List of the oldest United States Senators

This is a list of the 100 oldest people who have served in the United States Senate. It is compiled from senators who have lived the longest, irrespective of their age while in office. Several people on this list were never elected to office as they were appointed, therefore, an addendum has been provided to show the 100 oldest that were elected. Cornelius Cole holds the record for the longest lifespan at 102 years, 47 days as of his death on November 3, 1924. The oldest living person is John Glenn at age 103 years, 127 days and he will become the oldest ever if he is still alive on September 4, 2023. The living senator that is closest to entering this list is Harris Wofford at age 98 years, 227 days.

100 oldest senators

  Deceased   Living   Appointed; never elected

Rank	Senator	State	Served	Party	Date of birth	Date of death	Age
1	Cornelius Cole	California	1867–1873	Republican	September 17, 1822	November 3, 1924	102 years, 47 days
2	Strom Thurmond	South Carolina	1954–1956 1956–2003	Democratic Republican	December 5, 1902	June 26, 2003	100 years, 203 days
3	John N. Heiskell	Arkansas	1913	Democratic	November 2, 1872	December 28, 1972	100 years, 56 days
4	Hall S. Lusk	Oregon	1960	Democratic	September 21, 1883	May 15, 1983	99 years, 236 days
5	Daniel T. Jewett	Missouri	1870–1871	Republican	September 14, 1807	October 7, 1906	99 years, 23 days
6	Paine Wingate	New Hampshire	1789–1793	Anti-Administration	May 14, 1739	March 7, 1838	98 years, 297 days
7	Theodore F. Green	Rhode Island	1937–1961	Democratic	October 2, 1867	May 19, 1966	98 years, 229 days
8	Harry F. Byrd, Jr.	Virginia	1965–1983	Democratic Independent	December 20, 1914	July 30, 2013	98 years, 222 days
9	Frank P. Briggs	Missouri	1945–1947	Democratic	February 25, 1894	September 23, 1992	98 years, 211 days
10	James W. Bradbury	Maine	1847–1853	Democratic	June 10, 1802	January 6, 1901	98 years, 210 days
11	Mike Mansfield	Montana	1953–1977	Democratic	March 16, 1903	October 5, 2001	98 years, 203 days
12	Gladys Pyle	South Dakota	1938–1939	Republican	October 4, 1890	March 14, 1989	98 years, 161 days
13	Joseph R. Grundy	Pennsylvania	1929–1930	Republican	January 13, 1863	March 3, 1961	98 years, 49 days
14	Hiram Fong	Hawaii	1959–1977	Republican	October 15, 1906	August 18, 2004	97 years, 308 days
15	Thomas Sumter	South Carolina	1801–1810	Democratic-Republican	August 14, 1734	June 1, 1832	97 years, 292 days
16	Samuel W. Reynolds	Nebraska	1954	Republican	August 11, 1890	March 20, 1988	97 years, 222 days
17	Margaret Chase Smith	Maine	1949–1973	Republican	December 14, 1897	May 29, 1995	97 years, 166 days
18	Adelbert Ames	Mississippi	1870–1874	Republican	October 31, 1835	April 13, 1933	97 years, 164 days
19	Clifford Hansen	Wyoming	1967–1978	Republican	October 16, 1912	October 20, 2009	97 years, 4 days
20	George L. P. Radcliffe	Maryland	1935–1947	Democratic	August 22, 1877	July 29, 1974	96 years, 341 days
21	Joseph Cilley	New Hampshire	1846–1847	Democratic, Liberty	January 4, 1791	September 16, 1887	96 years, 255 days
22	Norris Brown	Nebraska	1907–1913	Republican	May 2, 1863	January 5, 1960	96 years, 248 days
23	John Gerald Milton	New Jersey	1938	Democratic	January 21, 1881	April 14, 1977	96 years, 83 days
24	Jennings Randolph	West Virginia	1958–1985	Democratic	March 8, 1902	May 8, 1998	96 years, 61 days
25	Joseph E. Ransdell	Louisiana	1913–1931	Democratic	October 7, 1858	July 27, 1954	95 years, 293 days
26	Stephen M. Young	Ohio	1959–1971	Democratic	May 4, 1889	December 1, 1984	95 years, 211 days
27	Milward L. Simpson	Wyoming	1962–1967	Republican	November 12, 1897	June 10, 1993	95 years, 210 days
