List of longest-living United States Senators
This page contains a list of the longest-living United States Senators among those currently living (incumbent or former) and a list of the individuals who, at the time of their deaths, were the longest-lived United States Senators among those current or former senators then living. Of those living, the longest-lived senator is Ernest Hollings. The oldest sitting senator is Dianne Feinstein (born 1933). The longest-lived senator in history is Cornelius Cole, who died at 102.
Oldest senators (historic)
This is a list of the senators who were, while in office or after, the oldest living before they died.
Begin Date | End Date | Senator | State | Birth Date |
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March 4, 1789 | June 13, 1791[1] | William Johnson[2] | Connecticut | October 7, 1727 (aged 61–63) |
June 13, 1791 | July 23, 1793 | Roger Sherman[2] | Connecticut | April 19, 1721 (aged 70–72) |
July 23, 1793 | November 14, 1819 | William Johnson[3] | Connecticut | October 7, 1727 (aged 65–92) |
November 14, 1819 | June 1, 1832 | Thomas Sumter | South Carolina | August 14, 1734 (aged 85–97) |
June 1, 1832 | November 14, 1832 | Charles Carroll | Maryland | September 19, 1737 (aged 94–95) |
November 14, 1832 | March 7, 1838 | Paine Wingate | New Hampshire | May 14, 1739 (aged 92–98) |
March 7, 1838 | April 22, 1839 | Samuel Smith | Maryland | July 27, 1752 (aged 85–86) |
April 22, 1839 | February 13, 1843 | Nathaniel Chipman | Vermont | November 15, 1752 (aged 86–90) |
February 13, 1843 | February 25, 1845 | Asher Robbins | Rhode Island | October 26, 1757 (aged 85–87) |
February 25, 1845 | December 22, 1850 | William Plumer | New Hampshire | June 25, 1759 (aged 85–91) |
December 22, 1850 | April 12, 1851 | David Daggett | Connecticut | December 31, 1764 (aged 85–86) |
April 12, 1851 | October 14, 1853 | Elisha Mathewson | Rhode Island | April 18, 1767 (aged 83–86) |
October 14, 1853 | November 19, 1853 | Samuel Crafts | Vermont | October 6, 1768 (aged 85) |
November 19, 1853 | July 24, 1854 | Jonathan Roberts | Pennsylvania | August 16, 1771 (aged 82) |
July 24, 1854 | April 20, 1857 | Benjamin Tappan | Ohio | May 25, 1773 (aged 81–83) |
April 20, 1857 | May 6, 1860 | Littleton Tazewell | Virginia | December 17, 1774 (aged 82–85) |
May 6, 1860 | June 23, 1865 | William Wilkins | Pennsylvania | December 20, 1779 (aged 80–85) |
June 23, 1865 | June 19, 1867 | Henry Dodge | Wisconsin | October 12, 1782 (aged 82–84) |
June 19, 1867 | December 28, 1870 | Wilson Lumpkin | Georgia | January 14, 1783 (aged 84–87) |
December 28, 1870 | June 20, 1874 | John Ruggles | Maine | October 8, 1789 (aged 81–84) |
June 20, 1874 | July 3, 1878 | Daniel Sturgeon | Pennsylvania | October 27, 1789 (aged 84–88) |
July 3, 1878 | September 16, 1887 | Joseph Cilley | New Hampshire | January 4, 1791 (aged 87–96) |
September 16, 1887 | June 26, 1889 | Simon Cameron | Pennsylvania | March 8, 1799 (aged 88–90) |
June 26, 1889 | April 4, 1893 | David Meriwether | Kentucky | October 30, 1800 (aged 88–92) |
April 4, 1893 | January 6, 1901 | James Bradbury | Maine | June 10, 1802 (aged 90–98) |
January 6, 1901 | October 7, 1906 | Daniel Jewett | Missouri | September 14, 1807 (aged 93–99) |
October 7, 1906 | July 27, 1907 | Edmund Pettus[4] | Alabama | July 6, 1821 (aged 85–86) |
July 27, 1907 | January 10, 1909 | John Conness | California | September 22, 1821 (aged 85–87) |
