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.
Arizona
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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62nd | February 19, 1912 – March 27, 1912 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
None | Carl Hayden[A] Seniority from February 19, 1912 (15 years, 12 days) (elected to Senate) |
March 27, 1912 – March 4, 1913 |
Marcus A. Smith[B] Seniority from March 27, 1912[a] (8 years, 341 days) (lost re-election) |
Hayden (House and Senate) Seniority from February 19, 1912 | ||
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 |
Henry F. Ashurst Seniority from March 27, 1912 (28 years, 282 days) (lost renomination) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
Lewis Williams Douglas[A] Seniority from March 4, 1927 (6 years, 0 days) (appointed OMB director) | ||
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – October 3, 1933 |
Isabella Greenway[A] Seniority from October 3, 1933[b] (3 years, 92 days) (retired) | ||
October 3, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | ||||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 |
John R. Murdock[C] Seniority from January 3, 1937 (16 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Carl Hayden[D][B] Seniority from March 4, 1927 (41 years, 305 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
Harold Patten Seniority from January 3, 1949 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 |
John J. Rhodes[E] Seniority from January 3, 1953 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
Paul Fannin Seniority from January 3, 1965 (12 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Rhodes (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 | |
92nd | January 3, 1971 – January 21, 1971 | |||
January 21, 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 |
Barry Goldwater[F] Seniority from January 3, 1969 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | |||
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
Udall (House) Seniority from May 2, 1961 |
Mo Udall Seniority from May 2, 1961[b] (30 years, 2 days) (resigned) | |
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 |
Dennis DeConcini Seniority from January 3, 1977 (18 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
101st | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991 | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – May 4, 1991 | |||
May 4, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
Co-deans: DeConcini (Senate) Stump (House) Seniority from January 3, 1977 |
Bob Stump Seniority from January 3, 1977 (26 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
John McCain[B] Seniority from January 3, 1987 (31 years, 234 days) (died) |
Stump (House) Seniority from January 3, 1977 | |
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 |
McCain (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1983 |
Jim Kolbe Seniority from January 3, 1985 (22 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |||
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
Ed Pastor Seniority from October 3, 1991[b] (23 years, 92 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
Co-deans: Trent Franks (R), Raúl Grijalva (D) Seniority from January 3, 2003 (14 years, 339 days) (Franks resigned) | ||
115th | January 3, 2017 – December 8, 2017 | |||
December 8, 2017 – August 25, 2018 |
Raúl Grijalva Seniority from January 3, 2003 (21 years, 236 days) (Incumbent) | |||
August 25, 2018 – January 3, 2019 |
Jeff Flake[B] Seniority from January 3, 2013 (6 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Flake (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2001 | ||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Kyrsten Sinema[G][B] Seniority from January 3, 2019[c] (5 years, 236 days) (Incumbent) |
Grijalva (House) Seniority from January 3, 2003 | |
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – present | |||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Georgia
editCongress | 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[H] 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) | ||
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 November 16, 1911[d] (9 years, 107 days) (lost renomination) |
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) | |
65th | March 4, 1917 – December 18, 1917 | |||
December 18, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Hardwick[I] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1903[e] |
Co-deans: Thomas M. Bell, Gordon Lee Seniority from March 4, 1905 (21 years, 364 days) (Lee retired) | ||
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) | |
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 | |||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – April 18, 1932 |
