) |
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1 | Ken Hechler | September 20, 1914 | 1959–1977 | West Virginia | Democratic | 102 years, 78 days |
2 | John S. Wold | August 31, 1916 | 1969–1971 | Wyoming | Republican | 100 years, 98 days |
3 | James D. Martin | September 1, 1918 | 1965–1967 | Alabama | Republican | 98 years, 97 days |
4 | Lester L. Wolff | January 4, 1919 | 1965–1981 | New York | Democratic | 97 years, 338 days |
5 | Larry Winn | August 22, 1919 | 1967–1985 | Kansas | Republican | 97 years, 107 days |
6 | Burt L. Talcott | February 22, 1920 | 1963–1977 | California | Republican | 96 years, 289 days |
7 | Neal Edward Smith | March 23, 1920 | 1959–1995 | Iowa | Democratic | 96 years, 259 days |
8 | Edward Lunn Young | September 7, 1920 | 1973–1975 | South Carolina | Republican | 96 years, 91 days |
9 | Marjorie Holt | September 17, 1920 | 1973–1987 | Maryland | Republican | 96 years, 81 days |
10 | Cornelius Edward Gallagher | March 2, 1921 | 1959–1973 | New Jersey | Democratic | 95 years, 280 days |
11 | Berkley Bedell | March 5, 1921 | 1975–1987 | Iowa | Democratic | 95 years, 277 days |
12 | Harry G. Haskell, Jr. | May 27, 1921 | 1957–1959 | Delaware | Republican | 95 years, 194 days |
13 | Paul Findley | June 23, 1921 | 1961–1983 | Illinois | Republican | 95 years, 167 days |
14 | Roger H. Zion | September 17, 1921 | 1967–1975 | Indiana | Republican | 95 years, 81 days |
15 | Mike McCormack | December 14, 1921 | 1971–1981 | Washington | Democratic | 94 years, 359 days |
16 | John R. Schmidhauser | January 3, 1922 | 1965–1967 | Iowa | Democratic | 94 years, 339 days |
17 | John B. Anderson | February 15, 1922 | 1961–1981 | Illinois | Republican | 94 years, 296 days |
18 | Doug Barnard, Jr. | March 20, 1922 | 1977–1993 | Georgia | Democratic | 94 years, 262 days |
19 | William Broomfield | April 28, 1922 | 1957–1993 | Michigan | Republican | 94 years, 223 days |
20 | R. James Harvey | July 4, 1922 | 1961–1975 | Michigan | Republican | 94 years, 156 days |
21 | Benjamin A. Gilman | December 6, 1922 | 1973–2003 | New York | Republican | 94 years, 1 day |
22 | Samuel H. Young | December 26, 1922 | 1973–1975 | Illinois | Republican | 93 years, 347 days |
23 | Robert H. Michel | March 2, 1923 | 1957–1995 | Illinois | Republican | 93 years, 280 days |
24 | Ralph Hall | May 3, 1923 | 1981–2015 | Texas | Democratic, Republican | 93 years, 218 days |
25 | Bernard F. Grabowski | June 11, 1923 | 1963–1967 | Connecticut | Democratic | 93 years, 179 days |
26 | Bob Dole | July 22, 1923 | 1961–1969 | Kansas | Republican | 93 years, 138 days |
27 | Andrew J. Hinshaw | August 4, 1923 | 1973–1976 | California | Republican | 93 years, 125 days |
28 | Al Quie | September 18, 1923 | 1958–1979 | Minnesota | Republican | 93 years, 80 days |
29 | Fred Richmond | November 15, 1923 | 1975–1982 | New York | Democratic | 93 years, 22 days |
30 | Charles Thone | January 4, 1924 | 1971–1979 | Nebraska | Republican | 92 years, 338 days |
31 | Edwin Reinecke | January 7, 1924 | 1965–1969 | California | Republican | 92 years, 335 days |
32 | Catherine Small Long | February 7, 1924 | 1985–1987 | Louisiana | Democratic | 92 years, 304 days |
33 | Donald M. Fraser | February 20, 1924 | 1963–1979 | Minnesota | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | 92 years, 291 days |
34 | George H. W. Bush | June 12, 1924 | 1967–1971 | Texas | Republican | 92 years, 178 days |
35 | Shirley Neil Pettis | July 12, 1924 | 1975–1979 | California | Republican | 92 years, 148 days |
