List of youngest members of the United States Congress

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Left: Jon Ossoff (D-GA), currently the youngest U.S. Senator
Right: Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), currently the youngest U.S. Representative

The following are historical lists of the youngest members of the United States Congress, in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. These members would be the equivalent to the "Baby of the House" in the parliaments of Commonwealth countries; the U.S. Congress does not confer a similar title upon its youngest members.

The youngest U.S. congressman tends to be older than the youngest MPs in Commonwealth countries. This is partly because the minimum age requirements enumerated in Article One of the United States Constitution bar persons under the age of 25 years and 30 years from serving in the House and Senate, respectively. Additionally, the political culture of the United States encourages young politicians to gain experience in state and local offices before running for Congress. Although the vast majority of members of Congress gained state and local experience before being elected to Congress, members lacking state and local experience have increased recently.[1]

Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) is the youngest member of the 117th Congress at age 29. He replaced Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and was the youngest of the 116th Congress.[2] Cawthorn is the youngest person elected to the U.S. Congress since Jed Johnson Jr. in 1964.

Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is the youngest sitting senator at 38,[3] replacing Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, who at 41 was the youngest senator of the 116th Congress.[4] Ossoff is the youngest person elected to the U.S. Senate since Don Nickles in 1980.[5][6] The average age of senators is now higher than in the past.[7] In the 19th century, several state legislatures elected senators in their late twenties despite the Constitutional minimum age of 30, such as Henry Clay, who was sworn into office at age 29, and John Henry Eaton, the youngest US Senator in history, who took his oath of office when he was 28 years, 4 months and 29 days old.[8]

List of youngest U.S. senators[edit]

For senators elected to a regular session, the starting date is the date on which the new Congress convened. From 1789 to 1935, this is March 4 (with the previous Congress ending on March 3); from 1937 onward, this is January 3.

For senators appointed to a vacancy or elected in a special election, the starting date represents their swearing-in date.

