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 (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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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) |
King (Senate) Seniority from December 14, 1819[b] |
John Crowell[D][E] Seniority from December 14, 1819 (1 year, 79 days) (retired) |
17th | March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 |
Gabriel Moore[F] 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[c] | ||
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[G][H] 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[d] (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[e] (4 years, 186 days) (died) | |||
October 25, 1848 – March 4, 1849 |
William R. King[I][J] Seniority from July 1, 1848[e] (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[d] (3 years, 93 days) (lost re-election) | |||
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
Benjamin Fitzpatrick[K][L] Seniority from January 14, 1853[f][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[g] (10 years, 233 days) (retired) | |||
July 21, 1868 – July 22, 1868 |
Spencer (Senate) Seniority from July 13, 1868 |
No clear dean[h][i] | ||
July 22, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
C. W. Buckley Seniority from July 21, 1868[j] (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[M] 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[M] Seniority from March 4, 1897[k] (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[e] (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[l] (16 years, 167 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
March 1, 1920 – November 1, 1920 |
Oscar Underwood[N][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[j] (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[m] (10 years, 120 days) (disqualified) |
Heflin (House and Senate) Seniority from May 19, 1904[n] | |
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[j] (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[l] |
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[e] (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[l] (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[l] (26 years, 203 days) (lost re-election) | ||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
George W. Andrews Seniority from March 14, 1944[l] (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[m] (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[l] (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[j] (16 years, 0 days) (lost renomination) | ||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 2, 1981 |
Donald Stewart Seniority from November 8, 1978[m] (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, 357 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 – January 3, 2025 |
Tommy Tuberville Seniority from January 3, 2021 (3 years, 357 days) (Incumbent) |
Aderholt (House) Seniority from January 3, 1997 | |
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) |
Alaska
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean[O] (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
---|---|---|---|---|
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Bob Bartlett[C] Seniority from January 3, 1959[o] (9 years, 343 days) (died) |
Bartlett (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1959[p] |
Ralph Rivers Seniority from January 3, 1959 (7 years, 361 days) (resigned) |
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – December 30, 1966 | |||
December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967 |
Vacant | |||
90th | January 3, 1967 – December 11, 1968 |
Howard Pollock Seniority from January 3, 1967 (4 years, 0 days) (ran for Alaska governor) | ||
December 11, 1968 – January 3, 1969 |
Ernest Gruening Seniority from January 3, 1959 (10 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Gruening (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1959 | ||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
Ted Stevens[P] Seniority from December 24, 1968[e] (40 years, 10 days) (lost re-election) |
Pollock (House) Seniority from January 3, 1967 | |
92nd | January 3, 1971 – December 29, 1972 |
Stevens (Senate) Seniority from December 24, 1968 |
Nick Begich Seniority from January 3, 1971 (1 year, 361 days) (declared dead)[4] | |
December 29, 1972 – January 3, 1973 |
Vacant | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – March 6, 1973 | |||
March 6, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Don Young[Q] Seniority from March 6, 1973[l] (49 years, 12 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 | |||
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 |
Lisa Murkowski Seniority from December 20, 2002[e] (22 years, 5 days) (Incumbent) |
Young (House) Seniority from March 6, 1973 | |
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 – March 18, 2022 | |||
March 18, 2022 – September 13, 2022 |
Murkowski (Senate) Seniority from December 20, 2002 |
Vacant | ||
September 13, 2022 – January 3, 2023 |
Mary Peltola Seniority from August 16, 2022[l] (2 years, 140 days) (lost re-election) | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 | |||
119th | January 3, 2025 – present |
Nick Begich III Seniority from January 3, 2025 (−9 days) (Incumbent) | ||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean[O] (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Arizona
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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62nd | February 14, 1912 – February 19, 1912 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
None | Vacant (not yet elected) |
February 19, 1912 – March 27, 1912 |
Carl Hayden[D] Seniority from February 19, 1912 (15 years, 12 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
March 27, 1912 – March 4, 1913 |
Marcus A. Smith[E] Seniority from March 27, 1912[q] (8 years, 341 days) (lost re-election) |
