For senators and representatives who represented defunct parties or switched parties intra-term, only their latest party while in office is reflected. Most states, due to not having long-running deans until the 1900s, have tables only starting from that decade.
Guidelines
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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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edit| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
Colorado
edit| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44th | August 1, 1876 – October 3, 1876 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
None | Vacant (not yet elected) |
| October 3, 1876 – November 15, 1876 |
Belford (House) Seniority from October 3, 1876 |
 James B. Belford[A] Seniority from October 3, 1876 (1 year, 71 days) (election contested)[1] | ||
| November 15, 1876 – March 4, 1877 |
 Jerome B. Chaffee[B] Seniority from November 15, 1876[a] (2 years, 108 days) (retired) | |||
| 45th | March 4, 1877 – December 13, 1877 | |||
| December 13, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
Chaffee (Senate) Seniority from November 15, 1876 |
 Thomas M. Patterson[A][B] Seniority from December 13, 1877[b] (1 year, 80 days) (retired) | ||
| 46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
 Henry M. Teller Seniority from November 15, 1876 (5 years, 153 days) (appointed Secretary of the Interior)[2] |
Teller (Senate) Seniority from November 15, 1876 |
James B. Belford[C][A] Seniority from March 4, 1879 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[1] |
| 47th | March 4, 1881 – April 17, 1882 | |||
| April 17, 1882 – March 4, 1883 |
 Nathaniel P. Hill Seniority from March 4, 1879 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Belford[D] (House) Seniority from March 4, 1879[c] | ||
| 48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | |||
| 49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
 Thomas M. Bowen Seniority from March 4, 1883 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Bowen (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1883 |
 George G. Symes[A] Seniority from March 4, 1885 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) |
| 50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 | |||
| 51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
 Henry M. Teller[E][F] Seniority from March 4, 1885 (23 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Teller[D] (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1885 |
 Hosea Townsend[A] Seniority from March 4, 1889 (3 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[3] |
| 52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
| 53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
Vacant[d][e] | ||
| 54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
 John Calhoun Bell Seniority from March 4, 1893 (9 years, 364 days) (lost re-election)[4] | ||
| 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 – February 15, 1904 |
 John F. Shafroth Seniority from March 4, 1895 (8 years, 348 days) (resigned)[5] | ||
| February 15, 1904 – March 4, 1905 |
Co-deans:  Franklin E. Brooks, Herschel M. Hogg Seniority from March 4, 1903 (3 years, 364 days) (both retired)[6][7] | |||
| 59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
| 60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
 Robert W. Bonynge Seniority from February 16, 1904[b] (5 years, 15 days) (lost re-election)[8] | ||
| 61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 |
 Simon Guggenheim Seniority from March 4, 1907 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Guggenheim (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1907 |
Vacant[d][f] |
| 62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | |||
| 63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
 Charles S. Thomas Seniority from January 15, 1913[g] (8 years, 47 days) (lost re-election as National) |
Taylor (House) Seniority from March 4, 1909 |
 Edward T. Taylor Seniority from March 4, 1909 (32 years, 183 days) (died) |
| 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 |
 Lawrence C. Phipps Seniority from March 4, 1919 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
| 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 – August 27, 1932 |
 Charles W. Waterman Seniority from March 4, 1927 (5 years, 176 days) (died) | ||
| August 27, 1932 – March 4, 1933 |
 Edward P. Costigan Seniority from March 4, 1931 (5 years, 305 days) (retired) | |||
| 73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
| 74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
| 75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
 Alva B. Adams[G] Seniority from March 4, 1933 (8 years, 272 days) (died) | ||
| 76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
| 77th | January 3, 1941 – September 3, 1941 | |||
| September 3, 1941 – December 1, 1941 |
Adams (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1933[c] |
 Lawrence Lewis Seniority from March 4, 1933 (10 years, 280 days) (died) | ||
| December 1, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
 Edwin C. Johnson Seniority from January 3, 1937 (18 years, 0 days) (ran for Colorado governor) |
Lewis (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 | ||
| 78th | January 3, 1943 – December 9, 1943 | |||
| December 9, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
E. Johnson (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1937 |
Co-deans:  John Chenoweth, William S. Hill Seniority from January 3, 1941 (8 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
| 80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
| 81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
William S. Hill Seniority from January 3, 1941 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
| 82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
| 83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |||
| 84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 |
 Eugene Millikin Seniority from December 20, 1941[h] (15 years, 14 days) (retired) |
Hill (House) Seniority from January 3, 1941 | |
| 85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
