List of youngest members of the United States Congress
The following are historical lists of the youngest members of the United States Congress, in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. These members would be the equivalent to the "Baby of the House" in the parliaments of Commonwealth countries; the U.S. Congress does not confer a similar title upon its youngest members.
Members of the U.S. Congress tend to be older than parliamentarians elsewhere in the English-speaking world. [citation needed] This is likely a result of two factors.[original research?] One is the minimum ages written into Article One of the United States Constitution, which bar persons under the age of 25 from serving in the House and persons under the age of 30 from serving in the Senate. The other is that, in the political culture of the United States, the U.S. House of Representatives is not an entry-level political position; most Members of Congress have experience in state and local politics prior to their election to the federal Congress in Washington, D.C.[citation needed] Furthermore, US culture often requires that politicians first gain experience in the private sector before running for office.[citation needed]
In the 113th Congress, which began on January 3, 2013, the youngest member of the United States House of Representatives is Patrick Murphy (D-Florida 18) who was born on March 30, 1983 and was elected in 2012. He replaces Aaron Schock (R-Illinois 18), who was the youngest member of the 111th and 112th Congresses, and now the second-youngest member of the 113th.
The youngest U.S. senator is 39-year-old Chris Murphy (D-Connecticut), who was elected in 2012. He replaces Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) who was appointed in December 2012, just a week before Murphy took office, and is now the second-youngest senator.
The average age of Senators is now higher than in the past. In the 19th century, several state legislatures elected Senators in their late twenties in violation of the Constitutional minimum age of 30; Henry Clay, elected at age 29 in 1806, is the most notable example.
List of youngest members of the United States Senate
Time as youngest member[1] | Name | State | Party | Age | |
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March 4, 1789 – July 25, 1789 | James Gunn | Georgia
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Anti-Administration | 35-36 | |
July 25, 1789 – December 6, 1790 | Rufus King | New York
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Pro-Administration | 34-35 | |
December 6, 1790 – March 4, 1791 | James Monroe | Virginia
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Anti-Administration | 32 | |
March 4, 1791 – December 2, 1793 | John Rutherfurd | New Jersey
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Pro-Administration | 30-33 | |
December 2, 1793 – February 28, 1794 | Albert Gallatin[2] | New Jersey
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Anti-Administration | 32-33 | |
February 28, 1794 – April 24, 1794 | John Rutherfurd | New Jersey
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Pro-Administration | 33 | |
April 24, 1794 – December 6, 1796 | James Ross | Pennsylvania
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Federalist | 31-34 | |
April 12, 1796 – December 6, 1796[3] | Josiah Tattnall, Sr. | Georgia
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Democratic-Republican | 34 (est) | |
December 6, 1796 – November 22, 1797 | Richard Stockton | New Jersey
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Federalist | 32-33 | |
November 22, 1797 – April, 1798 | Andrew Jackson | Tennessee
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Democratic-Republican | 30-31 | |
April, 1798 – February 4, 1799 | Ray Greene | Rhode Island
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Federalist | 33-34 | |
February 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 | William H. Wells | Delaware
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Federalist | 30-32 | |
March 4, 1801 – October 17, 1803 | Samuel White | Delaware
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Federalist | 30-32 | |
October 17, 1803 – December 29, 1806 | Thomas Worthington | Ohio
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Democratic-Republican | 30-33 | |
December 29, 1806 – March 4, 1807 | Henry Clay[4] | Kentucky
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Democratic-Republican | 29 | |
March 4, 1807 – September 1807 | James Fenner | Rhode Island
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Democratic-Republican | 34 | |
September 1807 – December 9, 1807[5] | John Pope | Kentucky
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Democratic-Republican | 36/37 (est) | |
September 1807 – December 9, 1807 | Samuel White | Delaware
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Federalist | 36/37 (est) | |
December 9, 1807 – January 12, 1810 | William Harris Crawford | Ohio
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Democratic-Republican | 35-37 | |
May 26, 1809 – January 12, 1810[6] | Jenkin Whiteside | Tennessee
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Democratic-Republican | 37-38 (est) | |
January 12, 1810 – March 3, 1813 | Alexander Campbell | Ohio
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Democratic-Republican | 30-34 (est) | |
March 4, 1813 – May 27, 1813 | Outerbridge Horsey | Delaware
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Federalist | 35-36 | |
May 24, 1813 – May 27, 1813[7] | William Bellinger Bulloch | Georgia
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Democratic-Republican | 36 (est) | |
May 27, 1813 – December 6, 1813 | Robert Henry Goldsborough | Maryland
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Federalist | 34 | |
December 6, 1813 – April 9, 1814 | William Wyatt Bibb[8][9] | Georgia
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Democratic-Republican | 32 | |
April 9, 1814 – February 2, 1815 | Jesse Wharton[9] | Tennessee
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Democratic-Republican | 31-32 | |
February 2, 1815 – January 22, 1816 | William Taylor Barry[9] | Kentucky
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Democratic-Republican | 30-31 | |
January 22, 1816 – March 3, 1817 | Armistead Thomson Mason[10] | Virginia
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Democratic-Republican | 28-29 | |
March 4, 1817 – November 16, 1818 | John Jordan Crittenden | Kentucky
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Democratic-Republican | 30-32 | |
November 16, 1818 – March 3, 1821 | John Henry Eaton[11] | Tennessee
