List of the youngest state legislators in the United States
This is a list of the youngest individuals elected or appointed to a state legislature in the United States.
Overview
In 2014, the National Conference of State Legislatures estimated that 5% of state legislators were under the age of 30.[1]
List
Name | Image | State | Political party | Date of birth | Age upon taking office |
Tenure | Notes |
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Saira Blair | West Virginia | Republican | Jul 11, 1996 | 18 years, 143 days | Dec 1, 2014 – Dec 1, 2018 | Daughter of Craig Blair. | |
Derrick Seaver | Ohio | Democratic | Feb 6, 1982 | 18 years, 332 days | Jan 3, 2001 – Dec 31, 2006 | Switched to the Republican Party in November 2004.[2] | |
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Jacob Bachmeier | Montana | Democratic | Jan 29, 1998 | 18 years, 339 days | Jan 2, 2017 – Jan 4, 2021 | [3] | |
James E. Wheeler | New Hampshire | Republican | 1984 | 18 years | Dec 4, 2002 – 2006 | [4][5][6][7][8][9] | |
Tony Labranche | New Hampshire | Democratic | Nov 11, 2001 | 19 years, 22 days | Dec 3, 2020 – Aug 8, 2022 | Left the Democratic Party in January 2022.[10] | |
Independent | |||||||
Joe Sweeney | New Hampshire | Republican | Nov 8, 1993 | 19 years, 27 days | Dec 5, 2012 – present | ||
Josh Holstein | West Virginia | Republican | Nov 2, 2001 | 19 years, 35 days | Dec 7, 2020 – present | ||
Caleb Hanna | West Virginia | Republican | Oct 29, 1999 | 19 years, 44 days | Dec 1, 2018 – present | Youngest-ever African-American state legislator.[11] | |
Rio Tilton | New Hampshire | Republican | Jun 15, 1996 | 19 years, 51 days | Aug 5, 2015 – 2018 | ||
Mallerie Stromswold | Montana | Republican | Oct 29, 2001 | 19 years, 67 days | Jan 4, 2021 – present | ||
Brian Poznanski | New Hampshire | Democratic | Jul 31, 1989 | 19 years, 125 days | Dec 3, 2008 – Dec 1, 2010 | ||
Kevin H. Smith | New Hampshire | Republican | Jul 28, 1977 | 19 years, 129 days | Dec 4, 1996 – Dec 2, 1998 | Later town manager of Londonderry (2013–2022) and candidate for governor (2012) and for U.S. Senate (2022). | |
Jack Uhde | Montana | Democratic | Aug 27, 1957 | 19 years, 129 days | Jan 3, 1977 – 1981 | Formerly the youngest-ever member of the Montana House of Representatives.[3] | |
Yvonne Dean-Bailey | New Hampshire | Republican | Dec 1, 1995 | 19 years, 169 days | May 19, 2015 – Apr 19, 2018 | ||
Michael Elconin | Wisconsin | Democratic | Jun 20, 1953 | 19 years, 195 days | Jan 1, 1973 – 1977 | ||
Dennis Ruprecht | New Hampshire | Democratic | May 15, 1999 | 19 years, 204 days | Dec 5, 2018 – Dec 17, 2021 | ||
Kalan Haywood | Wisconsin | Democratic | Jun 5, 1999 | 19 years, 216 days | Jan 7, 2019 – present | Youngest member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. | |
Cassandra Levesque | New Hampshire | Democratic | May 3, 1999 | 19 years, 216 days | Dec 5, 2018 – present | ||
Alison Conn | Montana | Republican | May 21, 1961 | 19 years, 229 days | Jan 5, 1981 – [?] | Formerly the youngest-ever Republican legislator.[12][13] | |
Scott Merrick | New Hampshire | Democratic | Mar 29, 1985 | 19 years, 247 days | Dec 1, 2004 – Oct 2009 | ||
Michael Weeden | New Hampshire | Republican | Mar 11, 1991 | 19 years, 265 days | Dec 1, 2010 – Dec 5, 2012 | ||
Thomas R. Lussier | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 5, 1957 | 19 years, 275 days | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 1, 1985 | ||
Jeffrey Fontas | New Hampshire | Democratic | Jan 14, 1987 | 19 years, 326 days | Dec 6, 2006 – Dec 3, 2008 | ||
Maureen Manning | New Hampshire | Democratic | Sep 1961 | 19 years | Dec 3, 1980 – 1986 | ||
Gregory Reed | Vermont | Republican | 1953 | 19 years | Jan 3, 1973 – [?] | ||
Jay Lucas | New Hampshire | Republican | Oct 18, 1954 | 20 years, 47 days | Dec 4, 1974 – Dec 6, 1978 | Later nominee for governor (1998). | |
Nicholas Kettle | Rhode Island | Republican | Oct 18, 1990 | 20 years, 79 days | Jan 5, 2011 – Feb 22, 2018 | Youngest-ever Rhode Island state senator.[14] | |
Jesse Laslovich | Montana | Democratic | Oct 3, 1980 | 20 years, 92 days | Jan 3, 2001 – Feb 10, 2010 | [3] | |
Aaron Coleman | Kansas | Democratic | Sep 20, 2000 | 20 years, 113 days | Jan 11, 2021 – present[needs update] | Left the Democratic Party from January–February 2021. Suspended from the party in February 2022. | |
Independent | |||||||
Joshua Higginbotham | West Virginia | Republican | Jul 23, 1996 | 20 years, 131 days | Dec 1, 2016 – Nov 5, 2021 | ||
John Breckinridge | Virginia | Independent | Dec 2, 1760 | 20 years, 177 days | May 28, 1781 – [?], May 1783 – 1785 |
Later Attorney General of Kentucky (1793–1797), Kentucky state representative (1798–1800), speaker of the Kentucky House (1799–1800), U.S. senator (1801–1805) and U.S. Attorney General (1805–1806). | |
Aundre Bumgardner | Connecticut | Republican[needs update] | Jul 5, 1994 | 20 years, 186 days | Jan 7, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017[needs update] | ||
Joseph Stallcop | New Hampshire | Democratic | May 7, 1996 | 20 years, 214 days | Dec 7, 2016 – Aug 6, 2018 | Switched party to Libertarian in 2017. | |
Libertarian | |||||||
Caleb Dyer | New Hampshire | Republican | May 5, 1996 | 20 years, 216 days | Dec 7, 2016 – Dec 4, 2018[15] | Switched party to Libertarian in 2017. The only Libertarian floor leader in the United States. | |
Libertarian | |||||||
Braxton Mitchell | Montana | Republican | May 20, 2000 | 20 years, 229 days | Jan 4, 2021 – present | [16] | |
David Stone | North Carolina | Independent | Feb 17, 1770 | 20 years, 257 days | Nov 1, 1790 – Feb 7, 1795, Nov 18, 1811 – Dec 25, 1812 |
Later U.S. representative (1799–1801), U.S. senator (1801–1807, 1813–1814) and governor (1808–1810). | |
William R. King | North Carolina | Democratic-Republican | Apr 7, 1786 | 20 years, 269 days | Jan 1, 1807 – Jan 1, 1809 | Vice president of the United States (1853) | |
D.J. Bettencourt | New Hampshire | Republican | Jan 6, 1984 | 20 years, 330 days | Dec 1, 2004 – May 27, 2012 | House majority leader (2010–2012). Youngest majority leader in New Hampshire history.[17] | |
Michael J. Obuchowski | Vermont | Democratic | Feb 4, 1952 | 20 years, 334 days | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 2011 | Speaker of the state House (1995–2001). | |
Harold W. Giard | Vermont | Democratic | Feb 1, 1952 | 20 years, 337 days | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 1981 | Later state senator (2005–2013). | |
Karen Swanson | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 15, 1954 | 20 years, 351 days | Jan 1, 1975 – July 12, 1978 | ||
Joseph Lane | Indiana | Democratic | Dec 14, 1801 | 20 years, 353 days | Dec 2, 1822 – 1823, 1830 – 1833, 1838 – 1839 |
Later state senator (1839–1840, 1844–1846), governor of Oregon Territory (1849–1850, 1853), delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1859), shadow U.S. senator (1858–1859), U.S. senator (1859–1861) and southern Democratic nominee for vice president of the United States (1860). | |
Homer Hendricks | Texas | Democratic | Jan 19, 1900 | 20 years, 358 days | Jan 11, 1921 – Jan 13, 1925 | Youngest-ever Texas state representative.[18] | |
Thomas Dixon Jr. | North Carolina | Democratic | Jan 11, 1864 | 20 years, 362 days | Jan 7, 1885 – Jan 5, 1887 | ||
Garrett Muscatel | New Hampshire | Democratic | Dec 7, 1997 | 20 years, 363 days | Dec 5, 2018 – Jun 8, 2020 | ||
Shaun Doherty | New Hampshire | Republican | 1988 | 20 years | Dec 3, 2008 – Dec 5, 2012 | [19] | |
Jim Normand | New Hampshire | Democratic | 1950/1951 | 20 years | 1973 – [?] | [20] | |
Seaborn Roddenbery | Georgia | Democratic | Jan 12, 1870 | 21 years, 0 days | Jan 12, 1891 – 1895 | Later mayor of Thomasville (1903–1904) and U.S. representative (1910–1913). | |
Sherry Shealy Martschink | South Carolina | Republican | Oct 26, 1949 | 21 years, 14 days | Nov 9, 1970 – 1974 | Daughter of Ryan Shealy. Later state senator (1987–1990) and candidate for lieutenant governor (1990). | |
Tad Jude | Minnesota | Democratic | Dec 13, 1951 | 21 years, 20 days | Jan 2, 1973 – Jan 4, 1983 | Youngest-ever Minnesota state legislator.[21] Son of Victor N. Jude. Later state senator (1983–1989). | |
Claire Cory | North Dakota | Republican | Sep 11, 1998 | 21 years, 30 days | Oct 11, 2019 – present | [22] | |
Amber Mariano | Florida | Republican | Nov 1, 1995 | 21 years, 32 days | Dec 3, 2016 – present | Her father is a county commissioner in Pasco County, Florida.[23] | |
Jack W. Connell Jr. | Texas | Democratic | Oct 21, 1937 | 21 years, 84 days | Jan 13, 1959 – Jan 8, 1963 | ||
Joseph Montoya | New Mexico | Democratic | Sep 24, 1915 | 21 years, 99 days | Jan 1, 1937 – Jan 1, 1941 | Youngest-ever New Mexico state representative and subsequently the youngest-ever state senator.[24] Later U.S. representative and U.S. senator. | |
Cordell Hull | Tennessee | Democratic | Oct 2, 1871 | 21 years, 100 days | Jan 10, 1893 – Jan 12, 1897 | Later U.S. representative (1907–1921, 1923–1931), chair of the DNC (1921–1924), U.S. senator (1931–1933) and Secretary of State (1933–1944). | |
David Morales | Rhode Island | Democratic | Sep 16, 1998 | 21 years, 107 days | Jan 2021 – present | Youngest Latino legislator in the history of the United States[25] | |
Drew Dennert | South Dakota | Republican | Aug 28, 1995 | 21 years, 128 days | Jan 3, 2017 – present | ||
Scott Newhard | Iowa | Democratic | Aug 23, 1951 | 21 years, 138 days | Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 7, 1979 | ||
Wayne Olhoft | Minnesota | Democratic | Aug 1, 1951 | 21 years, 154 days | Jan 2, 1973 – Jan 3, 1983 | ||
Steven Howard | Vermont | Democratic | Aug 3, 1971 | 21 years, 156 days | Jan 6, 1993 – Jan 1999, Jan 2005 – Jan 2011 |
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Patrick J. Kennedy | Rhode Island | Democratic | Jul 14, 1967 | 21 years, 171 days | Jan 1, 1989 – Jan 3, 1993 | Later the youngest member of the House during the 104th Congress. | |
R. Carlisle Burdick | Minnesota | [?] | Jul 14, 1834 | 21 years, 172 days | Jan 2, 1856 – Jan 6, 1857 | ||
Benjamin Bubar Jr. | Maine | Republican | Jun 17, 1917 | 21 years, 173 days | Dec 7, 1938 – Dec 6, 1944 | Son of state representative Benjamin Bubar Sr. Later Prohibition Party nominee for president of the United States (1976, 1980). | |
Henry Tazewell | Virginia | Independent | Nov 27, 1753 | 21 years, 186 days | Jun 1, 1775 – Mar 31, 1785 | Later U.S. senator (1794–1799) and president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1795). | |
Jim Douglas | Vermont | Republican | Jun 21, 1951 | 21 years, 196 days | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 3, 1979 | Later state secretary of state (1981–1993), nominee for U.S. Senate (1992), state treasurer (1995–2003) and governor (2003–2011). | |
Nathan Carlow | Maine | Republican | May 18, 1999 | 21 years, 198 days | Dec 2, 2020 – present | ||
Barry Hobbins | Maine | Democratic | May 17, 1951 | 21 years, 203 days | Dec 6, 1972 – Dec 5, 1984, Dec 5, 2012 – Dec 3, 2016 |
Later state senator (1988–1990, 2004–2012) and state public advocate (2017–2021). | |
Jerry J. O'Connell | Montana | Democratic | Jun 14, 1909 | 21 years, 205 days | Jan 5, 1931 – 1934 | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1936. | |
John Bell | Tennessee | Democratic-Republican | Feb 18, 1796 | 21 years, 209 days | Sep 15, 1817 – Nov 25, 1817 | Later U.S. representative (1827–1841), speaker of the House (1834–1835), secretary of war (1841), state representative (1847), U.S. senator (1847–1859) and Constitutional Union nominee for president of the United States (1860). | |
Robert F. Larkin, Jr. | Massachusetts | Democratic | May 29, 1955 | 21 years, 221 days | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 7, 1981 | ||
Justin Chenette | Maine | Democratic | Apr 23, 1991 | 21 years, 226 days | Dec 5, 2012 – Dec 7, 2016 | Elected state senator in 2016. | |
Drew Christensen | Minnesota | Republican | May 21, 1993 | 21 years, 230 days | Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 7, 2019 | ||
Roger B. Taney | Maryland | Federalist | Mar 17, 1777 | 21 years, 233 days | Nov 5, 1798 – Jan 3, 1800 | Later state attorney general (1827–1831), U.S. attorney general (1831–1833), secretary of the treasury (1833–1834) and chief justice (1836–1864). | |
Tulsi Gabbard | Hawaii | Democratic | Apr 12, 1981 | 21 years, 234 days | 2002 – 2004 | Daughter of Mike Gabbard, who was elected to the Honolulu City Council the same year | |
Patrick B. Augustine | Kansas | Democratic | May 14, 1955 | 21 years, 241 days | Jan 10, 1977 – Jan 12, 1981 | ||
Stephen Smith | Arkansas | Democratic | May 15, 1949 | 21 years, 241 days | Jan 11, 1971 – Jan 13, 1975 | ||
Jewell Jones | Michigan | Democratic | Apr 11, 1995 | 21 years, 265 days | Jan 1, 2017 – present | Youngest legislator in Michigan history[26] | |
Joe Mitchell | Iowa | Republican | Apr 23, 1997 | 21 years, 266 days | Jan 14, 2019 – present[needs update] | ||
Robert M. Clarke | California | Republican | Mar 5, 1879 | 21 years, 273 days | Dec 3, 1900 – Dec 1, 1902 | ||
James Arthur Field | Vermont | [?] | Apr 10, 1941 | 21 years, 274 days | Jan 9, 1963 – [?] | [27] | |
Josh Cockroft | Oklahoma | Republican | Feb 6, 1989 | 21 years, 283 days | Nov 16, 2010 – Nov 15, 2018 | ||
William Henry McMorrow | Massachusetts | Democratic | Mar 23, 1871 | 21 years, 287 days | Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 2, 1895 | Later state senator (1895–1897). | |
Patrick Seymour | Vermont | Republican | Mar 25, 1997 | 21 years, 290 days | Jan 9, 2019 – Feb 24, 2022 | ||
Lafayette Lane | Oregon | Democratic | Nov 12, 1842 | 21 years, 305 days | Sep 12, 1864 – Oct 22, 1864 | Son of governor and U.S. senator Joseph Lane. Later U.S. representative (1875–1877). | |
Kenneth M. O'Brien | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 5, 1951 | 21 years, 333 days | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 1, 1975 | ||
Brodie Deshaies | New Hampshire | Republican | Jan 1, 1999 | 21 years, 336 days | Dec 2, 2020 – present[needs update] | ||
Reid W. Crawford | Iowa | Republican | Dec 6, 1951 | 21 years, 337 days | Jan 8, 1973 – Aug 8, 1981 | ||
Jeramey Anderson | Mississippi | Democratic | Dec 6, 1991 | 21 years, 355 days | Nov 26, 2013 – present | Upon being sworn into the Mississippi House of Representatives, he became youngest African-American state legislator in the United States at the time. | |
George Cushingberry Jr. | Michigan | Democratic | Jan 6, 1953 | 21 years, 360 days | Jan 1, 1975 – Dec 31, 1982, Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2010 |
