List of longest-living United States senators

This article contains a list of the longest-living United States senators among those currently living (incumbent or former) and a list of the individuals who, at the time of their deaths, were the longest-living United States senators among those current or former senators then living. Of those living, the longest-living senator is James L. Buckley. The oldest sitting senator is Dianne Feinstein (born 1933). The longest-lived senator in history is Cornelius Cole, who died at 102.

Oldest senators (historic)

This is a list of the senators who were, while in office or after, the oldest living before they died.

Begin date	End date	Senator	Birth date	Term(s)	State	Party	Age (years, days)
March 4, 1789	June 13, 1791	William Johnson	October 7, 1727	1789–1791	Connecticut	Pro-Administration	63 years, 249 days
June 13, 1791	July 23, 1793	Roger Sherman	April 19, 1721	1791–1793	Connecticut	Pro-Administration	72 years, 95 days
July 23, 1793	November 14, 1819	William Johnson	October 7, 1727	1789–1791	Connecticut	Pro-Administration	92 years, 38 days
November 14, 1819	June 1, 1832	Thomas Sumter	August 14, 1734	1801–1810	South Carolina	Democratic-Republican	97 years, 292 days
June 1, 1832	November 14, 1832	Charles Carroll	September 19, 1737	1789–1792	Maryland	Federalist	95 years, 56 days
November 14, 1832	March 7, 1838	Paine Wingate	May 14, 1739	1789–1793	New Hampshire	Federalist	98 years, 297 days
March 7, 1838	April 22, 1839	Samuel Smith	July 27, 1752	1803–1815, 1822–1833	Maryland	Democratic-Republican, Crawford Republican, Jacksonian	86 years, 269 days
April 22, 1839	February 13, 1843	Nathaniel Chipman	November 15, 1752	1797–1803	Vermont	Federalist	90 years, 90 days
February 13, 1843	February 25, 1845	Asher Robbins	October 26, 1757	1825–1839	Rhode Island	Anti-Jacksonian, Adams	87 years, 122 days
February 25, 1845	December 22, 1850	William Plumer	June 25, 1759	1802–1807	New Hampshire	Federalist	91 years, 180 days
December 22, 1850	April 12, 1851	David Daggett	December 31, 1764	1813–1819	Connecticut	Federalist	86 years, 102 days
April 12, 1851	October 14, 1853	Elisha Mathewson	April 18, 1767	1807–1811	Rhode Island	Democratic-Republican	86 years, 179 days
October 14, 1853	November 19, 1853	Samuel Crafts	October 6, 1768	1842–1843	Vermont	Whig	85 years, 44 days
November 19, 1853	July 24, 1854	Jonathan Roberts	August 16, 1771	1814–1821	Pennsylvania	Democratic-Republican	82 years, 342 days
July 24, 1854	April 20, 1857	Benjamin Tappan	May 25, 1773	1839–1845	Ohio	Democratic	83 years, 330 days
April 20, 1857	May 6, 1860	Littleton Tazewell	December 17, 1774	1824–1832	Virginia	Democratic-Republican, Jacksonian	85 years, 141 days
May 6, 1860	June 23, 1865	William Wilkins	December 20, 1779	1831–1834	Pennsylvania	Democratic	85 years, 185 days
June 23, 1865	June 19, 1867	Henry Dodge	October 12, 1782	1848–1857	Wisconsin	Democratic	84 years, 250 days
June 19, 1867	December 28, 1870	Wilson Lumpkin	January 14, 1783	1837–1841	Georgia	Democratic	87 years, 348 days
December 28, 1870	June 20, 1874	John Ruggles	October 8, 1789	1835–1841	Maine	Democratic	84 years, 255 days
June 20, 1874	July 3, 1878	Daniel Sturgeon	October 27, 1789	1840–1851	Pennsylvania	Democratic	88 years, 249 days
July 3, 1878	September 16, 1887	Joseph Cilley	January 4, 1791	1846–1847	New Hampshire	Liberty	96 years, 255 days
September 16, 1887	June 26, 1889	Simon Cameron	March 8, 1799	1845–1849, 1857–1861, 1867–1877	Pennsylvania	Democratic, Republican	90 years, 110 days
June 26, 1889	April 4, 1893	David Meriwether	October 30, 1800	1852–1852	Kentucky	Democratic	92 years, 156 days
April 4, 1893	January 6, 1901	James Bradbury	June 10, 1802	1847–1853	Maine	Democratic	98 years, 210 days
January 6, 1901	October 7, 1906	Daniel Jewett	September 14, 1807	1870–1871	Missouri	Republican	99 years, 23 days
October 7, 1906	July 27, 1907	Edmund Pettus	July 6, 1821	1897–1907	Alabama	Democratic	86 years, 21 days
July 27, 1907	January 10, 1909	John Conness	September 22, 1821	1863–1869	California	Republican	87 years, 110 days
