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.
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean[A] (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
![]() Bob Bartlett Seniority from January 3, 1959[a] (9 years, 343 days) (died) |
None | ![]() Ralph Rivers Seniority from January 3, 1959 (7 years, 361 days) (resigned) |
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | |||
89th | January 3, 1965 – December 30, 1966 | |||
December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967 |
Bartlett (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1959 |
Vacant | ||
90th | January 3, 1967 – December 11, 1968 |
![]() Howard Pollock Seniority from January 3, 1967 (4 years, 0 days) (ran for Alaska governor) | ||
December 11, 1968 – January 3, 1969 |
![]() Ernest Gruening Seniority from January 3, 1959 (10 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) |
Gruening (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1959 | ||
91st | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
![]() Ted Stevens[B] Seniority from December 24, 1968[b] (40 years, 10 days) (lost re-election) |
Pollock (House) Seniority from January 3, 1967 | |
92nd | January 3, 1971 – December 29, 1972 |
Stevens (Senate) Seniority from December 24, 1968 |
![]() Nick Begich Seniority from January 3, 1971 (1 year, 361 days) (declared dead) | |
December 29, 1972 – January 3, 1973 |
Vacant | |||
93rd | January 3, 1973 – March 6, 1973 | |||
March 6, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
![]() Don Young[C] Seniority from March 6, 1973[c] (49 years, 12 days) (died) | |||
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 |
![]() Lisa Murkowski Seniority from December 20, 2002[b] (21 years, 205 days) (Incumbent) |
Young (House) Seniority from March 6, 1973 | |
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 – March 18, 2022 | |||
March 18, 2022 – September 13, 2022 |
Murkowski (Senate) Seniority from December 20, 2002 |
Vacant | ||
September 13, 2022 – January 3, 2023 |
![]() Mary Peltola Seniority from August 16, 2022[c] (1 year, 331 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[A] (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
---|---|---|---|---|
86th | August 21, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
![]() Oren Long Seniority from August 21, 1959[d] (3 years, 135 days) (retired) |
None | ![]() Daniel Inouye[D] Seniority from August 21, 1959 (3 years, 135 days) (elected to Senate) |
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
![]() Hiram Fong Seniority from August 21, 1959 (17 years, 135 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Fong (Senate) Inouye[E] (House and Senate) Seniority from August 21, 1959 |
No clear dean[e][f] |
89th | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
![]() Spark Matsunaga Seniority from January 3, 1963 (14 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
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 |
![]() Daniel Inouye[F][G] Seniority from January 3, 1963 (49 years, 349 days) (died) |
Inouye (House and Senate) Seniority from August 21, 1959 |
No clear dean[e][g] |
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 – July 11, 1986 | |||
July 11, 1986 – January 3, 1987 |
![]() Daniel Akaka Seniority from January 3, 1977 (13 years, 133 days) (appointed to Senate) | |||
100th | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1989 | |||
101st | January 3, 1989 – May 16, 1990 | |||
May 16, 1990 – January 3, 1991 |
![]() Pat Saiki Seniority from January 3, 1987 (4 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) | |||
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
![]() Patsy Mink[H] Seniority from September 22, 1990[c] (12 years, 6 days) (died) | ||
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 – September 28, 2002 | |||
September 28, 2002 – January 3, 2003 |
![]() Neil Abercrombie[H] Seniority from January 3, 1991 (19 years, 56 days) (ran for Hawaii governor) | |||
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 – February 28, 2010 | |||
February 28, 2010 – January 3, 2011 |
![]() Mazie Hirono Seniority from January 3, 2007 (6 years, 0 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
112th | January 3, 2011 – December 17, 2012 | |||
December 17, 2012 – January 3, 2013 |
![]() Daniel Akaka[G] Seniority from May 16, 1990[b] (22 years, 232 days) (retired) |
Akaka (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1977 | ||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 |
![]() Brian Schatz Seniority from December 26, 2012[b] (11 years, 199 days) (Incumbent) |
Hirono[E] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2007 |
![]() Colleen Hanabusa Seniority from January 3, 2011 (4 years, 0 days) (ran for Senate) |
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
![]() Tulsi Gabbard Seniority from January 3, 2013 (8 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
115th | January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
![]() Ed Case[H] Seniority from January 3, 2019 (5 years, 191 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) |
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
---|---|---|---|---|
24th | January 26, 1837 – March 4, 1837 |
![]() Lucius Lyon[G] Seniority from January 26, 1837[h] (2 years, 36 days) (retired) |
None | ![]() Isaac E. Crary[D] Seniority from January 26, 1837 (4 years, 36 days) (retired) |
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 | |||
26th | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841 |
![]() John Norvell Seniority from January 26, 1837 (4 years, 36 days) (retired) | ||
27th | March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 |
![]() Augustus Porter Seniority from January 20, 1840[i] (5 years, 42 days) (retired) |
Porter (Senate) Seniority from January 20, 1840 |
![]() Jacob M. Howard[D] Seniority from March 4, 1841 (1 year, 364 days) (retired) |
28th | March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845 |
![]() Lucius Lyon[I] Seniority from March 4, 1843[j] (1 year, 364 days) (retired) | ||
29th | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847 |
