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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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) |
New Mexico
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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62nd | January 6, 1912 – January 8, 1912 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
None | Vacant (not yet elected) |
January 8, 1912 – March 27, 1912 |
None (same seniority) | |||
March 27, 1912 – March 4, 1913 |
Thomas B. Catron[A] Seniority from March 27, 1912[a] (4 years, 341 days) (retired)[1] |
Co-deans: Curry, Fergusson (House)[b] Seniority from January 8, 1912 | ||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
Fergusson (House) Seniority from January 8, 1912 |
Harvey B. Fergusson[B][A] Seniority from January 8, 1912 (3 years, 54 days) (lost re-election) | |
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
Catron (Senate) Seniority from March 27, 1912[a] |
Benigno C. Hernández[B] Seniority from March 4, 1915 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Albert B. Fall Seniority from March 27, 1912 (8 years, 342 days) (appointed Secretary of the Interior) |
Fall (Senate) Seniority from March 27, 1912 |
William B. Walton[B] Seniority from March 4, 1917 (1 year, 364 days) (ran for Senate) |
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Benigno C. Hernández[C][B] Seniority from March 4, 1919 (1 year, 364 days) (retired)[2] | ||
67th | March 4, 1921 – January 13, 1923 |
Andrieus A. Jones Seniority from March 4, 1917 (10 years, 291 days) (died) |
Jones (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1917 |
Néstor Montoya[B] Seniority from March 4, 1921 (1 year, 315 days) (died) |
January 13, 1923 – March 4, 1923 |
Vacant | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
John Morrow[B] Seniority from March 4, 1923 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – December 20, 1927 | |||
December 20, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
Sam G. Bratton Seniority from March 4, 1925 (8 years, 112 days) (appointed appeals court judge) |
Morrow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1923 | ||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
Bratton (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1925 |
Albert G. Simms[B] Seniority from March 4, 1929 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
Dennis Chávez[B] Seniority from March 4, 1931 (3 years, 305 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – June 24, 1933 | |||
June 24, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Bronson M. Cutting[D] Seniority from March 4, 1929 (6 years, 63 days) (died) |
Cutting (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1929 | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – May 6, 1935 |
John J. Dempsey[B] Seniority from January 3, 1935 (6 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate)[3] | ||
May 6, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
Carl Hatch Seniority from October 10, 1933[c] (15 years, 85 days) (retired) |
Hatch (Senate) Seniority from October 10, 1933 | ||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Clinton Anderson[E] Seniority from January 3, 1941 (4 years, 178 days) (appointed Secretary of Agriculture) | ||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – June 30, 1945 | |||
June 30, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Antonio M. Fernández Seniority from January 3, 1943 (13 years, 309 days) (died) | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
Dennis Chávez[F] Seniority from May 11, 1935[c] (27 years, 191 days) (died) |
Chávez (Senate) Seniority from May 11, 1935 | |
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |||
84th | January 3, 1955 – November 7, 1956 | |||
November 7, 1956 – January 3, 1957 |
John J. Dempsey[C] Seniority from January 3, 1951 (7 years, 67 days) (died)[3] | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – March 11, 1958 | |||
March 11, 1958 – January 3, 1959 |
Joseph Montoya Seniority from April 9, 1957[d] (7 years, 208 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
87th | January 3, 1961 – November 18, 1962 | |||
November 18, 1962 – January 3, 1963 |
Clinton Anderson[F] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Anderson (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1949 | ||
88th | January 3, 1963 – November 3, 1964 | |||
November 3, 1964 – January 3, 1965 |
Thomas G. Morris Seniority from January 3, 1959 (10 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
No clear dean[e][f] | ||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
Manuel Lujan Jr. Seniority from January 3, 1969 (20 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Joseph Montoya[F] Seniority from November 4, 1964[g] (12 years, 60 days) (lost re-election) |
Montoya (House and Senate) Seniority from April 9, 1957 | |
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Pete Domenici Seniority from January 3, 1973 (36 years, 0 days) (retired) |
M. Lujan (House) Seniority from January 3, 1969 | |
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 |
Domenici (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
Joe Skeen Seniority from January 3, 1981 (22 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
Heather Wilson Seniority from June 23, 1998[d] (10 years, 194 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Jeff Bingaman Seniority from January 3, 1983 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Bingaman (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1983 |
No clear dean[e][h] |
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
Tom Udall[F] Seniority from January 3, 2009 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Udall (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1999 |
Ben Ray Luján Seniority from January 3, 2009 (12 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) |
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
117th | January 3, 2021 – March 16, 2021 |
Martin Heinrich[F] Seniority from January 3, 2013 (11 years, 328 days) (Incumbent) |
Co-deans: Heinrich (House and Senate) B. Luján[G] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2009 |
Deb Haaland Seniority from January 3, 2019 (2 years, 72 days) (appointed Secretary of the Interior) |
March 16, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
Co-deans: Yvette Herrell (R), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D) Seniority from January 3, 2021 (2 years, 0 days) (Herrell lost re-election) | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 |
Teresa Leger Fernandez Seniority from January 3, 2021 (3 years, 328 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) |
New York
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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1st | March 4, 1789 – July 25, 1789 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
None | None (same seniority) |
July 25, 1789 – March 4, 1791 |
Rufus King[H] Seniority from July 16, 1789[i][5] (6 years, 312 days) (appointed Minister to Great Britain) |
Benson[j] (House) Seniority from March 4, 1789 | ||
2nd | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793 |
Egbert Benson Seniority from March 4, 1789[k] (1 year, 364 days) (retired) | ||
