User:SuperWIKI/sandbox/State deans (3)
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.
Alabama
[edit]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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16th | December 14, 1819 – March 4, 1821 |
![]() William R. King[A][B][C] Seniority from December 14, 1819[a] (24 years, 123 days) (appointed Minister to France) |
None | ![]() John Crowell[D] Seniority from December 14, 1819 (1 year, 79 days) (retired) |
17th | March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 |
King (Senate) Seniority from December 14, 1819 |
![]() Gabriel Moore[E] Seniority from March 4, 1821 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
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 |
No clear dean[b] | ||
22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Clement C. Clay, Dixon H. Lewis Seniority from March 4, 1829 (5 years, 364 days) (Clay ran for Alabama governor) | ||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835 | |||
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 |
![]() Dixon H. Lewis[F][G] Seniority from March 4, 1829 (15 years, 49 days) (appointed to Senate) | ||
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 – April 15, 1844 | |||
April 15, 1844 – April 22, 1844 |
![]() Arthur P. Bagby Seniority from November 24, 1841[c] (6 years, 205 days) (appointed Minister to Russia) |
Lewis (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1829 | ||
April 22, 1844 – March 4, 1845 |
![]() Reuben Chapman Seniority from March 4, 1835 (11 years, 364 days) (ran for Alabama governor) | |||
29th | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847 | |||
30th | March 4, 1847 – June 16, 1848 |
![]() George S. Houston Seniority from March 4, 1841 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
June 16, 1848 – October 25, 1848 |
![]() Dixon H. Lewis[C] Seniority from April 22, 1844[d] (4 years, 186 days) (died) | |||
October 25, 1848 – March 4, 1849 |
![]() William R. King[H][I][J] Seniority from July 1, 1848[d] (4 years, 172 days) (resigned) |
Houston (House) Seniority from March 4, 1841 | ||
31st | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851 |
Hilliard (House) Seniority from March 4, 1845 |
![]() Henry W. Hilliard Seniority from March 4, 1845 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
32nd | March 4, 1851 – December 20, 1852 |
Co-deans: Cobb, Harris (House) Seniority from March 4, 1847 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Williamson R. W. Cobb, Sampson W. Harris Seniority from March 4, 1847 (9 years, 364 days) (Harris retired) | |
December 20, 1852 – March 4, 1853 |
![]() Jeremiah Clemens Seniority from November 30, 1849[c] (3 years, 93 days) (lost re-election) | |||
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
![]() Benjamin Fitzpatrick[K][J] Seniority from January 14, 1853[e][1] (8 years, 21 days) (withdrew) | ||
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 | |||
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 |
Cobb (House) Seniority from March 4, 1847 |
![]() Williamson R. W. Cobb Seniority from March 4, 1847 (13 years, 332 days) (withdrew) | |
36th | March 4, 1859 – January 30, 1861 | |||
January 30, 1861 – February 4, 1861 |
Fitzpatrick (Senate) Seniority from January 14, 1853 |
Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) | ||
February 4, 1861 – March 4, 1861 |
Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) |
None | ||
37th | March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863 | |||
38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 | |||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 | |||
40th | March 4, 1867 – July 13, 1868 | |||
July 13, 1868 – July 21, 1868 |
![]() George E. Spencer Seniority from July 13, 1868[f] (10 years, 233 days) (retired) | |||
July 21, 1868 – July 22, 1868 |
Spencer (Senate) Seniority from July 13, 1868 |
No clear dean[g][h] | ||
July 22, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
![]() C. W. Buckley Seniority from July 21, 1868[i] (4 years, 225 days) (retired) | |||
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 | |||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 | |||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
![]() Charles Hays Seniority from March 4, 1869 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | |||
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
![]() William H. Forney Seniority from March 4, 1875 (17 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
![]() John T. Morgan Seniority from March 4, 1877 (30 years, 99 days) (died) |
Forney (House) Seniority from March 4, 1875 | |
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 – November 5, 1894 |
Morgan (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
![]() William C. Oates Seniority from March 4, 1881 (13 years, 246 days) (elected Alabama governor) | |
November 5, 1894 – March 4, 1895 |
![]() Joseph Wheeler[L] Seniority from March 4, 1885 (15 years, 47 days) (resigned) | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | |||
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 | |||
56th | March 4, 1899 – April 20, 1900 | |||
April 20, 1900 – March 4, 1901 |
![]() John H. Bankhead Seniority from March 4, 1887 (19 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | |||
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 – June 11, 1907 |
![]() Oscar Underwood[L] Seniority from March 4, 1897[j] (17 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
June 11, 1907 – July 27, 1907 |
![]() Edmund Pettus Seniority from March 4, 1897 (10 years, 145 days) (died) |
Co-deans: Pettus (Senate) Underwood (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | ||
July 27, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
![]() John H. Bankhead[C] Seniority from June 18, 1907[d] (12 years, 257 days) (died) |
Underwood (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | ||
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 |
![]() John L. Burnett Seniority from March 4, 1899 (20 years, 70 days) (died) | ||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||
66th | March 4, 1919 – May 13, 1919 | |||
May 13, 1919 – March 1, 1920 |
![]() J. Thomas Heflin Seniority from May 19, 1904[k] (16 years, 167 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
March 1, 1920 – November 1, 1920 |
