List of the youngest state legislators in the United States
This is a list of the youngest individuals (i.e. less than 25 years old) elected or appointed to a state legislature in the United States.
Overview
In 2014, the National Conference of State Legislatures estimated that 5% of state legislators were under the age of 30.[ 1]
List
Exact age unknown
Name
Image
State
Political party
Date of birth
Age upon taking office
Tenure
Notes
Lilian Hale
Washington
Republican
Mar 7, 2006
18 years, 0 days
Mar 7, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024
Temporarily succeeding her stepfather Joel McEntire .
Saira Blair
West Virginia
Republican
Jul 11, 1996
18 years, 143 days
Dec 1, 2014 – Dec 1, 2018
Daughter of Craig Blair .
Valerie McDonnell
New Hampshire
Republican
May 25, 2004
18 years, 196 days
Dec 7, 2022 – present
Youngest-ever New Hampshire legislator.[ 2]
Derrick Seaver
Ohio
Democratic
Feb 6, 1982
18 years, 332 days
Jan 3, 2001 – Dec 31, 2006
Switched to the Republican Party in November 2004.[ 3]
Republican
Jacob Bachmeier
Montana
Democratic
Jan 29, 1998
18 years, 339 days
Jan 2, 2017 – Jan 4, 2021
[ 4]
James Thibualt
New Hampshire
Republican
December 27, 2005
18 years, 343 days
Dec 4, 2024 – present
Youngest state legislator in the United States.
Dawson Holle
North Dakota
Republican
Nov 25, 2003
19 years, 6 days
Dec 1, 2022 – present
Tony Labranche
New Hampshire
Democratic
Nov 11, 2001
19 years, 22 days
Dec 3, 2020 – Aug 8, 2022
Left the Democratic Party in January 2022.[ 5]
Independent
Joe Sweeney
New Hampshire
Republican
Nov 8, 1993
19 years, 27 days
Dec 5, 2012 – present
Josh Holstein
West Virginia
Republican
Nov 2, 2001
19 years, 29 days
Dec 1, 2020 – present
Caleb Hanna
West Virginia
Republican
Oct 29, 1999
19 years, 33 days
Dec 1, 2018 – Jan 2, 2024
Youngest-ever African-American state legislator.[ 6]
Rio Tilton
New Hampshire
Republican
Jun 15, 1996
19 years, 51 days
Aug 5, 2015 – Dec 5, 2018
Mallerie Stromswold
Montana
Republican
Oct 29, 2001
19 years, 67 days
Jan 4, 2021 – Jan 17, 2023
Maureen Manning
New Hampshire
Democratic
Sep 12, 1961
19 years, 82 days
Dec 3, 1980 – Dec 3, 1986
Brian Poznanski
New Hampshire
Democratic
Jul 31, 1989
19 years, 125 days
Dec 3, 2008 – Dec 1, 2010
Kevin H. Smith
New Hampshire
Republican
Jul 28, 1977
19 years, 129 days
Dec 4, 1996 – Dec 2, 1998
Later candidate for governor (2012 ), town manager of Londonderry (2013–2022) and candidate for U.S. senator (2022 ).
Jack Uhde
Montana
Democratic
Aug 27, 1957
19 years, 129 days
Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 5, 1981
At the time the youngest-ever Montana state representative.[ 4]
Yvonne Dean-Bailey
New Hampshire
Republican
Dec 1, 1995
19 years, 169 days
May 19, 2015 – Apr 19, 2018
Stephen Duprey
New Hampshire
Republican
Jun 1, 1953
19 years, 188 days
Dec 6, 1972 – Dec 1, 1976
Later chair of the state Republican Party (1997–2001).