Hayden (House and Senate) Seniority from February 19, 1912 | ||
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 |
Henry F. Ashurst Seniority from March 27, 1912 (28 years, 282 days) (lost renomination)[5] | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
Lewis W. Douglas[D] Seniority from March 4, 1927 (6 years, 0 days) (appointed OMB director) | ||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – October 3, 1933 |
Vacant | ||
October 3, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Isabella Greenway[D] Seniority from October 3, 1933[l] (3 years, 92 days) (retired) | |||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
John R. Murdock[R] Seniority from January 3, 1937 (16 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Carl Hayden[S][C] Seniority from March 4, 1927 (41 years, 305 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
Harold Patten Seniority from January 3, 1949 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 |
John J. Rhodes[T] Seniority from January 3, 1953 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
Paul Fannin Seniority from January 3, 1965 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Rhodes (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 | |
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 21, 1971 | |||
January 21, 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 |
Barry Goldwater[L] Seniority from January 3, 1969 (18 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 |
Udall (House) Seniority from May 2, 1961 |
Mo Udall Seniority from May 2, 1961[l] (30 years, 2 days) (resigned) | |
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
Dennis DeConcini Seniority from January 3, 1977 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – May 4, 1991 | |||
May 4, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
Co-deans: DeConcini (Senate) Stump (House) Seniority from January 3, 1977 |
Bob Stump Seniority from January 3, 1977 (26 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
John McCain[C] Seniority from January 3, 1987 (31 years, 234 days) (died) |
Stump (House) Seniority from January 3, 1977 | |
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 |
McCain (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1983 |
Jim Kolbe Seniority from January 3, 1985 (22 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
Ed Pastor Seniority from October 3, 1991[l] (23 years, 92 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
Co-deans: Trent Franks (R), Raúl Grijalva (D) Seniority from January 3, 2003 (14 years, 339 days) (Franks resigned)[6] | ||
115th | January 3, 2017 – December 8, 2017 | |||
December 8, 2017 – August 25, 2018 |
Raúl Grijalva Seniority from January 3, 2003 (21 years, 357 days) (Incumbent) | |||
August 25, 2018 – January 3, 2019 |
Jeff Flake[C] Seniority from January 3, 2013 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Flake (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2001 | ||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Kyrsten Sinema[U][C] Seniority from January 3, 2019[r] (6 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Grijalva (House) Seniority from January 3, 2003 | |
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 | |||
119th | January 3, 2025 – present |
Mark Kelly Seniority from December 2, 2020[m] (4 years, 23 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) |
Arkansas
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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51st | March 4, 1889 – September 5, 1890 |
James K. Jones[V][C] Seniority from March 4, 1885 (17 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Breckinridge (House) Seniority from March 4, 1883 |
Clifton R. Breckinridge Seniority from March 4, 1883[j] (7 years, 185 days) (election contested)[7] |
September 5, 1890 – March 4, 1891 |
Co-deans: Peel, Rogers (House) Seniority from March 4, 1883 |
Co-deans: Samuel W. Peel, John H. Rogers Seniority from March 4, 1883 (7 years, 364 days) (Rogers retired) | ||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
Peel (House) Seniority from March 4, 1883 |
Samuel W. Peel Seniority from March 4, 1883 (9 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | |
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
Jones (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1885 |
Thomas C. McRae Seniority from December 7, 1885[l] (17 years, 86 days) (retired) | |
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 |
James H. Berry Seniority from March 20, 1885[d] (21 years, 348 days) (lost re-election) |
Berry (Senate) Seniority from March 20, 1885 |
Hugh A. Dinsmore Seniority from March 4, 1893 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
59th | March 4, 1905 – January 14, 1907 |
John S. Little Seniority from December 3, 1894[l] (12 years, 42 days) (elected Arkansas governor) | ||
January 14, 1907 – March 4, 1907 |
Stephen Brundidge Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1897 (11 years, 364 days) (ran for Arkansas governor) | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
James P. Clarke[W] Seniority from March 4, 1903 (13 years, 211 days) (died) |
Brundidge (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | |
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 |
Reid (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 |
Charles C. Reid Seniority from March 4, 1901 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
62nd | March 4, 1911 – January 14, 1913 |
Co-deans: Clarke (Senate) Macon, Robinson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1903 |
Co-deans: Robert B. Macon, Joseph T. Robinson Seniority from March 4, 1903 (9 years, 316 days) (Robinson elected Arkansas governor) | |
January 14, 1913 – March 4, 1913 |
Co-deans: Clarke (Senate) Macon (House) Seniority from March 4, 1903 |