![]() William Woodbridge Seniority from March 4, 1841 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Woodbridge (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1841 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() James B. Hunt, Robert McClelland Seniority from March 4, 1843 (3 years, 364 days) (Hunt retired) |
30th | March 4, 1847 – May 29, 1848 |
![]() Lewis Cass Seniority from March 4, 1845 (3 years, 86 days) (ran for President) |
McClelland (House) Seniority from March 4, 1843 |
![]() Robert McClelland Seniority from March 4, 1843 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
May 29, 1848 – March 4, 1849 |
![]() Alpheus Felch Seniority from March 4, 1847 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
31st | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851 |
Co-deans: Felch (Senate) Bingham (House) Seniority from March 4, 1847 |
![]() Kinsley Bingham Seniority from March 4, 1847 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 |
Felch (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1847 |
![]() Charles E. Stuart Seniority from March 4, 1851[j] (1 year, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | |
33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855 |
![]() Lewis Cass[J][K] Seniority from March 4, 1849[k] (7 years, 364 days) (appointed Secretary of State) |
Cass (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1849 |
![]() Samuel Clark Seniority from March 4, 1853[j] (1 year, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
34th | March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857 |
No clear dean[e] | ||
35th | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859 |
![]() Charles E. Stuart[L][G] Seniority from March 4, 1853 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Stuart (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1851 |
![]() William Howard Seniority from March 4, 1855[l] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) |
36th | March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1861 |
![]() Zachariah Chandler[M] Seniority from March 4, 1857 (17 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Waldron (House) Seniority from March 4, 1855 |
![]() Henry Waldron Seniority from March 4, 1855 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
37th | March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
Chandler (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1857 |
![]() Francis W. Kellogg Seniority from March 4, 1859 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
38th | March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 | |||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 |
![]() Fernando C. Beaman Seniority from March 4, 1861 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 | |||
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 | |||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 |
![]() Austin Blair Seniority from March 4, 1867 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
![]() Omar D. Conger Seniority from March 4, 1869 (11 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | ||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
![]() Thomas W. Ferry[N][G] Seniority from March 4, 1871 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Ferry (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1865 | |
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | |||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
![]() Jay Abel Hubbell Seniority from March 4, 1873 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
![]() Omar D. Conger[G] Seniority from March 4, 1881 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Conger (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
![]() Roswell G. Horr Seniority from March 4, 1879 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
![]() Ezra C. Carleton Seniority from March 4, 1883[l] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
![]() Thomas W. Palmer Seniority from March 4, 1883 (5 years, 364 days) (appointed Minister to Spain) |
Co-deans: Palmer (Senate) Cutcheon (House) Seniority from March 4, 1883 |
![]() Byron M. Cutcheon Seniority from March 4, 1883 (7 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
![]() Francis B. Stockbridge Seniority from March 4, 1887 (7 years, 57 days) (died) |
Cutcheon (House) Seniority from March 4, 1883 | |
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
Burrows (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1885 |
![]() Julius C. Burrows[H] Seniority from March 4, 1885 (9 years, 325 days) (elected to Senate) | |
53rd | March 4, 1893 – April 30, 1894 | |||
April 30, 1894 – January 24, 1895 |
![]() James McMillan Seniority from March 4, 1889 (13 years, 159 days) (died) | |||
January 24, 1895 – March 4, 1895 |
![]() Justin Rice Whiting Seniority from March 4, 1887 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
![]() Samuel M. Stephenson Seniority from March 4, 1889 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
![]() Roswell P. Bishop Seniority from March 4, 1895[l] (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | ||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 | |||
57th | March 4, 1901 – August 10, 1902 | |||
August 10, 1902 – March 4, 1903 |
![]() Julius C. Burrows[G] Seniority from January 24, 1895[k] (16 years, 38 days) (lost renomination) | |||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
![]() Edward L. Hamilton Seniority from March 4, 1897 (23 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
61st | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1911 | |||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
![]() William Alden Smith[G] Seniority from February 9, 1907[k] (12 years, 22 days) (retired) |
Smith (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1895 | |
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 |
![]() Charles E. Townsend[G] Seniority from March 4, 1911 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Hamilton (House) Seniority from March 4, 1897 | |
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
Fordney (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
