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


This is a list of people who, at the time of their death, were the oldest sitting or former members of the United States House of Representatives, followed by a list of the currently oldest living 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
March 4, 1789July 23, 1793Roger ShermanApril 19, 17211789–1791ConnecticutPro-Administration
July 23, 1793September 15, 1794Abraham ClarkFebruary 15, 17261791–1794New JerseyPro-Administration
September 15, 1794December 10, 1796Israel JacobsJune 9, 17261791–1793PennsylvaniaPro-Administration
December 10, 1796October 28, 1800Artemas WardNovember 26, 17271791–1795MassachusettsPro-Administration
October 28, 1800March 27, 1814William SmithApril 12, 17281789–1791MarylandAnti-Administration
March 27, 1814July 26, 1819George LeonardJuly 4, 17291789–1793
1795–1797		MassachusettsPro-Administration
Federalist
July 26, 1819June 1, 1832Thomas SumterAugust 14, 17341789–1793
1797–1801		South CarolinaAnti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
June 1, 1832March 7, 1838Paine WingateMay 14, 17391793–1795New HampshirePro-Administration
March 7, 1838May 22, 1842Henry SouthardOctober 7, 17471801–1811
1815–1821		New JerseyDemocratic-Republican
May 22, 1842October 18, 1843Ebenezer ElmerAugust 23, 17521801–1807New JerseyDemocratic-Republican
October 18, 1843March 6, 1844Gabriel DuvallDecember 6, 17521794–1796MarylandAnti-Administration
Democratic-Republican
March 6, 1844March 23, 1846Laban WheatonMarch 13, 17541809–1817MassachusettsFederalist
March 23, 1846January 20, 1849Nathan ReadJuly 2, 17591800–1803MassachusettsFederalist
January 20, 1849May 26, 1851Simeon BaldwinDecember 14, 17611803–1805ConnecticutFederalist
May 26, 1851March 29, 1855John LockeFebruary 14, 17641823–1829MassachusettsAdams Republican
March 29, 1855April 8, 1857Alexander BoydSeptember 14, 17641813–1815New YorkFederalist
April 8, 1857January 23, 1858Daniel BurrowsOctober 26, 17661821–1823ConnecticutDemocratic-Republican
January 23, 1858August 3, 1863Zadock CookFebruary 18, 17691816–1819GeorgiaDemocratic-Republican
August 3, 1863July 1, 1864Josiah Quincy IIIFebruary 4, 17721805–1813MassachusettsFederalist
July 1, 1864January 2, 1866Thomas ChandlerAugust 10, 17721829–1833New HampshireJacksonian
January 2, 1866April 1, 1868James ParkerMarch 1, 17761833–1837New JerseyJacksonian
April 1, 1868July 1, 1868Samuel TweedyMarch 8, 17761833–1835ConnecticutAnti-Jacksonian
July 1, 1868July 18, 1872Samuel ThatcherJuly 1, 17761802–1805MassachusettsFederalist
July 18, 1872August 12, 1875Horace BinneyJanuary 4, 17801833–1835PennsylvaniaAnti-Jacksonian
August 12, 1875February 16, 1880Daniel ShefferMay 24, 17831837–1839PennsylvaniaDemocratic
February 16, 1880September 22, 1881John Alfred CuthbertJune 3, 17881819–1821GeorgiaDemocratic-Republican
September 22, 1881February 7, 1885Joseph GrinnellNovember 17, 17881843–1851MassachusettsWhig
February 7, 1885August 8, 1885James GarlandJune 6, 17911835–1841VirginiaJacksonian
Democratic
Conservative
August 8, 1885May 7, 1886David FisherDecember 3, 17941847–1849OhioWhig
May 7, 1886January 9, 1887Elijah BabbittJuly 29, 17951859–1863PennsylvaniaRepublican
January 9, 1887June 9, 1887John Hoge EwingOctober 8, 17961845–1847PennsylvaniaWhig
June 9, 1887July 26, 1891Paul DillinghamAugust 10, 17991843–1847VermontDemocratic
July 26, 1891May 9, 1892Sidney LawrenceDecember 31, 18011847–1849New YorkDemocratic
May 9, 1892June 11, 1894John T. AndrewsMay 29, 18031837–1839New YorkDemocratic
June 11, 1894February 12, 1896Emery D. PotterOctober 7, 18041843–1845
1849–1851		OhioDemocratic
February 12, 1896January 12, 1897John W. CrisfieldNovember 8, 18061847–1849
1861–1863		MarylandWhig
Unionist
January 12, 1897April 16, 1900John W. HunterOctober 15, 18071866–1867New YorkDemocratic
April 16, 1900March 18, 1902Daniel Wells, Jr.July 16, 18081853–1857WisconsinDemocratic
March 18, 1902April 24, 1902Edwin Hickman EwingDecember 2, 18091845–1847TennesseeWhig
April 24, 1902March 8, 1903Martin I. TownsendFebruary 6, 18101875–1879New YorkRepublican
March 8, 1903March 27, 1908Ephraim R. EckleyDecember 9, 18111863–1869OhioRepublican
March 27, 1908September 18, 1910James McGrewSeptember 14, 18131869–1873West VirginiaRepublican
September 18, 1910March 14, 1911John H. RiceFebruary 5, 18161861–1867MaineRepublican
March 14, 1911October 3, 1911John Morgan BrightJanuary 20, 18171871–1881TennesseeDemocratic
