List of The Oldest Living Members of The United States House of Representatives - Historical

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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 Date End Date Representative Date of birth House term State served Party Age (years, days)
March 4, 1789 July 23, 1793 Roger Sherman April 19, 1721 1789-1791 Connecticut Pro-Administration 700172000000000000072 years, 700195000000000000095 days
July 23, 1793 September 15, 1794 Abraham Clark February 15, 1726 1791-1794 New Jersey Pro-Administration 700168000000000000068 years, 7002212000000000000212 days
September 15, 1794 December 10, 1796 Israel Jacobs June 9, 1726 1791-1793 Pennsylvania Pro-Administration 700170000000000000070 years, 7002184000000000000184 days
December 10, 1796 October 28, 1800 Artemas Ward November 26, 1727 1791-1795 Massachusetts Pro-Administration 700172000000000000072 years, 7002335000000000000335 days
October 28, 1800 March 27, 1814 William Smith April 12, 1728 1789-1791 Maryland Anti-Administration 700185000000000000085 years, 7002349000000000000349 days
March 27, 1814 July 26, 1819 George Leonard July 4, 1729 1789-1793
1795-1797		 Massachusetts Pro-Administration
Federalist		 700190000000000000090 years, 700122000000000000022 days
July 26, 1819 June 1, 1832 Thomas Sumter August 14, 1734 1789-1793
1797-1801		 South Carolina Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican		 700197000000000000097 years, 7002292000000000000292 days
June 1, 1832 March 7, 1838 Paine Wingate May 14, 1739 1793-1795 New Hampshire Pro-Administration 700198000000000000098 years, 7002297000000000000297 days
March 7, 1838 May 22, 1842 Henry Southard October 7, 1747 1801-1811
1815-1821		 New Jersey Democratic-Republican 700194000000000000094 years, 7002227000000000000227 days
May 22, 1842 October 18, 1843 Ebenezer Elmer August 23, 1752 1801-1807 New Jersey Democratic-Republican 700191000000000000091 years, 700156000000000000056 days
October 18, 1843 March 6, 1844 Gabriel Duvall December 6, 1752 1794-1796 Maryland Anti-Administration
Democratic-Republican		 700191000000000000091 years, 700191000000000000091 days
March 6, 1844 March 23, 1846 Laban Wheaton March 13, 1754 1809-1817 Massachusetts Federalist 700192000000000000092 years, 700110000000000000010 days
March 23, 1846 January 20, 1849 Nathan Read July 2, 1759 1800-1803 Massachusetts Federalist 700189000000000000089 years, 7002202000000000000202 days
January 20, 1849 May 26, 1851 Simeon Baldwin December 14, 1761 1803-1805 Connecticut Federalist 700189000000000000089 years, 7002163000000000000163 days
May 26, 1851 March 29, 1855 John Locke February 14, 1764 1823-1829 Massachusetts Adams Republican 700191000000000000091 years, 700143000000000000043 days
March 29, 1855 April 8, 1857 Alexander Boyd September 14, 1764 1813-1815 New York Federalist 700192000000000000092 years, 7002206000000000000206 days
April 8, 1857 January 23, 1858 Daniel Burrows October 26, 1766 1821-1823 Connecticut Democratic-Republican 700191000000000000091 years, 700189000000000000089 days
January 23, 1858 August 3, 1863 Zadock Cook February 18, 1769 1816-1819 Georgia Democratic-Republican 700194000000000000094 years, 7002166000000000000166 days
August 3, 1863 July 1, 1864 Josiah Quincy III February 4, 1772 1805-1813 Massachusetts Federalist 700192000000000000092 years, 7002148000000000000148 days
July 1, 1864 January 2, 1866 Thomas Chandler August 10, 1772 1829-1833 New Hampshire Jacksonian 700193000000000000093 years, 7002145000000000000145 days
