List of the oldest living members of the United States House of Representatives

Ken Hechler (D-WV; born 1914), is the oldest living sitting or former member of the House of Representatives.

This page contains a list of people who, at the time of their death, were the oldest surviving members, sitting or former, of the United States House of Representatives, as well as a list of the currently oldest surviving sitting or former Representatives.

Historical

This is a list of the people who, at the time of their death, were the oldest surviving members of the United States House of Representatives.

Begin DateEnd DateRepresentativeDate of birthHouse termState servedPartyAge (years, days)
March 4, 1789July 23, 1793Roger ShermanApril 19, 17211789–1791ConnecticutPro-Administration72 years, 95 days
July 23, 1793September 15, 1794Abraham ClarkFebruary 15, 17261791–1794New JerseyPro-Administration68 years, 212 days
September 15, 1794December 10, 1796Israel JacobsJune 9, 17261791–1793PennsylvaniaPro-Administration70 years, 184 days
December 10, 1796 October 28, 1800Artemas WardNovember 26, 17271791–1795MassachusettsPro-Administration72 years, 335 days
October 28, 1800March 27, 1814William SmithApril 12, 17281789–1791MarylandAnti-Administration85 years, 349 days
March 27, 1814July 26, 1819George LeonardJuly 4, 17291789–1793
1795–1797
MassachusettsPro-Administration
Federalist
90 years, 22 days
July 26, 1819June 1, 1832Thomas SumterAugust 14, 17341789–1793
1797–1801
South CarolinaAnti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
97 years, 292 days
June 1, 1832March 7, 1838Paine WingateMay 14, 17391793–1795New HampshirePro-Administration98 years, 297 days
March 7, 1838May 22, 1842Henry SouthardOctober 7, 17471801–1811
1815–1821
New JerseyDemocratic-Republican94 years, 227 days
May 22, 1842October 18, 1843Ebenezer ElmerAugust 23, 17521801–1807New JerseyDemocratic-Republican91 years, 56 days
October 18, 1843March 6, 1844Gabriel DuvallDecember 6, 17521794–1796MarylandAnti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
91 years, 91 days
March 6, 1844March 23, 1846Laban WheatonMarch 13, 17541809–1817MassachusettsFederalist92 years, 10 days
March 23, 1846January 20, 1849Nathan ReadJuly 2, 17591800–1803MassachusettsFederalist89 years, 202 days
January 20, 1849May 26, 1851Simeon BaldwinDecember 14, 17611803–1805ConnecticutFederalist89 years, 163 days
May 26, 1851March 29, 1855John LockeFebruary 14, 17641823–1829MassachusettsAdams Republican91 years, 43 days
March 29, 1855April 8, 1857Alexander BoydSeptember 14, 17641813–1815New YorkFederalist92 years, 206 days
April 8, 1857January 23, 1858Daniel BurrowsOctober 26, 17661821–1823ConnecticutDemocratic-Republican91 years, 89 days
January 23, 1858August 3, 1863Zadock CookFebruary 18, 17691816–1819GeorgiaDemocratic-Republican94 years, 166 days
August 3, 1863July 1, 1864Josiah Quincy IIIFebruary 4, 17721805–1813MassachusettsFederalist92 years, 148 days
July 1, 1864January 2, 1866Thomas ChandlerAugust 10, 17721829–1833New HampshireJacksonian93 years, 145 days
January 2, 1866April 1, 1868James ParkerMarch 1, 17761833–1837New JerseyJacksonian92 years, 31 days