![]() Joseph W. Fordney Seniority from March 4, 1899 (23 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
![]() James Couzens Seniority from November 29, 1922[b] (13 years, 328 days) (died) |
McLaughlin (House) Seniority from March 4, 1907 |
![]() James C. McLaughlin Seniority from March 4, 1907 (25 years, 270 days) (died) |
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 – November 29, 1932 | |||
November 29, 1932 – March 4, 1933 |
Mapes (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
![]() Carl E. Mapes Seniority from March 4, 1913 (26 years, 283 days) (died) | ||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | |||
74th | January 3, 1935 – October 22, 1936 | |||
October 22, 1936 – January 3, 1937 |
![]() Arthur Vandenberg[O] Seniority from March 31, 1928[b] (23 years, 18 days) (died) | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – December 12, 1939 | |||
December 12, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Woodruff (House) Seniority from March 4, 1921 |
![]() Roy O. Woodruff[H] Seniority from March 4, 1921 (31 years, 305 days) (retired) | ||
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 – April 18, 1951 | |||
April 18, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
![]() Homer S. Ferguson Seniority from January 3, 1943 (12 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | |||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
Wolcott (House) Seniority from March 4, 1931 |
![]() Jesse P. Wolcott Seniority from March 4, 1931 (25 years, 305 days) (retired) | |
84th | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957 |
![]() Charles E. Potter[G] Seniority from November 5, 1952[m] (6 years, 59 days) (lost re-election) | ||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959 |
Hoffman (House) Seniority from January 3, 1935 |
![]() Clare Hoffman Seniority from January 3, 1935 (28 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
![]() Patrick V. McNamara Seniority from January 3, 1955 (11 years, 117 days) (died) | ||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – August 9, 1964 |
Bennett (House) Seniority from January 3, 1947 |
![]() John B. Bennett[H] Seniority from January 3, 1947 (17 years, 219 days) (died) | |
August 9, 1964 – January 3, 1965 |
Ford (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
![]() Gerald Ford[P] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (24 years, 337 days) (became Vice President) | ||
89th | January 3, 1965 – April 30, 1966 | |||
April 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967 |
![]() Philip Hart Seniority from January 3, 1959 (17 years, 358 days) (died) | |||
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 – December 6, 1973 | |||
December 6, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Cederberg (House) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
![]() Al Cederberg Seniority from January 3, 1953 (25 years, 362 days) (resigned) | ||
94th | January 3, 1975 – December 26, 1976 | |||
December 26, 1976 – January 3, 1977 |
![]() Robert P. Griffin[G] Seniority from May 11, 1966[b] (12 years, 237 days) (lost re-election) | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – December 31, 1978 | |||
December 31, 1978 – January 3, 1979 |
Diggs (House) Seniority from January 3, 1955 |
![]() Charles Diggs Seniority from January 3, 1955 (25 years, 152 days) (resigned) | ||
96th | January 3, 1979 – June 3, 1980 |
![]() Donald Riegle[G] Seniority from December 30, 1976[b] (18 years, 4 days) (retired) | ||
June 3, 1980 – January 3, 1981 |
Dingell (House) Seniority from December 13, 1955 |
![]() John Dingell[Q] Seniority from December 13, 1955[c] (59 years, 21 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
![]() Carl Levin Seniority from January 3, 1979 (36 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
![]() Debbie Stabenow[G] Seniority from January 3, 2001 (23 years, 191 days) (Incumbent) |
Conyers (House) Seniority from January 3, 1965 |
![]() John Conyers[R] Seniority from January 3, 1965 (52 years, 346 days) (resigned) |
115th | January 3, 2017 – December 5, 2017 | |||
December 5, 2017 – January 3, 2019 |
Levin (House) Seniority from January 3, 1983 |
Sander Levin Seniority from January 3, 1983 (36 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 |
Upton (House) Seniority from January 3, 1987 |
![]() Fred Upton Seniority from January 3, 1987 (36 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 | |||
118th | January 3, 2023 – present |
Stabenow (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1997 |
![]() Tim Walberg Seniority from January 3, 2011[j] (13 years, 191 days) (Incumbent) | |
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | March 4, 1789 – July 25, 1789 |
Vacant (not yet elected) |
None | None (same seniority) |
July 25, 1789 – March 4, 1791 |
![]() Rufus King[S] Seniority from July 16, 1789[n] (6 years, 312 days) (appointed Minister to the United Kingdom) |
Benson[o] (House) Seniority from March 4, 1789 | ||
2nd | March 4, 1791 – March 4, 1793 |
![]() Egbert Benson Seniority from March 4, 1789[l] (1 year, 364 days) (retired) | ||
3rd | March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795 |
King (Senate) Seniority from July 16, 1789 |
![]() James Gordon Seniority from March 4, 1791 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
4th | March 4, 1795 – May 23, 1796 |
![]() Theodorus Bailey Seniority from March 4, 1793[l] (3 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
May 23, 1796 – March 4, 1797 |
![]() Aaron Burr Seniority from March 4, 1791 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Burr (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1791 | ||
5th | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799 |
![]() John Laurance[T][G] Seniority from November 9, 1796[k] (3 years, 265 days) (resigned) |
Glen (House) Seniority from March 4, 1793 |
![]() Henry Glen Seniority from March 4, 1793[l] (5 years, 364 days) (co-dean after Van Alen's retirement) |
6th | March 4, 1799 – August 1, 1800 |
