List of the 100 oldest members of the United States House of Representatives
This is a list of the 100 oldest voting members of the United States House of Representatives. Maurice Thatcher has held the record for the longest lifespan at 102 years, 144 days since his death on January 6, 1973. The oldest living person is Ken Hechler at age and he will break the record if he is still alive on February 12, 2017. The living representative that is closest to entering this list is Bruce Alger at age .
Rank |
Representative |
State |
District(s) |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Maurice Thatcher |
Kentucky |
5 |
1923–1933 |
|Republican |
August 15, 1870 |
January 6, 1973 |
|
2 |
Cornelius Cole |
California |
At-large |
1863–1865 |
|Republican |
September 17, 1822 |
November 3, 1924 |
|
3 |
Hamilton Fish III |
New York |
26 |
1920–1945 |
|Republican |
December 7, 1888 |
January 18, 1991 |
|
4 |
Peter J. De Muth |
Pennsylvania |
30 |
1937–1939 |
|Democratic |
January 1, 1892 |
April 3, 1993 |
|
5 |
Earl H. Beshlin |
Pennsylvania |
28 |
1917–1919 |
|Democratic |
April 28, 1870 |
July 12, 1971 |
|
6 |
Henry R. Gibson |
Tennessee |
2 |
1895–1905 |
|Republican |
December 24, 1837 |
May 25, 1938 |
|
7 |
Augustus F. Hawkins |
California |
21, 29 |
1963–1991 |
|Democratic |
August 31, 1907 |
November 10, 2007 |
|
8 |
Charles S. Dewey |
Illinois |
9 |
1941–1945 |
|Republican |
November 10, 1880 |
December 27, 1980 |
|
9 |
Lemuel W. Royse |
Indiana |
13 |
1895–1899 |
|Republican |
January 19, 1847 |
December 18, 1946 |
|
10 |
Glenn Andrews |
Alabama |
4 |
1965–1967 |
|Republican |
January 15, 1909 |
September 25, 2008 |
|
11 |
Schuyler Merritt |
Connecticut |
4 |
1917–1931, 1933–1937 |
|Republican |
December 16, 1853 |
April 1, 1953 |
|
12 |
Perkins Bass |
New Hampshire |
2 |
1955–1963 |
|Republican |
October 6, 1912 |
October 25, 2011 |
|
13 |
Miles C. Allgood |
Alabama |
7, 5 |
1923–1935 |
|Democratic |
February 22, 1878 |
March 4, 1977 |
|
14 |
John N. Garner |
Texas |
15 |
1903–1933 |
|Democratic |
November 22, 1868 |
November 7, 1967 |
|
15 |
Paine Wingate |
New Hampshire |
At-large |
1793–1795 |
|Anti-Administration |
May 14, 1739 |
March 7, 1838 |
|
16 |
Artemas Hale |
Massachusetts |
9 |
1845–1849 |
|Whig |
October 20, 1783 |
August 3, 1882 |
|
17 |
Mike Mansfield |
Montana |
1 |
1943–1953 |
|Democratic |
March 16, 1903 |
October 5, 2001 |
|
18 |
LaFayette L. Patterson |
Alabama |
5 |
1928–1933 |
|Democratic |
August 23, 1888 |
March 3, 1987 |
|
19 |
William F. Walsh |
New York |
33 |
1973–1979 |
|Republican |
July 11, 1912 |
January 8, 2011 |
|
20 |
John H. Lewis |
Illinois |
9 |
1881–1883 |
|Republican |
July 21, 1830 |
January 6, 1929 |
|
21 |
Ken Hechler |
West Virginia |
4 |
1959–1977 |
|Democratic |
September 20, 1914 |
Living |
|
22 |
William H. Avery |
Kansas |
1, 2 |
1955–1965 |
|Republican |
August 11, 1911 |