January 2, 1866 April 1, 1868 James Parker March 1, 1776 1833-1837 New Jersey Jacksonian 700192000000000000092 years, 700131000000000000031 days
April 1, 1868 July 1, 1868 Samuel Tweedy March 8, 1776 1833-1835 Connecticut Anti-Jacksonian 700192000000000000092 years, 7002115000000000000115 days
July 1, 1868 December 23, 1870 James I. Van Alen 1776 1807-1809 New York Democratic-Republican ca. 94 yy
December 23, 1870 July 18, 1872 Samuel Thatcher July 1, 1776 1802-1805 Massachusetts Federalist 700196000000000000096 years, 700117000000000000017 days
July 18, 1872 August 12, 1875 Horace Binney January 4, 1780 1833-1835 Pennsylvania Anti-Jacksonian 700195000000000000095 years, 7002220000000000000220 days
August 12, 1875 February 16, 1880 Daniel Sheffer May 24, 1783 1837-1839 Pennsylvania Democratic 700196000000000000096 years, 7002268000000000000268 days
February 16, 1880 September 22, 1881 John Alfred Cuthbert June 3, 1788 1819-1821 Georgia Democratic-Republican 700193000000000000093 years, 7002111000000000000111 days
September 22, 1881 February 7, 1885 Joseph Grinnell November 17, 1788 1843-1851 Massachusetts Whig 700196000000000000096 years, 700182000000000000082 days
February 7, 1885 August 8, 1885 James Garland June 6, 1791 1835-1841 Virginia Jacksonian
Democratic
Conservative		 700194000000000000094 years, 700163000000000000063 days
August 8, 1885 May 7, 1886 David Fisher December 3, 1794 1847-1849 Ohio Whig 700191000000000000091 years, 7002155000000000000155 days
May 7, 1886 January 9, 1887 Elijah Babbitt July 29, 1795 1859-1863 Pennsylvania Republican 700191000000000000091 years, 7002164000000000000164 days
January 9, 1887 June 9, 1887 John Hoge Ewing October 8, 1796 1845-1847 Pennsylvania Whig 700190000000000000090 years, 7002244000000000000244 days
June 9, 1887 July 26, 1891 Paul Dillingham August 10, 1799 1843-1847 Vermont Democratic 700191000000000000091 years, 7002350000000000000350 days
July 26, 1891 May 9, 1892 Sidney Lawrence December 31, 1801 1847-1849 New York Democratic 700190000000000000090 years, 7002130000000000000130 days
May 9, 1892 June 11, 1894 John T. Andrews May 29, 1803 1837-1839 New York Democratic 700191000000000000091 years, 700113000000000000013 days
June 11, 1894 February 12, 1896 Emery D. Potter October 7, 1804 1843-1845
1849-1851		 Ohio Democratic 700191000000000000091 years, 7002128000000000000128 days
February 12, 1896 January 12, 1897 John W. Crisfield November 8, 1806 1847-1849
1861-1863		 Maryland Whig
Unionist		 700190000000000000090 years, 700165000000000000065 days
January 12, 1897 April 16, 1900 John W. Hunter October 15, 1807 1866-1867 New York Democratic 700192000000000000092 years, 7002183000000000000183 days
April 16, 1900 March 18, 1902 Daniel Wells, Jr. July 16, 1808 1853-1857 Wisconsin Democratic 700193000000000000093 years, 7002245000000000000245 days
March 18, 1902 April 24, 1902 Edwin Hickman Ewing December 2, 1809 1845-1847 Tennessee Whig 700192000000000000092 years, 7002143000000000000143 days
April 24, 1902 March 8, 1903 Martin I. Townsend February 6, 1810 1875-1879 New York Republican 700193000000000000093 years, 700130000000000000030 days
March 8, 1903 March 27, 1908 Ephraim R. Eckley December 9, 1811 1863-1869 Ohio Republican 700196000000000000096 years, 7002109000000000000109 days
March 27, 1908 September 18, 1910 James McGrew September 14, 1813 1869-1873 West Virginia Republican 700197000000000000097 years, 70004000000000000004 days