April 1, 1868July 1, 1868Samuel TweedyMarch 8, 17761833–1835ConnecticutAnti-Jacksonian92 years, 115 days
July 1, 1868December 23, 1870James I. Van Alen17761807–1809New YorkDemocratic-Republicanca. 94 yy
December 23, 1870July 18, 1872Samuel ThatcherJuly 1, 17761802–1805MassachusettsFederalist96 years, 17 days
July 18, 1872August 12, 1875Horace BinneyJanuary 4, 17801833–1835PennsylvaniaAnti-Jacksonian95 years, 220 days
August 12, 1875February 16, 1880Daniel ShefferMay 24, 17831837–1839PennsylvaniaDemocratic96 years, 268 days
February 16, 1880September 22, 1881John Alfred CuthbertJune 3, 17881819–1821GeorgiaDemocratic-Republican93 years, 111 days
September 22, 1881February 7, 1885Joseph GrinnellNovember 17, 17881843–1851MassachusettsWhig96 years, 82 days
February 7, 1885August 8, 1885James GarlandJune 6, 17911835–1841VirginiaJacksonian
Democratic
Conservative
94 years, 63 days
August 8, 1885May 7, 1886David FisherDecember 3, 17941847–1849OhioWhig91 years, 155 days
May 7, 1886January 9, 1887Elijah BabbittJuly 29, 17951859–1863PennsylvaniaRepublican91 years, 164 days
January 9, 1887June 9, 1887John Hoge EwingOctober 8, 17961845–1847PennsylvaniaWhig90 years, 244 days
June 9, 1887July 26, 1891Paul DillinghamAugust 10, 17991843–1847VermontDemocratic91 years, 350 days
July 26, 1891May 9, 1892Sidney LawrenceDecember 31, 18011847–1849New YorkDemocratic90 years, 130 days
May 9, 1892June 11, 1894John T. AndrewsMay 29, 18031837–1839New YorkDemocratic91 years, 13 days
June 11, 1894February 12, 1896Emery D. PotterOctober 7, 18041843–1845
1849–1851
OhioDemocratic91 years, 128 days
February 12, 1896January 12, 1897John W. CrisfieldNovember 8, 18061847–1849
1861–1863
MarylandWhig
Unionist
90 years, 65 days
January 12, 1897April 16, 1900John W. HunterOctober 15, 18071866–1867New YorkDemocratic92 years, 183 days
April 16, 1900March 18, 1902Daniel Wells, Jr.July 16, 18081853–1857WisconsinDemocratic93 years, 245 days
March 18, 1902April 24, 1902Edwin Hickman EwingDecember 2, 18091845–1847TennesseeWhig92 years, 143 days
April 24, 1902March 8, 1903Martin I. TownsendFebruary 6, 18101875–1879New YorkRepublican93 years, 30 days
March 8, 1903March 27, 1908Ephraim R. EckleyDecember 9, 18111863–1869OhioRepublican96 years, 109 days
March 27, 1908September 18, 1910James McGrewSeptember 14, 18131869–1873West VirginiaRepublican97 years, 4 days
September 18, 1910March 14, 1911John H. RiceFebruary 5, 18161861–1867MaineRepublican95 years, 37 days
March 14, 1911October 3, 1911John Morgan BrightJanuary 20, 18171871–1881TennesseeDemocratic94 years, 256 days
October 3, 1911March 12, 1916George William PalmerJanuary 13, 18181857–1861New YorkRepublican98 years, 59 days
March 12, 1916November 3, 1924Cornelius ColeSeptember 17, 18221863–1865CaliforniaRepublican102 years, 47 days
November 3, 1924February 28, 1926William W. CrapoMay 16, 18301875–1883MassachusettsRepublican95 years, 288 days
February 28, 1926January 6, 1929John H. LewisJuly 21, 18301881–1883IllinoisRepublican98 years, 169 days
January 6, 1929April 22, 1932J. Warren KeiferJanuary 30, 18361877–1885
1905–1911
OhioRepublican96 years, 83 days