3rd | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795 |
R. King (Senate) Seniority from July 16, 1789 |
James Gordon Seniority from March 4, 1791 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
4th | March 4, 1795 – May 23, 1796 |
Theodorus Bailey Seniority from March 4, 1793[k] (3 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
May 23, 1796 – March 4, 1797 |
Aaron Burr Seniority from March 4, 1791 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Burr (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1791 | ||
5th | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799 |
John Laurance[I][F] Seniority from November 9, 1796[l] (3 years, 265 days) (resigned)[6] |
Glen (House) Seniority from March 4, 1793 |
Henry Glen Seniority from March 4, 1793[k] (5 years, 364 days) (co-dean after Van Alen's retirement) |
6th | March 4, 1799 – August 1, 1800 |
Co-deans: Glen, Van Cortlandt (House) Seniority from March 4, 1793 |
Co-deans: Henry Glen (F), Philip Van Cortlandt (DR) Seniority from March 4, 1793 (7 years, 364 days) (Glen lost re-election) | |
August 1, 1800 – March 4, 1801 |
Gouverneur Morris Seniority from April 3, 1800[l] (2 years, 334 days) (lost re-election) | |||
7th | March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803 |
Van Cortlandt (House) Seniority from March 4, 1793 |
Philip Van Cortlandt Seniority from March 4, 1793 (15 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
8th | March 4, 1803 – November 4, 1803 |
DeWitt Clinton Seniority from February 9, 1802[l][7] (1 year, 268 days) (appointed New York City mayor) | ||
November 4, 1803 – January 16, 1804 |
Theodorus Bailey[F] Seniority from March 4, 1803 (318 days) (appointed NYC Postmaster General)[8] | |||
January 16, 1804 – February 23, 1804 |
John Armstrong Jr.[D] Seniority from November 10, 1803[c][9] (105 days) (elected to Class 1 seat) | |||
February 23, 1804 – February 25, 1804 |
Vacant | |||
February 25, 1804 – June 30, 1804 |
John Armstrong Jr.[J] Seniority from February 3, 1804[l][9] (148 days) (appointed Minister to France) | |||
June 30, 1804 – March 3, 1805 |
John Smith[F] Seniority from February 23, 1804[l] (9 years, 8 days) (lost re-election)[10] | |||
9th | March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1807 | |||
10th | March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809 | |||
11th | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811 |
Smith (House and Senate) Seniority from December 29, 1799[d] |
Killian K. Van Rensselaer Seniority from March 4, 1801 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
12th | March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 |
Thomas Sammons[K] Seniority from March 4, 1809[m] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
13th | March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815 |
Obadiah German Seniority from March 4, 1809 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: German (Senate) Sage (House) Seniority from March 4, 1809 |
Ebenezer Sage Seniority from March 4, 1809 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
14th | March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817 |
Rufus King[J] Seniority from March 4, 1813[n] (11 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Grosvenor (House) Seniority from December 17, 1812 |
Thomas P. Grosvenor Seniority from December 17, 1812[d][11] (4 years, 76 days) (retired) |
15th | March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819 |
R. King[L] (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1813[o] |
Co-deans: Oliver Comstock, John W. Taylor Seniority from March 4, 1813 (5 years, 364 days) (Comstock retired)[12] | |
16th | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821 |
John W. Taylor[M][N] Seniority from March 4, 1813 (19 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
17th | March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 | |||
18th | March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 | |||
19th | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827 |
Martin Van Buren Seniority from March 4, 1821 (7 years, 291 days) (elected New York governor) |
Taylor (House) Seniority from March 4, 1813 | |
20th | March 4, 1827 – December 20, 1828 | |||
December 20, 1828 – March 4, 1829 |
Nathan Sanford[D] Seniority from January 14, 1826[p][13] (5 years, 48 days) (retired) | |||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 | |||
22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 |
Charles E. Dudley Seniority from January 15, 1829[l] (4 years, 47 days) (lost renomination) | ||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835 |
Silas Wright[O][F] Seniority from January 4, 1833[l] (11 years, 327 days) (elected New York governor) |
Cambreleng (House) Seniority from December 3, 1821 |
Churchill C. Cambreleng[O] Seniority from December 3, 1821 (17 years, 90 days) (lost re-election) |
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 | |||
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 | |||
26th | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841 |
Wright (Senate) Seniority from January 4, 1833 |
David Abel Russell Seniority from March 4, 1835 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
27th | March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 |
Co-deans: John C. Clark,[K] Millard Filmore[K] Seniority from March 4, 1837 (5 years, 364 days) (both retired) | ||
28th | March 4, 1843 – November 26, 1844 |
Daniel D. Barnard[K] Seniority from March 4, 1839 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
November 26, 1844 – November 30, 1844 |
Vacant | Barnard (House) Seniority from March 4, 1839 | ||
November 30, 1844 – January 27, 1845 |
Henry A. Foster[F] Seniority from November 30, 1844[c] (58 days) (successor elected)[14] | |||
January 27, 1845 – March 4, 1845 |
Daniel S. Dickinson Seniority from November 30, 1844[c][15] (6 years, 93 days) (lost re-election)[15] | |||
29th | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847 |
Anderson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1843 |
Joseph H. Anderson Seniority from March 4, 1843[k] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
30th | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 |
Co-deans: Hunt, Maclay (House) Seniority from March 4, 1843 |
Co-deans: Washington Hunt (W), William B. Maclay (D) Seniority from March 4, 1843 (5 years, 364 days) (Hunt retired, Maclay lost re-election)[16] | |
31st | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851 |
Dickinson (Senate) Seniority from November 30, 1844 |
Hugh White Seniority from March 4, 1845 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 |
William H. Seward[P] Seniority from March 4, 1849 (11 years, 364 days) (appointed Secretary of State) |
P. King (House) Seniority from March 4, 1849[o] |
Preston King[K] Seniority from March 4, 1849[o] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) |
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
Co-deans: Seward (Senate) Bennett (House) Seniority from March 4, 1849 |
Henry Bennett[Q] Seniority from March 4, 1849 (9 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[17] | |
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 | |||
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 | |||
36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 |