Co-deans: Glen, Van Cortlandt (House) Seniority from March 4, 1793 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Henry Glen (F), Philip Van Cortlandt (DR) Seniority from March 4, 1793 (7 years, 364 days) (Glen lost re-election) | |
August 1, 1800 – March 4, 1801 |
![]() Gouverneur Morris Seniority from April 3, 1800[k] (2 years, 212 days) (lost re-election) | |||
7th | March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803 |
Van Cortlandt (House) Seniority from March 4, 1793 |
![]() Philip Van Cortlandt Seniority from March 4, 1793 (15 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
8th | March 4, 1803 – November 4, 1803 |
![]() DeWitt Clinton Seniority from February 9, 1802[k][4] (1 year, 268 days) (appointed New York City mayor) | ||
November 4, 1803 – January 16, 1804 |
![]() Theodorus Bailey Seniority from March 4, 1803 (318 days) (appointed NYC Postmaster General) | |||
January 16, 1804 – February 23, 1804 |
![]() John Armstrong Jr.[U] Seniority from November 10, 1803[b][5] (105 days) (elected to Class 1 seat) | |||
February 23, 1804 – February 25, 1804 |
Vacant | |||
February 25, 1804 – June 30, 1804 |
![]() John Armstrong Jr.[J][U] Seniority from February 3, 1804[k][5] (148 days) (appointed Minister to France) | |||
June 30, 1804 – March 3, 1805 |
![]() John Smith[G] Seniority from February 23, 1804[k] (9 years, 8 days) (lost re-election) | |||
9th | March 4, 1805 – March 4, 1807 | |||
10th | March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809 | |||
11th | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811 |
Smith (House and Senate) Seniority from December 29, 1799[c] |
![]() Killian K. Van Rensselaer Seniority from March 4, 1801 (9 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
12th | March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813 |
![]() Thomas Sammons[H] Seniority from March 4, 1809[p] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
13th | March 4, 1813 – March 4, 1815 |
![]() Obadiah German Seniority from March 4, 1809 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: German (Senate) Sage (House) Seniority from March 4, 1809 |
![]() Ebenezer Sage Seniority from March 4, 1809 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
14th | March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817 |
![]() Rufus King[J][U] Seniority from March 4, 1813[q] (11 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Grosvenor (House) Seniority from December 17, 1812 |
![]() Thomas P. Grosvenor Seniority from December 17, 1812[c] (4 years, 76 days) (retired) |
15th | March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819 |
Co-deans: King[J] (Senate) Comstock, Taylor (House) Seniority from March 4, 1813 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Oliver Comstock, John W. Taylor Seniority from March 4, 1813 (5 years, 364 days) (Comstock retired) | |
16th | March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821 |
Co-deans: King[J] (Senate) Taylor (House) Seniority from March 4, 1813 |
![]() John W. Taylor[V][W] Seniority from March 4, 1813 (19 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | |
17th | March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 | |||
18th | March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825 | |||
19th | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1827 |
![]() Martin Van Buren Seniority from March 4, 1821 (7 years, 291 days) (elected New York governor) |
Taylor (House) Seniority from March 4, 1813 | |
20th | March 4, 1827 – December 20, 1828 | |||
December 20, 1828 – March 4, 1829 |
Nathan Sanford[U] Seniority from January 14, 1826[i] (5 years, 48 days) (retired) | |||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 | |||
22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1833 |
![]() Charles E. Dudley Seniority from January 15, 1829[k] (4 years, 47 days) (lost renomination) | ||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1835 |
![]() Silas Wright[X][G] Seniority from January 4, 1833[k] (11 years, 327 days) (elected New York governor) |
Cambreleng (House) Seniority from December 3, 1821 |
![]() Churchill C. Cambreleng[X] Seniority from December 3, 1821 (17 years, 90 days) (lost re-election) |
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 | |||
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1839 | |||
26th | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1841 |
Wright (Senate) Seniority from January 4, 1833 |
![]() David Abel Russell Seniority from March 4, 1835 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
27th | March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() John C. Clark,[H] Millard Filmore[H] Seniority from March 4, 1837 (5 years, 364 days) (both retired) | ||
28th | March 4, 1843 – November 26, 1844 |
![]() Daniel D. Barnard[H] Seniority from March 4, 1839 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
November 26, 1844 – November 30, 1844 |
Vacant | Barnard (House) Seniority from March 4, 1839 | ||
November 30, 1844 – January 27, 1845 |
![]() Henry A. Foster[G] Seniority from November 30, 1844[b] (58 days) (lost re-election) | |||
January 27, 1845 – March 4, 1845 |
![]() Daniel S. Dickinson Seniority from November 30, 1844[b][6] (6 years, 93 days) (lost re-election) | |||
29th | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847 |
Anderson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1843 |
![]() Joseph H. Anderson Seniority from March 4, 1843[l] (3 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
30th | March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 |
Co-deans: Hunt, Maclay (House) Seniority from March 4, 1843 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Washington Hunt (W), William B. Maclay (D) Seniority from March 4, 1843 (5 years, 364 days) (both retired) | |
31st | March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851 |
Dickinson (Senate) Seniority from November 30, 1844 |
![]() Hugh White Seniority from March 4, 1845 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853 |
![]() William H. Seward[Y] Seniority from March 4, 1849 (11 years, 364 days) (appointed Secretary of State) |
Co-deans: Seward (Senate) Bennett (House) Seniority from March 4, 1849 |