Michael Elconin
Wisconsin
Democratic
Jun 20, 1953
19 years, 195 days
Jan 1, 1973 – Jan 3, 1977
Dennis Ruprecht
New Hampshire
Democratic
May 15, 1999
19 years, 204 days
Dec 5, 2018 – Dec 17, 2021
Kalan Haywood
Wisconsin
Democratic
Jun 5, 1999
19 years, 216 days
Jan 7, 2019 – present
Cassandra Levesque
New Hampshire
Democratic
May 3, 1999
19 years, 216 days
Dec 5, 2018 – present
Alison Conn
Montana
Republican
May 21, 1961
19 years, 229 days
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 3, 1983
At the time the youngest-ever Republican legislator.[ 7] [ 8]
Scott Merrick
New Hampshire
Democratic
Mar 29, 1985
19 years, 247 days
Dec 1, 2004 – Oct 2009
Michael Weeden
New Hampshire
Republican
Mar 11, 1991
19 years, 265 days
Dec 1, 2010 – Dec 5, 2012
Thomas R. Lussier
Massachusetts
Democratic
Apr 5, 1957
19 years, 275 days
Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 1, 1985
Youngest-ever Massachusetts legislator.[ 9] [ 10]
Jonah Wheeler
New Hampshire
Democratic
Mar 1, 2003
19 years, 281 days
Dec 7, 2022 – present
Jeffrey Fontas
New Hampshire
Democratic
Jan 14, 1987
19 years, 326 days
Dec 6, 2006 – Dec 3, 2008
Dave Pine
New Hampshire
Democratic
Dec 22, 1958
19 years, 349 days
Dec 6, 1978 – Dec 3, 1980
Andrew Edwards
New Hampshire
Democratic
1987
19 years
Dec 6, 2006 – Dec 3, 2008
[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
Kyle Jones
New Hampshire
Republican
1991
19 years
Dec 1, 2010 – Dec 5, 2012
[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] Son of Laura Jones .
Gregory Reed
Vermont
Republican
1953
19 years
Jan 3, 1973 – [? ]
[ 19]
Jay Lucas
New Hampshire
Republican
Oct 18, 1954
20 years, 47 days
Dec 4, 1974 – Dec 6, 1978
Later nominee for governor (1998 ).
Nicholas Kettle
Rhode Island
Republican
Oct 18, 1990
20 years, 79 days
Jan 5, 2011 – Feb 22, 2018
Youngest-ever Rhode Island state senator.[ 20]
Jesse Laslovich
Montana
Democratic
Oct 3, 1980
20 years, 92 days
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2005
Later state senator (2005–2010).
Homer Paul
Oklahoma
Democratic
Aug 4, 1904
20 years, 107 days
Nov 17, 1926 – Nov 19, 1930
[ 21] Later state senator (1932–1948) and state senate president pro tempore (1945–1947).
Aaron Coleman
Kansas
Democratic
Sep 20, 2000
20 years, 113 days
Jan 11, 2021 – Jan 9, 2023
Left the Democratic Party from January to February 2021. Suspended from the party in February 2022.
Independent
Joshua Higginbotham
West Virginia
Republican
Jul 23, 1996
20 years, 131 days
Dec 1, 2016 – Nov 5, 2021
James Davis
Iowa
Whig
Jul 20, 1826
20 years, 133 days
Nov 30, 1846 – Dec 3, 1848
[ 22]
John Breckinridge
Virginia
Independent
Dec 2, 1760
20 years, 177 days
May 28, 1781 – May 1782, May 5, 1783 – Oct 17, 1785
Later U.S. representative-elect (1792, did not serve), attorney general of Kentucky (1793–1797), Kentucky state representative (1798–1800), speaker of the Kentucky House (1799–1800), U.S. senator (1801–1805) and U.S. attorney general (1805–1806). Joined the Democratic-Republican Party.
Aundre Bumgardner
Connecticut
Republican
Jul 5, 1994
20 years, 186 days
Jan 7, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 Jan 4, 2023 – present
Switched to the Democratic Party in 2018.
Democratic
Elias Coop-Gonzalez
West Virginia
Republican
May 2, 2002
20 years, 213 days
Dec 1, 2022 – present
[ 23]
Joseph Stallcop
New Hampshire
Democratic
May 7, 1996
20 years, 214 days
Dec 7, 2016 – Aug 6, 2018
Switched to the Libertarian Party in May 2017.
Libertarian
Caleb Q. Dyer
New Hampshire
Republican
May 5, 1996
20 years, 216 days
Dec 7, 2016 – Dec 4, 2018
Switched to the Libertarian Party in February 2017.
Libertarian
Braxton Mitchell
Montana
Republican
May 20, 2000
20 years, 229 days
Jan 4, 2021 – present
[ 24]
David Stone
North Carolina
Independent
Feb 17, 1770
20 years, 257 days
Nov 1, 1790 – Feb 7, 1795, Nov 18, 1811 – Dec 25, 1812
Later U.S. representative (1799–1801), U.S. senator (1801–1807, 1813–1814) and governor (1808–1810).