Seward (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1849 |
Francis E. Spinner Seniority from March 4, 1855 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
37th | March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
Preston King[F] Seniority from March 4, 1857 (5 years, 364 days) (retired)[18] |
Co-deans: P. King[L] (Senate) Fenton (House) Seniority from March 4, 1857[q] |
Reuben Fenton[K] Seniority from March 4, 1857[o] (7 years, 291 days) (elected New York governor) |
38th | March 4, 1863 – December 20, 1864 |
Ira Harris Seniority from March 4, 1861 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Fenton (House) Seniority from March 4, 1857 | |
December 20, 1864 – March 4, 1865 |
Frank (House) Seniority from March 4, 1859 |
Augustus Frank Seniority from March 4, 1859 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 |
Co-deans: Harris (Senate) Pomeroy (House) Seniority from March 4, 1861 |
Theodore M. Pomeroy[R] Seniority from March 4, 1861 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 |
Edwin D. Morgan Seniority from March 4, 1863 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Pomeroy (House) Seniority from March 4, 1861 | |
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 |
Roscoe Conkling[F] Seniority from March 4, 1867 (14 years, 73 days) (resigned)[19] |
Co-deans: Conkling (House and Senate) Ketcham (House) Seniority from March 4, 1865 |
John H. Ketcham Seniority from March 4, 1865[k] (7 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[20] |
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 | |||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – April 30, 1873 |
Conkling (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1865 |
James Brooks[K] Seniority from March 4, 1867[r] (6 years, 57 days) (died) | |
April 30, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
Fernando Wood[K] Seniority from March 4, 1867 (13 years, 346 days) (died) | |||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | |||
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||
46th | March 4, 1879 – February 13, 1881 | |||
February 13, 1881 – March 4, 1881 |
Samuel S. Cox[K] Seniority from November 4, 1873 (11 years, 197 days)[d] (appointed envoy to Ottoman Empire) | |||
47th | March 4, 1881 – May 16, 1881 | |||
May 16, 1881 – July 27, 1881 |
Vacant | Cox (House) Seniority from November 4, 1873 | ||
July 27, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
Warner Miller[F] Seniority from July 27, 1881[l] (5 years, 219 days) (lost renomination) | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | |||
49th | March 4, 1885 – May 20, 1885 | |||
May 20, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
Ketcham[L] (House) Seniority from March 4, 1877[o] |
John H. Ketcham[C] Seniority from March 4, 1877[o] (15 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
William M. Evarts Seniority from March 4, 1885 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
Frank Hiscock[F] Seniority from March 4, 1887 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – December 26, 1893 |
David B. Hill Seniority from January 7, 1892[s] (5 years, 55 days) (lost re-election) |
Fitch (House) Seniority from March 4, 1887 |
Ashbel P. Fitch Seniority from March 4, 1887 (6 years, 236 days) (ran for NYC Comptroller) |
December 26, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
Co-deans: Belden, Tracey (House) Seniority from November 8, 1887 |
Co-deans: James J. Belden (R), Charles Tracey (D) Seniority from November 8, 1887[d] (7 years, 115 days) (Belden retired, Tracey lost re-election)[21] | ||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Payne (House) Seniority from November 5, 1889 |
Sereno E. Payne[S][K] Seniority from November 5, 1889[d] (25 years, 35 days) (died) | |
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
Edward Murphy Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1893 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
Thomas C. Platt[D][F] Seniority from March 4, 1897 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
Chauncey Depew Seniority from March 4, 1899 (11 years, 364 days) (term expired)[22] | ||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
Elihu Root Seniority from March 4, 1909 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – December 10, 1914 | |||
December 10, 1914 – March 4, 1915 |
Fitzgerald (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
John J. Fitzgerald Seniority from March 4, 1899 (18 years, 302 days) (resigned)[23] | ||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
James A. O'Gorman Seniority from April 1, 1911[p][22] (5 years, 336 days) (retired) | ||
65th | March 4, 1917 – December 31, 1917 |
James W. Wadsworth Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1915 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
December 31, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Riordan (House) Seniority from November 6, 1906 |
Daniel J. Riordan[K] Seniority from November 6, 1906[d] (16 years, 173 days) (died) | ||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – April 28, 1923 | |||
April 28, 1923 – July 10, 1823 |
Mott (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
Luther W. Mott Seniority from March 4, 1911 (12 years, 128 days) (died) | ||
July 10, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Co-deans: Carew, Parker (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Co-deans: John F. Carew (D) James S. Parker (R) Seniority from March 4, 1913 (16 years, 299 days) (Carew appointed NY Supreme Court judge)[24] | ||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
Royal S. Copeland Seniority from March 4, 1923 (15 years, 105 days) (died) | ||
71st | March 4, 1929 – December 28, 1929 | |||
December 28, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
Parker (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
James S. Parker Seniority from March 4, 1913 (20 years, 290 days) (died) | ||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – December 19, 1933 | |||
December 19, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Snell (House) Seniority from November 2, 1915 |
Bertrand Snell[T] Seniority from November 2, 1915[d] (23 years, 62 days) (retired) | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – June 17, 1938 | |||
June 17, 1938 – January 3, 1939 |
Robert F. Wagner Seniority from March 4, 1927 (22 years, 116 days) (resigned) | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Sullivan (House) Seniority from March 4, 1917 |
Christopher D. Sullivan Seniority from March 4, 1917 (23 years, 305 days) (retired) | |
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Co-deans: Mead[G] (House and Senate) Crowther (House) Seniority from March 4, 1919 |
Frank Crowther Seniority from March 4, 1919[k] (23 years, 305 days) (retired) | |
78th | January 3, 1943 – March 1, 1944 |
Co-deans: Mead[G] (House and Senate) Cullen, Reed (House) Seniority from March 4, 1919 |
Co-deans: Thomas H. Cullen (D), Daniel A. Reed (R) Seniority from March 4, 1919 (24 years, 363 days) (Cullen died) | |
March 1, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
Co-deans: Mead[G] (House and Senate) Reed (House) Seniority from March 4, 1919 |
