For senators and representatives who represented defunct parties or switched parties intra-term, only their latest party while in office is reflected. Most states, due to not having long-running deans until the 1900s, have tables only starting from that decade.
Guidelines
editChecklist
edit- Check all dates (Congress sessions, individual terms, deanships, ayds)
- Check seniority (shared seniority, alphabetical precedence, combined House and Senate tenures, causes of departure)
- Check numbered seniority (if death caused seniority to go up independent of list number)
Seniority criteria
edit- Number of consecutive terms (for speed, use seniority date)
- Number of past, non-consecutive terms
- Alphabetical order of surname (if more than two people fulfill same seniority after above criteria, use individual with earliest surname in alphabet)
- For Representatives elected to fill vacancy, seniority is calculated from date of special election. Column-wise (Congress), at-large representatives use the date they were sworn in.
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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) |
Virginia (TO CHECK)
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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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[A] 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[a] (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[B] 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[C] 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[A] Seniority from August 1, 1910[b] (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[a] (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[D][A] Seniority from February 2, 1920[b] (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[a] (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[A] Seniority from November 6, 1946[c] (20 years, 54 days) (resigned) | |||
December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967 |
Harry F. Byrd Jr.[E] Seniority from November 12, 1965[b] (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[a] (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[2] (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[F] 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[b] (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[G] (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, 337 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, 337 days) (Incumbent) | |
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) |
Washington
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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56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
George Turner Seniority from March 4, 1897 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Turner (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
No clear dean[d] |
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
Addison G. Foster Seniority from March 4, 1899 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Foster (Senate) Jones, Cushman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
Co-deans: Wesley L. Jones, Francis W. Cushman Seniority from March 4, 1899 (10 years, 0 days) (Jones elected to Senate) |
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
Levi Ankeny Seniority from March 4, 1903 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[3] |
Co-deans: Jones[G] (House and Senate) Cushman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 | |
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
61st | March 4, 1909 – July 6, 1909 |
Samuel H. Piles Seniority from March 4, 1905 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Francis W. Cushman Seniority from March 4, 1899 (10 years, 124 days) (died) | |
July 6, 1909 – March 4, 1911 |
Jones (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
William E. Humphrey Seniority from March 4, 1903 (13 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
Wesley L. Jones[A] Seniority from March 4, 1909 (23 years, 260 days) (died) | ||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
William La Follette Seniority from March 4, 1911 (7 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[4] | ||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Albert Johnson Seniority from March 4, 1913 (19 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
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 – November 19, 1932 | |||
November 19, 1932 – March 4, 1933 |
Clarence Dill[A] Seniority from March 4, 1923 (11 years, 305 days) (retired) |
Johnson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 | ||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Dill (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1923 |
Samuel B. Hill Seniority from September 25, 1923[a] (12 years, 274 days) (appointed Board of Tax Appeals member) | |
74th | January 3, 1935 – June 25, 1936 |
Homer Bone Seniority from March 4, 1933 (11 years, 254 days) (appointed appeals court judge) |
S. Hill (House) Seniority from September 25, 1923 | |
June 25, 1936 – January 3, 1937 |
Co-deans: Bone (Senate) K. Hill (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
Knute Hill Seniority from March 4, 1933[e] (7 years, 290 days) (co-dean after Wallgren elected to Senate) | ||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – December 19, 1940 | |||
December 19, 1940 – January 3, 1941 |
No clear dean[f] | Co-deans: Knute Hill, Martin F. Smith Seniority from March 4, 1933 (9 years, 305 days) (both lost re-election) | ||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – November 13, 1944 |
Co-deans: Bone (Senate) Wallgren[G] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
Co-deans: John M. Coffee, Warren Magnuson Seniority from January 3, 1937 (7 years, 346 days) (Magnuson appointed to Senate) | |
November 13, 1944 – December 14, 1944 |
Monrad Wallgren[A] Seniority from December 19, 1940[b] (4 years, 21 days) (elected Washington governor) |
Wallgren (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1933 | ||
December 14, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
