List of the oldest living members of the United States House of Representatives
Historical
Columns: 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 | 72years, 95days | July 23, 1793 | September 15, 1794 | Abraham Clark | February 15, 1726 | 1791-1794 | New Jersey | Pro-Administration | 68years, 212days | September 15, 1794 | December 10, 1796 | Israel Jacobs | June 9, 1726 | 1791-1793 | Pennsylvania | Pro-Administration | 70years, 184days | December 10, 1796 | October 28, 1800 | Artemas Ward | November 26, 1727 | 1791-1795 | Massachusetts | Pro-Administration | 72years, 335days | October 28, 1800 | March 27, 1814 | William Smith | April 12, 1728 | 1789-1791 | Maryland | Anti-Administration | 85years, 349days | March 27, 1814 | July 26, 1819 | George Leonard | July 4, 1729 | 1789-1793 1795-1797 | Massachusetts | Pro-Administration Federalist | 90years, 22days | July 26, 1819 | June 1, 1832 | Thomas Sumter | August 14, 1734 | 1789-1793 1797-1801 | South Carolina | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican | 97years, 292days | June 1, 1832 | March 7, 1838 | Paine Wingate | May 14, 1739 | 1793-1795 | New Hampshire | Pro-Administration | 98years, 297days | March 7, 1838 | May 22, 1842 | Henry Southard | October 7, 1747 | 1801-1811 1815-1821 | New Jersey | Democratic-Republican | 94years, 227days | May 22, 1842 | October 18, 1843 | Ebenezer Elmer | August 23, 1752 | 1801-1807 | New Jersey | Democratic-Republican | 91years, 56days | October 18, 1843 | March 6, 1844 | Gabriel Duvall | December 6, 1752 | 1794-1796 | Maryland | Anti-Administration Democratic-Republican | 91years, 91days | March 6, 1844 | March 23, 1846 | Laban Wheaton | March 13, 1754 | 1809-1817 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 92years, 10days | March 23, 1846 | January 20, 1849 | Nathan Read | July 2, 1759 | 1800-1803 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 89years, 202days | January 20, 1849 | May 26, 1851 | Simeon Baldwin | December 14, 1761 | 1803-1805 | Connecticut | Federalist | 89years, 163days | May 26, 1851 | March 29, 1855 | John Locke | February 14, 1764 | 1823-1829 | Massachusetts | Adams Republican | 91years, 43days | March 29, 1855 | April 8, 1857 | Alexander Boyd | September 14, 1764 | 1813-1815 | New York | Federalist | 92years, 206days | April 8, 1857 | January 23, 1858 | Daniel Burrows | October 26, 1766 | 1821-1823 | Connecticut | Democratic-Republican | 91years, 89days | January 23, 1858 | August 3, 1863 | Zadock Cook | February 18, 1769 | 1816-1819 | Georgia | Democratic-Republican | 94years, 166days | August 3, 1863 | July 1, 1864 | Josiah Quincy III | February 4, 1772 | 1805-1813 | Massachusetts | Federalist | 92years, 148days | July 1, 1864 | January 2, 1866 | Thomas Chandler | August 10, 1772 | 1829-1833 | New Hampshire | Jacksonian | 93years, 145days | January 2, 1866 | April 1, 1868 | James Parker | March 1, 1776 | 1833-1837 | New Jersey | Jacksonian | 92years, 31days | April 1, 1868 | July 1, 1868 | Samuel Tweedy | March 8, 1776 | 1833-1835 | Connecticut | Anti-Jacksonian | 92years, 115days | 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 | 96years, 17days | July 18, 1872 | August 12, 1875 | Horace Binney | January 4, 1780 | 1833-1835 | Pennsylvania | Anti-Jacksonian | 95years, 220days | August 12, 1875 | February 16, 1880 | Daniel Sheffer | May 24, 1783 | 1837-1839 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 96years, 268days | February 16, 1880 | September 22, 1881 | John Alfred Cuthbert | June 3, 1788 | 1819-1821 | Georgia | Democratic-Republican | 93years, 111days | September 22, 1881 | February 7, 1885 | Joseph Grinnell | November 17, 1788 | 1843-1851 | Massachusetts | Whig | 96years, 82days | February 7, 1885 | August 8, 1885 | James Garland | June 6, 1791 | 1835-1841 | Virginia | Jacksonian Democratic Conservative | 94years, 