Crisp (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Charles R. Crisp Seniority from March 4, 1913[f] (19 years, 217 days) (appointed to U.S. Tariff Commission) | |
April 18, 1932 – October 7, 1932 |
Walter F. George[J] Seniority from November 22, 1922[d] (34 years, 42 days) (retired) | |||
October 7, 1932 – March 4, 1933 |
Vinson (House) Seniority from November 3, 1914 |
Carl Vinson[K] Seniority from November 3, 1914[b] (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.[L] Seniority from January 12, 1933[d] (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 (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[d] (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) | |
September 1, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
Elliott H. Levitas Seniority from January 3, 1975 (10 years, 0 days) (retired) | |||
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[M] Seniority from January 3, 1979 (20 years, 0 days) (resigned) | ||
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) | |
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[g] (4 years, 163 days) (retired) | ||
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
Saxby Chambliss[B] 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[B] Seniority from January 3, 2005 (14 years, 362 days) (resigned) | ||
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, 236 days) (Incumbent) | ||
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 20, 2021 |
Kelly Loeffler Seniority from January 6, 2020[g] (1 year, 14 days) (lost special election) | ||
January 20, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
Jon Ossoff Seniority from January 20, 2021[h] (3 years, 219 days) (Incumbent) | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – 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) |
Mississippi
editCongress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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15th | December 10, 1817 – March 4, 1819 |
Walter Leake Seniority from December 10, 1817[i][j] (2 years, 157 days) (resigned) |
None | George Poindexter[A] Seniority from December 10, 1817 (1 year, 83 days) (retired) |
16th | March 4, 1819 – May 15, 1820 |
Leake (Senate) Seniority from December 10, 1817 |
Christopher Rankin[N][A] Seniority from March 4, 1819 (7 years, 10 days) (died) | |
May 15, 1820 – March 4, 1821 |
Thomas Hill Williams[N] Seniority from December 10, 1817 (11 years, 83 days) (retired) |
T. Williams (Senate) Seniority from December 10, 1817 | ||
17th | March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 | |||
18th | March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 | |||
19th | March 4, 1825 – March 14, 1826 | |||
March 14, 1826 – July 10, 1826 |
Vacant | |||
July 10, 1826 – March 4, 1827 |
William Haile[A] Seniority from July 10, 1826[b][2] (2 years, 64 days) (resigned) | |||
20th | March 4, 1827 – September 12, 1828 | |||
September 12, 1828 – October 20, 1828 |
Vacant | |||
October 20, 1828 – March 4, 1829 |
Thomas Hinds[A] Seniority from October 20, 1828[b][3] (2 years, 134 days) (retired) | |||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 |
Powhatan Ellis[F] Seniority from March 4, 1827[g] (5 years, 134 days) (appointed district court judge) |
Ellis (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1827 | |
22nd | March 4, 1831 – July 16, 1832 |
Franklin E. Plummer[A] Seniority from March 4, 1831 (3 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
July 16, 1832 – March 4, 1833 |
George Poindexter[O][P][B] Seniority from October 15, 1830[g] (4 years, 139 days) (lost re-election) |
Poindexter (Senate) Seniority from October 15, 1830 | ||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835 | |||
24th | March 4, 1835 – July 31, 1836 |
John Black[Q] Seniority from November 12, 1832[g][k] (5 years, 71 days) (resigned) |
Black (Senate) Seniority from November 12, 1832 |
No clear dean[l][m] |
July 31, 1836 – March 4, 1837 |
J. F. H. Claiborne Seniority from March 4, 1835 (1 year, 364 days) (re-elected late) | |||
25th | March 4, 1837 – September 4, 1837 |
Vacant[n] | ||
September 4, 1837 – January 22, 1838 |
No clear dean[l][o] | |||
January 22, 1838 – February 5, 1838 |
Robert J. Walker Seniority from March 4, 1835 (10 years, 1 day) (appointed Secretary of the Treasury) |
Walker (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1835 | ||
February 5, 1838 – May 30, 1838 |
Vacant[p] | |||
May 30, 1838 – March 4, 1839 |
No clear dean[l][q] | |||
26th | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841 | |||
27th | March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 |
Jacob Thompson Seniority from March 4, 1839 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
28th | March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845 | |||
29th | March 4, 1845 – March 5, 1845 | |||
March 5, 1845 – March 4, 1847 |
Jesse Speight[B] Seniority from March 4, 1845 (2 years, 58 days) (died) |