![]() Henry Bennett[Z] Seniority from March 4, 1849[l] (9 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
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 |
Seward (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1849 |
![]() Francis E. Spinner Seniority from March 4, 1855 (5 years, 364 days) (appointed U.S. Treasurer) | |
37th | March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863 |
![]() Preston King[G] Seniority from March 4, 1857 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Co-deans: King (Senate) Fenton (House) Seniority from March 4, 1857 |
![]() Reuben Fenton[H] Seniority from March 4, 1857[j] (7 years, 291 days) (elected New York governor) |
38th | March 4, 1863 – December 20, 1864 |
![]() Ira Harris Seniority from March 4, 1861 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Fenton (House) Seniority from March 4, 1857 | |
December 20, 1864 – March 4, 1865 |
Frank (House) Seniority from March 4, 1859 |
![]() Augustus Frank Seniority from March 4, 1859 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 |
Co-deans: Harris (Senate) Pomeroy (House) Seniority from March 4, 1861 |
![]() Theodore M. Pomeroy[AA] Seniority from March 4, 1861 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) | |
40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 |
![]() Edwin D. Morgan Seniority from March 4, 1863 (5 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Pomeroy (House) Seniority from March 4, 1861 | |
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 |
![]() Roscoe Conkling[G] Seniority from March 4, 1867 (14 years, 73 days) (resigned) |
Co-deans: Conkling (House and Senate) Ketcham (House) Seniority from March 4, 1865 |
![]() John H. Ketcham Seniority from March 4, 1865[l] (7 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 | |||
43rd | March 4, 1873 – April 30, 1873 |
Conkling (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1865 |
![]() James Brooks[H] Seniority from March 4, 1867[r] (6 years, 57 days) (died) | |
April 30, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
![]() Fernando Wood[H] Seniority from March 4, 1867 (13 years, 346 days) (died) | |||
44th | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 | |||
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 | |||
46th | March 4, 1879 – February 13, 1881 | |||
February 13, 1881 – March 4, 1881 |
![]() Samuel S. Cox[H] Seniority from November 4, 1873 (11 years, 197 days)[c] (appointed envoy to Ottoman Empire) | |||
47th | March 4, 1881 – May 16, 1881 | |||
May 16, 1881 – July 27, 1881 |
Vacant | Cox (House) Seniority from November 4, 1873 | ||
July 27, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
![]() Warner Miller[G] Seniority from July 27, 1881[k] (5 years, 219 days) (lost renomination) | |||
48th | March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885 | |||
49th | March 4, 1885 – May 20, 1885 | |||
May 20, 1885 – March 4, 1887 |
Co-deans: Hiscock (Senate) Ketcham[J] (House) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
![]() John H. Ketcham[J][H] Seniority from March 4, 1877 (15 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
![]() William M. Evarts Seniority from March 4, 1885 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 | |||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893 |
![]() Frank Hiscock[G] Seniority from March 4, 1887 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – December 26, 1893 |
![]() David B. Hill Seniority from January 7, 1892 (5 years, 55 days) (lost re-election) |
Fitch (House) Seniority from March 4, 1887 |
![]() Ashbel P. Fitch Seniority from March 4, 1887 (6 years, 236 days) (ran for NYC Comptroller) |
December 26, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
Co-deans: Belden, Tracey (House) Seniority from November 8, 1887 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() James J. Belden (R), Charles Tracey (D) Seniority from November 8, 1887[c] (7 years, 115 days) (Belden retired, Tracey lost re-election) | ||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Payne (House) Seniority from November 5, 1889 |
![]() Sereno E. Payne[AB][H] Seniority from November 5, 1889[c] (25 years, 35 days) (died) | |
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 |
![]() Edward Murphy Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1893 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
![]() Thomas C. Platt[U][G] Seniority from March 4, 1897 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
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 |
![]() Chauncey Depew Seniority from March 4, 1899 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
![]() Elihu Root Seniority from March 4, 1909 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
63rd | March 4, 1913 – December 10, 1914 | |||
December 10, 1914 – March 4, 1915 |
Fitzgerald (House) Seniority from March 4, 1899 |
![]() John J. Fitzgerald Seniority from March 4, 1899 (18 years, 302 days) (resigned) | ||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 4, 1917 |
![]() James A. O'Gorman Seniority from March 31, 1911[k] (5 years, 337 days) (retired) | ||
65th | March 4, 1917 – December 31, 1917 |
![]() James W. Wadsworth Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1915 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
December 31, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Riordan (House) Seniority from November 6, 1906 |
![]() Daniel J. Riordan[H] Seniority from November 6, 1906[c] (16 years, 173 days) (died) | ||
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 | |||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 | |||
68th | March 4, 1923 – April 28, 1923 | |||
April 28, 1923 – July 10, 1823 |
Mott (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
![]() Luther W. Mott Seniority from March 4, 1911 (12 years, 128 days) (died) | ||
July 10, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
Co-deans: Carew, Parker (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() John F. Carew (D) James S. Parker (R) Seniority from March 4, 1913 (16 years, 299 days) (Carew appointed NY Supreme Court judge) | ||
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 | |||