Democratic-Republican
William R. King
North Carolina
Democratic-Republican
Apr 7, 1786
20 years, 269 days
Jan 1, 1807 – Jan 1, 1809
Vice president of the United States (1853)
D.J. Bettencourt
New Hampshire
Republican
Jan 6, 1984
20 years, 330 days
Dec 1, 2004 – May 27, 2012
Later House majority leader (2010–2012). Youngest majority leader in New Hampshire history.[ 25]
Michael J. Obuchowski
Vermont
Democratic
Feb 4, 1952
20 years, 334 days
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 2011
Later speaker of the state House (1995–2001).
Harold W. Giard
Vermont
Democratic
Feb 1, 1952
20 years, 337 days
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 7, 1981
Later state senator (2005–2013).
Kevin Soucie
Wisconsin
Democratic
Feb 2, 1954
20 years, 338 days
Jan 6, 1975 – Jan 3, 1981
Shaun Doherty
New Hampshire
Republican
Dec 19, 1987
20 years, 350 days
Dec 3, 2008 – Dec 5, 2012
[ 26]
Karen Swanson
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jan 15, 1954
20 years, 351 days
Jan 1, 1975 – July 12, 1978
Joseph Lane
Indiana
Democratic
Dec 14, 1801
20 years, 353 days
Dec 2, 1822 – 1823, 1830 – 1833, 1838 – 1839
Later state senator (1839–1840, 1844–1846), governor of Oregon Territory (1849–1850, 1853), delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1859), shadow U.S. senator (1858–1859), U.S. senator (1859–1861) and southern Democratic nominee for vice president of the United States (1860 ).
Fred Kessler
Wisconsin
Democratic
Jan 11, 1940
20 years, 357 days
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 7, 1963, Jan 4, 1965 – Jul 5, 1972, Jan 3, 2005 – Jan 3, 2019
At the time the youngest-ever Wisconsin state legislator.[ 27]
Jim Normand
New Hampshire
Democratic
Dec 12, 1953
20 years, 357 days
Dec 4, 1974 – Dec 6, 1978
Later state executive councilor (1997–1999).
Homer Hendricks
Texas
Democratic
Jan 19, 1900
20 years, 358 days
Jan 11, 1921 – Jan 13, 1925
Youngest-ever Texas state representative.[ 28]
Thomas Dixon Jr.
North Carolina
Democratic
Jan 11, 1864
20 years, 362 days
Jan 7, 1885 – Jan 5, 1887
[ 29]
Garrett Muscatel
New Hampshire
Democratic
Dec 7, 1997
20 years, 363 days
Dec 5, 2018 – Jun 8, 2020
Jesse N. Smith
Utah
Independent
Dec 2, 1834
20–21 years
1855 – 1856, Jan 8, 1872 – Jan 12, 1874, Jan 10, 1876 – Jan 14, 1878, Jan 12, 1880 – Jan 9, 1882
Later Arizona legislator (1897–1899).
Seaborn Roddenbery
Georgia
Democratic
Jan 12, 1870
21 years, 0 days
Jan 12, 1891 – 1895
Later mayor of Thomasville (1903–1904) and U.S. representative (1910–1913).
Sherry Shealy Martschink
South Carolina
Republican
Oct 26, 1949
21 years, 14 days
Nov 9, 1970 – 1974
Daughter of Ryan Shealy . Later state senator (1987–1990) and candidate for lieutenant governor (1990).
Tad Jude
Minnesota
Democratic
Dec 13, 1951
21 years, 20 days
Jan 2, 1973 – Jan 4, 1983
Youngest-ever Minnesota state legislator.[ 30] Son of Victor N. Jude . Later state senator (1983–1989) and candidate for state attorney general (2022 ). Switched to the Republican Party in 1992.
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Democratic
Dec 11, 1877
21 years, 24 days
Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 7, 1903
Later state senator (1903–1905), U.S. representative (1919–1921), governor (1937–1941) and U.S. senator (1945–1954).
Claire Cory
North Dakota
Republican
Sep 11, 1998
21 years, 30 days
Oct 11, 2019 – present
[ 31]
Amber Mariano
Florida
Republican
Nov 1, 1995
21 years, 32 days
Dec 3, 2016 – Nov 8, 2022
Alex Looysen
North Dakota
Republican
Sep 21, 1991
21 years, 71 days
Dec 1, 2012 – Dec 1, 2016
John G. Jackson
Virginia
Democratic-Republican
Sep 22, 1777
21 years, 72 days
Dec 3, 1798 – Dec 7, 1801, Dec 2, 1811 – Nov 30, 1812
Son of George Jackson . Later U.S. representative (1803–1810, 1813–1817).