 Gordon Allott Seniority from January 3, 1955 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Aspinall (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
 Wayne N. Aspinall Seniority from January 3, 1949 (24 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[9] | |
| 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 |
 Peter H. Dominick[H] Seniority from January 3, 1963 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Dominick (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1961 |
 Frank Evans Seniority from January 3, 1965 (14 years, 0 days) (retired) |
| 94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 |
 Floyd Haskell Seniority from January 3, 1973 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Evans (House) Seniority from January 3, 1965 | |
| 95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
| 96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 |
 Gary Hart Seniority from January 3, 1975 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Armstrong[I] (House and Senate) J. Johnson, Schroeder (House) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
Co-deans:  James P. Johnson (R), Pat Schroeder (D) Seniority from January 3, 1973 (8 years, 0 days) (Johnson retired) |
| 97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Co-deans: Armstrong[I] (House and Senate) Schroeder (House) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
 Pat Schroeder Seniority from January 3, 1973 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |||
| 99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
| 100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
 William L. Armstrong[H] Seniority from January 3, 1979 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
| 101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
| 102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
 Tim Wirth[H] Seniority from January 3, 1987 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Schroeder (House) Seniority from January 3, 1973 | |
| 103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
 Hank Brown[H] Seniority from January 3, 1991 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
| 104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
| 105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
 Ben Nighthorse Campbell[H] Seniority from January 3, 1993 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Schaefer (House) Seniority from March 29, 1983 |
 Daniel Schaefer Seniority from March 29, 1983[i] (15 years, 280 days) (retired) |
| 106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Co-deans: Campbell (House and Senate) Hefley (House) Seniority from January 3, 1987 |
 Joel Hefley Seniority from January 3, 1987 (20 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
| 108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
| 109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
 Wayne Allard[H] Seniority from January 3, 1997 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Hefley (House) Seniority from January 3, 1987 | |
| 110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
Allard (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1991 |
 Diana DeGette Seniority from January 3, 1997 (27 years, 357 days) (Incumbent) | |
| 111th | January 3, 2009 – January 20, 2009 |
 Ken Salazar Seniority from January 3, 2005 (4 years, 17 days) (appointed Secretary of the Interior) |
DeGette (House) Seniority from January 3, 1997 | |
| January 20, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
 Mark Udall[H] Seniority from January 3, 2009 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
| 112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
| 113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||
| 114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
 Michael Bennet Seniority from January 21, 2009[h] (15 years, 339 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) |
Connecticut
edit| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
 Orville H. Platt Seniority from March 4, 1879 (26 years, 48 days) (died) |
Phelps (House) Seniority from March 4, 1875 |
 James Phelps Seniority from March 4, 1875 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) |
| 48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
Wait (House) Seniority from April 12, 1876 |
 John T. Wait Seniority from April 12, 1876[i] (10 years, 325 days) (retired) | |
| 49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | |||
| 50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
Platt (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1879 |
No clear dean[d][j] | |
| 51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
 Charles Addison Russell Seniority from March 4, 1887 (15 years, 233 days) (died) | ||
| 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 – October 23, 1902 | |||
| October 23, 1902 – March 4, 1903 |
Co-deans:  E. Stevens Henry, Ebenezer J. Hill Seniority from March 4, 1895 (17 years, 364 days) (Henry retired, Hill lost re-election) | |||
| 58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
| 59th | March 4, 1905 – April 21, 1905 | |||
| April 21, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
 Morgan Bulkeley Seniority from March 4, 1905 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[11] |
Co-deans: Henry, Hill (House) Seniority from March 4, 1895 | ||
| 60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
| 61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
| 62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
 Frank B. Brandegee[J][H] Seniority from May 10, 1905[k] (19 years, 157 days) (died) | ||
| 63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
Brandegee (House and Senate) Seniority from November 4, 1902[i] |
 Thomas L. Reilly Seniority from March 4, 1911 (3 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
| 64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
Ebenezer J. Hill[C] Seniority from March 4, 1915[l] (2 years, 207 days) (died) | ||
| 65th | March 4, 1917 – September 27, 1917 | |||
| September 27, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
 John Q. Tilson[K] Seniority from March 4, 1915[c] (17 years, 274 days) (resigned) | |||