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Thomas Chilton | Kentucky | [?] | Jul 30, 1798 | 21 years | 1819 | Later U.S. representative (1827–1831, 1833–1835). | |
Anthony Edgecomb | Maine | Republican | 1993 | 21 years | Dec 3, 2014 – Dec 7, 2016 | ||
Kevin Furey | Montana | Democratic | Jan 24, 1983 | 21 years | 2004 – 2007 | Succeeded in office by his father Tim.[28] | |
Elise Hall | Oklahoma | Republican | Mar 1989 | 21 years | Nov 17, 2010 – 2018 | ||
Will L. King | Iowa | Republican | 1897 | 21 years | Jan 13, 1919 – Jan 9, 1921 | ||
Sarah Laszloffy | Montana | Republican | 1991 | 21 years | Jan 7, 2013 – Jan 2, 2017 | ||
Alex Looysen | North Dakota | Republican | 1991 | 21 years | Dec 1, 2012 – Dec 1, 2016 | ||
Jamie Whitten | Mississippi | Democratic | Apr 18, 1910 | 21 years | 1931 – 1932 | Later U.S. representative and dean of the U.S. House | |
George W. McCrary | Iowa | Republican | Aug 29, 1835 | 21–22 years | 1857 – 1858 | Later U.S. representative, Secretary of War and federal judge | |
Kayla Kessinger | West Virginia | Republican | Nov 25, 1992 | 22 years, 6 days | Dec 1, 2014 – present | ||
John B. Henderson | Missouri | Democratic | Nov 16, 1826 | 22 years, 4 days | Nov 20, 1848 – 1858 1856–1858 |
Since Henderson was only 22 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution's age requirement of 24 years.[29] Later U.S. senator (1862–1869). | |
James Henry Brennan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Dec 21, 1888 | 22 years, 14 days | Jan 4, 1911 – Jan 6, 1915, Jan 1, 1919 – Jan 7, 1920 |
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Doyle Conner | Florida | Democratic | Dec 17, 1928 | 22 years, 16 days | Jan 2, 1951 – Jan 3, 1961 | Speaker of the state House (1957–1959) and state agriculture commissioner (1961–1991). | |
Simon Sefzik | Washington | Republican | Dec 21, 1999 | 22 years, 21 days | Jan 11, 2022 – present[needs update] | ||
James W. Grimes | Iowa | Whig | Oct 20, 1816 | 22 years, 23 days | Nov 12, 1838 – Nov 3, 1839, Dec 4, 1843 – May 4, 1845, Nov 6, 1852 – Dec 3, 1854 |
Later governor (1854–1858) and U.S. senator (1859–1869). | |
Cecil H. Underwood | West Virginia | Republican | Nov 5, 1922 | 22 years, 26 days | Dec 1, 1944 – Dec 1, 1956 | Governor of West Virginia (1957–1961, 1997–2001). Both the youngest and the oldest person to serve as governor of the state, winning his second term 40 years after winning his first.[30] | |
Gene Stipe | Oklahoma | Democratic | Oct 21, 1926 | 22 years, 28 days | Nov 18, 1948 – Nov 18, 1954 | Later elected to state senate, becoming the longest-serving state senator in Oklahoma history.[31] | |
Kenneth Corn | Oklahoma | Democratic | Oct 8, 1976 | 22 years, 41 days | Nov 18, 1998 – Nov 20, 2002 | Later state senator (2002–2010) and nominee for lieutenant governor (2010). | |
Sherrod Brown | Ohio | Democratic | Nov 9, 1952 | 22 years, 55 days | Jan 3, 1975 – Dec 31, 1982 | Later Ohio Secretary of State (1983-1991) and United States Senator from Ohio (2007–present) | |
Curtis Hooks Brogden | North Carolina | Democratic | Nov 6, 1816 | 22 years, 56 days | Jan 1, 1839 – Jan 1, 1851, Jan 1, 1887 – Jan 1, 1889 |
State senator (1853–1857), lieutenant governor (1873–1874), governor (1874–1877) and U.S. representative (1877–1879). | |
Ryan Fecteau | Maine | Democratic | Sep 18, 1992 | 22 years, 76 days | Dec 3, 2014 – present | ||
John Engler | Michigan | Republican | Oct 12, 1948 | 22 years, 81 days | Jan 1, 1971 – Dec 31, 1978 | Governor of Michigan (1991–2003) | |
Christina Hagan | Ohio | Republican | Dec 11, 1988 | 22 years, 81 days | Mar 2, 2011 – Dec 31, 2018 | Her father, John Hagan, previously represented the district.[32] | |
Peppy Blount | Texas | Democratic | Oct 19, 1924 | 22 years, 87 days | Jan 14, 1947 – Sep 26, 1951 | ||
Frederick W. Dallinger | Massachusetts | Republican | Oct 2, 1871 | 22 years, 93 days | Jan 3, 1894 – Jan 1, 1896 | Later state senator (1896–1900) and U.S. representative (1915–1925, 1926–1932). | |
Lester Clark | Texas | Democratic | Oct 5, 1916 | 22 years, 97 days | Jan 10, 1939 – Jan 9, 1945 | ||
Adam Putnam | Florida | Republican | Jul 31, 1974 | 22 years, 97 days | Nov 5, 1996 – Nov 7, 2000 | Later Baby of the House during the 107th Congress and 108th Congress. | |
William K. Hall | Kansas | Republican | Oct 1, 1942 | 22 years, 102 days | Jan 11, 1965 – Jan 9, 1967 | [33][34] | |
Brandon Michael Newton | South Carolina | Republican | Jul 29, 1994 | 22 years, 108 days | Nov 14, 2016 – present | ||
Bob Ware | Texas | Republican | Sep 21, 1956 | 22 years, 110 days | Jan 9, 1979 – Jan 11, 1983 | [35][36] | |
Bakari Sellers | South Carolina | Democratic | Sep 18, 1984 | 22 years, 113 days | Jan 9, 2007 – Jan 6, 2015 | ||
Dick Guidry | Louisiana | Democratic | Sep 22, 1929 | 22 years, 114 days | Jan 14, 1952 – 1956, 1964 – 1976 |
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Patrick Joseph Kearns | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 8, 1912 | 22 years, 116 days | Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 6, 1937 | ||
John R. Lynch | Mississippi | Republican | Sep 10, 1847 | 22 years, 116 days | Jan 4, 1870 – 1873 | Speaker of the Mississippi House (1872–1873) and U.S. representative (1873–1877, 1882–1883) | |
Mike Cooney | Montana | Democratic | Sep 3, 1954 | 22 years, 122 days | Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 3, 1981 | Lieutenant Governor of Montana (2016–2021) | |
Arthur Clark | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 30, 1877 | 22 years, 126 days | Jan 3, 1900 – Jan 2, 1901 | ||
Stephen Morse Wheeler | New Hampshire | Republican | Aug 30, 1900 | 22 years, 126 days | Jan 3, 1923 – Jan 7, 1925 | ||
John W. Cummings | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 25, 1855 | 22 years, 130 days | Jan 2, 1878 – May 17, 1878 | Later state senator (1883), mayor of Fall River (1885, 1887–1888) and 1888 DNC delegate.[37] | |
Samuel Aubrey Jones | Texas | Democratic | Sep 2, 1914 | 22 years, 132 days | Jan 12, 1937 – Dec 2, 1937 | ||
Jayne Aylward | Kansas | Republican | Aug 28, 1956 | 22 years, 133 days | Jan 8, 1979 – Jan 14, 1991 | ||
Dennis Dollar | Mississippi | Democratic | Aug 22, 1953 | 22 years, 137 days | Jan 6, 1976 – Jan 3, 1984 | [38][39] Ran for secretary of state of Mississippi in 1983, and for U.S. House of Representatives in 1996.[40] | |
Richard Tisei | Massachusetts | Republican | Aug 13, 1962 | 22 years, 143 days | Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 3, 1991 | Later state senator (1991–2011) and nominee for lieutenant governor (2010). | |
Terry Gardiner | Alaska | Democratic | Aug 12, 1950 | 22 years, 149 days | Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 17, 1983 | [41] | |
Michael W. Morrissey | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 2, 1954 | 22 years, 156 days | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 6, 1993 | Later state senator (1993–2011). | |
Kesha Ram | Vermont | Democratic | Aug 2, 1986 | 22 years, 158 days | Jan 7, 2009 – May 11, 2016 | ||
Carl Mario D'Aquila | Minnesota | Republican | Aug 1, 1924 | 22 years, 159 days | Jan 7, 1947 – Jan 1, 1951 | At the time the youngest-ever Minnesota state legislator.[42] | |
Ernest F. Davis | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jul 30, 1892 | 22 years, 160 days | Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 5, 1916 | ||
Abel P. Upshur | Virginia | Independent | Jun 17, 1790 | 22 years, 166 days | Nov 30, 1812 – May 16, 1813, Nov 29, 1824 – 1826 |
Son of state senator Littleton Upshur. Later United States Secretary of the Navy (1841–1843) and United States Secretary of State (1843–1844). | |
George C. Morris | Texas | Democratic | Jul 17, 1912 | 22 years, 175 days | Jan 8, 1935 – Jun 11, 1942 | Later state senator (1942–1951). | |
Henry Beck | Maine | Democratic | Jun 6, 1986 | 22 years, 180 days | Dec 3, 2008 – Dec 7, 2016 | Later state treasurer (2019–present). | |
Tom Davidson | Maine | Democratic | Jun 8, 1972 | 22 years, 182 days | Dec 7, 1994 – Dec 6, 2000 | [43][44][45] | |
Chris Pappas | New Hampshire | Democratic | Jun 4, 1980 | 22 years, 183 days | Dec 4, 2002 – Dec 6, 2006 | Later member of the Executive Council (2013–2019) and U.S. representative (2019–present). | |
Katherine Kazarian | Rhode Island | Democratic | Jun 25, 1990 | 22 years, 190 days | Jan 1, 2013 – present | ||
Will Haskell | Connecticut | Democratic | Jun 28, 1996 | 22 years, 195 days | Jan 9, 2019 – present[needs update] | Defeated incumbent Republican who had served since before he was born | |
Josie Tomkow | Florida | Republican | Oct 15, 1995 | 22 years, 198 days | May 1, 2018 – present | Youngest legislator in Florida | |
Clyde H. Smith | Maine | Republican | Jun 9, 1876 | 22 years, 209 days | Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 7, 1903, Jan 1, 1919 – Jan 3, 1923 |
Later state senator (1923–1929) and U.S. representative (1937–1940). | |
Timothy F. Maloney | Maryland | Democratic | Jun 12, 1956 | 22 years, 212 days | Jan 10, 1979 – 1994 | [46][47] | |
DeWitt Hale | Texas | Democratic | Jun 10, 1917 | 21 years, 214 days | Jan 10, 1939 – Dec 14, 1940, Jan 13, 1953 – Sep 30, 1978 |
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Steven Wayne Long | South Carolina | Republican | Apr 14, 1994 | 22 years, 214 days | Nov 14, 2016 – present | ||
Kevin R. Ryan | South Carolina | Republican | Mar 30, 1988 | 22 years, 223 days | Nov 8, 2010 – Nov 12, 2012 | [48][49][50] | |
Carter Nordman | Iowa | Republican | May 27, 1998 | 22 years, 229 days | Jan 11, 2021 – present | [51] | |
William A. Steiger | Wisconsin | Republican | May 15, 1938 | 22 years, 233 days | Jan 3, 1961 – 1965 | Chairman of the College Republican National Committee (1959–1961) and U.S. representative (1967–1978). | |
John Sackett | Alaska | Republican | Jun 3, 1944 | 22 years, 234 days | Jan 23, 1967 – Jan 11, 1971, Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 19, 1987 |
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Norris Cotton | New Hampshire | Republican | May 11, 1900 | 22 years, 237 days | Jan 3, 1923 – Jan 7, 1925 1943–1947 |
Elected speaker of the New Hampshire House in 1945. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1946, and to the U.S. Senate in 1954. | |
Dave Woodward | Michigan | Democratic | May 9, 1976 | 22 years, 237 days | Jan 1, 1999 – Jan 1, 2005 | ||
Jonathan Zlotnik | Massachusetts | Democratic | May 7, 1990 | 22 years, 240 days | Jan 2, 2013 – present | ||
Doug Stang | Minnesota | Republican | May 4, 1974 | 22 years, 248 days | Jan 7, 1997 – Jun 30, 2004 | ||
Julie Slama | Nebraska | Republican | May 2, 1996 | 22 years, 252 days | Jan 9, 2019 – present | Third ever youngest Nebraska legislator,[53] and youngest-ever woman.[54] | |
Peter Forman | Massachusetts | Republican | Apr 28, 1958 | 22 years, 254 days | Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 4, 1995 | ||
Randall Evans, Jr. | Georgia | Democratic | May 3, 1906 | 22 years, 256 days | Jan 14, 1929 – [?] | Became the youngest-ever Georgia state representative and speaker of the House.[55] | |
Joseph Prentis | Virginia | Independent | Jan 24, 1754 | 22 years, 257 days | Oct 7, 1776 – 1778, May 7, 1781 – Jan 8, 1788 |
Speaker of the House (1786–1788) | |
Calvin Goings | Washington | Democratic | Apr 3, 1973 | 22 years, 261 days | Dec 20, 1995 – Jan 8, 2001 | Youngest-ever Washington legislator.[56] | |
Tom Scott | Connecticut | Republican | Apr 21, 1958 | 22 years, 261 days | Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 9, 1991 | Later independent candidate for governor (1994). | |
Earl Ray Tomblin | West Virginia | Democratic | Mar 15, 1952 | 22 years, 261 days | Dec 1, 1974 – Dec 1, 1980 | Later state senator (1980–2011), president of the state senate (1995–2011) and governor of West Virginia (2011–2017). | |
Chester G. Atkins | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 14, 1948 | 22 years, 267 days | Jan 6, 1971 – Jan 3, 1973 | Later state senator (1973–1985) and U.S. representative (1985–1993). | |
Ben Barnes | Texas | Democratic | Apr 17, 1938 | 22 years, 268 days | Jan 10, 1961 – Jan 14, 1969 | Speaker of the state house (1965–1969) and lieutenant governor of Texas (1969–1973) | |
Joseph Norvell | Kansas | Democratic | Apr 14, 1950 | 22 years, 269 days | Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 10, 1977 | Later state senator (1977–1989). | |
Joseph Pulitzer | Missouri | Republican | Apr 10, 1847 | 22 years, 270 days | Jan 5, 1870 – Mar 24, 1870 | Since Pulitzer was only 22 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution's age requirement of 24 years.[29] Later U.S. representative. | |
William Jennings Bryan Dorn | South Carolina | Democratic | Apr 14, 1916 | 22 years, 271 days | Jan 10, 1939 – Jun 8, 1940 | Later state senator (1941–1942), U.S. representative (1947–1949, 1951–1974) and nominee for governor (1974) | |
Philip Davis Bryant | Mississippi | Democratic | Apr 5, 1937 | 22 years, 275 days | Jan 5, 1960 – Jan 2, 1968 | ||
Avery Frix | Oklahoma | Republican | Mar 29, 1994 | 22 years, 286 days | Jan 9, 2017 – Nov 23, 2022 | ||
William Lowndes | South Carolina | Democratic-Republican | Feb 11, 1782 | 22 years, 289 days | Nov 26, 1804 – Nov 24, 1808 | Later U.S. representative (1811–1822). | |
Kyle Hilbert | Oklahoma | Republican | Mar 23, 1994 | 22 years, 292 days | Jan 9, 2017 – present | ||
Susan Engeleiter | Wisconsin | Republican | Mar 18, 1952 | 22 years, 294 days | Jan 6, 1975 – Jan 3, 1979 | Later state senator, nominee for U.S. senator and administrator of the Small Business Administration. | |
Hans Hunt | Wyoming | Republican | Mar 18, 1988 | 22 years, 299 days | Jan 11, 2011 – Oct 4, 2021 | ||
Joshua Putnam | South Carolina | Republican | Nov 10, 1988 | 22 years, 299 days | Sep 5, 2011 – Nov 12, 2018 | [57][58][59] | |
Thomas Johnson Martin | Texas | Democratic | Mar 10, 1894 | 22 years, 305 days | Jan 9, 1917 – Sep 29, 1917, Jan 14, 1947 – Sep 21, 1948 |
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Lauren Plawecki | Michigan | Democratic | Jan 29, 1994 | 22 years, 305 days | Nov 29, 2016 – Jan 1, 2017 | Elected in special election to succeed her mother Julie in the Michigan House of Representatives. She was succeeded by the winner of the general election Jewell Jones. | |
James P. Hurrell | Massachusetts | Democratic | Mar 1, 1944 | 22 years, 309 days | Jan 4, 1967 – Jan 1, 1969, Jan 6, 1971 – Jan 5, 1977 |
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Martin Olav Sabo | Minnesota | Democratic | Feb 28, 1938 | 22 years, 310 days | Jan 3, 1961 – 1978 | Elected speaker of the Minnesota House in 1973. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978. | |