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Democratic-Republican | 28-30 | |
March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 | Samuel Lewis Southard | New Jersey
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Democratic-Republican | 33-34 | |
December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | John Henry Eaton | Tennessee
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Democratic-Republican | 31-32 | |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Robert Young Hayne | South Carolina | Jacksonian Republican | 31-33 | |
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | Elias Kent Kane | Illinois | Jacksonian | 30-34 | |
March 4, 1829 – December 16, 1833 | John Middleton Clayton | Delaware | Anti-Jacksonian | 32-37 | |
December 16, 1833 – December 31, 1833 | Lewis Fields Linn | Missouri | Jacksonian | 37 | |
December 31, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | John Pendleton King | Georgia | Jacksonian | 34-35 | |
March 4, 1835 – December 5, 1836 | Robert John Walker | Mississippi | Jacksonian | 34-35 | |
December 5, 1836 – February 2, 1837 | Ambrose H. Sevier[9] | Arkansas | Jacksonian | 35 | |
February 2, 1837 – March 3, 1837 | Alexander Mouton | Louisiana | Jacksonian | 32 | |
March 4, 1837 – January 11, 1841 | Franklin Pierce | New Hampshire
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Democratic | 32-36 | |
January 11, 1841 – February 7, 1842 | Alfred O.P. Nicholson | Tennessee
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Democratic | 32-33 | |
February 7, 1842 – February 28, 1842 | Franklin Pierce | New Hampshire
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Democratic | 37 | |
February 28, 1842 – March 1, 1842 | Alexander Mouton | Louisiana
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Democratic | 37 | |
March 1, 1842 – April 14, 1842 | William Alexander Graham | North Carolina
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Whig | 37 | |
April 14, 1842 – July 6, 1842 | Charles Magill Conrad | Louisiana
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Whig | 37 | |
July 6, 1842 – March 3, 1843 | William L. Dayton | New Jersey
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Whig | 35-36 | |
March 4, 1843 – December 4, 1843 | Edward A. Hannegan | Indiana
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Democratic | 35-36 | |
December 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | David Rice Atchison | Missouri
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Democratic | 36-37 | |
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | Jesse D. Bright | Indiana
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Democratic | 32-34 | |
March 4, 1847 – June 26, 1848 | Stephen A. Douglas | Illinois
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Democratic | 33-35 | |
June 26, 1848 – December 14, 1853 | Isaac Pigeon Walker | Wisconsin
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Democratic | 32-38 | |
December 14, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr. | Alabama
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Democratic | 37-38 | |
March 3, 1855 – March 5, 1860 | George Ellis Pugh | Ohio
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Democratic | 32-37 | |
March 5, 1860 – January 22, 1863 | Milton Slocum Latham[9] | California
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Democratic | 32-35 | |
January 22, 1863 – March 3, 1863 | David Turpie | Indiana
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Democratic | 34 | |
March 4, 1863 – June 23, 1868 | William Sprague IV | Rhode Island
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Republican | 32-37 | |
June 23, 1868 – June 30, 1868 | Alexander McDonald | Arkansas
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Republican | 36 | |
June 30, 1868 – July 25, 1868 | Thomas Ward Osborn | Florida
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Republican | 35 | |
July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1873 | George Eliphaz Spencer | Alabama
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Republican | 31-36 | |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 | Stephen Wallace Dorsey | Arkansas
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Republican | 31-37 | |
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | Blanche Kelso Bruce[12] | Mississippi
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Republican | 38-40 | |
March 4, 1881 – October 11, 1881 | Arthur Pue Gorman | Maryland
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Democratic | 41-42 | |
October 11, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | Nelson W. Aldrich | Rhode Island
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Republican | 39-41 | |
March 4, 1883 – December 2, 1889 | John E. Kenna[9] | West Virginia
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Democratic | 34-41 | |
December 2, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | Richard F. Pettigrew | South Dakota
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Republican | 41-42 | |
March 4, 1891 – January 24, 1895 | John L.M. Irby | South Carolina
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Democratic | 36-40 | |
January 24, 1895 – March 3, 1895 | Jeter C. Pritchard | North Carolina
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Republican | 37 | |
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901 | Marion Butler | North Carolina
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Populist | 31-37 | |
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905[13] | Joseph Weldon Bailey[9] | Texas
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Democratic | 38-42 | |
Albert J. Beveridge | Indiana
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Republican | 38-42 | ||
March 4, 1905 – January 30, 1907 | Elmer J. Burkett | Nebraska
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Republican | 37-39 | |
January 30, 1907 – March 3, 1907 | Frederick W. Mulkey | Oregon
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Republican | 33 | |
March 4, 1907 – December 16, 1907 | Simon Guggenheim | Colorado
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Republican | 39 | |
December 16, 1907 – January 9, 1908 | Thomas P. Gore | Oklahoma
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Democratic | 37 | |
January 9, 1908 – March 22, 1908 | William James Bryan[14] | Florida
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Democratic | 31 | |
March 22, 1908 – January 9, 1911 | Thomas P. Gore | Oklahoma
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Democratic | 37-40 | |
January 9, 1911 – January 31, 1911 | Davis Elkins | West Virginia