Duration as youngest Name State Party Start age End age
March 4, 1789 – July 25, 1789 James Gunn GA Template:Party name with colour 35 years, 356 days 36 years, 134 days
July 25, 1789 – December 6, 1790 Rufus King NY Template:Party name with colour 34 years, 123 days 35 years, 257 days
December 6, 1790 – March 4, 1791 James Monroe VA Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 222 days 32 years, 310 days
March 4, 1791 – December 2, 1793 John Rutherfurd NJ Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 165 days 33 years, 73 days
December 2, 1793 – February 28, 1794 Albert Gallatin[lower-alpha 1] PA Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 307 days 33 years, 30 days
February 28, 1794 – April 24, 1794 John Rutherfurd NJ Template:Party name with colour 33 years, 161 days 33 years, 216 days
April 24, 1794 – December 6, 1796 James Ross PA Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 286 days 34 years, 147 days
April 12, 1796 – December 6, 1796[lower-alpha 2] Josiah Tattnall GA Template:Party name with colour 31–32 31–32
December 6, 1796 – November 22, 1797 Richard Stockton NJ Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 233 days 33 years, 219 days
November 22, 1797 – April 1, 1798 Andrew Jackson TN Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 252 days 31 years, 17 days
April 1, 1798 – February 4, 1799 Ray Greene RI Template:Party name with colour 33 years, 58 days 34 years, 2 days
February 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 William Wells DE Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 28 days 32 years, 56 days
March 4, 1801 – October 17, 1803 Samuel White DE Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 93 days 32 years, 320 days
October 17, 1803 – December 29, 1806 Thomas Worthington OH Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 93 days 33 years, 166 days
December 29, 1806 – March 4, 1807 Henry Clay[lower-alpha 3] KY Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 261 days 29 years, 326 days
March 4, 1807 – September 1807 James Fenner RI Template:Party name with colour 36 years, 41 days 36 years, 222 days
September 1807 – December 9, 1807 Samuel White DE Template:Party name with colour 36 years, 274 days 37 years, 8 days
December 9, 1807 – January 12, 1810 William Crawford GA Template:Party name with colour 35 years, 288 days 37 years, 322 days
May 26, 1809 – January 12, 1810[lower-alpha 4] Jenkin Whiteside TN Template:Party name with colour 36–37 37–38
January 12, 1810 – March 3, 1813 Alexander Campbell OH Template:Party name with colour 30–31 33–34
March 4, 1813 – May 27, 1813 Outerbridge Horsey DE Template:Party name with colour 35 years, 364 days 36 years, 80 days
May 24, 1813 – May 27, 1813[lower-alpha 5] William Bulloch GA Template:Party name with colour 35–36 35–36
May 27, 1813 – December 6, 1813 Robert Goldsborough MD Template:Party name with colour 34 years, 143 days 34 years, 336 days
December 6, 1813 – April 9, 1814 William Bibb[lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 7] GA Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 65 days 32 years, 189 days
April 9, 1814 – February 2, 1815 Jesse Wharton[lower-alpha 7] TN Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 254 days 32 years, 188 days
February 2, 1815 – January 22, 1816 William Barry[lower-alpha 7] KY Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 362 days 31 years, 351 days
January 22, 1816 – March 3, 1817 Armistead Mason[lower-alpha 8] VA Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 171 days 29 years, 212 days
March 4, 1817 – November 16, 1818 John Crittenden KY Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 175 days 31 years, 67 days
November 16, 1818 – March 3, 1821 John Eaton[lower-alpha 9] TN Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 151 days 30 years, 259 days
March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 Samuel Southard NJ Template:Party name with colour 33 years, 268 days 34 years, 177 days
December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 John Eaton TN Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 168 days 32 years, 259 days
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 Robert Hayne SC Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 114 days 33 years, 114 days
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 Elias Kane IL Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 270 days 34 years, 270 days
March 4, 1829 – December 16, 1833 John Clayton DE Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 223 days 37 years, 145 days
December 16, 1833 – December 31, 1833 Lewis Linn MO Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 41 days 37 years, 56 days
December 31, 1833 – March 3, 1835 John King GA Template:Party name with colour 34 years, 272 days 35 years, 335 days
March 4, 1835 – December 5, 1836 Robert Walker MS Template:Party name with colour 33 years, 228 days 35 years, 139 days
December 5, 1836 – February 2, 1837 Ambrose Sevier[lower-alpha 7] AR Template:Party name with colour 35 years, 31 days 35 years, 90 days
February 2, 1837 – March 3, 1837 Alexandre Mouton LA Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 75 days 32 years, 105 days
March 4, 1837 – January 11, 1841 Franklin Pierce NH Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 101 days 36 years, 49 days
January 11, 1841 – February 7, 1842 Alfred Nicholson TN Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 133 days 33 years, 160 days