September 18, 1910 March 14, 1911 John H. Rice February 5, 1816 1861-1867 Maine Republican 700195000000000000095 years, 700137000000000000037 days
March 14, 1911 October 3, 1911 John Morgan Bright January 20, 1817 1871-1881 Tennessee Democratic 700194000000000000094 years, 7002256000000000000256 days
October 3, 1911 March 12, 1916 George William Palmer January 13, 1818 1857-1861 New York Republican 700198000000000000098 years, 700159000000000000059 days
March 12, 1916 November 3, 1924 Cornelius Cole September 17, 1822 1863-1865 California Republican 7002102000000000000102 years, 700147000000000000047 days
November 3, 1924 February 28, 1926 William W. Crapo May 16, 1830 1875-1883 Massachusetts Republican 700195000000000000095 years, 7002288000000000000288 days
February 28, 1926 January 6, 1929 John H. Lewis July 21, 1830 1881-1883 Illinois Republican 700198000000000000098 years, 7002169000000000000169 days
January 6, 1929 April 22, 1932 J. Warren Keifer January 30, 1836 1877-1885
1905-1911		 Ohio Republican 700196000000000000096 years, 700183000000000000083 days
April 22, 1932 May 25, 1938 Henry R. Gibson December 24, 1837 1895-1905 Tennessee Republican 7002100000000000000100 years, 7002152000000000000152 days
May 25, 1938 September 8, 1938 George Frederic Kribbs November 8, 1846 1891-1895 Pennsylvania Democratic 700191000000000000091 years, 7002304000000000000304 days
September 8, 1938 December 18, 1946 Lemuel W. Royse January 19, 1847 1895-1899 Indiana Republican 700199000000000000099 years, 7002333000000000000333 days
December 18, 1946 June 10, 1947 Addison James February 27, 1850 1907-1909 Kentucky Republican 700197000000000000097 years, 7002103000000000000103 days
June 10, 1947 February 25, 1948 Amos R. Webber January 21, 1852 1904-1907 Ohio Republican 700196000000000000096 years, 700135000000000000035 days
February 25, 1948 September 10, 1949 John E. Weeks June 14, 1853 1931-1933 Vermont Republican 700196000000000000096 years, 700188000000000000088 days
September 10, 1949 April 1, 1953 Schuyler Merritt December 16, 1853 1917-1931
1933-1937		 Connecticut Republican 700199000000000000099 years, 7002106000000000000106 days
April 1, 1953 July 27, 1954 Joseph E. Ransdell October 7, 1858 1899-1913 Louisiana Democratic 700195000000000000095 years, 7002293000000000000293 days
July 27, 1954 May 12, 1956 Franklin Menges October 26, 1858 1925-1931 Pennsylvania Republican 700197000000000000097 years, 7002199000000000000199 days
May 12, 1956 July 5, 1956 Addison T. Smith September 5, 1862 1913-1933 Idaho Republican 700193000000000000093 years, 7002304000000000000304 days
July 5, 1956 January 17, 1958 Michael Donohoe February 22, 1864 1911-1915 Pennsylvania Democratic 700193000000000000093 years, 7002329000000000000329 days
January 17, 1958 April 29, 1958 Warren A. Haggott May 18, 1864 1907-1909 Colorado Republican 700193000000000000093 years, 7002346000000000000346 days
April 29, 1958 February 22, 1960 Townsend Scudder July 26, 1865 1899-1901
1903-1905		 New York Democratic 700194000000000000094 years, 7002211000000000000211 days
February 22, 1960 October 11, 1960 Daniel K. Hoch January 31, 1866 1943-1947 Pennsylvania Democratic 700194000000000000094 years, 7002254000000000000254 days
October 11, 1960 September 12, 1963 Charles Nelson Pray April 6, 1868 1907-1913 Montana Republican 700195000000000000095 years, 7002159000000000000159 days
September 12, 1963 November 7, 1967 John Nance Garner November 22, 1868 1903-1933 Texas Democratic 700198000000000000098 years, 7002350000000000000350 days