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Republican | 34-35 | |
January 31, 1911 – March 3, 1911 | Thomas P. Gore | Oklahoma
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Democratic | 40 | |
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 | Luke Lea | Tennessee
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Democratic | 31-37 | |
March 4, 1917 – July 8, 1918 | Peter Goelet Gerry | Rhode Island
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Democratic | 37-38 | |
July 8, 1918 – November 5, 1918 | Christie Benet | South Carolina
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Democratic | 38 | |
November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919 | Peter Goelet Gerry | Rhode Island
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Democratic | 39 | |
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 | Pat Harrison | Mississippi
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Democratic | 37-41 | |
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | Clarence Cleveland Dill | Washington
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Democratic | 38-40 | |
March 4, 1925 – December 7, 1925 | Sam G. Bratton | New Mexico
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Democratic | 36-37 | |
December 7, 1925 – January 12, 1933 | Robert M. La Follette, Jr. | Wisconsin
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Republican | 30-37 | |
January 12, 1933 – June 21, 1935 | Richard B. Russell, Jr. | Georgia
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Democratic | 35-37 | |
June 21, 1935 – October 17, 1940 | Rush Dew Holt, Sr.[15] | West Virginia
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Democratic | 30-35 | |
October 17, 1940 – December 12, 1940 | Joseph H. Ball | Minnesota
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Republican | 34-35 | |
December 12, 1940 – December 6, 1942 | Berkeley L. Bunker | Nevada
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Democratic | 34-36 | |
December 6, 1942 – January 3, 1943 | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. | Massachusetts
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Republican | 40 | |
January 3, 1943 – November 14, 1944 | Joseph H. Ball | Minnesota
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Republican | 37-39 | |
November 14, 1944 – January 3, 1945 | William E. Jenner | Indiana
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Republican | 36 | |
January 3, 1945 – January 18, 1945 | Joseph H. Ball | Minnesota
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Republican | 39 | |
January 18, 1945 – August 26, 1945 | Hugh B. Mitchell | Washington
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Democratic | 37-38 | |
August 26, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | William Knowland | California
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Republican | 37-38 | |
January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1948 | Joseph McCarthy | Wisconsin
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Republican | 38-40 | |
December 31, 1948 – January 3, 1957 | Russell Long[16] | Louisiana
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Democratic | 30-38 | |
January 3, 1957 – June 15, 1961 | Frank Church | Idaho
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Democratic | 32-36 | |
June 15, 1961 – January 10, 1962 | John Tower | Texas
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Republican | 35-36 | |
January 10, 1962 – November 6, 1962 | Maurice J. Murphy, Jr. | New Hampshire
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Republican | 34-35 | |
November 7, 1962 – January 3, 1969 | Ted Kennedy | Massachusetts
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Democratic | 30-36 | |
January 3, 1969 – January 2, 1971 | Bob Packwood[17] | Oregon
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Republican | 36-38 | |
January 2, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | John V. Tunney[17] | California
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Democratic | 36-38 | |
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 | Joe Biden[17][18] | Delaware
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Democratic | 30-36 | |
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | Bill Bradley[17] | New Jersey
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Democratic | 35-37 | |
January 3, 1981 – March 11, 1987 | Don Nickles[17][19] | Oklahoma
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Republican | 32-44 | |
March 11, 1987 – November 8, 1988 | David Kemp Karnes[17] | Nebraska
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Republican | 38-39 | |
November 8, 1988 – January 3, 1993 | Don Nickles[17] | Oklahoma
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Republican | 39-44 | |
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | Russ Feingold[17] | Wisconsin
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Democratic | 39-41 | |
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999 | Rick Santorum[17] | Pennsylvania
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Republican | 36-40 | |
January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003 | Peter Fitzgerald[17] | Illinois
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Republican | 38-42 | |
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 | John E. Sununu[17] | New Hampshire
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Republican | 38-44 | |
January 3, 2009 – January 22, 2009 | Mark Pryor[17][20][21] | Arkansas
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Democratic | 45-46 | |
January 22, 2009 – January 27, 2009 | Michael Bennet[17][20] | Colorado
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Democratic | 44 | |
January 27, 2009 – September 10, 2009 | Kirsten Gillibrand[17][20][22] | New York
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Democratic | 42 | |
September 10, 2009 – July 20, 2010 | George LeMieux[17] | Florida
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Republican | 40-41 | |
July 20, 2010 – November 15, 2010 | Carte Goodwin[17] | West Virginia
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 36 | |
November 15, 2010 – January 3, 2011 | George LeMieux[17] | Florida
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 41 | |
January 3, 2011 – December 26, 2012 | Mike Lee | Utah
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 39-41 | |
December 26, 2012 – January 3, 2013 | Brian Schatz | Hawaii
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 40 | |
January 3, 2013 – present | Chris Murphy | Connecticut