Jake Highfill | Iowa | Republican | Mar 3, 1990 | 22 years, 317 days | Jan 14, 2013 – Nov 6, 2018 | ||
Avery Bourne | Illinois | Republican | Mar 30, 1992 | 22 years, 321 days | Feb 14, 2015 – present[needs update] | Originally appointed to Illinois House of Representatives; elected 2016. Candidate for lieutenant governor in 2022 as the running mate of Richard Irvin. | |
C. William O'Neill | Ohio | Republican | Feb 14, 1916 | 22 years, 321 days | Jan 1, 1939 – Jan 1, 1951 | Then the youngest-ever Ohio state representative.[60] Later became the youngest-ever speaker of the Ohio House, state attorney general and governor, and elected justice of the state Supreme Court at age 44.[61] | |
LaFayette Duckett | Texas | Democratic | Feb 19, 1918 | 22 years, 330 days | Jan 14, 1941 – Jan 14, 1947 | ||
William Johnson | South Carolina | Democratic-Republican | Dec 27, 1771 | 22 years, 332 days | Nov 24, 1794 – Nov 24, 1800 | Speaker of the state House (1798–1800) and associate justice of the Supreme Court (1804–1834). | |
Gregory W. Sullivan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 29, 1952 | 22 years, 337 days | Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 2, 1985 | ||
Kenneth M. Lemanski | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 27, 1954 | 22 years, 344 days | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 3, 1979, Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 6, 1993 |
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Joseph Grigsby Smyth | Texas | Democratic | Feb 25, 1847 | 22 years, 350 days | Feb 10, 1870 – Jan 14, 1873 | Son of George W. Smyth. | |
John Gray | Massachusetts | Republican | Jan 12, 1956 | 22 years, 356 days | Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 2, 1985 | ||
Harry T. Burn | Tennessee | Republican | Nov 12, 1895 | 22 years, 358 days | Nov 5, 1918 – Nov 7, 1922 | Later elected state senator | |
Andrew P. Quigley | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 13, 1926 | 22 years, 358 days | Jan 5, 1949 – Jan 3, 1951 | Later state senator (1951–1957) and mayor of Chelsea (1952–1955). | |
Leo E. Diehl | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 9, 1914 | 22 years, 363 days | Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 1, 1941 | ||
Chester Beisen | Washington | [?] | 1904 | 22 years | Jan 10, 1927 – [?] | [56] | |
Travis Bennett | New Hampshire | Democratic | 1992 | 22 years | Dec 3, 2014 – Dec 4, 2018 | ||
Mark Connolly | New Hampshire | Republican | Sep 2, 1955 | 22 years | 1977 – 1978 | ||
Steve Fowler | Nebraska | Democratic | 1950 | 22 years | Jan 5, 1973 – 1983 | ||
Colleen House | Michigan | Republican | Mar 17, 1952 | 22 years | 1974 – Dec 31, 1976, Jan 1, 1983 – Dec 31, 1986 |
Divorcée of John Engler. | |
Ben Jickling | Vermont | Democratic | 1994 | 22 years | Jan 4, 2017 – present | ||
Lloyd Lindgren | Washington | [?] | 1912 | 22 years | Jan 14, 1935 – [?] | [56] | |
Stevens Thomson Mason | Virginia | Independent | Dec 29, 1760 | 22 years | 1783–1784, 1794 |
Son of Thomson Mason. Later state senator (1787–1791) and U.S. senator (1794–1803). | |
Herman J. McDevitt | Idaho | Democratic | 1928 | 22 years | Dec 1, 1950 – [?] | [62] | |
Spencer Darwin Pettis | Missouri | Democratic-Republican | 1802 | 22 years | Nov 15, 1824 – Jul 22, 1826 | Since Pettis was only 22 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution's age requirement of 24 years.[63][29] Later Secretary of State of Missouri (1826–1828) and U.S. representative (1829–1831). | |
Michael B. Smith | Washington | [?] | 1912 | 22 years | Jan 14, 1935 – [?] | [56] | |
Joseph Alston | South Carolina | Democratic-Republican | 1779 | 22–23 years | Nov 22, 1802 – Nov 26, 1804, Nov 20, 1805 – Dec 10, 1812 |
Speaker of the House (1805–1808, 1809–1812) and governor of South Carolina (1812–1814). | |
Felix Grundy | Kentucky | Democratic-Republican | Sep 11, 1777 | 22–23 years | 1800–1802, 1804–1806 |
Later U.S. representative (1811–1814), Tennessee state representative (1819–1825), U.S. senator (1829–1838, 1839–1840) and attorney general (1838–1839). | |
Thomas W. Ferry | Michigan | Republican | Jun 10, 1827 | 22–23 years | 1850 – 1852 | Later president pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
Mann Page | Virginia | Independent | 1749 | 22–23 years | 1772 – Dec 21, 1778 | Delegate to the Continental Congress (1777–1778). | |
John Robinson | Virginia | Independent | Feb 3, 1705 | 22–23 years | 1728 – 1766 | Speaker of the House (1738–1766). | |
Dave Gruenes | Minnesota | Republican | Jan 6, 1958 | 23 years, 0 days | Jan 6, 1981 – Jan 2, 1995 | ||
Alan Schlesinger | Connecticut | Republican | Jan 4, 1958 | 23 years, 3 days | Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 6, 1993 | Later mayor of Derby (1994–1998) and nominee for U.S. senator (2006). | |
Matt Windschitl | Iowa | Republican | Dec 30, 1983 | 23 years, 9 days | Jan 8, 2007 – present | Later speaker pro tempore and majority leader. | |
Sean Garballey | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 22, 1985 | 23 years, 11 days | Mar 4, 2008 – present | ||
Edgar Gonzalez Jr. | Illinois | Democratic | Dec 25, 1996 | 23 years, 16 days | Jan 10, 2020 – present | Youngest Latino and youngest Democrat in Illinois history. Originally appointed to Illinois House of Representatives; elected 2020. | |
Bob Brown | Montana | Republican | Dec 11, 1947 | 23 years, 24 days | Jan 4, 1971 – 1974 | Secretary of State of Montana (2001–2005) | |
Clarence Mitchell III | Maryland | Democratic | Dec 14, 1939 | 23 years, 26 days | Jan 9, 1963 – 1967 | Later state senator (1967–1986). | |
Garrett Love | Kansas | Republican | Dec 12, 1987 | 23 years, 29 days | Jan 10, 2011 – Jan 9, 2017 | Youngest-ever Kansas state senator.[64] | |
Solomon Goldstein-Rose | Massachusetts | Democratic | Dec 5, 1993 | 23 years, 30 days | Jan 4, 2017 – Jan 2, 2019 | Left the Democratic Party in February 2018.[65] | |
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George Francis Monaghan | Michigan | Democratic | Nov 28, 1875 | 23 years, 37 days | Jan 4, 1899 – 1900 | [66] | |
Theodore W. Brevard Jr. | Florida | [?] | Aug 26, 1835 | 23 years, 39 days | Oct 4, 1858 – 1859 | Son of state comptroller Theodorus W. Brevard. Later state senator (1865–1866). | |
George Burkman Norton | Massachusetts | Democratic | Nov 24, 1921 | 23 years, 40 days | Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 5, 1949 | ||
Jay Hooper | Vermont | Democratic | Nov 12, 1993 | 23 years, 53 days | Jan 4, 2017 – present | ||
David Plawecki | Michigan | Democratic | Nov 8, 1947 | 23 years, 54 days | Jan 1, 1971 – 1982 | ||
William E. Kirkpatrick | Massachusetts | Republican | Nov 12, 1901 | 23 years, 56 days | Jan 7, 1925 – Jan 4, 1939 | ||
Josh Svaty | Kansas | Democratic | Nov 7, 1979 | 23 years, 62 days | Jan 8, 2003 – July 14, 2009 | Kansas House of Representatives | |
Theodore Roosevelt | New York | Republican | Oct 27, 1858 | 23 years, 66 days | Jan 1, 1882 – Dec 31, 1884 | President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. | |
Richard Russell Jr. | Georgia | Democratic | Nov 2, 1897 | 23 years, 69 days | Jan 10, 1921 – Jan 12, 1931 | Later governor of Georgia, U.S. senator and president pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
Ben H. Butcher | West Virginia | Democratic | Oct 23, 1855 | 23 years, 77 days | Jan 8, 1879 – 1880, 1931 – 1937 |
[67][68] Also served in the Colorado legslature. | |
Arthur F. Gillen | Minnesota | Independent | Oct 10, 1919 | 23 years, 87 days | Jan 5, 1943 – Jan 1, 1951 | Later state senator (1951–1959). | |
Rick S. Bender | Washington | Democratic | Oct 9, 1949 | 23 years, 91 days | Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 10, 1983 | [56][69] | |
Ben Cardin | Maryland | Democratic | Oct 5, 1943 | 23 years, 92 days | Jan 5, 1967 – Jan 6, 1987 | Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates and later U.S. Representative and United States Senator | |
Edward Boland | Massachusetts | Democratic | Oct 1, 1911 | 23 years, 93 days | Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 1, 1941 | Later U.S. representative (1953–1989). | |
Sammy D. Dalton | West Virginia | Democratic | Aug 29, 1951 | 23 years, 94 days | Dec 1, 1974 – Dec 1, 1986 Dec 1, 1988 – Dec 1, 1990 Dec 1, 1996 – Dec 1, 2000 |
State senator (1990–1994) | |
Jennifer Sullivan | Florida | Republican | Aug 1, 1991 | 23 years, 97 days | Nov 6, 2014 – present | ||
Selena Torres | Nevada | Democratic | Jul 27, 1995 | 23 years, 103 days | Nov 7, 2018 – present | ||
J. Keith Arnold | Florida | Democratic | Jul 21, 1959 | 23 years, 104 days | Nov 2, 1982 – present | ||
Thomas Bennett Jr. | South Carolina | Democratic-Republican | Aug 14, 1781 | 23 years, 104 days | Nov 26, 1804 – Nov 24, 1806, Nov 28, 1808 – Nov 26, 1810, Nov 23, 1812 – Dec 19, 1812 Sep 15, 1813 – Nov 23, 1818 |
Speaker of the state House (1814–1818), state senator (1820, 1837–1840) and governor (1820–1822). | |
Clementa C. Pinckney | South Carolina | Democratic | Jul 30, 1973 | 23 years, 104 days | Nov 11, 1996 – Nov 13, 2000 | Later state senator (2001–2015). | |
J. D. Lynch | Montana | Democratic | Sep 17, 1947 | 23 years, 109 days | Jan 4, 1971 – Jan 3, 1979 | Later state senator (1982–2001). | |
Alfred A. Minahan, Jr. | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 14, 1953 | 23 years, 113 days | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 2, 1985 | ||
Riley Keaton | West Virginia | Republican | Aug 9, 1997 | 23 years, 114 days | Dec 1, 2020 – present | ||
Jason Mumpower | Tennessee | Republican | Sep 22, 1973 | 23 years, 114 days | Jan 14, 1997 – Jan 11, 2011 | ||
Robert L. Nardone | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 13, 1953 | 23 years, 114 days | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 3, 1979 | ||
Daniel Pae | Oklahoma | Republican | Jul 25, 1995 | 23 years, 119 days | Nov 21, 2018 – present | ||
Clinton Kersey | Texas | Democratic | Sep 11, 1915 | 23 years, 121 days | Jan 10, 1939 – Jan 12, 1943 | ||
Rudolph Tesar | Nebraska | Democratic | Sep 2, 1907 | 23 years, 127 days | Jan 7, 1931 – 1935 | At the time the youngest-ever Nebraska state legislator.[70][71] | |
Kerry Rich | Alabama | Republican | Jun 25, 1951 | 23 years, 134 days | Nov 6, 1974 – Nov 8, 1978, Nov 7, 1990 – Nov 9, 1994, Nov 3, 2010 – present |
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Charles I. Quirk | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 15, 1871 | 23 years, 140 days | Jan 2, 1895 – Jan 5, 1898 | Later state senator (1898–1899). | |
John Montgomery | Oklahoma | Republican | Aug 13, 1991 | 23 years, 146 days | Jan 6, 2015 – 2019 | ||
John Whitmire | Texas | Democratic | Aug 13, 1949 | 23 years, 149 days | Jan 9, 1973 – Jan 11, 1983 | Later state senator (1983–present). | |
Charles J. Faulkner | Virginia | Independent | Jul 6, 1806 | 23 years, 154 days | Dec 7, 1829 – Dec 5, 1830, Dec 5, 1831 – Dec 1, 1833, Jan 1, 1838 – Dec 4, 1842 |
Later state delegate (1848–1849) and U.S. representative (1851–1859, 1875–1877). | |
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Frederick Joseph Duff | Texas | Democratic | Aug 6, 1859 | 23 years, 156 days | Jan 9, 1883 – Jan 13, 1885 | ||
Daniel J. Kiley | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jul 27, 1874 | 23 years, 162 days | Jan 5, 1898 – Jan 4, 1899, Jan 1, 1902 – Jan 6, 1904 |
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Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. | Maryland | Democratic | Aug 1, 1903 | 23 years, 164 days | Jan 12, 1927 – 1933 | Later U.S. representative (1939–1947) and mayor of Baltimore (1947–1959). | |
Julian Ivey | Maryland | Democratic | Aug 3, 1995 | 23 years, 169 days | Jan 2019 – present | ||
Thomas H. Spurr Jr. | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jul 17, 1927 | 23 years, 170 days | Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 7, 1953 | ||
John W. Connelly | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jul 16, 1874 | 23 years, 173 days | Jan 5, 1898 – Jan 4, 1899 | ||
James J. Kiley | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jul 5, 1911 | 23 years, 181 days | Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 6, 1937 | ||
Hunter Cantrell | Minnesota | Democratic | Jul 10, 1995 | 23 years, 182 days | Jan 8, 2019 – Jan 5, 2021 | ||
Melvin Ernest Nunnery | South Carolina | Democratic | May 11, 1951 | 23 years, 184 days | Nov 11, 1974 – Nov 8, 1982 | ||
Jason Bedrick | New Hampshire | Republican | Jun 5, 1983 | 23 years, 184 days | Dec 6, 2006 – Dec 3, 2008 | ||
Alan J. Dixon | Illinois | Democratic | Jul 7, 1927 | 23 years, 187 days | Jan 10, 1951 – Jan 1963 | Later state senator (1963–1971), state treasurer (1971–1977), secretary of state (1977–1981) and U.S. senator (1981–1993). | |
Nathaniel Macon | North Carolina | Independent | Dec 17, 1757 | 23 years, 188 days | Jun 23, 1781 – May 18, 1782, 1784 |
Later U.S. representative (1791–1815), speaker of the House (1801–1807), U.S. senator (1815–1828) and president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1826–1827). | |
Claude R. Porter | Iowa | Democratic | Jul 8, 1872 | 23 years, 189 days | Jan 13, 1896 – Jan 8, 1900 | Later state senator (1900–1904) and nominee for governor (1906, 1910, 1918) and for U.S. Senate (1920, 1926). | |
Russ Meekins Jr. | Alaska | Democratic | Jun 29, 1949 | 23 years, 193 days | Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 20, 1975, Jan 10, 1977 – Jan 17, 1983 |
[72] | |
Lindley Beckworth | Texas | Democratic | Jun 30, 1913 | 23 years, 196 days | Jan 12, 1937 – Jan 10, 1939 | Later U.S. representative (1939–1953, 1957–1967) and state senator (1971–1973). | |
George Greene | Iowa | Democratic | Apr 15, 1817 | 23 years, 201 days | Nov 2, 1840 – Dec 4, 1842 | ||
Gregory G. Gruse | Michigan | Republican | Jun 20, 1961 | 23 years, 203 days | Jan 9, 1985 – Jan 14, 1987 | ||
William P. Nagle Jr. | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 10, 1951 | 23 years, 205 days | Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 1, 2003 | ||
George Nigh | Oklahoma | Democratic | Jun 9, 1927 | 23 years, 207 days | Jan 2, 1951 – Jan 6, 1959 | Lieutenant governor (1959–1963, 1967–1979) and governor (1963, 1979–1987). | |
John Paul O'Brien | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 10, 1937 | 23 years, 208 days | Jan 4, 1961 – Jan 2, 1963, Jan 6, 1965 – Jan 3, 1973 |