November 7, 1967 July 12, 1971 Earl Hanley Beshlin April 28, 1870 1917-1919 Pennsylvania Democratic 7002101000000000000101 years, 700175000000000000075 days
July 12, 1971 January 6, 1973 Maurice Hudson Thatcher August 15, 1870 1923-1933 Kentucky Republican 7002102000000000000102 years, 7002144000000000000144 days
January 6, 1973 January 10, 1974 Charles G. Bond May 29, 1877 1921-1923 New York Republican 700196000000000000096 years, 7002226000000000000226 days
January 10, 1974 January 9, 1975 Virginia E. Jenckes November 6, 1877 1933-1939 Indiana Democratic 700197000000000000097 years, 700164000000000000064 days
January 9, 1975 March 4, 1977 Miles C. Allgood February 22, 1878 1923-1935 Alabama Democratic 700199000000000000099 years, 700110000000000000010 days
March 4, 1977 December 27, 1980 Charles S. Dewey November 10, 1880 1941-1945 Illinois Republican 7002100000000000000100 years, 700147000000000000047 days
December 27, 1980 June 1, 1981 Carl Vinson November 18, 1883 1914-1965 Georgia Democratic 700197000000000000097 years, 7002195000000000000195 days
June 1, 1981 November 2, 1989 Elizabeth Hawley Gasque February 26, 1886 1938-1939 South Carolina Democratic 7002103000000000000103 years, 7002249000000000000249 days
November 2, 1989 January 18, 1991 Hamilton Fish III December 7, 1888 1920-1945 New York Republican 7002102000000000000102 years, 700142000000000000042 days
January 18, 1991 April 3, 1993 Peter J. De Muth January 1, 1892 1937-1939 Pennsylvania Democratic 7002101000000000000101 years, 700192000000000000092 days
April 3, 1993 May 29, 1995 Margaret Chase Smith December 14, 1897 1940-1949 Maine Republican 700197000000000000097 years, 7002166000000000000166 days
May 29, 1995 May 15, 1996 Newt V. Mills September 27, 1899 1937-1943 Louisiana Democratic 700196000000000000096 years, 7002231000000000000231 days
May 15, 1996 January 4, 1997 Harry P. Jeffrey December 26, 1901 1943-1945 Ohio Republican 700195000000000000095 years, 70009000000000000009 days
January 4, 1997 May 8, 1998 Jennings Randolph March 8, 1902 1933-1947 West Virginia Democratic 700196000000000000096 years, 700161000000000000061 days
May 8, 1998 April 1, 1999 Ellis Yarnal Berry October 6, 1902 1951-1971 South Dakota Republican 700196000000000000096 years, 7002177000000000000177 days
April 1, 1999 October 5, 2001 Mike Mansfield March 16, 1903 1943-1953 Montana Democratic 700198000000000000098 years, 7002203000000000000203 days
October 5, 2001 March 11, 2003 John Goodchild Dow May 6, 1905 1965-1969
1971-1973		 New York Democratic 700197000000000000097 years, 7002309000000000000309 days
March 11, 2003 November 10, 2007 Augustus F. Hawkins August 31, 1907 1963-1991 California Democratic 7002100000000000000100 years, 700171000000000000071 days
November 10, 2007 September 25, 2008 Glenn Andrews January 15, 1909 1965-1967 Alabama Republican 700199000000000000099 years, 7002254000000000000254 days
September 25, 2008 November 4, 2009 William H. Avery August 11, 1911 1955-1965 Kansas Republican 700198000000000000098 years, 700185000000000000085 days
November 4, 2009 January 8, 2011 William F. Walsh July 11, 1912 1973-1979 New York Republican-Conservative 700198000000000000098 years, 7002181000000000000181 days
January 8, 2011 October 25, 2011 Perkins Bass October 6, 1912 1955-1963 New Hampshire Republican 700199000000000000099 years, 700119000000000000019 days
October 25, 2011 Ken Hechler September 20, 1914 1959-1977 West Virginia Democratic 700198000000000000098 years, 7002134000000000000134 days

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