January 10, 1909	November 3, 1924	Cornelius Cole	September 17, 1822	1867–1873	California	Republican	102 years, 47 days
November 3, 1924	April 5, 1928	Chauncey Depew	April 23, 1834	1899–1911	New York	Republican	93 years, 348 days
April 5, 1928	January 24, 1930	Rebecca Felton	June 10, 1835	1922–1922	Georgia	Democratic	94 years, 228 days
January 24, 1930	April 12, 1933	Adelbert Ames	October 31, 1835	1870–1874	Mississippi	Republican	97 years, 163 days
April 12, 1933	February 7, 1937	Elihu Root	February 15, 1845	1909–1915	New York	Republican	91 years, 358 days
February 7, 1937	January 26, 1938	Newell Sanders	July 12, 1850	1912–1913	Tennessee	Republican	87 years, 198 days
January 26, 1938	July 24, 1938	Obadiah Gardner	September 13, 1852	1911–1913	Maine	Democratic	85 years, 314 days
July 24, 1938	April 30, 1940	Furnifold Simmons	January 20, 1854	1901–1931	North Carolina	Democratic	86 years, 101 days
April 30, 1940	April 21, 1941	Fountain Thompson	November 18, 1854	1909–1910	North Dakota	Democratic	86 years, 154 days
April 21, 1941	June 26, 1941	Andrew Houston	June 21, 1854	1941–1941	Texas	Democratic	87 years, 5 days
June 26, 1941	February 4, 1942	Fountain Thompson	November 18, 1854	1909–1910	North Dakota	Democratic	87 years, 78 days
February 4, 1942	July 19, 1947	Robert Owen	February 2, 1856	1907–1925	Oklahoma	Democratic	91 years, 167 days
July 19, 1947	July 27, 1954	Joseph Ransdell	October 7, 1858	1913–1931	Louisiana	Democratic	95 years, 293 days
July 27, 1954	March 1, 1958	Lawrence Phipps	August 30, 1862	1919–1931	Colorado	Republican	95 years, 183 days
March 1, 1958	March 3, 1961	Joseph Grundy	January 13, 1863	1929–1930	Pennsylvania	Republican	98 years, 49 days
March 3, 1961	May 24, 1961	George Pepper	March 16, 1867	1922–1927	Pennsylvania	Republican	94 years, 69 days
May 24, 1961	May 19, 1966	Theodore Green	October 2, 1867	1937–1961	Rhode Island	Democratic	98 years, 229 days
May 19, 1966	December 28, 1972	John Heiskell	November 2, 1872	1913–1913	Arkansas	Democratic	100 years, 56 days
December 28, 1972	July 29, 1974	George Radcliffe	August 22, 1877	1935–1947	Maryland	Democratic	96 years, 341 days
July 29, 1974	April 14, 1977	John Milton	January 21, 1881	1938–1938	New Jersey	Democratic	96 years, 83 days
April 14, 1977	May 15, 1983	Hall Lusk	September 21, 1883	1960–1960	Oregon	Democratic	99 years, 236 days
May 15, 1983	December 1, 1984	Stephen Young	May 4, 1889	1959–1971	Ohio	Democratic	95 years, 211 days
December 1, 1984	March 20, 1988	Samuel Reynolds	August 11, 1890	1954–1954	Nebraska	Republican	97 years, 222 days
March 20, 1988	March 14, 1989	Gladys Pyle	October 4, 1890	1938–1939	South Dakota	Republican	98 years, 161 days
March 14, 1989	September 23, 1992	Frank Briggs	February 25, 1894	1945–1947	Missouri	Democratic	98 years, 211 days
September 23, 1992	June 10, 1993	Milward Simpson	November 12, 1897	1962–1967	Wyoming	Republican	95 years, 210 days
June 10, 1993	May 29, 1995	Margaret Smith	December 14, 1897	1949–1973	Maine	Republican	97 years, 166 days
May 29, 1995	May 8, 1998	Jennings Randolph	March 8, 1902	1958–1985	West Virginia	Democratic	96 years, 61 days
May 8, 1998	June 26, 2003	Strom Thurmond	December 5, 1902	1954–1956, 1956–2003	South Carolina	Democratic, Republican	100 years, 203 days
June 26, 2003	August 18, 2004	Hiram Fong	October 15, 1906	1959–1977	Hawaii	Republican	97 years, 308 days
August 18, 2004	October 20, 2009	Clifford Hansen	October 16, 1912	1967–1978	Wyoming	Republican	97 years, 4 days
October 20, 2009	July 30, 2013	Harry F. Byrd Jr.	December 20, 1914	1965–1983	Virginia	Democratic, Independent	98 years, 222 days
July 30, 2013	January 3, 2015	Edward Brooke	October 26, 1919	1967–1979	Massachusetts	Republican	95 years, 69 days
January 3, 2015	December 8, 2016	John Glenn	July 18, 1921	1974–1999	Ohio	Democratic	95 years, 143 days
December 8, 2016	April 6, 2019	Fritz Hollings	January 1, 1922	1966–2005	South Carolina	Democratic	97 years, 95 days
April 6, 2019	December 26, 2019	Jocelyn Burdick	February 6, 1922	1992	North Dakota	Democratic–Nonpartisan League	97 years, 323 days
December 26, 2019	Present	James L. Buckley	March 9, 1923	1971–1977	New York	Conservative, Republican	98 years, 199 days