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Reuben E. Senterfitt | Texas | Democratic | Jun 18, 1917 | 23 years, 210 days | Jan 14, 1941 – Jan 11, 1955 | Speaker of the state House (1951–1955). | |
John L. Donovan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 3, 1876 | 23 years, 214 days | Jan 3, 1900 – Jan 1, 1902, Jan 5, 1910 – Jan 4, 1911, Jan 3, 1912 – Jan 4, 1919 |
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Stephen A. Douglas | Illinois | Democratic | Apr 23, 1813 | 23 years, 226 days | Dec 5, 1836 – [?] | U.S. senator (1847–1861) and nominee for president of the United States (1860). | |
Pat Grassley | Iowa | Republican | May 26, 1983 | 23 years, 227 days | Jan 8, 2007 – present | Grandson of Chuck Grassley. Speaker of the state House (2020–present). | |
John G. Rowland | Connecticut | Republican | May 24, 1957 | 23 years, 228 days | Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 9, 1985 | Later U.S. representative and governor of Connecticut | |
Aaron Schock | Illinois | Republican | May 28, 1981 | 23 years, 229 days | Jan 12, 2005 – Jan 3, 2009 | Later Baby of the House during the 111th Congress and 112th Congress | |
Richard N. Gottfried | New York | Democratic | May 16, 1947 | 23 years, 230 days | Jan 1, 1971 – present[needs update] | Longest-serving state legislator in New York history.[73] | |
Richard Baker | Louisiana | Democratic | May 22, 1948 | 23 years, 233 days | Jan 10, 1972 – Jan 1987 | Switched to the Republican Party in 1986. Later U.S. representative (1987–2008) | |
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Harry W. Haines | New Hampshire | Democratic | May 11, 1877 | 23 years, 236 days | Jan 2, 1901 – [?] | ||
J. Vander Stoep | Washington | Republican | May 20, 1957 | 23 years, 237 days | Jan 12, 1981 – Jan 12, 1987 | [56] | |
John Buckley | Connecticut | Republican | May 12, 1885 | 23 years, 239 days | Jan 6, 1909 – 1910 1921–1922 |
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Stephen M. Young | Ohio | Democratic | May 4, 1889 | 23 years, 242 days | Jan 1, 1913 – Jan 1, 1917 | U.S. senator (1959–1971) | |
John E. Magenis | Massachusetts | Republican | May 5, 1873 | 23 years, 246 days | Jan 6, 1897 – Jan 4, 1899 | ||
Tory Marie Arnberger | Kansas | Republican | May 3, 1993 | 23 years, 251 days | Jan 9, 2017 – present | ||
Bill Finkbeiner | Washington | Democratic | May 5, 1969 | 23 years, 251 days | Jan 11, 1993 – Jan 9, 1995 | Switched to the Republican Party in 1994. Later majority leader of the state senate. | |
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Daniel Thomas McCormick | New Hampshire | Republican | Apr 25, 1877 | 23 years, 252 days | Jan 2, 1901 – [?] | ||
Michael J. McGlynn | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 23, 1953 | 23 years, 257 days | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 3, 1988 | Later mayor of Medford (1988–2016). | |
John W. Costello | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 20, 1927 | 23 years, 258 days | Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 3, 1961 | Later member of the governor's council (1961–1965). | |
Otto Kotouč | Nebraska | Democratic | Apr 22, 1885 | 23 years, 259 days | Jan 6, 1909 – Jan 8, 1913 | ||
Skyler Wheeler | Iowa | Republican | Apr 24, 1993 | 23 years, 260 days | Jan 9, 2017 – present | ||
John J. O'Connor | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 12, 1871 | 23 years, 265 days | Jan 2, 1895 – Jan 6, 1897 | ||
Martin J. Schreiber | Wisconsin | Democratic | Apr 8, 1939 | 23 years, 268 days | Jan 1, 1963 – Jan 1, 1971 | Became the youngest-ever Wisconsin state senator.[74] Later governor of Wisconsin (1977–1979). | |
Peter Shapiro | New Jersey | Democratic | Apr 18, 1952 | 23 years, 270 days | Jan 13, 1976 – Jan 1979 | Later Essex County Executive (1979–1987) and nominee for governor (1985). | |
Philip Erdman | Nebraska | Republican | Apr 7, 1977 | 23 years, 271 days | Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 7, 2009 | ||
John A. Olszewski Jr. | Maryland | Democratic | Sep 10, 1982 | 23 years, 275 days | Jun 12, 2006 – Jan 14, 2015 | Youngest-ever chairman of the Baltimore County Delegation.[75] | |
Casey Kozlowski | Ohio | Republican | Mar 31, 1987 | 23 years, 278 days | Jan 3, 2011 – Dec 31, 2012 | ||
Niraj Antani | Ohio | Republican | Feb 26, 1991 | 23 years, 279 days | Dec 2, 2014 – Dec 31, 2020 | ||
John Joseph Linehan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Mar 26, 1933 | 23 years, 282 days | Jan 2, 1957 – Jan 4, 1961 | ||
Torrey Westrom | Minnesota | Republican | Mar 27, 1973 | 23 years, 286 days | Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 7, 2013 | Later state senator (2013–present). | |
Corey Mock | North Dakota | Democratic | Feb 17, 1985 | 23 years, 288 days | Dec 1, 2008 – present | Minority Leader of the North Dakota House of Representatives (2014–2018) | |
Harry H. Ham | Massachusetts | Republican | Mar 16, 1883 | 23 years, 292 days | Jan 2, 1907 – Jan 4, 1911 | ||
Wesley C. Uhlman | Washington | Democratic | Mar 23, 1935 | 23 years, 295 days | Jan 12, 1959 – Jan 9, 1967 | Elected mayor of Seattle in 1969. | |
Henry Converse Atwill | Massachusetts | Republican | Mar 11, 1872 | 23 years, 296 days | Jan 1, 1896 – Jan 4, 1899 | Later state senator (1899–1901) and state attorney general (1915–1919). | |
Richard A. Westman | Vermont | Republican | Mar 13, 1959 | 23 years, 298 days | Jan 5, 1983 – Jan 2009 | Later state senator (2011–present). | |
Nicholas Paleologos | Massachusetts | Democratic | Mar 9, 1953 | 23 years, 302 days | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 1, 1991 | ||
Thomas Golden Jr. | Massachusetts | Democratic | Mar 5, 1971 | 23 years, 305 days | Jan 4, 1995 – May 26, 2022 | Later city manager of Lowell (2022–present). | |
Victor Ashe | Tennessee | Republican | Jan 1, 1945 | 23 years, 309 days | Nov 5, 1968 – Nov 5, 1974 | Later nominee for U.S. senator (1984) and mayor of Knoxville (1987–2003). | |
Dorothy Bradley | Montana | Democratic | Feb 24, 1947 | 23 years, 315 days | Jan 5, 1971 – Jan 1979, Jan 1985 – Jan 1993 |
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David Lowry Swain | North Carolina | Independent | Jan 4, 1801 | 23 years, 316 days | Nov 15, 1824 – Jan 8, 1830 | Later governor (1832–1835). | |
David Beasley | South Carolina | Democratic | Feb 26, 1957 | 23 years, 318 days | Jan 9, 1981 – Jan 10, 1995 | Switched to the Republican Party in 1991, Later governor (1995–1999) and executive director of the World Food Programme (2017–present). | |
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Kaniela Ing | Hawaii | Democratic | Dec 24, 1988 | 23 years, 319 days | Nov 7, 2012 – Nov 6, 2018 | ||
Jeffrey D. Padden | Michigan | Democratic | Feb 22, 1951 | 23 years, 320 days | Jan 8, 1975 – Jan 1985 | ||
Jesse K. Dubois | Illinois | Whig | Jan 14, 1811 | 23 years, 321 days | Dec 1, 1834 – 1840, Dec 4, 1842 – 1844 |
Later state auditor of public accounts (1857–1864). | |
Peter Snowe | Maine | Republican | Jan 16, 1943 | 23 years, 325 days | Dec 7, 1966 – Apr 10, 1973 | Late husband of Olympia Snowe. | |
James Manley Head | Texas | Democratic | Feb 16, 1909 | 23 years, 329 days | Jan 10, 1933 – Jan 12, 1937 | Later state senator (1937–1941). | |
William T. Barry | Kentucky | Democratic-Republican | Feb 5, 1784 | 23 years, 330 days | Jan 1, 1808 – [?] | Later U.S. representative (1810–1811), U.S. senator (1815–1816), state senator (1817–1821), lieutenant governor (1820–1824), commonwealth secretary of state (1824–1825) and U.S. postmaster general (1829–1835). | |
Donald L. Kimball | Iowa | Republican | Feb 15, 1933 | 23 years, 334 days | Jan 14, 1957 – Jan 8, 1961 | ||
John McCandish King | Illinois | Republican | Feb 15, 1927 | 23 years, 334 days | Jan 15, 1951 – Jan 15, 1957 | Youngest person elected to Illinois House of Representatives in its history at the time of his election.[76][77] | |
Bob Giersdorf | Alaska | Democratic | Feb 24, 1935 | 23 years, 336 days | Jan 26, 1959 – Jan 29, 1960, Feb 2, 1960 – Jan 23, 1961 |
[78] | |
James Monroe | Virginia | Independent | Apr 28, 1758 | 23 years, 338 days | Apr 1, 1782 – June 1782 | Founding Father of the United States and U.S. President | |
Marilinda Garcia | New Hampshire | Republican | Jan 1, 1983 | 23 years, 339 days | Dec 6, 2006 – Dec 3, 2008 | Later served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from April 29, 2009 to December 2, 2014. | |
Kylie Oversen | North Dakota | Democratic | Feb 3, 1989 | 23 years, 340 days | Jan 8, 2013 – Dec 5, 2016 | Elected Chair of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL at 26, making her the youngest U.S. state party chair at the time.[79] | |
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins | Alaska | Democratic | Feb 7, 1989 | 23 years, 343 days | Jan 15, 2013 – present | [41] | |
Carleton Fulbright | Missouri | Democratic | Jan 15, 1911 | 23 years, 352 days | Jan 2, 1935 – 1937 | [80][81] Since Fulbright was not yet 24 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution's age requirement.[29] | |
John Zampieri | Vermont | Democratic | Jan 19, 1941 | 23 years, 353 days | Jan 6, 1965 – Jan 14, 1985 | ||
Serranus Clinton Hastings | Iowa | Democratic | Nov 22, 1814 | 23 years, 355 days | Nov 12, 1838 – Nov 1, 1840 | Later legislative councillor (1840–1846), U.S. representative (1846–1847) and attorney general of California (1852–1854). | |
Jeff Johnston | Oklahoma | Democratic | Jan 16, 1951 | 23 years, 356 days | Jan 7, 1975 – Jan 2, 1979 | Later state senator (1979–1982).[82][83][84][85] | |
Blake Carpenter | Kansas | Republican | Jan 14, 1991 | 23 years, 363 days | Jan 12, 2015 – present | ||
Robert Robinson | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 4, 1889 | 23 years, 363 days | Jan 1, 1913 – Jan 5, 1916 | ||
Tim Baxter | New Hampshire | Republican | 1997 | 23 years | Dec 2, 2020 – present[needs update] | ||
James Buchanan | Pennsylvania | Federalist | Apr 23, 1791 | 23 years | 1814 – 1816 | President of the United States (1857–1861) | |
Stacey Dahl | North Dakota | Republican | 1981 | 23 years | Dec 1, 2004 – Dec 1, 2012 | ||
Jim Donnelly | Maine | Republican | 1967 | 23 years | Dec 5, 1990 – Dec 2, 1998 | ||
Antonio Felipe | Connecticut | Democratic | 1996 | 23 years | May 13, 2019 – present | ||
Cedric Gates | Hawaii | Democratic | 1993 | 23 years | Nov 8, 2016 – present | ||
Walker Hines | Louisiana | Democratic | 1984 | 23 years | Jan 14, 2008 – Jan 9, 2012 | Switched to the Republican Party in November 2010. | |
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Karen Kilgarin | Nebraska | Democratic | 1957 | 23 years | Jan 7, 1981 – 1984 | At the time the youngest-ever female Nebraska legislator.[86][87] | |
William J. Pennock | Washington | [?] | 1915 | 23 years | Jan 9, 1939 – [?] | [56] | |
Jackson Sayama | Hawaii | Democratic | 1997 | 23 years | Nov 3, 2020 – present | ||
Corbin Sullivan | Washington | [?] | 1911 | 23 years | Jan 14, 1935 – [?] | [56] | |
Littleton Waller Tazewell | Virginia | Democratic-Republican | Dec 17, 1774 | 23 years | 1798 – 1800, 1809 – 1812, 1816 – 1817 |
Son of Henry Tazewell. Later U.S. representative (1800–1801), U.S. senator (1824–1832), president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1832) and governor of Virginia (1834–1836). | |
Katie Zolnikov | Montana | Republican | 1997 | 23 years | Oct 5, 2020 – present | Appointed following the resignation of her husband Daniel.[88] | |
Henry Clay Jr. | Kentucky | Whig | Apr 10, 1811 | 23–24 years | 1835 – 1837 | Son of Henry Clay. | |
John J. Crittenden | Kentucky | Democratic-Republican | Sep 10, 1787 | 23–24 years | 1811 – 1817 | U.S. senator (1817–1819, 1835–1841, 1842–1848, 1855–1861), Attorney General (1841, 1850–1853), governor of Kentucky (1848–1850) and U.S. representative (1861–1863). | |
J. Hamilton Lewis | Washington | Democratic | May 18, 1863 | 23–24 years | 1887 – 1888 | Later U.S. representative (1897–1899) and U.S. senator (1913–1919, 1931–1939). | |
Philip Ludwell Jr. | Virginia | Independent | 1672 | 23–24 years | 1696 – 1697, 1698 – 1700 |
Son of Philip Ludwell. | |
Oscar Raymond Luhring | Indiana | Republican | Feb 11, 1879 | 23–24 years | 1903 – 1904 | Later U.S. representative (1919–1923). | |
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | South Carolina | Independent | Feb 25, 1746 | 23–24 years | 1770 – [?] | Later state senator, Federalist nominee for vice president of the United States (1800) and nominee for president of the United States (1804, 1808). | |
Christopher Robinson | Virginia | Independent | 1681 | 23–24 years | 1705 – 1715 | Son of Christopher Robinson. | |
Greg Jergeson | Montana | Democratic | Dec 29, 1950 | 24 years, 5 days | Jan 3, 1975 – Jan 3, 1980 | Later served two additional tenures in the Montana Senate; 1987–2003 and 2013-2015[3] | |
John Philip Lanergan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Dec 30, 1874 | 24 years, 5 days | Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 2, 1901 | ||
Phil Cates | Texas | Democratic | Jan 6, 1947 | 24 years, 6 days | Jan 12, 1971 – Jan 9, 1979 | [89][90] | |
William Christopher Lunney | Massachusetts | Democratic | Dec 24, 1910 | 24 years, 9 days | Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 1, 1947 | ||
James Vernon Lea | Texas | Democratic | Jan 12, 1850 | 24 years, 11 days | Jan 23, 1874 – Apr 18, 1876 | ||
Joseph McGrath | Massachusetts | Democratic | Dec 20, 1890 | 24 years, 17 days | Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 1, 1919 | Later Boston City Councilor (1926–1928, 1930–1936), president of the Boston City Council (1931, 1933), chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Party (1935–1939) and Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston (1938–1943). | |
Richard Mentor Johnson | Kentucky | Democratic-Republican | Oct 17, 1780 | 24 years, 20 days | Nov 6, 1804 – Nov 4, 1806, Nov 5, 1850 – Nov 19, 1850 |
Vice president of the United States (1837–1841) | |
Jack Brooks | Texas | Democratic | Dec 18, 1922 | 24 years, 27 days | Jan 14, 1947 – Jan 9, 1951 | Later U.S. representative (1953–1995). | |
Tip O'Neill | Massachusetts | Democratic | Dec 9, 1912 | 24 years, 28 days | Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 1953 | Speaker of the U.S. House (1977–1987) | |
Cathy Zeuske | Wisconsin | Republican | Dec 4, 1958 | 24 years, 30 days | Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 7, 1991 | Later state treasurer (1991–1995) and secretary of the state department of revenue (1996–2001). | |
John P. Burke | Massachusetts | Democratic | Dec 2, 1954 | 24 years, 32 days | Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 1, 1991 | ||