Daniel A. Reed Seniority from March 4, 1919 (39 years, 352 days) (died) | ||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Reed (House) Seniority from March 4, 1919 | ||
81st | January 3, 1949 – June 28, 1949 | |||
June 28, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
Irving Ives Seniority from January 3, 1947 (12 years, 0 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 – February 19, 1959 |
Jacob Javits[F] Seniority from January 9, 1957[s] (23 years, 360 days) (lost re-election as Liberal) | ||
February 19, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Co-deans: Celler, Taber (House) Seniority from March 4, 1923 |
Co-deans: Emanuel Celler (D) John Taber (R) Seniority from March 4, 1923 (39 years, 305 days) (Taber retired) | ||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
Celler (House) Seniority from March 4, 1923 |
Emanuel Celler[U] Seniority from March 4, 1923 (49 years, 305 days) (lost renomination)[25] | |
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974 |
Rooney (House) Seniority from June 6, 1944 |
John J. Rooney Seniority from June 6, 1944[d] (30 years, 208 days) (resigned) | |
December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Delaney (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
James J. Delaney[K] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (29 years, 362 days) (resigned) | ||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – December 31, 1978 | |||
December 31, 1978 – January 3, 1979 |
Javits (Senate) Seniority from January 9, 1957 |
Samuel S. Stratton Seniority from January 3, 1959 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Seniority from January 3, 1977 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Stratton (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 | |
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 |
Horton (House) Seniority from January 3, 1963 |
Frank Horton Seniority from January 3, 1963 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Fish (House) Seniority from January 3, 1969 |
Hamilton Fish IV Seniority from January 3, 1969 (26 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Rangel (House) Seniority from January 3, 1971 |
Charles Rangel Seniority from January 3, 1971 (46 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
Chuck Schumer[V][F] Seniority from January 3, 1999 (25 years, 328 days) (Incumbent) | ||
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 – March 16, 2018 |
Schumer (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1981 |
Louise Slaughter Seniority from January 3, 1987 (31 years, 72 days) (died) | |
March 16, 2018 – January 3, 2019 |
Co-deans: Eliot Engel, Nita Lowey Seniority from January 3, 1989 (32 years, 0 days) (Engel lost renomination, Lowey retired) | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
Jerry Nadler Seniority from November 3, 1992[d] (32 years, 23 days) (Incumbent) | ||
118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 | |||
119th | January 3, 2025 – present | |||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
North Carolina
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | November 21, 1789 – November 26, 1789 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
None | Vacant (not yet elected) |
November 26, 1789 – November 27, 1789 |
Samuel Johnston Seniority from November 26, 1789[t] (3 years, 97 days) (lost re-election) | |||
November 27, 1789 – March 19, 1790 |
Johnston (Senate) Seniority from November 26, 1789 | |||
March 19, 1790 – March 24, 1790 |
None[u] | |||
March 24, 1790 – March 4, 1791 |
Hugh Williamson Seniority from March 19, 1790 (2 years, 349 days) (retired) | |||
2nd | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793 | |||
3rd | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795 |
Benjamin Hawkins Seniority from November 27, 1789 (5 years, 96 days) (retired) |
Hawkins (Senate) Seniority from November 27, 1789 |
Co-deans: William B. Grove (F),[W] Nathaniel Macon (DR)[X][Y] Seniority from March 4, 1791 (11 years, 364 days) (Grove lost re-election)[26] |
4th | March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797 |
Alexander Martin Seniority from March 4, 1793 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Grove, Macon (House) Seniority from March 4, 1791 | |
5th | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799 | |||
6th | March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801 |
Timothy Bloodworth[F] Seniority from March 4, 1795 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
7th | March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803 |
Jesse Franklin[Z][F] Seniority from March 4, 1799 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
8th | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805 |
Macon (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1791 |
Nathaniel Macon[X] Seniority from March 4, 1791 (24 years, 284 days) (elected to Senate) | |
9th | March 4, 1805 – February 17, 1807 |
David Stone[F] Seniority from March 4, 1801 (5 years, 350 days) (reappointed to North Carolina Superior Court)[27] | ||
February 17, 1807 – March 4, 1807 |
James Turner Seniority from December 22, 1805[l] (10 years, 335 days) (resigned)[28] | |||
10th | March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809 | |||
11th | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811 | |||
12th | March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 | |||
13th | March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815 | |||
14th | March 4, 1815 – December 13, 1815 | |||
December 13, 1815 – April 9, 1816 |
Richard Stanford[AA] Seniority from March 4, 1797 (19 years, 36 days) (died) | |||
April 9, 1816 – November 4, 1816 |
Co-deans: William R. King, Israel Pickens Seniority from March 4, 1811 (5 years, 245 days) (resigned) | |||
November 4, 1816 – November 21, 1816 |
Israel Pickens Seniority from March 4, 1811 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
November 21, 1816 – March 4, 1817 |
Nathaniel Macon[AB][AC][F] Seniority from December 13, 1815[l][29] (12 years, 337 days) (resigned) | |||
15th | March 4, 1817 – October 6, 1818 |
Joseph Bryan Seniority from March 4, 1815[k] (3 years, 216 days) (co-dean after Forney's resignation) | ||
October 6, 1818 – March 4, 1819 |
Co-deans: Joseph Bryan, Lewis Williams Seniority from March 4, 1815 (3 years, 364 days) (Bryan retired) | |||
16th | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821 |
Lewis Williams[AD][AC] Seniority from March 4, 1815 (26 years, 356 days) (died) | ||
17th | March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 | |||
18th | March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 | |||
19th | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827 | |||
20th | March 4, 1827 – November 14, 1828 | |||
November 14, 1828 – March 4, 1829 |
John Branch Seniority from March 4, 1823 (6 years, 5 days) (appointed Secretary of the Navy) |
Williams (House) Seniority from March 4, 1815 | ||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 9, 1829 | |||
March 9, 1829 – March 4, 1831 |
James Iredell Jr. Seniority from December 15, 1828[l] (2 years, 78 days) (retired) | |||
22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 |
Bedford Brown[AE] Seniority from December 9, 1829[l] (10 years, 343 days) (resigned) | ||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835 | |||