April 22, 1932May 25, 1938Henry R. GibsonDecember 24, 18371895–1905TennesseeRepublican100 years, 152 days
May 25, 1938September 8, 1938George Frederic KribbsNovember 8, 18461891–1895PennsylvaniaDemocratic91 years, 304 days
September 8, 1938December 18, 1946Lemuel W. RoyseJanuary 19, 18471895–1899IndianaRepublican99 years, 333 days
December 18, 1946June 10, 1947Addison JamesFebruary 27, 18501907–1909KentuckyRepublican97 years, 103 days
June 10, 1947February 25, 1948Amos R. WebberJanuary 21, 18521904–1907OhioRepublican96 years, 35 days
February 25, 1948September 10, 1949John E. WeeksJune 14, 18531931–1933VermontRepublican96 years, 88 days
September 10, 1949April 1, 1953Schuyler MerrittDecember 16, 18531917–1931
1933–1937
ConnecticutRepublican99 years, 106 days
April 1, 1953July 27, 1954Joseph E. RansdellOctober 7, 18581899–1913LouisianaDemocratic95 years, 293 days
July 27, 1954May 12, 1956Franklin MengesOctober 26, 18581925–1931PennsylvaniaRepublican97 years, 199 days
May 12, 1956July 5, 1956Addison T. SmithSeptember 5, 18621913–1933IdahoRepublican93 years, 304 days
July 5, 1956January 17, 1958Michael DonohoeFebruary 22, 18641911–1915PennsylvaniaDemocratic93 years, 329 days
January 17, 1958April 29, 1958Warren A. HaggottMay 18, 18641907–1909ColoradoRepublican93 years, 346 days
April 29, 1958February 22, 1960Townsend ScudderJuly 26, 18651899–1901
1903–1905
New YorkDemocratic94 years, 211 days
February 22, 1960October 11, 1960Daniel K. HochJanuary 31, 18661943–1947PennsylvaniaDemocratic94 years, 254 days
October 11, 1960September 12, 1963Charles Nelson PrayApril 6, 18681907–1913MontanaRepublican95 years, 159 days
September 12, 1963November 7, 1967John Nance GarnerNovember 22, 18681903–1933TexasDemocratic98 years, 350 days
November 7, 1967July 12, 1971Earl Hanley BeshlinApril 28, 18701917–1919PennsylvaniaDemocratic101 years, 75 days
July 12, 1971January 6, 1973Maurice Hudson ThatcherAugust 15, 18701923–1933KentuckyRepublican102 years, 144 days
January 6, 1973January 10, 1974Charles G. BondMay 29, 18771921–1923New YorkRepublican96 years, 226 days
January 10, 1974January 9, 1975Virginia E. JenckesNovember 6, 18771933–1939IndianaDemocratic97 years, 64 days
January 9, 1975March 4, 1977Miles C. AllgoodFebruary 22, 18781923–1935AlabamaDemocratic99 years, 10 days
March 4, 1977December 27, 1980Charles S. DeweyNovember 10, 18801941–1945IllinoisRepublican100 years, 47 days
December 27, 1980June 1, 1981Carl VinsonNovember 18, 18831914–1965GeorgiaDemocratic97 years, 195 days
June 1, 1981November 2, 1989Elizabeth Hawley GasqueFebruary 26, 18861938–1939South CarolinaDemocratic103 years, 249 days
November 2, 1989January 18, 1991Hamilton Fish IIIDecember 7, 18881920–1945New YorkRepublican102 years, 42 days
January 18, 1991April 3, 1993Peter J. De MuthJanuary 1, 18921937–1939PennsylvaniaDemocratic101 years, 92 days
April 3, 1993May 29, 1995Margaret Chase SmithDecember 14, 18971940–1949MaineRepublican97 years, 166 days
May 29, 1995May 15, 1996Newt V. MillsSeptember 27, 18991937–1943LouisianaDemocratic96 years, 231 days
May 15, 1996January 4, 1997Harry P. JeffreyDecember 26, 19011943–1945OhioRepublican95 years, 9 days