James Sturch | Arkansas | Republican | Dec 8, 1990 | 24 years, 35 days | Jan 12, 2015 – Jan 14, 2019 | Later state senator (2019–present) | |
William Hunter | Rhode Island | Democratic | Nov 26, 1774 | 24 years, 36 days | Jan 1, 1799 – 1812, 1823 – 1825 |
Later U.S. senator (1811–1821). | |
Jim Lord | Minnesota | Democratic | Nov 26, 1948 | 24 years, 38 days | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 7, 1975 | Later Minnesota State Treasurer (1975–1983), becoming the youngest-ever Minnesota state constitutional officer.[91] | |
Patrick William Nee | Massachusetts | Democratic | Nov 22, 1938 | 24 years, 41 days | Jan 2, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 | ||
Joseph J. Norton | Massachusetts | Democratic | Nov 19, 1870 | 24 years, 44 days | Jan 2, 1895 – Jan 6, 1897 | ||
Bill Gardner | New Hampshire | Democratic | Oct 26, 1948 | 24 years, 41 days | Dec 6, 1972 – Dec 1, 1976 | Later secretary of state (1976–2022). | |
Franklin Pierce | New Hampshire | Democratic | Nov 23, 1804 | 24 years, 45 days | Jan 7, 1829 – Jan 2, 1833 | President of the United States (1853–1857) | |
Mary Landrieu | Louisiana | Democratic | Nov 23, 1955 | 24 years, 52 days | Jan 14, 1980 – Jan 1988 | Daughter of Moon Landrieu. Later U.S. senator (1997–2015). | |
Lewis Cass | Ohio | Democratic-Republican | Oct 9, 1782 | 24 years, 53 days | Dec 1, 1806 – 1807 | Governor of the Territory of Michigan (1813–1831), Secretary of War (1831–1836), U.S. senator (1845–1848, 1849–1857), Democratic Party nominee for president of the United States (1848), president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1854) and Secretary of State (1857–1860). | |
Theodore A. Glynn | Massachusetts | Democratic | Nov 8, 1881 | 24 years, 56 days | Jan 3, 1906 – Jan 2, 1907 | Later candidate for mayor of Boston (1925). | |
Chuck Schumer | New York | Democratic | Nov 3, 1950 | 24 years, 59 days | Jan 1, 1975 – Dec 31, 1980 | Later U.S. senator | |
J. Chris Newton | Tennessee | Republican | Nov 9, 1970 | 24 years, 62 days | Jan 10, 1995 – Sep 1, 2005 | ||
Cornelius H. Toland | Massachusetts | Democratic | Nov 2, 1868 | 24 years, 63 days | Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 2, 1895 | ||
John Gard | Wisconsin | Republican | Aug 3, 1963 | 24 years, 70 days | Oct 12, 1987 – Jan 3, 2007 | Speaker of the state House (2003–2007). | |
Terry Miller | Alaska | Republican | Nov 10, 1942 | 24 years, 74 days | Jan 23, 1967 – Jan 10, 1977 | [92] | |
Conrad Hilton | New Mexico | Republican | Dec 25, 1887 | 24 years, 77 days | Mar 11, 1912 – 1916 | Founder of Hilton Hotels. | |
Abner Arrasmith | Kansas | Republican | Oct 15, 1844 | 24 years, 88 days | Jan 11, 1869 – Jan 9, 1871 | ||
Edmund Dinis | Massachusetts | Democratic | Oct 4, 1924 | 24 years, 93 days | Jan 5, 1949 – 1951 | Later state senator (1953–1957). | |
Brian Dempsey | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 30, 1966 | 24 years, 94 days | Jan 2, 1991 – July 19, 2017 | ||
Dave Obey | Wisconsin | Democratic | Oct 3, 1938 | 24 years, 96 days | Jan 7, 1963 – Apr 1, 1969 | U.S. representative (1969–2011). | |
Stephen McGrail | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 23, 1948 | 24 years, 102 days | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1977 | ||
Joseph Edward Duffy | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 25, 1912 | 24 years, 103 days | Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 Jan 1, 1947 – Jan 5, 1949 |
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William F. Galvin | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 17, 1950 | 24 years, 106 days | Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 2, 1991 | Later Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth (1995–present). | |
Melanie Stambaugh | Washington | Republican | Sep 25, 1990 | 24 years, 109 days | Jan 12, 2015 – Jan 14, 2019 | ||
Rodolphe G. Bessette | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 14, 1911 | 23 years, 110 days | Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 4, 1939 Jan 1, 1941 – Jan 3, 1951 |
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Zach Brown | Montana | Democratic | Sep 18, 1990 | 24 years, 110 days | Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 | ||
William G. Arvanitis | Massachusetts | Republican | Sep 16, 1946 | 24 years, 112 days | Jan 6, 1971 – Jan 3, 1973 | ||
John J. Gilbride | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 14, 1889 | 24 years, 115 days | Jan 7, 1914 – Jan 5, 1916 | ||
Bill Keating | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 6, 1952 | 24 years, 119 days | Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 3, 1985 | Later state senator (1985–1999) and U.S. representative (2011–present). | |
Cynthia Lummis | Wyoming | Republican | Sep 10, 1954 | 24 years, 120 days | Jan 8, 1979 – Jan 3, 1983, Jan 7, 1985 – Jan 14, 1993 |
Later state senator (1993–1995), treasurer (1999–2007), U.S. representative (2009–2017) and U.S. senator (2021–present). | |
Isaac Kinsey Wilson | Iowa | Republican | Sep 12, 1867 | 24 years, 121 days | Jan 11, 1892 – Jan 7, 1894 | ||
Melvin Laird | Wisconsin | Republican | Sep 1, 1922 | 24 years, 122 days | Jan 1, 1947 – Jan 1, 1953 | Succeeded his deceased father in office, becoming the youngest-ever Wisconsin state senator.[93] Later United States Secretary of Defense (1969–1973). | |
Bruce E. Wetherbee | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 1, 1950 | 24 years, 122 days | Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 1, 1985 | ||
Dave Norman Vigneault | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 3, 1936 | 24 years, 123 days | Jan 4, 1961 – Jan 6, 1971 | ||
Martin Sennet Conner | Mississippi | Democratic | Aug 31, 1891 | 24 years, 126 days | Jan 4, 1916 – Jan 1924 | Governor of Mississippi (1932–1936) | |
Thomas P. White | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 27, 1950 | 24 years, 127 days | Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 6, 1987 | Later state senator (1987–1991). | |
Martin Thomas Reilly | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 1, 1956 | 24 years, 128 days | Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 4, 1989 | ||
Alisha Thomas Morgan | Georgia | Democratic | Sep 5, 1978 | 24 years, 130 days | Jan 13, 2003 – Jan 12, 2015 | ||
Justin Simmons | Pennsylvania | Republican | Aug 26, 1986 | 24 years, 131 days | Jan 4, 2011 – Jan 5, 2021 | ||
Anesa Kajtazović | Iowa | Democratic | Aug 30, 1986 | 24 years, 133 days | Jan 10, 2011 – Jan 11, 2015 | ||
Joe Fitzgibbon | Washington | Democratic | Aug 27, 1986 | 24 years, 136 days | Jan 10, 2011 – present | ||
Shane Broadway | Arkansas | Democratic | Aug 30, 1972 | 24 years, 136 days | Jan 13, 1997 – Jan 13, 2003 | Youngest-ever speaker of the Arkansas House.[94] Later state senator (2003–2011) and nominee for lieutenant governor (2010). | |
Kurt Zwikl | Pennsylvania | Democratic | Jun 28, 1949 | 24 years, 140 days | Nov 15, 1973 – Nov 30, 1984 | ||
Earl Blumenauer | Oregon | Democratic | Aug 16, 1948 | 24 years, 145 days | Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 1, 1979 | Later U.S. representative (1996–present). | |
J. C. W. Beckham | Kentucky | Democratic | Aug 5, 1869 | 24 years, 149 days | Jan 1, 1894 – Jan 1, 1898 | Became the youngest-ever Kentucky state legislator.[95] Later lieutenant governor (1900), governor (1900–1907) and U.S. senator (1915–1921). | |
Enoch Louis Lowe | Maryland | Democratic | Aug 10, 1820 | 24 years, 151 days | Jan 8, 1845 – 1845 | Governor of Maryland (1851–1854) | |
Khaleel Anderson | New York | Democratic | Jun 11, 1996 | 24 years, 154 days | Nov 12, 2020 – present | ||
Temple Lea Houston | Texas | Democratic | Aug 12, 1860 | 24 years, 154 days | Jan 13, 1885 – 1889 | Youngest-ever Texas state senator.[18] Son of Sam Houston. | |
Jim Slattery | Kansas | Democratic | Aug 4, 1948 | 24 years, 157 days | Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 8, 1979 | Later U.S. representative (1983–1995). | |
Romaine Quinn | Wisconsin | Republican | Jul 30, 1990 | 24 years, 157 days | Jan 3, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 | Elected mayor of Rice Lake at 19. [needs update] | |
Frederick L. Zimmerman | New York | Democratic | Jul 28, 1906 | 24 years, 157 days | Jan 1, 1931 – Jan 1, 1935 | ||
David Nelson | Alaska | Republican | Aug 13, 1996 | 24 years, 159 days | Jan 19, 2021 – present | ||
Timothy Sullivan | New York | Democratic | Jul 23, 1862 | 24 years, 162 days | Jan 1, 1887 – Dec 31, 1893 | Later state senator (1894–1902; 1909–1912) and U.S. representative (1903–1906; 1913) | |
Maurice R. Flynn | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jul 28, 1889 | 24 years, 163 days | Jan 7, 1914 – Jan 5, 1916 | ||
Kathleen A. Blatz | Minnesota | Republican | Jul 22, 1954 | 24 years, 165 days | Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 24, 1994 | Youngest-ever female Minnesota state legislator.[96] Daughter of state senator Jerome Blatz. | |
Denny Heck | Washington | Democratic | Jul 29, 1952 | 24 years, 165 days | Jan 10, 1977 – Jan 14, 1985 | Later U.S. representative (2013–2021) and lieutenant governor (2021–present). | |
Corey Parent | Vermont | Republican | Jul 8, 1990 | 24 years, 183 days | Jan 7, 2015 – present | Elected to Vermont House of Representatives in 2014; elected to Vermont State Senate in 2018. | |
Rebecca White | Vermont | Democratic | Jul 9, 1994 | 24 years, 184 days | Jan 9, 2019 – present | [needs update] | |
Ryan W. Pearson | Rhode Island | Democratic | Jun 30, 1988 | 24 years, 185 days | Jan 1, 2013 – present | ||
Adam Scanlon | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jul 5, 1996 | 24 years, 185 days | Jan 6, 2021 – present | ||
Ernest Ray Kirkpatrick | Texas | Democratic | Jul 9, 1922 | 24 years, 189 days | Jan 14, 1947 – Jan 13, 1953 | ||
William Knowland | California | Republican | Jun 26, 1908 | 24 years, 190 days | Jan 2, 1933 – Jan 7, 1935 | Later U.S. senator | |
Charles S. Sullivan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 26, 1875 | 24 years, 191 days | Jan 3, 1900 – Jan 1, 1902 | Later state senator (1902–1903, 1904–1905). | |
Zebulon Baird Vance | North Carolina | Whig | May 13, 1830 | 24 years, 191 days | Nov 20, 1854 – Nov 17, 1856 | Later U.S. representative (1858–1861), governor (1862–1865, 1877–1879) and U.S. senator (1879–1894). | |
Lewis Miles | Iowa | Republican | Jun 30, 1845 | 24 years, 194 days | Jan 10, 1870 – Jan 7, 1872 | Later state senator (1884–1888). | |
Silas D. Reed | Massachusetts | Republican | Jun 25, 1872 | 24 years, 195 days | Jan 6, 1897 – Jan 7, 1903 | Later state senator (1905–1907, 1918–1923). | |
William E. Weeks | Massachusetts | Republican | Jun 23, 1880 | 24 years, 195 days | Jan 4, 1905 – Jan 5, 1910, Jan 5, 1916 – Jan 3, 1917 |
Later mayor of Everett (1918–1919). | |
Frank A. Manning | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 25, 1889 | 24 years, 196 days | Jan 7, 1914 – Jan 5, 1921 | ||
Dennis M. O'Brien | Pennsylvania | Republican | Jun 22, 1952 | 24 years, 196 days | Jan 4, 1977 – Nov 30, 1980, Jan 5, 1983 – Jan 2, 2012 |
Speaker of the state House (2007–2008). | |
Thomas E. Flaherty | Pennsylvania | Democratic | Jun 18, 1950 | 24 years, 199 days | Jan 3, 1975 – Jan 2, 1979 | Later member of the Pittsburgh City Council (1980–1984), city controller (1984–2006) and chair of the Allegheny County Democratic Party (2002–2005). | |
Dirk Deaton | Missouri | Republican | Jun 14, 1994 | 24 years, 205 days | Jan 5, 2019 – present | Second ever youngest Missouri state representative.[97] | |
John Vinich | Wyoming | Democratic | Jun 13, 1950 | 24 years, 207 days | Jan 6, 1975 – Jan 3, 1983 | Elected to the Wyoming Senate in 1982. | |
Charles A. Wickliffe | Kentucky | Democratic-Republican | Jun 8, 1788 | 24 years, 207 days | Jan 1, 1813 – Jan 1, 1815 | U.S. representative (1823–1833, 1861–1863), lieutenant governor (1836–1839), acting governor (1839–1840) and postmaster general (1841–1845). | |
Mack McLarty | Arkansas | Democratic | Jun 14, 1946 | 24 years, 210 days | Jan 10, 1971 – Jan 8, 1973 | Later chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas (1974–1976), White House chief of staff (1993–1994) and counselor to the president (1994–1998). | |
Robert Xavier Tivnan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 9, 1924 | 24 years, 210 days | Jan 5, 1949 – Jan 7, 1959 | ||
George J. Wall | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 11, 1889 | 24 years, 210 days | Jan 7, 1914 – Jan 3, 1917 | ||
Lorne R. Worthington | Iowa | Democratic | Jun 14, 1938 | 24 years, 214 days | Jan 14, 1963 – Jan 10, 1965 | Later state auditor (1965–1967) and insurance commissioner (1967–1971). | |
Andy Welti | Minnesota | Democratic | May 28, 1980 | 24 years, 221 days | Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2011 | ||
Aaron M. I. Shinberg | Massachusetts | Democratic | May 27, 1940 | 24 years, 224 days | Jan 6, 1965 – Jan 1, 1969 | ||
Owen A. Gallagher | Massachusetts | Democratic | May 24, 1902 | 24 years, 226 days | Jan 5, 1927 – Jan 4, 1933 | Son of Daniel J. Gallagher. Later state senator (1933–1935). | |
John Y. Mason | Kentucky | [?] | Apr 18, 1799 | 24 years, 227 days | Dec 1, 1823 – 1827 | Later state senator (1827–1831), U.S. representative (1831–1837), secretary of the navy (1844–1845, 1846–1849) and attorney general (1845–1846). | |
John R. McKernan Jr. | Maine | Republican | May 20, 1948 | 24 years, 228 days | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 5, 1977 | Later U.S. representative (1983–1987) and governor (1987–1995). | |
Charles O. Engstrom | Massachusetts | Republican | May 19, 1875 | 24 years, 229 days | Jan 3, 1900 – Jan 2, 1901 | ||
Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Washington | Republican | May 22, 1969 | 24 years, 230 days | Jan 7, 1994 – Jan 3, 2005 | Later U.S. representative (2005–present). | |
Anthony Michael Gallugi | Massachusetts | Democratic | May 16, 1948 | 24 years, 232 days | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 3, 1979 | ||
Murray Watson Jr. | Texas | Democratic | May 14, 1932 | 24 years, 239 days | Jan 8, 1957 – Jan 8, 1963 | Later state senator (1963–1973). | |
Bartholomew A. Brickley | Massachusetts | Democratic | May 7, 1883 | 24 years, 239 days | Jan 1, 1908 – Jan 5, 1910 | ||
Paul F. Malloy | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 29, 1940 | 24 years, 252 days | Jan 6, 1965 – Jan 3, 1973 | ||
H. Edward Snow | Massachusetts | Republican | Apr 25, 1914 | 24 years, 254 days | Jan 4, 1939 – Jan 2, 1945, Jan 1, 1947 – Jan 4, 1955 |