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 39 |
Sources: Congressional Biographical Directory and House Document No. 108-222, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 – 2005
List of youngest members of the United States House of Representatives
Time as youngest member[23] | Congress(es) | Name | State-District | Party | Age[24] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
March 4, 1789 – April 19, 1790 | 1st | Richard Bland Lee | Virginia-4
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00cc22;" data-sort-value="Pro-Administration Party (United States)" | |
Pro-Administration | 28-29 | |
April 19, 1790 – March 3, 1793 | 1st-2nd | John Steele | North Carolina-4 North Carolina-1[25] style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #00cc22;" data-sort-value="Pro-Administration Party (United States)" | |
Pro-Administration | 25-28 | |
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | 3rd | Francis Preston | Virginia-4
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #CCFF66;" data-sort-value="Anti-Administration Party (United States)" | |
Anti-Administration | 27-29 | |
March 4, 1795 – May 5, 1796 | 4th | Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. | Massachusetts-5
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #EA9978;" data-sort-value="Federalist Party (United States)" | |
Federalist | 28-30 | |
May 5, 1796 – March 3, 1797 | 4th | Richard Sprigg, Jr. | Maryland-2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 27-28 (est) | |
March 4 – November 23, 1797 | 5th | John Dennis | Maryland-8
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #EA9978;" data-sort-value="Federalist Party (United States)" | |
Federalist | 25 | |
November 23, 1797 – March 3, 1801 | 5th-6th | William C. C. Claiborne[26] | Tennessee's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 22-26 (est) | |
March 4, 1801 – December 6, 1802 | 7th | John Stanly | North Carolina-10
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #EA9978;" data-sort-value="Federalist Party (United States)" | |
Federalist | 26-28 | |
December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1803 | 7th | Samuel Thatcher | Massachusetts-12
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #EA9978;" data-sort-value="Federalist Party (United States)" | |
Federalist | 26 | |
March 4, 1803 – December 1, 1806[27] | 8th-9th | John G. Jackson | Virginia-1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 25-29 | |
March 4, 1805 – December 1, 1806[27] | 9th | John Claiborne | Virginia-17
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 28-29 (est) | |
December 12, 1805 – December 1, 1806[27] | 9th | Benjamin Parke | Indiana Territory-At Large[28]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #EA9978;" data-sort-value="Federalist Party (United States)" | |
Federalist | 28-29 | |
December 1, 1806 – January 26, 1807 | 9th | William A. Burwell | Virginia-13
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 26 | |
January 26 – March 3, 1807 | 9th | William Wyatt Bibb[8][29] | Georgia's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 25 | |
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 | 10th | Jesse Wharton[29][30] | Tennessee-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 24-26 | |
March 4 – November 27, 1809 | 11th | William Wyatt Bibb[8][29] | Georgia's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 27-28 | |
November 27, 1809 – March 3, 1811[31] | 11th | Jonathan Jennings | Indiana Territory-At Large[28]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 25-27 (est) | |
December 13, 1810 – March 3, 1811[31] | 11th | William T. Barry[29] | Kentucky-5
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 26-27 | |
March 4 – November 4, 1811 | 12th | William Rufus deVane King[32] | North Carolina-5
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 24-25 | |
November 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815 | 12th-13th | Stevenson Archer | Maryland-6
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 25-28 | |
March 4, 1815 – December 17, 1816 | 14th | Richard Henry Wilde | Georgia's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 25-27 | |
December 17, 1816 – March 3, 1817 | 14th | John Tyler | Virginia-23
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 26 | |
March 4, 1817 – December 4, 1818 | 15th | George Robertson | Kentucky-7
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 26-28 | |
December 4, 1818 – March 3, 1819 | 15th | John McLean | Illinois's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 27-28 | |
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823[33] | 16th-17th | Daniel Pope Cook | Illinois's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 25-29 (est) | |
December 4, 1822 – March 3, 1823[33] | 17th | Andrew R. Govan | South Carolina-4
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #008000;" data-sort-value="Democratic-Republican Party" | |
Democratic-Republican | 28-29 | |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | 18th | Thomas Patrick Moore | Kentucky-7 | Jacksonian Republican | 26-28 (est) | |
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | 19th | John Heritage Bryan | North Carolina-4 | Jacksonian | 26-28 | |
March 4, 1827 – February 13, 1828 | 20th | William Thompson Nuckolls | South Carolina-7 | Jacksonian | 26 | |
February 13, 1828 – March 3, 1829 | 20th | Ambrose Hundley Sevier[29] | Arkansas Territory-At Large[34] | Jacksonian | 26-27 | |
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831[35] | 21st | Dixon Hall Lewis | Alabama-3 | Jacksonian | 26-28 | |
Spencer Darwin Pettis | Missouri's At-large | Jacksonian | 27-29 (est) | |||
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | 22nd | Albert Gallatin Hawes | Kentucky-11 | Jacksonian | 26-28 | |
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | 23rd | David W. Dickinson[36] | Tennessee-8 | Jacksonian | 24-26 | |
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | 24th | John F.H. Claiborne | Mississippi's At-large | Jacksonian | 25-27 | |
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 | 25th | Joseph Lanier Williams | Tennessee-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F0C862;" data-sort-value="Whig Party (United States)" | |
Whig | 26-28 | |
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | 26th | Albert Gallatin Brown | Mississippi's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 25-27 | |
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | 27th | John Thomson Mason, Jr. | Maryland-6
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 25-27 | |
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | 28th | Alexander Ramsey | Pennsylvania-14
