List of the oldest United States Senators
This is a list of the 100 oldest people who have served in the United States Senate. Cornelius Cole has held the record for the longest lifespan at 102 years, 47 days since his death on November 3, 1924. The oldest living person is Harry F. Byrd Jr. at age and he will break the record if he is still alive on February 6, 2017. The living senator that is closest to entering this list is James L. Buckley at age .
Rank |
Senator |
State |
Class |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Cornelius Cole |
California |
3 |
1867–1873 |
| Republican |
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2 |
Strom Thurmond |
South Carolina |
2 |
1954–1956, 1956–2003 |
Democratic, Republican |
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3 |
John N. Heiskell |
Arkansas |
2 |
1913 |
| Democratic |
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4 |
Hall S. Lusk |
Oregon |
2 |
1960 |
| Democratic |
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5 |
Daniel T. Jewett |
Missouri |
3 |
1870–1871 |
| Republican |
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6 |
Paine Wingate |
New Hampshire |
2 |
1789–1793 |
| Anti-Administration |
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7 |
Theodore F. Green |
Rhode Island |
2 |
1937–1961 |
| Democratic |
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8 |
Frank P. Briggs |
Missouri |
1 |
1945–1947 |
| Democratic |
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9 |
James W. Bradbury |
Maine |
2 |
1847–1853 |
| Democratic |
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10 |
Mike Mansfield |
Montana |
1 |
1953–1977 |
| Democratic |
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11 |
Gladys Pyle |
South DAKOTA |
3 |
1938–1939 |
| Republican |
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12 |
Joseph R. Grundy |
Pennsylvania |
3 |
1929–1930 |
| Republican |
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13 |
Harry F. Byrd Jr. |
Virginia |
1 |
1965–1983 |
| Democratic, Independent |
Living |
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14 |
Hiram Fong |
Hawaii |
1 |
1959–1977 |
| Republican |
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15 |
Thomas Sumter |
South Carolina |
2 |
1801–1810 |
|Democratic-Republican |
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16 |
Samuel W. Reynolds |
Nebraska |
1 |
1954 |
| Republican |
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17 |
Margaret Chase Smith |
Maine |
2 |
1949–1973 |
| Republican |
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18 |
Adelbert Ames |
Mississippi |
1 |
1870–1874 |
| Republican |
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19 |
Clifford Hansen |
Wyoming |
2 |
1967–1978 |
| Republican |
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20 |
George L. P. Radcliffe |
Maryland |
1 |
1935–1947 |
| Democratic |
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21 |
Joseph Cilley |
New Hampshire |
2 |
1846–1847 |
| Democratic, Liberty |
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22 |
Norris Brown |
Nebraska |
2 |
1907–1913 |
| Republican |
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23 |
John G. Milton |
New Jersey |
1 |
1938 |
| Democratic |
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24 |
Jennings Randolph |
West Virginia |
2 |
1958–1985 |
| Democratic |
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25 |
Joseph E. Ransdell |
Louisiana |
2 |
1913–1931 |
| Democratic |
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26 |
Stephen M. Young |
Ohio |
1 |
1959–1971 |
| Democratic |
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27 |
Milward L. Simpson |
Wyoming |
2 |
1962–1967 |
| Republican |
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28 |
Forrest C. Donnell |
Missouri |
3 |
1945–1951 |
| Republican |
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29 |
Lawrence C. Phipps |
Colorado |
2 |
1919–1931 |
| Republican |
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30 |
Charles Carroll |
Maryland |
1 |
1789–1792 |
| Pro-Administration |
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31 |
Wallace F. Bennett |
Utah |
3 |
1951–1974 |
| Republican |
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32 |
Felix Hebert |
Rhode Island |
1 |
1929–1935 |
| Republican |
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33 |
Paul Fannin |
Arizona |
1 |
1965–1977 |
| Republican |
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34 |
Thomas M. Storke |
California |
3 |
1938–1939 |
| Democratic |
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35 |
Carl Curtis |
Nebraska |
2 |
1955–1979 |
| Republican |
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36 |
Roman Hruska |
Nebraska |
1 |
1954–1976 |
| Republican |
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37 |
Rebecca Latimer Felton |
Georgia |
3 |
1922 |
| Democratic |
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38 |
Lester J. Dickinson |
Iowa |
2 |
1931–1937 |
| Republican |
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39 |
Frank Lausche |
Ohio |
3 |
1957–1969 |
| Democratic |
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40 |
Frank Carlson |
Kansas |
3 |
1950–1969 |
| Republican |
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41 |
Carl Hayden |
Arizona |
3 |
1927–1969 |
| Democratic |
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42 |
George W. Pepper |
Pennsylvania |
3 |
1922–1927 |
| Republican |
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43 |
William B. Saxbe |
Ohio |
3 |
1969–1974 |
| Republican |
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44 |
Guy Gillette |
Iowa |
3, 2 |
1936–1949, 1949–1955 |
| Democratic |
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45 |
Thomas C. Hart |
Connecticut |
1 |
1945–1946 |
| Republican |
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46 |
Chauncey Depew |
New York |
1 |
1899–1911 |
| Republican |
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47 |
Homer S. Ferguson |
Michigan |
2 |
1943–1955 |
| Republican |
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48 |
John C. Stennis |
Mississippi |
1 |
1947–1989 |
| Democratic |
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49 |
Hugh Scott |
Nebraska |
1 |
1954–1976 |
| Republican |
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50 |
Robert Stafford |
Vermont |
