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

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

Section Title: Historical
Table Section Text: 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	72 years, 95 days

July 23, 1793	September 15, 1794	Abraham Clark	February 15, 1726	1791–1794	New Jersey	Pro-Administration	68 years, 212 days

September 15, 1794	December 10, 1796	Israel Jacobs	June 9, 1726	1791–1793	Pennsylvania	Pro-Administration	70 years, 184 days

December 10, 1796	October 28, 1800	Artemas Ward	November 26, 1727	1791–1795	Massachusetts	Pro-Administration	72 years, 335 days

October 28, 1800	March 27, 1814	William Smith	April 12, 1728	1789–1791	Maryland	Anti-Administration	85 years, 349 days

March 27, 1814	July 26, 1819	George Leonard	July 4, 1729	1789–1793 1795–1797	Massachusetts	Pro-Administration Federalist	90 years, 22 days

July 26, 1819	June 1, 1832	Thomas Sumter	August 14, 1734	1789–1793 1797–1801	South Carolina	Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican	97 years, 292 days

June 1, 1832	March 7, 1838	Paine Wingate	May 14, 1739	1793–1795	New Hampshire	Pro-Administration	98 years, 297 days

March 7, 1838	May 22, 1842	Henry Southard	October 7, 1747	1801–1811 1815–1821	New Jersey	Democratic-Republican	94 years, 227 days

May 22, 1842	October 18, 1843	Ebenezer Elmer	August 23, 1752	1801–1807	New Jersey	Democratic-Republican	91 years, 56 days

October 18, 1843	March 6, 1844	Gabriel Duvall	December 6, 1752	1794–1796	Maryland	Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican	91 years, 91 days

March 6, 1844	March 23, 1846	Laban Wheaton	March 13, 1754	1809–1817	Massachusetts	Federalist	92 years, 10 days

March 23, 1846	January 20, 1849	Nathan Read	July 2, 1759	1800–1803	Massachusetts	Federalist	89 years, 202 days

January 20, 1849	May 26, 1851	Simeon Baldwin	December 14, 1761	1803–1805	Connecticut	Federalist	89 years, 163 days

May 26, 1851	March 29, 1855	John Locke	February 14, 1764	1823–1829	Massachusetts	Adams Republican	91 years, 43 days

March 29, 1855	April 8, 1857	Alexander Boyd	September 14, 1764	1813–1815	New York	Federalist	92 years, 206 days

April 8, 1857	January 23, 1858	Daniel Burrows	October 26, 1766	1821–1823	Connecticut	Democratic-Republican	91 years, 89 days

January 23, 1858	August 3, 1863	Zadock Cook	February 18, 1769	1816–1819	Georgia	Democratic-Republican	94 years, 166 days

August 3, 1863	July 1, 1864	Josiah Quincy III	February 4, 1772	1805–1813	Massachusetts	Federalist	92 years, 148 days

July 1, 1864	January 2, 1866	Thomas Chandler	August 10, 1772	1829–1833	New Hampshire	Jacksonian	93 years, 145 days

January 2, 1866	April 1, 1868	James Parker	March 1, 1776	1833–1837	New Jersey	Jacksonian	92 years, 31 days

April 1, 1868	July 1, 1868	Samuel Tweedy	March 8, 1776	1833–1835	Connecticut	Anti-Jacksonian	92 years, 115 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	96 years, 17 days

July 18, 1872	August 12, 1875	Horace Binney	January 4, 1780	1833–1835	Pennsylvania	Anti-Jacksonian	95 years, 220 days

August 12, 1875	February 16, 1880	Daniel Sheffer	May 24, 1783	1837–1839	Pennsylvania	Democratic	96 years, 268 days

February 16, 1880	September 22, 1881	John Alfred Cuthbert	June 3, 1788	1819–1821	Georgia	Democratic-Republican	93 years, 111 days

September 22, 1881	February 7, 1885	Joseph Grinnell	November 17, 1788	1843–1851	Massachusetts	Whig	96 years, 82 days

February 7, 1885	August 8, 1885	James Garland	June 6, 1791	1835–1841	Virginia	Jacksonian Democratic Conservative	94 years, 63 days

August 8, 1885	May 7, 1886	David Fisher	December 3, 1794	1847–1849	Ohio	Whig	91 years, 155 days

May 7, 1886	January 9, 1887	Elijah Babbitt	July 29, 1795	1859–1863	Pennsylvania	Republican	91 years, 164 days

January 9, 1887	June 9, 1887	John Hoge Ewing	October 8, 1796	1845–1847	Pennsylvania	Whig	90 years, 244 days