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 | |||
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 | |||
26th | March 4, 1839 – November 16, 1840 | |||
November 16, 1840 – November 25, 1840 |
Vacant | |||
November 25, 1840 – March 4, 1841 |
Willie P. Mangum[AF][D][F] Seniority from November 25, 1840[l][v] (12 years, 98 days) (lost re-election) | |||
27th | March 4, 1841 – February 23, 1842 | |||
February 23, 1842 – March 4, 1843 |
McKay (House) Seniority from March 4, 1831 |
James I. McKay[AG] Seniority from March 4, 1831 (17 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
28th | March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845 | |||
29th | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847 | |||
30th | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 | |||
31st | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851 |
Mangum (Senate) Seniority from November 25, 1840 |
John R. J. Daniel Seniority from March 4, 1841 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 | |||
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
George Badger Seniority from November 25, 1846[l] (8 years, 98 days) (retired)[30] |
Badger (House) Seniority from November 25, 1846 |
Thomas L. Clingman[K] Seniority from March 4, 1847 (11 years, 64 days) (appointed to Senate) |
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
David S. Reid[F] Seniority from December 6, 1854[l] (4 years, 87 days) (lost re-election) |
Clingman (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1847 | |
35th | March 4, 1857 – May 7, 1858 | |||
May 7, 1858 – March 4, 1859 |
Co-deans: F. Burton Craige, Thomas H. Ruffin Seniority from March 4, 1853 (7 years, 364 days) (both retired) | |||
36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 |
Thomas L. Clingman[F] Seniority from May 6, 1858[c] (2 years, 309 days) (withdrew)[31] | ||
37th | March 4, 1861 – March 11, 1861 |
Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) | ||
March 11, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) |
None | ||
38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 | |||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 | |||
40th | March 4, 1867 – July 6, 1868 | |||
July 6, 1868 – July 13, 1868 |
No clear dean[w][x] | |||
July 13, 1868 – July 14, 1868 |
Deweese (House) Seniority from July 6, 1868 |
John T. Deweese Seniority from July 6, 1868[k] (1 year, 237 days) (resigned)[32] | ||
July 14, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
Joseph C. Abbott Seniority from July 14, 1868[y] (2 years, 232 days) (lost re-election)[33] | |||
41st | March 4, 1869 – February 28, 1870 | |||
February 28, 1870 – March 4, 1871 |
A. Jones (House) Seniority from July 6, 1868 |
Alexander H. Jones Seniority from July 6, 1868 (2 years, 240 days) (lost re-election)[34] | ||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 |
John Pool Seniority from July 14, 1868 (4 years, 232 days) (retired) |
Pool (Senate) Seniority from July 14, 1868 |
Co-deans: Clinton L. Cobb (R), Francis E. Shober (D) Seniority from March 4, 1869 (3 years, 364 days) (Shober retired)[35] |
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
Matt W. Ransom[AH] Seniority from January 30, 1872[l] (23 years, 32 days) (lost re-election) |
Cobb (House) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
Clinton L. Cobb Seniority from March 4, 1869 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[36] |
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
Waddell (House) Seniority from March 4, 1871 |
Alfred M. Waddell Seniority from March 4, 1871 (7 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[37] | |
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
Ransom (House) Seniority from January 30, 1872 |
Robert B. Vance Seniority from March 4, 1873 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[38] | |
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | |||
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
William R. Cox Seniority from March 4, 1881 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[39] | ||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
William H. H. Cowles Seniority from March 4, 1885[k] (3 years, 364 days) (co-dean after Johnston lost re-election)[40] | ||
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
Co-deans: William H. H. Cowles, John S. Henderson Seniority from March 4, 1885 (7 years, 364 days) (Cowles retired) | ||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
John S. Henderson Seniority from March 4, 1885 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Jeter C. Pritchard Seniority from January 23, 1895[l] (8 years, 39 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Settle, Woodard (House) Seniority from March 4, 1893 |
Co-deans: Thomas Settle (R), Frederick A. Woodard (D) Seniority from March 4, 1893 (3 years, 364 days) (both lost re-election)[41][42] |
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
Pritchard (Senate) Seniority from January 23, 1895 |
Romulus Z. Linney Seniority from March 4, 1895[k] (5 years, 364 days) (retired)[43] | |
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 |
William W. Kitchin Seniority from March 4, 1897 (11 years, 313 days) (elected North Carolina governor) | ||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
F. M. Simmons[AI][F] Seniority from March 4, 1901 (29 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[44] |
W. Kitchin (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | |
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – January 11, 1909 | |||
January 11, 1909 – March 4, 1909 |
Co-deans: Small, Thomas (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
Co-deans: John H. Small, Charles R. Thomas Seniority from March 4, 1899 (11 years, 364 days) (Thomas retired) | ||
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
Small (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
John H. Small Seniority from March 4, 1899 (21 years, 364 days) (retired)[45] | |
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
Co-deans: Simmons (Senate) C. Kitchin, Pou (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 |
Co-deans: Claude Kitchin,[AJ] Edward W. Pou Seniority from March 4, 1901 (22 years, 88 days) (Kitchin died) | |
68th | March 4, 1923 – May 31, 1923 | |||
May 31, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Co-deans: Simmons (Senate) Pou (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 |
Edward W. Pou[AK] Seniority from March 4, 1901 (33 years, 28 days) (died) | ||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – December 4, 1932 |
Cameron A. Morrison Seniority from December 13, 1930[c] (1 year, 357 days) (lost election to finish term)[46] |
Pou (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 | |
December 4, 1932 – March 4, 1933 |
Josiah Bailey Seniority from March 4, 1931 (15 years, 286 days) (died) | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – April 1, 1934 | |||
April 1, 1934 – January 3, 1935 |
Doughton (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
Robert L. Doughton[AL] Seniority from March 4, 1911 (41 years, 305 days) (retired)[47] | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – December 15, 1946 | |||
December 15, 1946 – January 3, 1947 |