| 66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
| 67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
| 68th | March 4, 1923 – October 14, 1924 | |||
| October 14, 1924 – March 4, 1925 |
 George P. McLean Seniority from March 4, 1911 (17 years, 364 days) (retired) |
McLean (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1911 | ||
| 69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
| 70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
| 71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
 Hiram Bingham III Seniority from January 8, 1925[g] (8 years, 54 days) (lost re-election) |
Tilson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1915[c] | |
| 72nd | March 4, 1931 – December 3, 1932 | |||
| December 3, 1932 – March 4, 1933 |
Freeman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1915 |
 Richard P. Freeman Seniority from March 4, 1915 (17 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[12] | ||
| 73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
 Frederic C. Walcott Seniority from March 4, 1929 (5 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) |
Walcott (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1929 |
 Edward W. Goss Seniority from November 4, 1930[i] (4 years, 60 days) (lost re-election) |
| 74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
 Augustine Lonergan[H] Seniority from March 4, 1933 (5 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) |
Lonergan (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1931 |
 Schuyler Merritt[K] Seniority from March 4, 1933[c] (3 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) |
| 75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
 Herman P. Kopplemann Seniority from March 4, 1933 (5 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
 Francis T. Maloney[H] Seniority from January 3, 1935 (10 years, 13 days) (died) |
Maloney (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
Co-deans:  James A. Shanley, J. Joseph Smith Seniority from January 3, 1935 (6 years, 305 days) (Smith appointed district court judge) |
| 77th | January 3, 1941 – November 4, 1941 | |||
| November 4, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
James A. Shanley Seniority from January 3, 1935 (8 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
| 78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
 Joseph E. Talbot Seniority from January 20, 1942[i] (4 years, 348 days) (ran for Connecticut governor) | ||
| 79th | January 3, 1945 – January 16, 1945 | |||
| January 16, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
 Brien McMahon Seniority from January 3, 1945 (7 years, 207 days) (died) |
Talbot (House) Seniority from January 20, 1942 | ||
| 80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
McMahon (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1945 |
 William J. Miller[K] Seniority from January 3, 1947[c] (2 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |
| 81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
Co-deans:  John D. Lodge, James T. Patterson Seniority from January 3, 1947 (4 years, 0 days) (Lodge elected Connecticut governor) | ||
| 82nd | January 3, 1951 – July 28, 1952 |
James T. Patterson Seniority from January 3, 1947 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| July 28, 1952 – January 3, 1953 |
 William Benton Seniority from December 17, 1949[h] (3 years, 17 days) (lost re-election) |
Patterson (House) Seniority from January 3, 1947 | ||
| 83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
 Prescott Bush Seniority from November 4, 1952[g] (10 years, 60 days) (retired) | ||
| 84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
| 85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
| 86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Bush (Senate) Seniority from November 4, 1952 |
No clear dean[d] | |
| 87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
 Emilio Daddario Seniority from January 3, 1959[m] (12 years, 0 days) (ran for Connecticut governor) | ||
| 88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
 Thomas J. Dodd Seniority from January 3, 1959 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election as Independent) |
Co-deans: T. Dodd (Senate) Daddario (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 | |
| 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 |
 Abraham Ribicoff[H] Seniority from January 3, 1963 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Giaimo, Monagan (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 |
Co-deans:  Robert Giaimo, John S. Monagan Seniority from January 3, 1959 (14 years, 0 days) (Monagan lost re-election) |
| 93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Giaimo (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 |
 Robert Giaimo Seniority from January 3, 1959 (22 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
| 95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
| 96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
| 97th | January 3, 1981 – September 8, 1981 |
 Lowell Weicker[H] Seniority from January 3, 1971 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Weicker (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1969 |
Co-deans:  William R. Cotter (D), Stewart McKinney (R) Seniority from January 3, 1971 (10 years, 248 days) (Cotter died) |
| September 8, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Stewart McKinney Seniority from January 3, 1971 (16 years, 124 days) (died) | |||
| 98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 | |||
| 99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
| 100th | January 3, 1987 – May 7, 1987 | |||
| May 7, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
 Sam Gejdenson Seniority from January 3, 1981 (20 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
| 101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 |
 Chris Dodd[H] Seniority from January 3, 1981 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) |
C. Dodd (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1975 | |
| 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 |
 Nancy Johnson Seniority from January 3, 1983 (24 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |||