63days | August 8, 1885 | May 7, 1886 | David Fisher | December 3, 1794 | 1847-1849 | Ohio | Whig | 91years, 155days | May 7, 1886 | January 9, 1887 | Elijah Babbitt | July 29, 1795 | 1859-1863 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 91years, 164days | January 9, 1887 | June 9, 1887 | John Hoge Ewing | October 8, 1796 | 1845-1847 | Pennsylvania | Whig | 90years, 244days | June 9, 1887 | July 26, 1891 | Paul Dillingham | August 10, 1799 | 1843-1847 | Vermont | Democratic | 91years, 350days | July 26, 1891 | May 9, 1892 | Sidney Lawrence | December 31, 1801 | 1847-1849 | New York | Democratic | 90years, 130days | May 9, 1892 | June 11, 1894 | John T. Andrews | May 29, 1803 | 1837-1839 | New York | Democratic | 91years, 13days | June 11, 1894 | February 12, 1896 | Emery D. Potter | October 7, 1804 | 1843-1845 1849-1851 | Ohio | Democratic | 91years, 128days | February 12, 1896 | January 12, 1897 | John W. Crisfield | November 8, 1806 | 1847-1849 1861-1863 | Maryland | Whig Unionist | 90years, 65days | January 12, 1897 | April 16, 1900 | John W. Hunter | October 15, 1807 | 1866-1867 | New York | Democratic | 92years, 183days | April 16, 1900 | March 18, 1902 | Daniel Wells, Jr. | July 16, 1808 | 1853-1857 | Wisconsin | Democratic | 93years, 245days | March 18, 1902 | April 24, 1902 | Edwin Hickman Ewing | December 2, 1809 | 1845-1847 | Tennessee | Whig | 92years, 143days | April 24, 1902 | March 8, 1903 | Martin I. Townsend | February 6, 1810 | 1875-1879 | New York | Republican | 93years, 30days | March 8, 1903 | March 27, 1908 | Ephraim R. Eckley | December 9, 1811 | 1863-1869 | Ohio | Republican | 96years, 109days | March 27, 1908 | September 18, 1910 | James McGrew | September 14, 1813 | 1869-1873 | West Virginia | Republican | 97years, 4days | September 18, 1910 | March 14, 1911 | John H. Rice | February 5, 1816 | 1861-1867 | Maine | Republican | 95years, 37days | March 14, 1911 | October 3, 1911 | John Morgan Bright | January 20, 1817 | 1871-1881 | Tennessee | Democratic | 94years, 256days | October 3, 1911 | March 12, 1916 | George William Palmer | January 13, 1818 | 1857-1861 | New York | Republican | 98years, 59days | March 12, 1916 | November 3, 1924 | Cornelius Cole | September 17, 1822 | 1863-1865 | California | Republican | 102years, 47days | November 3, 1924 | February 28, 1926 | William W. Crapo | May 16, 1830 | 1875-1883 | Massachusetts | Republican | 95years, 288days | February 28, 1926 | January 6, 1929 | John H. Lewis | July 21, 1830 | 1881-1883 | Illinois | Republican | 98years, 169days | January 6, 1929 | April 22, 1932 | J. Warren Keifer | January 30, 1836 | 1877-1885 1905-1911 | Ohio | Republican | 96years, 83days | April 22, 1932 | May 25, 1938 | Henry R. Gibson | December 24, 1837 | 1895-1905 | Tennessee | Republican | 100years, 152days | May 25, 1938 | September 8, 1938 | George Frederic Kribbs | November 8, 1846 | 1891-1895 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 91years, 304days | September 8, 1938 | December 18, 1946 | Lemuel W. Royse | January 19, 1847 | 1895-1899 | Indiana | Republican | 99years, 333days | December 18, 1946 | June 10, 1947 | Addison James | February 27, 1850 | 1907-1909 | Kentucky | Republican | 97years, 103days | June 10, 1947 | February 25, 1948 | Amos R. Webber | January 21, 1852 | 1904-1907 | Ohio | Republican | 96years, 35days | February 25, 1948 | September 10, 1949 | John E. Weeks | June 14, 1853 | 1931-1933 | Vermont | Republican | 96years, 88days | September 10, 1949 | April 1, 1953 | Schuyler Merritt | December 16, 1853 | 1917-1931 1933-1937 | Connecticut | Republican | 99years, 106days | April 1, 1953 | July 27, 1954 | Joseph E. Ransdell | October 7, 1858 | 1899-1913 | Louisiana | Democratic | 95years, 293days | July 27, 1954 | May 12, 1956 | Franklin Menges | October 26, 1858 | 1925-1931 | Pennsylvania | Republican | 97years, 199days | May 12, 1956 | July 5, 1956 | Addison T. Smith | September 5, 1862 | 1913-1933 | Idaho | Republican | 93years, 304days | July 5, 1956 | January 17, 1958 | Michael Donohoe | February 22, 1864 | 1911-1915 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 93years, 329days | January 17, 1958 | April 29, 1958 | Warren A. Haggott | May 18, 1864 | 1907-1909 | Colorado | Republican | 93years, 346days | April 29, 1958 | February 22, 1960 | Townsend Scudder | July 26, 1865 | 1899-1901 1903-1905 | New York | Democratic | 94years, 211days | February 22, 1960 | October 11, 1960 | Daniel K. Hoch | January 31, 1866 | 1943-1947 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 94years, 254days | October 11, 1960 | September 12, 1963 | Charles Nelson Pray | April 6, 1868 | 1907-1913 | Montana | Republican | 95years, 159days | September 12, 1963 | November 7, 1967 | John Nance Garner | November 22, 1868 | 1903-1933 | Texas | Democratic | 98years, 350days | November 7, 1967 | July 12, 1971 | Earl Hanley Beshlin | April 28, 1870 | 1917-1919 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 101years, 75days | July 12, 1971 | January 6, 1973 | Maurice Hudson Thatcher | August 15, 1870 | 1923-1933 | Kentucky | Republican | 102years, 144days | January 6, 1973 | January 10, 1974 | Charles G. Bond | May 29, 1877 | 1921-1923 | New York | Republican | 96years, 226days | January 10, 1974 | January 9, 1975 | Virginia E. Jenckes | November 6, 1877 | 1933-1939 | Indiana | Democratic | 97years, 64days | January 9, 1975 | March 4, 1977 | Miles C. Allgood | February 22, 1878 | 1923-1935 | Alabama | Democratic | 99years, 10days | March 4, 1977 | December 27, 1980 | Charles S. Dewey | November 10, 1880 | 1941-1945 | Illinois | Republican | 100years, 47days | December 27, 1980 | June 1, 1981 | Carl Vinson | November 18, 1883 | 1914-1965 | Georgia | Democratic | 97years, 195days | June 1, 1981 | November 2, 1989 | Elizabeth Hawley Gasque | February 26, 1886 | 1938-1939 | South Carolina | Democratic | 103years, 249days | November 2, 1989 | January 18, 1991 | Hamilton Fish III | December 7, 1888 | 1920-1945 | New York | Republican | 102years, 42days | January 18, 1991 | April 3, 1993 | Peter J. De Muth | January 1, 1892 | 1937-1939 | Pennsylvania | Democratic | 101years, 92days | April 3, 1993 | May 29, 1995 | Margaret Chase Smith | December 14, 1897 | 1940-1949 | Maine | Republican | 97years, 166days | May 29, 1995 | May 15, 1996 | Newt V. Mills | September 27, 1899 | 1937-1943 | Louisiana | Democratic | 96years, 231days | May 15, 1996 | January 4, 1997 | Harry P. Jeffrey | December 26, 1901 | 1943-1945 | Ohio | Republican | 95years, 9days | January 4, 1997 | May 8, 1998 | Jennings Randolph | March 8, 1902 | 1933-1947 | West Virginia | Democratic | 96years, 61days | May 8, 1998 | April 1, 1999 | Ellis Yarnal Berry | October 6, 1902 | 1951-1971 | South Dakota | Republican | 96years, 177days | April 1, 1999 | October 5, 2001 | Mike Mansfield | March 16, 1903 | 1943-1953 | Montana | Democratic | 98years, 203days | October 5, 2001 | March 11, 2003 | John Goodchild Dow | May 6, 1905 | 1965-1969 1971-1973 | New York | Democratic | 97years, 309days | March 11, 2003 | November 10, 2007 | Augustus F. Hawkins | August 31, 1907 | 1963-1991 | California | Democratic | 100years, 71days | November 10, 2007 | September 25, 2008 | Glenn Andrews | January 15, 1909 | 1965-1967 | Alabama | Republican | 99years, 254days | September 25, 2008 | November 4, 2009 | William H. Avery | August 11, 1911 | 1955-1965 | Kansas | Republican | 98years, 85days | November 4, 2009 | January 8, 2011 | William F. Walsh | July 11, 1912 | 1973-1979 | New York | Republican- Conservative | 98years, 181days | January 8, 2011 | October 25, 2011 | Perkins Bass | October 6, 1912 | 1955-1963 | New Hampshire | Republican | 99years, 19days