Clyde R. Hoey[F] Seniority from January 3, 1945 (9 years, 129 days) (died) | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – May 12, 1954 |
Cooley (House) Seniority from July 7, 1934 |
Harold D. Cooley Seniority from July 7, 1934[d] (32 years, 176 days) (resigned) | |
May 12, 1954 – November 28, 1954 |
Alton Lennon Seniority from July 10, 1953[c] (1 year, 141 days) (lost nomination to finish term)[48] | |||
November 28, 1954 – January 3, 1955 |
Sam Ervin[F] Seniority from June 5, 1954[c] (20 years, 209 days) (resigned) | |||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – December 30, 1966 | |||
December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967 |
Co-deans: Fountain, Jonas (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
Co-deans: Lawrence H. Fountain (D), Charles R. Jonas (R) Seniority from January 3, 1953 (20 years, 0 days) (Jonas retired) | ||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974 |
Fountain (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
Lawrence H. Fountain Seniority from January 3, 1953 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Jesse Helms Seniority from January 3, 1973 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
Broyhill[G] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1963 |
Jim Broyhill Seniority from January 3, 1963 (23 years, 192 days) (appointed to Senate) | |
99th | January 3, 1985 – July 14, 1986 | |||
July 14, 1986 – November 4, 1986 |
Walter B. Jones Sr. Seniority from February 5, 1966[d] (26 years, 223 days) (died) | |||
November 4, 1986 – January 3, 1987 |
W. Jones (I) (House) Seniority from February 5, 1966 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – September 15, 1992 | |||
September 15, 1992 – January 3, 1993 |
Co-deans: Helms (Senate) Rose (House) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
Charlie Rose Seniority from January 3, 1973 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
Helms (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
Bill Hefner Seniority from January 3, 1975 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Howard Coble Seniority from January 3, 1985 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
John Edwards Seniority from January 3, 1999 (6 years, 0 days) (ran for President) |
Coble (House) Seniority from January 3, 1985 | |
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
Elizabeth Dole Seniority from January 3, 2003 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Richard Burr[F] Seniority from January 3, 2005 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
Co-deans: Burr (House and Senate) W. Jones (II) (House) Seniority from January 3, 1995 |
Walter B. Jones Jr. Seniority from January 3, 1995 (24 years, 38 days) (died) | |
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – February 10, 2019 | |||
February 10, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Burr (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1995 |
David Price[K] Seniority from January 3, 1997 (26 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 |
Thom Tillis Seniority from January 3, 2015 (9 years, 328 days) (Incumbent) |
Co-deans: Foxx, McHenry (House) Seniority from January 3, 2005 |
Co-deans: Virginia Foxx, Patrick McHenry[AM] Seniority from January 3, 2005 (20 years, 0 days) (McHenry retired) |
119th | January 3, 2025 – present |
Foxx (House) Seniority from January 3, 2005 |
Virginia Foxx Seniority from January 3, 2005 (19 years, 328 days) (Incumbent) | |
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
North Dakota
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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51st | November 2, 1889 – November 25, 1889 |
Vacant (not yet elected) | ||
November 25, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
Lyman R. Casey Seniority from November 25, 1889[z] (3 years, 98 days) (lost renomination)[49] | |||
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 – November 8, 1959 | |||
November 8, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Milton Young[AN] Seniority from March 12, 1945[c] (35 years, 297 days) (retired) | |||
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 |
Quentin Burdick[F] Seniority from August 8, 1960[g] (32 years, 31 days) (died) | ||
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 – September 8, 1992 | |||
September 8, 1992 – January 3, 1993 |
Kent Conrad Seniority from January 3, 1987[aa] (26 years, 0 days) (retired) | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
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 |
John Hoeven Seniority from January 3, 2011 (13 years, 328 days) (Incumbent) | ||
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) |
Ohio
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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29th | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847 |
William Allen[F] Seniority from March 4, 1837 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Allen (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1837 |
Joshua Reed Giddings[AO][AP][K] Seniority from December 5, 1842[d] (16 years, 88 days) (retired) |
30th | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 | |||
31st | March 4, 1849 – July 20, 1850 |
Thomas Corwin[F] Seniority from March 4, 1845 (5 years, 138 days) (appointed Secretary of the Treasury) |
Giddings (House) Seniority from December 5, 1842 | |
July 20, 1850 – March 4, 1851 |
Salmon P. Chase Seniority from March 4, 1849 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 | |||
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 | |||
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
Benjamin Wade[AQ] Seniority from March 15, 1851[p] (17 years, 353 days) (lost renomination) | ||
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 | |||
36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 |
Wade (Senate) Seniority from March 15, 1851 |
Edward Wade Seniority from March 4, 1853 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
37th | March 4, 1861 – March 21, 1861 |
Co-deans: John Bingham, John Sherman Seniority from March 4, 1855 (6 years, 17 days) (Sherman elected to Senate) | ||
March 21, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
John Bingham Seniority from March 4, 1855 (7 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |||
38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 |
Co-deans: Samuel S. Cox, George H. Pendleton Seniority from March 4, 1857 (7 years, 364 days) (both lost re-election)[51][52] | ||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 |
James M. Ashley Seniority from March 4, 1859 (9 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[53] | ||
40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 | |||
41st | March 4, 1869 – January 5, 1871 |
John Sherman[F] Seniority from March 21, 1861[l] (15 years, 352 days) (appointed Secretary of the Treasury) |
Sherman (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1855 |
Robert C. Schenck[K] Seniority from March 4, 1863[o] (7 years, 307 days) (appointed Minister to Great Britain) |
January 5, 1871 – March 4, 1871 |
James A. Garfield Seniority from March 4, 1863 (17 years, 249 days) (elected President) | |||
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 8, 1877 | |||
March 8, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