![]() Oscar Underwood[M][C] Seniority from March 4, 1915 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
November 1, 1920 – March 4, 1921 |
![]() S. Hubert Dent Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1909 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
![]() Edward B. Almon Seniority from March 4, 1915[i] (18 years, 110 days) (died) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
![]() J. Thomas Heflin[C] Seniority from November 3, 1920[l] (10 years, 120 days) (disqualified) |
Heflin (House and Senate) Seniority from May 19, 1904[m] | |
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
![]() Hugo Black Seniority from March 4, 1927 (10 years, 168 days) (appointed Supreme Court associate justice) |
Almon (House) Seniority from March 4, 1915 | |
73rd | March 4, 1933 – June 22, 1933 | |||
June 22, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Huddleston (House) Seniority from March 4, 1915 |
![]() George Huddleston Seniority from March 4, 1915[i] (21 years, 305 days) (lost renomination) | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – August 19, 1937 |
Steagall (House) Seniority from March 4, 1915 |
![]() Henry B. Steagall Seniority from March 4, 1915 (28 years, 263 days) (died) | |
August 19, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
![]() John H. Bankhead II Seniority from March 4, 1931 (15 years, 100 days) (died) | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – November 22, 1943 | |||
November 22, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
Hill (House and Senate) Seniority from August 14, 1923[k] |
![]() Sam Hobbs Seniority from January 3, 1935 (16 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
79th | January 3, 1945 – June 12, 1946 | |||
June 12, 1946 – January 3, 1947 |
![]() J. Lister Hill[C] Seniority from January 11, 1938[d] (30 years, 358 days) (retired) | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
![]() Frank W. Boykin Seniority from July 30, 1935[k] (27 years, 157 days) (lost renomination) | ||
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 |
![]() George M. Grant Seniority from June 14, 1938[k] (26 years, 203 days) (lost re-election) | ||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
![]() George W. Andrews Seniority from March 14, 1944[k] (27 years, 286 days) (died) | ||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
![]() John Sparkman[C] Seniority from November 6, 1946[l] (32 years, 58 days) (retired) |
Sparkman (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1937 | |
92nd | January 3, 1971 – December 25, 1971 | |||
December 25, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
![]() Robert E. Jones Jr. Seniority from January 28, 1947[k] (29 years, 341 days) (retired) | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
![]() John H. Buchanan Jr. Seniority from January 3, 1965[i] (16 years, 0 days) (lost renomination) | ||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 2, 1981 |
![]() Donald Stewart Seniority from November 8, 1978[l] (2 years, 55 days) (resigned) |
Buchanan (House) Seniority from January 3, 1965 | |
January 2, 1981 – January 3, 1981 |
![]() Howell Heflin Seniority from January 3, 1979 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Co-deans: Dickinson, Edwards (House) Seniority from January 3, 1965 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Bill Dickinson, Jack Edwards Seniority from January 3, 1965 (20 years, 0 days) (Edwards retired) | |
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
Dickinson (House) Seniority from January 3, 1965 |
![]() Bill Dickinson Seniority from January 3, 1965 (28 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
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 |
Bevill (House) Seniority from January 3, 1967 |
![]() Tom Bevill Seniority from January 3, 1967 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
![]() Richard Shelby[C] Seniority from January 3, 1987 (36 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Shelby (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1979 |
![]() Sonny Callahan Seniority from January 3, 1985 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) |
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
![]() Bud Cramer Seniority from January 3, 1991 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
![]() Spencer Bachus Seniority from January 3, 1993 (22 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 |
![]() Robert Aderholt Seniority from January 3, 1997 (27 years, 234 days) (Incumbent) | ||
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 |
![]() Tommy Tuberville Seniority from January 3, 2021 (3 years, 234 days) (Incumbent) |
Aderholt (House) Seniority from January 3, 1997 | |
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Illinois
[edit]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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31st | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851 |
![]() Stephen A. Douglas[C] Seniority from March 4, 1847 (14 years, 91 days) (died) |
Co-deans: Douglas (House and Senate) McClernand, Wentworth (House) Seniority from March 4, 1843 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() John A. McClernand, John Wentworth Seniority from March 4, 1843 (7 years, 364 days) (both retired) |
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 |
Douglas (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1843 |
![]() William A. Richardson Seniority from December 6, 1847 (8 years, 263 days) (resigned) | |
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 | |||
34th | March 4, 1855 – August 25, 1856 | |||
August 25, 1856 – March 4, 1857 |
![]() James Knox Seniority from March 4, 1853[i] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 |
![]() Elihu B. Washburne[N] Seniority from March 4, 1853 (16 years, 2 days) (appointed Secretary of State) | ||
36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 | |||
37th | March 4, 1861 – June 3, 1861 | |||
June 3, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
![]() Lyman Trumbull[O] Seniority from March 4, 1855 (17 years, 364 days) (retired)[3] |
Washburne (House) Seniority from March 4, 1853 | ||
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 6, 1869 | |||
March 6, 1869 – March 4, 1871 |
Trumbull (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1855 |