February 7, 1842 – February 28, 1842 Franklin Pierce NH Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 76 days 37 years, 97 days
February 28, 1842 – March 1, 1842 Alexandre Mouton LA Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 101 days 37 years, 102 days
March 1, 1842 – April 14, 1842 William Graham NC Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 177 days 37 years, 221 days
April 14, 1842 – July 6, 1842 Charles Conrad LA Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 111 days 37 years, 194 days
July 6, 1842 – March 3, 1843 William Dayton NJ Template:Party name with colour 35 years, 139 days 36 years, 15 days
March 4, 1843 – December 4, 1843 Ned Hannegan IN Template:Party name with colour 35 years, 252 days 36 years, 162 days
December 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 David Atchison MO Template:Party name with colour 36 years, 115 days 37 years, 205 days
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 Jesse Bright IN Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 76 days 34 years, 76 days
March 4, 1847 – June 26, 1848 Stephen Douglas IL Template:Party name with colour 33 years, 315 days 35 years, 64 days
June 26, 1848 – December 14, 1853 Isaac Walker WI Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 237 days 38 years, 42 days
December 14, 1853 – March 3, 1855 Clement Clay AL Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 1 day 38 years, 81 days
March 3, 1855 – March 5, 1860 George Pugh OH Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 96 days 37 years, 98 days
March 5, 1860 – January 22, 1863 Milton Latham[lower-alpha 7] CA Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 287 days 35 years, 244 days
January 22, 1863 – March 3, 1863 David Turpie IN Template:Party name with colour 34 years, 198 days 34 years, 239 days
March 4, 1863 – June 23, 1868 William Sprague RI Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 173 days 37 years, 285 days
June 23, 1868 – June 30, 1868 Alexander McDonald AR Template:Party name with colour 36 years, 74 days 36 years, 81 days
June 30, 1868 – July 25, 1868 Thomas Osborn FL Template:Party name with colour 35 years, 113 days 35 years, 138 days
July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1873 George Spencer AL Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 267 days 36 years, 123 days
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879 Stephen Dorsey AR Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 4 days 37 years, 4 days
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 Blanche Bruce[lower-alpha 10] MS Template:Party name with colour 38 years, 3 days 40 years, 3 days
March 4, 1881 – October 11, 1881 Arthur Gorman MD Template:Party name with colour 41 years, 358 days 42 years, 214 days
October 11, 1881 – March 3, 1883 Nelson Aldrich RI Template:Party name with colour 39 years, 339 days 41 years, 118 days
March 4, 1883 – December 2, 1889 John Kenna[lower-alpha 7] WV Template:Party name with colour 34 years, 328 days 41 years, 236 days
December 2, 1889 – March 3, 1891 Richard Pettigrew SD Template:Party name with colour 41 years, 132 days 42 years, 224 days
March 4, 1891 – January 24, 1895 John Irby SC Template:Party name with colour 36 years, 175 days 40 years, 136 days
January 24, 1895 – March 3, 1895 Jeter Pritchard NC Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 196 days 37 years, 235 days
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901 Marion Butler NC Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 288 days 37 years, 288 days
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1905[lower-alpha 11] Albert Beveridge IN Template:Party name with colour 38 years, 149 days 42 years, 149 days
Joseph Bailey[lower-alpha 7] TX Template:Party name with colour 38 years, 149 days 42 years, 149 days
March 4, 1905 – January 30, 1907 Elmer Burkett NE Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 93 days 39 years, 60 days
January 30, 1907 – March 3, 1907 Frederick Mulkey OR Template:Party name with colour 33 years, 24 days 33 years, 57 days
March 4, 1907 – December 11, 1907 Simon Guggenheim CO Template:Party name with colour 39 years, 64 days 39 years, 346 days
December 11, 1907 – December 26, 1907 Thomas Gore OK Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 1 day 37 years, 16 days
December 26, 1907 – March 22, 1908 William Bryan[lower-alpha 12] FL Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 77 days 31 years, 164 days
March 22, 1908 – January 9, 1911 Thomas Gore OK Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 103 days 40 years, 30 days
January 9, 1911 – January 31, 1911 Davis Elkins WV Template:Party name with colour 34 years, 350 days 35 years, 7 days
January 31, 1911 – March 3, 1911 Thomas Gore OK Template:Party name with colour 40 years, 52 days 40 years, 84 days
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 Luke Lea TN Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 326 days 37 years, 326 days
March 4, 1917 – July 8, 1918 Peter Gerry RI Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 167 days 38 years, 293 days
July 8, 1918 – November 5, 1918 Christie Benet SC Template:Party name with colour 38 years, 194 days 38 years, 314 days
November 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919 Peter Gerry RI Template:Party name with colour 39 years, 48 days 39 years, 167 days
March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 Pat Harrison MS Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 187 days 41 years, 187 days