January 4, 1997May 8, 1998Jennings RandolphMarch 8, 19021933–1947West VirginiaDemocratic96 years, 61 days
May 8, 1998April 1, 1999Ellis Yarnal BerryOctober 6, 19021951–1971South DakotaRepublican96 years, 177 days
April 1, 1999October 5, 2001Mike MansfieldMarch 16, 19031943–1953MontanaDemocratic98 years, 203 days
October 5, 2001March 11, 2003John Goodchild DowMay 6, 19051965–1969
1971–1973
New YorkDemocratic97 years, 309 days
March 11, 2003November 10, 2007Augustus F. HawkinsAugust 31, 19071963–1991CaliforniaDemocratic100 years, 71 days
November 10, 2007September 25, 2008Glenn AndrewsJanuary 15, 19091965–1967AlabamaRepublican99 years, 254 days
September 25, 2008November 4, 2009William H. AveryAugust 11, 19111955–1965KansasRepublican98 years, 85 days
November 4, 2009January 8, 2011William F. WalshJuly 11, 19121973–1979New YorkRepublican–Conservative98 years, 181 days
January 8, 2011October 25, 2011Perkins BassOctober 6, 19121955–1963New HampshireRepublican99 years, 19 days
October 25, 2011 Ken HechlerSeptember 20, 19141959–1977West VirginiaDemocratic102 years, 78 days

Current

This is a list of the oldest currently living former and current members of the United States House of Representatives. The list includes some politicians who were Senators. The oldest sitting member is John Conyers, a Democrat from Michigan, who was born in 1929. He is also Dean of the House, or longest serving member.

Rank Representative Date of birth House term State served Party Age (years, days)
1Ken HechlerSeptember 20, 19141959–1977West VirginiaDemocratic102 years, 78 days
2John S. WoldAugust 31, 19161969–1971WyomingRepublican100 years, 98 days
3James D. MartinSeptember 1, 19181965–1967AlabamaRepublican98 years, 97 days
4Lester L. WolffJanuary 4, 19191965–1981New YorkDemocratic97 years, 338 days
5Larry WinnAugust 22, 19191967–1985KansasRepublican97 years, 107 days
6Burt L. TalcottFebruary 22, 19201963–1977CaliforniaRepublican96 years, 289 days
7Neal Edward SmithMarch 23, 19201959–1995IowaDemocratic96 years, 259 days
8Edward Lunn YoungSeptember 7, 19201973–1975South CarolinaRepublican96 years, 91 days
9Marjorie HoltSeptember 17, 19201973–1987MarylandRepublican96 years, 81 days
10Cornelius Edward GallagherMarch 2, 19211959–1973New JerseyDemocratic95 years, 280 days
11Berkley BedellMarch 5, 19211975–1987IowaDemocratic95 years, 277 days
12Harry G. Haskell, Jr.May 27, 19211957–1959DelawareRepublican95 years, 194 days
13Paul FindleyJune 23, 19211961–1983IllinoisRepublican95 years, 167 days
14Roger H. ZionSeptember 17, 19211967–1975IndianaRepublican95 years, 81 days
15Mike McCormackDecember 14, 19211971–1981WashingtonDemocratic94 years, 359 days
16John R. SchmidhauserJanuary 3, 19221965–1967IowaDemocratic94 years, 339 days
17John B. AndersonFebruary 15, 19221961–1981IllinoisRepublican94 years, 296 days
18Doug Barnard, Jr.March 20, 19221977–1993GeorgiaDemocratic94 years, 262 days
19William BroomfieldApril 28, 19221957–1993MichiganRepublican94 years, 223 days
20R. James HarveyJuly 4, 19221961–1975MichiganRepublican94 years, 156 days
21Benjamin A. GilmanDecember 6, 19221973–2003New YorkRepublican94 years, 1 day