January 10, 1909 | November 3, 1924 | Cornelius Cole | California | September 17, 1822 (aged 86–102) |
November 3, 1924 | April 5, 1928 | Chauncey Depew | New York | April 23, 1834 (aged 90–93) |
April 5, 1928 | January 24, 1930 | Rebecca Felton | Georgia | June 10, 1835 (aged 92–94) |
January 24, 1930 | April 12, 1933 | Adelbert Ames | Mississippi | October 31, 1835 (aged 94–97) |
April 12, 1933 | February 7, 1937 | Elihu Root | New York | February 15, 1845 (aged 88–91) |
February 7, 1937 | January 26, 1938 | Newell Sanders | Tennessee | July 12, 1850 (aged 86–87) |
January 26, 1938 | July 24, 1938 | Obadiah Gardner | Maine | September 13, 1852 (aged 85) |
July 24, 1938 | April 30, 1940 | Furnifold Simmons | North Carolina | January 20, 1854 (aged 84–86) |
April 30, 1940 | April 21, 1941[1] | Fountain Thompson | North Dakota | November 18, 1854 (aged 85–86) |
April 21, 1941 | June 26, 1941 | Andrew Houston[2] | Texas | June 21, 1854 (aged 86–87) |
June 26, 1941 | February 4, 1942 | Fountain Thompson | North Dakota | November 18, 1854 (aged 86–87) |
February 4, 1942 | July 19, 1947 | Robert Owen | Oklahoma | February 2, 1856 (aged 86–91) |
July 19, 1947 | July 27, 1954 | Joseph Ransdell | Louisiana | October 7, 1858 (aged 88–95) |
July 27, 1954 | March 1, 1958 | Lawrence Phipps | Colorado | August 30, 1862 (aged 91–95) |
March 1, 1958 | March 3, 1961 | Joseph Grundy | Pennsylvania | January 13, 1863 (aged 95–98) |
March 3, 1961 | May 24, 1961 | George Pepper | Pennsylvania | March 16, 1867 (aged 93–94) |
May 24, 1961 | May 19, 1966 | Theodore Green | Rhode Island | October 2, 1867 (aged 93–98) |
May 19, 1966 | December 28, 1972 | John Heiskell | Arkansas | November 2, 1872 (aged 93–100) |
December 28, 1972 | July 29, 1974 | George Radcliffe | Maryland | August 22, 1877 (aged 95–96) |
July 29, 1974 | April 14, 1977 | John Milton | New Jersey | January 21, 1881 (aged 93–96) |
April 14, 1977 | May 15, 1983 | Hall Lusk | Oregon | September 21, 1883 (aged 93–99) |
May 15, 1983 | December 1, 1984 | Stephen Young | Ohio | May 4, 1889 (aged 94–95) |
December 1, 1984 | March 20, 1988 | Samuel Reynolds | Nebraska | August 11, 1890 (aged 94–97) |
March 20, 1988 | March 14, 1989 | Gladys Pyle | South Dakota | October 4, 1890 (aged 97–98) |
March 14, 1989 | September 23, 1992 | Frank Briggs | Missouri | February 25, 1894 (aged 95–98) |
September 23, 1992 | June 10, 1993 | Milward Simpson | Wyoming | November 12, 1897 (aged 94–95) |
June 10, 1993 | May 29, 1995 | Margaret Smith | Maine | December 14, 1897 (aged 95–97) |
May 29, 1995 | May 8, 1998 | Jennings Randolph | West Virginia | March 8, 1902 (aged 93–96) |
May 8, 1998 | June 26, 2003 | Strom Thurmond[4] | South Carolina | December 5, 1902 (aged 95–100) |
June 26, 2003 | August 18, 2004 | Hiram Fong | Hawaii | October 15, 1906 (aged 96–97) |
August 18, 2004 | October 20, 2009 | Clifford Hansen | Wyoming | October 16, 1912 (aged 91–97) |
October 20, 2009 | July 30, 2013 | Harry F. Byrd, Jr. | Virginia | December 20, 1914 (aged 94–98) |
July 30, 2013 | January 3, 2015 | Edward Brooke | Massachusetts | October 26, 1919 (aged 93–95) |
January 3, 2015 | December 8, 2016 | John Glenn | Ohio | July 18, 1921 (aged 93–95) |
December 8, 2016 | Present | Ernest Hollings | South Carolina | January 1, 1922 (aged 94–95) |
Oldest senators currently living
This is a list of the 100 eldest senators, current or former, currently living.