Thompson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1839 | ||
30th | March 4, 1847 – May 1, 1847 | |||
May 1, 1847 – March 4, 1849 |
Henry S. Foote Seniority from March 4, 1847 (4 years, 310 days) (elected Mississippi governor) | |||
31st | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851 | |||
32nd | March 4, 1851 – January 8, 1852 |
Co-deans: Foote (Senate) Brown (House) Seniority from March 4, 1847 |
Albert G. Brown[R] Seniority from March 4, 1847 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
January 8, 1852 – March 17, 1852 |
John J. McRae Seniority from December 1, 1851[g] (107 days) (successor elected) |
Brown (House) Seniority from March 4, 1847 | ||
March 17, 1852 – March 4, 1853 |
Walker Brooke Seniority from February 18, 1852[j] (1 year, 13 days) (retired) | |||
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
Stephen Adams[B] Seniority from March 17, 1852[j] (4 years, 351 days) (retired) |
Adams (Senate) Seniority from March 17, 1852 |
No clear dean[l] |
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
Co-deans: William Barksdale, Daniel B. Wright Seniority from March 4, 1853 (3 years, 364 days) (Wright retired) | ||
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 |
Albert G. Brown[B] Seniority from January 7, 1854 (7 years, 5 days) (withdrew) |
Barksdale (House) Seniority from March 4, 1853 |
William Barksdale Seniority from March 4, 1853 (7 years, 323 days) (withdrew) |
36th | March 4, 1859 – January 12, 1861 | |||
January 12, 1861 – January 21, 1861 |
Jefferson Davis[F][B] Seniority from March 4, 1857 (3 years, 323 days) (resigned) | |||
January 21, 1861 – March 4, 1861 |
Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) |
None | Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) | |
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 – February 23, 1870 | |||
February 23, 1870 – March 4, 1871 |
Adelbert Ames Seniority from February 23, 1870[r] (3 years, 321 days) (elected Mississippi governor) |
None[s] | No clear dean[s] | |
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 | |||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – January 10, 1874 |
Co-deans: Ames (Senate) Barry, McKee (House) Seniority from February 23, 1870 |
Co-deans: Henry W. Barry, George C. McKee Seniority from February 23, 1870[5] (5 years, 8 days) (both retired) | |
January 10, 1874 – March 4, 1875 |
James L. Alcorn Seniority from December 1, 1871[t] (5 years, 92 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Barry, McKee (House) Seniority from February 23, 1870 | ||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
Alcorn (Senate) Seniority from December 1, 1871 |
Lucius Q. C. Lamar[R] Seniority from March 4, 1873[u] (3 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | |
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
Blanche Bruce Seniority from March 4, 1875 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Lamar (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1873 |
Otho R. Singleton[R] Seniority from March 4, 1875[u] (11 years, 364 days) (retired) |
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | |||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
Lucius Q. C. Lamar[B] Seniority from March 4, 1877 (8 years, 2 days) (appointed Secretary of the Interior) | ||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | |||
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 6, 1885 | |||
March 6, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
James Z. George Seniority from March 4, 1881 (16 years, 163 days) (died) |
Singleton (House) Seniority from March 4, 1875 | ||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
George (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1881 |
John M. Allen Seniority from March 4, 1885[v] (5 years, 364 days) (co-dean after Morgan's retirement) | |
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
Co-deans: John M. Allen, Thomas C. Catchings Seniority from March 4, 1885 (15 years, 364 days) (both retired) | ||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 | |||
55th | March 4, 1897 – August 14, 1897 | |||
August 14, 1897 – April 21, 1898 |
Edward C. Walthall[F] Seniority from March 4, 1895 (3 years, 48 days) (died) |
Co-deans: Allen, Catchings (House) Seniority from March 4, 1885 | ||
April 21, 1898 – March 4, 1899 |
Hernando Money[S][B] Seniority from October 8, 1897[g] (13 years, 146 days) (retired) | |||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 |
J. Williams (House) Seniority from March 4, 1893 |
John Sharp Williams[T] Seniority from March 4, 1893 (15 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | |
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 |
Money (Senate) Seniority from October 8, 1897 |
Thomas Spight Seniority from July 5, 1898[b] (12 years, 241 days) (lost renomination) | |
