List of the oldest living members of the United States House of Representatives

This page contains a list of the people of the who, at the time of their death, were the oldest surviving members, sitting or former, of the United States House of Representatives, as well as a list of the currently oldest surviving sitting or former Representatives.

Historical

This is a list of the people who, at the time of their death, were the oldest surviving members of the United States House of Representatives.

Begin Date	End Date	Representative	Date of birth	House term	State served	Party	Age (years, days)
March 4, 1789	July 23, 1793	Roger Sherman	April 19, 1721	1789-1791	Connecticut	Pro-Administration	7009228035520000000♠72 years, 95 days
July 23, 1793	September 15, 1794	Abraham Clark	February 15, 1726	1791-1794	New Jersey	Pro-Administration	7009216423360000000♠68 years, 212 days
September 15, 1794	December 10, 1796	Israel Jacobs	June 9, 1726	1791-1793	Pennsylvania	Pro-Administration	7009222492960000000♠70 years, 184 days
December 10, 1796	October 28, 1800	Artemas Ward	November 26, 1727	1791-1795	Massachusetts	Pro-Administration	7009230109120000000♠72 years, 335 days
October 28, 1800	March 27, 1814	William Smith	April 12, 1728	1789-1791	Maryland	Anti-Administration	7009271254960000000♠85 years, 349 days
March 27, 1814	July 26, 1819	George Leonard	July 4, 1729	1789-1793 1795-1797	Massachusetts	Pro-Administration Federalist	7009284208480000000♠90 years, 22 days
July 26, 1819	June 1, 1832	Thomas Sumter	August 14, 1734	1789-1793 1797-1801	South Carolina	Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican	7009308631600000000♠97 years, 292 days
June 1, 1832	March 7, 1838	Paine Wingate	May 14, 1739	1793-1795	New Hampshire	Pro-Administration	7009311830560000000♠98 years, 297 days
March 7, 1838	May 22, 1842	Henry Southard	October 7, 1747	1801-1811 1815-1821	New Jersey	Democratic-Republican	7009298602720000000♠94 years, 227 days
May 22, 1842	October 18, 1843	Ebenezer Elmer	August 23, 1752	1801-1807	New Jersey	Democratic-Republican	7009287658000000000♠91 years, 56 days
October 18, 1843	March 6, 1844	Gabriel Duvall	December 6, 1752	1794-1796	Maryland	Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican	7009287960400000000♠91 years, 91 days
March 6, 1844	March 23, 1846	Laban Wheaton	March 13, 1754	1809-1817	Massachusetts	Federalist	7009290416320000000♠92 years, 10 days
March 23, 1846	January 20, 1849	Nathan Read	July 2, 1759	1800-1803	Massachusetts	Federalist	7009282607920000000♠89 years, 202 days
January 20, 1849	May 26, 1851	Simeon Baldwin	December 14, 1761	1803-1805	Connecticut	Federalist	7009282270960000000♠89 years, 163 days
May 26, 1851	March 29, 1855	John Locke	February 14, 1764	1823-1829	Massachusetts	Adams Republican	7009287545680000000♠91 years, 43 days
March 29, 1855	April 8, 1857	Alexander Boyd	September 14, 1764	1813-1815	New York	Federalist	7009292109760000000♠92 years, 206 days
April 8, 1857	January 23, 1858	Daniel Burrows	October 26, 1766	1821-1823	Connecticut	Democratic-Republican	7009287943120000000♠91 years, 89 days
January 23, 1858	August 3, 1863	Zadock Cook	February 18, 1769	1816-1819	Georgia	Democratic-Republican	7009298075680000000♠94 years, 166 days