Rank | Senator | Date of birth | Senate term | State served | Party | Age (years, days) |
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1 | Ernest Hollings | January 1, 1922 | 1966–2005 | South Carolina | Democratic | 95 years, 232 days |
2 | Jocelyn Burdick | February 6, 1922 | 1992 | North Dakota | Democratic | 95 years, 196 days |
3 | Paul Laxalt | August 2, 1922 | 1974–1987 | Nevada | Republican | 95 years, 19 days |
4 | James L. Buckley | March 9, 1923 | 1971–1977 | New York | Conservative | 94 years, 165 days |
5 | Bob Dole | July 22, 1923 | 1969–1996 | Kansas | Republican | 94 years, 30 days |
6 | John Melcher | September 6, 1924 | 1977–1989 | Montana | Democratic | 92 years, 349 days |
7 | Daniel Akaka | September 11, 1924 | 1990–2013 | Hawaii | Democratic | 92 years, 344 days |
8 | Daniel J. Evans | October 16, 1925 | 1983–1989 | Washington | Republican | 91 years, 309 days |
9 | Maryon Pittman Allen | November 30, 1925 | 1978 | Alabama | Democratic | 91 years, 264 days |
10 | Harris Wofford | April 9, 1926 | 1991–1995 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 91 years, 134 days |
11 | Walter Huddleston | April 15, 1926 | 1973–1985 | Kentucky | Democratic | 91 years, 128 days |
12 | Mark Andrews | May 19, 1926 | 1981–1987 | North Dakota | Republican | 91 years, 94 days |
13 | John Warner | February 18, 1927 | 1979–2009 | Virginia | Republican | 90 years, 184 days |
14 | Jim Broyhill | August 19, 1927 | 1986 | North Carolina | Republican | 90 years, 2 days |
15 | Walter Mondale | January 5, 1928 | 1964–1976 | Minnesota | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | 89 years, 228 days |
16 | Slade Gorton | January 8, 1928 | 1981–1987, 1989–2001 | Washington | Republican | 89 years, 225 days |
17 | Lauch Faircloth | January 14, 1928 | 1993–1999 | North Carolina | Republican | 89 years, 219 days |
18 | Birch Bayh | January 22, 1928 | 1963–1981 | Indiana | Democratic | 89 years, 211 days |
19 | Joseph Tydings | May 4, 1928 | 1965–1971 | Maryland | Democratic | 89 years, 109 days |
20 | Dick Clark | September 14, 1928 | 1973–1979 | Iowa | Democratic | 88 years, 341 days |
21 | Richard Stone | September 22, 1928 | 1975–1981 | Florida | Democratic | 88 years, 333 days |
22 | Roger Jepsen | December 23, 1928 | 1979–1985 | Iowa | Republican | 88 years, 241 days |
23 | Elaine Edwards | March 8, 1929 | 1972 | Louisiana | Democratic | 88 years, 166 days |
24 | David H. Gambrell | December 20, 1929 | 1971–1972 | Georgia | Democratic | 87 years, 244 days |
25 | Nicholas F. Brady | April 11, 1930 | 1982 | New Jersey | Republican | 87 years, 132 days |
26 | Mike Gravel | May 13, 1930 | 1969–1981 | Alaska | Democratic | 87 years, 100 days |
27 | Adlai Stevenson III | October 10, 1930 | 1970–1981 | Illinois | Democratic | 86 years, 315 days |
28 | Rudy Boschwitz | November 7, 1930 | 1978–1991 | Minnesota | Republican | 86 years, 287 days |
29 | Fred R. Harris | November 13, 1930 | 1964–1973 | Oklahoma | Democratic | 86 years, 281 days |
30 | Bill Brock | November 23, 1930 | 1971–1977 | Tennessee | Republican | 86 years, 271 days |
31 | Mack Mattingly | January 7, 1931 | 1981–1987 | Georgia | Republican | 86 years, 226 days |
32 | James Abourezk | February 24, 1931 | 1973–1979 | South Dakota | Democratic | 86 years, 178 days |
33 | Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. | May 16, 1931 | 1971–1989 | Connecticut | Republican | 86 years, 97 days |