Robert B. Macon Seniority from March 4, 1903 (9 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | ||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
Clarke (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1903 |
John C. Floyd Seniority from March 4, 1905 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
64th | March 4, 1915 – October 1, 1916 |
William A. Oldfield Seniority from March 4, 1909 (19 years, 260 days) (died) | ||
October 1, 1916 – March 4, 1917 |
Joseph T. Robinson[X][C] Seniority from March 10, 1913[d] (24 years, 126 days) (died) |
Oldfield (House) Seniority from March 4, 1909 | ||
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 – November 19, 1928 | |||
November 19, 1928 – March 4, 1929 |
Co-deans: T. Caraway[Y] (House and Senate) Wingo (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Otis Wingo Seniority from March 4, 1913 (17 years, 231 days) (died) | ||
71st | March 4, 1929 – October 21, 1930 | |||
October 21, 1930 – March 4, 1931 |
T. Caraway[Y] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Co-deans: William J. Driver, Tilman B. Parks Seniority from March 4, 1921 (15 years, 305 days) (Parks retired) | ||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – November 6, 1931 | |||
November 6, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
Robinson[Z] (Senate) Seniority from March 10, 1913 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – July 14, 1937 |
William J. Driver Seniority from March 4, 1921 (17 years, 305 days) (lost renomination) | ||
July 14, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
Hattie Caraway Seniority from November 13, 1931[e] (13 years, 51 days) (lost renomination) |
Driver (House) Seniority from March 4, 1921 | ||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 13, 1939 |
Miller[Y] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1931 |
William B. Cravens[M] Seniority from March 4, 1933 (5 years, 315 days) (died) | |
January 13, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
David D. Terry Seniority from December 19, 1933[l] (9 years, 15 days) (ran for Senate) | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – March 31, 1941 | |||
March 31, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
H. Caraway (Senate) Seniority from November 13, 1931 | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
Ezekiel C. Gathings Seniority from January 3, 1939[j] (22 years, 43 days) (co-dean after Norrell's death) | ||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
John L. McClellan[AA][C] Seniority from January 3, 1943 (34 years, 329 days) (died) |
Gathings (House) Seniority from January 3, 1939 | |
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 – February 15, 1961 | |||
February 15, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
Co-deans: Gathings, Mills (House) Seniority from January 3, 1939 |
Co-deans: Ezekiel C. Gathings, Wilbur Mills Seniority from January 3, 1939 (30 years, 0 days) (Gathings retired) | ||
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 |
Mills (House) Seniority from January 3, 1939 |
Wilbur Mills Seniority from January 3, 1939 (38 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
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 – November 28, 1977 |
McClellan (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1943 |
John Paul Hammerschmidt Seniority from January 3, 1967 (26 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
November 28, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Dale Bumpers Seniority from January 3, 1975 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Hammerschmidt (House) Seniority from January 3, 1967 | ||
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 |
Bumpers (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1975 |
Ray Thornton[M] Seniority from January 3, 1991 (5 years, 364 days) (elected Arkansas Supreme Court justice) | |
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 1, 1997 | |||
January 1, 1997 – January 3, 1997 |
Jay Dickey Seniority from January 3, 1993 (8 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Tim Hutchinson[C] Seniority from January 3, 1997 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Hutchinson (House and Senate) Dickey (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 | |
107th | January 3, 2001 – August 6, 2001 |
Hutchinson (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
Marion Berry Seniority from January 3, 1997[j] (4 years, 215 days) (co-dean after Hutchinson appointed DEA administrator) | |
August 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
Co-deans: Marion Berry, Vic Snyder Seniority from January 3, 1997 (14 years, 0 days) (both retired) | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
Blanche Lincoln[C] Seniority from January 3, 1999 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Berry, Snyder (House) Seniority from January 3, 1997 | |
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 |
Mark Pryor Seniority from January 3, 2003 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Ross (House) Seniority from January 3, 2001 |
Mike Ross Seniority from January 3, 2001 (12 years, 0 days) (ran for Arkansas governor) |
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
Boozman (House and Senate) Seniority from November 20, 2001[l] |
Rick Crawford Seniority from January 3, 2011[j] (4 years, 0 days) (co-dean after Griffin elected Arkansas lieutenant governor) | |
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
John Boozman[C] Seniority from January 3, 2011 (13 years, 357 days) (Incumbent) |
Co-deans: Rick Crawford, Steve Womack Seniority from January 3, 2011 (13 years, 357 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 – 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) |
California (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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49th | March 4, 1885 – March 8, 1886 |
John F. Miller Seniority from March 4, 1881 (5 years, 4 days) (died) |