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
LeRoy Percy Seniority from February 23, 1910[j] (3 years, 8 days) (lost renomination) |
Candler (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 |
Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1901 (19 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
John Sharp Williams[B] Seniority from March 4, 1911 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
Humphreys (House) Seniority from March 4, 1903 |
Benjamin G. Humphreys II Seniority from March 4, 1903 (20 years, 226 days) (died) | |
68th | March 4, 1923 – October 16, 1923 |
Pat Harrison[U][B] Seniority from March 4, 1919 (22 years, 110 days) (died) | ||
October 16, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Collier (House) Seniority from March 4, 1909 |
James W. Collier Seniority from March 4, 1909 (23 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
Harrison (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
Co-deans: Ross A. Collins, John E. Rankin Seniority from March 4, 1921 (13 years, 305 days) (Collins ran for Senate) | |
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
John E. Rankin Seniority from March 4, 1921 (31 years, 305 days) (lost renomination) | ||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – June 22, 1941 | |||
June 22, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Theodore G. Bilbo Seniority from January 3, 1935 (12 years, 230 days) (died) |
Rankin (House) Seniority from March 4, 1921 | ||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – August 21, 1947 | |||
August 21, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
James Eastland[V][F] Seniority from January 3, 1943 (35 years, 358 days) (resigned) | |||
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Colmer (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
William M. Colmer Seniority from March 4, 1933 (39 years, 305 days) (retired) | |
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 |
Whitten (House) Seniority from November 4, 1941 |
Jamie Whitten[W] Seniority from November 4, 1941[b] (53 years, 60 days) (retired) | |
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – December 27, 1978 | |||
December 27, 1978 – January 3, 1979 |
John C. Stennis[X] Seniority from November 5, 1947[d] (41 years, 59 days) (retired) | |||
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 |
Thad Cochran[B] Seniority from December 27, 1978[g] (39 years, 95 days) (resigned) | ||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |||
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Montgomery (House) Seniority from January 3, 1967 |
Sonny Montgomery Seniority from January 3, 1967 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 |
Co-deans: Cochran (House and Senate) Lott[I] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1973 |
Michael Parker Seniority from January 3, 1989 (10 years, 0 days) (ran for Mississippi governor) | |
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
Gene Taylor Seniority from October 17, 1989[b] (21 years, 78 days) (lost re-election) | ||
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 – December 18, 2007 | |||
December 18, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
Cochran (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1973 | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Bennie Thompson Seniority from April 13, 1993[b] (31 years, 135 days) (Incumbent) | ||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |||
115th | January 3, 2017 – April 1, 2018 | |||
April 1, 2018 – January 3, 2019 |
Roger Wicker[B] Seniority from December 31, 2007[g] (16 years, 239 days) (Incumbent) |
Thompson (House) Seniority from April 13, 1993 | ||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – present | |||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
South Carolina
editCongress | 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 |
Pierce Butler[Y] Seniority from March 4, 1789[w] (7 years, 235 days) (resigned) |
None | None (same seniority) |
2nd | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793 |
Daniel Huger Seniority from March 4, 1789[v] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
3rd | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795 |
William Loughton Smith[Z] Seniority from March 4, 1789[6] (8 years, 128 days) (appointed Minister to Portugal) | ||
4th | March 4, 1795 – October 25, 1796 | |||
October 25, 1796 – March 4, 1797 |
Jacob Read[AA] Seniority from March 4, 1795 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
W. L. Smith (House) Seniority from March 4, 1789 | ||
5th | March 4, 1797 – July 10, 1797 | |||
July 10, 1797 – March 4, 1799 |
Benton (House) Seniority from March 4, 1793 |
Lemuel Benton Seniority from March 4, 1793[v] (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