Oldest senators currently living

This is a list of the 100 eldest senators, current or former, currently living.

Key

Currently serving

Rank	Senator	Date of birth	Senate term	State served	Party	Age (years, days)
1	James L. Buckley	March 9, 1923	1971–1977	New York	Conservative/Republican caucus (1971–1976) Republican (1976–1977)	98 years, 199 days
2	Bob Dole	July 22, 1923	1969–1996	Kansas	Republican	98 years, 64 days
3	Daniel J. Evans	October 16, 1925	1983–1989	Washington	Republican	95 years, 343 days
4	Jim Broyhill	August 19, 1927	1986	North Carolina	Republican	94 years, 36 days
5	Lauch Faircloth	January 14, 1928	1993–1999	North Carolina	Republican	93 years, 253 days
6	Dick Clark	September 14, 1928	1973–1979	Iowa	Democratic	93 years, 10 days
7	Nicholas F. Brady	April 11, 1930	1982	New Jersey	Republican	91 years, 166 days
8	Rudy Boschwitz	November 7, 1930	1978–1991	Minnesota	Independent-Republican	90 years, 321 days
9	Fred R. Harris	November 13, 1930	1964–1973	Oklahoma	Democratic	90 years, 315 days
10	Mack Mattingly	January 7, 1931	1981–1987	Georgia	Republican	90 years, 260 days
11	James Abourezk	February 24, 1931	1973–1979	South Dakota	Democratic	90 years, 212 days
12	Lowell Weicker	May 16, 1931	1971–1989	Connecticut	Republican	90 years, 131 days
13	Alan K. Simpson	September 2, 1931	1979–1997	Wyoming	Republican	90 years, 22 days
14	J. Bennett Johnston	June 10, 1932	1972–1997	Louisiana	Democratic	89 years, 106 days
15	Nancy Kassebaum	July 29, 1932	1978–1997	Kansas	Republican	89 years, 57 days
16	Bob Packwood	September 11, 1932	1969–1995	Oregon	Republican	89 years, 13 days
17	Jake Garn	October 12, 1932	1974–1993	Utah	Republican	88 years, 347 days
18	Frank Murkowski	March 28, 1933	1981–2002	Alaska	Republican	88 years, 180 days
19	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	April 13, 1933	1993–2005	Colorado	Democratic (1993–1995) Republican (1995–2005)	88 years, 164 days
20	Dianne Feinstein	June 22, 1933	1992–present	California	Democratic	88 years, 94 days
21	George J. Mitchell	August 20, 1933	1980–1995	Maine	Democratic	88 years, 35 days
22	Pete Wilson	August 23, 1933	1983–1991	California	Republican	88 years, 32 days
23	Chuck Grassley	September 17, 1933	1981–present	Iowa	Republican	88 years, 7 days
24	Jean Carnahan	December 20, 1933	2001–2002	Missouri	Democratic	87 years, 278 days
25	Orrin Hatch	March 22, 1934	1977–2019	Utah	Republican	87 years, 186 days
26	Richard Shelby	May 6, 1934	1987–present	Alabama	Democratic (1987–1994) Republican (1994–present)	87 years, 141 days
27	David Durenberger	August 19, 1934	1978–1995	Minnesota	Independent-Republican	87 years, 36 days
28	David Pryor	August 29, 1934	1979–1997	Arkansas	Democratic	87 years, 26 days
29	Jim Inhofe	November 17, 1934	1994–present	Oklahoma	Republican	86 years, 311 days
30	Herb Kohl	February 7, 1935	1989–2013	Wisconsin	Democratic	86 years, 229 days
31	Harrison Schmitt	July 3, 1935	1977–1983	New Mexico	Republican	86 years, 83 days
32	Bob Krueger	September 19, 1935	1993	Texas	Democratic	86 years, 5 days