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Chuck Espy | Mississippi | Democratic | Apr 24, 1975 | 24 years, 255 days | Jan 4, 2000 – Jan 5, 2016 | Son of Henry Espy and nephew of Mike Espy. Later mayor of Clarksdale (2017–present). | |
James Langevin | Rhode Island | Democratic | Apr 22, 1964 | 24 years, 256 days | Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 1995 | Elected Secretary of State of Rhode Island in 1994. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000. | |
Marty Seifert | Minnesota | Republican | Apr 23, 1972 | 24 years, 259 days | Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 2011 | ||
Park Cannon | Georgia | Democratic | Jun 6, 1991 | 24 years, 261 days | Feb 22, 2016 – present | ||
John Pierce Lynch | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 19, 1924 | 24 years, 261 days | Jan 5, 1949 – Jan 7, 1953 | ||
Romulus Mitchell Saunders | North Carolina | Independent | Mar 3, 1791 | 24 years, 262 days | Nov 20, 1815 – Dec 21, 1815, Nov 17, 1817 – Dec 25, 1820, Nov 20, 1848 – Dec 27, 1852 |
Later state senator (1816), speaker of the state House (1819–1820), U.S. representative (1821–1827, 1841–1845), and state attorney general (1828–1834). | |
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Marcus Gaspard | Washington | Democratic | Apr 19, 1948 | 24 years, 264 days | Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 10, 1977 | Later state senator (1977–1995). | |
Tyson Larson | Nebraska | Republican | Apr 16, 1986 | 24 years, 264 days | Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 9, 2019 | ||
Samuel J. Crawford | Kansas | Republican | Apr 10, 1835 | 24 years, 267 days | Jan 2, 1860 – 1861 | Governor of Kansas (1865–1868) | |
Thomas W. Nevin | Colorado | Democratic | Feb 11, 1910 | 24 years, 269 days | Nov 7, 1934 – Nov 9, 1936 | While Colorado requires state legislators to have reached age 25, Jerry Kopel states that "apparently no one questioned whether he met the age requirement".[98] | |
Alexander H. Stephens | Georgia | Whig | Feb 11, 1812 | 24 years, 270 days | Nov 7, 1836 – Dec 9, 1841 | Later state senator (1842), U.S. representative (1843–1859, 1873–1882), member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States (1861–1862), vice president of the Confederate States (1862–1865) and governor of Georgia (1882–1883). | |
Kenneth J. DeBeaussaert | Michigan | Democratic | Apr 10, 1954 | 24 years, 275 days | Jan 10, 1979 – Jan 1981, Jan 12, 1983 – Jan 1985, Jan 14, 1987 – Jan 1993 |
Later state senator (1995–2003). | |
Carl M. Iverson | Minnesota | Independent | Apr 6, 1894 | 24 years, 276 days | Jan 7, 1919 – Jan 5, 1931 Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 2, 1967 |
Later state senator (1931–1935). | |
Emily Cain | Maine | Democratic | Mar 29, 1980 | 24 years, 278 days | Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 5, 2012 | Maine House of Representatives Minority Leader 2008-2010; in 2012 elected to State Senate, served until 2014; currently the executive director of EMILY's List | |
Don Wesely | Nebraska | Democratic | Mar 30, 1954 | 24 years, 279 days | Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 1999 | At the time the third ever youngest Nebraska state legislator, and at his retirement the eighth-longest serving legislator in state history.[99] Later mayor of Lincoln (1999–2003). | |
Joe Schomacker | Minnesota | Republican | Mar 25, 1986 | 24 years, 284 days | Jan 3, 2011 – present | ||
Stephen W. Doran | Massachusetts | Democratic | Mar 26, 1956 | 24 years, 287 days | Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 4, 1995 | ||
Joe Crowley | New York | Democratic | March 16, 1962 | 24 years, 291 days | Jan 1, 1987 – Dec 31, 1998 | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998. | |
John N. Wozniak | Pennsylvania | Democratic | Mar 21, 1956 | 24 years, 291 days | Jan 6, 1981 – Nov 27, 1996 | Elected to the state senate in 1996. | |
Dan Gwadosky | Maine | Democratic | Feb 16, 1954 | 24 years, 293 days | Dec 6, 1978 – 1996 | Later secretary of state (1997–2005). | |
James G. Birney | Kentucky | Democratic-Republican | Feb 4, 1792 | 24 years, 302 days | Dec 2, 1816 – Feb 5, 1817 | Later Liberty Party nominee for vice president of the United States (1840, 1844). | |
Dave L. Reed | Pennsylvania | Republican | Mar 6, 1978 | 24 years, 307 days | Jan 7, 2003 – Nov 30, 2018 | Majority leader from 2015 to 2018. | |
William L. V. Newton | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 28, 1881 | 24 years, 309 days | Jan 3, 1906 – Jan 1, 1908, Jan 4, 1911 – Jan 3, 1912 |
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Theodore A. Glynn Jr. | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 26, 1916 | 24 years, 310 days | Jan 1, 1941 – Jan 6, 1943 | Son of Theodore A. Glynn. | |
James A. Barcia | Michigan | Democratic | Feb 25, 1952 | 24 years, 311 days | Jan 1, 1977 – Dec 31, 1982 | Later state senator (1983–1992, 2003–2010), U.S. representative (1993–2003) and Bay County Executive (2017–present). | |
Alexander Contee Hanson | Maryland | Federalist | Feb 27, 1786 | 24 years, 316 days | Jan 9, 1811 – 1815 | U.S. senator (1816–1819). Son of Alexander Contee Hanson Sr. and grandson of John Hanson. | |
Webster Ballinger | Iowa | Democratic | Feb 25, 1841 | 24 years, 317 days | Jan 8, 1866 – Jan 12, 1868, Jan 8, 1872 – Jan 11, 1874 |
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Joseph J. Kelley | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 22, 1868 | 24 years, 317 days | Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 2, 1895 | ||
Joseph Wenceslaus Bartunek | Ohio | Democratic | Feb 16, 1924 | 24 years, 320 days | Jan 1, 1949 – 1958 1959–1964 |
Minority leader (1951–1958)[100] | |
Tim Hickey | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 14, 1938 | 24 years, 322 days | Jan 2, 1963 – Jan 3, 1973 | ||
Samantha Vang | Minnesota | Democratic | Feb 20, 1994 | 24 years, 322 days | Jan 8, 2019 – present | ||
Richard P. Roche | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 15, 1952 | 24 years, 325 days | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 7, 1981 | ||
Daniel J. O'Connell | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 13, 1908 | 24 years, 326 days | Jan 4, 1933 – Jan 2, 1935 | ||
Jake LaTurner | Kansas | Republican | Feb 17, 1988 | 24 years, 327 days | Jan 9, 2013 – Apr 25, 2017 | Later state treasurer (2017–2021) and U.S. representative (2021–present). | |
George Hasay | Pennsylvania | Republican | Feb 7, 1948 | 24 years, 329 days | Jan 1, 1973 – Nov 30, 2006 | ||
William Nathaniel Rogers | New Hampshire | Democratic | Jan 10, 1892 | 24 years, 331 days | Dec 6, 1916 – Dec 1, 1920 | U.S. representative (1923–1925, 1932–1937) | |
George S. Burgess | Massachusetts | Republican | Jan 30, 1876 | 24 years, 337 days | Jan 2, 1901 – Jan 1, 1902 | ||
Calvin Say | Hawaii | Democratic | Feb 1, 1952 | 24 years, 337 days | Jan 3, 1977 – present | Later Speaker of the Hawaii House of Representatives | |
Donald Betts | Kansas | Democratic | Feb 8, 1978 | 24 years, 339 days | Jan 13, 2003 – Jan 13, 2004 | State senator from 2004 to 2009 | |
James E. Hagan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 25, 1902 | 24 years, 345 days | Jan 5, 1927 – 1932 | Later mayor of Somerville (1934–1936). | |
Aaron Regunberg | Rhode Island | Democratic | Jan 26, 1990 | 24 years, 345 days | Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 1, 2019 | Candidate for lieutenant governor in 2018. | |
Thomas E. Bramlette | Kentucky | Whig | Jan 3, 1817 | 24 years, 362 days | Dec 31, 1841 – Mar 3, 1842 | Son of state senator Ambrose S. Bramlette. Later governor (1863–1867). | |
Robert T. Abernathy | Missouri | Democratic | 1884 | 24 years | Jan 6, 1909 – [?] | [97][101] | |
George Bradley | Minnesota | [?] | 1833 | 24 years | Dec 2, 1857 – Dec 6, 1859 | Speaker of the House (1858–1859). | |
Elmer L. Brown | Kentucky | Democratic | 1890 | 24 years | Jan 6, 1909 – [?] | [102] | |
Leah Cole Allen | Massachusetts | Republican | 1988/1989 | 24 years | May 1, 2013 – Sep 28, 2015 | Later nominee for lieutenant governor (2022). | |
John L. Helm | Kentucky | Whig | Jul 4, 1802 | 24 years | 1826–1843 | Later state senator (1844), lieutenant governor (1848–1850) and governor (1850–1851, 1867). | |
Grant Hodges | Arkansas | Republican | 1990 | 24 years | Jan 12, 2015 – Jul 10, 2020 | ||
Gregory Mayhew | Massachusetts | Republican | Sep 19, 1945 | 24 years | 1969 – Jan 3, 1973 | Succeeded his deceased father in office.[103][104] | |
Andy Vargas | Massachusetts | Democratic | 1993 | 24 years | Nov 15, 2017 – present | ||
Timothy Wesco | Indiana | Republican | Dec 1985 | 24 years | Nov 3, 2010 – present | ||
Gino White | Idaho | Democratic | 1962–1963 | 24 years | 1987 – Dec 1, 1994 | Appointed by governor Cecil Andrus.[105] Defeated in 1994.[106][107] | |
Benjamin F. Williamson | Arkansas | Democratic | 1856 | 24 years | 1881 | [108][109][110] | |
Jim Yost | Idaho | Republican | 1948 | 24 years | Dec 1, 1972 – Dec 1, 1976 | [105][111] | |
Carter Braxton | Virginia | Independent | Sep 10, 1736 | 24–25 years | 1761 – [?] | Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Founding Father. | |
Thomas Fitzgerald | Virginia | Independent | Apr 10, 1796 | 24–25 years | 1821 1825–1827 |
Later Michigan state representative (1839) and U.S. senator (1848–1849). | |
Robert P. Letcher | Kentucky | Democratic-Republican | Feb 10, 1788 | 24–25 years | 1813–1815, 1817–1821 |
Later U.S. representative (1823–1833, 1834–1835) and governor (1840–1844) | |
George Mason III | Virginia | Independent | 1690 | 24–25 years | 1715 – 1726 | Son of George Mason II. | |
Thomson Mason | Virginia | Independent | Aug 14, 1733 | 24–25 years | 1758–1761, 1766–1772, 1777–1779, 1783–1784 |
Son of George Mason III. | |
James Moore Wayne | Georgia | Independent | 1790 | 24–25 years | 1815–1816 | Later mayor of Savannah (1817–1819), U.S. representative (1829–1835) and associate justice of the Supreme Court (1835–1867). | |
Art Hamilton | Arizona | Democratic | Jan 19, 1948 | 25 years, 0 days | Jan 19, 1973 – Jan 11, 1999 | Youngest-ever Arizona legislator.[112] Originally elected in 1972, Hamilton was nine days too young to take office at the start of the legislative session, and his seat was declared vacant. On his 25th birthday, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed him back to the seat.[113] | |
J. Louis Leblanc | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 6, 1940 | 25 years, 0 days | Jan 6, 1965 – Jan 6, 1971 | ||
Patrick H. O'Connor | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 1, 1882 | 25 years, 1 day | Jan 2, 1907 – Jan 4, 1911 | ||
Tony Sertich | Minnesota | Democratic | Jan 2, 1976 | 25 years, 1 day | Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 13, 2011 | ||
Ralph Collins Mahar | Massachusetts | Republican | Jan 4, 1912 | 25 years, 2 days | Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 3, 1945 | Later state senator (1947–1962). | |
Sam Rayburn | Texas | Democratic | Jan 6, 1882 | 25 years, 2 days | Jan 8, 1907 – Jan 14, 1913 | Later speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, U.S. representative, and speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives | |
Thomas Oliver Martin | Texas | Democratic | Jan 9, 1866 | 25 years, 4 days | Jan 13, 1891 – Jan 10, 1893 | ||
Richard Knowles | Massachusetts | Republican | Jan 1, 1889 | 25 years, 6 days | Jan 7, 1914 – Jan 5, 1916 | Later state senator (1916–1918). | |
Harry Draper Hunt | Massachusetts | Republican | Dec 27, 1874 | 25 years, 7 days | Jan 3, 1900 – Jan 7, 1903 | ||
Louis Jenkins | Louisiana | Democratic | Jan 3, 1947 | 25 years, 7 days | Jan 10, 1972 – Jan 10, 2000 | Switched to the Republican Party in 1994. Republican nominee for U.S. senator in 1996. | |
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Daniel P. Manning | New Hampshire | Democratic | Dec 24, 1875 | 25 years, 9 days | Jan 2, 1901 – [?] | ||
Robert Barnwell | South Carolina | Independent | Dec 21, 1761 | 25 years, 11 days | Jan 1, 1787 – Nov 4, 1788, Jan 15, 1790 – Dec 20, 1791, Nov 24, 1794 – Dec 19, 1801 |
Speaker of the House (1794–1797), state senator (1804–1805) and president of the state senate (1805). | |
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Jena Powell | Ohio | Republican | Dec 25, 1993 | 25 years, 13 days | Jan 7, 2019 – present | ||
William R. Poage | Texas | Democratic | Dec 28, 1899 | 25 years, 16 days | Jan 13, 1925 – Jan 8, 1929 | Later state senator (1931–1937) and U.S. representative (1937–1978). | |
Rick Nolan | Minnesota | Democratic | Dec 17, 1943 | 25 years, 21 days | Jan 7, 1969 – Jan 1, 1973 | Later U.S. representative (1975–1981, 2013–2019). | |
Alfred Kelley | Ohio | Democratic-Republican | Nov 7, 1789 | 25 years, 24 days | Dec 1, 1814 – Jan 28, 1817, Dec 1, 1819 – 1820 1836–1839 |
State senator 1821–1823, 1844–1846, and 1856–1857. | |
Gates Lucas | New Hampshire | Republican | Nov 10, 1993 | 25 years, 25 days | Dec 5, 2018 – Jul 14, 2020 | ||
James F. Creed | Massachusetts | Democratic | Dec 4, 1869 | 25 years, 29 days | Jan 2, 1895 – Jan 6, 1897 | ||
Richard M. Scammon | New Hampshire | Democratic | Dec 6, 1859 | 25 years, 32 days | Jan 7, 1885 – Jan 5, 1887 | Later state senator (1891–[?]). | |
Jonathan Shell | Kentucky | Republican | Dec 1, 1987 | 25 years, 38 days | Jan 8, 2013 – Jan 1, 2019 | ||
Richard Lester Hull | Massachusetts | Republican | Nov 30, 1917 | 25 years, 37 days | Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 2, 1963 | ||
Vincent Francis Cronin | Massachusetts | Democratic | Nov 25, 1925 | 25 years, 39 days | Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 7, 1953 | ||
Cleo Fields | Louisiana | Democratic | Nov 22, 1962 | 25 years, 40 days | Jan 1, 1988 – Jan 1, 1993 | Later Baby of the House during the 103rd Congress | |
Jerry Kleczka | Wisconsin | Democratic | Nov 26, 1943 | 25 years, 41 days | Jan 6, 1969 – Jan 6, 1975 | Later state senator (1975–1984) and U.S. representative (1984–2005). | |
Wlnsvey Campos | Oregon | Democratic | Nov 30, 1995 | 25 years, 42 days | Jan 11, 2021 – present | [needs update] | |
Francis X. Quigley | Massachusetts | Democratic | Nov 20, 1882 | 25 years, 42 days | Jan 1, 1908 – Jan 4, 1911 | Later state senator (1911–1914). | |
John Gary Evans | South Carolina | Democratic | Oct 15, 1863 | 25 years, 43 days | Nov 27, 1888 – Nov 22, 1892, Jan 9, 1923 – Jan 13, 1925 |
Youngest South Carolina state representative, state senator and governor.[114] | |
Tommy Thompson | Wisconsin | Republican | Nov 19, 1941 | 25 years, 44 days | Jan 2, 1967 – Jan 5, 1987 | Later minority leader (1981–1987), governor (1987–2001) and U.S. secretary of health and human services (2001–2005). | |