Michael E. Cassidy
Pennsylvania
Democratic
Sep 15, 1955
21 years, 77 days
Dec 1, 1976 – Dec 1, 1978
[ 32]
Jack W. Connell Jr.
Texas
Democratic
Oct 21, 1937
21 years, 84 days
Jan 13, 1959 – Jan 8, 1963
Mark Connolly
New Hampshire
Republican
Sep 2, 1955
21 years, 90 days
Dec 1, 1976 – Dec 6, 1978
Later candidate for state treasurer (1990) and for governor (2016 ). Switched to the Democratic Party.
Joseph Montoya
New Mexico
Democratic
Sep 24, 1915
21 years, 99 days
Jan 1, 1937 – Jan 1, 1941
Youngest-ever New Mexico state representative and subsequently the youngest-ever New Mexico state senator.[ 33] Later state senator (1941–1947), lieutenant governor (1947–1951, 1955–1957), U.S. representative (1957–1964) and U.S. senator (1964–1977).
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Democratic
Oct 2, 1871
21 years, 100 days
Jan 10, 1893 – Jan 12, 1897
Later U.S. representative (1907–1921, 1923–1931), chair of the DNC (1921–1924), U.S. senator (1931–1933) and U.S. secretary of state (1933–1944).
Mike Unhjem
North Dakota
Republican
Aug 22, 1953
21 years, 101 days
Dec 1, 1974 – Dec 1, 1986
[ 34]
David Clarenbach
Wisconsin
Democratic
Sep 26, 1953
21 years, 102 days
Jan 6, 1975 – Jan 4, 1993
Grandson of Alexander Frederick . Later speaker pro tempore (1983–1993).
Neil Craig Corson
Maine
Republican
Aug 24, 1947
21 years, 102 days
Dec 4, 1968 – Dec 2, 1970
[ 35] [ 36]
Edward Lloyd
Maryland
Democratic-Republican
Jul 22, 1779
21 years, 104 days
Nov 3, 1800 – Nov 3, 1806
Later U.S. representative (1806–1809), governor (1809–1811), U.S. senator (1819–1826), state senator (1826–1831) and president of the state senate (1826–1827).
Drew Dennert
South Dakota
Republican
Aug 28, 1995
21 years, 128 days
Jan 3, 2017 – present
Matthew Heilman
North Dakota
Republican
Jul 19, 2001
21 years, 135 days
Dec 1, 2022 – present
Scott Newhard
Iowa
Democratic
Aug 23, 1951
21 years, 138 days
Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 7, 1979
Youngest-ever Iowa state legislator.[ 37]
Wayne Olhoft
Minnesota
Democratic
Aug 1, 1951
21 years, 154 days
Jan 2, 1973 – Jan 3, 1983
Steven Howard
Vermont
Democratic
Aug 3, 1971
21 years, 156 days
Jan 6, 1993 – Jan 1999, Jan 2005 – Jan 2011
Joseph Walkovich
Connecticut
Democratic
Aug 1, 1953
21 years, 160 days
Jan 8, 1975 – Jan 9, 1985
[ 38]
Jamie Whitten
Mississippi
Democratic
Apr 18, 1910
21 years, 162 days
Sep 27, 1931 – Jan 5, 1932
Later U.S. representative (1941–1995) and dean of the U.S. House (1979–1995).
John William Connelly
Texas
Democratic
Aug 2, 1919
21 years, 165 days
Jan 14, 1941 – Jan 9, 1945
[ 39]
Patrick J. Kennedy
Rhode Island
Democratic
Jul 14, 1967
21 years, 171 days
Jan 1, 1989 – Jan 3, 1993
Son of Ted Kennedy and nephew of president John F. Kennedy . Later U.S. representative (1995–2011).
R. Carlisle Burdick
Minnesota
[? ]
Jul 14, 1834
21 years, 172 days
Jan 2, 1856 – Jan 6, 1857
[ 40]
Benjamin Bubar Jr.
Maine
Republican
Jun 17, 1917
21 years, 173 days
Dec 7, 1938 – Dec 6, 1944
Son of state representative Benjamin Bubar Sr. Later Prohibition Party nominee for president of the United States (1976 , 1980 ).