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 Clarence Dill WA Template:Party name with colour 38 years, 164 days 40 years, 164 days
March 4, 1925 – December 7, 1925 Sam Bratton NM Template:Party name with colour 36 years, 197 days 37 years, 110 days
December 7, 1925 – January 12, 1933 Bob La Follette WI Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 304 days 37 years, 341 days
January 12, 1933 – June 21, 1935 Richard Russell GA Template:Party name with colour 35 years, 71 days 37 years, 231 days
June 21, 1935 – October 17, 1940 Rush Holt[lower-alpha 13] WV Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 2 days 35 years, 120 days
October 17, 1940 – December 12, 1940 Joseph Ball MN Template:Party name with colour 34 years, 349 days 35 years, 39 days
December 12, 1940 – December 6, 1942 Berkeley Bunker NV Template:Party name with colour 34 years, 122 days 36 years, 116 days
December 6, 1942 – January 3, 1943 Henry Lodge MA Template:Party name with colour 40 years, 154 days 40 years, 182 days
January 3, 1943 – November 14, 1944 Joseph Ball MN Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 61 days 39 years, 11 days
November 14, 1944 – January 3, 1945 William Jenner IN Template:Party name with colour 36 years, 116 days 36 years, 166 days
January 3, 1945 – January 18, 1945 Joseph Ball MN Template:Party name with colour 39 years, 61 days 39 years, 76 days
January 18, 1945 – August 26, 1945 Hugh Mitchell WA Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 302 days 38 years, 157 days
August 26, 1945 – January 3, 1947 William Knowland CA Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 61 days 38 years, 191 days
January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1948 Joseph McCarthy WI Template:Party name with colour 38 years, 50 days 40 years, 47 days
December 31, 1948 – January 3, 1957 Russell Long[lower-alpha 14] LA Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 58 days 38 years, 61 days
January 3, 1957 – June 15, 1961 Frank Church ID Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 162 days 36 years, 325 days
June 15, 1961 – December 7, 1961 John Tower TX Template:Party name with colour 35 years, 259 days 36 years, 69 days
December 7, 1961 – November 6, 1962 Moe Murphy NH Template:Party name with colour 34 years, 65 days 35 years, 35 days
November 7, 1962 – January 3, 1969 Ted Kennedy MA Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 258 days 36 years, 316 days
January 3, 1969 – January 2, 1971 Bob Packwood OR Template:Party name with colour 36 years, 114 days 38 years, 113 days
January 2, 1971 – January 3, 1973 John Tunney CA Template:Party name with colour 36 years, 190 days 38 years, 191 days
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 Joe Biden[lower-alpha 15] DE Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 44 days 36 years, 44 days
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 Bill Bradley NJ Template:Party name with colour 35 years, 159 days 37 years, 159 days
January 3, 1981 – March 11, 1987 Don Nickles[lower-alpha 16] OK Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 28 days 38 years, 95 days
March 11, 1987 – January 3, 1989 David Karnes NE Template:Party name with colour 38 years, 89 days 40 years, 22 days
January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993 Don Nickles OK Template:Party name with colour 40 years, 28 days 44 years, 28 days
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 Russ Feingold WI Template:Party name with colour 39 years, 307 days 41 years, 307 days
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999 Rick Santorum PA Template:Party name with colour 36 years, 238 days 40 years, 238 days
January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003 Peter Fitzgerald IL Template:Party name with colour 38 years, 75 days 42 years, 75 days
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 John Sununu NH Template:Party name with colour 38 years, 115 days 44 years, 115 days
January 3, 2009 – January 22, 2009 Mark Pryor[lower-alpha 17] AR Template:Party name with colour 45 years, 359 days 46 years, 12 days
January 22, 2009 – January 27, 2009 Michael Bennet CO Template:Party name with colour 44 years, 55 days 44 years, 60 days
January 27, 2009 – September 10, 2009 Kirsten Gillibrand NY Template:Party name with colour 42 years, 49 days 42 years, 275 days
September 10, 2009 – July 20, 2010 George LeMieux FL Template:Party name with colour 40 years, 112 days 41 years, 60 days
July 20, 2010 – November 15, 2010 Carte Goodwin WV Template:Party name with colour 36 years, 143 days 36 years, 261 days
November 15, 2010 – January 3, 2011 George LeMieux FL Template:Party name with colour 41 years, 178 days 41 years, 227 days
January 3, 2011 – December 26, 2012 Mike Lee UT Template:Party name with colour 39 years, 213 days 41 years, 205 days
December 26, 2012 – January 3, 2013 Brian Schatz HI Template:Party name with colour 40 years, 67 days 42 years, 75 days
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 Chris Murphy CT Template:Party name with colour 39 years, 153 days 41 years, 153 days
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 Tom Cotton AR Template:Party name with colour 37 years, 235 days 41 years, 235 days
January 3, 2019 – January 20, 2021 Josh Hawley MO Template:Party name with colour 39 years, 3 days 41 years, 20 days
January 20, 2021 – present Jon Ossoff GA Template:Party name with colour 33 years, 339 days 38 years, 54 days