November 4, 2009 |
|
23 |
George W. Palmer |
New York |
16 |
1857–1861 |
|Republican |
January 13, 1818 |
March 12, 1916 |
|
24 |
Edouard Izac |
California |
20, 23 |
1937–1947 |
|Democratic |
December 18, 1891 |
January 18, 1990 |
|
25 |
Don Edwards |
California |
9, 10, 16 |
1963–1995 |
|Democratic |
January 6, 1915 |
Living |
|
26 |
John G. Dow |
New York |
27 |
1965–1969, 1971–1973 |
|Democratic |
May 6, 1905 |
March 11, 2003 |
|
27 |
Thomas Sumter |
South Carolina |
4 |
1789–1793 |
|Democratic-Republican |
August 14, 1734 |
June 1, 1832 |
|
28 |
Marguerite S. Church |
Illinois |
13 |
1951–1963 |
|Republican |
September 27, 1892 |
May 26, 1990 |
|
29 |
James H. Gildea |
Pennsylvania |
13 |
1935–1939 |
|Democratic |
October 21, 1890 |
June 5, 1988 |
|
30 |
Franklin Menges |
Pennsylvania |
22 |
1925–1931 |
|Republican |
October 26, 1858 |
May 12, 1956 |
|
31 |
Carl Vinson |
Georgia |
10, 6 |
1914–1965 |
|Democratic |
November 18, 1883 |
June 1, 1981 |
|
32 |
Margaret Chase Smith |
Maine |
2 |
1940–1949 |
|Republican |
December 14, 1897 |
May 29, 1995 |
|
33 |
Jacob E. Davis |
Ohio |
6 |
1941–1943 |
|Democratic |
October 31, 1905 |
February 28, 2003 |
|
34 |
Addison James |
Kentucky |
3 |
1907–1909 |
|Republican |
February 27, 1850 |
June 10, 1947 |
|
35 |
Ivor D. Fenton |
Pennsylvania |
13, 12 |
1939–1963 |
|Republican |
August 3, 1889 |
October 23, 1986 |
|
36 |
Virginia E. Jenckes |
Indiana |
6 |
1933–1939 |
|Democratic |
November 6, 1877 |
January 9, 1975 |
|
37 |
Albert H. Bosch |
New York |
5 |
1953–1960 |
|Republican |
October 30, 1908 |
November 21, 2005 |
|
38 |
Victor Christgau |
Minnesota |
1 |
1929–1933 |
|Republican |
September 20, 1894 |
October 10, 1991 |
|
39 |
James McGrew |
West Virginia |
2 |
1869–1873 |
|Republican |
September 14, 1813 |
September 18, 1910 |
|
40 |
Lindy Boggs |
Louisiana |
2 |
1973–1991 |
|Democratic |
March 13, 1916 |
Living |
|
41 |
William Williamson |
South Dakota |
3 |
1921–1933 |
|Republican |
October 7, 1875 |
July 15, 1972 |
|
42 |
Daniel Sheffer |
Pennsylvania |
12 |
1837–1839 |
|Democratic |
May 24, 1783 |
February 16, 1880 |
|
43 |
Elizabeth Hawley Gasque |
South Carolina |
6 |
1938–1939 |
|Democratic |
February 26, 1893 |
November 2, 1989 |
|
44 |
Isaac H. Taylor |
Ohio |
18 |
1885–1887 |
|Republican |
April 18, 1840 |
December 18, 1936 |
|
45 |
Theodore B. Werner |
South Dakota |
2 |
1933–1937 |
|Democratic |
June 2, 1892 |
January 24, 1989 |
|
46 |
Newt V. Mills |
Louisiana |
5 |
1937–1943 |
|Democratic |
September 27, 1899 |
May 15, 1996 |
|
47 |
Charles G. Bond |
New York |
8 |
1921–1923 |
|Republican |
May 29, 1877 |
January 10, 1974 |
|
48 |
Ellis Y. Berry |
South Dakota |
2 |
1951–1971 |
|Republican |
October 6, 1902 |
April 1, 1999 |
|
49 |
John S. Wold |
Wyoming |
At-large |
1969–1971 |
|Republican |
August 31, 1916 |
Living |
|
50 |
Ephraim R. Eckley |
Ohio |
17 |
1863–1869 |
|Republican |