36 | Frank Joseph Guarini | August 20, 1924 | 1979–1993 | New Jersey | Democratic | 92 years, 109 days |
37 | John Melcher | September 6, 1924 | 1969–1977 | Montana | Democratic | 92 years, 92 days |
38 | Daniel Akaka | September 11, 1924 | 1977–1990 | Hawaii | Democratic | 92 years, 87 days |
39 | Howard C. Nielson | September 12, 1924 | 1983–1991 | Utah | Republican | 92 years, 86 days |
40 | Merwin Coad | September 28, 1924 | 1957–1963 | Iowa | Democratic | 92 years, 70 days |
41 | Weston E. Vivian | October 25, 1924 | 1965–1967 | Michigan | Democratic | 92 years, 43 days |
42 | Ralph Regula | December 3, 1924 | 1973–2009 | Ohio | Republican | 92 years, 4 days |
43 | Fletcher Thompson | February 5, 1925 | 1967–1973 | Georgia | Republican | 91 years, 306 days |
44 | G. William Whitehurst | March 12, 1925 | 1967–1987 | Virginia | Republican | 91 years, 270 days |
45 | Lucien N. Nedzi | May 28, 1925 | 1961–1981 | Michigan | Democratic | 91 years, 193 days |
46 | Ogden R. Reid | June 24, 1925 | 1963–1975 | New York | Republican, Democratic | 91 years, 166 days |
47 | Tom Luken | July 9, 1925 | 1974–1975 1977–1991 | Ohio | Democratic | 91 years, 151 days |
48 | Fred B. Rooney | November 6, 1925 | 1963–1979 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 91 years, 31 days |
49 | J. Roy Rowland | February 3, 1926 | 1983–1995 | Georgia | Democratic | 90 years, 308 days |
50 | Elwood Hillis | March 6, 1926 | 1971–1987 | Indiana | Republican | 90 years, 276 days |
51 | Alvin Baldus | April 27, 1926 | 1975–1981 | Wisconsin | Democratic | 90 years, 224 days |
52 | Carrie P. Meek | April 29, 1926 | 1993–2003 | Florida | Democratic | 90 years, 222 days |
53 | Dick Nichols | April 29, 1926 | 1991–1993 | Kansas | Republican | 90 years, 222 days |
54 | Earl Dewitt Hutto | May 12, 1926 | 1979–1995 | Florida | Democratic | 90 years, 209 days |
55 | Mark Andrews | May 19, 1926 | 1963–1981 | North Dakota | Republican | 90 years, 202 days |
56 | Roscoe Bartlett | June 3, 1926 | 1993–2013 | Maryland | Republican | 90 years, 187 days |
57 | Raymond F. Clevenger | June 6, 1926 | 1965–1967 | Michigan | Democratic | 90 years, 184 days |
58 | John Dingell | July 8, 1926 | 1955–2015 | Michigan | Democratic | 90 years, 152 days |
59 | Orval H. Hansen | August 3, 1926 | 1969–1975 | Idaho | Republican | 90 years, 126 days |
60 | Amo Houghton | August 7, 1926 | 1987–2005 | New York | Republican | 90 years, 122 days |
61 | John Otho Marsh, Jr. | August 7, 1926 | 1963–1971 | Virginia | Democratic | 90 years, 122 days |
62 | Joseph P. Kolter | September 3, 1926 | 1983–1993 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 90 years, 95 days |
63 | Robert J. Lagomarsino | September 4, 1926 | 1975–1993 | California | Republican | 90 years, 94 days |
64 | Philip Ruppe | September 29, 1926 | 1967–1979 | Michigan | Republican | 90 years, 69 days |
65 | Richard Fulton | January 27, 1927 | 1963–1975 | Tennessee | Democratic | 89 years, 315 days |
66 | Marc L. Marks | February 12, 1927 | 1977–1983 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 89 years, 299 days |
67 | Benjamin B. Blackburn | February 14, 1927 | 1967–1975 | Georgia | Republican | 89 years, 297 days |
68 | Arthur Ravenel, Jr. | March 29, 1927 | 1987–1995 | South Carolina | Republican | 89 years, 253 days |
69 | William J. Keating | March 30, 1927 | 1971–1974 | Ohio | Republican | 89 years, 252 days |
70 | Austin Murphy | June 17, 1927 | 1977–1995 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 89 years, 173 days |
