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  1. Longest-Serving Senators. These 25 individuals have served the longest U.S. Senate terms as of January 24, 2024. Filter by:

  2. As of October 3, 2023, there are 25 women (15 Democrats, 9 Republicans, and 1 Independent) serving as U.S. senators. Additionally, Kamala Harris as vice president serves as President of the Senate . Nancy Kassebaum is currently the oldest living former female member of the Senate at the age 91.

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  4. U.S. Senate time. The 90th Congress was notable because for a period of 10 days (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 1969), it contained within the Senate, all 10 of what was at one point the top 10 longest-serving senators in history (Byrd, Inouye, Thurmond, Kennedy, Hayden, Stennis, Stevens, Hollings, Russell Jr., and Long) until January 7, 2013, when Patrick Leahy surpassed Russell B. Long as ...

    Total Tenure
    Total Tenure
    Uninterrupted
    Name
    1
    59 years, 21 days
    1
    2
    57 years, 176 days
    2
    Robert Byrd (S, H)
    3
    56 years, 319 days
    3
    Carl Hayden (S, H)
    4
    53 years, 118 days
    4
    Daniel Inouye (S, H)
  5. States in the Senate | Georgia Senators. 1. Elected Nov. 7, 1818. Served in House during interim. 2. Vacancy from February 18, 1819, to November 5, 1819, because of failure of legislature to elect. 3. Berrien resigned the seat in May 1845 to accept a seat on Georgia's state supreme court. Seat vacant from his resignation until November 14, 1845 ...

    Congress
    Senator
    Term Began
    Term Ended
    1st-2nd
    William Few (ANTI-ADMIN)
    Mar. 4, 1789
    Mar. 3, 1793
    2nd-3rd
    James Jackson (ANTI-ADMIN)
    Mar. 4, 1793
    31, 1795
    3rd
    Nov. 16, 1795
    Apr. 12, 1796
    4th-5th
    Apr. 12, 1796
    Mar. 3, 1799
  6. Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first female U.S. senator, representing Georgia in the Senate for one day in 1922, having been appointed to the seat to replace the late Thomas E. Watson. Richard Russell Jr. was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1933 to 1971.

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    Class 2 Class 2 U.s.(dates In Office)
    To be determined in the 2026 election .
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    39
    Jan 20, 2021 – present
    Vacant
    Vacant
    Vacant
    Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 20, 2021
    38
    Jan 3, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
  7. www.senate.gov › senators › ListofWomenSenatorsU.S. Senate: Women Senators

    Women Senators. To date, 60 women have served in the United States Senate, with 25 serving at this time (indicated in bold print below). Visit Women of the Senate to learn more about the impact of women on the Senate. PDF.

  8. Feb 8, 2024 · Women of the Senate. For more than a century U.S. senators had one thing in common: all who served were men. With the appointment of Rebecca Felton of Georgia in 1922, women finally broke through that long-standing barrier. Even before Felton took the oath of office on November 21, 1922, however, women had shaped the Senate.

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