December 9, 1811 |
March 27, 1908 |
|
51 |
John Phillips |
California |
22, 29 |
1943–1957 |
|Republican |
September 11, 1887 |
December 18, 1983 |
|
52 |
John E. Weeks |
Vermont |
1 |
1931–1933 |
|Republican |
June 14, 1853 |
September 10, 1949 |
|
53 |
J. Warren Keifer |
Ohio |
8, 4, 7 |
1877–1885, 1905–1911 |
|Republican |
January 30, 1836 |
April 22, 1932 |
|
54 |
Joseph Grinnell |
Massachusetts |
10 |
1843–1851 |
|Whig |
November 17, 1788 |
February 7, 1885 |
|
55 |
Isidore Dollinger |
New York |
24, 23 |
1949–1959 |
|Democratic |
November 13, 1903 |
January 30, 2000 |
|
56 |
Jennings Randolph |
West Virginia |
2 |
1933–1947 |
|Democratic |
March 8, 1902 |
May 8, 1998 |
|
57 |
Amos R. Webber |
Ohio |
14 |
1904–1907 |
|Republican |
January 21, 1852 |
February 25, 1948 |
|
58 |
Harold M. Ryan |
Michigan |
14 |
1962–1965 |
|Democratic |
February 6, 1911 |
March 8, 2007 |
|
59 |
Donald E. Tewes |
Wisconsin |
2 |
1957–1959 |
|Republican |
August 4, 1916 |
August 29, 2012 |
|
60 |
Jessie Sumner |
Illinois |
18 |
1939–1947 |
|Republican |
July 17, 1898 |
August 10, 1994 |
|
61 |
Samuel Thatcher |
Massachusetts |
12 |
1802–1805 |
|Federalist |
July 1, 1776 |
July 18, 1872 |
|
62 |
Arthur A. Link |
North Dakota |
2 |
1971–1973 |
|Democratic |
May 24, 1914 |
June 1, 2010 |
|
63 |
Levi P. Morton |
New York |
11 |
1879–1881 |
|Republican |
May 16, 1824 |
May 16, 1920 |
|
64 |
Gale H. Stalker |
New York |
37 |
1923–1935 |
|Republican |
November 7, 1889 |
November 4, 1985 |
|
65 |
Joseph H. Shull |
Pennsylvania |
26 |
1903–1905 |
|Democratic |
August 17, 1848 |
August 9, 1944 |
|
66 |
Thomas J. Lane |
Massachusetts |
7 |
1941–1963 |
|Democratic |
July 6, 1898 |
June 14, 1994 |
|
67 |
Peter W. Rodino |
New Jersey |
10 |
1949–1989 |
|Democratic |
June 7, 1909 |
May 7, 2005 |
|
68 |
Clinton D. McKinnon |
California |
23 |
1949–1953 |
|Democratic |
February 5, 1906 |
December 29, 2001 |
|
69 |
Eugene Black |
Texas |
1 |
1915–1929 |
|Democratic |
July 2, 1879 |
May 22, 1975 |
|
70 |
Laurence Curtis |
Massachusetts |
10 |
1953–1963 |
|Republican |
September 3, 1893 |
July 11, 1989 |
|
71 |
Joseph E. Ransdell |
Louisiana |
5 |
1899–1913 |
|Democratic |
October 7, 1858 |
July 27, 1954 |
|
72 |
William W. Crapo |
Massachusetts |
1 |
1875–1883 |
|Republican |
May 16, 1830 |
February 28, 1926 |
|
73 |
John H. Hoeppel |
California |
12 |
1933–1937 |
|Democratic |
February 10, 1881 |
September 21, 1976 |
|
74 |
Horace Binney |
Pennsylvania |
2 |
1833–1835 |
|Anti-Jacksonian |
January 4, 1780 |
August 12, 1875 |
|
75 |
Ray J. Madden |
Indiana |
1 |
1943–1977 |
|Democratic |
February 25, 1892 |
September 28, 1987 |
|
76 |
Stephen M. Young |
Ohio |
At-large |
1933–1937, 1941–1943, 1949–1951 |
|Democratic |
May 4, 1889 |
December 1, 1984 |
|
77 |
William Scranton |
Pennsylvania |
10 |
1961–1963 |
|Republican |
July 19, 1917 |
Living |
|
78 |
Charles S. Gubser |