August 3, 1863	July 1, 1864	Josiah Quincy III	February 4, 1772	1805-1813	Massachusetts	Federalist	7009291608640000000♠92 years, 148 days
July 1, 1864	January 2, 1866	Thomas Chandler	August 10, 1772	1829-1833	New Hampshire	Jacksonian	7009294738480000000♠93 years, 145 days
January 2, 1866	April 1, 1868	James Parker	March 1, 1776	1833-1837	New Jersey	Jacksonian	7009290597760000000♠92 years, 31 days
April 1, 1868	July 1, 1868	Samuel Tweedy	March 8, 1776	1833-1835	Connecticut	Anti-Jacksonian	7009291323520000000♠92 years, 115 days
July 1, 1868	December 23, 1870	James I. Van Alen	1776	1807-1809	New York	Democratic-Republican	ca. 94 yy
December 23, 1870	July 18, 1872	Samuel Thatcher	July 1, 1776	1802-1805	Massachusetts	Federalist	7009303099840000000♠96 years, 17 days
July 18, 1872	August 12, 1875	Horace Binney	January 4, 1780	1833-1835	Pennsylvania	Anti-Jacksonian	7009301698000000000♠95 years, 220 days
August 12, 1875	February 16, 1880	Daniel Sheffer	May 24, 1783	1837-1839	Pennsylvania	Democratic	7009305268480000000♠96 years, 268 days
February 16, 1880	September 22, 1881	John Alfred Cuthbert	June 3, 1788	1819-1821	Georgia	Democratic-Republican	7009294444720000000♠93 years, 111 days
September 22, 1881	February 7, 1885	Joseph Grinnell	November 17, 1788	1843-1851	Massachusetts	Whig	7009303661440000000♠96 years, 82 days
February 7, 1885	August 8, 1885	James Garland	June 6, 1791	1835-1841	Virginia	Jacksonian Democratic Conservative	7009297185760000000♠94 years, 63 days
August 8, 1885	May 7, 1886	David Fisher	December 3, 1794	1847-1849	Ohio	Whig	7009288513360000000♠91 years, 155 days
May 7, 1886	January 9, 1887	Elijah Babbitt	July 29, 1795	1859-1863	Pennsylvania	Republican	7009288591120000000♠91 years, 164 days
January 9, 1887	June 9, 1887	John Hoge Ewing	October 8, 1796	1845-1847	Pennsylvania	Whig	7009286126560000000♠90 years, 244 days
June 9, 1887	July 26, 1891	Paul Dillingham	August 10, 1799	1843-1847	Vermont	Democratic	7009290198160000000♠91 years, 350 days
July 26, 1891	May 9, 1892	Sidney Lawrence	December 31, 1801	1847-1849	New York	Democratic	7009285141600000000♠90 years, 130 days
May 9, 1892	June 11, 1894	John T. Andrews	May 29, 1803	1837-1839	New York	Democratic	7009287286480000000♠91 years, 13 days
June 11, 1894	February 12, 1896	Emery D. Potter	October 7, 1804	1843-1845 1849-1851	Ohio	Democratic	7009288280080000000♠91 years, 128 days
February 12, 1896	January 12, 1897	John W. Crisfield	November 8, 1806	1847-1849 1861-1863	Maryland	Whig Unionist	7009284580000000000♠90 years, 65 days
January 12, 1897	April 16, 1900	John W. Hunter	October 15, 1807	1866-1867	New York	Democratic	7009291911040000000♠92 years, 183 days
April 16, 1900	March 18, 1902	Daniel Wells, Jr.	July 16, 1808	1853-1857	Wisconsin	Democratic	7009295602480000000♠93 years, 245 days
March 18, 1902	April 24, 1902	Edwin Hickman Ewing	December 2, 1809	1845-1847	Tennessee	Whig	7009291565440000000♠92 years, 143 days
April 24, 1902	March 8, 1903	Martin I. Townsend	February 6, 1810	1875-1879	New York	Republican	7009293744880000000♠93 years, 30 days
March 8, 1903	March 27, 1908	Ephraim R. Eckley	December 9, 1811	1863-1869	Ohio	Republican	7009303894720000000♠96 years, 109 days
March 27, 1908	September 18, 1910	James McGrew	September 14, 1813	1869-1873	West Virginia	Republican	7009306143280000000♠97 years, 4 days