Brandon Prichard
North Dakota
Republican
May 29, 2001
21 years, 186 days
Dec 1, 2022 – present
Henry Tazewell
Virginia
Independent
Nov 27, 1753
21 years, 186 days
Jun 1, 1775 – Mar 31, 1785
Later U.S. senator (1794–1799) and president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1795). Joined the Anti-Administration and Democratic-Republican parties.
John E. Rohan
Wisconsin
Democratic
Jul 5, 1907
21 years, 188 days
Jan 9, 1929 – Jan 7, 1931
[ 41]
Jim Douglas
Vermont
Republican
Jun 21, 1951
21 years, 196 days
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 3, 1979
Later state secretary of state (1981–1993), nominee for U.S. senator (1992 ), state treasurer (1995–2003) and governor (2003–2011).
Nathan Carlow
Maine
Republican
May 18, 1999
21 years, 198 days
Dec 2, 2020 – present
Barry Hobbins
Maine
Democratic
May 17, 1951
21 years, 203 days
Dec 6, 1972 – Dec 5, 1984, Dec 5, 2012 – Dec 3, 2016
Later state senator (1988–1990, 2004–2012) and state public advocate (2017–2021).
Rudy García
Florida
Republican
Apr 15, 1963
21 years, 205 days
Nov 6, 1984 – Nov 8, 1988 Nov 7, 1989 – Nov 7, 2000
Later state senator (2000–2010) and candidate for mayor of Hialeah (2011 ).
Jerry J. O'Connell
Montana
Democratic
Jun 14, 1909
21 years, 205 days
Jan 5, 1931 – 1934
Later U.S. representative (1937–1939).
Tulsi Gabbard
Hawaii
Democratic
Apr 12, 1981
21 years, 207 days
Nov 5, 2002 – Nov 2, 2004
Daughter of Mike Gabbard . Later U.S. representative (2013–2021) and candidate for president of the United States (2020 ). Left the Democratic Party in October 2022.
Sarah Laszloffy
Montana
Republican
Jun 13, 1991
21 years, 208 days
Jan 7, 2013 – Jan 2, 2017
John Bell
Tennessee
Democratic-Republican
Feb 18, 1796
21 years, 209 days
Sep 15, 1817 – Nov 25, 1817
Later U.S. representative (1827–1841), speaker of the U.S. House (1834–1835), secretary of war (1841), state representative (1847), U.S. senator (1847–1859) and Constitutional Union nominee for president of the United States (1860 ).
DeWitt Hale
Texas
Democratic
Jun 10, 1917
21 years, 214 days
Jan 10, 1939 – Dec 14, 1940, Jan 13, 1953 – Sep 30, 1978
Will L. King
Iowa
Republican
Jun 9, 1897
21 years, 218 days
Jan 13, 1919 – Jan 9, 1921
[ 42]
Thomas J. Creamer
New York
Democratic
May 26, 1843
21 years, 220 days
Jan 1, 1865 – Dec 31, 1867, Jan 1, 1889 – Dec 31, 1889
Later state senator (1868–1871) and U.S. representative (1873–1875, 1901–1903).
Robert F. Larkin Jr.
Massachusetts
Democratic
May 29, 1955
21 years, 221 days
Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 7, 1981
Justin Chenette
Maine
Democratic
Apr 23, 1991
21 years, 226 days
Dec 5, 2012 – Dec 7, 2016
Later state senator (2016–2020).
Drew Christensen
Minnesota
Republican
May 21, 1993
21 years, 230 days
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 7, 2019
Roger B. Taney
Maryland
Federalist
Mar 17, 1777
21 years, 233 days
Nov 5, 1798 – Jan 3, 1800
Later state attorney general (1827–1831), U.S. attorney general (1831–1833), secretary of the treasury (1833–1834) and chief justice (1836–1864).
Elise Hall
Oklahoma
Republican
Mar 26, 1989
21 years, 236 days
Nov 17, 2010 – Nov 21, 2018
Patrick B. Augustine
Kansas
Democratic
May 14, 1955
21 years, 241 days
Jan 10, 1977 – Jan 12, 1981
Stephen Smith
Arkansas
Democratic
May 15, 1949
21 years, 241 days
Jan 11, 1971 – Jan 13, 1975
John Tyler
Virginia
Democratic-Republican
Mar 29, 1790
21 years, 248 days
Dec 2, 1811 – Nov 11, 1816, 1839
Son of John Tyler Sr. Later U.S. representative (1816–1821), governor (1825–1827), U.S. senator (1827–1836), senate president pro tempore (1835), vice president (1841), president (1841–1845, at the time the youngest-ever U.S. president), member of the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861–1862) and representative-elect of the Confederate States Congress (1861–1862, died). Switched to the Democratic , Whig and Tyler Democratic parties.