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
![]() Royal S. Copeland Seniority from March 4, 1923 (15 years, 105 days) (died) | ||
71st | March 4, 1929 – December 28, 1929 | |||
December 28, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
Parker (House) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
![]() James S. Parker Seniority from March 4, 1913 (20 years, 290 days) (died) | ||
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 | |||
73rd | March 4, 1933 – December 19, 1933 | |||
December 19, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Snell (House) Seniority from November 2, 1915 |
![]() Bertrand Snell[AC] Seniority from November 2, 1915[c] (23 years, 62 days) (retired) | ||
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 | |||
75th | January 3, 1937 – June 17, 1938 | |||
June 17, 1938 – January 3, 1939 |
![]() Robert F. Wagner Seniority from March 4, 1927 (22 years, 116 days) (resigned) | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
Sullivan (House) Seniority from March 4, 1917 |
![]() Christopher D. Sullivan Seniority from March 4, 1917 (23 years, 305 days) (retired) | |
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Co-deans: Mead[E] (House and Senate) Crowther (House) Seniority from March 4, 1919 |
![]() Frank Crowther Seniority from March 4, 1919[l] (23 years, 305 days) (retired) | |
78th | January 3, 1943 – March 1, 1944 |
Co-deans: Mead (House and Senate) Cullen, Reed (House) Seniority from March 4, 1919 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Thomas H. Cullen (D), Daniel A. Reed (R) Seniority from March 4, 1919 (24 years, 363 days) (Cullen died) | |
March 1, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
Co-deans: Mead (House and Senate) Reed (House) Seniority from March 4, 1919 |
![]() Daniel A. Reed Seniority from March 4, 1919 (39 years, 352 days) (died) | ||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 | |||
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Reed (House) Seniority from March 4, 1919 | ||
81st | January 3, 1949 – June 28, 1949 | |||
June 28, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
![]() Irving Ives Seniority from January 3, 1947 (12 years, 0 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 – February 19, 1959 |
![]() Jacob K. Javits[G] Seniority from January 9, 1957[s] (23 years, 360 days) (lost re-election as Liberal) | ||
February 19, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
Co-deans: Celler, Taber (House) Seniority from March 4, 1923 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Emanuel Celler (D) John Taber (R) Seniority from March 4, 1923 (39 years, 305 days) (Taber retired) | ||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
Celler (House) Seniority from March 4, 1923 |
![]() Emanuel Celler[AD] Seniority from March 4, 1923 (49 years, 305 days) (lost renomination) | |
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 – December 31, 1974 |
Rooney (House) Seniority from June 6, 1944 |
![]() John J. Rooney Seniority from June 6, 1944[c] (30 years, 208 days) (resigned) | |
December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
Delaney (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
![]() James J. Delaney[H] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (29 years, 362 days) (resigned) | ||
94th | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |||
95th | January 3, 1977 – December 31, 1978 | |||
December 31, 1978 – January 3, 1979 |
Javits (Senate) Seniority from January 9, 1957 |
![]() Samuel S. Stratton Seniority from January 3, 1959 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | ||
96th | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 | |||
97th | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
![]() Daniel Patrick Moynihan Seniority from January 3, 1977 (24 years, 0 days) (retired) |
Stratton (House) Seniority from January 3, 1959 | |
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 |
Horton (House) Seniority from January 3, 1963 |
![]() Frank Horton Seniority from January 3, 1963 (30 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
102nd | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 | |||
103rd | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
Fish (House) Seniority from January 3, 1969 |
![]() Hamilton Fish IV Seniority from January 3, 1969 (26 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
104th | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
Rangel (House) Seniority from January 3, 1971 |
![]() Charles Rangel Seniority from January 3, 1971 (46 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
105th | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999 | |||
106th | January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | |||
107th | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
![]() Chuck Schumer[AE][G] Seniority from January 3, 1999 (25 years, 191 days) (Incumbent) | ||
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 – March 16, 2018 |
Schumer (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1981 |
![]() Louise Slaughter Seniority from January 3, 1987 (31 years, 72 days) (died) | |
March 16, 2018 – January 3, 2019 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Eliot Engel, Nita Lowey Seniority from January 3, 1989 (32 years, 0 days) (Engel lost renomination, Lowey retired) | |||
116th | January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 | |||
117th | January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023 |
![]() Jerry Nadler Seniority from November 3, 1992[c] (31 years, 240 days) (Incumbent) | ||
118th | January 3, 2023 – present | |||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
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38th | August 4, 1863 – December 7, 1863 |
![]() Waitman T. Willey[AF][U] Seniority from August 4, 1863[t] (7 years, 211 days) (retired) |
None | Vacant |
December 7, 1863 – March 4, 1865 |
Willey (Senate) Seniority from August 4, 1863 |
![]() William G. Brown Sr.[H] Seniority from December 7, 1863[j] (1 year, 86 days) (retired) | ||
39th | March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867 |