California |
10 |
1953–1974 |
|Republican |
February 1, 1916 |
August 20, 2011 |
|
79 |
Paul A. Fino |
New York |
25, 24 |
1961–1965 |
|Republican |
December 15, 1913 |
June 16, 2009 |
|
80 |
Charles N. Pray |
Montana |
At-large |
1907–1913 |
|Republican |
April 6, 1868 |
September 12, 1963 |
|
81 |
Neil Staebler |
Michigan |
At-large |
1963–1965 |
|Democratic |
July 11, 1905 |
December 8, 2000 |
|
82 |
Perry Belmont |
New York |
1 |
1881–1888 |
|Democratic |
December 28, 1851 |
May 25, 1947 |
|
83 |
Walter Judd |
Minnesota |
5 |
1943–1963 |
|Republican |
September 25, 1898 |
February 13, 1994 |
|
84 |
Ranulf Compton |
Connecticut |
3 |
1943–1945 |
|Republican |
September 16, 1878 |
January 26, 1974 |
|
85 |
Peter Frelinghuysen Jr. |
New Jersey |
5 |
1953–1975 |
|Republican |
January 17, 1916 |
May 23, 2011 |
|
86 |
Zadoc L. Weatherford |
Alabama |
7 |
1940–1941 |
|Democratic |
February 4, 1888 |
May 21, 1983 |
|
87 |
Mario Biaggi |
New York |
24, 10, 19 |
1969–1988 |
|Democratic |
October 26, 1917 |
Living |
|
88 |
Lamar Jeffers |
Alabama |
4 |
1921–1935 |
|Democratic |
April 16, 1888 |
June 1, 1983 |
|
89 |
Thomas Parran Sr. |
Maryland |
5 |
1911–1913 |
|Republican |
February 12, 1860 |
March 29, 1955 |
|
90 |
John H. Rice |
Maine |
5, 4 |
1861–1867 |
|Republican |
February 5, 1816 |
March 14, 1911 |
|
91 |
Clarence G. Burton |
Virginia |
6 |
1948–1953 |
|Democratic |
December 14, 1886 |
January 18, 1982 |
|
92 |
Thomas Abernethy |
Mississippi |
4, 1 |
1943–1973 |
|Democratic |
May 16, 1903 |
June 11, 1998 |
|
93 |
Harry P. Jeffrey |
Ohio |
3 |
1943–1945 |
|Republican |
December 26, 1901 |
January 4, 1997 |
|
94 |
Orlando Burrell |
Illinois |
20 |
1895–1897 |
|Republican |
July 26, 1826 |
June 7, 1921 |
|
95 |
Carl Curtis |
Nebraska |
4, 1 |
1939–1954 |
|Republican |
March 15, 1905 |
January 24, 2000 |
|
96 |
Charles R. Clason |
Massachusetts |
2 |
1937–1949 |
|Republican |
September 3, 1890 |
July 7, 1985 |
|
97 |
Chase G. Woodhouse |
Connecticut |
2 |
1945–1947, 1949–1951 |
|Democratic |
March 3, 1890 |
December 12, 1984 |
|
Emily T. Douglas |
Illinois |
At-large |
1945–1947 |
|Democratic |
April 19, 1899 |
January 28, 1994 |
||
99 |
John M. Bright |
Tennessee |
4, 5 |
1871–1881 |
|Democratic |
January 20, 1817 |
October 3, 1911 |
|
100 |
Daniel K. Hoch |
Pennsylvania |
14, 13 |
1943–1947 |
|Democratic |
January 31, 1866 |
October 11, 1960 |
|
See also
- List of the oldest United States Senators
- List of former members of the United States House of Representatives
- List of living former members of the United States House of Representatives
- List of the oldest living members of the United States House of Representatives
- List of current members of the United States House of Representatives by seniority
- List of current members of the United States House of Representatives by age
- List of the oldest United States Governors