28	Forrest C. Donnell	Missouri	1945–1951	Republican	August 20, 1884	March 3, 1980	95 years, 196 days
29	Lawrence C. Phipps	Colorado	1919–1931	Republican	August 30, 1862	March 1, 1958	95 years, 183 days
30	Edward Brooke	Massachusetts	1967–1979	Republican	October 26, 1919	January 3, 2015	95 years, 69 days
31	Charles Carroll of Carrollton	Maryland	1789–1792	Pro-Administration	September 19, 1737	November 14, 1832	95 years, 56 days
32	Wallace F. Bennett	Utah	1951–1974	Republican	November 13, 1898	December 19, 1993	95 years, 36 days
33	Felix Hebert	Rhode Island	1929–1935	Republican	December 11, 1874	December 14, 1969	95 years, 3 days
34	Paul Fannin	Arizona	1965–1977	Republican	January 29, 1907	January 13, 2002	94 years, 349 days
35	Thomas M. Storke	California	1938–1939	Democratic	November 23, 1876	October 12, 1971	94 years, 323 days
36	Carl Curtis	Nebraska	1955–1979	Republican	March 15, 1905	January 24, 2000	94 years, 315 days
37	Roman Hruska	Nebraska	1954–1976	Republican	August 16, 1904	April 25, 1999	94 years, 252 days
38	Rebecca Latimer Felton	Georgia	1922	Democratic	June 10, 1835	January 24, 1930	94 years, 228 days
39	Lester J. Dickinson	Iowa	1931–1937	Republican	October 29, 1873	June 4, 1968	94 years, 219 days
40	John Glenn	Ohio	1974–1999	Democratic	July 18, 1921	Living	103 years, 127 days
41	Frank Lausche	Ohio	1957–1969	Democratic	November 14, 1895	April 21, 1990	94 years, 158 days
42	Frank Carlson	Kansas	1950–1969	Republican	January 23, 1893	May 30, 1987	94 years, 127 days
43	Carl Hayden	Arizona	1927–1969	Democratic	October 2, 1877	January 25, 1972	94 years, 115 days
44	George W. Pepper	Pennsylvania	1922–1927	Republican	March 16, 1867	May 24, 1961	94 years, 69 days
45	William B. Saxbe	Ohio	1969–1974	Republican	June 24, 1916	August 24, 2010	94 years, 61 days
46	Guy Gillette	Iowa	1936–1949 1949–1955	Democratic	February 3, 1879	March 3, 1973	94 years, 28 days
47	Thomas C. Hart	Connecticut	1945–1946	Republican	June 12, 1877	July 4, 1971	94 years, 22 days
48	Ernest Hollings	South Carolina	1966–2005	Democratic	January 1, 1922	Living	102 years, 326 days
49	Chauncey Depew	New York	1899–1911	Republican	April 23, 1834	April 5, 1928	93 years, 348 days
50	Jocelyn Burdick	North Dakota	1992	Democratic	February 6, 1922	Living	102 years, 290 days
51	Homer S. Ferguson	Michigan	1943–1955	Republican	February 25, 1889	December 17, 1982	93 years, 295 days
52	John C. Stennis	Mississippi	1947–1989	Democratic	August 3, 1901	April 23, 1995	93 years, 263 days
53	Hugh Scott	Pennsylvania	1959–1977	Republican	November 11, 1900	July 21, 1994	93 years, 252 days
54	Paul Laxalt	Nevada	1974–1987	Republican	August 2, 1922	Living	102 years, 112 days
55	Robert Stafford	Vermont	1971–1989	Republican	August 8, 1913	December 23, 2006	93 years, 137 days
56	John O. Pastore	Rhode Island	1950–1976	Democratic	March 17, 1907	July 15, 2000	93 years, 120 days
57	Clarence Dill	Washington	1923–1935	Democratic	September 21, 1884	January 14, 1978	93 years, 115 days
58	George Smathers	Florida	1951–1969	Democratic	November 14, 1913	January 20, 2007	93 years, 67 days
59	Maurine Brown Neuberger	Oregon	1960–1967	Democratic	January 9, 1907	February 22, 2000	93 years, 44 days
60	Raymond E. Baldwin	Connecticut	1946–1949	Republican	August 31, 1893	October 4, 1986	93 years, 34 days
61	Eva Bowring	Nebraska	1954	Republican	January 9, 1892	January 8, 1985	92 years, 365 days
62	Happy Chandler	Kentucky	1939–1945	Democratic	July 14, 1898	June 15, 1991	92 years, 336 days
63	John G. Townsend, Jr.	Delaware	1929–1941	Republican	May 31, 1871	April 10, 1964	92 years, 315 days
64	Burton K. Wheeler	Montana	1923–1947	Democratic	February 27, 1882	January 6, 1975	92 years, 313 days