![]() Kellian Whaley[H] Seniority from December 7, 1863 (3 years, 86 days) (retired) | ||
40th | March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 |
![]() Chester D. Hubbard Seniority from March 4, 1865 (3 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | ||
41st | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871 |
No clear dean[e] | ||
42nd | March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1873 |
![]() Arthur I. Boreman Seniority from March 4, 1869 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Boreman (Senate) McGrew (House) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
![]() James McGrew Seniority from March 4, 1869 (3 years, 364 days) (retired) |
43rd | March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875 |
Boreman (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1869 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() John J. Davis, Frank Hereford Seniority from March 4, 1871 (3 years, 364 days) (Davis retired) | |
44th | March 4, 1875 – January 31, 1877 |
![]() Henry G. Davis Seniority from March 4, 1871 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Davis (Senate) Hereford[E] (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1871 |
![]() Frank Hereford Seniority from March 4, 1871 (5 years, 333 days) (elected to Senate) |
January 31, 1877 – March 4, 1877 |
![]() Charles J. Faulkner (I)[H] Seniority from March 4, 1875 (1 year, 364 days) (ran for Senate) | |||
45th | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879 |
![]() Benjamin Wilson Seniority from March 4, 1877 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) | ||
46th | March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1881 | |||
47th | March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 |
Davis (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1871 | ||
48th | March 4, 1883 – May 15, 1883 |
![]() Johnson N. Camden Seniority from March 4, 1881 (5 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Kenna (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1877 |
No clear dean[e] |
May 15, 1883 – March 4, 1885 |
![]() Eustace Gibson Seniority from March 4, 1883[l] (3 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | |||
49th | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1887 | |||
50th | March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889 |
![]() John E. Kenna[G] Seniority from March 4, 1883 (9 years, 313 days) (died) |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Nathan Goff Jr. (R), William Lyne Wilson (D) Seniority from March 4, 1883 (5 years, 364 days) (Goff retired) | |
51st | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891 |
![]() William Lyne Wilson Seniority from March 4, 1883 (11 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
52nd | March 4, 1891 – January 11, 1893 | |||
January 11, 1893 – March 4, 1893 |
![]() Charles J. Faulkner (II) Seniority from March 4, 1887 (11 years, 364 days) (retired) |
Wilson (House) Seniority from March 4, 1883 | ||
53rd | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 | |||
54th | March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897 |
Faulkner (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1887 |
No clear dean[e] | |
55th | March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899 | |||
56th | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
![]() Stephen B. Elkins[G] Seniority from March 4, 1895 (15 years, 306 days) (died) |
Co-deans: Elkins (Senate) Dayton, Dovener (House) Seniority from March 4, 1895 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Alston G. Dayton, Blackburn B. Dovener Seniority from March 4, 1895 (10 years, 12 days) (Dayton appointed district court judge) |
57th | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 | |||
58th | March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905 | |||
59th | March 4, 1905 – March 16, 1905 | |||
March 16, 1905 – March 4, 1907 |
Co-deans: Elkins (Senate) Dovener (House) Seniority from March 4, 1895 |
![]() Blackburn B. Dovener Seniority from March 4, 1895 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) | ||
60th | March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909 |
Elkins (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1895 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Joseph H. Gaines, James A. Hughes Seniority from March 4, 1901 (9 years, 364 days) (Gaines lost re-election) | |
61st | March 4, 1909 – January 4, 1911 | |||
January 4, 1911 – March 4, 1911 |
![]() Nathan B. Scott Seniority from March 4, 1899 (11 years, 364 days) (lost renomination) |
Scott (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1899 | ||
62nd | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1913 |
![]() Clarence W. Watson Seniority from February 1, 1911[k] (1 year, 337 days) (lost re-election) |
Hughes (House) Seniority from March 4, 1901 |
![]() James A. Hughes Seniority from March 4, 1901 (13 years, 364 days) (retired) |
63rd | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915 |
![]() William E. Chilton Seniority from March 4, 1911 (5 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) | ||
64th | March 4, 1915 – March 9, 1916 |
Co-deans: Chilton (Senate) Brown (House) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
![]() William G. Brown Jr. Seniority from March 4, 1911 (5 years, 5 days) (died) | |
March 9, 1916 – July 15, 1916 |
Chilton (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1911 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Hunter H. Moss Jr., Howard Sutherland Seniority from March 4, 1913 (3 years, 133 days) (Moss died) | ||
July 15, 1916 – March 4, 1917 |
![]() Howard Sutherland Seniority from March 4, 1913 (3 years, 364 days) (elected to Senate) | |||
65th | March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
![]() Nathan Goff Jr.[G] Seniority from April 1, 1913[s] (5 years, 336 days) (retired) |
Sutherland (House and Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1913 |
![]() Matthew M. Neely Seniority from October 14, 1913[c] (7 years, 140 days) (lost re-election) |