October 3, 1911March 12, 1916George William PalmerJanuary 13, 18181857–1861New YorkRepublican
March 12, 1916November 3, 1924Cornelius ColeSeptember 17, 18221863–1865CaliforniaRepublican
November 3, 1924February 28, 1926William W. CrapoMay 16, 18301875–1883MassachusettsRepublican
February 28, 1926January 6, 1929John H. LewisJuly 21, 18301881–1883IllinoisRepublican
January 6, 1929April 22, 1932J. Warren KeiferJanuary 30, 18361877–1885
1905–1911		OhioRepublican
April 22, 1932May 25, 1938Henry R. GibsonDecember 24, 18371895–1905TennesseeRepublican
May 25, 1938September 8, 1938George Frederic KribbsNovember 8, 18461891–1895PennsylvaniaDemocratic
September 8, 1938December 18, 1946Lemuel W. RoyseJanuary 19, 18471895–1899IndianaRepublican
December 18, 1946June 10, 1947Addison JamesFebruary 27, 18501907–1909KentuckyRepublican
June 10, 1947February 25, 1948Amos R. WebberJanuary 21, 18521904–1907OhioRepublican
February 25, 1948September 10, 1949John E. WeeksJune 14, 18531931–1933VermontRepublican
September 10, 1949April 1, 1953Schuyler MerrittDecember 16, 18531917–1931
1933–1937		ConnecticutRepublican
April 1, 1953July 27, 1954Joseph E. RansdellOctober 7, 18581899–1913LouisianaDemocratic
July 27, 1954May 12, 1956Franklin MengesOctober 26, 18581925–1931PennsylvaniaRepublican
May 12, 1956July 5, 1956Addison T. SmithSeptember 5, 18621913–1933IdahoRepublican
July 5, 1956January 17, 1958Michael DonohoeFebruary 22, 18641911–1915PennsylvaniaDemocratic
January 17, 1958April 29, 1958Warren A. HaggottMay 18, 18641907–1909ColoradoRepublican
April 29, 1958February 22, 1960Townsend ScudderJuly 26, 18651899–1901
1903–1905		New YorkDemocratic
February 22, 1960October 11, 1960Daniel K. HochJanuary 31, 18661943–1947PennsylvaniaDemocratic
October 11, 1960September 12, 1963Charles Nelson PrayApril 6, 18681907–1913MontanaRepublican
September 12, 1963November 7, 1967John Nance GarnerNovember 22, 18681903–1933TexasDemocratic
November 7, 1967July 12, 1971Earl Hanley BeshlinApril 28, 18701917–1919PennsylvaniaDemocratic
July 12, 1971January 6, 1973Maurice ThatcherAugust 15, 18701923–1933KentuckyRepublican
January 6, 1973January 10, 1974Charles G. BondMay 29, 18771921–1923New YorkRepublican
January 10, 1974January 9, 1975Virginia E. JenckesNovember 6, 18771933–1939IndianaDemocratic
January 9, 1975March 4, 1977Miles C. AllgoodFebruary 22, 18781923–1935AlabamaDemocratic
March 4, 1977December 27, 1980Charles S. DeweyNovember 10, 18801941–1945IllinoisRepublican
December 27, 1980June 1, 1981Carl VinsonNovember 18, 18831914–1965GeorgiaDemocratic
June 1, 1981November 2, 1989Elizabeth Hawley GasqueFebruary 26, 18861938–1939South CarolinaDemocratic
November 2, 1989January 18, 1991Hamilton Fish IIIDecember 7, 18881920–1945New YorkRepublican
January 18, 1991April 3, 1993Peter J. De MuthJanuary 1, 18921937–1939PennsylvaniaDemocratic
April 3, 1993May 29, 1995Margaret Chase SmithDecember 14, 18971940–1949MaineRepublican
May 29, 1995May 15, 1996Newt V. MillsSeptember 27, 18991937–1943LouisianaDemocratic
May 15, 1996January 4, 1997Harry P. JeffreyDecember 26, 19011943–1945OhioRepublican
January 4, 1997May 8, 1998Jennings RandolphMarch 8, 19021933–1947West VirginiaDemocratic
May 8, 1998April 1, 1999Ellis Yarnal BerryOctober 6, 19021951–1971South DakotaRepublican
April 1, 1999October 5, 2001Mike MansfieldMarch 16, 19031943–1953MontanaDemocratic
October 5, 2001March 11, 2003John G. DowMay 6, 19051965–1969
1971–1973		New YorkDemocratic
March 11, 2003November 10, 2007Augustus F. HawkinsAugust 31, 19071963–1991CaliforniaDemocratic
November 10, 2007September 25, 2008Glenn AndrewsJanuary 15, 19091965–1967AlabamaRepublican
September 25, 2008November 4, 2009William H. AveryAugust 11, 19111955–1965KansasRepublican
November 4, 2009January 8, 2011William F. WalshJuly 11, 19121973–1979New YorkRepublican–Conservative
January 8, 2011October 25, 2011Perkins BassOctober 6, 19121955–1963New HampshireRepublican
October 25, 2011December 10, 2016Ken HechlerSeptember 20, 19141959–1977West VirginiaDemocratic
December 10, 2016February 19, 2017John S. WoldAugust 31, 19161969–1971WyomingRepublican
February 19, 2017October 30, 2017James D. MartinSeptember 1, 19181965–1967AlabamaRepublican
October 30, 2017PresentLester L. WolffJanuary 4, 19191965–1981New YorkDemocratic

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 also Senators.
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