September 18, 1910	March 14, 1911	John H. Rice	February 5, 1816	1861-1867	Maine	Republican	7009300116880000000♠95 years, 37 days
March 14, 1911	October 3, 1911	John Morgan Bright	January 20, 1817	1871-1881	Tennessee	Democratic	7009298853280000000♠94 years, 256 days
October 3, 1911	March 12, 1916	George William Palmer	January 13, 1818	1857-1861	New York	Republican	7009309774240000000♠98 years, 59 days
March 12, 1916	November 3, 1924	Cornelius Cole	September 17, 1822	1863-1865	California	Republican	7009322293600000000♠102 years, 47 days
November 3, 1924	February 28, 1926	William W. Crapo	May 16, 1830	1875-1883	Massachusetts	Republican	7009302285520000000♠95 years, 288 days
February 28, 1926	January 6, 1929	John H. Lewis	July 21, 1830	1881-1883	Illinois	Republican	7009310724640000000♠98 years, 169 days
January 6, 1929	April 22, 1932	J. Warren Keifer	January 30, 1836	1877-1885 1905-1911	Ohio	Republican	7009303670080000000♠96 years, 83 days
April 22, 1932	May 25, 1938	Henry R. Gibson	December 24, 1837	1895-1905	Tennessee	Republican	7009316889280000000♠100 years, 152 days
May 25, 1938	September 8, 1938	George Frederic Kribbs	November 8, 1846	1891-1895	Pennsylvania	Democratic	7009289800720000000♠91 years, 304 days
September 8, 1938	December 18, 1946	Lemuel W. Royse	January 19, 1847	1895-1899	Indiana	Republican	7009315297360000000♠99 years, 333 days
December 18, 1946	June 10, 1947	Addison James	February 27, 1850	1907-1909	Kentucky	Republican	7009306998640000000♠97 years, 103 days
June 10, 1947	February 25, 1948	Amos R. Webber	January 21, 1852	1904-1907	Ohio	Republican	7009303255360000000♠96 years, 35 days
February 25, 1948	September 10, 1949	John E. Weeks	June 14, 1853	1931-1933	Vermont	Republican	7009303713280000000♠96 years, 88 days
September 10, 1949	April 1, 1953	Schuyler Merritt	December 16, 1853	1917-1931 1933-1937	Connecticut	Republican	7009313336080000000♠99 years, 106 days
April 1, 1953	July 27, 1954	Joseph E. Ransdell	October 7, 1858	1899-1913	Louisiana	Democratic	7009302328720000000♠95 years, 293 days
July 27, 1954	May 12, 1956	Franklin Menges	October 26, 1858	1925-1931	Pennsylvania	Republican	7009307828080000000♠97 years, 199 days
May 12, 1956	July 5, 1956	Addison T. Smith	September 5, 1862	1913-1933	Idaho	Republican	7009296112240000000♠93 years, 304 days
July 5, 1956	January 17, 1958	Michael Donohoe	February 22, 1864	1911-1915	Pennsylvania	Democratic	7009296328240000000♠93 years, 329 days
January 17, 1958	April 29, 1958	Warren A. Haggott	May 18, 1864	1907-1909	Colorado	Republican	7009296475120000000♠93 years, 346 days
April 29, 1958	February 22, 1960	Townsend Scudder	July 26, 1865	1899-1901 1903-1905	New York	Democratic	7009298464480000000♠94 years, 211 days
February 22, 1960	October 11, 1960	Daniel K. Hoch	January 31, 1866	1943-1947	Pennsylvania	Democratic	7009298836000000000♠94 years, 254 days
October 11, 1960	September 12, 1963	Charles Nelson Pray	April 6, 1868	1907-1913	Montana	Republican	7009301170960000000♠95 years, 159 days
September 12, 1963	November 7, 1967	John Nance Garner	November 22, 1868	1903-1933	Texas	Democratic	7009312288480000000♠98 years, 350 days