22Samuel H. YoungDecember 26, 19221973–1975IllinoisRepublican93 years, 347 days
23Robert H. MichelMarch 2, 19231957–1995IllinoisRepublican93 years, 280 days
24Ralph HallMay 3, 19231981–2015TexasDemocratic, Republican93 years, 218 days
25Bernard F. GrabowskiJune 11, 19231963–1967ConnecticutDemocratic93 years, 179 days
26Bob DoleJuly 22, 19231961–1969KansasRepublican93 years, 138 days
27Andrew J. HinshawAugust 4, 19231973–1976CaliforniaRepublican93 years, 125 days
28Al QuieSeptember 18, 19231958–1979MinnesotaRepublican93 years, 80 days
29Fred RichmondNovember 15, 19231975–1982New YorkDemocratic93 years, 22 days
30Charles ThoneJanuary 4, 19241971–1979NebraskaRepublican92 years, 338 days
31Edwin ReineckeJanuary 7, 19241965–1969CaliforniaRepublican92 years, 335 days
32Catherine Small LongFebruary 7, 19241985–1987LouisianaDemocratic92 years, 304 days
33Donald M. FraserFebruary 20, 19241963–1979MinnesotaDemocratic-Farmer-Labor92 years, 291 days
34George H. W. BushJune 12, 19241967–1971TexasRepublican92 years, 178 days
35Shirley Neil PettisJuly 12, 19241975–1979CaliforniaRepublican92 years, 148 days
36Frank Joseph GuariniAugust 20, 19241979–1993New JerseyDemocratic92 years, 109 days
37John MelcherSeptember 6, 19241969–1977MontanaDemocratic92 years, 92 days
38Daniel AkakaSeptember 11, 19241977–1990HawaiiDemocratic 92 years, 87 days
39Howard C. NielsonSeptember 12, 19241983–1991UtahRepublican92 years, 86 days
40Merwin CoadSeptember 28, 19241957–1963IowaDemocratic92 years, 70 days
41Weston E. VivianOctober 25, 19241965–1967MichiganDemocratic92 years, 43 days
42Ralph RegulaDecember 3, 19241973–2009OhioRepublican92 years, 4 days
43Fletcher ThompsonFebruary 5, 19251967–1973GeorgiaRepublican91 years, 306 days
44G. William WhitehurstMarch 12, 19251967–1987VirginiaRepublican91 years, 270 days
45Lucien N. NedziMay 28, 19251961–1981MichiganDemocratic91 years, 193 days
46Ogden R. ReidJune 24, 19251963–1975New YorkRepublican, Democratic91 years, 166 days
47Tom LukenJuly 9, 19251974–1975
1977–1991
OhioDemocratic91 years, 151 days
48Fred B. RooneyNovember 6, 19251963–1979PennsylvaniaDemocratic91 years, 31 days
49J. Roy RowlandFebruary 3, 19261983–1995GeorgiaDemocratic90 years, 308 days
50Elwood HillisMarch 6, 19261971–1987IndianaRepublican90 years, 276 days
51Alvin BaldusApril 27, 19261975–1981WisconsinDemocratic90 years, 224 days
52Carrie P. MeekApril 29, 19261993–2003FloridaDemocratic90 years, 222 days
53Dick NicholsApril 29, 19261991–1993KansasRepublican90 years, 222 days
54Earl Dewitt HuttoMay 12, 19261979–1995FloridaDemocratic90 years, 209 days
55Mark AndrewsMay 19, 19261963–1981North DakotaRepublican90 years, 202 days
56Roscoe BartlettJune 3, 19261993–2013MarylandRepublican90 years, 187 days
57Raymond F. ClevengerJune 6, 19261965–1967MichiganDemocratic90 years, 184 days
58John DingellJuly 8, 19261955–2015MichiganDemocratic90 years, 152 days
59Orval H. HansenAugust 3, 19261969–1975IdahoRepublican90 years, 126 days
60Amo HoughtonAugust 7, 19261987–2005New YorkRepublican90 years, 122 days
61John Otho Marsh, Jr.August 7, 19261963–1971VirginiaDemocratic90 years, 122 days
62Joseph P. KolterSeptember 3, 19261983–1993PennsylvaniaDemocratic90 years, 95 days