Alec Ryncavage
Pennsylvania
Republican
Mar 27, 2001
21 years, 249 days
Dec 1, 2022 – present
Joe Mitchell
Iowa
Republican
Apr 23, 1997
21 years, 253 days
Jan 1, 2019 – Jan 1, 2023
Carlton W. Mauthe
Wisconsin
Republican
Apr 18, 1907
21 years, 264 days
Jan 7, 1929 – Jan 3, 1933
[ 43]
Jewell Jones
Michigan
Democratic
Apr 11, 1995
21 years, 265 days
Jan 1, 2017 – present
Youngest legislator in Michigan history.[ 44]
J.T. Larson
Wyoming
Republican
Apr 6, 2001
21 years, 271 days
Jan 2, 2023 – present
Robert M. Clarke
California
Republican
Mar 5, 1879
21 years, 273 days
Dec 3, 1900 – Dec 1, 1902
[ 45]
James Arthur Field
Vermont
Republican
Apr 10, 1941
21 years, 274 days
Jan 9, 1963 – [? ]
[ 46] [ 47]
John S. Addis
Connecticut
Democratic
Apr 4, 1889
21 years, 275 days
Jan 4, 1911 – Jan 3, 1917
[ 48] Later state treasurer (1935–1937).
Edmund Benjamin Grunwald
Wisconsin
Republican
Mar 27, 1899
21 years, 282 days
Jan 3, 1921 – Jan 3, 1923
[ 49]
Josh Cockroft
Oklahoma
Republican
Feb 6, 1989
21 years, 283 days
Nov 16, 2010 – Nov 15, 2018
Later state secretary of state (2023–present).
William Henry McMorrow
Massachusetts
Democratic
Mar 23, 1871
21 years, 287 days
Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 2, 1895
Later state senator (1895–1897).
James G. Maguire
California
Democratic
Feb 22, 1853
21 years, 288 days
Dec 7, 1874 – Dec 4, 1876
Later U.S. representative (1893–1899) and nominee for governor (1898 ).
Patrick Seymour
Vermont
Republican
Mar 25, 1997
21 years, 290 days
Jan 9, 2019 – Feb 24, 2022
Priorly member of the Democratic Party.
Ben Queen
West Virginia
Republican
Feb 7, 1995
21 years, 298 days
Dec 1, 2016 – Dec 1, 2022
Later state senator (2022–present).
Lafayette Lane
Oregon
Democratic
Nov 12, 1842
21 years, 305 days
Sep 12, 1864 – Oct 22, 1864
Son of Joseph Lane . Later U.S. representative (1875–1877).
Calvin Callahan
Wisconsin
Republican
Mar 2, 1999
21 years, 308 days
Jan 4, 2021 – present
Charles A. Barnard
Wisconsin
Republican
Mar 3, 1907
21 years, 310 days
Jan 7, 1929 – Jan 5, 1931
[ 50]
George Plater
Maryland
Proprietary
Nov 8, 1735
21 years, 324 days
Sep 28, 1757 – May 24, 1768
Later state senator (1771–1774, 1777–1791), member of the Annapolis Convention (1775–1776), president of the state senate (1780–1782, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787–1788, 1790) and governor (1791–1792). Switched to the Federalist Party .
Sydney Emanuel Mudd I
Maryland
Republican
Feb 12, 1858
21 years, 329 days
Jan 7, 1880 – Jan 2, 1884, Jan 1, 1896 – Jan 5, 1898
Later U.S. representative (1890–1891, 1897–1911) and speaker of the state House (1896–1897).
Kenneth M. O'Brien
Massachusetts
Democratic
Feb 5, 1951
21 years, 333 days
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 1, 1975
Brodie Deshaies
New Hampshire
Republican
Jan 1, 1999
21 years, 336 days
Dec 2, 2020 – Dec 7, 2022
Reid W. Crawford
Iowa
Republican
Feb 6, 1951
21 years, 337 days
Jan 8, 1973 – Aug 8, 1981
Kevin Furey
Montana
Democratic
Jan 24, 1983
21 years, 345 days
Jan 3, 2005 – 2007
Succeeded in office by his father Tim .[ 51]
Eugene Miller
Texas
Democratic
Jan 25, 1899
21 years, 352 days
Jan 11, 1921 – Jan 13, 1925
Later state senator (1925–1931) and state senate president pro tempore (1929–1931).