6th | March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801 |
Harper (House) Seniority from February 9, 1795 |
Robert Goodloe Harper Seniority from February 9, 1795[b] (6 years, 22 days) (lost re-election) | |
7th | March 4, 1801 – June 6, 1801 |
Charles Pinckney Seniority from December 6, 1798[j] (2 years, 182 days) (appointed Minister to Spain) |
Sumter (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1797[u] |
Thomas Sumter[R] Seniority from March 4, 1797[u] (4 years, 286 days) (elected to Senate) |
June 6, 1801 – December 15, 1801 |
John E. Colhoun Seniority from March 4, 1801 (1 year, 236 days) (died) | |||
December 15, 1801 – October 26, 1802 |
John Rutledge Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1797 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
October 26, 1802 – March 4, 1803 |
Thomas Sumter[B] Seniority from December 15, 1801[j] (9 years, 1 day) (resigned) | |||
8th | March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805 |
Benjamin Huger Seniority from March 4, 1799 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
9th | March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1807 |
Co-deans: William Butler, Thomas Moore Seniority from March 4, 1801 (11 years, 364 days) (both retired) | ||
10th | March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809 | |||
11th | March 4, 1809 – December 16, 1810 | |||
December 16, 1810 – March 4, 1811 |
John Gaillard[AB][N] Seniority from December 6, 1804[j] (21 years, 82 days) (died) |
Co-deans: W. Butler, Moore (House) Seniority from March 4, 1801 | ||
12th | March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 | |||
13th | March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815 |
Gaillard (Senate) Seniority from December 6, 1804 |
Langdon Cheves[AC] Seniority from December 31, 1810[b] (4 years, 62 days) (retired) | |
14th | March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817 |
Co-deans: John C. Calhoun, William Lowndes Seniority from March 4, 1811 (5 years, 364 days) (Calhoun appointed Secretary of War) | ||
15th | March 4, 1817 – November 3, 1817 | |||
November 3, 1817 – March 4, 1819 |
William Lowndes Seniority from March 4, 1811 (11 years, 65 days) (resigned) | |||
16th | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821 | |||
17th | March 4, 1821 – May 8, 1822 | |||
May 8, 1822 – March 4, 1823 |
Starling Tucker[N] Seniority from March 4, 1817 (13 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
18th | March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 | |||
19th | March 4, 1825 – February 26, 1826 | |||
February 26, 1826 – March 4, 1827 |
Robert Y. Hayne[AD] Seniority from March 4, 1823 (9 years, 284 days) (elected South Carolina governor) |
Tucker (House) Seniority from March 4, 1817 | ||
20th | March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1829 | |||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 | |||
22nd | March 4, 1831 – December 13, 1832 |
McDuffie (House) Seniority from March 4, 1821 |
George McDuffie Seniority from March 4, 1821 (13 years, 279 days) (elected South Carolina governor) | |
December 13, 1832 – March 2, 1833 |
Stephen Decatur Miller[B] Seniority from March 4, 1831 (1 year, 363 days) (resigned) | |||
March 2, 1833 – March 4, 1833 |
John C. Calhoun[AE][AF][B] Seniority from December 29, 1832[j] (10 years, 64 days) (resigned) | |||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – December 8, 1834 | |||
December 8, 1834 – January 29, 1835 |
Davis (House) Seniority from March 4, 1827 |
Warren R. Davis Seniority from March 4, 1827 (7 years, 331 days) (died) | ||
January 29, 1835 – March 4, 1835 |
Co-deans: Felder, Griffin (House) Seniority from March 4, 1831 |
Co-deans: John M. Felder, John K. Griffin Seniority from March 4, 1831 (3 years, 364 days) (Felder retired) | ||
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 |
Griffin (House) Seniority from March 4, 1831 |
John K. Griffin[AG] Seniority from March 4, 1831 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 | |||
26th | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841 | |||
27th | March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 |
Calhoun (Senate) Seniority from December 29, 1832 |
Francis Wilkinson Pickens Seniority from December 8, 1834[b] (8 years, 85 days) (retired) | |
28th | March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845 |
George McDuffie[B] Seniority from December 23, 1842[j] (3 years, 237 days) (resigned) |
Campbell (House) Seniority from March 4, 1837[u] |
John Campbell[R] Seniority from March 4, 1837[u] (7 years, 364 days) (retired) |
29th | March 4, 1845 – August 17, 1846 |
Rhett (House) Seniority from March 4, 1837 |
Robert Rhett Seniority from March 4, 1837 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
August 17, 1846 – March 4, 1847 |
John C. Calhoun[AH][F] Seniority from November 26, 1845[j] (4 years, 125 days) (died) | |||