John M. Coffee Seniority from January 3, 1937 (10 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 9, 1945 | |||
January 9, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Warren Magnuson[H][A] Seniority from December 14, 1944[b] (36 years, 20 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Magnuson (House and Senate) Coffee (House) Seniority from January 3, 1937 | ||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Magnuson (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1937 |
Henry M. Jackson Seniority from January 3, 1941 (12 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | |
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Co-deans: Hal Holmes, Walt Horan Seniority from January 3, 1943 (16 years, 0 days) (Holmes retired)[5] | ||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Walt Horan Seniority from January 3, 1943 (22 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
Thomas Pelly Seniority from January 3, 1953 (20 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 | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974 |
Julia Butler Hansen Seniority from November 8, 1960[a] (14 years, 53 days) (resigned) | ||
December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Brock Adams Seniority from January 3, 1965[e] (12 years, 19 days) (appointed Secretary of Transportation) | |||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – January 22, 1977 | |||
January 22, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Co-deans: Tom Foley, Lloyd Meeds Seniority from January 3, 1965 (14 years, 0 days) (Meeds retired)[6] | |||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 |
Tom Foley[I] Seniority from January 3, 1965 (30 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Henry M. Jackson[A] Seniority from January 3, 1953 (30 years, 241 days) (died) |
Jackson (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1941 | |
98th | January 3, 1983 – September 1, 1983 | |||
September 1, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
Slade Gorton Seniority from January 3, 1981 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Foley (House) Seniority from January 3, 1965 | ||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
Daniel J. Evans Seniority from September 8, 1983[b] (5 years, 117 days) (retired) | ||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 |
Brock Adams[A] Seniority from January 3, 1987 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Slade Gorton[J] Seniority from January 3, 1989 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Dicks (House) Seniority from January 3, 1977 |
Norm Dicks Seniority from January 3, 1977 (36 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 |
Patty Murray[K] Seniority from January 3, 1993 (31 years, 337 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 |
McDermott (House) Seniority from January 3, 1989 |
Jim McDermott Seniority from January 3, 1989 (28 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 |
Murray (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
Adam Smith Seniority from January 3, 1997 (27 years, 337 days) (Incumbent) | |
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) |
West Virginia
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) |
---|---|---|---|---|
38th | June 20, 1863 – August 4, 1863 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
None | Vacant (not yet elected) |
August 4, 1863 – December 7, 1863 |
Waitman T. Willey[L][M] Seniority from August 4, 1863[g] (7 years, 211 days) (retired) |
Willey (Senate) Seniority from August 4, 1863[h] | ||
December 7, 1863 – March 4, 1865 |
William G. Brown Sr.[F] Seniority from December 7, 1863[i] (1 year, 86 days) (retired) | |||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 |
Kellian Whaley[F] Seniority from December 7, 1863 (3 years, 86 days) (retired) | ||
40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 |
Chester D. Hubbard Seniority from March 4, 1865 (3 years, 364 days) (retired)[7] | ||
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 |
No clear dean[d][j] | ||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 |
Arthur I. Boreman Seniority from March 4, 1869 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Boreman (Senate) McGrew (House) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
James McGrew Seniority from March 4, 1869 (3 years, 364 days) (retired)[8] |
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
Boreman (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
Co-deans: John J. Davis, Frank Hereford Seniority from March 4, 1871 (3 years, 364 days) (Davis retired)[9] | |
44th | March 4, 1875 – January 31, 1877 |
Henry G. Davis Seniority from March 4, 1871 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Davis (Senate) Hereford[G] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1871 |
Frank Hereford Seniority from March 4, 1871 (5 years, 333 days) (elected to Senate) |
January 31, 1877 – March 4, 1877 |
Charles J. Faulkner (I)[F] Seniority from March 4, 1875[h] (1 year, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | |||
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
Benjamin Wilson Seniority from March 4, 1875 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | |||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
Davis (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1871 | ||
48th | March 4, 1883 – May 15, 1883 |
Johnson N. Camden Seniority from March 4, 1881 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Kenna (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
No clear dean[d][k] |
May 15, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
Eustace Gibson Seniority from March 4, 1883[e] (3 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[10] | |||
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | |||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
John E. Kenna[A] Seniority from March 4, 1883 (9 years, 313 days) (died)[11] |
Co-deans: Nathan Goff Jr. (R), William Lyne Wilson (D) Seniority from March 4, 1883 (5 years, 364 days) (Goff retired)[12] | |
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
