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For senators and representatives who represented defunct parties or switched parties intra-term, only their latest party while in office is reflected. Most states, due to not having long-running deans until the 1900s, have tables only starting from that decade.

Guidelines[edit]

Checklist[edit]

Check all dates (Congress sessions, individual terms, deanships, ayds)
Check seniority (shared seniority, alphabetical precedence, combined House and Senate tenures, causes of departure)
Check numbered seniority (if death caused seniority to go up independent of list number)

Seniority criteria[edit]

Number of consecutive terms (for speed, use seniority date)
Number of past, non-consecutive terms
Alphabetical order of surname (if more than two people fulfill same seniority after above criteria, use individual with earliest surname in alphabet)
For Representatives elected to fill vacancy, seniority is calculated from date of special election. Column-wise (Congress), at-large representatives use the date they were sworn in.

Footnote storage[edit]

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BLANK[edit]

Senior members of -- congressional delegation
Congress	Dates	Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)	Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure)	House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)
1st	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791
2nd	March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793
3rd	March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795
4th	March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797
5th	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799
6th	March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801
7th	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803
8th	March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805
9th	March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1807
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809
11th	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813
13th	March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815
14th	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821
17th	March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825
19th	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827
20th	March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1829
21st	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831
22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833
23rd	March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835
24th	March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837
25th	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839
26th	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841
27th	March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843
28th	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845
29th	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847
30th	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849
31st	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851
32nd	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853
33rd	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855
34th	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857
35th	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859
36th	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861
37th	March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863
38th	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865
39th	March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867
40th	March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869
41st	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871
42nd	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873
43rd	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
44th	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877
45th	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879
46th	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881
47th	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883
48th	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885
49th	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887
50th	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889
51st	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891
52nd	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893
53rd	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895
54th	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897
55th	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899
56th	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901
57th	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903
58th	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905
59th	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907
60th	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909
61st	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911
62nd	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913
63rd	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915
64th	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917
65th	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919
66th	March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921
67th	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923
68th	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925
69th	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927
70th	March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929
71st	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931
72nd	March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933
73rd	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
74th	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937
75th	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
76th	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
77th	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
78th	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
79th	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
80th	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
81st	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
82nd	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953
83rd	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
84th	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957
85th	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959
86th	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961
87th	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
88th	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965
89th	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
90th	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969
91st	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
92nd	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973
93rd	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
94th	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977
95th	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979
96th	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981
97th	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
98th	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
99th	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
100th	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989
101st	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991
102nd	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
103rd	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
104th	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
105th	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999
106th	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001
107th	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
108th	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
109th	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
110th	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
111th	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
112th	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
113th	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
114th	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
115th	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
116th	January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
117th	January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
118th	January 3, 2023 – present
Congress	Dates	Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)	Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure)	House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)

Connecticut[edit]

Senior members of -- congressional delegation
Congress	Dates	Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)	Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure)	House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)
1st	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791
2nd	March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793
3rd	March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795
4th	March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797
5th	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799
6th	March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801
7th	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803
8th	March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805
9th	March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1807
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809
11th	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813
13th	March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815
14th	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821
17th	March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825
19th	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827
20th	March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1829
21st	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831
22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833
23rd	March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835
24th	March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837
25th	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839
26th	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841
27th	March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843
28th	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845
29th	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847
30th	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849
31st	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851
32nd	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853
33rd	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855
34th	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857
35th	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859
36th	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861
37th	March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863
38th	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865
39th	March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867
40th	March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869
41st	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871
42nd	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873
43rd	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
44th	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877
45th	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879
46th	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881
47th	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883
48th	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885
49th	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887
50th	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889
51st	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891
52nd	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893
53rd	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895
54th	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897
55th	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899
56th	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901
57th	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903
58th	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905
59th	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907
60th	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909
61st	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911
62nd	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913
63rd	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915
64th	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917
65th	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919
66th	March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921
67th	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923
68th	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925
69th	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927
70th	March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929
71st	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931
72nd	March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933
73rd	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
74th	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937
75th	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
76th	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
77th	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
78th	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
79th	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
80th	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
81st	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
82nd	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953
83rd	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
84th	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957
85th	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959
86th	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961
87th	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
88th	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965
89th	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
90th	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969
91st	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
92nd	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973
93rd	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
94th	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977
95th	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979
96th	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981
97th	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
98th	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
99th	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
100th	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989
101st	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991
102nd	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
103rd	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
104th	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
105th	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999
106th	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001
107th	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
108th	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
109th	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
110th	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
111th	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
112th	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
113th	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
114th	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
115th	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
116th	January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
117th	January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
118th	January 3, 2023 – present
Congress	Dates	Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)	Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure)	House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)