30th | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 | |||
31st | March 4, 1849 – March 31, 1850 |
Holmes (House) Seniority from March 4, 1839 |
Isaac E. Holmes Seniority from March 4, 1839 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
March 31, 1850 – March 4, 1851 |
Andrew Butler Seniority from December 4, 1846[g] (10 years, 172 days) (died) | |||
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 |
Co-deans: Burt, Woodward (House) Seniority from March 4, 1843 |
Co-deans: Armistead Burt, Joseph Woodward Seniority from March 4, 1843 (9 years, 364 days) (both retired) | |
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
A. Butler (Senate) Seniority from December 4, 1846 |
John McQueen Seniority from February 12, 1849[b] (11 years, 313 days) (resigned) | |
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 | |||
35th | March 4, 1857 – May 25, 1857 | |||
May 25, 1857 – May 6, 1858 |
Josiah J. Evans Seniority from March 4, 1853 (5 years, 63 days) (died) |
McQueen (House) Seniority from February 12, 1849 | ||
May 6, 1858 – March 4, 1859 |
James H. Hammond[B] Seniority from December 7, 1857[j] (2 years, 340 days) (withdrew) | |||
36th | March 4, 1859 – November 11, 1860 | |||
November 11, 1860 – December 21, 1860 |
Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) | |||
December 21, 1860 – March 4, 1861 |
None | Vacant (Civil War and Reconstruction) | ||
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 – July 15, 1868 | |||
July 15, 1868 – July 18, 1868 |
Thomas J. Robertson Seniority from July 15, 1868 (8 years, 231 days) (retired) | |||
July 18, 1868 – July 20, 1868 |
Robertson (Senate) Seniority from July 15, 1868 |
No clear dean[x] | ||
July 20, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
Co-deans: James H. Goss, B. F. Whittemore Seniority from July 18, 1868 (228 days) (Goss retired) | |||
41st | March 4, 1869 – February 24, 1870 |
B. F. Whittemore Seniority from July 18, 1868 (1 year, 221 days) (resigned) | ||
February 24, 1870 – March 4, 1871 |
Christopher C. Bowen Seniority from July 20, 1868 (2 years, 226 days) (lost re-election) | |||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 |
Alexander S. Wallace Seniority from May 27, 1870[y] (6 years, 280 days) (lost re-election) | ||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 | |||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | |||
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
John J. Patterson Seniority from March 4, 1873 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Rainey (House) Seniority from December 12, 1870 |
Joseph Rainey Seniority from December 12, 1870[b] (8 years, 81 days) (lost re-election) |
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 |
Matthew Butler Seniority from March 4, 1877 (17 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: M. Butler (Senate) Aiken, Evins (House) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
Co-deans: D. Wyatt Aiken, John H. Evins Seniority from March 4, 1877 (7 years, 230 days) (Evins died) |
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – October 20, 1884 | |||
October 20, 1884 – March 4, 1885 |
Co-deans: M. Butler (Senate) Aiken (House) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
D. Wyatt Aiken Seniority from March 4, 1877 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | |||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
M. Butler (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
George D. Tillman[R] Seniority from March 4, 1883[z] (9 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | |
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 | |||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – February 12, 1894 |
Co-deans: William H. Brawley, George W. Shell Seniority from March 4, 1891 (2 years, 345 days) (Brawley appointed district court judge) | ||
February 12, 1894 – March 4, 1895 |
George W. Shell Seniority from March 4, 1891 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
John L. M. Irby Seniority from March 4, 1891 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Irby (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1891 |
John L. McLaurin Seniority from December 5, 1892[b] (4 years, 177 days) (appointed to Senate) |
55th | March 4, 1897 – May 31, 1897 |
Benjamin Tillman Seniority from March 4, 1895 (23 years, 121 days) (died) |
McLaurin[I] (House and Senate) Seniority from December 5, 1892 | |
May 31, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
Asbury Latimer Seniority from March 4, 1893[v] (9 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 |
Latimer[I] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1893 |
David E. Finley Seniority from March 4, 1899 (17 years, 328 days) (died) | |
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – February 20, 1908 | |||