| 109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
| 110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
 Chris Shays Seniority from August 18, 1987[i][13] (21 years, 138 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
 Rosa DeLauro Seniority from January 3, 1991 (33 years, 357 days) (Incumbent) | ||
| 112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
 Joe Lieberman[L] Seniority from January 3, 1989 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Lieberman (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1989 | |
| 113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
 Richard Blumenthal Seniority from January 3, 2011 (13 years, 357 days) (Incumbent) |
DeLauro (House) Seniority from January 3, 1991 | |
| 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) |
Delaware
edit| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean[M] (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
 James A. Bayard Jr.[N] Seniority from March 4, 1851 (12 years, 331 days) (resigned)[14] |
Co-deans: J. Bayard (Senate) Riddle (House) Seniority from March 4, 1851 |
 George R. Riddle Seniority from March 4, 1851 (3 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
| 34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
J. Bayard (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1851 |
Elisha D. Cullen Seniority from March 4, 1855 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
| 35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 |
 William G. Whiteley Seniority from March 4, 1857 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
| 36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 | |||
| 37th | March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
 George P. Fisher Seniority from March 4, 1861 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 38th | March 4, 1863 – May 28, 1863 |
 William Temple Seniority from March 4, 1863 (85 days) (died)[15] | ||
| May 28, 1863 – December 7, 1863 |
Vacant | |||
| December 7, 1863 – January 29, 1864 |
 Nathaniel B. Smithers Seniority from December 7, 1863[i] (1 year, 86 days) (lost re-election)[16] | |||
| January 29, 1864 – March 4, 1865 |
 Willard Saulsbury Sr. Seniority from March 4, 1859 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
W. Saulsbury Sr. (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1859 | ||
| 39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 |
 John A. Nicholson Seniority from March 4, 1865 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
| 40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 | |||
| 41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 |
 Benjamin T. Biggs Seniority from March 4, 1869 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
| 42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 |
 Thomas F. Bayard[O] Seniority from March 4, 1869 (16 years, 2 days) (appointed Secretary of State)[17] |
Co-deans: T. Bayard Sr. (Senate) Biggs (House) Seniority from March 4, 1869 | |
| 43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
T. Bayard Sr. (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
James R. Lofland Seniority from March 4, 1873 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election)[18] | |
| 44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
 James Williams Seniority from March 4, 1875 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
| 45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||
| 46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
Edward L. Martin Seniority from March 4, 1879 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
| 47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
| 48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
 Charles B. Lore Seniority from March 4, 1883 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
| 49th | March 4, 1885 – March 6, 1885 | |||
| March 6, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
 Eli Saulsbury Seniority from March 4, 1871 (17 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
E. Saulsbury (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1871 | ||
| 50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
 John B. Penington Seniority from March 4, 1887 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
| 51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
 George Gray Seniority from March 18, 1885[k] (13 years, 350 days) (lost re-election) |
Gray (Senate) Seniority from March 18, 1885 | |
| 52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
 John W. Causey Seniority from March 4, 1891 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
| 53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
| 54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
 Jonathan S. Willis Seniority from March 4, 1895 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election)[19] | ||
| 55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
 L. Irving Handy Seniority from March 4, 1897 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election)[20] | ||
| 56th | March 4, 1899 – June 16, 1900 |
 Richard R. Kenney Seniority from January 19, 1897[k] (4 years, 43 days) (lost re-election)[21] |
Kenney (Senate) Seniority from January 19, 1897 |
 John H. Hoffecker Seniority from March 4, 1899 (1 year, 104 days) (died)[22] |
| June 16, 1900 – November 6, 1900 |
Vacant | |||
| November 6, 1900 – March 4, 1901 |
Walter O. Hoffecker Seniority from November 6, 1900[i] (117 days) (retired) | |||
| 57th | March 4, 1901 – March 2, 1903 |
Vacant | Ball (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1901 |
 L. Heisler Ball Seniority from March 4, 1901 (1 year, 363 days) (lost re-election, elected to Senate)[23] |
| March 2, 1903 – March 4, 1903 |
 L. Heisler Ball[H] Seniority from March 2, 1903[k][n] (2 years, 1 day) (retired)[23] |
Vacant | ||
| 58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
 Henry A. Houston Seniority from March 4, 1903 (1 year, 364 days) (retired) | ||
| 59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
 J. Frank Allee Seniority from March 2, 1903[k] (4 years, 1 day) (retired)[24] |
Allee (Senate) Seniority from March 2, 1903 |