![]() John F. Farnsworth[L] Seniority from March 4, 1863 (9 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | ||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 | |||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
![]() John A. Logan[C] Seniority from March 4, 1871 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Marshall (House) Seniority from March 4, 1865 |
![]() Samuel S. Marshall[L] Seniority from March 4, 1865 (9 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
Logan (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1867 |
![]() Horatio C. Burchard Seniority from December 6, 1869[k] (9 years, 87 days) (lost renomination)[4] | |
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
![]() Richard J. Oglesby Seniority from March 4, 1873 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Burchard (House) Seniority from December 6, 1869 | |
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
![]() David Davis[P] Seniority from March 4, 1877 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Morrison (House) Seniority from March 4, 1873 |
![]() William R. Morrison[L] Seniority from March 4, 1873[j] (13 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
![]() John A. Logan[H][J] Seniority from March 4, 1879[n] (7 years, 297 days) (died) | ||
49th | March 4, 1885 – December 26, 1886 | |||
December 26, 1886 – March 4, 1887 |
![]() Shelby M. Cullom[Q][C] Seniority from March 4, 1883 (29 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | |||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
Cannon (House) Seniority from March 4, 1873 |
![]() Joseph Gurney Cannon Seniority from March 4, 1873 (17 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
Co-deans: Henderson, Springer (House) Seniority from March 4, 1875 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Thomas J. Henderson (R), William M. Springer (D) Seniority from March 4, 1875 (19 years, 364 days) (Henderson lost renomination, Springer lost re-election)[5] | |
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Hitt (House) Seniority from December 4, 1882 |
![]() Robert R. Hitt Seniority from December 4, 1882[k] (23 years, 290 days) (died) | |
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 – September 20, 1906 | |||
September 20, 1906 – March 4, 1907 |
Cullom (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1883 |
![]() George Washington Smith Seniority from March 4, 1889 (18 years, 271 days) (died) | ||
60th | March 4, 1907 – November 30, 1907 | |||
November 30, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
![]() Joseph Gurney Cannon[H][R] Seniority from March 4, 1893 (19 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |||
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | |||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 26, 1913 |
Vacant | Mann (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
![]() James R. Mann[S] Seniority from March 4, 1897 (25 years, 271 days) (died) |
March 26, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
![]() J. Hamilton Lewis[C] Seniority from March 26, 1913[o][p] (5 years, 342 days) (lost re-election) | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 | |||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
![]() Lawrence Y. Sherman Seniority from March 26, 1913[l] (7 years, 342 days) (retired) | ||
67th | March 4, 1921 – November 30, 1922 |
![]() Medill McCormick[C] Seniority from March 4, 1919 (5 years, 358 days) (died) | ||
November 30, 1922 – March 4, 1923 |
Madden (House) Seniority from March 4, 1905 |
![]() Martin B. Madden Seniority from March 4, 1905 (23 years, 54 days) (died) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – February 25, 1925 | |||
February 25, 1925 – March 4, 1925 |
![]() William B. McKinley[C] Seniority from March 4, 1921 (5 years, 278 days) (died) | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – December 7, 1926 | |||
December 7, 1926 – March 4, 1927 |
![]() Charles S. Deneen Seniority from February 26, 1925[d] (6 years, 5 days) (lost renomination) | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – April 27, 1928 | |||
April 27, 1928 – March 4, 1929 |
Sabath (House) Seniority from March 4, 1907 |
![]() Adolph J. Sabath[T] Seniority from March 4, 1907 (45 years, 247 days) (died) | ||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
![]() Otis F. Glenn[C] Seniority from December 3, 1928[l] (4 years, 90 days) (lost re-election) | ||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
![]() J. Hamilton Lewis[H][J] Seniority from March 4, 1931 (8 years, 36 days) (died) | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – April 9, 1939 | |||
April 9, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
![]() Scott W. Lucas[U][C] Seniority from January 3, 1939 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
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 – November 6, 1952 |
![]() Paul Douglas Seniority from January 3, 1949 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
November 6, 1952 – January 3, 1953 |
Allen (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
![]() Leo E. Allen Seniority from March 4, 1933 (27 years, 305 days) (retired) | ||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
Arends (House) Seniority from January 3, 1935 |
![]() Leslie C. Arends Seniority from January 3, 1935 (39 years, 362 days) (resigned) | |
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 |
![]() Everett Dirksen[V][C] Seniority from January 3, 1951 (18 years, 247 days) (died) | ||
91st | January 3, 1969 – September 7, 1969 | |||
September 7, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
![]() Charles H. Percy Seniority from January 3, 1967 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974 | |||
December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Price (House) Seniority from January 3, 1945 |
![]() Melvin Price Seniority from January 3, 1945 (43 years, 110 days) (died) | ||
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 |
![]() Alan J. Dixon Seniority from January 3, 1981 (12 years, 0 days) (lost renomination) | ||
100th | January 3, 1987 – April 22, 1988 | |||
April 22, 1988 – January 3, 1989 |
Michel (House) Seniority from January 3, 1957 |
![]() Robert H. Michel[W] Seniority from January 3, 1957 (38 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
![]() Paul Simon[C] Seniority from January 3, 1985 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Yates (House) Seniority from January 3, 1965 |
