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 the people of the 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 VirginiaDemocratic101 years, 231 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 or are Senators.

Rank Representative Date of birth House term State served Party Age (years, days)
1Ken HechlerSeptember 20, 19141959–1977West VirginiaDemocratic101 years, 231 days
2John S. WoldAugust 31, 19161969–1971WyomingRepublican99 years, 251 days
3James D. MartinSeptember 1, 19181965–1967AlabamaRepublican97 years, 250 days
4Lester L. WolffJanuary 4, 19191965–1981New YorkDemocratic97 years, 125 days
5Larry WinnAugust 22, 19191965–1985KansasRepublican96 years, 260 days
6Burt L. TalcottFebruary 22, 19201963–1977CaliforniaRepublican96 years, 76 days
7Del LattaMarch 5, 19201959–1989OhioRepublican96 years, 64 days
8Neal Edward SmithMarch 23, 19201959–1995IowaDemocratic96 years, 46 days
9Edward Lunn YoungSeptember 7, 19201973–1975South CarolinaRepublican95 years, 244 days
10Marjorie HoltSeptember 17, 19201973–1987MarylandRepublican95 years, 234 days
11Cornelius Edward GallagherMarch 2, 19211959–1973New JerseyDemocratic95 years, 67 days
12Berkley BedellMarch 5, 19211975–1987IowaDemocratic95 years, 64 days
13Harry G. Haskell, Jr.May 27, 19211957–1959DelawareRepublican94 years, 347 days
14Paul FindleyJune 23, 19211961–1983IllinoisRepublican94 years, 320 days
15Roger H. ZionSeptember 17, 19211967–1975IndianaRepublican94 years, 234 days
16Mike McCormackDecember 14, 19211971–1981WashingtonDemocratic94 years, 146 days
17John R. SchmidhauserJanuary 3, 19221965–1967IowaDemocratic94 years, 126 days
18John B. AndersonFebruary 15, 19221961–1981IllinoisRepublican94 years, 83 days
19Doug Barnard, Jr.March 20, 19221977–1993GeorgiaDemocratic94 years, 49 days
20William BroomfieldApril 28, 19221957–1993MichiganRepublican94 years, 10 days
21R. James HarveyJuly 4, 19221961–1975MichiganRepublican93 years, 309 days
22Melvin R. LairdSeptember 1, 19221953–1971WisconsinRepublican93 years, 250 days
23Benjamin A. GilmanDecember 6, 19221973–2003New YorkRepublican93 years, 154 days
24Samuel H. YoungDecember 26, 19221973–1975IllinoisRepublican93 years, 134 days
25Robert H. MichelMarch 2, 19231957–1995IllinoisRepublican93 years, 67 days
26Ralph HallMay 3, 19231981–2015TexasDemocratic, Republican93 years, 5 days
27Bernard F. GrabowskiJune 11, 19231963–1967ConnecticutDemocratic92 years, 332 days
28Bob DoleJuly 22, 19231961–1969KansasRepublican92 years, 291 days
29Andrew J. HinshawAugust 4, 19231973–1976CaliforniaRepublican92 years, 278 days
30Al QuieSeptember 18, 19231958–1979MinnesotaRepublican92 years, 233 days
31Fred RichmondNovember 15, 19231975–1982New YorkDemocratic92 years, 175 days
32Helen Delich BentleyNovember 28, 19231985–1995MarylandRepublican92 years, 162 days
33Charles ThoneJanuary 4, 19241971–1979NebraskaRepublican92 years, 125 days
34Edwin ReineckeJanuary 7, 19241965–1969CaliforniaRepublican92 years, 122 days
35Catherine Small LongFebruary 7, 19241985–1987LouisianaDemocratic92 years, 91 days
36Donald M. FraserFebruary 20, 19241963–1979MinnesotaDemocratic-Farmer-Labor92 years, 78 days
37George H. W. BushJune 12, 19241967–1971TexasRepublican91 years, 331 days
38Shirley Neil PettisJuly 12, 19241975–1979CaliforniaRepublican91 years, 301 days
39Frank Joseph GuariniAugust 20, 19241979–1993New JerseyDemocratic91 years, 262 days
40John MelcherSeptember 6, 19241969–1977MontanaDemocratic91 years, 245 days
41Daniel AkakaSeptember 11, 19241977–1990HawaiiDemocratic 91 years, 240 days
42Howard C. NielsonSeptember 12, 19241983–1991UtahRepublican91 years, 239 days
43Merwin CoadSeptember 28, 19241957–1963IowaDemocratic91 years, 223 days
44Weston E. VivianOctober 25, 19241965–1967MichiganDemocratic91 years, 196 days
45Ralph RegulaDecember 3, 19241973–2009OhioRepublican91 years, 157 days
46Fletcher ThompsonFebruary 5, 19251967–1973GeorgiaRepublican91 years, 93 days
47G. William WhitehurstMarch 12, 19251967–1987VirginiaRepublican91 years, 57 days
48Lucien N. NedziMay 28, 19251961–1981MichiganDemocratic90 years, 346 days
49Ogden R. ReidJune 24, 19251963–1975New YorkRepublican, Democratic90 years, 319 days