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F0C862;" data-sort-value="Whig Party (United States)" | |
Whig | 27-29 | |
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 | 29th | Lucien Bonaparte Chase | Tennessee-9
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 27-29 | |
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | 30th | Richard Spaight Donnell | North Carolina-8
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F0C862;" data-sort-value="Whig Party (United States)" | |
Whig | 26-28 | |
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | 31st | James Lawrence Orr | South Carolina-2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 26-28 | |
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | 32nd | William Montgomery Churchwell | Tennessee-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 25-27 | |
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | 33rd | Milton Slocum Latham[29] | California's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 25-27 | |
March 4, 1855 – July 23, 1856 | 34th | William Cumback | Indiana-4
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFE153;" data-sort-value="Opposition Party (United States)" | |
Opposition | 25-27 | |
July 23, 1856 – March 3, 1857 | 34th | Miguel Antonio Otero[37] | New Mexico Territory-At Large[38]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 27 | |
March 4, 1857 – December 3, 1860 | 35th-36th | Albert Gallatin Jenkins[39] | Virginia-11
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 26-30 | |
December 3, 1860 – March 3, 1861 | 36th | John Young Brown[39] | Kentucky-5
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 25 | |
March 4, 1861 – January 13, 1862 | 37th | Edward McPherson | Pennsylvania-17
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 30-31 | |
January 13, 1862 – March 3, 1863 | 37th | Andrew Jackson Clements | Tennessee-4 | Unionist | 29-30 | |
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | 38th | John Rogers McBride | Oregon's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 30-32 | |
March 3, 1865 – March 3, 1867 | 39th | Thomas Estes Noell[40] | Missouri-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 25-27 | |
March 4, 1867 – October 3, 1867 | 40th | Thomas Estes Noell[41] | Missouri-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 27-28 | |
October 3, 1867 – June 24, 1868 | 40th | Charles Haight | New Jersey-2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 29-30 | |
June 24, 1868 – March 3, 1869 | 40th | Logan Holt Roots | Arkansas-1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 27 | |
March 4, 1869 – March 31, 1870 | 41st | Clinton Levering Cobb | North Carolina-1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 26-27 | |
March 31, 1870 – March 3, 1871 | 41st | John Coggswell Conner | Texas-2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 27-28 | |
March 4, 1871 – January 29, 1873 | 42nd | Josiah Thomas Walls[42] | Florida's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 28-30 | |
January 29, 1873 – March 3, 1873 | 42nd | John Coggswell Conner | Texas-2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 30 | |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | 43rd | John Ambler Smith | Virginia-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 25-27 | |
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | 44th | John Daugherty White | Kentucky-9
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 26-28 | |
March 4, 1877 – February 20, 1878 | 45th | John Edward Kenna[29] | West Virginia-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 28-29 | |
February 20, 1878 – March 3, 1879 | 45th | Joseph Hayes Acklen | Louisiana-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 27-28 | |
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | 46th | Richard Graham Frost | Missouri-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 27-29 | |
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 | 47th | Philip Henry Dugro | New York-7
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 25-27 | |
March 4, 1883 – December 1, 1884 | 48th | George Adams Post | Pennsylvania-15
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 28-30 | |
December 1, 1884 – March 3, 1885 | 48th | Benjamin Franklin Shively[43] | Indiana-13 | Anti-Monopolist/Greenbacker | 27 | |
March 4, 1885 – February 2, 1887 | 49th | Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. | Wisconsin-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 29-31 | |
February 2 – March 3, 1887 | 49th | Hugh Hiram Price | Wisconsin-8
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 27 | |
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 | 50th | Benjamin Franklin Shively[43] | Indiana-13
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 29-31 | |
March 4 – December 9, 1889 | 51st | Thomas Francis Magner | New York-5
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 28-29 | |
December 9, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | 51st | Charles Henry Turner | New York-6
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 28-29 | |
March 4, 1891 – May 5, 1892 | 52nd | Joseph Weldon Bailey[29] | Texas-5
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 28-29 | |
May 5, 1892 – March 3, 1893 | 52nd | Joseph Morgan Kendall | Kentucky-10
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 28-29 | |
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | 53rd | Thomas Settle, III | North Carolina-5
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 27-29 | |
March 4, 1895 – December 19, 1896 | 54th | Norman Adolphus Mozley | Missouri-14
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 29-31 | |
December 19, 1896 – March 3, 1897 | 54th | Charles Robert Crisp | Georgia-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 26 | |
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | 55th | Thomas Joseph Bradley | New York-9
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 27-29 | |
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 | 56th | John Joseph Fitzgerald | New York-2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 26-28 | |
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 | 57th | John Joseph Feely | Illinois-2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 25-27 | |
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 | 58th | Burton Lee French | Idaho's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 27-29 | |
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 | 59th | Anthony Michalek | Illinois-5
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 27-29 | |