![]() Sidney R. Yates[L] Seniority from January 3, 1965 (34 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
![]() Carol Moseley Braun Seniority from January 3, 1993 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
![]() Dick Durbin[C] Seniority from January 3, 1997 (27 years, 234 days) (Incumbent) |
Crane (House) Seniority from November 25, 1969 |
![]() Phil Crane Seniority from November 25, 1969[k] (35 years, 39 days) (lost re-election) |
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
Hyde (House) Seniority from January 3, 1975 |
![]() Henry Hyde Seniority from January 3, 1975 (32 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
110th | January 3, 2007 – November 26, 2007 |
Durbin (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1983 |
![]() Dennis Hastert[X] Seniority from January 3, 1987 (20 years, 327 days) (resigned) | |
November 26, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
![]() Jerry Costello Seniority from August 9, 1988[k] (24 years, 147 days) (retired) | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Luis Gutiérrez, Bobby Rush Seniority from January 3, 1993 (26 years, 0 days) (Gutiérrez retired) | ||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
![]() Bobby Rush Seniority from January 3, 1993 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – present |
![]() Danny Davis Seniority from January 3, 1997 (27 years, 234 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) |
Tennessee
[edit]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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47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
![]() Isham G. Harris[Y][C] Seniority from March 4, 1877 (20 years, 126 days) (died) |
Whitthorne (House) Seniority from March 4, 1871 |
![]() Washington C. Whitthorne Seniority from March 4, 1871 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) |
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
Dibrell (House) Seniority from March 4, 1875 |
![]() George Gibbs Dibrell Seniority from March 4, 1875 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
Harris (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Leonidas C. Houk (R), Benton McMillin (D) Seniority from March 4, 1879 (12 years, 82 days) (Houk died) | |
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 | |||
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – May 25, 1891 | |||
May 25, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
![]() Benton McMillin Seniority from March 4, 1879 (19 years, 308 days) (elected Tennessee governor) | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | |||
55th | March 4, 1897 – July 8, 1897 | |||
July 8, 1897 – January 6, 1899 |
![]() William B. Bate Seniority from March 4, 1887 (18 years, 5 days) (died) |
McMillin (House) Seniority from March 4, 1879 | ||
January 6, 1899 – March 4, 1899 |
Richardson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1885 |
![]() James D. Richardson[Z] Seniority from March 4, 1885 (19 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 9, 1905 |
Bate (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1887 |
![]() Walter P. Brownlow Seniority from March 4, 1897[i] (13 years, 126 days) (died) | |
March 9, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
![]() Edward W. Carmack[C] Seniority from March 4, 1901 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Co-deans: Carmack (House and Senate) Brownlow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | ||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
![]() James B. Frazier Seniority from March 21, 1905[c] (5 years, 347 days) (lost re-election) |
Brownlow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | |
61st | March 4, 1909 – July 8, 1910 | |||
July 8, 1910 – March 4, 1911 |
Co-deans: Moon, Sims (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() John A. Moon, Thetus W. Sims Seniority from March 4, 1897 (23 years, 364 days) (Moon withdrew for illness, Sims lost renomination) | ||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 31, 1912 |
![]() Robert Love Taylor[C] Seniority from March 4, 1907 (5 years, 27 days) (died) | ||
March 31, 1912 – March 4, 1913 |
![]() Luke Lea Seniority from March 4, 1911 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | |||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
![]() John K. Shields Seniority from March 4, 1913 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | ||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1922 |
Padgett (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 |
![]() Lemuel P. Padgett Seniority from March 4, 1901 (21 years, 151 days) (died) | |
August 2, 1922 – March 4, 1923 |
Garrett (House) Seniority from March 4, 1905 |
![]() Finis J. Garrett[AA] Seniority from March 4, 1905 (23 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
![]() Kenneth McKellar[AB][C] Seniority from March 4, 1917 (35 years, 305 days) (lost renomination) | ||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
Byrns (House) Seniority from March 4, 1909 |
![]() Jo Byrns[AC] Seniority from March 4, 1909 (27 years, 92 days) (died) | |
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
74th | January 3, 1935 – June 4, 1936 | |||
June 4, 1936 – January 3, 1937 |
McKellar (House and Senate) Seniority from December 4, 1911[k] |
![]() J. Will Taylor Seniority from March 4, 1919 (20 years, 255 days) (died) | ||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – November 14, 1939 | |||
November 14, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
![]() Jere Cooper Seniority from March 4, 1929 (28 years, 279 days) (died) | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
![]() Estes Kefauver[C] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (14 years, 219 days) (died) |
Cooper (I) (House) Seniority from March 4, 1929 | |
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – December 18, 1957 | |||
December 18, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
Kefauver (House and Senate) Seniority from September 13, 1939[k] |
![]() Clifford Davis Seniority from February 14, 1940[k] (24 years, 324 days) (lost renomination) | ||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – August 10, 1963 | |||
August 10, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