November 7, 1967	July 12, 1971	Earl Hanley Beshlin	April 28, 1870	1917-1919	Pennsylvania	Democratic	7009319379760000000♠101 years, 75 days
July 12, 1971	January 6, 1973	Maurice Hudson Thatcher	August 15, 1870	1923-1933	Kentucky	Republican	7009323131680000000♠102 years, 144 days
January 6, 1973	January 10, 1974	Charles G. Bond	May 29, 1877	1921-1923	New York	Republican	7009304905600000000♠96 years, 226 days
January 10, 1974	January 9, 1975	Virginia E. Jenckes	November 6, 1877	1933-1939	Indiana	Democratic	7009306661680000000♠97 years, 64 days
January 9, 1975	March 4, 1977	Miles C. Allgood	February 22, 1878	1923-1935	Alabama	Democratic	7009312506640000000♠99 years, 10 days
March 4, 1977	December 27, 1980	Charles S. Dewey	November 10, 1880	1941-1945	Illinois	Republican	7009315982080000000♠100 years, 47 days
December 27, 1980	June 1, 1981	Carl Vinson	November 18, 1883	1914-1965	Georgia	Democratic	7009307793520000000♠97 years, 195 days
June 1, 1981	November 2, 1989	Elizabeth Hawley Gasque	February 26, 1886	1938-1939	South Carolina	Democratic	7009327194640000000♠103 years, 249 days
November 2, 1989	January 18, 1991	Hamilton Fish III	December 7, 1888	1920-1945	New York	Republican	7009322250400000000♠102 years, 42 days
January 18, 1991	April 3, 1993	Peter J. De Muth	January 1, 1892	1937-1939	Pennsylvania	Democratic	7009319526640000000♠101 years, 92 days
April 3, 1993	May 29, 1995	Margaret Chase Smith	December 14, 1897	1940-1949	Maine	Republican	7009307542960000000♠97 years, 166 days
May 29, 1995	May 15, 1996	Newt V. Mills	September 27, 1899	1937-1943	Louisiana	Democratic	7009304948800000000♠96 years, 231 days
May 15, 1996	January 4, 1997	Harry P. Jeffrey	December 26, 1901	1943-1945	Ohio	Republican	7009299874960000000♠95 years, 9 days
January 4, 1997	May 8, 1998	Jennings Randolph	March 8, 1902	1933-1947	West Virginia	Democratic	7009303480000000000♠96 years, 61 days
May 8, 1998	April 1, 1999	Ellis Yarnal Berry	October 6, 1902	1951-1971	South Dakota	Republican	7009304482240000000♠96 years, 177 days
April 1, 1999	October 5, 2001	Mike Mansfield	March 16, 1903	1943-1953	Montana	Democratic	7009311018400000000♠98 years, 203 days
October 5, 2001	March 11, 2003	John Goodchild Dow	May 6, 1905	1965-1969 1971-1973	New York	Democratic	7009308778480000000♠97 years, 309 days
March 11, 2003	November 10, 2007	Augustus F. Hawkins	August 31, 1907	1963-1991	California	Democratic	7009316189440000000♠100 years, 71 days
November 10, 2007	September 25, 2008	Glenn Andrews	January 15, 1909	1965-1967	Alabama	Republican	7009314614800000000♠99 years, 254 days
September 25, 2008	November 4, 2009	William H. Avery	August 11, 1911	1955-1965	Kansas	Republican	7009309998880000000♠98 years, 85 days
November 4, 2009	January 8, 2011	William F. Walsh	July 11, 1912	1973-1979	New York	Republican-Conservative	7009310828320000000♠98 years, 181 days
January 8, 2011	October 25, 2011	Perkins Bass	October 6, 1912	1955-1963	New Hampshire	Republican	7009312584400000000♠99 years, 19 days
October 25, 2011		Ken Hechler	September 20, 1914	1959-1977	West Virginia	Democratic	7009319880880000000♠101 years, 133 days

Current

This is a list of the oldest currently living former and current members of the United States House of Representatives. The list includes some politicians who were or are Senators.