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 | 60th | Harry Benjamin Wolf | Maryland-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 26-28 | |
March 4 – November 23, 1909 | 61st | Charles Gordon Edwards | Georgia-1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 30-31 | |
November 23, 1909 – March 3, 1911 | 61st | Manuel Luis Quezon | Philippines Territory-At large[44]
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #98fb98;" data-sort-value="Nacionalista Party" | |
Nacionalista | 31-32 | |
March 4 – June 2, 1911 | 62nd | James Francis Byrnes | South Carolina-2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 28-29 | |
June 2, 1911 – March 3, 1913 | 62nd | William Stuart Reyburn | Pennsylvania-2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 28-30 | |
March 4, 1913 – December 7, 1914 | 63rd | M. Clyde Kelly | Pennsylvania-30
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 29-31 | |
December 7, 1914 – March 3, 1915 | 63rd | Carl Vinson | Georgia-10
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 31 | |
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 | 64th | Thomas Woodnutt Miller | Delaware's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 28-30 | |
March 4 – August 10, 1917 | 65th | J. Marvin Jones | Texas-13
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 31 | |
August 10, 1917 – August 19, 1919 | 65th-66th | John Miller Baer[45] | North Dakota-1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 31-33 | |
August 19, 1919 – December 6, 1920 | 66th | King Swope | Kentucky-8
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 26-27 | |
December 6, 1920 – March 3, 1921 | 66th | Clarence John McLeod | Michigan-13
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 25 | |
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 | 67th | Thomas Jefferson Ryan | New York-15
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 30-32 | |
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | 68th | Clarence John McLeod | Michigan-13
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 27-29 | |
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927 | 69th | Samuel James Montgomery | Oklahoma-1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 28-30 | |
March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929 | 70th | George Hamilton Combs, Jr. | Missouri-5
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 27-29 | |
March 4, 1929 – March 7, 1932 | 71st-72nd | Fred Allan Hartley, Jr. | New Jersey-8
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 27-30 | |
March 7, 1932 – March 3, 1933 | 72nd | W. Carlton Mobley | Georgia-6
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 25-26 | |
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | 73rd | Joseph Patrick Monaghan | Montana-1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 26-28 | |
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | 74th | Elmer James Ryan | Minnesota-2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 27-29 | |
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | 75th | Jerry Joseph O'Connell | Montana-1
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 27-29 | |
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | 76th | Lindley Garrison Beckworth, Sr. | Texas-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 25-27 | |
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 | 77th | William Grant Stratton | Illinois's At-large
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 26-28 | |
January 3 – 21, 1943 | 78th | Lindley Garrison Beckworth, Sr. | Texas-3
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 29 | |
January 21, 1943 – January 3, 1947 | 78th-79th | Marion Tinsley Bennett | Missouri-6
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 28-32 | |
January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1948 | 80th | George William Sarbacher, Jr. | Pennsylvania-5
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 28-32 | |
December 31, 1948 – January 3, 1949 | 80th | Lloyd Bentsen[46] | Texas-15
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 27 | |
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | 81st | Hugo Sheridan Sims, Jr. | South Carolina-2
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #3333FF;" data-sort-value="Democratic Party (United States)" | |
Democratic | 27-29 | |
January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | 82nd | Patrick Jerome Hillings | California-12
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E81B23;" data-sort-value="Republican Party (United States)" | |
Republican | 27-29 | |
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 | 83rd | William Creed Wampler, Sr.[17] | Virginia-9
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Republican | 26-28 | |
January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1956 | 84th | Kenneth James Gray[17] | Illinois-25
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Democratic | 30-31 | |
January 3, 1956 – January 3, 1959 | 84th-85th | John David Dingell, Jr.[17][47][48] | Michigan-15
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Democratic | 29-32 | |
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | 86th | Dan Rostenkowski | Illinois-8
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Democratic | 31-33 | |
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | 87th | Ralph R. Harding | Idaho-2
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Democratic | 31-33 | |
January 3, 1963 – May 12, 1964 | 88th | Edgar Franklin Foreman[17] | Texas-16
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Republican | 29-30 | |
May 12, 1964 – January 3, 1965 | 88th | William J. Green, III[17] | Pennsylvania-5
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Democratic | 25-26 | |
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | 89th | Jed Joseph Johnson, Jr. | Oklahoma-6
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Democratic | 25-27 | |
January 3, 1967 – April 3, 1969 | 90th-91st | William J. Green, III[17] | Pennsylvania-5
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Democratic | 28-30 | |
April 3, 1969 – November 16, 1970 | 91st | David R. Obey[17] | Wisconsin-7
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Democratic | 30-32 | |
November 16, 1970 – January 3, 1971 | 91st | Robert Hampton Steele[17] | Connecticut-2
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Republican | 32 | |
January 3 – April 29, 1971 | 92nd | M. Dawson Mathis[17] | Georgia-2
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Democratic | 30 | |
April 29, 1971 – October 12, 1972 | 92nd | Mendel Jackson Davis | South Carolina-1
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Democratic | 28-29 | |