![]() Albert Gore Sr.[C] Seniority from January 3, 1953 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Davis (House) Seniority from February 14, 1940 | ||
89th | January 3, 1965 – December 30, 1966 |
Murray (House) Seniority from January 3, 1943 |
![]() Tom J. Murray Seniority from January 3, 1943 (23 years, 361 days) (resigned) | |
December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967 |
Gore[L] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1945 |
![]() Joe L. Evins Seniority from January 3, 1947 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
![]() Howard Baker[AD] Seniority from January 3, 1967 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Evins (House) Seniority from January 3, 1947 | |
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Quillen (House) Seniority from January 3, 1963 |
![]() Jimmy Quillen Seniority from January 3, 1963 (34 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
![]() Jim Sasser Seniority from January 3, 1977 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
![]() Fred Thompson Seniority from December 2, 1994[l] (8 years, 32 days) (retired) | ||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
Gordon (House) Seniority from January 3, 1985 |
![]() Bart Gordon Seniority from January 3, 1985 (26 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
![]() Bill Frist[AE] Seniority from January 3, 1995 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
![]() Lamar Alexander Seniority from January 3, 2003 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Duncan (House) Seniority from November 8, 1988 |
![]() Jimmy Duncan Seniority from November 8, 1988[k] (30 years, 56 days) (retired) | |
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Cooper (II) (House) Seniority from January 3, 2003[j] |
![]() Jim Cooper[L] Seniority from January 3, 2003[j] (20 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
![]() Marsha Blackburn[C] Seniority from January 3, 2019 (5 years, 234 days) (Incumbent) | ||
118th | January 3, 2023 – present |
Blackburn (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2003 |
![]() Steve Cohen Seniority from January 3, 2007 (17 years, 234 days) (Incumbent) | |
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Texas
[edit]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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29th | February 21, 1846 – March 30, 1846 |
![]() Sam Houston Seniority from February 21, 1846[q] (13 years, 10 days) (retired) |
None | Vacant (not yet elected) |
March 30, 1846 – March 4, 1847 |
Houston (Senate) Seniority from February 21, 1846 |
None (same seniority) | ||
30th | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 | |||
31st | March 4, 1849 – January 31, 1851 |
![]() David S. Kaufman Seniority from March 30, 1846 (4 years, 307 days) (died) | ||
January 31, 1851 – March 4, 1851 |
![]() Volney Howard Seniority from March 4, 1849 (3 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |||
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 | |||
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
No clear dean[b] | ||
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
![]() Peter H. Bell Seniority from March 4, 1853 (3 years, 364 days) (retired)[6] | ||
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 |
No clear dean[b] | ||
36th | March 4, 1859 – December 5, 1859 |
![]() Matthias Ward Seniority from September 27, 1858[d] (1 year, 69 days) (lost nomination to finish term) |
Reagan (House) Seniority from March 4, 1857 |
![]() John H. Reagan Seniority from March 4, 1857 (3 years, 364 days) (withdrew) |
December 5, 1859 – March 4, 1861 |
![]() John Hemphill Seniority from March 4, 1859 (2 years, 129 days) (expelled) | |||
37th | March 4, 1861 – July 11, 1861 |
Hemphill (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1859 |
Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) | |
July 11, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) |
None | ||
38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 | |||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 | |||
40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 | |||
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 30, 1870 | |||
March 30, 1870 – March 31, 1870 |
![]() J. W. Flanagan Seniority from March 30, 1870 (4 years, 338 days) (retired) |
No clear dean[r] | ||
March 31, 1870 – March 4, 1871 |
Co-deans: Flanagan (Senate) Whitmore (House) Seniority from March 30, 1870 |
![]() George W. Whitmore Seniority from March 30, 1870 (338 days) (lost re-election) | ||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – May 13, 1872 |
Flanagan (Senate) Seniority from March 30, 1870 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() William T. Clark (R), John C. Conner (D) Seniority from March 31, 1870 (2 years, 43 days) (Clark resigned) | |
May 13, 1872 – March 4, 1873 |
![]() John C. Conner Seniority from March 31, 1870 (2 years, 337 days) (retired) | |||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() John Hancock, William S. Herndon Seniority from March 4, 1871 (3 years, 364 days) (Herndon lost re-election)[7] | ||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
![]() Morgan C. Hamilton Seniority from March 31, 1870 (6 years, 337 days) (retired) |
Hamilton (Senate) Seniority from March 31, 1870 |
![]() John Hancock Seniority from March 4, 1871 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
![]() Samuel B. Maxey Seniority from March 4, 1875 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Mills (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1873 |
![]() Roger Q. Mills Seniority from March 4, 1873 (19 years, 25 days) (elected to Senate) |
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | |||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | |||
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | |||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
![]() Richard Coke Seniority from March 4, 1877 (17 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 29, 1892 | |||
March 29, 1892 – March 4, 1893 |
![]() David B. Culberson[AF] Seniority from March 4, 1875 (21 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
![]() Roger Q. Mills[C] Seniority from March 30, 1892[c][8] (6 years, 338 days) (retired) | ||
55th | March 4, 1897 – January 16, 1899 |
![]() Joseph D. Sayers Seniority from March 4, 1885 (13 years, 318 days) (elected Texas governor) | ||
January 16, 1899 – March 4, 1899 |