65	James L. Buckley	New York	1971–1977	Conservative	March 9, 1923	Living	101 years, 258 days
66	John E. Miller	Arkansas	1937–1941	Democratic	May 15, 1888	January 30, 1981	92 years, 260 days
67	Ralph Yarborough	Texas	1957–1971	Democratic	June 8, 1903	January 27, 1996	92 years, 233 days
68	Robert Byrd	West Virginia	1959–2010	Democratic	November 20, 1917	June 28, 2010	92 years, 220 days
69	John W. Bricker	Ohio	1947–1959	Republican	September 6, 1893	March 22, 1986	92 years, 197 days
70	Albert W. Hawkes	New Jersey	1943–1949	Republican	November 20, 1878	May 9, 1971	92 years, 170 days
71	Bob Dole	Kansas	1969–1996	Republican	July 22, 1923	Living	101 years, 123 days
72	Berkeley L. Bunker	Nevada	1940–1942	Democratic	August 12, 1906	January 21, 1999	92 years, 162 days
73	Truman Smith	Connecticut	1849–1854	Whig	November 27, 1791	May 3, 1884	92 years, 158 days
74	David Meriwether	Kentucky	1852	Democratic	October 30, 1800	April 4, 1893	92 years, 156 days
75	Henry G. Davis	West Virginia	1871–1883	Democratic	November 16, 1823	March 11, 1916	92 years, 116 days
76	George W. Jones	Iowa	1848–1859	Democratic	April 12, 1804	July 22, 1896	92 years, 101 days
77	George Aiken	Vermont	1941–1975	Republican	August 20, 1892	November 19, 1984	92 years, 91 days
78	Daniel O. Hastings	Delaware	1928–1937	Republican	March 5, 1874	May 9, 1966	92 years, 65 days
79	William Samuel Johnson	Connecticut	1789–1791	Pro-Administration	October 7, 1727	November 14, 1819	92 years, 38 days
80	Donald S. Russell	South Carolina	1965–1966	Democratic	February 22, 1906	February 22, 1998	92 years, 0 days
81	George Howard Williams	Missouri	1925–1926	Republican	December 1, 1871	November 25, 1963	91 years, 359 days
82	Harry Darby	Kansas	1949–1950	Republican	January 23, 1895	January 17, 1987	91 years, 359 days
83	Elihu Root	New York	1909–1915	Republican	February 15, 1845	February 7, 1937	91 years, 358 days
84	Charles H. Percy	Illinois	1967–1985	Republican	September 27, 1919	September 17, 2011	91 years, 355 days
85	Stephen Mix Mitchell	Connecticut	1793–1795	Pro-Administration	December 9, 1743	September 30, 1835	91 years, 295 days
86	Alpheus Felch	Michigan	1847–1853	Democratic	September 28, 1804	June 13, 1896	91 years, 259 days
87	John A. Danaher	Connecticut	1939–1945	Republican	January 9, 1899	September 22, 1990	91 years, 256 days
88	William Plumer	New Hampshire	1802–1807	Federalist	June 25, 1759	December 22, 1850	91 years, 180 days
89	Robert Latham Owen	Oklahoma	1907–1925	Democratic	February 2, 1856	July 19, 1947	91 years, 167 days
90	Robert P. Griffin	Michigan	1966–1979	Republican	November 6, 1923	April 17, 2015	91 years, 162 days
91	Frank Moss	Utah	1959–1977	Democratic	September 23, 1911	January 29, 2003	91 years, 128 days
92	William H. McMaster	South Dakota	1925–1931	Republican	May 10, 1877	September 14, 1968	91 years, 127 days
93	John Melcher	Montana	1977–1989	Democratic	September 6, 1924	Living	100 years, 77 days
94	Daniel Akaka	Hawaii	1990–2013	Democratic	September 11, 1924	Living	100 years, 72 days
95	Augustus Owsley Stanley	Kentucky	1919–1925	Democratic	May 21, 1867	August 12, 1958	91 years, 83 days
96	F. Ryan Duffy	Wisconsin	1933–1939	Democratic	June 23, 1888	August 16, 1979	91 years, 54 days
97	William J. Bulow	South Dakota	1931–1943	Democratic	January 13, 1869	February 26, 1960	91 years, 44 days
98	George F. Edmunds	Vermont	1866–1891	Republican	February 1, 1828	February 27, 1919	91 years, 26 days
99	Albert Gore, Sr.	Tennessee	1953–1971	Democratic	December 26, 1907	December 5, 1998	90 years, 344 days
100	Howard Metzenbaum	Ohio	1974 1976–1995	Democratic	June 4, 1917	March 12, 2008	90 years, 282 days