List of youngest U.S. representatives[edit]

For representatives elected to a regular session, the starting date is the date at which the new Congress convened. From 1789 to 1935, this is March 4 (with the previous Congress ending on March 3); from 1937 onward, this is January 3.

For representatives elected in a special election, the starting date represents their swearing-in date.

Duration as youngest Congress Name District Party Start age[lower-alpha 18] End age
March 4, 1789 – April 19, 1790 Template:USCongressOrdinal Richard Lee VA-04 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 43 days 29 years, 89 days
April 19, 1790 – March 3, 1793 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal John Steele NC-04, 01 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 154 days 28 years, 108 days
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 Template:USCongressOrdinal Francis Preston VA-04 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 214 days 29 years, 214 days
March 4, 1795 – May 5, 1796 Template:USCongressOrdinal Nathaniel Freeman MA-05 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 307 days 30 years, 4 days
May 5, 1796 – March 3, 1797 Template:USCongressOrdinal Richard Sprigg MD-02 Template:Party name with colour 26–27 27–28
March 4, 1797 – November 23, 1797 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Dennis MD-08 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 77 days 25 years, 341 days
November 23, 1797 – March 3, 1801 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal William Claiborne[lower-alpha 19] TN-AL Template:Party name with colour 21–22 25–26
March 4, 1801 – December 6, 1802 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Stanly NC-10 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 329 days 28 years, 241 days
December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1803 Template:USCongressOrdinal Samuel Thatcher MA-12 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 158 days 26 years, 246 days
March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal John Jackson VA-01 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 163 days 27 years, 163 days
March 4, 1805 – December 1, 1806 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Claiborne VA-17 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 37 days 28 years, 309 days
December 1, 1806 – January 26, 1807 Template:USCongressOrdinal William Burwell VA-13 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 261 days 26 years, 317 days
January 26, 1807 – March 3, 1807 Template:USCongressOrdinal William Bibb[lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 20] GA-AL Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 116 days 25 years, 153 days
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 Template:USCongressOrdinal Jesse Wharton[lower-alpha 20][lower-alpha 21] TN-03 Template:Party name with colour 24 years, 218 days 26 years, 218 days
March 4, 1809 – November 27, 1809 Template:USCongressOrdinal William Bibb[lower-alpha 6][lower-alpha 20] GA-AL Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 153 days 28 years, 56 days
November 27, 1809 – March 3, 1811 Template:USCongressOrdinal Jonathan Jennings IN-AL[lower-alpha 22] Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 245 days 26 years, 342 days
March 4, 1811 – November 4, 1811 Template:USCongressOrdinal William King[lower-alpha 23] NC-05 Template:Party name with colour 24 years, 331 days 25 years, 211 days
November 4, 1811 – March 3, 1815 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal Stevenson Archer MD-06 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 24 days 28 years, 144 days
March 4, 1815 – December 17, 1816 Template:USCongressOrdinal Richard Wilde GA-AL Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 161 days 27 years, 84 days
December 17, 1816 – March 3, 1817 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Tyler VA-23 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 263 days 26 years, 340 days
March 4, 1817 – December 4, 1818 Template:USCongressOrdinal George Robertson KY-07 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 106 days 28 years, 16 days
December 4, 1818 – March 3, 1819 Template:USCongressOrdinal John McLean IL-AL Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 303 days 28 years, 28 days
March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823[lower-alpha 24] Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal Daniel Cook IL-AL Template:Party name with colour 24–25 28–29
December 4, 1822 – March 3, 1823[lower-alpha 24] Template:USCongressOrdinal Andrew Govan SC-04 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 325 days 29 years, 50 days
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 Template:USCongressOrdinal Thomas Moore KY-07 Template:Party name with colour 25–26 27–28
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Bryan NC-04 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 120 days 28 years, 120 days
March 4, 1827 – February 13, 1828 Template:USCongressOrdinal William Nuckolls SC-07 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 9 days 26 years, 355 days
February 13, 1828 – March 3, 1829 Template:USCongressOrdinal Ambrose Sevier[lower-alpha 20] AR-AL[lower-alpha 25] Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 101 days 27 years, 120 days
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831[lower-alpha 26] Template:USCongressOrdinal Dixon Lewis AL-03 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 206 days 28 years, 206 days
Spencer Pettis MO-AL Template:Party name with colour 26–27 28–29
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 Template:USCongressOrdinal Albert Hawes KY-11 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 337 days 28 years, 337 days
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 Template:USCongressOrdinal David Dickinson[lower-alpha 27] TN-08 Template:Party name with colour 24 years, 267 days 26 years, 267 days
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Claiborne MS-AL Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 314 days 27 years, 314 days
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 Template:USCongressOrdinal Joseph Williams TN-03 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 132 days 28 years, 132 days
March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 Template:USCongressOrdinal Albert Brown MS-AL Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 277 days 27 years, 277 days
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Mason MD-06 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 299 days 27 years, 299 days
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 Template:USCongressOrdinal Alexander Ramsey PA-14 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 177 days 29 years, 177 days
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 Template:USCongressOrdinal Lucien Chase TN-09 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 89 days 29 years, 89 days
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 Template:USCongressOrdinal Richard Donnell NC-08 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 165 days 28 years, 165 days
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 Template:USCongressOrdinal James Orr SC-02 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 296 days 28 years, 296 days
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 Template:USCongressOrdinal William Churchwell TN-03 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 12 days 27 years, 12 days
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 Template:USCongressOrdinal Milton Latham[lower-alpha 20] CA-AL Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 285 days 27 years, 285 days
March 4, 1855 – July 23, 1856 Template:USCongressOrdinal William Cumback IN-04 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 345 days 27 years, 121 days
July 23, 1856 – March 3, 1857 Template:USCongressOrdinal Miguel Otero[lower-alpha 28] NM-AL[lower-alpha 29] Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 32 days 27 years, 256 days
March 4, 1857 – December 3, 1860 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal Albert Jenkins[lower-alpha 30] VA-11 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 114 days 30 years, 23 days
December 3, 1860 – March 3, 1861 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Brown[lower-alpha 30] KY-05 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 158 days 25 years, 249 days