![]() Joseph W. Bailey Seniority from March 4, 1891 (9 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
![]() Horace Chilton[J] Seniority from March 4, 1895 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Bailey[AG] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1891 | |
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 |
![]() Charles A. Culberson[AH] Seniority from March 4, 1899 (23 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
![]() Samuel B. Cooper Seniority from March 4, 1893 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
![]() Robert L. Henry Seniority from March 4, 1897[i] (19 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – January 3, 1913 | |||
January 3, 1913 – March 4, 1913 |
Henry (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | |||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Slayden (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
![]() James L. Slayden Seniority from March 4, 1897 (21 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Culberson (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
![]() John Nance Garner[AI] Seniority from March 4, 1903 (29 years, 364 days) (elected Vice President) | |
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
![]() Morris Sheppard[C] Seniority from February 3, 1913[c] (28 years, 65 days) (died) |
Sheppard (House and Senate) Seniority from November 15, 1902[k] | |
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Sam Rayburn,[AJ] Hatton W. Sumners Seniority from March 4, 1913 (33 years, 305 days) (Sumners retired) | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – April 9, 1941 | |||
April 9, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
![]() Tom Connally[C] Seniority from March 4, 1929 (23 years, 305 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Rayburn, Sumners (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 | ||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Rayburn (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
![]() Sam Rayburn[AJ] Seniority from March 4, 1913 (48 years, 257 days) (died) | |
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
![]() Lyndon B. Johnson[AK] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (12 years, 0 days) (elected Vice President) | ||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
87th | January 3, 1961 – November 16, 1961 |
![]() Ralph Yarborough Seniority from April 29, 1957[l] (13 years, 249 days) (lost renomination) | ||
November 16, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
Patman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1929 |
![]() Wright Patman[AL] Seniority from March 4, 1929 (47 years, 3 days) (died) | ||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
![]() John Tower Seniority from June 15, 1961[l] (23 years, 202 days) (retired) | ||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |||
94th | January 3, 1975 – March 7, 1976 | |||
March 7, 1976 – January 3, 1977 |
Mahon (House) Seniority from January 3, 1935 |
![]() George H. Mahon[AM] Seniority from January 3, 1935 (44 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 |
Brooks (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
![]() Jack Brooks Seniority from January 3, 1953 (42 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
![]() Lloyd Bentsen[C] Seniority from January 3, 1971 (22 years, 17 days) (appointed Secretary of the Treasury) | ||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 20, 1993 | |||
January 20, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
![]() Phil Gramm[C] Seniority from January 3, 1985 (17 years, 331 days) (resigned) | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
González (House) Seniority from November 4, 1961 |
![]() Henry B. González Seniority from November 4, 1961[k] (37 years, 60 days) (retired) | |
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Archer (House) Seniority from January 3, 1971 |
![]() Bill Archer Seniority from January 3, 1971 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
107th | January 3, 2001 – November 30, 2002 |
Co-deans: Frost, Stenholm (House) Seniority from January 3, 1979 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Martin Frost, Charles Stenholm Seniority from January 3, 1979 (26 years, 0 days) (both lost re-election) | |
November 30, 2002 – January 3, 2003 |
![]() Kay Bailey Hutchison Seniority from June 14, 1993[l] (19 years, 203 days) (retired) | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
Hall (House) Seniority from January 3, 1981 |
![]() Ralph Hall Seniority from January 3, 1981 (34 years, 0 days) (lost renomination) | |
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
![]() John Cornyn Seniority from December 2, 2002[d] (21 years, 266 days) (Incumbent) | ||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
Barton (House) Seniority from January 3, 1985 |
![]() Joe Barton Seniority from January 3, 1985 (34 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Johnson (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
![]() Eddie Bernice Johnson Seniority from January 3, 1993 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – July 19, 2024 |
Co-deans: Doggett, Jackson Lee (House) Seniority from January 3, 1995 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Lloyd Doggett, Sheila Jackson Lee Seniority from January 3, 1995 (29 years, 198 days) (Jackson Lee died) | |
July 19, 2024 – present |
Doggett (House) Seniority from January 3, 1995 |
![]() Lloyd Doggett Seniority from January 3, 1995 (29 years, 234 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) |
Virginia
[edit]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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50th | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
![]() Harrison H. Riddleberger Seniority from March 4, 1883 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Wise (House) Seniority from March 4, 1881 |
![]() George D. Wise Seniority from March 4, 1881 (9 years, 37 days) (election invalidated) |
51st | March 4, 1889 – April 10, 1890 |
![]() John W. Daniel[C] Seniority from March 4, 1887 (23 years, 117 days) (died) | ||
April 10, 1890 – March 4, 1891 |
O'Ferrall (House) Seniority from May 5, 1884 |
![]() Charles T. O'Ferrall Seniority from May 5, 1884[k] (9 years, 238 days) (elected Virginia governor) | ||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – December 28, 1893 | |||