Idaho[edit]

Senior members of Idaho's congressional delegation
Congress	Dates	Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)	Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure)	House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)
1st	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791
2nd	March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793
3rd	March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795
4th	March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797
5th	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799
6th	March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801
7th	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803
8th	March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805
9th	March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1807
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809
11th	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813
13th	March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815
14th	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821
17th	March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825
19th	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827
20th	March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1829
21st	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831
22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833
23rd	March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835
24th	March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837
25th	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839
26th	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841
27th	March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843
28th	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845
29th	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847
30th	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849
31st	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851
32nd	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853
33rd	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855
34th	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857
35th	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859
36th	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861
37th	March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863
38th	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865
39th	March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867
40th	March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869
41st	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871
42nd	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873
43rd	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
44th	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877
45th	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879
46th	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881
47th	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883
48th	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885
49th	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887
50th	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889
51st	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891
52nd	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893
53rd	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895
54th	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897
55th	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899
56th	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901
57th	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903
58th	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905
59th	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907
60th	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909
61st	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911
62nd	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913
63rd	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915
64th	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917
65th	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919
66th	March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921
67th	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923
68th	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925
69th	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927
70th	March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929
71st	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931
72nd	March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933
73rd	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
74th	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937
75th	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
76th	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
77th	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
78th	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
79th	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
80th	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
81st	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
82nd	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953
83rd	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
84th	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957
85th	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959
86th	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961
87th	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
88th	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965
89th	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
90th	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969
91st	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
92nd	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973
93rd	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
94th	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977
95th	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979
96th	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981
97th	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
98th	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
99th	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
100th	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989
101st	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991
102nd	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
103rd	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
104th	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
105th	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999
106th	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001
107th	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
108th	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
109th	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
110th	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
111th	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
112th	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
113th	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
114th	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
115th	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
116th	January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
117th	January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
118th	January 3, 2023 – present
Congress	Dates	Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)	Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure)	House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)

Indiana[edit]