William Lyne Wilson Seniority from March 4, 1883 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – January 11, 1893 | |||
January 11, 1893 – March 4, 1893 |
Charles J. Faulkner (II) Seniority from March 4, 1887 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Wilson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1883 | ||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Faulkner (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1887 |
No clear dean[d][l] | |
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 | |||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
Stephen B. Elkins[N] Seniority from March 4, 1895 (15 years, 306 days) (died)[13] |
Elkins (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1895[m] |
Co-deans: Alston G. Dayton, Blackburn B. Dovener Seniority from March 4, 1895 (10 years, 12 days) (Dayton appointed district court judge)[14] |
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 16, 1905 | |||
March 16, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
Blackburn B. Dovener Seniority from March 4, 1895 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[15] | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
Co-deans: Joseph H. Gaines, James A. Hughes Seniority from March 4, 1901 (9 years, 364 days) (Gaines lost re-election)[16] | ||
61st | March 4, 1909 – January 4, 1911 | |||
January 4, 1911 – March 4, 1911 |
Nathan B. Scott Seniority from March 4, 1899 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[17] |
Scott (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1899 | ||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
Clarence W. Watson Seniority from February 1, 1911[n] (1 year, 337 days) (lost re-election) |
Hughes (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 |
James A. Hughes Seniority from March 4, 1901 (13 years, 364 days) (retired)[18] |
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
William E. Chilton Seniority from March 4, 1911 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 9, 1916 |
Co-deans: Chilton (Senate) Brown (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
William G. Brown Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1911 (5 years, 5 days) (died)[19] | |
March 9, 1916 – July 15, 1916 |
Chilton (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
Co-deans: Hunter H. Moss Jr., Howard Sutherland Seniority from March 4, 1913 (3 years, 133 days) (Moss died)[20] | ||
July 15, 1916 – March 4, 1917 |
Howard Sutherland Seniority from March 4, 1913 (3 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate)[21] | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Nathan Goff Jr.[A] Seniority from April 1, 1913[o] (5 years, 336 days) (retired) |
Sutherland (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Matthew M. Neely Seniority from October 14, 1913[a] (7 years, 140 days) (lost re-election) |
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Howard Sutherland[A] Seniority from March 4, 1917 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[21] | ||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
George M. Bowers Seniority from May 9, 1916[a] (6 years, 298 days) (lost re-election) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Davis Elkins[M] Seniority from March 4, 1919 (5 years, 305 days) (retired) |
Reed (House) Seniority from March 4, 1917 |
Stuart F. Reed Seniority from March 4, 1917 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) |
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
Matthew M. Neely[A] Seniority from March 4, 1923 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Neely (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1923[h] |
J. Alfred Taylor Seniority from March 4, 1923 (3 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
Carl G. Bachmann Seniority from March 4, 1925[e] (3 years, 364 days) (co-dean after Strother's retirement)[22] | ||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
Guy D. Goff Seniority from March 4, 1925 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Goff (Senate) Bachmann, Bowman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1925 |
Co-deans: Carl G. Bachmann, Frank L. Bowman Seniority from March 4, 1925 (7 years, 364 days) (both lost re-election) |
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
Henry D. Hatfield Seniority from March 4, 1929 (5 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Bachmann, Bowman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1925 | |
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Co-deans: Hatfield (Senate) Smith (House) Seniority from March 4, 1929 |
Joe L. Smith Seniority from March 4, 1929 (15 years, 305 days) (retired)[23] | |
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
Matthew M. Neely[J] Seniority from March 4, 1931 (9 years, 314 days) (elected West Virginia governor) |
Smith (House) Seniority from March 4, 1929 | |
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 12, 1941 | |||
January 12, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Harley M. Kilgore Seniority from January 3, 1941 (15 years, 56 days) (died)[24] | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Co-deans: Kee, Randolph (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
Co-deans: John Kee, Jennings Randolph Seniority from March 4, 1933 (13 years, 305 days) (Randolph lost re-election) | |
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Kee (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
John Kee Seniority from March 4, 1933 (18 years, 65 days) (died) | |
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – May 8, 1951 | |||
May 8, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Kilgore (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1941 |
E. H. Hedrick Seniority from January 3, 1945 (8 years, 0 days) (ran for West Virginia governor)[25] | ||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Cleveland M. Bailey[F] Seniority from January 3, 1949[h] (14 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
84th | January 3, 1955 – February 28, 1956 | |||
February 28, 1956 – January 3, 1957 |