 Hiram R. Burton Seniority from March 4, 1905 (3 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[25] |
| 60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
 Henry A. du Pont Seniority from June 13, 1906[k] (10 years, 263 days) (lost re-election)[26] |
Burton (House) Seniority from March 4, 1905 | |
| 61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 |
du Pont (Senate) Seniority from June 13, 1906 |
 William H. Heald Seniority from March 4, 1909 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
| 62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 | |||
| 63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
 Franklin Brockson Seniority from March 4, 1913 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
 Thomas W. Miller Seniority from March 4, 1915 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
 Willard Saulsbury Jr.[P] Seniority from March 4, 1913 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
W. Saulsbury Jr. (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
 Albert F. Polk Seniority from March 4, 1917 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
| 66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
 Josiah O. Wolcott Seniority from March 4, 1917 (4 years, 120 days) (appointed Chancellor of Delaware) |
Wolcott (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1917 |
 Caleb R. Layton Seniority from March 4, 1919 (3 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
| 67th | March 4, 1921 – July 2, 1921 | |||
| July 2, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
 L. Heisler Ball[E] Seniority from March 4, 1919 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[23] |
Ball[D] (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1919[c] | ||
| 68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
 William H. Boyce Seniority from March 4, 1923 (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
 Thomas F. Bayard Jr. Seniority from November 7, 1922[g][27] (6 years, 116 days) (lost re-election) |
T. Bayard Jr. (Senate) Seniority from November 7, 1922 |
 Robert G. Houston Seniority from March 4, 1925 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) |
| 70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
| 71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
 Daniel O. Hastings Seniority from December 10, 1928[h] (8 years, 24 days) (lost re-election) |
Houston (House) Seniority from March 4, 1925 | |
| 72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
| 73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Hastings (Senate) Seniority from December 10, 1928 |
 Wilbur L. Adams Seniority from March 4, 1933 (1 year, 305 days) (ran for Senate) | |
| 74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
 J. George Stewart Seniority from January 3, 1935 (2 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
 John G. Townsend Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1929 (11 years, 305 days) (lost re-election)[28] |
Townsend (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1929 |
 William F. Allen Seniority from January 3, 1937 (2 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
| 76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
George S. Williams Seniority from January 3, 1939 (2 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
 James H. Hughes Seniority from January 3, 1937 (6 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)[29] |
Hughes (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1937 |
 Philip A. Traynor Seniority from January 3, 1941 (2 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
| 78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
 James M. Tunnell Seniority from January 3, 1941 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Tunnell (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1941 |
 Earle D. Willey Seniority from January 3, 1943 (2 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
| 79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Philip A. Traynor[C] Seniority from January 3, 1945 (2 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
 C. Douglass Buck Seniority from January 3, 1943 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Buck (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1943 |
 J. Caleb Boggs Seniority from January 3, 1947 (6 years, 0 days) (elected Delaware governor) |
| 81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
 John J. Williams Seniority from January 3, 1947 (23 years, 362 days) (resigned) |
Co-deans: Williams (Senate) Boggs (House) Seniority from January 3, 1947 | |
| 82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
| 83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Williams (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1947 |
 Herbert Warburton Seniority from January 3, 1953 (2 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | |
| 84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 |
 Harris McDowell Seniority from January 3, 1955 (2 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
 Hal Haskell Seniority from January 3, 1957 (2 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Harris McDowell[C] Seniority from January 3, 1959 (8 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 | |||
| 90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 |
 William Roth Seniority from January 3, 1967 (3 years, 362 days) (appointed to Senate)[30] | ||
| 91st | January 3, 1969 – December 31, 1970 | |||
| December 31, 1970 – January 3, 1971 |
 J. Caleb Boggs[H] Seniority from January 3, 1961 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Boggs[D] (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1961 |
Vacant | |
| 92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
 Pete du Pont Seniority from January 3, 1971 (6 years, 0 days) (elected Delaware governor) | ||
| 93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
 William Roth[H] Seniority from January 1, 1971[h] (30 years, 2 days) (lost re-election) |
Roth (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1967 | |
| 94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
| 95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
