- Earliest living United States Senator
This page contains the individuals, who, at the time of their deaths, were the earliest living senators of any U.S. state. It categorizes earliest living in two respects. There is a list of Senators who were the oldest living Senators and there is also a list of Senators who were the most senior living Senators at the time of their deaths (based on Senate Seniority rules for the first time they took Senate office, later non consecutive Senate terms will not diminish this). In order to keep in touch with current events, there are lists of the top 20 or so current oldest living and most senior senators. The current oldest living U.S. senator is
Clifford Hansen . The current most senior living senator (sitting or former) isRobert Byrd .#1 Oldest Senators (Historic)
Current Oldest Living U.S. Senators
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Clifford Hansen — born October 16, 1912
#Harry F. Byrd, Jr. — born December 20, 1914
#William B. Saxbe — born June 24, 1916
#Robert Byrd Currently Serving] — born November 20, 1917
#Claiborne Pell — born November 22, 1918
#Charles H. Percy — born September 27, 1919
#Edward Brooke — born October 26, 1919
#James B. Pearson — born May 7, 1920
#John Glenn — born July 18, 1921
#Henry Bellmon — born September 3, 1921
#Ernest Hollings — born January 1, 1922
#Jocelyn Burdick — born February 6, 1922
#Mark Hatfield — born July 12, 1922
#George McGovern — born July 19, 1922
#Charles Mathias, Jr. — born July 24, 1922
#Paul Laxalt — born August 2, 1922
#James Abdnor - born February 13, 1923
#James L. Buckley — born March 9, 1923
#Bob Dole — born July 22, 1923
#Robert P. Griffin — born November 6, 1923
#Ted Stevens — born November 18, 1923
#Frank Lautenberg - born January 23, 1924
# William Dodd Hathaway - born February 21, 1924
#Jeremiah Denton - born July 15, 1924
#John Melcher - born September 6, 1924
#Daniel Inouye - born September 7, 1924
#Wendell H. Ford - born September 8, 1924
#Daniel Akaka - born September 11, 1924
#James A. McClure - born December 27, 1924
#Dale Bumpers - born August 12, 1925#1 Most Senior Senators (Sitting or Former) (Historic)
Current Most Senior Living U.S. Senators (Sitting or Former)
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Robert Byrd — 1st Seniority January 3, 1959
#Claiborne Pell — 1st Seniority January 3, 1961
#James B. Pearson — 1st Seniority January 31, 1962
#Ted Kennedy — 1st Seniority November 7, 1962
#George McGovern — 1st Seniority January 3, 1963 (senior to Daniel Inouye based on length of service as a Representative)
#Daniel Inouye - 1st Seniority January 3, 1963 (senior to Birch Bayh because he was previously a Representative)
#Birch Bayh — 1st Seniority January 3, 1963
#Fred R. Harris — 1st Seniority November 4, 1964
#Walter Mondale — 1st Seniority December 30, 1964
#Joseph Tydings — 1st Seniority January 3, 1965
#Harry F. Byrd, Jr. — 1st Seniority November 12, 1965
#Robert P. Griffin — 1st Seniority May 11, 1966
#Ernest Hollings — 1st Seniority November 9, 1966
#Clifford Hansen — 1st Seniority January 3, 1967 (senior to Charles Percy because he was previously a Governor)
#Charles H. Percy — 1st Seniority January 3, 1967 (senior to Edward Brooke based on state population)
#Edward Brooke — 1st Seniority January 3, 1967 (senior to Howard Baker based on state population)
#Howard Baker — 1st Seniority January 3, 1967
#Mark Hatfield — 1st Seniority January 10, 1967
#Marlow Cook — 1st Seniority December 17, 1968
#Ted Stevens — 1st Seniority December 24, 1968ee also
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List of oldest Surviving members of the House of Representatives
*Oldest living United States president
*Oldest living United States governor
*Dean of the United States Senate
*Earliest serving United States governor
*List of United States Congressmen by longevity of service Notes
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