33	Pat Roberts	April 20, 1936	1997–2021	Kansas	Republican	85 years, 157 days
34	Barbara Mikulski	July 20, 1936	1987–2017	Maryland	Democratic	85 years, 66 days
35	Elizabeth Dole	July 29, 1936	2003–2009	North Carolina	Republican	85 years, 57 days
36	John Danforth	September 5, 1936	1976–1995	Missouri	Republican	85 years, 19 days
37	Jim Sasser	September 30, 1936	1977–1995	Tennessee	Democratic	84 years, 359 days
38	Bob Graham	November 9, 1936	1987–2005	Florida	Democratic	84 years, 319 days
39	Gary Hart	November 28, 1936	1975–1987	Colorado	Democratic	84 years, 300 days
40	Dennis DeConcini	May 8, 1937	1977–1995	Arizona	Democratic	84 years, 139 days
41	Jay Rockefeller	June 18, 1937	1985–2015	West Virginia	Democratic	84 years, 98 days
42	Richard Bryan	July 16, 1937	1989–2001	Nevada	Democratic	84 years, 70 days
43	Al D'Amato	August 1, 1937	1981–1999	New York	Republican	84 years, 54 days
44	Roland Burris	August 3, 1937	2009–2010	Illinois	Democratic	84 years, 52 days
45	John F. Seymour	December 3, 1937	1991–1992	California	Republican	83 years, 295 days
46	Paul G. Kirk	January 18, 1938	2009–2010	Massachusetts	Democratic	83 years, 249 days
47	Donald Riegle	February 4, 1938	1976–1995	Michigan	Democratic	83 years, 232 days
48	Steve Symms	April 23, 1938	1981–1993	Idaho	Republican	83 years, 154 days
49	Kaneaster Hodges Jr.	August 20, 1938	1977–1979	Arkansas	Democratic	83 years, 35 days
50	Sam Nunn	September 8, 1938	1972–1997	Georgia	Democratic	83 years, 16 days
51	Kit Bond	March 6, 1939	1987–2011	Missouri	Republican	82 years, 202 days
52	Ted Kaufman	March 15, 1939	2009–2010	Delaware	Democratic	82 years, 193 days
53	Chuck Robb	June 26, 1939	1989–2001	Virginia	Democratic	82 years, 90 days
54	Tim Wirth	September 22, 1939	1987–1993	Colorado	Democratic	82 years, 2 days
55	Tom Harkin	November 19, 1939	1985–2015	Iowa	Democratic	81 years, 309 days
56	Harry Reid	December 2, 1939	1987–2017	Nevada	Democratic	81 years, 296 days
57	Donald W. Stewart	February 8, 1940	1978–1981	Alabama	Democratic	81 years, 228 days
58	Hank Brown	February 12, 1940	1991–1997	Colorado	Republican	81 years, 224 days
59	Patrick Leahy	March 31, 1940	1975–present	Vermont	Democratic	81 years, 177 days
60	Lamar Alexander	July 3, 1940	2003–2021	Tennessee	Republican	81 years, 83 days
61	William Cohen	August 28, 1940	1979–1997	Maine	Republican	81 years, 27 days
62	Wyche Fowler	October 6, 1940	1987–1993	Georgia	Democratic	80 years, 353 days
63	Gordon J. Humphrey	October 9, 1940	1979–1990	New Hampshire	Republican	80 years, 350 days
64	Connie Mack III	October 29, 1940	1989–2001	Florida	Republican	80 years, 330 days
65	Barbara Boxer	November 11, 1940	1993–2017	California	Democratic	80 years, 317 days
66	Robert C. Smith	March 30, 1941	1990–2003	New Hampshire	Republican	80 years, 178 days
67	David Boren	April 21, 1941	1979–1994	Oklahoma	Democratic	80 years, 156 days
68	Ben Nelson	May 17, 1941	2001–2013	Nebraska	Democratic	80 years, 130 days
69	Bernie Sanders	September 8, 1941	2007–present	Vermont	Independent/Democratic caucus	80 years, 16 days