February 20, 1908 – March 4, 1909 |
Tillman (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1895 | |||
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 – January 26, 1917 | |||
January 26, 1917 – March 4, 1917 |
A. Frank Lever Seniority from November 5, 1901[b] (17 years, 269 days) (appointed to Federal Farm Loan Board) | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – July 3, 1918 | |||
July 3, 1918 – March 4, 1919 |
Ellison D. Smith[AI] Seniority from March 4, 1909 (35 years, 258 days) (died) |
Lever (House) Seniority from November 5, 1901 | ||
66th | March 4, 1919 – August 1, 1919 | |||
August 1, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
E. D. Smith (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1909 |
James F. Byrnes Seniority from March 4, 1911 (13 years, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | ||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 | |||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
Co-deans: Frederick H. Dominick, William F. Stevenson Seniority from March 4, 1917 (15 years, 364 days) (both lost renomination) | ||
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 |
Co-deans: Hampton P. Fulmer, John J. McSwain Seniority from March 4, 1921 (15 years, 155 days) (McSwain died) | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – August 6, 1936 | |||
August 6, 1936 – January 3, 1937 |
Hampton P. Fulmer Seniority from March 4, 1921 (23 years, 229 days) (died) | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – July 8, 1941 | |||
July 8, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | ||||
78th | January 3, 1943 – October 19, 1944 | |||
October 19, 1944 – November 17, 1944 |
James P. Richards Seniority from March 4, 1933 (23 years, 305 days) (retired) | |||
November 17, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
Burnet R. Maybank Seniority from November 5, 1941[d] (12 years, 300 days) (died) |
Richards (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 | ||
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 – September 1, 1954 | |||
September 1, 1954 – January 3, 1955 |
Olin D. Johnston Seniority from January 3, 1945 (20 years, 105 days) (died) | |||
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 | |||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
McMillan (House) Seniority from January 3, 1939 |
John L. McMillan Seniority from January 3, 1939 (34 years, 0 days) (lost renomination) | |
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 – April 18, 1965 | |||
April 18, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
Strom Thurmond[AJ][F] Seniority from November 7, 1956[d] (46 years, 57 days) (retired) | |||
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 – December 31, 1974 |
Dorn (House) Seniority from January 3, 1951 |
W. J. Bryan Dorn[R] Seniority from January 3, 1951 (23 years, 362 days) (ran for South Carolina governor) | |
December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Thurmond (Senate) Seniority from November 7, 1956 |
James Mann Seniority from January 3, 1969 (10 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 |
Floyd Spence Seniority from January 3, 1971 (30 years, 225 days) (died) | ||
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 – August 16, 2001 | |||
August 16, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
John Spratt Seniority from January 3, 1983 (28 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
108th | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
Fritz Hollings Seniority from November 9, 1966[d] (38 years, 55 days) (retired) |
Hollings (Senate) Seniority from November 9, 1966 | |
109th | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
Lindsey Graham[B] Seniority from January 3, 2003 (21 years, 236 days) (Incumbent) |
Spratt (House) Seniority from January 3, 1983 | |
110th | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 | |||
111th | January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
Clyburn (House) Seniority from January 3, 1993 |
Jim Clyburn Seniority from January 3, 1993 (31 years, 236 days) (Incumbent) | |
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 – 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) |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Chapter 7 § 2. Seniority and Derivative Rights". Deschler's Precedents, Volume 2 (PDF). U.S. Government Publishing Office. January 1, 1994. p. 670. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- ^ "HAILE, William (ca. 1797 – 1837)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ "HINDS, Thomas (1780 – 1840)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ "REVELS, Hiram Rhodes (1827 – 1901)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ "BARRY, Henry W. (ca. 1840 – 1875)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ "SMITH, William Loughton (ca. 1758 – 1812)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