1 |
1971–1989 |
| Republican |
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51 |
John O. Pastore |
Rhode Island |
1 |
1950–1976 |
| Democratic |
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52 |
Clarence Dill |
Washington |
1 |
1923–1935 |
| Democratic |
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53 |
Edward Brooke |
Massachusetts |
2 |
1967–1979 |
| Republican |
Living |
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54 |
George Smathers |
Florida |
3 |
1951–1969 |
| Democratic |
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55 |
Maurine B. Neuberger |
Oregon |
2 |
1960–1967 |
| Democratic |
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56 |
Raymond E. Baldwin |
Connecticut |
1 |
1946–1949 |
| Republican |
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57 |
Eva Bowring |
Nebraska |
2 |
1954 |
| Republican |
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58 |
Happy Chandler |
Kentucky |
2 |
1939–1945 |
| Democratic |
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59 |
John G. Townsend Jr. |
Delaware |
1 |
1929–1941 |
| Republican |
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60 |
Burton K. Wheeler |
Montana |
1 |
1923–1947 |
| Democratic |
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61 |
John E. Miller |
Arkansas |
2 |
1937–1941 |
| Democratic |
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62 |
Ralph Yarborough |
Texas |
1 |
1957–1971 |
| Democratic |
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63 |
Robert Byrd |
West Virginia |
1 |
1959–2010 |
| Democratic |
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64 |
John W. Bricker |
Ohio |
1 |
1947–1959 |
| Republican |
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65 |
Albert W. Hawkes |
New Jersey |
2 |
1943–1949 |
| Republican |
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66 |
Berkeley L. Bunker |
Nevada |
1 |
1940–1942 |
| Democratic |
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67 |
Truman Smith |
Connecticut |
3 |
1849–1854 |
| Whig |
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68 |
David Meriwether |
Kentucky |
3 |
1852 |
| Democratic |
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69 |
Henry G. Davis |
West Virginia |
2 |
1871–1883 |
| Democratic |
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70 |
George W. Jones |
Iowa |
2 |
1848–1859 |
| Democratic |
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71 |
George Aiken |
Vermont |
3 |
1943–1949 |
| Republican |
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72 |
Daniel O. Hastings |
Delaware |
2 |
1928–1937 |
| Republican |
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73 |
William S. Johnson |
Connecticut |
3 |
1789–1791 |
| Pro-Administration |
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74 |
Donald S. Russell |
South Carolina |
3 |
1965–1966 |
| Democratic |
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75 |
George H. Williams |
Missouri |
3 |
1925–1926 |
| Republican |
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75 |
Harry Darby |
Kansas |
3 |
1949–1950 |
| Republican |
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77 |
Elihu Root |
New York |
3 |
1909–1915 |
| Republican |
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78 |
Charles H. Percy |
Illinois |
2 |
1967–1985 |
| Republican |
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79 |
Stephen M. Mitchell |
Connecticut |
3 |
1793–1795 |
| Pro-Administration |
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80 |
Alpheus Felch |
Michigan |
2 |
1847–1853 |
| Democratic |
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81 |
John A. Danaher |
Connecticut |
3 |
1939–1945 |
| Republican |
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82 |
John Glenn |
Ohio |
3 |
1974–1999 |
| Democratic |
Living |
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83 |
William Plumer |
New Hampshire |
3 |
1802–1807 |
| Federalist |
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84 |
Robert L. Owen |
Oklahoma |
2 |
1907–1925 |
| Democratic |
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85 |
Frank Moss |
Utah |
1 |
1959–1977 |
| Democratic |
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86 |
William H. McMaster |
South Dakota |
2 |
1925–1931 |
| Republican |
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87 |
Augustus O. Stanley |
Kentucky |
2 |
1919–1925 |
| Democratic |
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88 |
F. Ryan Duffy |
Wisconsin |
3 |
1933–1939 |
| Democratic |
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89 |
William J. Bulow |
South Dakota |
2 |
1931–1943 |
| Democratic |
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90 |
Ernest Hollings |
South Carolina |
3 |
1966–2005 |
| Democratic |
Living |
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91 |
George F. Edmunds |
Vermont |
1 |
1866–1891 |
| Republican |
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92 |
Jocelyn Burdick |
North Dakota |
1 |
1992 |
| Democratic |
Living |
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93 |
Albert Gore Sr. |
Tennessee |
1 |
1953–1971 |
| Democratic |
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94 |
Howard Metzenbaum |
Ohio |
3, 1 |
1974, 1976–1995 |
| Democratic |
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95 |
Paris Gibson |
Montana |
1 |
1901–1905 |
| Democratic |
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96 |
Paul Laxalt |
Nevada |
3 |
1974–1987 |
| Republican |
Living |
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97 |
Herbert E. Hitchcock |
South Dakota |
3 |
1936–1938 |
| Democratic |
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98 |
Samuel M. Shortridge |
California |
3 |
1921–1933 |
| Republican |
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99 |
Edwin L. Mechem |
New Mexico |
1 |
1962–1964 |
| Republican |
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100 |
Simon Cameron |
Pennsylvania |
3, 1 |
1845–1849, 1857–1861, 1867–1877 |
Democratic, Republican |
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See also
- List of the oldest members of the United States House of Representatives
- List of longest-living United States Senators
- List of living former United States Senators
- Earliest serving United States Senator
- List of former United States senators
- List of the oldest United States Governors