Senior members of Indiana's congressional delegation (1861–present)
Congress	Dates	Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)	Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure)	House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)
37th	March 4, 1861 – February 5, 1862	Jesse D. Bright^[H]		Schuyler Colfax^[I] Seniority from March 4, 1855 (13 years, 364 days) (elected Vice President)
37th	February 5, 1862 – March 4, 1863	Henry S. Lane
38th	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865
39th	March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867
40th	March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869	Thomas A. Hendricks
41st	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871	Oliver P. Morton		George W. Julian
42nd	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873			William E. Niblack
43rd	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875			William E. Niblack
44th	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877			William S. Holman
45th	March 4, 1877 – November 1, 1877			Morton C. Hunter
45th	November 1, 1877 – March 4, 1879	Joseph E. McDonald		Morton C. Hunter
46th	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881	Joseph E. McDonald		John Baker
47th	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883	Daniel W. Voorhees
48th	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885
49th	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887
50th	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889
51st	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891
52nd	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893			William S. Holman
53rd	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895			William S. Holman
54th	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897			Henry U. Johnson
55th	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899	David Turpie		Henry U. Johnson
56th	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901	Charles W. Fairbanks		George Washington Steele
57th	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903			George Washington Steele
58th	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905
59th	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907	Albert J. Beveridge
60th	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909			Edgar D. Crumpacker
61st	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911
62nd	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913	Benjamin F. Shively
63rd	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915			Lincoln Dixon
64th	March 4, 1915 – March 14, 1916
64th	March 14, 1916 – March 4, 1917	John W. Kern
65th	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919	James E. Watson
66th	March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921
67th	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923
68th	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925
69th	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927
70th	March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929
71st	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931
72nd	March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933
73rd	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	Arthur Raymond Robinson		Arthur H. Greenwood
74th	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	Frederick Van Nuys Seniority from March 4, 1933 (10 years, 327 days) (died)
75th	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
76th	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941		Ludlow (House) Seniority from March 4, 1929 (19 years, 305 days)	Louis Ludlow Seniority from March 4, 1929 (19 years, 305 days) (retired)
77th	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
78th	January 3, 1943 – January 25, 1944
78th	January 25, 1944 – January 3, 1945	Raymond E. Willis Seniority from January 3, 1941 (6 years, 0 days) (retired)
79th	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
80th	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	Homer E. Capehart Seniority from January 3, 1945 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election)
81st	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951		Halleck (House) Seniority from January 29, 1935 (33 years, 340 days)	Charles A. Halleck^[J] Seniority from January 29, 1935^[a] (33 years, 340 days) (retired)
82nd	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953
83rd	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
84th	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957
85th	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959
86th	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961
87th	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
88th	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	Vance Hartke Seniority from January 3, 1959 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election)
89th	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
90th	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969
91st	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971		Madden (House) Seniority from January 3, 1943 (34 years, 0 days)	Ray Madden Seniority from January 3, 1943 (34 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)
92nd	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973
93rd	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
94th	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977
95th	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979	Birch Bayh Seniority from January 3, 1963 (18 years, 0 days) (lost re-election)	Brademas (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 (22 years, 0 days)	John Brademas Seniority from January 3, 1959 (22 years, 0 days) (lost re-election)
96th	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981
97th	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	Richard Lugar Seniority from January 3, 1977 (36 years, 0 days) (lost renomination)	Hamilton (House) Seniority from January 3, 1965 (34 years, 0 days)	Lee Hamilton Seniority from January 3, 1965 (34 years, 0 days) (retired)
98th	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
99th	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
100th	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989
101st	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991
102nd	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
103rd	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
104th	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
105th	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999
106th	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001		Lugar (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1977 (36 years, 0 days)	Dan Burton Seniority from January 3, 1983 (30 years, 0 days) (retired)
107th	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
108th	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
109th	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
110th	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
111th	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
112th	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
113th	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	Dan Coats^[A]^[G] Seniority from January 3, 2011 (6 years, 0 days) (retired)	Visclosky (House) Seniority from January 3, 1985 (36 years, 0 days)	Pete Visclosky Seniority from January 3, 1985 (36 years, 0 days) (retired)
114th	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
115th	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019	Joe Donnelly^[G] Seniority from January 3, 2013 (6 years, 0 days) (lost re-election)
116th	January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021	Todd Young^[G] Seniority from January 3, 2017 (7 years, 177 days) (Incumbent)
117th	January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023		Carson (House) Seniority from March 11, 2008 (16 years, 109 days)	André Carson Seniority from March 11, 2008^[a] (16 years, 109 days) (Incumbent)
118th	January 3, 2023 – present
Congress	Dates	Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)	Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure)	House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)

Rhode Island[edit]

Senior members of -- congressional delegation
Congress	Dates	Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)	Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure)	House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)
1st	March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791
2nd	March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793
3rd	March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795
4th	March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797
5th	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799
6th	March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801
7th	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803
8th	March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805
9th	March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1807
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809
11th	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813
13th	March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815
14th	March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821
17th	March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825
19th	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827
20th	March 4, 1827 – March 4, 1829
21st	March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831
22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833
23rd	March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835
24th	March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837
25th	March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839
26th	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841
27th	March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843
28th	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845
29th	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847
30th	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849
31st	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851
32nd	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853
33rd	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855
34th	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857
35th	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859
36th	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861
37th	March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863
38th	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865
39th	March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867
40th	March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869
41st	March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871
42nd	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873
43rd	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
44th	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877
45th	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879
46th	March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881
47th	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883
48th	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885
49th	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887
50th	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889
51st	March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891
52nd	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893
53rd	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895
54th	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897
55th	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899
56th	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901
57th	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903
58th	March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905
59th	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907
60th	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909
61st	March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911
62nd	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913
63rd	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915
64th	March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917
65th	March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919
66th	March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921
67th	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923
68th	March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925
69th	March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927
70th	March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929
71st	March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931
72nd	March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933
73rd	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
74th	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937
75th	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
76th	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
77th	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
78th	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
79th	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
80th	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
81st	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
82nd	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953
83rd	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955
84th	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957
85th	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959
86th	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961
87th	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
88th	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965
89th	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
90th	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1969
91st	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
92nd	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973
93rd	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
94th	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977
95th	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979
96th	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981
97th	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983
98th	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
99th	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
100th	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989
101st	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991
102nd	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
103rd	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
104th	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
105th	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999
106th	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001
107th	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003
108th	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
109th	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
110th	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
111th	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011
112th	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013
113th	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
114th	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
115th	January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019
116th	January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021
117th	January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
118th	January 3, 2023 – present
Congress	Dates	Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)	Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure)	House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure)

