This page contains a list of the earliest serving United States Senators among those currently living (sitting or former) and a list of the individuals who, at the time of their deaths, had served at the earliest date in the United States Senate among those current or former senators then living. Of those living, the earliest-serving Senator is Robert Byrd.

[edit] Earliest serving Senators (historic)

This is a list of the senators who were, while in office or after, the earliest-serving living before they died.

[edit] Earliest serving Senators currently living

This is a list of the 25 earliest-serving senators, current or former, currently living.

[edit] See also

• Oldest living United States president
• List of oldest surviving members of the House of Representatives
• Dean of the United States House of Representatives
• Dean of the United States Senate
• Longest living United States Senator
• Oldest living United States governor
• Earliest serving United States governor
• List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service

[edit] Notes

v • d • e United States Congress (House of Representatives, Senate — 111th Congress — Members of the 111th United States Congress ) Members Members of Congress: Current (by length of service, freshmen, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, delegates, longest-serving members ever) Senate: Current by seniority, Current by age, Dean of the Senate, former Senators, living former Senators, Earliest serving, Earliest living, Expelled/censured, Classes, House: Current by seniority, Dean of the House, former Representatives, oldest living, expelled, censured, and reprimanded Representatives, Women and minority members: African American members, Hispanic members, Asian Pacific American members, Congressional Member Organizations (caucuses), House Women, Senate Women List of congressional districts (congressional apportionment, districts by area, obsolete districts) Privileges and benefits: Representatives' salaries, Senators' salaries, franking, congressional immunity Party leaders Senate: Majority and Minority Leaders, assistant party leaders, Democratic Caucus (Chair, Secretary, Policy Committee Chair), Republican Conference (Chair, Vice-Chair, Policy Committee Chair) House: Speaker (list), Majority and Minority Leaders, party whips, Democratic Caucus, Republican Conference Offices, officers, & employees Congress: Government Accountability Office (Comptroller General), Congressional Budget Office, Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Police (Capitol Police Board), Capitol Guide Service (Capitol Guide Board), Office of Compliance, Library of Congress, Government Printing Office; Former: Office of Technology Assessment Senate constitutionally-mandated officers: President (list) (Vice President of the United States), President pro tempore (list) Senate elected officers: President pro tempore, Secretary, Chaplain, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper Senate employees: Curator, Historian, Librarian, Parliamentarian, pages Senate offices: Office of the Secretary (Senate Library, Office of Senate Curator, Senate Historical Office) House elected officers: Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, Chief Administrative Officer, Chaplain. 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