Matthew M. Neely[O] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (9 years, 15 days) (died)[26] |
Neely[P] (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1949[p] | ||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 18, 1958 | |||
January 18, 1958 – January 3, 1959 |
Chapman Revercomb[M] Seniority from November 7, 1956[c] (2 years, 57 days) (lost re-election) |
Bailey (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 | ||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Jennings Randolph[A] Seniority from November 5, 1958[c] (26 years, 59 days) (retired) | ||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
Staggers (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
Harley Orrin Staggers Seniority from January 3, 1949 (32 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
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 |
Byrd (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
Bob Mollohan[F] Seniority from January 3, 1969 (14 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
Nick Rahall Seniority from January 3, 1977 (38 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
Robert Byrd[Q][A] Seniority from January 3, 1959 (51 years, 176 days) (died) | ||
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 – June 28, 2010 | |||
June 28, 2010 – January 3, 2011 |
Jay Rockefeller Seniority from January 15, 1985[o] (29 years, 353 days) (retired) |
Rahall (House) Seniority from January 3, 1977 | ||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
Joe Manchin[R] Seniority from November 15, 2010[c] (14 years, 49 days) (retired) |
Capito (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2001 |
David McKinley Seniority from January 3, 2011 (12 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[27] |
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 |
Alex Mooney Seniority from January 3, 2015 (10 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
119th | January 3, 2025 – present |
Shelley Moore Capito[A] Seniority from January 3, 2015 (9 years, 337 days) (Incumbent) |
Carol Miller Seniority from January 3, 2019 (5 years, 337 days) (Incumbent) | |
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) |
Wisconsin
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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54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
William F. Vilas Seniority from March 4, 1891 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[28] |
Co-deans: Vilas (Senate) Mitchell (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1891 |
Co-deans: Joseph W. Babcock, Henry Allen Cooper Seniority from March 4, 1893 (13 years, 364 days) (Babcock retired)[29] |
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
John L. Mitchell[A] Seniority from March 4, 1893 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Mitchell (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1891 | |
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
John Coit Spooner[M] Seniority from March 4, 1897 (10 years, 57 days) (resigned) |
Co-deans: Babcock, Cooper (House) Seniority from March 4, 1893 | |
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 – April 30, 1907 |
Cooper (House) Seniority from March 4, 1893 |
Henry Allen Cooper[S] Seniority from March 4, 1893 (25 years, 364 days) (lost re-election as Independent) | |
April 30, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
Robert M. La Follette[A] Seniority from January 4, 1906[o] (19 years, 165 days) (died) | |||
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 |
Esch (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
John J. Esch Seniority from March 4, 1899 (21 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | |
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
La Follette (Senate) Seniority from January 4, 1906 |
Co-deans: Edward E. Browne, James A. Frear Seniority from March 4, 1913 (17 years, 364 days) (Browne lost renomination)[30] | |
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – June 18, 1925 | |||
June 18, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
Irvine Lenroot[A] Seniority from April 18, 1918[c] (8 years, 319 days) (lost renomination) |
Lenroot (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1909 | ||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
Robert M. La Follette Jr.[T] Seniority from September 30, 1925[c] (21 years, 95 days) (lost renomination as Republican)[31] |
Co-deans: Browne, Frear (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 | |
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
Frear (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
James A. Frear Seniority from March 4, 1913 (21 years, 305 days) (retired) | |
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
La Follette Jr. (Senate) Seniority from September 30, 1925 |
Michael Reilly[F] Seniority from November 4, 1930[a] (8 years, 60 days) (lost re-election) | |
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Merlin Hull[F] Seniority from January 3, 1935[h] (18 years, 134 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 |
Alexander Wiley Seniority from January 3, 1939 (24 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Hull (House) Seniority from January 3, 1935 | |
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – May 17, 1953 | |||
May 17, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Wiley (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1939 |
Lawrence H. Smith Seniority from August 29, 1941[a] (16 years, 146 days) (died) | ||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 22, 1958 | |||
January 22, 1958 – January 3, 1959 |
Alvin O'Konski Seniority from January 3, 1945 (28 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
William Proxmire Seniority from August 28, 1957[c] (31 years, 128 days) (retired) |
O'Konski (House) Seniority from January 3, 1945 | |
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 |
Zablocki (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
Clement Zablocki Seniority from January 3, 1949 (34 years, 334 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 – December 3, 1983 | |||