George Washington Adams | Massachusetts | Democratic-Republican | Apr 12, 1801 | 25 years, 49 days | May 31, 1826 – 1827 | Son of president John Quincy Adams and grandson of president John Adams. | |
James W. Pridham | New Hampshire | Democratic | Nov 13, 1875 | 25 years, 50 days | Jan 2, 1901 – [?] | ||
Carl Vinson | Georgia | Democratic | Nov 18, 1883 | 25 years, 54 days | Jan 11, 1909 – 1914 | Later U.S. representative and dean of the U.S. House | |
John A. Rowan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Nov 9, 1872 | 25 years, 57 days | Jan 5, 1898 – Jan 4, 1899 | ||
Robert C. Brown | Massachusetts | Republican | Nov 5, 1867 | 25 years, 60 days | Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 2, 1895 | ||
Frederick Clement Hailer Jr. | Massachusetts | Democratic | Nov 3, 1923 | 25 years, 63 days | Jan 5, 1949 – Jan 7, 1953 | ||
Dan Zwonitzer | Wyoming | Republican | Oct 30, 1979 | 25 years, 65 days | Jan 3, 2005 – present | Son of David Zwonitzer, who also served in the House 2007–2017. | |
Michael E. McLaughlin | Massachusetts | Democratic | Oct 27, 1945 | 25 years, 71 days | Jan 6, 1971 – Jan 5, 1977 | ||
William M. McMorrow | Massachusetts | Democratic | Oct 22, 1885 | 25 years, 74 days | Jan 4, 1911 – Jan 1, 1913, Jan 7, 1914 – Jan 5, 1916, Jan 2, 1929 – Jan 7, 1931 |
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Thomas Guastello | Michigan | Democratic | Oct 25, 1943 | 25 years, 75 days | Jan 8, 1969 – Jan 8, 1975 | Later state senator (1975–1983). | |
James Skoufis | New York | Democratic | Oct 18, 1987 | 25 years, 75 days | Jan 1, 2013 – Dec 31, 2018 | Later state senator (2019–present). | |
Jon Rotenberg | Massachusetts | Democratic | Oct 21, 1947 | 25 years, 74 days | Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 1, 1975 | ||
Ryan Guillen | Texas | Democratic | Oct 27, 1977 | 25 years, 79 days | Jan 14, 2003 – present | Switched to the Republican Party in November 2021.[115] | |
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Donovan W. Burington | Iowa | Democratic | Oct 25, 1909 | 25 years, 81 days | Jan 14, 1935 – Jan 10, 1937 | ||
Alan Wheat | Missouri | Democratic | Oct 16, 1951 | 25 years, 81 days | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 1983 | U.S. representative (1983–1995) and nominee for U.S. senate (1994). | |
Lauren Matsumoto | Hawaii | Republican | Aug 16, 1987 | 25 years, 82 days | Nov 6, 2012 – present | ||
Stephen Adams | Tennessee | Democratic | Oct 17, 1807 | 25 years, 83 days | Jan 8, 1833 – 1834 | Later Mississippi state representative (1850), U.S. representative (1845–1847) and U.S. senator (1852–1857). | |
William P. McLean | Texas | Democratic | Aug 9, 1836 | 25 years, 87 days | Nov 4, 1861 – Jan 7, 1862, Feb 8, 1870 – Jan 14, 1873 |
Later U.S. representative (1873–1875). | |
Jonathan Healy | Massachusetts | Republican | Oct 10, 1945 | 25 years, 88 days | Jan 6, 1971 – Jan 6, 1993 | Later Massachusetts Commissioner of Food and Agriculture (1993–2003). | |
Josiah Magnuson | South Carolina | Republican | Aug 17, 1991 | 25 years, 89 days | Nov 14, 2016 – present | ||
Timothy Joseph Cooney | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 30, 1909 | 25 years, 94 days | Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 6, 1937 | ||
William T. Minor | Connecticut | Independent | Oct 3, 1815 | 25 years, 95 days | Jan 6, 1841 – 1848 | Later state senator (1854–1855) and governor (1855–1857). | |
Colton Moore | Georgia | Republican | Oct 10, 1993 | 25 years, 96 days | Jan 14, 2019 – Jan 14, 2021 | [needs update] | |
Tom Schieffer | Texas | Democratic | Oct 4, 1947 | 25 years, 97 days | Jan 9, 1973 – Jan 9, 1979 | ||
Dennis J. Kearney | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 25, 1949 | 25 years, 98 days | Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 3, 1979 | Later sheriff of Suffolk County (1979–1987) and candidate for mayor of Boston (1983). | |
Emery L. Frazier | Kentucky | Democratic | Sep 24, 1896 | 25 years, 99 days | Jan 1, 1922 – Jan 1, 1924 | ||
Lawrence M. Henry | Colorado | Democratic | Oct 1, 1915 | 25 years, 99 days | Jan 8, 1941 – May 15, 1942, Jan 8, 1947 – Jan 12, 1949 |
Later state senator (1949–1953). | |
James Walter Elder | Louisiana | Democratic | Oct 5, 1882 | 25 years, 100 days | Jan 13, 1908 – Jan 8, 1912 | Later U.S. representative (1913–1915). | |
Timothy Joseph Murphy | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 23, 1909 | 25 years, 101 days | Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 4, 1939 | ||
Andrew Natsios | Massachusetts | Republican | Sep 22, 1949 | 25 years, 101 days | Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 6, 1987 | Later chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party (1980–1987), state secretary of administration and finance (1999–2000) and administrator of USAID (2001–2006). | |
Byron G. Allen | Iowa | Republican | Sep 13, 1901 | 25 years, 110 days | Jan 1, 1927 – 1932 | At the time the youngest-ever Iowa state legislator.[116] Son of state senator Joseph H. Allen. Later Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party nominee for governor of Minnesota (1944) and commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (1955–1961). | |
Kika de la Garza | Texas | Democratic | Sep 22, 1927 | 25 years, 113 days | Jan 13, 1953 – Jan 1965 | U.S. representative (1965–1997) | |
Benjamin Downing | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 11, 1981 | 25 years, 114 days | Jan 3, 2007 – Jan 4, 2017 | ||
Ajay Pittman | Oklahoma | Democratic | Sep 10, 1993 | 25 years, 115 days | Jan 3, 2019 – present | Daughter of Anastasia Pittman. | |
Peter J. Fitzgerald | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 13, 1899 | 25 years, 116 days | Jan 7, 1925 – Jan 4, 1933 | ||
Tom Craddick | Texas | Republican | Sep 19, 1943 | 25 years, 117 days | Jan 14, 1969 – present | Longest-serving state legislator in Texas history.[117] Speaker of the House 2003–2009. | |
Samuel G. Fulton | Minnesota | Republican | Sep 7, 1851 | 25 years, 117 days | Jan 2, 1877 – Jan 6, 1879 | ||
Chuck Grassley | Iowa | Republican | Sep 17, 1933 | 25 years, 117 days | Jan 12, 1959 – Jan 3, 1975 | Later U.S. representative (1975–1981), U.S. senator (1981–present), president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (2019–2021) and president pro tempore emeritus of the U.S. Senate (2021–present). | |
William Francis Murray | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 7, 1881 | 25 years, 117 days | Jan 2, 1907 – Jan 6, 1909 | Later U.S. representative (1911–1914). | |
Andrew P. Peterson | Minnesota | [?] | Sep 7, 1851 | 25 years, 117 days | Jan 2, 1877 – Jan 7, 1878 | ||
Timothy F. Callahan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 5, 1881 | 25 years, 119 days | Jan 2, 1907 – Jan 4, 1911 | ||
Daniel Valianti | Massachusetts | Democratic | Sep 1, 1965 | 25 years, 123 days | Jan 2, 1991 – Jan 1, 1997 | ||
Albion Parris | Massachusetts | Democratic-Republican | Jan 19, 1788 | 25 years, 127 days | May 26, 1813 – May 25, 1814 | Later U.S. representative (1815–1818), governor of Maine (1822–1827) and U.S. senator (1827–1828). | |
John Joseph Craven | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 29, 1907 | 25 years, 128 days | Jan 4, 1933 – Jan 2, 1935, Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 1, 1941 |
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Terrance Joseph Lomax Jr. | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 29, 1907 | 25 years, 128 days | Jan 4, 1933 – Jan 6, 1943 | ||
Bushrod Washington | Virginia | Independent | Jun 5, 1762 | 25 years, 132 days | Oct 15, 1787 – Jun 23, 1788 | Son of John Augustine Washington and nephew of president George Washington. Later associate justice of the Supreme Court (1798–1829). | |
John G. Hagberg | Massachusetts | Republican | Aug 24, 1873 | 25 years, 133 days | Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 7, 1903 | ||
Christopher Hodgkins | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 24, 1957 | 25 years, 134 days | Jan 5, 1983 – Jan 1, 2003 | ||
David B. Shaw | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 20, 1870 | 25 years, 134 days | Jan 1, 1896 – Jan 5, 1898, Jan 2, 1901 – Jan 1, 1902, Jan 5, 1910 – Jan 4, 1911 |
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Theodore C. Speliotis | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 20, 1953 | 25 years, 136 days | Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 7, 1987, Jan 1, 1997 – Jan 6, 2021 |
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John F. Harrington | New Hampshire | Democratic | Aug 18, 1875 | 25 years, 137 days | Jan 2, 1901 – [?] | ||
Henry Parker McLaren | Massachusetts | Republican | Aug 17, 1909 | 25 years, 138 days | Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 6, 1937 | ||
Michael P. Geary | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 16, 1868 | 25 years, 140 days | Jan 3, 1894 – Jan 1, 1896 | ||
Rod Johnson | Nebraska | Republican | Aug 18, 1957 | 25 years, 140 days | Jan 5, 1983 – 1992 | ||
George J. Rabouin | Massachusetts | Republican | Aug 19, 1889 | 25 years, 140 days | Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 5, 1916 | ||
Mary Kapsner | Alaska | Democratic | Aug 31, 1973 | 25 years, 141 days | Jan 19, 1999 – Jan 20, 2009 | Later U.S. representative (2022–present). | |
Kenneth W. Angstman | Minnesota | Independent | Aug 14, 1913 | 25 years, 142 days | Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 | ||
Michael J. Reidy | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 8, 1870 | 25 years, 146 days | Jan 1, 1896 – Jan 5, 1898, Jan 6, 1909 – Jan 5, 1910, Jan 4, 1911 – Jan 1, 1913, Jan 1, 1919 – Jan 7, 1920 |
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Alex Lee | California | Democratic | Jul 11, 1995 | 25 years, 149 days | Dec 7, 2020 – present | ||
Michael W. Collins | Massachusetts | Democratic | Aug 5, 1869 | 25 years, 150 days | Jan 2, 1895 – Jan 1, 1896 | ||
Adam Brown | Illinois | Republican | Aug 14, 1985 | 25 years, 151 days | Jan 12, 2011 – Jan 11, 2017 | ||
Jason Smith | Missouri | Republican | Jun 16, 1980 | 25 years, 151 days | Nov 14, 2005 – Jun 4, 2013 | U.S. representative (2013–present). | |
Chris Murphy | Connecticut | Democratic | Aug 3, 1973 | 25 years, 153 days | Jan 3, 1999 – Jan 3, 2003 | U.S. senator (2013–present) | |
John Schwamm | Alaska | Democratic | Aug 25, 1943 | 25 years, 155 days | Jan 27, 1969 – Jan 11, 1971 | [118] | |
Katrina Shankland | Wisconsin | Democratic | Aug 4, 1987 | 25 years, 156 days | Jan 7, 2013 – present | ||
Brereton C. Jones | West Virginia | Democratic | Jun 27, 1939 | 25 years, 157 days | Dec 1, 1964 – Dec 1, 1968 | Son of state senator E. Bartow Jones II. Became the youngest-ever West Virginia delegate,[119] and the youngest-ever West Virginia minority leader.[120] Later lieutenant governor of Kentucky (1987–1991) and governor of Kentucky (1991–1995). | |
Mark E. Lawton | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jul 26, 1949 | 25 years, 159 days | Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 2, 1985 | ||
Donald T. Bliss | Massachusetts | Republican | Jul 26, 1937 | 25 years, 160 days | Jan 2, 1963 – Jan 5, 1977 | ||
Louis A. Wiltz | Louisiana | Democratic | Jan 21, 1843 | 25 years, 160 days | Jun 29, 1868 – Jan 4, 1869 | Later mayor of New Orleans (1872–1874), lieutenant governor (1877–1880) and governor (1880–1881). | |
Denis J. Sullivan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jul 24, 1889 | 25 years, 166 days | Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 2, 1918, Jan 2, 1929 – Jan 7, 1931 |
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Percy Lucius Prentis | Iowa | Republican | Jul 28, 1870 | 25 years, 169 days | Jan 13, 1896 – Jan 12, 1902 | [121][122][123] | |
Daniel D. Rourke | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jul 16, 1869 | 25 years, 170 days | Jan 2, 1895 – Jan 5, 1898 | Later state senator (1898–1899). | |
Michael G. Glover | Kansas | Democratic | Jul 21, 1947 | 25 years, 171 days | Jan 8, 1973 – 1980 | ||
Jo Byrns | Tennessee | Democratic | Jul 20, 1869 | 25 years, 173 days | Jan 9, 1895 – 1901 | Later state senator (1901–1903), U.S. representative (1909–1936) and speaker of the House (1935–1936). | |
Kyle Tasker | New Hampshire | Republican | Jun 6, 1985 | 25 years, 178 days | Dec 1, 2010 – Mar 9, 2016 | ||
Jeff Coleman | Pennsylvania | Republican | Jul 4, 1975 | 25 years, 182 days | Jan 2, 2001 – Nov 30, 2004 | ||
Roger Raymond Fischer | Pennsylvania | Republican | Jun 1, 1941 | 25 years, 183 days | Dec 1, 1966 – Dec 1, 1988 | ||
Albert E. Lynch | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jul 4, 1867 | 25 years, 184 days | Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 3, 1894 | ||
Daniel F. Pokaski | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 26, 1949 | 25 years, 189 days | Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 2, 1983 | ||
Carly Melin | Minnesota | Democratic | Aug 13, 1985 | 25 years, 193 days | Feb 22, 2011 – Jan 2, 2017 | ||
Barbara Hernandez | Illinois | Democratic | Aug 23, 1993 | 25 years, 196 days | Mar 7, 2019 – present | ||
James L. Vallely | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 19, 1913 | 25 years, 199 days | Jan 4, 1939 – Jan 6, 1943 | ||
James H. Doyle | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 17, 1867 | 25 years, 201 days | Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 2, 1895 | Later state senator (1909–1912). | |
Mark Falzone | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 14, 1975 | 25 years, 203 days | Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 5, 2011 | ||
Mark D. Siljander | Michigan | Republican | Jun 11, 1951 | 25 years, 204 days | Jan 1, 1977 – Jan 1, 1981 | ||
James Madison | Virginia | Independent | Mar 16, 1751 | 25 years, 205 days | Oct 7, 1776 – Dec 21, 1776 | President of the United States (1809–1817) | |
Jim Sensenbrenner | Wisconsin | Republican | Jun 14, 1943 | 25 years, 206 days | Jan 6, 1969 – Apr 2, 1975 | Later state senator (1975–1979) and U.S. representative (1979–2021). | |
Marie E. Howe | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 13, 1939 | 25 years, 207 days | Jan 6, 1965 – Jan 4, 1989 | ||
Emanuel G. Serra | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 12, 1945 | 25 years, 208 days | Jan 6, 1971 – Jan 6, 1999 | ||
Rush Holt | West Virginia | Democratic | Jun 19, 1905 | 25 years, 209 days | Jan 14, 1931 – Jan 1935 | ||