October 12, 1972 – January 3, 1975 | 92nd-93rd | John B. Breaux[17] | Louisiana-7
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Democratic | 28-30 | |
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | 94th | Thomas Joseph Downey[17] | New York-2
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Democratic | 25-27 | |
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 | 95th | Nick Joe Rahall, II[17][47] | West Virginia-4
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Democratic | 27-29 | |
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | 96th | James Michael Shannon[17] | Massachusetts-5
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Democratic | 26-28 | |
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | 97th | John LeBoutillier[17] | New York-6
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Republican | 27-29 | |
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985[49] | 98th | Jim Cooper[17][47] | Tennessee-4
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Democratic | 28-30 | |
November 6, 1984 – January 3, 1985 | 98th | Carl C. Perkins[17][49] | Kentucky-7
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Democratic | 30 | |
January 3, 1985 – March 27, 1990 | 99th-101st | John G. Rowland[17][50] | Connecticut-5
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Republican | 27-32 | |
March 27, 1990 – January 3, 1991 | 101st | Susan Molinari[17][51] | New York-14
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Republican | 32 | |
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | 102nd | Jim Nussle[17] | Iowa-2
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Republican | 30-32 | |
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | 103rd | Cleo Fields[17] | Louisiana-4
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Democratic | 30-32 | |
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | 104th | Patrick Kennedy[17] | Rhode Island-1
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Democratic | 27-29 | |
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 | 105th-106th | Harold Ford, Jr.[17] | Tennessee-9
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Democratic | 26-30 | |
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2005 | 107th-108th | Adam Putnam[17] | Florida-12
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Republican | 26-30 | |
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009 | 109th-110th | Patrick T. McHenry[17][47] | North Carolina-10
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Republican | 29-33 | |
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013 | 111th-112th | Aaron Schock[17][47] | Illinois-18
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Republican | 27-31 | |
January 3, 2013 – present | 113th | Patrick Murphy[17][47] | Florida-18
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Democratic | 29 |
See also
- Dean of the United States House of Representatives
- Dean of the United States Senate
- List of current members of the United States House of Representatives by age
- List of current United States Senators by age
References
- ^ Some of the starting dates reflect the actual date of the swearing-in of U.S. Senator (if appointed by the Governor to a vacancy or if by special elections) as opposed to the date of their elections, which can often vary from anywhere from days to months. If elected to a regular session, note that from 1789 until 1935, the starting date will reflect March 4th (through to March 3rd for a two-year Congress). Starting with 1937, Congress convened on January 3rd.
- ^ Some resources regard Gallatin only as a Senator-elect because of the challenge to his credentials, hence John Rutherfurd (F-NJ) could be considered the youngest official member of the body during this period. Gallatin was ultimately disqualified from service.
- ^ Sen. Josiah Tattnall's (D-R-GA) precise birthdate in 1762 is unknown. Since both he and James Ross (F-PA) were born the same year, credited both with the designation for youngest for the period from the swearing-in of Tattnall in April 1796 until the swearing-in of Richard Stockton (F-NJ) in December 1796, who was younger than both.
- ^ Sen. Henry Clay (D-R-KY) elected and served in the U.S. Senate while under the Constitutional age requirement of 30 at the age of 29 years.
- ^ Sen. John Pope's (D-R-KY) precise birthdate in 1770 is unknown. Since both he and Samuel White (F-DE) were born the same year, credited both with the designation for youngest for the period from the resignation of James Fenner (D-R-RI) in September 1807 until the swearing-in of William H. Crawford (D-R-GA) in December 1809, who was younger than both.
- ^ Sen. Jenkin Whiteside's (D-R-TN) precise birthdate in 1772 is unknown. Since both he and William H. Crawford (D-R-GA) were born the same year, credited both with the designation for youngest for the period from the swearing-in of Whiteside in 1809 until the swearing-in of Alexander Campbell (D-R-OH) in 1810, who was younger than both.
- ^ Sen. William Bulloch's (D-R-GA) precise birthdate in 1777 is unknown. Since both he and Outerbridge Horsey (F-DE) were born the same year, credited both with the designation for youngest for the 3 days from Bulloch's swearing-in until the swearing-in of Robert H. Goldsborough (F-MD), who was younger than both.
- ^ a b c William Wyatt Bibb was the first person to be the youngest member of both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate.
- ^ a b c d e f g Also held title of youngest member of the U.S. House.
- ^ Sen. Armistead Mason (D-R-VA) elected and served in the U.S. Senate while under the Constitutional age requirement of 30 at the age of 28 years, 5 months.
- ^ Sen. John Eaton (D-R-TN) elected and served in the U.S. Senate while under the Constitutional age requirement of 30. At 28 years, 4 months, he was the youngest ever to serve in that body.
- ^ Sen. Blanche K. Bruce became the first non-White youngest member of the Senate.
- ^ Senators Albert J. Beveridge (R-IN) and Joseph W. Bailey, Sr. (D-TX) were both born on October 6, 1862.
- ^ Sen. William James Bryan was the youngest U.S. Senator to die in office at the age of 31.
- ^ Sen. Rush Holt, Sr. was the youngest popularly elected Senator at 29 years and 4 months in November 1934. He was not permitted to take the oath of office until after his 30th birthday in June 1935.
- ^ Russell Long served the longest uninterrupted tenure as the youngest U.S. Senator at 8 years and 3 days. He was surpassed by Don Nickles (R-OK) in overall time, but Nickles's tenure was interrupted.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq Still living as of 2011.