70	Trent Lott	October 9, 1941	1989–2007	Mississippi	Republican	79 years, 350 days
71	Max Baucus	December 11, 1941	1978–2014	Montana	Democratic	79 years, 287 days
72	Mitch McConnell	February 20, 1942	1985–present	Kentucky	Republican	79 years, 216 days
73	Joe Lieberman	February 24, 1942	1989–2013	Connecticut	Democratic (1989–2006) Independent/Democratic caucus (2006–2013)	79 years, 212 days
74	Larry Pressler	March 29, 1942	1979–1997	South Dakota	Republican	79 years, 179 days
75	Jon Kyl	April 25, 1942	1995–2013, 2018	Arizona	Republican	79 years, 152 days
76	John Ashcroft	May 9, 1942	1995–2001	Missouri	Republican	79 years, 138 days
77	Byron Dorgan	May 14, 1942	1992–2011	North Dakota	Democratic–Nonpartisan League	79 years, 133 days
78	Bob Kasten	June 19, 1942	1981–1993	Wisconsin	Republican	79 years, 97 days
79	Phil Gramm	July 8, 1942	1985–2002	Texas	Republican	79 years, 78 days
80	Max Cleland	August 24, 1942	1997–2003	Georgia	Democratic	79 years, 31 days
81	Bill Nelson	September 29, 1942	2001–2019	Florida	Democratic	78 years, 360 days
82	Joe Biden	November 20, 1942	1973–2009	Delaware	Democratic	78 years, 308 days
83	Jim Risch	May 3, 1943	2009–present	Idaho	Republican	78 years, 144 days
84	Dan Coats	May 16, 1943	1989–1999, 2011–2017	Indiana	Republican	78 years, 131 days
85	Kay Bailey Hutchison	July 22, 1943	1993–2013	Texas	Republican	78 years, 64 days
86	Bill Bradley	July 28, 1943	1979–1997	New Jersey	Democratic	78 years, 58 days
87	Bob Kerrey	August 27, 1943	1989–2001	Nebraska	Democratic	78 years, 28 days
88	Jeff Bingaman	October 3, 1943	1983–2013	New Mexico	Democratic	77 years, 356 days
89	Ben Cardin	October 5, 1943	2007–present	Maryland	Democratic	77 years, 354 days
90	Saxby Chambliss	November 10, 1943	2003–2015	Georgia	Republican	77 years, 318 days
91	Wayne Allard	December 2, 1943	1997–2009	Colorado	Republican	77 years, 296 days
92	John Kerry	December 11, 1943	1985–2013	Massachusetts	Democratic	77 years, 287 days
93	John Breaux	March 1, 1944	1987–2005	Louisiana	Democratic	77 years, 207 days
94	Angus King	March 31, 1944	2013–present	Maine	Independent/Democratic caucus	77 years, 177 days
95	Chris Dodd	May 27, 1944	1981–2011	Connecticut	Democratic	77 years, 120 days
96	Dick Durbin	November 21, 1944	1997–present	Illinois	Democratic	76 years, 307 days
97	Johnny Isakson	December 28, 1944	2005–2019	Georgia	Republican	76 years, 270 days
98	Sheila Frahm	March 22, 1945	1996	Kansas	Republican	76 years, 186 days
99	Larry Craig	July 20, 1945	1991–2009	Idaho	Republican	76 years, 66 days
100	Jim Webb	February 9, 1946	2007–2013	Virginia	Democratic	75 years, 227 days

1. ^ ^{a b} Did not die on this date; an older senator took office.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Was the oldest-living senator immediately upon taking office.
3. ^ Held position the longest at 26 years and 115 days; second is Cornelius Cole at 15 years and 299 days.
4. ^ ^{a b} Became the oldest-living senator during service in the Senate.