66th | March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
![]() Howard Sutherland[G] Seniority from March 4, 1917 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) | ||
67th | March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1923 |
![]() George Meade Bowers Seniority from May 9, 1916[c] (6 years, 298 days) (lost re-election) | ||
68th | March 4, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
![]() Davis Elkins[U] Seniority from March 4, 1919 (5 years, 305 days) (retired) |
Reed (House) Seniority from March 4, 1917 |
![]() Stuart F. Reed Seniority from March 4, 1917 (7 years, 364 days) (retired) |
69th | March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1927 |
![]() Matthew M. Neely[G] Seniority from March 4, 1923 (5 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Neely (Senate) Taylor (House) Seniority from March 4, 1923 |
![]() J. Alfred Taylor Seniority from March 4, 1923 (3 years, 364 days) (lost re-election) |
70th | March 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929 |
Neely (Senate) Seniority from March 4, 1923 |
![]() Carl G. Bachmann Seniority from March 4, 1925[l] (7 years, 364 days) (co-dean after Strother's retirement) | |
71st | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931 |
![]() Guy D. Goff Seniority from March 4, 1925 (5 years, 305 days) (retired) |
Co-deans: Goff (Senate) Bachmann, Bowman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1925 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() Carl G. Bachmann, Frank Bowman Seniority from March 4, 1925 (7 years, 364 days) (both lost re-election) |
72nd | March 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933 |
![]() Henry D. Hatfield Seniority from March 4, 1929 (5 years, 305 days) (lost re-election) |
Co-deans: Bachmann, Bowman (House) Seniority from March 4, 1925 | |
73rd | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 |
Co-deans: Hatfield (Senate) Smith (House) Seniority from March 4, 1929 |
![]() Joe L. Smith Seniority from March 4, 1929 (15 years, 305 days) (retired) | |
74th | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
![]() Matthew M. Neely[J][U] Seniority from March 4, 1931 (9 years, 314 days) (elected West Virginia governor) |
Smith (House) Seniority from March 4, 1929 | |
75th | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 | |||
76th | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 | |||
77th | January 3, 1941 – January 12, 1941 | |||
January 12, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
![]() Harley M. Kilgore Seniority from January 3, 1941 (15 years, 56 days) (died) | |||
78th | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 | |||
79th | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Co-deans: Kee, Randolph (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
Co-deans:![]() ![]() John Kee, Jennings Randolph Seniority from March 4, 1933 (13 years, 305 days) (Randolph lost re-election) | |
80th | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
Kee (House) Seniority from March 4, 1933 |
![]() John Kee Seniority from March 4, 1933 (18 years, 65 days) (died) | |
81st | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |||
82nd | January 3, 1951 – May 8, 1951 | |||
May 8, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Kilgore (Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1941 |
![]() E. H. Hedrick Seniority from January 3, 1945 (8 years, 0 days) (ran for West Virginia governor) | ||
83rd | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 |
![]() Cleveland M. Bailey[H] Seniority from January 3, 1949[j] (14 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
84th | January 3, 1955 – February 28, 1956 | |||
February 28, 1956 – January 3, 1957 |
![]() Matthew M. Neely[AG][U] Seniority from January 3, 1949 (9 years, 15 days) (died) |
Co-deans: Neely[J] (Senate) Bailey (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 | ||
85th | January 3, 1957 – January 18, 1958 | |||
January 18, 1958 – January 3, 1959 |
![]() Chapman Revercomb[U] Seniority from November 7, 1956[m] (2 years, 57 days) (lost re-election) |
Bailey (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 | ||
86th | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
![]() Jennings Randolph[G] Seniority from November 5, 1958[m] (26 years, 59 days) (retired) | ||
87th | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |||
88th | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
Staggers (House) Seniority from January 3, 1949 |
![]() Harley Orrin Staggers Seniority from January 3, 1949 (32 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
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 |
Byrd (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 1953 |
![]() Bob Mollohan[H] Seniority from January 3, 1969 (14 years, 0 days) (retired) | |
98th | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985 |
![]() Nick Rahall Seniority from January 3, 1977 (38 years, 0 days) (lost re-election) | ||
99th | January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
![]() Robert Byrd[AH][G] Seniority from January 3, 1959 (51 years, 176 days) (died) | ||
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 – June 28, 2010 | |||
June 28, 2010 – January 3, 2011 |
![]() Jay Rockefeller Seniority from January 15, 1985[s] (29 years, 353 days) (retired) |
Rahall (House) Seniority from January 3, 1977 | ||
112th | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 | |||
113th | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | |||
114th | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
![]() Joe Manchin[AI] Seniority from November 15, 2010[m] (13 years, 240 days) (Incumbent) |
Capito[E] (House and Senate) Seniority from January 3, 2001 |
![]() David McKinley Seniority from January 3, 2011 (12 years, 0 days) (lost renomination) |
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 |
![]() Alex Mooney Seniority from January 3, 2015 (9 years, 191 days) (Incumbent) | ||
Congress | Dates | Senior senator (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |
Delegation dean(s) (Combined seniority and tenure) |
House dean(s) (Seniority and tenure) (Cause of departure) |