List of current United States Senators by age

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This is a list of current U.S. Senators sorted by age. Age does not determine seniority in the Senate. The average age of U.S. Senators as of May, 2008 is 62.

Currently 1 Senator is in his 90s, 5 are in their 80s, 19 are in their 70s, 36 are in their 60s, 29 are in their 50s, and 10 are in their 40s.

Senator Date of Birth
Robert Byrd (D-WV) November 20, 1917 (1917-11-20) (age 90)
Ted Stevens (R-AK) November 18, 1923 (1923-11-18) (age 84)
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) January 23, 1924 (1924-01-23) (age 84)
Daniel Inouye (D-HI) September 7, 1924 (1924-09-07) (age 83)
Daniel Akaka (D-HI) September 11, 1924 (1924-09-11) (age 83)
John Warner (R-VA) February 18, 1927 (1927-02-18) (age 81)
Arlen Specter (R-PA) February 12, 1930 (1930-02-12) (age 78)
Jim Bunning (R-KY) October 23, 1931 (1931-10-23) (age 76)
Ted Kennedy (D-MA) February 22, 1932 (1932-02-22) (age 76)
Dick Lugar (R-IN) April 4, 1932 (1932-04-04) (age 76)
Pete Domenici (R-NM) May 7, 1932 (1932-05-07) (age 76)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) June 22, 1933 (1933-06-22) (age 74)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA) September 17, 1933 (1933-09-17) (age 74)
Robert Foster Bennett (R-UT) September 18, 1933 (1933-09-18) (age 74)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) March 22, 1934 (1934-03-22) (age 74)
Richard Shelby (R-AL) May 6, 1934 (1934-05-06) (age 74)
Carl Levin (D-MI) June 28, 1934 (1934-06-28) (age 73)
Jim Inhofe (R-OK) November 17, 1934 (1934-11-17) (age 73)
Herb Kohl (D-WI) February 7, 1935 (1935-02-07) (age 73)
Pat Roberts (R-KS) April 20, 1936 (1936-04-20) (age 72)
George Voinovich (R-OH) July 15, 1936 (1936-07-15) (age 71)
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) July 20, 1936 (1936-07-20) (age 71)
Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) July 29, 1936 (1936-07-29) (age 71)
John McCain (R-AZ) August 29, 1936 (1936-08-29) (age 71)
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) June 18, 1937 (1937-06-18) (age 70)
Thad Cochran (R-MS) December 7, 1937 (1937-12-07) (age 70)
Kit Bond (R-MO) March 6, 1939 (1939-03-06) (age 69)
Tom Harkin (D-IA) November 19, 1939 (1939-11-19) (age 68)
Harry Reid (D-NV) December 2, 1939 (1939-12-02) (age 68)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) March 31, 1940 (1940-03-31) (age 68)
Lamar Alexander (R-TN) July 3, 1940 (1940-07-03) (age 67)
Barbara Boxer (D-CA) November 11, 1940 (1940-11-11) (age 67)
Ben Nelson (D-NE) May 17, 1941 (1941-05-17) (age 67)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) September 8, 1941 (1941-09-08) (age 66)
Max Baucus (D-MT) December 11, 1941 (1941-12-11) (age 66)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) February 20, 1942 (1942-02-20) (age 66)
Joe Lieberman (I-CT) February 24, 1942 (1942-02-24) (age 66)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ) April 25, 1942 (1942-04-25) (age 66)
Byron Dorgan (D-ND) May 14, 1942 (1942-05-14) (age 66)
Bill Nelson (D-FL) September 29, 1942 (1942-09-29) (age 65)
Joe Biden (D-DE) November 20, 1942 (1942-11-20) (age 65)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) July 22, 1943 (1943-07-22) (age 64)
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) October 3, 1943 (1943-10-03) (age 64)
Ben Cardin (D-MD) October 5, 1943 (1943-10-05) (age 64)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) November 10, 1943 (1943-11-10) (age 64)
Wayne Allard (R-CO) December 2, 1943 (1943-12-02) (age 64)