34 | Alan K. Simpson | September 2, 1931 | 1979–1997 | Wyoming | Republican | 85 years, 353 days |
35 | Zell Miller | February 24, 1932 | 2000–2005 | Georgia | Democratic | 85 years, 178 days |
36 | Richard Lugar | April 4, 1932 | 1977–2013 | Indiana | Republican | 85 years, 139 days |
37 | Pete Domenici | May 7, 1932 | 1973–2009 | New Mexico | Republican | 85 years, 106 days |
38 | J. Bennett Johnston Jr. | June 10, 1932 | 1972–1997 | Louisiana | Democratic | 85 years, 72 days |
39 | Nancy Landon Kassebaum | July 29, 1932 | 1978–1997 | Kansas | Republican | 85 years, 23 days |
40 | John Culver | August 8, 1932 | 1975–1981 | Iowa | Democratic | 85 years, 13 days |
41 | Bob Packwood | September 11, 1932 | 1969–1995 | Oregon | Republican | 84 years, 344 days |
42 | Jake Garn | October 12, 1932 | 1974–1993 | Utah | Republican | 84 years, 313 days |
43 | Paul Sarbanes | February 3, 1933 | 1977–2007 | Maryland | Democratic | 84 years, 199 days |
44 | Frank Murkowski | March 28, 1933 | 1981–2002 | Alaska | Republican | 84 years, 146 days |
45 | Ben Nighthorse Campbell | April 13, 1933 | 1993–2005 | Colorado | Democratic, later Republican | 84 years, 130 days |
46 | Dianne Feinstein | June 22, 1933 | 1992–present | California | Democratic | 84 years, 60 days |
47 | George J. Mitchell | August 20, 1933 | 1980–1995 | Maine | Democratic | 84 years, 1 day |
48 | Pete Wilson | August 23, 1933 | 1983–1991 | California | Republican | 83 years, 363 days |
49 | Chuck Grassley | September 17, 1933 | 1981–present | Iowa | Republican | 83 years, 338 days |
50 | Jean Carnahan | December 20, 1933 | 2001–2002 | Missouri | Democratic | 83 years, 244 days |
51 | Orrin Hatch | March 22, 1934 | 1977–present | Utah | Republican | 83 years, 152 days |
52 | Richard Shelby | May 6, 1934 | 1987–present | Alabama | Democratic, later Republican | 83 years, 107 days |
53 | John V. Tunney | June 26, 1934 | 1971–1977 | California | Democratic | 83 years, 56 days |
54 | Carl Levin | June 28, 1934 | 1979–2015 | Michigan | Democratic | 83 years, 54 days |
55 | David Durenberger | August 19, 1934 | 1978–1995 | Minnesota | Republican | 83 years, 2 days |
56 | David Pryor | August 29, 1934 | 1979–1997 | Arkansas | Democratic | 82 years, 357 days |
57 | Jim Inhofe | November 17, 1934 | 1994–present | Oklahoma | Republican | 82 years, 277 days |
58 | Herb Kohl | February 7, 1935 | 1989–2013 | Wisconsin | Democratic | 82 years, 195 days |
59 | Harrison Schmitt | July 3, 1935 | 1977–1983 | New Mexico | Republican | 82 years, 49 days |
60 | Bob Krueger | September 19, 1935 | 1993 | Texas | Democratic | 81 years, 336 days |
61 | Pat Roberts | April 20, 1936 | 1997–present | Kansas | Republican | 81 years, 123 days |
62 | Barbara Mikulski | July 20, 1936 | 1987–2017 | Maryland | Democratic | 81 years, 32 days |
63 | Elizabeth Dole | July 29, 1936 | 2003–2009 | North Carolina | Republican | 81 years, 23 days |
64 | John McCain | August 29, 1936 | 1987–present | Arizona | Republican | 80 years, 357 days |
65 | John Danforth | September 5, 1936 | 1976–1995 | Missouri | Republican | 80 years, 350 days |
66 | Jim Sasser | September 30, 1936 | 1977–1995 | Tennessee | Democratic | 80 years, 325 days |
67 | Bob Graham | November 9, 1936 | 1987–2005 | Florida | Democratic | 80 years, 285 days |
68 | Gary Hart | November 28, 1936 | 1975–1987 | Colorado | Democratic | 80 years, 266 days |
69 | Dennis DeConcini | May 8, 1937 | 1977–1995 | Arizona | Democratic | 80 years, 105 days |