Miller (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1881 |
Barclay Henley Seniority from March 4, 1883 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) |
March 8, 1886 – March 4, 1887 |
Leland Stanford Seniority from March 4, 1885 (8 years, 109 days) (died) |
Henley (House) Seniority from March 4, 1883 | ||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
Co-deans: Stanford (Senate) Felton (House) Seniority from March 4, 1885 |
Charles N. Felton Seniority from March 4, 1885[j] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
Co-deans: Stanford (Senate) McKenna, Morrow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1885 |
Co-deans: Joseph McKenna, William W. Morrow Seniority from March 4, 1885 (5 years, 364 days) (Morrow retired) | |
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 28, 1892 |
Co-deans: Stanford (Senate) McKenna (House) Seniority from March 4, 1885 |
Joseph McKenna Seniority from March 4, 1885 (7 years, 24 days) (appointed appeals court judge) | |
March 28, 1892 – March 4, 1893 |
Stanford (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1885 |
Thomas J. Geary Seniority from December 9, 1890[l] (4 years, 84 days) (lost re-election) | ||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – June 21, 1893 | |||
June 21, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
Stephen M. White Seniority from March 4, 1893 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Geary (House) Seniority from December 9, 1890 | ||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Co-deans: Bowers, Loud (House) Seniority from March 4, 1891 |
Co-deans: William W. Bowers, Eugene F. Loud Seniority from March 4, 1891 (5 years, 364 days) (Bowers lost re-election) | |
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
Loud (House) Seniority from March 4, 1891 |
Eugene F. Loud Seniority from March 4, 1891 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
George C. Perkins Seniority from July 26, 1893[e] (21 years, 220 days) (retired) | ||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
58th | March 4, 1903 – July 1, 1904 |
Perkins (Senate) Seniority from July 26, 1893 |
Co-deans: Victor H. Metcalf, James C. Needham Seniority from March 4, 1899 (5 years, 119 days) (Metcalf appointed Secretary of Commerce and Labor) | |
July 1, 1904 – March 4, 1905 |
James C. Needham Seniority from March 4, 1899 (13 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |||
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 |
Joseph R. Knowland Seniority from November 8, 1904[l] (10 years, 115 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
John D. Works Seniority from March 4, 1911 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Kahn (House) Seniority from March 4, 1905 |
Julius Kahn[M] Seniority from March 4, 1905[k] (19 years, 289 days) (died) |
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
James D. Phelan Seniority from March 4, 1915 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
Hiram Johnson Seniority from March 16, 1917[s] (28 years, 143 days) (died) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – December 18, 1924 | |||
December 18, 1924 – March 4, 1925 |
Raker (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
John E. Raker Seniority from March 4, 1911 (14 years, 324 days) (died) | ||
69th | March 4, 1925 – January 22, 1926 | |||
January 22, 1926 – March 4, 1927 |
Curry (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Charles F. Curry Seniority from March 4, 1913 (17 years, 220 days) (died) | ||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
71st | March 4, 1929 – October 10, 1930 | |||
October 10, 1930 – March 4, 1931 |
Lea (House) Seniority from March 4, 1917 |
Clarence F. Lea Seniority from March 4, 1917 (31 years, 305 days) (retired) | ||
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 – August 6, 1945 | |||
August 6, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Sheridan Downey Seniority from January 3, 1939 (11 years, 331 days) (resigned) | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
81st | January 3, 1949 – September 10, 1949 |
Welch (House) Seniority from August 31, 1926 |
Richard J. Welch Seniority from August 31, 1926[l] (23 years, 10 days) (died) | |
September 10, 1949 – November 30, 1950 |
Sheppard (House) Seniority from January 3, 1937 |
Harry R. Sheppard Seniority from January 3, 1937 (28 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
November 30, 1950 – January 3, 1951 |
William Knowland[AB] Seniority from August 26, 1945[e] (13 years, 130 days) (ran for California governor) | |||
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 |
Thomas Kuchel Seniority from January 2, 1953[e] (16 years, 1 day) (lost renomination) | ||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
King (House) Seniority from August 25, 1942 |
Cecil R. King Seniority from August 25, 1942[l] (26 years, 131 days) (retired) | |
90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 1, 1971 |
George Murphy Seniority from January 1, 1969[e] (5 years, 363 days) (resigned) |
Holifield (House) Seniority from January 3, 1943 |
Chet Holifield Seniority from January 3, 1943 (31 years, 362 days) (resigned) |
January 1, 1971 – January 3, 1971 |
Alan Cranston Seniority from January 3, 1969 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) | |||
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974 | |||
December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Co-deans: Moss, Wilson (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
Co-deans: John E. Moss (D), Bob Wilson (R) Seniority from January 3, 1953 (25 years, 362 days) (Moss resigned) | ||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – December 31, 1978 | |||
December 31, 1978 – January 3, 1979 |
Wilson (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
Bob Wilson Seniority from January 3, 1953 (28 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Edwards (House) Seniority from January 3, 1963 |