 Thomas B. Evans Jr. Seniority from January 3, 1977 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
| 97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
| 98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
 Tom Carper Seniority from January 3, 1983 (10 years, 0 days) (elected Delaware governor) | ||
| 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 |
 Mike Castle Seniority from January 3, 1993 (18 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
| 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 |
 Joe Biden Seniority from January 3, 1973 (36 years, 12 days) (elected Vice President) |
Biden (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1973 | |
| 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 15, 2009 | |||
| January 15, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
 Tom Carper[H] Seniority from January 3, 2001 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Castle (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 | ||
| 112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Carper (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2001 |
 John Carney Seniority from January 3, 2011 (6 years, 0 days) (elected Delaware governor) | |
| 113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||
| 114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
| 115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 |
 Lisa Blunt Rochester Seniority from January 3, 2017 (8 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
| 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 |
 Chris Coons Seniority from November 15, 2010[g] (14 years, 40 days) (Incumbent) |
Coons (Senate) Seniority from November 15, 2010 |
 Sarah McBride 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 (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Florida
edit| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
 Samuel Pasco Seniority from May 19, 1887[o] (11 years, 334 days) (lost election to finish term)[p][31] |
Pasco (Senate) Seniority from May 19, 1887 |
 Stephen M. Sparkman Seniority from March 4, 1895 (21 years, 364 days) (retired) |
| 56th | March 4, 1899 – April 18, 1899 | |||
| April 18, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
 Stephen Mallory II[H] Seniority from May 15, 1897[o][32] (10 years, 222 days) (died) |
Sparkman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1895 | ||
| 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 – December 23, 1907 | |||
| December 23, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
 James Taliaferro Seniority from April 20, 1899[k] (11 years, 317 days) (lost re-election) | |||
| 61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
| 62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
 Duncan U. Fletcher Seniority from March 4, 1909 (27 years, 105 days) (died) | ||
| 63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 | |||
| 64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 | |||
| 65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Clark (House) Seniority from March 4, 1905 |
 Frank Clark Seniority from March 4, 1905 (19 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[33] | |
| 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 |
Fletcher (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1909 |
 William J. Sears Seniority from March 4, 1915 (13 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[34] | |
| 70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 | |||
| 71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
 Herbert J. Drane Seniority from March 4, 1917 (15 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[35] | ||
| 72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
| 73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
 Robert A. Green Seniority from March 4, 1925 (19 years, 266 days) (commissioned in U.S. Navy)[36] | ||
| 74th | January 3, 1935 – June 17, 1936 | |||
| June 17, 1936 – November 4, 1936 |
 Scott Loftin Seniority from May 26, 1936[h] (161 days) (successor elected) |
Green (House) Seniority from March 4, 1925 | ||
| November 4, 1936 – January 3, 1937 |
 Charles O. Andrews Seniority from November 4, 1936[h][q] (9 years, 318 days) (died) | |||
| 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 – November 25, 1944 | |||
| November 25, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
Peterson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
 J. Hardin Peterson Seniority from March 4, 1933 (17 years, 305 days) (retired) | ||
| 79th | January 3, 1945 – September 18, 1946 | |||
| September 18, 1946 – January 3, 1947 |
 Claude Pepper Seniority from November 4, 1936[h] (14 years, 60 days) (lost renomination) | |||
| 80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 | |||
| 81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
| 82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
 Spessard Holland Seniority from September 25, 1946[h] (24 years, 100 days) (retired) |
Sikes (House) Seniority from January 3, 1945[c] |
 Bob Sikes[K] Seniority from January 3, 1945[c] (34 years, 0 days) (retired) |
| 83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | |||
| 84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
| 85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 | |||
| 86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | |||
| 87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
| 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 |
 Edward Gurney[H] Seniority from January 3, 1969 (5 years, 362 days) (resigned) | ||
| 93rd | January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974 | |||
| December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
 Lawton Chiles Seniority from January 3, 1971 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | |||
| 94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
| 95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | |||
| 96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 |
Bennett (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
 Charles E. Bennett Seniority from January 3, 1949 (44 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 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 |