June 9, 1887	July 26, 1891	Paul Dillingham	August 10, 1799	1843–1847	Vermont	Democratic	91 years, 350 days

July 26, 1891	May 9, 1892	Sidney Lawrence	December 31, 1801	1847–1849	New York	Democratic	90 years, 130 days

May 9, 1892	June 11, 1894	John T. Andrews	May 29, 1803	1837–1839	New York	Democratic	91 years, 13 days

June 11, 1894	February 12, 1896	Emery D. Potter	October 7, 1804	1843–1845 1849–1851	Ohio	Democratic	91 years, 128 days

February 12, 1896	January 12, 1897	John W. Crisfield	November 8, 1806	1847–1849 1861–1863	Maryland	Whig Unionist	90 years, 65 days

January 12, 1897	April 16, 1900	John W. Hunter	October 15, 1807	1866–1867	New York	Democratic	92 years, 183 days

April 16, 1900	March 18, 1902	Daniel Wells, Jr.	July 16, 1808	1853–1857	Wisconsin	Democratic	93 years, 245 days

March 18, 1902	April 24, 1902	Edwin Hickman Ewing	December 2, 1809	1845–1847	Tennessee	Whig	92 years, 143 days

April 24, 1902	March 8, 1903	Martin I. Townsend	February 6, 1810	1875–1879	New York	Republican	93 years, 30 days

March 8, 1903	March 27, 1908	Ephraim R. Eckley	December 9, 1811	1863–1869	Ohio	Republican	96 years, 109 days

March 27, 1908	September 18, 1910	James McGrew	September 14, 1813	1869–1873	West Virginia	Republican	97 years, 4 days

September 18, 1910	March 14, 1911	John H. Rice	February 5, 1816	1861–1867	Maine	Republican	95 years, 37 days

March 14, 1911	October 3, 1911	John Morgan Bright	January 20, 1817	1871–1881	Tennessee	Democratic	94 years, 256 days

October 3, 1911	March 12, 1916	George William Palmer	January 13, 1818	1857–1861	New York	Republican	98 years, 59 days

March 12, 1916	November 3, 1924	Cornelius Cole	September 17, 1822	1863–1865	California	Republican	102 years, 47 days

November 3, 1924	February 28, 1926	William W. Crapo	May 16, 1830	1875–1883	Massachusetts	Republican	95 years, 288 days

February 28, 1926	January 6, 1929	John H. Lewis	July 21, 1830	1881–1883	Illinois	Republican	98 years, 169 days

January 6, 1929	April 22, 1932	J. Warren Keifer	January 30, 1836	1877–1885 1905–1911	Ohio	Republican	96 years, 83 days

April 22, 1932	May 25, 1938	Henry R. Gibson	December 24, 1837	1895–1905	Tennessee	Republican	100 years, 152 days

May 25, 1938	September 8, 1938	George Frederic Kribbs	November 8, 1846	1891–1895	Pennsylvania	Democratic	91 years, 304 days

September 8, 1938	December 18, 1946	Lemuel W. Royse	January 19, 1847	1895–1899	Indiana	Republican	99 years, 333 days

December 18, 1946	June 10, 1947	Addison James	February 27, 1850	1907–1909	Kentucky	Republican	97 years, 103 days

June 10, 1947	February 25, 1948	Amos R. Webber	January 21, 1852	1904–1907	Ohio	Republican	96 years, 35 days

February 25, 1948	September 10, 1949	John E. Weeks	June 14, 1853	1931–1933	Vermont	Republican	96 years, 88 days

September 10, 1949	April 1, 1953	Schuyler Merritt	December 16, 1853	1917–1931 1933–1937	Connecticut	Republican	99 years, 106 days

April 1, 1953	July 27, 1954	Joseph E. Ransdell	October 7, 1858	1899–1913	Louisiana	Democratic	95 years, 293 days

July 27, 1954	May 12, 1956	Franklin Menges	October 26, 1858	1925–1931	Pennsylvania	Republican	97 years, 199 days

May 12, 1956	July 5, 1956	Addison T. Smith	September 5, 1862	1913–1933	Idaho	Republican	93 years, 304 days

July 5, 1956	January 17, 1958	Michael Donohoe	February 22, 1864	1911–1915	Pennsylvania	Democratic	93 years, 329 days

January 17, 1958	April 29, 1958	Warren A. Haggott	May 18, 1864	1907–1909	Colorado	Republican	93 years, 346 days

April 29, 1958	February 22, 1960	Townsend Scudder	July 26, 1865	1899–1901 1903–1905	New York	Democratic	94 years, 211 days