March 4, 1861 – January 13, 1862 Template:USCongressOrdinal Edward McPherson PA-17 Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 216 days 31 years, 166 days
January 13, 1862 – March 3, 1863 Template:USCongressOrdinal Andrew Clements TN-04 Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 21 days 30 years, 71 days
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 Template:USCongressOrdinal John McBride OR-AL Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 194 days 32 years, 194 days
March 3, 1865 – March 3, 1867 Template:USCongressOrdinal Thomas Noell[lower-alpha 31] MO-03 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 335 days 27 years, 335 days
March 4, 1867 – October 3, 1867 Template:USCongressOrdinal Thomas Noell[lower-alpha 32] MO-03 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 335 days 28 years, 183 days
October 3, 1867 – June 24, 1868 Template:USCongressOrdinal Charles Haight NJ-02 Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 272 days 30 years, 172 days
June 24, 1868 – March 3, 1869 Template:USCongressOrdinal Logan Roots AR-01 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 90 days 27 years, 343 days
March 4, 1869 – March 31, 1870 Template:USCongressOrdinal Clinton Cobb NC-01 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 191 days 27 years, 218 days
March 31, 1870 – March 3, 1871 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Conner TX-02 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 178 days 28 years, 151 days
March 4, 1871 – January 29, 1873 Template:USCongressOrdinal Josiah Walls[lower-alpha 33] FL-AL Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 64 days 30 years, 20 days
January 29, 1873 – March 3, 1873 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Conner TX-02 Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 107 days 30 years, 151 days
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Smith VA-03 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 162 days 27 years, 162 days
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 Template:USCongressOrdinal John White KY-09 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 47 days 28 years, 47 days
March 4, 1877 – February 20, 1878 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Kenna[lower-alpha 20] WV-03 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 328 days 29 years, 316 days
February 20, 1878 – March 3, 1879 Template:USCongressOrdinal Joseph Acklen LA-03 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 276 days 28 years, 288 days
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 Template:USCongressOrdinal Richard Frost MO-03 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 65 days 29 years, 65 days
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 Template:USCongressOrdinal Henry Dugro NY-07 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 152 days 27 years, 152 days
March 4, 1883 – December 1, 1884 Template:USCongressOrdinal George Post PA-15 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 184 days 30 years, 91 days
December 1, 1884 – March 3, 1885 Template:USCongressOrdinal Benjamin Shively[lower-alpha 34] IN-13 Anti-Monopoly/
Greenback 		27 years, 256 days 27 years, 349 days
March 4, 1885 – February 2, 1887 Template:USCongressOrdinal Bob La Follette WI-03 Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 263 days 31 years, 233 days
February 2, 1887 – March 3, 1887 Template:USCongressOrdinal Hugh Price WI-08 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 62 days 27 years, 92 days
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 Template:USCongressOrdinal Benjamin Shively[lower-alpha 34] IN-13 Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 349 days 31 years, 349 days
March 4, 1889 – December 9, 1889 Template:USCongressOrdinal Thomas Magner NY-05 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 361 days 29 years, 276 days
December 9, 1889 – March 3, 1891 Template:USCongressOrdinal Charles Turner NY-06 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 197 days 29 years, 282 days
March 4, 1891 – May 5, 1892 Template:USCongressOrdinal Joseph Bailey[lower-alpha 20] TX-05 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 149 days 29 years, 212 days
May 5, 1892 – March 3, 1893 Template:USCongressOrdinal Joseph Kendall KY-10 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 359 days 29 years, 296 days
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 Template:USCongressOrdinal Thomas Settle NC-05 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 359 days 29 years, 359 days
March 4, 1895 – December 19, 1896 Template:USCongressOrdinal Norman Mozley MO-14 Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 83 days 31 years, 8 days
December 19, 1896 – March 3, 1897 Template:USCongressOrdinal Charles Crisp GA-03 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 61 days 26 years, 136 days
March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 Template:USCongressOrdinal Thomas Bradley NY-09 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 61 days 29 years, 61 days
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Fitzgerald NY-02 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 359 days 28 years, 359 days
March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 Template:USCongressOrdinal John Feely IL-02 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 215 days 27 years, 215 days
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 Template:USCongressOrdinal Burton French ID-AL Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 215 days 29 years, 215 days
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 Template:USCongressOrdinal Anthony Michalek IL-05 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 47 days 29 years, 47 days
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 Template:USCongressOrdinal Harry Wolf MD-03 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 261 days 28 years, 261 days
March 4, 1909 – November 23, 1909 Template:USCongressOrdinal Charles Edwards GA-01 Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 245 days 31 years, 144 days
November 23, 1909 – March 3, 1911 Template:USCongressOrdinal Manuel Quezon PH-AL[lower-alpha 35] Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 96 days 32 years, 197 days
March 4, 1911 – June 2, 1911 Template:USCongressOrdinal James Byrnes SC-02 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 306 days 29 years, 31 days
June 2, 1911 – March 3, 1913 Template:USCongressOrdinal William Reyburn PA-02 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 167 days 30 years, 77 days
March 4, 1913 – December 7, 1914 Template:USCongressOrdinal Clyde Kelly PA-30 Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 212 days 31 years, 125 days
December 7, 1914 – March 3, 1915 Template:USCongressOrdinal Carl Vinson GA-10 Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 19 days 31 years, 106 days
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917 Template:USCongressOrdinal Thomas Miller DA-AL Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 251 days 30 years, 251 days
March 4, 1917 – August 10, 1917 Template:USCongressOrdinal Marvin Jones TX-13 Template:Party name with colour 35 years, 6 days 35 years, 165 days
August 10, 1917 – August 19, 1919 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal John Baer ND-01 Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 134 days 33 years, 143 days
August 19, 1919 – December 6, 1920 Template:USCongressOrdinal King Swope KY-08 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 9 days 27 years, 118 days
December 6, 1920 – March 3, 1921 Template:USCongressOrdinal Clarence McLeod MI-13 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 156 days 25 years, 244 days
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 Template:USCongressOrdinal Thomas Ryan NY-15 Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 260 days 34 years, 260 days
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 Template:USCongressOrdinal Clarence McLeod MI-13 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 244 days 29 years, 244 days
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927 Template:USCongressOrdinal Samuel Montgomery OK-01 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 93 days 30 years, 93 days