70 | Jay Rockefeller | June 18, 1937 | 1985–2015 | West Virginia | Democratic | 80 years, 64 days |
71 | Richard Bryan | July 16, 1937 | 1989–2001 | Nevada | Democratic | 80 years, 36 days |
72 | Al D'Amato | August 1, 1937 | 1981–1999 | New York | Republican | 80 years, 20 days |
73 | Roland Burris | August 3, 1937 | 2009–2010 | Illinois | Democratic | 80 years, 18 days |
77 | John F. Seymour | December 3, 1937 | 1991–1992 | California | Republican | 79 years, 261 days |
75 | Thad Cochran | December 7, 1937 | 1978–present | Mississippi | Republican | 79 years, 257 days |
76 | Paul G. Kirk | January 18, 1938 | 2009–2010 | Massachusetts | Democratic | 79 years, 215 days |
77 | Donald W. Riegle Jr. | February 4, 1938 | 1976–1995 | Michigan | Democratic | 79 years, 198 days |
78 | Steve Symms | April 23, 1938 | 1981–1993 | Idaho | Republican | 79 years, 120 days |
79 | Kaneaster Hodges Jr. | August 20, 1938 | 1977–1979 | Arkansas | Democratic | 79 years, 1 day |
80 | Sam Nunn | September 8, 1938 | 1972–1997 | Georgia | Democratic | 78 years, 347 days |
81 | Kit Bond | March 6, 1939 | 1987–2011 | Missouri | Republican | 78 years, 168 days |
82 | Ted Kaufman | March 15, 1939 | 2009–2010 | Delaware | Democratic | 78 years, 159 days |
83 | Chuck Robb | June 26, 1939 | 1989–2001 | Virginia | Democratic | 78 years, 56 days |
84 | Tim Wirth | September 22, 1939 | 1987–1993 | Colorado | Democratic | 77 years, 333 days |
85 | Tom Harkin | November 19, 1939 | 1985–2015 | Iowa | Democratic | 77 years, 275 days |
86 | Harry Reid | December 2, 1939 | 1987–2017 | Nevada | Democratic | 77 years, 262 days |
87 | Donald W. Stewart | February 8, 1940 | 1978–1981 | Alabama | Democratic | 77 years, 194 days |
88 | Hank Brown | February 12, 1940 | 1991–1997 | Colorado | Republican | 77 years, 190 days |
89 | Patrick Leahy | March 31, 1940 | 1975–present | Vermont | Democratic | 77 years, 143 days |
90 | Lamar Alexander | July 3, 1940 | 2003–present | Tennessee | Republican | 77 years, 49 days |
91 | William Cohen | August 28, 1940 | 1979–1997 | Maine | Republican | 76 years, 358 days |
92 | Wyche Fowler | October 6, 1940 | 1987–1993 | Georgia | Democratic | 76 years, 319 days |
93 | Gordon J. Humphrey | October 9, 1940 | 1979–1990 | New Hampshire | Republican | 76 years, 316 days |
94 | Connie Mack III | October 29, 1940 | 1989–2001 | Florida | Republican | 76 years, 296 days |
95 | Barbara Boxer | November 11, 1940 | 1993–2017 | California | Democratic | 76 years, 283 days |
96 | Robert C. Smith | March 30, 1941 | 1990–2003 | New Hampshire | Republican | 76 years, 144 days |
97 | David L. Boren | April 21, 1941 | 1979–1994 | Oklahoma | Democratic | 76 years, 122 days |
98 | Ben Nelson | May 17, 1941 | 2001–2013 | Nebraska | Democratic | 76 years, 96 days |
99 | Bernie Sanders | September 8, 1941 | 2007–present | Vermont | Independent | 75 years, 347 days |
100 | Trent Lott | October 9, 1941 | 1989–2007 | Mississippi | Republican | 75 years, 316 days |
See also
- Oldest living United States president
- List of the oldest living members of the United States House of Representatives
- Dean of the United States House of Representatives
- Dean of the United States Senate
- Earliest serving United States Senator
- Oldest living United States governor
- List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service
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