John Kerry (D-MA) December 11, 1943 (1943-12-11) (age 64)
Mike Enzi (R-WY) February 1, 1944 (1944-02-01) (age 64)
Christopher Dodd (D-CT) May 27, 1944 (1944-05-27) (age 64)
Richard Durbin (D-IL) November 21, 1944 (1944-11-21) (age 63)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA) December 28, 1944 (1944-12-28) (age 63)
Larry Craig (R-ID) July 20, 1945 (1945-07-20) (age 62)
Jim Webb (D-VA) February 9, 1946 (1946-02-09) (age 62)
Chuck Hagel (R-NE) October 4, 1946 (1946-10-04) (age 61)
Mel Martinez (R-FL) October 23, 1946 (1946-10-23) (age 61)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL) December 24, 1946 (1946-12-24) (age 61)
Tim Johnson (D-SD) December 29, 1946 (1946-12-29) (age 61)
Thomas R. Carper (D-DE) January 23, 1947 (1947-01-23) (age 61)
Judd Gregg (R-NH) February 14, 1947 (1947-02-14) (age 61)
Olympia Snowe (R-ME) February 21, 1947 (1947-02-21) (age 61)
Hillary Clinton (D-NY) October 26, 1947 (1947-10-26) (age 60)
Kent Conrad (D-ND) March 12, 1948 (1948-03-12) (age 60)
Tom Coburn (R-OK) March 14, 1948 (1948-03-14) (age 60)
Ron Wyden (D-OR) May 3, 1949 (1949-05-03) (age 59)
Norm Coleman (R-MN) August 17, 1949 (1949-08-17) (age 58)
Jack Reed (D-RI) November 12, 1949 (1949-11-12) (age 58)
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) April 29, 1950 (1950-04-29) (age 58)
Patty Murray (D-WA) October 11, 1950 (1950-10-11) (age 57)
Chuck Schumer (D-NY) November 23, 1950 (1950-11-23) (age 57)
Mike Crapo (R-ID) May 20, 1951 (1951-05-20) (age 57)
Roger Wicker (R-MS) July 5, 1951 (1951-07-05) (age 56)
Jim DeMint (R-SC) September 2, 1951 (1951-09-02) (age 56)
John Cornyn (R-TX) February 2, 1952 (1952-02-02) (age 56)
Gordon Smith (R-OR) May 25, 1952 (1952-05-25) (age 56)
John Barrasso (R-WY) July 21, 1952 (1952-07-21) (age 55)
Bob Corker (R-TN) August 24, 1952 (1952-08-24) (age 55)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) November 9, 1952 (1952-11-09) (age 55)
Susan Collins (R-ME) December 7, 1952 (1952-12-07) (age 55)
Russ Feingold (D-WI) March 2, 1953 (1953-03-02) (age 55)
Claire McCaskill (D-MO) July 24, 1953 (1953-07-24) (age 54)
Bob Menendez (D-NJ) January 1, 1954 (1954-01-01) (age 54)
Ken Salazar (D-CO) March 2, 1955 (1955-03-02) (age 53)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) July 9, 1955 (1955-07-09) (age 52)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) October 20, 1955 (1955-10-20) (age 52)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA) November 23, 1955 (1955-11-23) (age 52)
Richard Burr (R-NC) November 30, 1955 (1955-11-30) (age 52)
Evan Bayh (D-IN) December 26, 1955 (1955-12-26) (age 52)
Jon Tester (D-MT) August 21, 1956 (1956-08-21) (age 51)
Sam Brownback (R-KS) September 12, 1956 (1956-09-12) (age 51)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) May 22, 1957 (1957-05-22) (age 51)
John Ensign (R-NV) March 25, 1958 (1958-03-25) (age 50)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA) October 13, 1958 (1958-10-13) (age 49)
Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA) April 13, 1960 (1960-04-13) (age 48)
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) May 25, 1960 (1960-05-25) (age 48)
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) September 30, 1960 (1960-09-30) (age 47)
John Thune (R-SD) January 7, 1961 (1961-01-07) (age 47)
David Vitter (R-LA) May 3, 1961 (1961-05-03) (age 47)
Barack Obama (D-IL) August 4, 1961 (1961-08-04) (age 46)
Mark Pryor (D-AR) January 10, 1963 (1963-01-10) (age 45)
John Sununu (R-NH) September 10, 1964 (1964-09-10) (age 43)