December 28, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
J. W. Daniel (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1885 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Paul C. Edmunds, H. S. G. Tucker III Seniority from March 4, 1889 (5 years, 364 days) (Edmunds retired) | ||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
![]() H. S. G. Tucker III Seniority from March 4, 1889 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
![]() William Atkinson Jones[AN] Seniority from March 4, 1891 (27 years, 44 days) (died) | ||
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 – June 29, 1910 | |||
June 29, 1910 – March 4, 1911 |
![]() Thomas S. Martin[AO] Seniority from March 4, 1895 (24 years, 253 days) (died) |
Jones (House) Seniority from March 4, 1891 | ||
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 – April 17, 1918 | |||
April 17, 1918 – March 4, 1919 |
Martin (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1895 |
![]() Henry D. Flood Seniority from March 4, 1901 (20 years, 279 days) (died) | ||
66th | March 4, 1919 – November 12, 1919 | |||
November 12, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
![]() Claude A. Swanson[C] Seniority from August 1, 1910[d] (22 years, 214 days) (appointed Secretary of the Navy) |
Flood (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 | ||
67th | March 4, 1921 – December 8, 1921 | |||
December 8, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
Slemp (House) Seniority from December 17, 1907 |
![]() C. Bascom Slemp Seniority from December 17, 1907[k] (15 years, 76 days) (retired) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Swanson (Senate) Seniority from August 1, 1910 |
![]() Andrew Jackson Montague Seniority from March 4, 1913 (23 years, 326 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 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
![]() Carter Glass[AP][C] Seniority from February 2, 1920[d] (26 years, 115 days) (died) |
Montague (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 | |
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 24, 1937 | |||
January 24, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Bland (House) Seniority from July 2, 1918 |
![]() S. Otis Bland Seniority from July 2, 1918[k] (31 years, 229 days) (died) | ||
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 – May 28, 1946 | |||
May 28, 1946 – January 3, 1947 |
![]() Harry F. Byrd Seniority from March 4, 1933 (32 years, 251 days) (resigned) | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
81st | January 3, 1949 – February 16, 1950 | |||
February 16, 1950 – January 3, 1951 |
Smith (House) Seniority from March 4, 1931 |
![]() Howard W. Smith Seniority from March 4, 1931 (35 years, 305 days) (lost renomination) | ||
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 – November 10, 1965 | |||
November 10, 1965 – December 30, 1966 |
![]() A. Willis Robertson[C] Seniority from November 6, 1946[l] (20 years, 54 days) (resigned) | |||
December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967 |
![]() Harry F. Byrd Jr.[AQ] Seniority from November 12, 1965[d] (17 years, 52 days) (retired) | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 |
Hardy (House) Seniority from January 3, 1947 |
![]() Porter Hardy Jr. Seniority from January 3, 1947 (22 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
Abbitt (House) Seniority from February 17, 1948 |
![]() Watkins Abbitt Seniority from February 17, 1948[k] (24 years, 321 days) (retired) | |
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974 |
Broyhill (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
![]() Joel Broyhill Seniority from January 3, 1953[9] (21 years, 362 days) (resigned) | |
December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Downing (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 |
![]() Thomas N. Downing Seniority from January 3, 1959 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Satterfield (House) Seniority from January 3, 1965 |
![]() David E. Satterfield III Seniority from January 3, 1965 (16 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Byrd Jr. (Senate) Seniority from November 12, 1965 |
![]() William C. Wampler[L] Seniority from January 3, 1967 (16 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
John Warner Seniority from January 2, 1979[d] (30 years, 1 day) (retired) |
Co-deans: D. Daniel, Whitehurst (House) Seniority from January 3, 1969 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Dan Daniel (D), G. William Whitehurst (R) Seniority from January 3, 1969 (18 years, 0 days) (Whitehurst retired) |
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 23, 1988 |
D. Daniel (House) Seniority from January 3, 1969 |
![]() Dan Daniel Seniority from January 3, 1969 (19 years, 20 days) (died) | |
January 23, 1988 – January 3, 1989 |
Trible[AG] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1977 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Thomas Bliley, Frank Wolf Seniority from January 3, 1981 (20 years, 0 days) (Bliley retired) | ||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 |
Warner (Senate) Seniority from January 2, 1979 | ||
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 |
![]() Frank Wolf Seniority from January 3, 1981 (34 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
![]() Jim Webb Seniority from January 3, 2007 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Wolf (House) Seniority from January 3, 1981 | |
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
![]() Mark Warner Seniority from January 3, 2009 (15 years, 234 days) (Incumbent) | ||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
Co-deans: Goodlatte, Scott (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Bob Goodlatte (R), Bobby Scott (D) Seniority from January 3, 1993 (26 years, 0 days) (Goodlatte retired) | |
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Scott (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
![]() Bobby Scott Seniority from January 3, 1993 (31 years, 234 days) (Incumbent) | |
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – present | |||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
References
[edit]- ^ "FITZPATRICK, Benjamin (1802 – 1869)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "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.