- ^ Joe Biden was elected at the age of 29 years, 11 months, but turned 30 before the start of his term.
- ^ Don Nickles served the longest period as the youngest member of the U.S. Senate at 10 years, 4 months, 3 days, however, his tenure was interrupted by David Karnes (R-NE), who was six days younger, from 1987-88. Russell Long served the longest period uninterrupted at 8 years and 3 days.
- ^ a b c Still serving in the U.S. Senate as of 2011.
- ^ Sen. Mark Pryor set the record as the oldest youngest Senator in the body's history at 46 years until the swearing-in of Michael Bennet (D-CO) in January 2009.
- ^ Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand became the first female youngest member of the Senate.
- ^ Some of the starting dates reflect the actual date of the swearing-in of the U.S. Congressmember (if due to a special election) as opposed to the date of their elections, which can often vary from anywhere from days to months. If elected to a regular session, note that from 1789 until 1935, the starting date will reflect March 4th (through to March 3rd for a 2-year Congress). Starting with 1937, Congress convened on January 3rd.
- ^ Until about the 34th Congress and rarely after, some members didn't have birthyears or birthdates listed, so attempted to ascertain approximate age with available biographical descriptions, though some were very limited. If more than one member had a birthyear but not birthdate listed, credited both with being youngest during a given period until the next confirmed younger member was sworn-in.
- ^ John Steele was elected to the NC 4th district for the 2nd Congress.
- ^ William C.C. Claiborne was the youngest-ever elected and seated member of Congress at approximately the age of 22, despite being below the Constitutional age requirement.
- ^ a b c During part of the 9th Congress, credited Congressmen John G. Jackson, John Claiborne and U.S. Delegate Benjamin Parke with sharing the title of youngest member. Jackson & Parke were born on the same day, but Claiborne had no birthdate listed, but all were born in 1777. They lost the title upon the swearing-in of William Burwell in the same Congress.
- ^ a b Indiana was not yet a state and this member was a non-voting U.S. Delegate.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Also held title of youngest member of the U.S. Senate.
- ^ Although Wharton was 24 at the time of the official start of the 10th Congress in March 1807, it did not convene until October 1807 after he turned 25.
- ^ a b U.S. Delegate Jonathan Jennings and Congressman William T. Barry were both born in 1784, but because of unknown birthdate for Jennings, credited both with youngest during part of the 11th Congress.
- ^ Although King was 24 at the time of the official start of the 12th Congress in March 1811, it did not convene until November 1811 after he turned 25.
- ^ a b During part of the 17th Congress, credited Congressmen Daniel P. Cook and Andrew R. Govan with sharing the title of youngest member. Both were born in 1794, but birthdate for Cook was unknown, so credited both.
- ^ Arkansas was not yet a state and Sevier was a non-voting U.S. Delegate.
- ^ Congressman Dixon Lewis and Spencer Pettis were both born in 1802, but unknown birthdate for Pettis, so credited both with youngest for the 21st Congress.
- ^ Although Dickinson was 24 at the time of the official start of the 23rd Congress in March 1833, it did not convene until November 1833 after he turned 25.
- ^ Otero was the first Hispanic youngest member of the U.S. House.
- ^ New Mexico was not yet a state and Otero was a non-voting U.S. Delegate.
- ^ a b Although John Young Brown was elected at the start of the 36th Congress, being just 24 at the time of the election, he was not permitted to take his seat until the second session in December 1860 after his 25th birthday, so Albert G. Jenkins retained the title of youngest until Brown's swearing-in.
- ^ Thomas Noell was elected as a Republican to the 39th Congress and reelected to the 40th Congress as a Democrat.
- ^ Thomas Noell was the youngest known member of Congress to die in office at 28 while holding the youngest title.
- ^ Josiah Walls was the first Black youngest member of the U.S. House.
- ^ a b Benjamin F. Shively was elected to a vacancy in the 48th Congress as an Anti-Monopolist/Greenbacker-supported candidate. He was elected to the 50th Congress as a Democrat.
- ^ As the Philippines was a territory of the U.S., Resident Commissioner Manuel L. Quezon was a non-voting member of Congress.
- ^ Rep. John M. Baer was the oldest youngest member of the U.S. House at the age of 33 years and 4 months at the time he was succeeded in August 1919.
- ^ Lloyd Bentsen served the shortest period as the youngest member of the U.S. House at just 3 days.
- ^ a b c d e f Still serving in the U.S. House as of 2011.
- ^ As of 2011, Congressman John Dingell, Jr. is the Dean of the U.S. House, and the longest-serving member of the House ever.
- ^ a b Carl C. Perkins (D-KY) was elected to Congress to fill a vacancy on November 6, 1984, and was younger than titleholder Jim Cooper (D-TN), but owing to the 98th Congress having adjourned sine die, he was not sworn-in until the 99th Congress, by which time John Rowland (R-CT), who was younger than Perkins, claimed the title. Credited Cooper until the end of the 99th Congress as an official Congressman, as opposed to a Congressman-elect, but noted Perkins due to the unusual circumstances.
- ^ John Rowland served the longest period as the youngest member of the U.S. House at 5 years, 2 months.
- ^ Susan Molinari was the first woman to hold the title of youngest member of the U.S. House.