Allen G. Thurman[AR][F] Seniority from March 4, 1869 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Garfield (House) Seniority from March 4, 1863 | ||
46th | March 4, 1879 – November 8, 1880 | |||
November 8, 1880 – March 4, 1881 |
Thurman (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
James Monroe Seniority from March 4, 1871 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
George H. Pendleton[AS][F] Seniority from March 4, 1879 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[52] |
Keifer (House) Seniority from March 4, 1877[k] |
J. Warren Keifer[AT] Seniority from March 4, 1877[k] (5 years, 364 days) (co-dean after Neal and Townsend retired) |
48th | March 4, 1883 – May 27, 1884 |
Co-deans: Keifer, McKinley (House) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
Co-deans: J. Warren Keifer, William McKinley Seniority from March 4, 1877 (7 years, 84 days) (McKinley's election contested)[54] | |
May 27, 1884 – March 4, 1885 |
Keifer (House) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
J. Warren Keifer Seniority from March 4, 1877 (7 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[55] | ||
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
John Sherman[J][AU] Seniority from March 4, 1881 (15 years, 364 days) (appointed Secretary of State) |
Co-deans: Geddes, Le Fevre (House) Seniority from March 4, 1879 |
Co-deans: George W. Geddes, Benjamin Le Fevre Seniority from March 4, 1879 (7 years, 364 days) (both retired) |
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
Taylor (House) Seniority from December 13, 1880 |
Ezra B. Taylor Seniority from December 13, 1880[d] (12 years, 80 days) (retired) | |
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
Sherman[L] (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1881 |
Joseph H. Outhwaite Seniority from March 4, 1885 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Fernando C. Layton Seniority from March 4, 1891 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
Joseph B. Foraker Seniority from March 4, 1897 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Grosvenor (House) Seniority from March 4, 1893[o] |
Charles H. Grosvenor[K] Seniority from March 4, 1893[o] (13 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
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 |
Burton (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1895 |
Theodore E. Burton[K] Seniority from March 4, 1895 (13 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | |
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 |
Charles W. F. Dick[F] Seniority from March 23, 1904[l] (6 years, 345 days) (lost re-election) |
Herman P. Goebel Seniority from March 4, 1903[k] (7 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
Theodore E. Burton[F] Seniority from March 4, 1909 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Nicholas Longworth Seniority from March 4, 1903 (9 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
63rd | March 4, 1913 – January 9, 1915 |
Co-deans: Timothy T. Ansberry, William A. Ashbrook Seniority from March 4, 1907 (7 years, 311 days) (Ansberry appointed appeals court judge) | ||
January 9, 1915 – March 4, 1915 |
William A. Ashbrook Seniority from March 4, 1907 (13 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
Atlee Pomerene Seniority from March 4, 1911 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Ashbrook (House) Seniority from March 4, 1907 | |
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
Pomerene (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
Simeon D. Fess Seniority from March 4, 1913 (9 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | |
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Frank B. Willis[F] Seniority from January 14, 1921[c] (7 years, 76 days) (died) |
Fess (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Nicholas Longworth[C][AV] Seniority from March 4, 1915[o] (16 years, 36 days) (died) |
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 30, 1928 | |||
March 30, 1928 – March 4, 1929 |
Simeon D. Fess[F] Seniority from March 4, 1923 (11 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) | |||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – April 9, 1931 | |||
April 9, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
John G. Cooper Seniority from March 4, 1915 (21 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
Robert J. Bulkley[F] Seniority from December 1, 1930[g] (8 years, 33 days) (lost re-election) |
Cooper (House) Seniority from March 4, 1915 | |
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Crosser (House) Seniority from March 4, 1923 |
Robert Crosser[K] Seniority from March 4, 1923 (31 years, 305 days) (lost renomination) | |
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Vic Donahey Seniority from January 3, 1935 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Robert A. Taft[AW] Seniority from January 3, 1939 (14 years, 209 days) (died) | ||
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 – July 31, 1953 | |||
July 31, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
John W. Bricker Seniority from January 3, 1947 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 |
Jenkins (House) Seniority from March 4, 1925 |
Thomas A. Jenkins Seniority from March 4, 1925 (33 years, 305 days) (retired) | |
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Frank Lausche Seniority from January 3, 1957 (12 years, 0 days) (lost renomination) |
Kirwan (House) Seniority from January 3, 1937 |
Michael J. Kirwan Seniority from January 3, 1937 (33 years, 205 days) (died) |
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 – July 27, 1970 |
Stephen M. Young[F] Seniority from January 3, 1959 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
July 27, 1970 – January 3, 1971 |
Feighan (House) Seniority from January 3, 1943 |
Michael A. Feighan Seniority from January 3, 1943 (28 years, 0 days) (lost renomination) | ||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
William B. Saxbe Seniority from January 3, 1969 (5 years, 0 days) (appointed Attorney General) |
McCulloch (House) Seniority from November 4, 1947 |
William Moore McCulloch Seniority from November 4, 1947[d] (25 years, 60 days) (retired) |
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1974 |
Hays (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
Wayne Hays Seniority from January 3, 1949 (27 years, 242 days) (resigned) | |
January 3, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Robert Taft Jr.[F] Seniority from January 3, 1971 (5 years, 360 days) (resigned) | |||
94th | January 3, 1975 – September 1, 1976 | |||
September 1, 1976 – December 28, 1976 |
Co-deans: Ashley, Vanik (House) Seniority from January 3, 1955 |
Co-deans: Thomas L. Ashley, Charles Vanik Seniority from January 3, 1955 (26 years, 0 days) (Ashley lost re-election, Vanik retired) | ||
December 28, 1976 – January 3, 1977 |
John Glenn Seniority from December 24, 1974[c] (24 years, 10 days) (retired) | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Latta (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 |
Del Latta Seniority from January 3, 1959 (30 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 |
Co-deans: Miller, Wylie (House) Seniority from January 3, 1967 |