Rank	Representative	Date of birth	House term	State served	Party	Age (years, days)
1	Ken Hechler	September 20, 1914	1959–1977	West Virginia	Democratic	7009319880880000000♠101 years, 133 days
2	John S. Wold	August 31, 1916	1969–1971	Wyoming	Republican	7009313742160000000♠99 years, 153 days
3	James D. Martin	September 1, 1918	1965–1967	Alabama	Republican	7009307422000000000♠97 years, 152 days
4	Lester L. Wolff	January 4, 1919	1965–1981	New York	Democratic	7009306342000000000♠97 years, 27 days
5	Thomas G. Morris	August 20, 1919	1959–1969	New Mexico	Democratic	7009304369920000000♠96 years, 164 days
6	Larry Winn	August 22, 1919	1965–1985	Kansas	Republican	7009304352640000000♠96 years, 162 days
7	Burt L. Talcott	February 22, 1920	1963–1977	California	Republican	7009302760720000000♠95 years, 343 days
8	Del Latta	March 5, 1920	1959–1989	Ohio	Republican	7009302665680000000♠95 years, 332 days
9	Neal Edward Smith	March 23, 1920	1959–1995	Iowa	Democratic	7009302510160000000♠95 years, 314 days
10	Edward Lunn Young	September 7, 1920	1973–1975	South Carolina	Republican	7009301058640000000♠95 years, 146 days
11	Marjorie Holt	September 17, 1920	1973–1987	Maryland	Republican	7009300972240000000♠95 years, 136 days
12	Cornelius Edward Gallagher	March 2, 1921	1959–1973	New Jersey	Democratic	7009299535840000000♠94 years, 335 days
13	Berkley Bedell	March 5, 1921	1975–1987	Iowa	Democratic	7009299509920000000♠94 years, 332 days
14	Harry G. Haskell, Jr.	May 27, 1921	1957–1959	Delaware	Republican	7009298792800000000♠94 years, 249 days
15	Paul Findley	June 23, 1921	1961–1983	Illinois	Republican	7009298559520000000♠94 years, 222 days
16	Roger H. Zion	September 17, 1921	1967–1975	Indiana	Republican	7009297816480000000♠94 years, 136 days
17	Mike McCormack	December 14, 1921	1971–1981	Washington	Democratic	7009297056160000000♠94 years, 48 days
18	John R. Schmidhauser	January 3, 1922	1965–1967	Iowa	Democratic	7009296883360000000♠94 years, 28 days
19	John B. Anderson	February 15, 1922	1961–1981	Illinois	Republican	7009296509680000000♠93 years, 350 days
20	Doug Barnard, Jr.	March 20, 1922	1977–1993	Georgia	Democratic	7009296224560000000♠93 years, 317 days
21	William Broomfield	April 28, 1922	1957–1993	Michigan	Republican	7009295887600000000♠93 years, 278 days
22	R. James Harvey	July 4, 1922	1961–1975	Michigan	Republican	7009295308720000000♠93 years, 211 days
23	Melvin R. Laird	September 1, 1922	1953–1971	Wisconsin	Republican	7009294798960000000♠93 years, 152 days
24	Clarence Clifton Young	November 7, 1922	1953–1957	Nevada	Republican	7009294220080000000♠93 years, 85 days
25	Benjamin A. Gilman	December 6, 1922	1973–2003	New York	Republican	7009293969520000000♠93 years, 56 days
26	Samuel H. Young	December 26, 1922	1973–1975	Illinois	Republican	7009293796720000000♠93 years, 36 days
27	Robert H. Michel	March 2, 1923	1957–1995	Illinois	Republican	7009293224320000000♠92 years, 335 days
28	Ralph Hall	May 3, 1923	1981–2015	Texas	Democratic, Republican	7009292688640000000♠92 years, 273 days
29	Bernard F. Grabowski	June 11, 1923	1963–1967	Connecticut	Democratic	7009292351680000000♠92 years, 234 days
30	Bob Dole	July 22, 1923	1961–1969	Kansas	Republican	7009291997440000000♠92 years, 193 days
31	Andrew J. Hinshaw	August 4, 1923	1973–1976	California	Republican	7009291885120000000♠92 years, 180 days
32	Al Quie	September 18, 1923	1958–1979	Minnesota	Republican	7009291496320000000♠92 years, 135 days
33	Fred Richmond	November 15, 1923	1975–1982	New York	Democratic	7009290995200000000♠92 years, 77 days