February 22, 1960	October 11, 1960	Daniel K. Hoch	January 31, 1866	1943–1947	Pennsylvania	Democratic	94 years, 254 days

October 11, 1960	September 12, 1963	Charles Nelson Pray	April 6, 1868	1907–1913	Montana	Republican	95 years, 159 days

September 12, 1963	November 7, 1967	John Nance Garner	November 22, 1868	1903–1933	Texas	Democratic	98 years, 350 days

November 7, 1967	July 12, 1971	Earl Hanley Beshlin	April 28, 1870	1917–1919	Pennsylvania	Democratic	101 years, 75 days

July 12, 1971	January 6, 1973	Maurice Thatcher	August 15, 1870	1923–1933	Kentucky	Republican	102 years, 144 days

January 6, 1973	January 10, 1974	Charles G. Bond	May 29, 1877	1921–1923	New York	Republican	96 years, 226 days

January 10, 1974	January 9, 1975	Virginia E. Jenckes	November 6, 1877	1933–1939	Indiana	Democratic	97 years, 64 days

January 9, 1975	March 4, 1977	Miles C. Allgood	February 22, 1878	1923–1935	Alabama	Democratic	99 years, 10 days

March 4, 1977	December 27, 1980	Charles S. Dewey	November 10, 1880	1941–1945	Illinois	Republican	100 years, 47 days

December 27, 1980	June 1, 1981	Carl Vinson	November 18, 1883	1914–1965	Georgia	Democratic	97 years, 195 days

June 1, 1981	November 2, 1989	Elizabeth Hawley Gasque	February 26, 1886	1938–1939	South Carolina	Democratic	103 years, 249 days

November 2, 1989	January 18, 1991	Hamilton Fish III	December 7, 1888	1920–1945	New York	Republican	102 years, 42 days

January 18, 1991	April 3, 1993	Peter J. De Muth	January 1, 1892	1937–1939	Pennsylvania	Democratic	101 years, 92 days

April 3, 1993	May 29, 1995	Margaret Chase Smith	December 14, 1897	1940–1949	Maine	Republican	97 years, 166 days

May 29, 1995	May 15, 1996	Newt V. Mills	September 27, 1899	1937–1943	Louisiana	Democratic	96 years, 231 days

May 15, 1996	January 4, 1997	Harry P. Jeffrey	December 26, 1901	1943–1945	Ohio	Republican	95 years, 9 days

January 4, 1997	May 8, 1998	Jennings Randolph	March 8, 1902	1933–1947	West Virginia	Democratic	96 years, 61 days

May 8, 1998	April 1, 1999	Ellis Yarnal Berry	October 6, 1902	1951–1971	South Dakota	Republican	96 years, 177 days

April 1, 1999	October 5, 2001	Mike Mansfield	March 16, 1903	1943–1953	Montana	Democratic	98 years, 203 days

October 5, 2001	March 11, 2003	John G. Dow	May 6, 1905	1965–1969 1971–1973	New York	Democratic	97 years, 309 days

March 11, 2003	November 10, 2007	Augustus F. Hawkins	August 31, 1907	1963–1991	California	Democratic	100 years, 71 days

November 10, 2007	September 25, 2008	Glenn Andrews	January 15, 1909	1965–1967	Alabama	Republican	99 years, 254 days

September 25, 2008	November 4, 2009	William H. Avery	August 11, 1911	1955–1965	Kansas	Republican	98 years, 85 days

November 4, 2009	January 8, 2011	William F. Walsh	July 11, 1912	1973–1979	New York	Republican–Conservative	98 years, 181 days

January 8, 2011	October 25, 2011	Perkins Bass	October 6, 1912	1955–1963	New Hampshire	Republican	99 years, 19 days

October 25, 2011	December 10, 2016	Ken Hechler	September 20, 1914	1959–1977	West Virginia	Democratic	102 years, 81 days

December 10, 2016	February 19, 2017	John S. Wold	August 31, 1916	1969–1971	Wyoming	Republican	100 years, 172 days

February 19, 2017	October 30, 2017	James D. Martin	September 1, 1918	1965–1967	Alabama	Republican	99 years, 59 days

October 30, 2017	Present	Lester L. Wolff	January 4, 1919	1965–1981	New York	Democratic	100 years, 112 days

Sentence(s)

William H. Avery was the oldest living former U.S. Representative following the September 25, 2008 death of Glenn Andrews of Alabama.

final_sentence: William H. Avery was the oldest living former U.S. Representative following the September 25, 2008 death of Glenn Andrews of Alabama.