 Bob Graham Seniority from January 3, 1987 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
| 102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
| 103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Gibbons (House) Seniority from January 3, 1963 |
 Sam Gibbons Seniority from January 3, 1963 (34 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
| 105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
Young (House) Seniority from January 3, 1971 |
 Bill Young Seniority from January 3, 1971 (42 years, 288 days) (died) | |
| 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 |
 Bill Nelson[H] Seniority from January 3, 2001 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
| 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 – October 18, 2013 | |||
| October 18, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
Ros-Lehtinen (House) Seniority from August 29, 1989 |
 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Seniority from August 29, 1989[i] (29 years, 127 days) (retired) | ||
| 114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
| 115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
| 116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
 Marco Rubio Seniority from January 3, 2011 (13 years, 357 days) (Incumbent) |
Hastings (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
 Alcee Hastings Seniority from January 3, 1993 (28 years, 93 days) (died) |
| 117th | January 3, 2021 – April 6, 2021 | |||
| April 6, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
Díaz-Balart (House) Seniority from January 3, 2003 |
 Mario Díaz-Balart Seniority from January 3, 2003 (21 years, 357 days) (Incumbent) | ||
| 118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 | |||
| 119th | January 3, 2025 – present | |||
| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Georgia
edit| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
 Augustus O. Bacon[Q] Seniority from March 4, 1895 (18 years, 347 days) (died) |
Lester (House) Seniority from March 4, 1889 |
 Rufus E. Lester Seniority from March 4, 1889 (17 years, 104 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 – June 16, 1906 | |||
| June 16, 1906 – March 4, 1907 |
Livingston (House) Seniority from March 4, 1891 |
 Leonidas F. Livingston Seniority from March 4, 1891 (19 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[37] | ||
| 60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 | |||
| 61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
| 62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
Co-deans: Bacon (Senate) Bartlett (House) Seniority from March 4, 1895 |
 Charles L. Bartlett Seniority from March 4, 1895 (19 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
| 63rd | March 4, 1913 – February 14, 1914 | |||
| February 14, 1914 – March 4, 1915 |
 Hoke Smith Seniority from July 12, 1911[k][r] (9 years, 234 days) (lost renomination)[38] |
Bartlett (House) Seniority from March 4, 1895 | ||
| 64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
Adamson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 |
 William C. Adamson Seniority from March 4, 1897 (20 years, 289 days) (resigned)[39] | |
| 65th | March 4, 1917 – December 18, 1917 | |||
| December 18, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Hardwick[I] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1903[s] |
Co-deans:  Thomas M. Bell, Gordon Lee Seniority from March 4, 1905 (21 years, 364 days) (Lee retired)[40] | ||
| 66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Co-deans: Bell, Lee (House) Seniority from March 4, 1905 | ||
| 67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
 William J. Harris Seniority from March 4, 1919 (13 years, 45 days) (died) | ||
| 68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
| 69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
| 70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
Bell (House) Seniority from March 4, 1905 |
Thomas M. Bell Seniority from March 4, 1905 (25 years, 364 days) (lost renomination)[41] | |
| 71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
| 72nd | March 4, 1931 – April 18, 1932 |
Crisp (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
 Charles R. Crisp[K] Seniority from March 4, 1913 (19 years, 217 days) (appointed to U.S. Tariff Commission)[42] | |
| April 18, 1932 – October 7, 1932 |
 Walter F. George[R] Seniority from November 22, 1922[g] (34 years, 42 days) (retired) | |||
| October 7, 1932 – March 4, 1933 |
Vinson (House) Seniority from November 3, 1914 |
 Carl Vinson[S] Seniority from November 3, 1914[i] (50 years, 61 days) (retired) | ||
| 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 |
 Richard Russell Jr.[T] Seniority from January 12, 1933[g] (38 years, 9 days) (died) | ||
| 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 |
Russell (Senate) Seniority from January 12, 1933 |
 Phillip M. Landrum Seniority from January 3, 1953 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 90th | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969 | |||
| 91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 | |||
| 92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 21, 1971 | |||
| January 21, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
 Herman Talmadge Seniority from January 3, 1957 (24 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Landrum (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 | ||
| 93rd | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 | |||
| 94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
| 95th | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Flynt (House) Seniority from November 2, 1954 |
 John Flynt Seniority from November 2, 1954[i] (24 years, 62 days) (retired) | |
| 96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 |
Talmadge (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1957 |
 Jack Brinkley Seniority from January 3, 1967 (16 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
| 97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
 Sam Nunn Seniority from November 8, 1972[g] (24 years, 56 days) (retired) |
Brinkley (House) Seniority from January 3, 1967 | |
| 98th | January 3, 1983 – September 1, 1983 |
Nunn (Senate) Seniority from November 8, 1972 |