Footnotes (positional)
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Sole representative (at-large district)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
- ^ Sole representative (at-large district) until redistricting in 1948 House elections
- ^ President pro tempore and Dean of the Senate from 1957 to 1969
- ^ House Republican Leader from 1973 to 1981
- ^ a b c d e f g Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
- ^ Democrat until 2022
- ^ President pro tempore from 1911 to 1913
- ^ a b c d as junior senator
- ^ 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
- ^ a b c d Elected as Democratic-Republican until 1825
- ^ President pro tempore from June to November 1834
- ^ Elected as Jacksonian Democrat until 1837
- ^ Elected as National Republican until 1837
- ^ a b c d e f g Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
- ^ Senate Democratic Leader from 1909 to 1911
- ^ House Democratic Leader from 1903 to 1909
- ^ President pro tempore from January to June 1941
- ^ Various positions:
- President pro tempore (1972–1978)
- Dean of the Senate (1975–1978, alongside John L. McClellan until 1977)
- ^ Dean of the House from 1979 to 1995
- ^ Dean of the Senate from 1981 to 1989; President pro tempore from 1987 to 1989
- ^ Pro-Administration from 1789 to 1791, Anti-Administration from 1791 to 1795
- ^ Elected as Pro-Administration until 1795
- ^ President pro tempore from November to December 1797
- ^ Various positions:
- President pro tempore (February–December 1810, 1814–1819, 1820–1825)
- Dean of the Senate (1815–1826)
- ^ Speaker of the House from 1814 to 1815
- ^ Elected as Jacksonian Democrat from 1825 to 1831
- ^ Former Vice President (ex officio President of the Senate)
- ^ Elected as Nullifier until 1837
- ^ Elected as Nullifier until 1839
- ^ Second time
- ^ Dean of the Senate from 1940 to 1944
- ^ Various positions:
- President pro tempore (1981–1987, 1995–2001, 2001)
- Dean of the Senate (1989–2003)
Footnotes (seniority)
edit- ^ Seniority over Henry F. Ashurst due to tenure as delegate to the House of Representatives
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Representative elected to fill vacancy; seniority calculated from date of special election (if different from date the seat was filled)[1] Cite error: The named reference "housevacancy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Seniority over Martha McSally due to longer tenure in the House of Representatives (six years) compared to McSally (four years)
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Previously served non-consecutive terms in the House
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Senator appointed to fill intra-term vacancy; seniority calculated from date of appointment
- ^ Seniority over Raphael Warnock due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ Seniority over Thomas Hill Williams due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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)
- ^ De jure; break in term from March 4, 1833 to November 22, 1833 due to state legislature's failure to elect
- ^ a b c d Preceding elections involved turnover of all sitting incumbents; incoming officeholders share a seniority date with no distinguishing aspects
- ^ Mississippi's at-large congressional district gained second seat in 1833; J. F. H. Claiborne shared seniority with David C. Dickson until July 31, 1836
- ^ Elections contested; Claiborne and Samuel J. Gholson not seated until September 4, 1837
- ^ Claiborne shared seniority with Gholson until seats declared vacant on February 5, 1838
- ^ Elections contested; Thomas J. Word and Seargent Smith Prentiss not seated until May 30, 1838
- ^ Word and Prentiss shared seniority until retiring on March 3, 1839; Albert G. Brown and Jacob Thompson shared seniority until Brown's retirement on March 3, 1841
- ^ Seniority over Hiram R. Revels; Revels was sworn in on February 25 after the Senate resolved a challenge to his credentials[4]
- ^ a b All newly-seated post-Civil War officeholders share seniority date of February 23, 1870
- ^ Seated late by virtue of holding other political, governmental, or judicial office
- ^ a b c d e f Shares seniority date with other officeholder(s); credited as sole dean by past non-consecutive terms in Congress
- ^ a b c d 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 Ralph Izard due to surname coming first alphabetically
- ^ Newly-seated post-Civil War representatives share seniority date of July 18, 1868
- ^ Seated late due to contested election
- ^ Served more terms in total (five) than Samuel Dibble (four)
Bibliography
edit- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774 – 2005) (PDF), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005, retrieved November 12, 2023