Addendum

Rank	Senator	State	Served	Party	Date of birth	Date of death	Age
101	Paris Gibson	Montana	1901–1905	Democratic	June 1, 1830	December 16, 1920	90 years, 198 days
102	Herbert E. Hitchcock	South Dakota	1936–1938	Democratic	August 22, 1867	February 17, 1958	90 years, 179 days
103	Samuel M. Shortridge	California	1921–1933	Republican	August 3, 1861	January 15, 1952	90 years, 165 days
104	Edwin L. Mechem	New Mexico	1962–1964	Republican	July 2, 1912	November 27, 2002	90 years, 148 days
105	Dale Bumpers	Arkansas	1975–1999	Democratic	August 12, 1925	January 1, 2016	90 years, 142 days
106	Wendell H. Ford	Kentucky	1974–1999	Democratic	September 8, 1924	January 22, 2015	90 years, 136 days
107	Simon Cameron	Pennsylvania	1845–1849 1857–1861 1867–1877	Democratic Republican	March 8, 1799	June 26, 1889	90 years, 110 days
108	George McGovern	South Dakota	1963–1981	Democratic	July 19, 1922	October 21, 2012	90 years, 94 days
109	Robert Burren Morgan	North Carolina	1975–1981	Democratic	October 5, 1925	Living	99 years, 48 days
110	Nathaniel Chipman	Vermont	1797–1803	Federalist	November 15, 1752	February 13, 1843	90 years, 90 days
111	Daniel J. Evans	Washington	1983–1989	Republican	October 16, 1925	Living	99 years, 37 days
112	Claiborne Pell	Rhode Island	1961–1997	Democratic	November 22, 1918	January 1, 2009	90 years, 40 days
113	Howard Cannon	Nevada	1959–1983	Democratic	January 26, 1912	March 5, 2002	90 years, 38 days
114	Maryon Pittman Allen	Alabama	1978	Democratic	November 30, 1925	Living	98 years, 358 days
115	William Proxmire	Wisconsin	1957–1989	Democratic	November 11, 1915	December 15, 2005	90 years, 34 days
116	J. Lister Hill	Alabama	1938–1969	Democratic	December 29, 1894	December 21, 1984	89 years, 358 days
117	James F. Byrnes	South Carolina	1931–1941	Democratic	May 2, 1882	April 9, 1972	89 years, 343 days
118	John Wolcott Stewart	Vermont	1908	Republican	November 24, 1825	October 29, 1915	89 years, 339 days
119	J. Allen Frear, Jr.	Delaware	1949–1961	Democratic	March 7, 1903	January 15, 1993	89 years, 314 days
120	J. William Fulbright	Arkansas	1945–1974	Democratic	April 9, 1905	February 9, 1995	89 years, 306 days
121	George Murphy	California	1965–1971	Republican	July 4, 1902	May 3, 1992	89 years, 304 days

Note: Not included is Charles Gayarré at age 90 years, 33 days who was elected in 1834 but resigned before taking office.

See also

• List of the oldest members of the United States House of Representatives
• List of longest-living United States Senators
• List of living former United States Senators
• Earliest serving United States Senator
• List of former United States Senators
• List of the oldest United States Governors

External links

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• The Political Graveyard

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