Don Edwards Seniority from January 3, 1963[j] (28 years, 0 days) (co-dean after Hawkins's retirement) | |
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 |
Co-deans: Edwards, Roybal (House) Seniority from January 3, 1963 |
Co-deans: Don Edwards, Edward R. Roybal Seniority from January 3, 1963 (30 years, 0 days) (Roybal retired) | |
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Dianne Feinstein Seniority from November 4, 1992[m] (30 years, 329 days) (died) |
Edwards (House) Seniority from January 3, 1963 |
Don Edwards Seniority from January 3, 1963 (32 years, 0 days) (retired) |
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Dellums (House) Seniority from January 3, 1971 |
Ron Dellums Seniority from January 3, 1971 (27 years, 34 days) (resigned) | |
105th | January 3, 1997 – February 6, 1998 | |||
February 6, 1998 – January 3, 1999 |
Brown (House) Seniority from January 3, 1973[k] |
George Brown Jr.[M] Seniority from January 3, 1973[k] (26 years, 193 days) (died) | ||
106th | January 3, 1999 – July 15, 1999 | |||
July 15, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Stark (House) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
Pete Stark Seniority from January 3, 1973 (40 years, 0 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 | |||
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 |
Co-deans: Miller, Waxman (House) Seniority from January 3, 1975 |
Co-deans: George Miller, Henry Waxman Seniority from January 3, 1975 (40 years, 0 days) (both retired) | |
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
Pelosi (House) Seniority from June 2, 1987 |
Nancy Pelosi[AC] Seniority from June 2, 1987[l] (37 years, 206 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 – September 29, 2023 | |||
September 29, 2023 – January 3, 2025 |
Alex Padilla Seniority from January 18, 2021[e] (3 years, 342 days) (Incumbent) | |||
118th | 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) |
References
edit- ^ "FITZPATRICK, Benjamin (1802 – 1869)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "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.
- ^ "For Alaska's first senators, an epic battle of ego came down to a coin flip". Juneau Empire. November 1, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ^ "BEGICH, Nicholas Joseph (1932 – 1972)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ^ "ASHURST, Henry Fountain (1874 – 1962)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ "FRANKS, Trent (1957 – )". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ "BRECKINRIDGE, Clifton Rodes (1846 – 1932)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved March 31, 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 Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
- ^ a b c d Sole representative (at-large district)
- ^ a b Former non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives
- ^ Elected as Democratic-Republican until 1825
- ^ Dean of the House from 1843 to 1844
- ^ Elected as Nullifier from 1833 to 1837
- ^ Second time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ President pro tempore from 1850 to 1852
- ^ President pro tempore from 1857 to February 1860, and June to December 1860
- ^ a b Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ a b c d e f Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1920 to 1923
- ^ a b As an at-large congressional district, Alaska has been represented by one member in the House of Representatives since statehood.
- ^ Various positions:
- President pro tempore (2003–2007)
- President pro tempore emeritus (2007–2009)
- ^ Dean of the House from 2017 to 2022
- ^ Sole representative (at-large district) until redistricting in 1942 House elections
- ^ President pro tempore and Dean of the Senate from 1957 to 1969
- ^ House Republican Leader from 1973 to 1981
- ^ Democrat until 2022
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1899 to 1903
- ^ President pro tempore from 1913 to 1916
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1923 to 1937
- ^ a b c as junior senator
- ^ Second time
- ^ Dean of the Senate from 1975 to 1977 (alongside James Eastland)
- ^ Senate Republican Leader from 1953 to 1959
- ^ House Democratic Leader from 2003 to 2023; Speaker of the House from 2007 to 2011, 2019 to 2023
Footnotes (seniority)
edit- ^ Seniority over John Williams Walker due to past service as a member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina
- ^ Seniority over John Williams Walker and John Crowell due to past service as a voting member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina
- ^ Preceding elections involved turnover of all sitting incumbents; incoming officeholders share a seniority date with no distinguishing aspects
- ^ a b c d 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 l 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 h i j 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 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.
- ^ Seniority over Ernest Gruening due to tenure as delegate to the House of Representatives from Alaska Territory; resulting dispute decided by coin flip[3]
- ^ Bartlett had seniority over Ernest Gruening and Ralph Rivers due to his tenure as a non-voting House delegate from 1945 to 1959. The latter two served as Alaska's shadow senator and shadow representative respectively; neither office was officially recognized by Congress and thus did not count as congressional service.
- ^ Seniority over Henry F. Ashurst due to tenure as delegate to the House of Representatives from Arizona Territory
- ^ Seniority over Martha McSally due to longer tenure in the House of Representatives (six years) compared to McSally (four years)
- ^ Seated late by virtue of holding other political, governmental, or judicial office
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