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.
BLANK
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) |
Delaware
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 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) |
Idaho
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 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) |
Indiana
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
---|---|---|---|---|
37th | March 4, 1861 – February 5, 1862 |
Jesse D. Bright[A] |
Schuyler Colfax[B] Seniority from March 4, 1855 (13 years, 364 days) (elected Vice President) | |
February 5, 1862 – March 4, 1863 |
Henry S. Lane | |||
38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 | |||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 | |||
40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 |
Thomas A. Hendricks | ||
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 |
Oliver P. Morton | George W. Julian | |
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 |
William E. Niblack | ||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | |||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
William S. Holman | ||
45th | March 4, 1877 – November 1, 1877 |
Morton C. Hunter | ||
November 1, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
Joseph E. McDonald | |||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
John Baker | ||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
Daniel W. Voorhees | ||
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 |
William S. Holman | ||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Henry U. Johnson | ||
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
David Turpie | ||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
Charles W. Fairbanks | George Washington Steele | |
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
Albert J. Beveridge | ||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
Edgar D. Crumpacker | ||
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
Benjamin F. Shively | ||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
Lincoln Dixon | ||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 14, 1916 | |||
March 14, 1916 – March 4, 1917 |
John W. Kern | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
James E. Watson | ||
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 |
Arthur Raymond Robinson | Arthur H. Greenwood | |
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
Frederick Van Nuys Seniority from March 4, 1933 (10 years, 327 days) (died) | ||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Ludlow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1929 |
Louis Ludlow Seniority from March 4, 1929 (19 years, 305 days) (retired) | |
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 25, 1944 | |||
January 25, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
Raymond E. Willis Seniority from January 3, 1941 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Homer E. Capehart Seniority from January 3, 1945 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
Halleck (House) Seniority from January 29, 1935 |
Charles A. Halleck[C] Seniority from January 29, 1935[a] (33 years, 340 days) (retired) | |
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 |
Vance Hartke Seniority from January 3, 1959 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
Madden (House) Seniority from January 3, 1943 |
Ray Madden Seniority from January 3, 1943 (34 years, 0 days) (lost renomination) | |
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 |
Birch Bayh Seniority from January 3, 1963 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Brademas (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 |
John Brademas Seniority from January 3, 1959 (22 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Richard Lugar Seniority from January 3, 1977 (36 years, 0 days) (lost renomination) |
Hamilton (House) Seniority from January 3, 1965 |
Lee Hamilton Seniority from January 3, 1965 (34 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 – 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 |
Lugar (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1977 |
Dan Burton Seniority from January 3, 1983 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
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 |
Dan Coats[D][E] Seniority from January 3, 2011 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Visclosky (House) Seniority from January 3, 1985 |
Pete Visclosky Seniority from January 3, 1985 (36 years, 0 days) (retired) |
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 |
Joe Donnelly[E] Seniority from January 3, 2013 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Todd Young[E] Seniority from January 3, 2017 (7 years, 185 days) (Incumbent) | ||
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
Carson (House) Seniority from March 11, 2008 |
André Carson Seniority from March 11, 2008[a] (16 years, 117 days) (Incumbent) | |
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) |
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) |
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36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 | |||
37th | March 4, 1861 – September 5, 1862 | |||
September 5, 1862 – 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 – September 2, 1884 | |||
September 2, 1884 – 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 – August 18, 1924 | |||
August 18, 1924 – 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 – December 28, 1976 | |||
December 28, 1976 – 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 – October 24, 1999 | |||
October 24, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Jack Reed | |||
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) |
References
edit- ^ "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.
Footnotes (positional)
edit- ^ President pro tempore from 1854 to 1856, 1856 to 1857, and June 12 to June 16, 1850
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Republican Leader from 1863 to 1869
- ^ House Republican Leader from 1959 to 1965
- ^ Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ a b c Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
Footnotes (seniority)
editBibliography
edit- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774 – 2005) (PDF), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005, retrieved November 12, 2023