Augustus Gardner Means | Massachusetts | Republican | Jun 8, 1925 | 25 years, 209 days | Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 5, 1955 | Later member of the Governor's Council (1955–1961). | |
John Joseph Kerrigan Jr. | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 8, 1911 | 25 years, 212 days | Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 1, 1941 | ||
Adam Ravenstahl | Pennsylvania | Democratic | Nov 9, 1984 | 25 years, 212 days | Jun 9, 2010 – Dec 1, 2020 | ||
Adam Smith | Washington | Democratic | Jun 15, 1965 | 25 years, 213 days | Jan 14, 1991 – Jan 3, 1997 | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. | |
Stephen Webber | Missouri | Democratic | Jun 8, 1983 | 25 years, 213 days | Jan 7, 2009 – Jan 9, 2017 | Chair of the Missouri Democratic Party (2016–2018). | |
Ron Hood | Ohio | Republican | Jun 2, 1969 | 25 years, 215 days | Jan 3, 1995 – Dec 31, 2000, Jan 3, 2005 – Dec 31, 2006, Jan 7, 2013 – Dec 31, 2020 |
Later candidate for the U.S. House (2021) and for governor (2022). | |
Peter Francis Tague | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jun 4, 1871 | 25 years, 216 days | Jan 6, 1897 – Jan 5, 1898, Jan 1, 1913 – Jan 7, 1914 |
Previously member of the Boston Common Council (1894–1896). Later state senator (1899–1900) and U.S. representative (1915–1919, 1919–1925). | |
William H. Hall | Connecticut | Republican | May 31, 1867 | 25 years, 218 days | Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 4, 1899, Jan 4, 1905 – Jan 9, 1907, Jan 6, 1909 – Jan 8, 1913 |
Later state senator (1899–1901, 1917–1919, 1921–1922). | |
Willie Hensley | Alaska | Democratic | Jun 17, 1941 | 25 years, 220 days | Jan 23, 1967 – Jan 20, 1975, Jan 20, 1987 – Jan 9, 1989 |
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Gouverneur Morris | New York | Independent | Jan 30, 1752 | 25 years, 222 days | Sep 9, 1777 – Jun 30, 1778 | Founding Father of the United States and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution | |
David Ober | Indiana | Republican | Mar 30, 1987 | 25 years, 222 days | Nov 7, 2012 – Apr 2, 2018 | ||
Robert M. T. Hunter | Virginia | Whig | Apr 21, 1809 | 25 years, 224 days | Dec 1, 1834 – Mar 4, 1837 | Later U.S. representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), speaker of the House (1839–1841), U.S. senator (1847–1861), Confederate States Secretary of State (1861–1862), Confederate States senator (1862–1865) and president pro tempore of the Confederate States Senate (1862–1865). | |
Kevin Windham Jr. | Missouri | Democratic | May 29, 1993 | 25 years, 225 days | Jan 9, 2019 – present | ||
Howard F. Furness | Massachusetts | Republican | May 24, 1889 | 25 years, 227 days | Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 5, 1916, Jan 3, 1917 – Jan 7, 1920 |
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Ralph V. Woolsey | Minnesota | Independent | May 26, 1909 | 25 years, 227 days | Jan 8, 1935 – Jan 2, 1939 | At the time the youngest-ever Minnesota state senator.[125] | |
Maurice J. Tobin | Massachusetts | Democratic | May 22, 1901 | 25 years, 228 days | Jan 5, 1927 – Jan 2, 1929 | Later mayor of Boston (1938–1945), governor (1945–1947) and U.S. secretary of labor (1948–1953). | |
Samuel J. Madden | Massachusetts | Democratic | May 17, 1882 | 25 years, 229 days | Jan 1, 1908 – Jan 6, 1909 | ||
William P. Higgins | Massachusetts | Democratic | May 16, 1881 | 25 years, 231 days | Jan 2, 1907 – Jan 6, 1909 | ||
Kate Knuth | Minnesota | Democratic | May 15, 1981 | 25 years, 233 days | Jan 3, 2007 – Jan 7, 2013 | Daughter of state representative Daniel Knuth. Candidate for mayor of Minneapolis in 2021. | |
William E. Mahoney | Massachusetts | Democratic | May 15, 1872 | 25 years, 235 days | Jan 5, 1898 – Jan 4, 1899, Jan 3, 1900 – Jan 2, 1901 |
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Noah Sanford | Mississippi | Republican | May 14, 1990 | 25 years, 236 days | Jan 5, 2016 – present | ||
Harold Ford Sr. | Tennessee | Democratic | May 20, 1945 | 25 years, 237 days | Jan 12, 1971 – Jan, 1975 | U.S. representative (1975–1997) | |
Al W. Wieser Jr. | Minnesota | Democratic | May 15, 1949 | 25 years, 237 days | Jan 7, 1975 – Jan 3, 1983 | Switched to the Republican Party in August 1977. | |
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Scott Walker | Wisconsin | Republican | Nov 2, 1967 | 25 years, 240 days | Jun 30, 1993 – Apr 30, 2002 | Governor of Wisconsin (2011–2019) | |
LeRoy Collins | Florida | Democratic | Mar 10, 1909 | 25 years, 241 days | Nov 6, 1934 – Nov 5, 1940 | Later state senator (1940–1943, 1946–1954) and governor (1955–1961). | |
Patrick Guerriero | Massachusetts | Republican | Mar 3, 1968 | 25 years, 244 days | Nov 2, 1993 – Jan 3, 1998 | ||
Claude Benton Hudspeth | Texas | Democratic | May 12, 1877 | 25 years, 246 days | Jan 13, 1903 – Jan 8, 1907 | Later state senator (1907–1919) and U.S. representative (1919–1931). | |
Thomas Drummond | Iowa | Republican | May 9, 1832 | 25 years, 247 days | Jan 11, 1858 – Jan 8, 1860 | Later state senator (1860–1861). | |
T. John Lesinski | Michigan | Democratic | Apr 28, 1925 | 25 years, 248 days | Jan 1, 1951 – Jan 1, 1961 | Later lieutenant governor (1961–1965). | |
Matt Lesser | Connecticut | Democratic | Apr 29, 1983 | 25 years, 253 days | Jan 7, 2009 – Jan 9, 2019 | Later state senator (2019–present). | |
Joseph E. Donovan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 21, 1882 | 25 years, 255 days | Jan 1, 1908 – Jan 5, 1910 | ||
Joe Moakley | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 27, 1927 | 25 years, 255 days | Jan 7, 1953 – Jan 1, 1963 | Later state senator (1965–1971) and U.S. representative (1973–2001). | |
Brian Cresta | Massachusetts | Republican | Apr 22, 1969 | 25 years, 257 days | Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 2, 2001 | Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party (1998–2001). | |
David Boren | Oklahoma | Democratic | Apr 21, 1941 | 25 years, 261 days | Jan 7, 1967 – Nov 1974 | Governor of Oklahoma (1975–1979) and U.S. senator (1979–1994) | |
Leonard Hughes IV | Missouri | Democratic | Apr 15, 1979 | 25 years, 265 days | Jan 5, 2005 – 2013 | ||
James R. Nolen | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 17, 1933 | 25 years, 265 days | Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 3, 1979 | ||
Daniel Joseph Kane | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 14, 1872 | 25 years, 266 days | Jan 5, 1898 – Jan 3, 1900 | ||
Thomas F. Coogan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 9, 1882 | 25 years, 267 days | Jan 1, 1908 – Jan 4, 1911 | ||
Joseph P. Bauserman | Kansas | Democratic | Apr 14, 1840 | 25 years, 270 days | Jan 9, 1866 – Jan 8, 1867 | Later state senator (1875–1877). | |
Bernard McMackin | Massachusetts | Democratic | Apr 2, 1869 | 25 years, 275 days | Jan 2, 1895 – Jan 1, 1896 | ||
Alma Hernandez | Arizona | Democratic | Apr 11, 1993 | 25 years, 278 days | Jan 14, 2019 – present | Youngest-ever female legislator in Arizona.[112] | |
Jeb Bardon | Indiana | Democratic | Jan 23, 1973 | 25 years, 285 days | Nov 4, 1998 – Nov 6, 2012 | ||
John J. Murphy | Massachusetts | Democratic | Mar 26, 1889 | 25 years, 286 days | Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 7, 1920 | ||
Charles J. Warner | Nebraska | Republican | Mar 29, 1875 | 25 years, 286 days | Jan 9, 1901 – Jan 9, 1907 | First speaker of the unicameral legislature (1937–1939) and Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska (1949–1955) | |
John F. Cordisco | Pennsylvania | Democratic | Feb 17, 1955 | 25 years, 288 days | Dec 1, 1980 – 1986 | ||
John Bunyan Adams | Kansas | Republican | Mar 25, 1873 | 25 years, 290 days | Jan 9, 1899 – Jan 9, 1905 | ||
Arthur Ravenel Jr. | South Carolina | Democratic | Mar 29, 1927 | 25 years, 290 days | Jan 13, 1953 – Jan 13, 1959 | Later state senator (1981–1987, 1997–2005) and U.S. representative (1987–1995). | |
Katie Sieben | Minnesota | Democratic | Mar 23, 1977 | 25 years, 290 days | Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 2, 2007 | Daughter of Mike Sieben. Later state senator (2007–2017). | |
Abraham Lincoln | Illinois | Whig | Feb 12, 1809 | 25 years, 292 days | Dec 1, 1834 – Dec 4, 1842 | President of the United States (1861–1865) | |
Mark Fitzsimmons | Massachusetts | Democratic | Mar 15, 1951 | 25 years, 296 days | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 3, 1979 | ||
James W. Hennigan Jr. | Massachusetts | Democratic | Mar 17, 1927 | 25 years, 296 days | Jan 7, 1953 – Jan 4, 1955 | Later state senator (1955–1965). | |
David Spence Tobin | Massachusetts | Democratic | Mar 16, 1939 | 25 years, 296 days | Jan 6, 1965 – Jan 1, 1969 | ||
Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren | Arizona | Democratic | Apr 18, 1995 | 25 years, 297 days | Feb 9, 2021 – present[needs update] | ||
Vincent Pedone | Massachusetts | Democratic | Mar 15, 1967 | 25 years, 297 days | Jan 6, 1993 – Jan 2, 2013 | ||
William L. Armstrong | Colorado | Republican | Mar 16, 1937 | 25 years, 299 days | Jan 9, 1963 – 1964 | Later state senator (1965–1972), U.S. representative (1973–1979) and U.S. senator (1979–1991). | |
Ira Hobart Evans | Texas | Republican | Apr 11, 1844 | 25 years, 303 days | Feb 8, 1870 – 1871 | Youngest-ever speaker of the Texas House.[126] | |
John Selden Roane | Arkansas | Democratic | Jan 8, 1817 | 25 years, 303 days | Nov 7, 1842 – Nov 2, 1846 | Speaker of the Arkansas House (1844–1846) and governor (1849–1852). Became the youngest-ever Arkansas governor.[127] | |
Rasheen Aldridge Jr. | Missouri | Democratic | Mar 10, 1994 | 25 years, 304 days | Jan 8, 2020 – present | ||
Barry Finegold | Massachusetts | Democratic | Mar 3, 1971 | 25 years, 304 days | Jan 1, 1997 – Jan 5, 2011 | Later state senator (2011–2015, 2019–present). | |
James Menees Lindsay | Texas | [?] | Dec 31, 1835 | 25 years, 308 days | Nov 4, 1861 – Jan 14, 1862 | ||
William M. Erwin | Alaska | Democratic | Mar 23, 1933 | 25 years, 309 days | Jan 26, 1959 – Jan 28, 1963 | [128] | |
Horatio Washington Bruce | Kentucky | Know Nothing | Feb 22, 1830 | 25 years, 312 days | Dec 31, 1855 – [?] | Later member of the Confederate States Congress (1862–1865). | |
Jane Swift | Massachusetts | Republican | Feb 24, 1965 | 25 years, 313 days | Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 3, 1997 | Elected lieutenant governor in 1998. | |
Alfred Santosuosso | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 22, 1889 | 25 years, 318 days | Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 5, 1916 | Later candidate for mayor of Boston (1937). | |
Greg Davis | Mississippi | Republican | Feb 22, 1966 | 25 years, 319 days | Jan 7, 1992 – 1997 | Later mayor of Southaven (1997–2013). | |
Robert Francis Mooney | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 16, 1931 | 25 years, 321 days | Jan 2, 1957 – Jan 2, 1963 | ||
John J. Douglass | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 9, 1873 | 25 years, 329 days | Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 2, 1901, Jan 3, 1906 – Jan 2, 1907, Jan 1, 1913 – Jan 7, 1914 |
Later U.S. representative (1925–1935). | |
Sean Cahillane | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 9, 1951 | 25 years, 331 days | Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 3, 1979 | ||
Edward Mott | Minnesota | Democratic | Feb 5, 1850 | 25 years, 333 days | Jan 4, 1876 – Jan 7, 1878 | ||
J. Dick Snakenberg | Iowa | Democratic | Feb 14, 1915 | 25 years, 334 days | Jan 13, 1941 – Jan 10, 1943 | ||
John Businger | Massachusetts | Democratic | Feb 5, 1945 | 25 years, 335 days | Jan 6, 1971 – Jan 6, 1999 | ||
Wendell R. Anderson | Minnesota | Democratic | Feb 1, 1933 | 25 years, 339 days | Jan 6, 1959 – Jan 8, 1963 | Later state senator (1963–1971), governor (1971–1976) and U.S. senator (1976–1978). | |
Daniel Zolnikov | Montana | Republican | Jan 29, 1987 | 25 years, 344 days | Jan 7, 2013 – Sep 30, 2020 | ||
Michael J. McNamee | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 26, 1889 | 25 years, 345 days | Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 1, 1919 | ||
Joseph F. Hickey | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 20, 1875 | 25 years, 347 days | Jan 2, 1901 – Jan 7, 1903 | ||
Edward Lawrence Logan | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 20, 1875 | 25 years, 347 days | Jan 2, 1901 – Jan 7, 1903 | Later state senator (1906–1907). | |
Louis E. Flye | Massachusetts | Republican | Jan 18, 1881 | 25 years, 349 days | Jan 2, 1907 – Jan 6, 1909 | ||
William I. McLoughlin | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 16, 1872 | 25 years, 354 days | Jan 5, 1898 – Jan 2, 1901 | ||
John F. McGrath | Massachusetts | Democratic | Jan 10, 1881 | 25 years, 357 days | Jan 2, 1907 – Jan 6, 1909 | ||
Louis H. Warner | Massachusetts | Republican | Jan 8, 1875 | 25 years, 359 days | Jan 2, 1901 – Jan 6, 1904 | ||
Solomon F. Prouty | Iowa | Republican | Jan 17, 1854 | 25 years, 360 days | Jan 12, 1880 – Jan 8, 1882 | Later U.S. representative (1911–1915). | |
William H. Wells | Delaware | Federalist | Jan 7, 1769 | 25 years, 364 days | Jan 6, 1795 – Jan 7, 1800 Jan 1, 1811 – Jan 5, 1814 Jan 5, 1819 – Jan 4, 1820 |
U.S. senator (1799–1804, 1813–1817) | |
Chris Chyung | Indiana | Democratic | 1993 | 25 years | Nov 7, 2018 – Nov 4, 2020 | ||
Andrew Falk | Minnesota | Democratic | Apr 1983 | 25 years | Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 5, 2015 | ||
Michael Ferguson | Connecticut | Republican | 1991 | 25 years | Jan 2, 2017 – Jan 7, 2019 | ||
Uriah Forrest | Maryland | Independent | 1756 | 25 years | Nov 5, 1781 – Nov 3, 1783, Nov 6, 1786 – Jan 15, 1787, Nov 5, 1787 – Nov 7, 1791 |
Later U.S. representative (1793–1794) and state senator (1796–1800). | |
Robert Henry Goldsborough | Maryland | Federalist | Jan 4, 1779 | 25 years | 1804 | U.S. senator (1813–1819, 1835–1836) | |
Thomas Hall | Ohio | Republican | 1995 | 25 years | Jan 4, 2021 – present | ||
Jake Johnson | North Carolina | Republican | 1994 | 25 years | Aug 6, 2019 – present | ||
Fue Lee | Minnesota | Democratic | 1991 | 25 years | Jan 3, 2017 – present | ||
Bill Logan | Oklahoma | Democratic | 1915 | 25 years | Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 7, 1941 | Later state senator (1941–1957) and state senate president pro tempore (1949). | |
Philip Ludwell III | Virginia | Independent | Dec 28, 1716 | 25 years | 1742 – 1752 | Son of Philip Ludwell Jr. | |
Bob Schaffer | Colorado | Republican | Jul 24, 1962 | 25 years | 1987 – 1996 | Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. |
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