March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929 Template:USCongressOrdinal George Combs MO-05 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 306 days 29 years, 306 days
March 4, 1929 – March 7, 1932 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal Fred Hartley NJ-08 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 10 days 30 years, 14 days
March 7, 1932 – March 3, 1933 Template:USCongressOrdinal Carlton Mobley GA-06 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 91 days 26 years, 87 days
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 Template:USCongressOrdinal Joseph Monaghan MT-01 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 343 days 28 years, 283 days
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 Template:USCongressOrdinal Elmer Ryan MN-02 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 222 days 29 years, 222 days
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939 Template:USCongressOrdinal Jerry O'Connell MT-01 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 203 days 29 years, 203 days
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 Template:USCongressOrdinal Lindley Beckworth TX-03 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 187 days 27 years, 187 days
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 Template:USCongressOrdinal William Stratton IL-AL Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 312 days 28 years, 311 days
January 3, 1943 – January 21, 1943 Template:USCongressOrdinal Lindley Beckworth TX-03 Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 187 days 29 years, 205 days
January 21, 1943 – January 3, 1947 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal Marion T. Bennett MO-06 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 229 days 32 years, 211 days
January 3, 1947 – December 4, 1948 Template:USCongressOrdinal George Sarbacher PA-05 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 95 days 29 years, 65 days
December 4, 1948 – January 3, 1949 Template:USCongressOrdinal Lloyd Bentsen[lower-alpha 36] TX-15 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 297 days 27 years, 327 days
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 Template:USCongressOrdinal Hugo Sims SC-02 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 81 days 29 years, 81 days
January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 Template:USCongressOrdinal Patrick Hillings CA-12 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 318 days 29 years, 319 days
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1955 Template:USCongressOrdinal William Wampler VA-09 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 277 days 28 years, 277 days
January 3, 1955 – December 13, 1955 Template:USCongressOrdinal Kenneth Gray IL-25 Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 50 days 31 years, 29 days
December 13, 1955 – January 3, 1959 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal John Dingell MI-15 Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 158 days 32 years, 179 days
January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 Template:USCongressOrdinal Dan Rostenkowski IL-08 Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 1 day 33 years, 1 day
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 Template:USCongressOrdinal Ralph Harding ID-02 Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 116 days 33 years, 116 days
January 3, 1963 – May 12, 1964 Template:USCongressOrdinal Ed Foreman TX-16 Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 12 days 30 years, 142 days
May 12, 1964 – January 3, 1965 Template:USCongressOrdinal William Green PA-05 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 323 days 26 years, 193 days
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 Template:USCongressOrdinal Jed Johnson OK-06 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 7 days 27 years, 7 days
January 3, 1967 – April 3, 1969 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal William Green PA-05 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 193 days 30 years, 283 days
April 3, 1969 – November 16, 1970 Template:USCongressOrdinal Dave Obey WI-07 Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 182 days 32 years, 44 days
November 16, 1970 – January 3, 1971 Template:USCongressOrdinal Robert Steele CT-02 Template:Party name with colour 32 years, 13 days 32 years, 61 days
January 3, 1971 – April 29, 1971 Template:USCongressOrdinal Dawson Mathis GA-02 Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 34 days 30 years, 150 days
April 29, 1971 – October 12, 1972 Template:USCongressOrdinal Mendel Davis SC-01 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 188 days 29 years, 355 days
October 12, 1972 – January 3, 1975 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal John Breaux LA-07 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 225 days 30 years, 308 days
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 Template:USCongressOrdinal Thomas Downey NY-02 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 340 days 27 years, 341 days
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 Template:USCongressOrdinal Nick Rahall WV-04 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 228 days 29 years, 228 days
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1981 Template:USCongressOrdinal James Shannon MA-05 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 274 days 28 years, 274 days
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 Template:USCongressOrdinal John LeBoutillier NY-06 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 222 days 29 years, 222 days
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985[lower-alpha 37] Template:USCongressOrdinal Jim Cooper TN-04 Template:Party name with colour 28 years, 198 days 30 years, 198 days
November 6, 1984 – January 3, 1985 Template:USCongressOrdinal Carl Perkins[lower-alpha 37] KY-07 Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 92 days 30 years, 150 days
January 3, 1985 – March 20, 1990 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal John Rowland[lower-alpha 38] CT-05 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 224 days 32 years, 300 days
March 20, 1990 – January 3, 1991 Template:USCongressOrdinal Susan Molinari[lower-alpha 39] NY-14 Template:Party name with colour 31 years, 358 days 32 years, 282 days
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 Template:USCongressOrdinal Jim Nussle IA-02 Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 190 days 32 years, 190 days
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 Template:USCongressOrdinal Cleo Fields LA-04 Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 42 days 32 years, 42 days
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 Template:USCongressOrdinal Patrick Kennedy RI-01 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 173 days 29 years, 173 days
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal Harold Ford Jr. TN-09 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 237 days 30 years, 237 days
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2005 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal Adam Putnam FL-12 Template:Party name with colour 26 years, 156 days 30 years, 156 days
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal Patrick McHenry NC-10 Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 73 days 33 years, 73 days
January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal Aaron Schock IL-18 Template:Party name with colour 27 years, 220 days 31 years, 220 days
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 Template:USCongressOrdinal Patrick Murphy FL-18 Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 279 days 31 years, 279 days
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019 Template:USCongressOrdinal–Template:USCongressOrdinal Elise Stefanik NY-21 Template:Party name with colour 30 years, 185 days 34 years, 185 days
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2021 Template:USCongressOrdinal Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez[lower-alpha 40] NY-14 Template:Party name with colour 29 years, 82 days 31 years, 82 days
January 3, 2021 – present Template:USCongressOrdinal Madison Cawthorn NC-11 Template:Party name with colour 25 years, 155 days 29 years, 253 days