Co-deans:  Elliott H. Levitas, Larry McDonald Seniority from January 3, 1975 (8 years, 241 days) (McDonald died)[43] | |
| September 1, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
Elliott H. Levitas Seniority from January 3, 1975 (10 years, 0 days) (lost re-election)[44] | |||
| 99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
Co-deans:  Doug Barnard Jr., Ed Jenkins Seniority from January 3, 1977 (16 years, 0 days) (both 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 |
 Newt Gingrich[U] Seniority from January 3, 1979 (20 years, 0 days) (resigned)[45] | ||
| 104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
| 105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
 Paul Coverdell Seniority from January 3, 1993 (7 years, 197 days) (died) |
Gingrich (House) Seniority from January 3, 1979 | |
| 106th | January 3, 1999 – July 18, 2000 |
Lewis (House) Seniority from January 3, 1987 |
 John Lewis Seniority from January 3, 1987 (33 years, 196 days) (died)[46] | |
| July 18, 2000 – January 3, 2001 |
 Max Cleland Seniority from January 3, 1997 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
| 107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |||
| 108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
 Zell Miller Seniority from July 24, 2000[h][47] (4 years, 163 days) (retired) | ||
| 109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
 Saxby Chambliss[H] Seniority from January 3, 2003 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
| 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 |
 Johnny Isakson[H] Seniority from January 3, 2005 (14 years, 362 days) (resigned)[48] | ||
| 115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
| 116th | January 3, 2019 – December 31, 2019 | |||
| December 31, 2019 – July 17, 2020 |
 David Perdue Seniority from January 3, 2015 (6 years, 0 days) (term expired) | |||
| July 17, 2020 – January 3, 2021 |
Bishop (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
 Sanford Bishop Seniority from January 3, 1993 (31 years, 357 days) (Incumbent) | ||
| 117th | January 3, 2021 – January 20, 2021 |
 Kelly Loeffler Seniority from January 6, 2020[h] (1 year, 14 days) (lost election to finish term) | ||
| January 20, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
 Jon Ossoff Seniority from January 20, 2021[t][u] (3 years, 340 days) (Incumbent) | |||
| 118th | January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025 | |||
| 119th | January 3, 2025 – present | |||
| Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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Footnotes (positional)
edit- ^ a b c d e Sole representative (at-large district)
- ^ a b Former non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives
- ^ a b c d Second time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ a b c d Second time
- ^ a b Second time; previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ Elected as Republican from 1889 to 1897; as Silver Republican from 1897 to 1903
- ^ Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
- ^ a b c as junior senator
- ^ President pro tempore from March 25 to 26, 1912
- ^ a b c d e Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ Elected as Democrat until 2007
- ^ As an at-large congressional district, Delaware was represented by one member in the House of Representatives from 1789 to 1813, and since 1823.
- ^ Dean of the Senate from 1862 to 1864 (alongside Solomon Foot)
- ^ President pro tempore from October 10 to October 13, 1881
- ^ President pro tempore from 1916 to 1919
- ^ President pro tempore (rotating basis) from 1911 to 1913
- ^ Dean of the Senate from 1953 to 1957; President pro tempore from 1955 to 1957
- ^ Dean of the House from 1961 to 1965
- ^ President pro tempore and Dean of the Senate from 1969 to 1971
- ^ Speaker of the House from 1995 to 1998; House Republican Leader from 1995 to 1999
Footnotes (seniority)
edit- ^ Seniority over Henry M. Teller due to tenure as delegate to the House of Representatives from Colorado Territory
- ^ a b Seated late due to contested election
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Shares seniority date with other officeholder(s); credited as sole dean by past non-consecutive terms in Congress
- ^ a b c d Preceding elections involved turnover of all sitting incumbents; incoming officeholders share a seniority date with no distinguishing aspects
- ^ John Calhoun Bell shared seniority with Lafe Pence until March 4, 1895
- ^ Edward T. Taylor shared seniority with John Andrew Martin and Atterson W. Rucker until March 4, 1913
- ^ a b c d e f g h 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 e f g h i j k Senator appointed to fill intra-term vacancy; seniority calculated from date of appointment
- ^ 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)[10] Cite error: The named reference "housevacancy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Charles Addison Russell shared seniority with Carlos French, Miles T. Granger, and Robert J. Vance until March 4, 1889
- ^ a b c d e f g h Senator elected by state legislature intra-term prior to ratification of Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from election date (if different from date the seat was filled)
- ^ Served more prior non-consecutive terms (nine) than John Q. Tilson (two)
- ^ 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
- ^ Seniority over J. Frank Allee due to past service as a member of the House of Representatives
- ^ a b Elected late
- ^ Pasco was appointed to begin his second and third terms due to failure of his state legislature to elect in 1892–93 and 1898–99.
- ^ Seniority over Claude Pepper due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ Seated late by virtue of holding other political, governmental, or judicial office
- ^ For the purposes of this list, the one-day gap between Hardwick's resignation from the House and his election to the Senate (November 2 – November 4, 1914) is ignored.
- ^ Elected late in runoff election
- ^ Seniority over Raphael Warnock due to surname coming first alphabetically
Bibliography
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