34	Helen Delich Bentley	November 28, 1923	1985–1995	Maryland	Republican	7009290882880000000♠92 years, 64 days
35	Frank E. Denholm	November 29, 1923	1971–1975	South Dakota	Democratic	7009290874240000000♠92 years, 63 days
36	Charles Thone	January 4, 1924	1971–1979	Nebraska	Republican	7009290563200000000♠92 years, 27 days
37	Edwin Reinecke	January 7, 1924	1965–1969	California	Republican	7009290537280000000♠92 years, 24 days
38	Catherine Small Long	February 7, 1924	1985–1987	Louisiana	Democratic	7009290267280000000♠91 years, 358 days
39	Donald M. Fraser	February 20, 1924	1963–1979	Minnesota	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	7009290154960000000♠91 years, 345 days
40	George H. W. Bush	June 12, 1924	1967–1971	Texas	Republican	7009289187280000000♠91 years, 233 days
41	Shirley Neil Pettis	July 12, 1924	1975–1979	California	Republican	7009288928080000000♠91 years, 203 days
42	Frank Joseph Guarini	August 20, 1924	1979–1993	New Jersey	Democratic	7009288591120000000♠91 years, 164 days
43	John Melcher	September 6, 1924	1969–1977	Montana	Democratic	7009288444240000000♠91 years, 147 days
44	Daniel Akaka	September 11, 1924	1977–1990	Hawaii	Democratic	7009288401040000000♠91 years, 142 days
45	Howard C. Nielson	September 12, 1924	1983–1991	Utah	Republican	7009288392400000000♠91 years, 141 days
46	Merwin Coad	September 28, 1924	1957–1963	Iowa	Democratic	7009288254160000000♠91 years, 125 days
47	Weston E. Vivian	October 25, 1924	1965–1967	Michigan	Democratic	7009288020880000000♠91 years, 98 days
48	Ralph Regula	December 3, 1924	1973–2009	Ohio	Republican	7009287683920000000♠91 years, 59 days
49	Fletcher Thompson	February 5, 1925	1967–1973	Georgia	Republican	7009287128800000000♠90 years, 360 days
50	G. William Whitehurst	March 12, 1925	1967–1987	Virginia	Republican	7009286826400000000♠90 years, 325 days
51	Lucien N. Nedzi	May 28, 1925	1961–1981	Michigan	Democratic	7009286161120000000♠90 years, 248 days
52	Ogden R. Reid	June 24, 1925	1963–1975	New York	Republican, Democratic	7009285927840000000♠90 years, 221 days
53	Tom Luken	July 9, 1925	1974–1975 1977–1991	Ohio	Democratic	7009285798240000000♠90 years, 206 days
54	Fred B. Rooney	November 6, 1925	1963–1979	Pennsylvania	Democratic	7009284761440000000♠90 years, 86 days
55	Abner J. Mikva	January 21, 1926	1969–1973 1975–1979	Illinois	Democratic	7009284104800000000♠90 years, 10 days
56	J. Roy Rowland	February 3, 1926	1983–1995	Georgia	Democratic	7009283990320000000♠89 years, 362 days
57	Elwood Hillis	March 6, 1926	1971–1987	Indiana	Republican	7009283722480000000♠89 years, 331 days
58	Alvin Baldus	April 27, 1926	1975–1981	Wisconsin	Democrat	7009283273200000000♠89 years, 279 days
59	Carrie P. Meek	April 29, 1926	1993–2003	Florida	Democrat	7009283255920000000♠89 years, 277 days
60	Dick Nichols	April 29, 1926	1991–1993	Kansas	Republican	7009283255920000000♠89 years, 277 days
61	Earl Dewitt Hutto	May 12, 1926	1979–1995	Florida	Democrat	7009283143600000000♠89 years, 264 days
62	Mark Andrews	May 19, 1926	1963–1981	North Dakota	Republican	7009283083120000000♠89 years, 257 days
63	Roscoe Bartlett	June 3, 1926	1993–2013	Maryland	Republican	7009282953520000000♠89 years, 242 days
64	Raymond F. Clevenger	June 6, 1926	1965–1967	Michigan	Democrat	7009282927600000000♠89 years, 239 days
65	John Dingell	July 8, 1926	1955–2015	Michigan	Democrat	7009282651120000000♠89 years, 207 days
66	Orval H. Hansen	August 3, 1926	1969–1975	Idaho	Republican	7009282426480000000♠89 years, 181 days
67	Amo Houghton	August 7, 1926	1987–2005	New York	Republican	7009282391920000000♠89 years, 177 days