December 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
Proxmire (Senate) Seniority from August 28, 1957 |
Robert Kastenmeier Seniority from January 3, 1959 (32 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 |
Bob Kasten[A] Seniority from January 3, 1981 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Kastenmeier (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 | |
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
Obey (House) Seniority from April 1, 1969 |
Dave Obey Seniority from April 1, 1969[a] (41 years, 277 days) (retired) | |
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Herb Kohl Seniority from January 3, 1989 (24 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 | |||
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 |
Sensenbrenner (House) Seniority from January 3, 1979 |
Jim Sensenbrenner Seniority from January 3, 1979 (42 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
Ron Johnson Seniority from January 3, 2011 (13 years, 337 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 |
Kind (House) Seniority from January 3, 1997 |
Ron Kind Seniority from January 3, 1997 (26 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 |
Baldwin[G] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1999 |
Gwen Moore Seniority from January 3, 2005 (19 years, 337 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) |
Wyoming
editReferences
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- ^ "LA FOLLETTE, William Leroy (1860 – 1934)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^ "HOLMES, Otis Halbert (1902 – 1977)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^ "MEEDS, Edwin Lloyd (1927 – 2005)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
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- ^ "MCGREW, James Clark (1813 – 1910)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "DAVIS, John James (1835 – 1916)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "GIBSON, Eustace (1842 – 1900)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
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- ^ "ELKINS, Stephen Benton (1841 – 1911)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "DAYTON, Alston Gordon (1857 – 1920)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "DOVENER, Blackburn Barrett (1842 – 1914)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "GAINES, Joseph Holt (1864 – 1951)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
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- ^ "HUGHES, James Anthony (1861 – 1930)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
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- ^ "MOSS, Hunter Holmes, Jr. (1874 – 1916)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ a b "SUTHERLAND, Howard (1865 – 1950)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
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Footnotes (positional)
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d e f g h Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ a b c d e as junior senator
- ^ Various positions:
- President pro tempore (1979–1981, interrupted from December 5–6, 1980)
- Dean of the Senate (1978–1981)
- ^ Speaker of the House and House Democratic Leader from 1989 to 1995
- ^ a b Second time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ President pro tempore since 2023
- ^ Unconditional Unionist until 1865
- ^ a b c d Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ Former non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives
- ^ Third time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ Second time
- ^ Various positions:
- Senate Democratic Leader (1977–1989)
- President pro tempore (1989–1995, January 3–20, 2001, 2001–2003, 2007–2010)
- President pro tempore emeritus (2003–2007)
- Dean of the Senate (2003–2010)
- ^ Democrat until 2024
- ^ Dean of the House from 1918 to 1919
- ^ Elected as Republican until 1935
Footnotes (seniority)
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Representative elected to fill vacancy; seniority calculated from date of special election (if different from date the seat was filled)[1] Cite error: The named reference "housevacancy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c d e f g Senator appointed to fill intra-term vacancy; seniority calculated from date of appointment
- ^ a b c d e f g Senator elected to fill intra-term vacancy after ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from date the individual assumed office
- ^ a b c d Preceding elections involved turnover of all sitting incumbents; incoming officeholders share a seniority date with no distinguishing aspects
- ^ a b c d 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
- ^ Homer Bone, Monrad Wallgren (Senate), Knute Hill, and Martin F. Smith (House) share a seniority date of March 4, 1933.
- ^ Seniority over Peter G. Van Winkle due to past service as a senator from Virginia
- ^ a b c d e Shares seniority date with other officeholder(s); credited as sole dean by past non-consecutive terms in Congress
- ^ Served more prior non-consecutive terms (three) than Kellian Whaley (one full) and Jacob B. Blair (one partial)
- ^ James McGrew shared seniority with Isaac H. Duval and John Witcher until March 4, 1871
- ^ Eustace Gibson, Nathan Goff Jr. and William Lyne Wilson shared seniority until Charles P. Snyder was elected on May 15, 1883
- ^ Alston G. Dayton and Blackburn B. Dovener shared seniority with James H. Huling (until March 4, 1897) and Warren Miller (until March 4, 1899)
- ^ Seniority over Alston G. Dayton and Blackburn B. Dovener due to tenure as a delegate to the House of Representatives from New Mexico Territory
- ^ 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 Seated late by virtue of holding other political, governmental, or judicial office
- ^ Neely had seniority over Cleveland M. Bailey because, on February 28, 1956, he had served more days of past non-consecutive service in Congress (11,832) than Bailey (3342).
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