63Robert J. LagomarsinoSeptember 4, 19261975–1993CaliforniaRepublican90 years, 94 days
64Philip RuppeSeptember 29, 19261967–1979MichiganRepublican90 years, 69 days
65Richard FultonJanuary 27, 19271963–1975TennesseeDemocratic89 years, 315 days
66Marc L. MarksFebruary 12, 19271977–1983PennsylvaniaRepublican89 years, 299 days
67Benjamin B. BlackburnFebruary 14, 19271967–1975GeorgiaRepublican89 years, 297 days
68Arthur Ravenel, Jr.March 29, 19271987–1995South CarolinaRepublican89 years, 253 days
69William J. KeatingMarch 30, 19271971–1974OhioRepublican89 years, 252 days
70Austin MurphyJune 17, 19271977–1995PennsylvaniaDemocratic89 years, 173 days
71Bud BrownJune 18, 19271965–1983OhioRepublican89 years, 172 days
72Leo C. ZeferettiJuly 15, 19271975–1983New YorkDemocratic89 years, 145 days
73Al McCandlessJuly 23, 19271983–1995CaliforniaRepublican89 years, 137 days
74Edwin EdwardsAugust 7, 19271965–1972LouisianaDemocratic89 years, 122 days
75Jim WeaverAugust 8, 19271975—1987OregonDemocratic89 years, 121 days
76Jim BroyhillAugust 19, 19271963–1986North CarolinaRepublican89 years, 110 days
77Kika de la GarzaSeptember 22, 19271965–1997TexasDemocratic89 years, 76 days
78James W. SymingtonSeptember 28, 19271969–1977MissouriDemocratic89 years, 70 days
79Pete McCloskeySeptember 29, 19271967–1983CaliforniaRepublican89 years, 69 days
80William F. GoodlingDecember 5, 19271975–2001PennsylvaniaRepublican89 years, 2 days
81John Hall Buchanan, Jr.March 19, 19281965–1981AlabamaRepublican88 years, 263 days
82William Reynolds Archer Jr.March 22, 19281971–2001TexasRepublican88 years, 260 days
83Douglas ApplegateMarch 27, 19281977–1995OhioDemocratic88 years, 255 days
84Manuel Lujan, Jr.May 12, 19281969–1989New MexicoRepublican88 years, 209 days
85Jan MeyersJuly 20, 19281985–1997KansasRepublican88 years, 140 days
86Nick GalifianakisJuly 22, 19281967–1973North Carolina Democratic88 years, 138 days
87Robert BerglandJuly 22, 19281971–1977MinnesotaDemocratic-Farmer-Labor88 years, 138 days
88William Sheldrick ConoverAugust 27, 19281972–1973PennsylvaniaRepublican88 years, 102 days
89Jack EdwardsSeptember 20, 19281965–1985AlabamaRepublican88 years, 78 days
90Lawrence HoganSeptember 30, 19281969–1975MarylandRepublican88 years, 68 days
91Guy MolinariNovember 23, 19281981–1989New YorkRepublican88 years, 14 days
92Bill GradisonDecember 28, 19281975–1993OhioRepublican87 years, 345 days
93Marilyn LloydJanuary 3, 19291975–1995TennesseeDemocratic87 years, 339 days
94Richard OttingerJanuary 27, 19291965–1971
1975–1985
New YorkDemocratic87 years, 315 days
95James L. NelliganFebruary 14, 19291981–1983PennsylvaniaRepublican87 years, 297 days
96Harris W. FawellMarch 25, 19291985–1999IllinoisRepublican87 years, 257 days
97William F. Clinger Jr.April 4, 19291979–1997PennsylvaniaRepublican87 years, 247 days
98John ConyersMay 16, 19291965–presentMichiganDemocratic87 years, 205 days
99Richard T. SchulzeAugust 7, 19291975–1993PennsylvaniaRepublican87 years, 122 days
100Louise SlaughterAugust 14, 19291987–presentNew YorkDemocratic87 years, 115 days

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