68	John Otho Marsh, Jr.	August 7, 1926	1963–1971	Virginia	Democrat	7009282391920000000♠89 years, 177 days
69	Joseph P. Kolter	September 3, 1926	1983–1993	Pennsylvania	Democrat	7009282158640000000♠89 years, 150 days
70	Robert J. Lagomarsino	September 4, 1926	1975–1993	California	Republican	7009282150000000000♠89 years, 149 days
71	Philip Ruppe	September 29, 1926	1967–1979	Michigan	Republican	7009281934000000000♠89 years, 124 days
72	Richard Fulton	January 27, 1927	1963–1975	Tennessee	Democrat	7009280897200000000♠89 years, 4 days
73	Marc L. Marks	February 12, 1927	1977–1983	Pennsylvania	Republican	7009280756800000000♠88 years, 353 days
74	Benjamin B. Blackburn	February 14, 1927	1967–1975	Georgia	Republican	7009280739520000000♠88 years, 351 days
75	John Brademas	March 2, 1927	1959–1981	Indiana	Democratic	7009280601280000000♠88 years, 335 days
76	Arthur Ravenel, Jr.	March 29, 1927	1987–1995	South Carolina	Republican	7009280368000000000♠88 years, 308 days
77	William J. Keating	March 30, 1927	1971–1974	Ohio	Republican	7009280359360000000♠88 years, 307 days
78	Eugene Atkinson	April 5, 1927	1979–1983	Pennsylvania	Republican	7009280307520000000♠88 years, 301 days
79	Austin Murphy	June 17, 1927	1977–1995	Pennsylvania	Democratic	7009279676800000000♠88 years, 228 days
80	Bud Brown	June 18, 1927	1965–1983	Ohio	Republican	7009279668160000000♠88 years, 227 days
81	Leo C. Zeferetti	July 15, 1927	1975–1983	New York	Democratic	7009279434880000000♠88 years, 200 days
82	Al McCandless	July 23, 1927	1983–1995	California	Republican	7009279365760000000♠88 years, 192 days
83	Edwin Edwards	August 7, 1927	1965–1972	Louisiana	Democratic	7009279236160000000♠88 years, 177 days
84	Jim Weaver	August 8, 1927	1975—1987	Oregon	Democratic	7009279227520000000♠88 years, 176 days
85	Jim Broyhill	August 19, 1927	1963–1986	North Carolina	Republican	7009279132480000000♠88 years, 165 days
86	Kika de la Garza	September 22, 1927	1965–1997	Texas	Democratic	7009278838720000000♠88 years, 131 days
87	James W. Symington	September 28, 1927	1969–1977	Missouri	Democratic	7009278786880000000♠88 years, 125 days
88	Pete McCloskey	September 29, 1927	1967–1983	California	Republican	7009278778240000000♠88 years, 124 days
89	William F. Goodling	December 5, 1927	1975–2001	Pennsylvania	Republican	7009278199360000000♠88 years, 57 days
90	John Hall Buchanan, Jr.	March 19, 1928	1965–1981	Alabama	Republican	7009277298640000000♠87 years, 318 days
91	William Reynolds Archer, Jr.	March 22, 1928	1971–2001	Texas	Republican	7009277272720000000♠87 years, 315 days
92	Douglas Applegate	March 27, 1928	1977–1995	Ohio	Democrat	7009277229520000000♠87 years, 310 days
93	Manuel Lujan, Jr.	May 12, 1928	1969–1989	New Mexico	Republican	7009276832080000000♠87 years, 264 days
94	Ray Thornton	July 16, 1928	1973–1979 1991–1997	Arkansas	Democrat	7009276270480000000♠87 years, 199 days
95	Jan Meyers	July 20, 1928	1985–1997	Kansas	Republican	7009276235920000000♠87 years, 195 days
96	Nick Galifianakis	July 22, 1928	1967–1973	North Carolina	Democrat	7009276218640000000♠87 years, 193 days
97	Robert Bergland	July 22, 1928	1971–1977	Minnesota	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	7009276218640000000♠87 years, 193 days
98	William Sheldrick Conover	August 27, 1928	1972–1973	Pennsylvania	Republican	7009275907600000000♠87 years, 157 days
99	Jack Edwards	September 20, 1928	1965–1985	Alabama	Republican	7009275700240000000♠87 years, 133 days
100	Lawrence Hogan	September 30, 1928	1969–1975	Maryland	Republican	7009275613840000000♠87 years, 123 days

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