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Chapter 7 § 2. Seniority and Derivative Rights". Deschler's Precedents, Volume 2 (PDF). U.S. Government Publishing Office. January 1, 1994. p. 670. Retrieved November 5, 2023.

Footnotes (positional)[edit]

^ ^a ^b Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate
^ Jacksonian Democrat until 1837
^ Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House
^ Third time
^ As an at-large congressional district, Alaska has been represented by one member in the House of Representatives since statehood.
^ Sole representative (at-large district)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives
^ President pro tempore from 1854 to 1856, 1856 to 1857, and June 12 to June 16, 1850
^ Speaker of the House and House Republican Leader from 1863 to 1869
^ House Republican Leader from 1959 to 1965

Footnotes (seniority)[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Representative elected to fill vacancy; seniority calculated from date of special election (if different from date the seat was filled)^[1] Cite error: The named reference "housevacancy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ Preceding election(s) resulted in turnover of all sitting incumbents; successors share a seniority date with no distinctions
^ Spark Matsunaga shared seniority with Thomas Gill until January 3, 1965
^ Shares seniority date with other officeholder(s); credited as sole dean by past non-consecutive terms in Congress
^ Shares seniority date with more than two other Representatives (thus unable to count as co-deans); credited as sole dean due to surname coming first alphabetically
^ Senator elected by state legislature intra-term prior to ratification of Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from election date (if different from date the seat was filled)
^ Served more terms in total (eight) than Fernando Wood (six)

Bibliography[edit]

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774 – 2005) (PDF), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005, retrieved November 12, 2023

[deschlersseniority-1] "Chapter 7 § 2. Seniority and Derivative Rights". Deschler's Precedents, Volume 2 (PDF). U.S. Government Publishing Office. January 1, 1994. p. 670. Retrieved November 5, 2023.

[senatenonconsecutive-9] Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the Senate

[jacksonian-10] Jacksonian Democrat until 1837

[housenonconsecutive-11] Previously served non-consecutive term(s) in the House

[third-12] Third time

[alaskaatlarge-13] As an at-large congressional district, Alaska has been represented by one member in the House of Representatives since statehood.

[atlarge-14] Sole representative (at-large district)

[formerhouse-15] Senator who previously served in the House of Representatives

[16] President pro tempore from 1854 to 1856, 1856 to 1857, and June 12 to June 16, 1850

[17] Speaker of the House and House Republican Leader from 1863 to 1869

[18] House Republican Leader from 1959 to 1965

[housevacancy-2] Representative elected to fill vacancy; seniority calculated from date of special election (if different from date the seat was filled)^[1] Cite error: The named reference "housevacancy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[turnover-3] Preceding election(s) resulted in turnover of all sitting incumbents; successors share a seniority date with no distinctions

[turnovergill-4] Spark Matsunaga shared seniority with Thomas Gill until January 3, 1965

[past-5] Shares seniority date with other officeholder(s); credited as sole dean by past non-consecutive terms in Congress

[codeanex-6] Shares seniority date with more than two other Representatives (thus unable to count as co-deans); credited as sole dean due to surname coming first alphabetically

[senatorlegis-7] Senator elected by state legislature intra-term prior to ratification of Seventeenth Amendment; seniority calculated from election date (if different from date the seat was filled)

[8] Served more terms in total (eight) than Fernando Wood (six)

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