Co-deans: Clarence E. Miller, Chalmers Wylie Seniority from January 3, 1967 (26 years, 0 days) (Miller lost renomination, Wylie retired) | |
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Stokes (House) Seniority from January 3, 1969 |
Louis Stokes Seniority from January 3, 1969 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Mike DeWine[F] Seniority from January 3, 1995 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Regula (House) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
Ralph Regula Seniority from January 3, 1973 (36 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 |
George Voinovich Seniority from January 3, 1999 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
Kaptur (House) Seniority from January 3, 1983 |
Marcy Kaptur Seniority from January 3, 1983 (41 years, 328 days) (Incumbent) | |
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Sherrod Brown[F] Seniority from January 3, 2007 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
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 – January 20, 2025 |
JD Vance Seniority from January 3, 2023 (2 years, 17 days) (elected Vice President) | ||
January 20, 2025 – present |
Bernie Moreno Seniority from January 3, 2025 (−38 days) (Incumbent) | |||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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Footnotes (positional)
edit- ^ a b Former non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Sole representative (at-large district)
- ^ a b c d Second time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ a b c d e Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ Sole representative (at-large district) until reapportionment in 1942 House elections
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
- ^ a b c d e as junior senator
- ^ Formally elected as a Federalist from 1795, previously Pro-Administration
- ^ President pro tempore from December 4 to December 27, 1798
- ^ a b c Second time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ a b c d Second time
- ^ Speaker of the House from 1820 to 1821, 1825 to 1827
- ^ Elected as Democratic-Republican until 1825
- ^ a b Elected as Jacksonian Democrat until 1837
- ^ Elected as Whig until 1855
- ^ Whig from 1851 to 1853, Opposition from 1853 to 1857
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Republican Leader on March 3, 1869 (one day)
- ^ Dean of the House from 1913 to 1914
- ^ House Republican Leader from 1931 to 1939
- ^ Dean of the House from 1965 to 1973
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader since 2017
- ^ Formally elected as a Federalist from 1795, previously Pro-Administration
- ^ a b Various positions:
- Speaker of the House (1801–1807)
- Dean of the House (1807–1815)
- ^ Formally elected as a Democratic-Republican from 1795, previously Anti-Administration
- ^ President pro tempore from March 10 to November 4, 1804
- ^ Dean of the House from 1815 to 1816
- ^ President pro tempore from 1826 to 1827
- ^ a b Elected as Democratic-Republican until 1825
- ^ Dean of the House from 1833 to 1842
- ^ Elected as Jacksonian Democrat until 1837
- ^ President pro tempore from 1842 to 1845; Dean of the Senate from 1851 to 1853
- ^ Dean of the House from 1848 to 1849
- ^ President pro tempore from January 7 to 10, 1895
- ^ Dean of the Senate from 1929 to 1931
- ^ House Democratic Leader from 1921 to 1923
- ^ Dean of the House from 1933 to 1934
- ^ Dean of the House from 1952 to 1953
- ^ Speaker pro tempore from October 3 to 25, 2023
- ^ President pro tempore from December 5 to 6, 1980
- ^ Dean of the House from 1855 to 1859
- ^ Elected as Whig from 1845 to 1849; as Free Soiler from 1849 to 1855; as Opposition from 1855 to 1857
- ^ Dean of the Senate from 1866 to 1869; President pro tempore from 1867 to 1869
- ^ President pro tempore from 1879 to 1880
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1881 to 1885
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Republican Leader from 1881 to 1883
- ^ Various positions:
- Senate Republican Leader (de facto) (1884–1885, 1891–1897)
- President pro tempore (1885–1887)
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Republican Leader from 1925 to 1931
- ^ Senate Republican Leader from January 3 to July 31, 1953
Footnotes (seniority)
edit- ^ a b Seniority over Albert B. Fall due to tenure as delegate to the House of Representatives from New Mexico Territory
- ^ Seniority only in relation to Thomas B. Catron; no House dean until 1913
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Senator appointed to fill intra-term vacancy; seniority calculated from date of appointment
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Representative elected to fill vacancy; seniority calculated from date of special election (if different from date the seat was filled)[4] Cite error: The named reference "housevacancy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b Preceding elections involved turnover of all sitting incumbents; incoming officeholders share a seniority date with no distinguishing aspects
- ^ Manuel Lujan Jr. shared seniority with Ed Foreman until January 3, 1971
- ^ a b c Senator elected to fill intra-term vacancy after ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from date the individual assumed office
- ^ Ben Ray Luján shared seniority with Martin Heinrich until January 3, 2013
- ^ Seniority over Philip Schuyler as King assumed his seat two days before Schuyler
- ^ Seniority only in relation to Rufus King; no House dean until 1791
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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 d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s 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)
- ^ Served more prior non-consecutive terms (two) than Uri Tracy (one)
- ^ De jure; break in term from March 4, 1819 to January 25, 1820 due to state legislature's failure to elect
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Shares seniority date with other officeholder(s); credited as sole dean by past non-consecutive terms in Congress
- ^ a b c Elected late
- ^ Both King and Fenton served four non-consecutive terms in the House prior to the 37th Congress
- ^ Served more prior non-consecutive terms (three full, one partial) than Fernando Wood (two)
- ^ a b Seated late by virtue of holding other political, governmental, or judicial office
- ^ Seniority over Benjamin Hawkins as Johnston assumed his seat one day before Hawkins
- ^ Hugh Williamson did not become House dean until John B. Ashe was elected to the House on March 24, 1790.
- ^ Seniority over William Alexander Graham due to past service as a member of the House of Representatives
- ^ All newly-seated post-Civil War representatives share seniority date of July 6, 1868
- ^ All newly-seated members shared seniority until Oliver H. Dockery was elected on July 13, 1868
- ^ Seniority over John Pool due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ Seniority over Gilbert A. Pierce due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ Conrad's seniority is calculated from the start of his first term; in 1992, he resigned and was elected to North Dakota's other Senate seat.[50]
Bibliography
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