71 | Bud Brown | June 18, 1927 | 1965–1983 | Ohio | Republican | 89 years, 172 days |
72 | Leo C. Zeferetti | July 15, 1927 | 1975–1983 | New York | Democratic | 89 years, 145 days |
73 | Al McCandless | July 23, 1927 | 1983–1995 | California | Republican | 89 years, 137 days |
74 | Edwin Edwards | August 7, 1927 | 1965–1972 | Louisiana | Democratic | 89 years, 122 days |
75 | Jim Weaver | August 8, 1927 | 1975—1987 | Oregon | Democratic | 89 years, 121 days |
76 | Jim Broyhill | August 19, 1927 | 1963–1986 | North Carolina | Republican | 89 years, 110 days |
77 | Kika de la Garza | September 22, 1927 | 1965–1997 | Texas | Democratic | 89 years, 76 days |
78 | James W. Symington | September 28, 1927 | 1969–1977 | Missouri | Democratic | 89 years, 70 days |
79 | Pete McCloskey | September 29, 1927 | 1967–1983 | California | Republican | 89 years, 69 days |
80 | William F. Goodling | December 5, 1927 | 1975–2001 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 89 years, 2 days |
81 | John Hall Buchanan, Jr. | March 19, 1928 | 1965–1981 | Alabama | Republican | 88 years, 263 days |
82 | William Reynolds Archer Jr. | March 22, 1928 | 1971–2001 | Texas | Republican | 88 years, 260 days |
83 | Douglas Applegate | March 27, 1928 | 1977–1995 | Ohio | Democratic | 88 years, 255 days |
84 | Manuel Lujan, Jr. | May 12, 1928 | 1969–1989 | New Mexico | Republican | 88 years, 209 days |
85 | Jan Meyers | July 20, 1928 | 1985–1997 | Kansas | Republican | 88 years, 140 days |
86 | Nick Galifianakis | July 22, 1928 | 1967–1973 | North Carolina | Democratic | 88 years, 138 days |
87 | Robert Bergland | July 22, 1928 | 1971–1977 | Minnesota | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | 88 years, 138 days |
88 | William Sheldrick Conover | August 27, 1928 | 1972–1973 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 88 years, 102 days |
89 | Jack Edwards | September 20, 1928 | 1965–1985 | Alabama | Republican | 88 years, 78 days |
90 | Lawrence Hogan | September 30, 1928 | 1969–1975 | Maryland | Republican | 88 years, 68 days |
91 | Guy Molinari | November 23, 1928 | 1981–1989 | New York | Republican | 88 years, 14 days |
92 | Bill Gradison | December 28, 1928 | 1975–1993 | Ohio | Republican | 87 years, 345 days |
93 | Marilyn Lloyd | January 3, 1929 | 1975–1995 | Tennessee | Democratic | 87 years, 339 days |
94 | Richard Ottinger | January 27, 1929 | 1965–1971 1975–1985 | New York | Democratic | 87 years, 315 days |
95 | James L. Nelligan | February 14, 1929 | 1981–1983 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 87 years, 297 days |
96 | Harris W. Fawell | March 25, 1929 | 1985–1999 | Illinois | Republican | 87 years, 257 days |
97 | William F. Clinger Jr. | April 4, 1929 | 1979–1997 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 87 years, 247 days |
98 | John Conyers | May 16, 1929 | 1965–present | Michigan | Democratic | 87 years, 205 days |
99 | Richard T. Schulze | August 7, 1929 | 1975–1993 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 87 years, 122 days |
100 | Louise Slaughter | August 14, 1929 | 1987–present | New York | Democratic | 87 years, 115 days |
See also
- Earliest serving United States Representative
- Oldest living United States president
- Dean of the United States House of Representatives
- Dean of the United States Senate
- Longest living United States Senator
- Earliest serving United States Senator
- Oldest living United States governor
- List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service
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