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Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Some resources regard Gallatin only as a Senator-elect because of the challenge to his credentials, hence Rutherfurd could be considered the youngest official senator during this period. Gallatin was ultimately disqualified from service.
  2. ↑ Tattnall's precise birthdate in 1762 is unknown. Since both he and Ross were born the same year, credited both with the designation for youngest for the period from the swearing-in of Tattnall in April 1796 until the swearing-in of Stockton in December 1796, who was younger than both.
  3. ↑ Clay was elected and served in the U.S. Senate while under the Constitutional age requirement of 30 at the age of 29 years.
  4. ↑ Whiteside's precise birth date in 1772 is unknown. Since both he and Crawford were born the same year, credited both with the designation for youngest for the period from the swearing-in of Whiteside in 1809 until the swearing-in of Campbell in 1810, who was younger than both.
  5. ↑ Bulloch's precise birth date in 1777 is unknown. Since both he and Horsey were born the same year, credited both with the designation for youngest for the three days from Bulloch's swearing-in until the swearing-in of Goldsborough, who was younger than both.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Bibb was the first person to be both the youngest member of the U.S. House and the youngest senator.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Also held title of youngest member of the U.S. House.
  8. ↑ Mason was elected and served in the U.S. Senate while under the Constitutional age requirement of 30 at the age of 28 years, 5 months.
  9. ↑ Eaton was elected and served in the U.S. Senate while under the Constitutional age requirement of 30. At 28 years, 4 months, he was the youngest ever to serve in that body.
  10. ↑ Bruce became the first non-white youngest senator.
  11. ↑ Beveridge and Bailey were both born on October 6, 1862.
  12. ↑ Bryan was the youngest U.S. Senator to die in office, at the age of 31.
  13. ↑ Holt was the youngest popularly elected Senator at 29 years and 4 months in November 1934. He was not permitted to take the oath of office until after his 30th birthday in June 1935.
  14. ↑ Long held the longest uninterrupted tenure as youngest U.S. Senator, eight years and three days. He was surpassed by Nickles in overall time, but Nickles's tenure was interrupted.
  15. ↑ Biden was elected at the age of 29 years, 11 months, but turned 30 before the start of his term.
  16. ↑ Nickles served the longest period as the youngest senator, ten years, two months and eight days, though this combined tenure was interrupted by Karnes, who was six days younger, from 1987 to 1989. Long served the longest such period uninterrupted, eight years and three days.
  17. ↑ Pryor set the record as the oldest youngest Senator in the body's history, at 46 years.
  18. ↑ Until about the 34th Congress and rarely after, some members did not have birth years or birthdates listed. The approximate age of those members has been attempted to be ascertained using available biographical descriptions, although some of these descriptions were very limited. If more than one member had a birth year but not birthdate listed, both have been credited with being the youngest during the period (until the next confirmed younger member was sworn-in).
  19. ↑ Claiborne was the youngest-ever elected and seated member of Congress at approximately the age of 22, despite being below the Constitutional age requirement.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 Also held title of youngest member of the U.S. Senate.
  21. ↑ Although Wharton was 24 at the time of the official start of the 10th Congress in March 1807, it did not convene until October 1807 after he turned 25.
  22. ↑ Indiana was not yet a state and this member was a non-voting U.S. Delegate.
  23. ↑ Although King was 24 at the time of the official start of the 12th Congress in March 1811, it did not convene until November 1811 after he turned 25.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 During part of the 17th Congress, credited Cook and Govan with sharing the title of youngest member. Both were born in 1794, but birthdate for Cook was unknown, so credited both.
  25. ↑ Arkansas was not yet a state and Sevier was a non-voting U.S. Delegate.
  26. ↑ Lewis and Pettis were both born in 1802, but unknown birthdate for Pettis, so credited both with youngest for the 21st Congress.
  27. ↑ Although Dickinson was 24 at the time of the official start of the 23rd Congress in March 1833, it did not convene until November 1833 after he turned 25.
  28. ↑ Otero was the first Hispanic youngest member of the U.S. House.
  29. ↑ New Mexico was not yet a state and Otero was a non-voting U.S. Delegate.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Although Brown was elected at the start of the 36th Congress, being just 24 at the time of the election, he was not permitted to take his seat until the second session in December 1860 after his 25th birthday, so Jenkins retained the title of youngest until Brown's swearing-in.
  31. ↑ Noell was elected as a Republican to the 39th Congress and reelected to the 40th Congress as a Democrat.
  32. ↑ Noell was the youngest known member of Congress to die in office at 28 while holding the youngest title.
  33. ↑ Walls was the first Black youngest member of the U.S. House.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 Shively was elected to a vacancy in the 48th Congress as an Anti-Monopolist/Greenbacker-supported candidate. He was elected to the 50th Congress as a Democrat.
  35. ↑ As the Philippines was a territory of the U.S., Quezon was a non-voting member of Congress.
  36. ↑ Bentsen served the shortest period as the youngest member of the U.S. House at just 31 days.
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Perkins was elected to Congress to fill a vacancy on November 6, 1984, and was younger than titleholder Cooper, but owing to the 98th Congress having adjourned sine die, he was not sworn-in until the 99th Congress, by which time Rowland, who was younger than Perkins, claimed the title. Cooper is credited until the end of the 99th Congress as an official Congressman, as opposed to a Congressman-elect, but Perkins is noted due to the unusual circumstances.
  38. ↑ Rowland served the longest period as the youngest member of the U.S. House at 5 years, 2 months.
  39. ↑ Molinari was the first woman to hold the title of youngest member of the U.S. House.
  40. ↑ Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and the first Hispanic woman to hold the title of youngest member.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Steinhauer, Jennifer (2010-11-11). "Many Political Newcomers Joining Congress". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  2. ↑ O'Connor, Ema (November 7, 2018). "An Unprecedented Number Of Women Just Won Elections Across The Country". BuzzFeed.
  3. ↑ Thanawala, Sudhin (January 6, 2021). "Ossoff seals Democrats' sweep; will be youngest US senator". Associated Press. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  4. ↑ Republican Josh Hawley unseats Democratic McCaskill in U.S. Senate battle. Fox News.
  5. ↑ Rogers, Alex (November 7, 2018). "Democrats to take Senate as Ossoff wins runoff, CNN projects". CNN.
  6. ↑ Bostock, Bill (January 6, 2021). "Jon Ossoff is the youngest Democrat elected to the Senate since Joe Biden in 1973". Business Insider India. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  7. ↑ Palmer, Brian (January 2, 2013). "Democracy or Gerontocracy: Is Congress getting older?". Slate.
  8. ↑ "Youngest Senator". United States Senate.

Sources: Congressional Biographical Directory and House Document No. 108-222, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 – 2005

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