50Tom LukenJuly 9, 19251974–1975
1977–1991
OhioDemocratic90 years, 304 days
51Fred B. RooneyNovember 6, 19251963–1979PennsylvaniaDemocratic90 years, 184 days
52Abner J. MikvaJanuary 21, 19261969–1973
1975–1979
IllinoisDemocratic90 years, 108 days
53J. Roy RowlandFebruary 3, 19261983–1995GeorgiaDemocratic90 years, 95 days
54Elwood HillisMarch 6, 19261971–1987IndianaRepublican90 years, 63 days
55Alvin BaldusApril 27, 19261975–1981WisconsinDemocrat90 years, 11 days
56Carrie P. MeekApril 29, 19261993–2003FloridaDemocrat90 years, 9 days
57Dick NicholsApril 29, 19261991–1993KansasRepublican90 years, 9 days
58Earl Dewitt HuttoMay 12, 19261979–1995FloridaDemocrat89 years, 362 days
59Mark AndrewsMay 19, 19261963–1981North DakotaRepublican89 years, 355 days
60Roscoe BartlettJune 3, 19261993–2013MarylandRepublican89 years, 340 days
61Raymond F. ClevengerJune 6, 19261965–1967MichiganDemocrat89 years, 337 days
62John DingellJuly 8, 19261955–2015MichiganDemocrat89 years, 305 days
63Orval H. HansenAugust 3, 19261969–1975IdahoRepublican89 years, 279 days
64Amo HoughtonAugust 7, 19261987–2005New YorkRepublican89 years, 275 days
65John Otho Marsh, Jr.August 7, 19261963–1971VirginiaDemocrat89 years, 275 days
66Joseph P. KolterSeptember 3, 19261983–1993PennsylvaniaDemocrat89 years, 248 days
67Robert J. LagomarsinoSeptember 4, 19261975–1993CaliforniaRepublican89 years, 247 days
68Philip RuppeSeptember 29, 19261967–1979MichiganRepublican89 years, 222 days
69Richard FultonJanuary 27, 19271963–1975TennesseeDemocrat89 years, 102 days
70Marc L. MarksFebruary 12, 19271977–1983PennsylvaniaRepublican89 years, 86 days
71Benjamin B. BlackburnFebruary 14, 19271967–1975Georgia Republican 89 years, 84 days
72John BrademasMarch 2, 19271959–1981IndianaDemocratic89 years, 67 days
73Arthur Ravenel, Jr.March 29, 19271987–1995South Carolina Republican 89 years, 40 days
74William J. KeatingMarch 30, 19271971–1974Ohio Republican 89 years, 39 days
75Eugene AtkinsonApril 5, 19271979–1983Pennsylvania Republican 89 years, 33 days
76Austin MurphyJune 17, 19271977–1995PennsylvaniaDemocratic88 years, 326 days
77Bud BrownJune 18, 19271965–1983OhioRepublican88 years, 325 days
78Leo C. ZeferettiJuly 15, 19271975–1983New YorkDemocratic88 years, 298 days
79Al McCandlessJuly 23, 19271983–1995CaliforniaRepublican88 years, 290 days
80Edwin EdwardsAugust 7, 19271965–1972LouisianaDemocratic88 years, 275 days
81Jim WeaverAugust 8, 19271975—1987OregonDemocratic88 years, 274 days
82Jim BroyhillAugust 19, 19271963–1986North CarolinaRepublican88 years, 263 days
83Kika de la GarzaSeptember 22, 19271965–1997TexasDemocratic88 years, 229 days
84James W. SymingtonSeptember 28, 19271969–1977MissouriDemocratic88 years, 223 days
85Pete McCloskeySeptember 29, 19271967–1983CaliforniaRepublican88 years, 222 days
86William F. GoodlingDecember 5, 19271975–2001PennsylvaniaRepublican88 years, 155 days
87John Hall Buchanan, Jr.March 19, 19281965–1981AlabamaRepublican88 years, 50 days
88William Reynolds Archer, Jr.March 22, 19281971–2001TexasRepublican88 years, 47 days
89Douglas ApplegateMarch 27, 19281977–1995OhioDemocrat88 years, 42 days
90Manuel Lujan, Jr.May 12, 19281969–1989New MexicoRepublican87 years, 362 days
91Jan MeyersJuly 20, 19281985–1997KansasRepublican87 years, 293 days
92Nick GalifianakisJuly 22, 19281967–1973North CarolinaDemocrat87 years, 291 days
93Robert BerglandJuly 22, 19281971–1977MinnesotaDemocratic-Farmer-Labor87 years, 291 days
94William Sheldrick ConoverAugust 27, 19281972–1973PennsylvaniaRepublican87 years, 255 days
95Jack EdwardsSeptember 20, 19281965–1985AlabamaRepublican87 years, 231 days
96Lawrence HoganSeptember 30, 19281969–1975MarylandRepublican87 years, 221 days
97Guy MolinariNovember 23, 19281981–1989New YorkRepublican87 years, 167 days
98Bill GradisonDecember 28, 19281975–1993OhioRepublican87 years, 132 days
99Marilyn LloydJanuary 3, 19291975–1995TennesseeDemocratic87 years, 126 days
100Richard OttingerJanuary 27, 19291965–1971
1975–1985
New YorkDemocrat87 years, 102 days

The oldest sitting member is John Conyers, a Democrat from Michigan, who was born in 1929, who is also Dean of the House.

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