- ^ "TRUMBULL, Lyman (1813 – 1896)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ^ "BURCHARD, Horatio Chapin (1825 – 1908)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ "HENDERSON, Thomas Jefferson (1824 – 1911)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ "BELL, Peter Hansbrough (1812 – 1898)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "HERNDON, William Smith (1835 – 1903)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "MILLS, Roger Quarles (1832 – 1911)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
- ^ "BROYHILL, Joel Thomas (1919 – 2006)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
Footnotes (positional)
[edit]- ^ Dean of the Senate from 1833 to 1844; President pro tempore from 1836 to 1841
- ^ Elected as Democratic-Republican from 1819 to 1825; as Jacksonian Democrat from 1825 to 1837
- ^ 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 Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
- ^ Sole representative (at-large district)
- ^ Elected as Democratic-Republican until 1825
- ^ Dean of the House from 1843 to 1844
- ^ Elected as Nullifier from 1833 to 1837
- ^ a b c d Second time
- ^ President pro tempore from 1850 to 1852
- ^ a b c d e Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ President pro tempore from 1857 to February 1860, and June to December 1860
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1920 to 1923
- ^ Dean of the House from 1863 to 1869
- ^ Republican from 1861 to 1870, Liberal Republican from 1870 to 1872
- ^ President pro tempore from 1881 to 1883
- ^ Senate Republican Leader (de facto) and Dean of the Senate from 1911 to 1913
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Republican Leader from 1903 to 1911
- ^ House Republican Leader from 1911 to 1919
- ^ Dean of the House from 1934 to 1952
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1949 to 1951
- ^ Senate Republican Leader from 1959 to 1969
- ^ House Republican Leader from 1981 to 1995
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Republican Leader from 1999 to 2007
- ^ President pro tempore from 1893 to 1895 (interrupted between January 7–10, 1895)
- ^ House Democratic Leader from 1899 to 1903
- ^ House Democratic Leader from 1923 to 1929
- ^ Dean of the Senate from 1944 to 1953; President pro tempore from 1945 to 1947, 1949 to 1953
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Democratic Leader from 1935 to 1936
- ^ Senate Republican Leader from 1977 to 1979, 1980 to 1985
- ^ Senate Republican Leader from 2003 to 2007
- ^ Dean of the House and House Democratic Leader from 1895 to 1897
- ^ a b as junior senator
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1907 to 1909
- ^ House Democratic Leader from 1929 to 1933; Speaker of the House from 1931 to 1933
- ^ a b Various positions:
- Speaker of the House (1940–1947, 1949–1953, 1955–1961)
- House Democratic Leader (1940–1961)
- Dean of the House (1953–1961)
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1953 to 1961
- ^ Dean of the House from 1973 to 1976
- ^ Dean of the House from 1976 to 1979
- ^ Dean of the House from 1914 to 1918
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1911 to 1913, 1917 to 1919
- ^ President pro tempore from 1941 to 1945
- ^ Elected as Democrat until 1970
Footnotes (seniority)
[edit]- ^ Seniority over John Williams Walker due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ a b c Preceding elections involved turnover of all sitting incumbents; incoming officeholders share a seniority date with no distinguishing aspects
- ^ a b c d e Senator elected by state legislature intra-term prior to ratification of Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from election date (if different from date the seat was filled)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Senator appointed to fill intra-term vacancy; seniority calculated from date of appointment
- ^ De jure; break in term from March 4, 1855 to November 26, 1855 due to state legislature's failure to elect
- ^ Seniority over Willard Warner due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ All newly-seated post-Civil War officeholders share seniority date of July 21, 1868
- ^ All newly-seated members shared seniority until Francis William Kellogg was elected on July 22, 1868
- ^ a b c d e f g 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 Shares seniority date with other officeholder(s); credited as sole dean by past non-consecutive terms in Congress
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Representative elected to fill vacancy; seniority calculated from date of special election (if different from date the seat was filled)[2] Cite error: The named reference "housevacancy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Senator elected to fill intra-term vacancy after ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from date the individual assumed office
- ^ For the purposes of this list, the one-day gap between Heflin's resignation from the House and his election to the Senate (November 1 – November 3, 1920) is ignored.
- ^ De jure; break in term from March 4 to May 19, 1885 due to state legislature's failure to elect
- ^ Elected late
- ^ Seniority over Lawrence Y. Sherman due to tenure as a member of the House of Representatives
- ^ Seniority over Thomas Jefferson Rusk due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ George W. Whitmore served as Kentucky's sole representative (1st district) until Clark, Conner, and Degener were sworn in on March 31
Bibliography
[edit]- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774 – 2005) (PDF), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005, retrieved November 12, 2023