Jeramey Anderson
Mississippi
Democratic
Dec 6, 1991
21 years, 355 days
Nov 26, 2013 – present
George Cushingberry Jr.
Michigan
Democratic
Jan 6, 1953
21 years, 360 days
Jan 1, 1975 – Dec 31, 1982, Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2010
Charles N. Brush
Connecticut
Democratic
1905
21 years
Jan 5, 1927 – Jan 7, 1931
[ 52]
Anthony Edgecomb
Maine
Republican
1993
21 years
Dec 3, 2014 – Dec 7, 2016
Grandson of Peter Edgecomb .
Robert W. Ginnett
Washington
Democratic
1915
21 years
Jan 11, 1937 – Jan 9, 1939
[ 53] [ 54]
C. Huntington Lathrop
Connecticut
Republican
1893
21 years
Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 3, 1917
[ 55]
Joshua Whitehouse
New Hampshire
Republican
Apr 1993
21 years
Dec 3, 2014 – Dec 7, 2016
John B. Henderson
Missouri
Democratic
Nov 16, 1826
22 years, 4 days
Nov 20, 1848 – 1858 1856–1858
Since Henderson was only 22 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution 's age requirement of 24 years.[ 56] Later U.S. senator (1862–1869).
Kayla Kessinger
West Virginia
Republican
Nov 25, 1992
22 years, 6 days
Dec 1, 2014 – present
James Henry Brennan
Massachusetts
Democratic
Dec 21, 1888
22 years, 14 days
Jan 4, 1911 – Jan 6, 1915, Jan 1, 1919 – Jan 7, 1920
Doyle Conner
Florida
Democratic
Dec 17, 1928
22 years, 16 days
Jan 2, 1951 – Jan 3, 1961
Later speaker of the state House (1957–1959) and state agriculture commissioner (1961–1991).
Simon Sefzik
Washington
Republican
Dec 21, 1999
22 years, 21 days
Jan 11, 2022 – Dec 9, 2022
James W. Grimes
Iowa
Whig
Oct 20, 1816
22 years, 23 days
Nov 12, 1838 – Nov 3, 1839, Dec 4, 1843 – May 4, 1845, Nov 6, 1852 – Dec 3, 1854
Later governor (1854–1858) and U.S. senator (1859–1869). Co-founder of the state Republican Party (1856).
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Republican
Nov 5, 1922
22 years, 26 days
Dec 1, 1944 – Dec 1, 1956
Later governor (1957–1961, 1997–2001). Both the youngest and the oldest person to serve as governor of the state, winning his second term 40 years after winning his first.[ 57]
Gene Stipe
Oklahoma
Democratic
Oct 21, 1926
22 years, 28 days
Nov 18, 1948 – Nov 18, 1954
Later state senator (1957–2003), becoming the longest-serving state senator in Oklahoma history.[ 58]
David Cote
New Hampshire
Democratic
Oct 28, 1960
22 years, 34 days
Dec 1, 1982 – Jul 5, 2023
Later minority leader (2022).
Eugene Talbert
Texas
Democratic
Dec 8, 1914
22 years, 35 days
Jan 12, 1937 – Jan 14, 1941
[ 59]
Kenneth Corn
Oklahoma
Democratic
Oct 8, 1976
22 years, 41 days
Nov 18, 1998 – Nov 20, 2002
Later state senator (2002–2010) and nominee for lieutenant governor (2010 ).
Cole L. Blease
South Carolina
Democratic
Oct 8, 1868
22 years, 48 days
Nov 25, 1890 – Nov 27, 1894, Jan 10, 1899 – Jan 8, 1901
Later state senator (1907–1909), state senate president pro tempore (1907–1909), governor (1911–1915) and U.S. senator (1925–1931).
Virgil Lilley
Texas
Democratic
Nov 25, 1908
22 years, 49 days
Jan 13, 1931 – Jan 10, 1933
[ 60]
Sherrod Brown
Ohio
Democratic
Nov 9, 1952
22 years, 55 days
Jan 3, 1975 – Dec 31, 1982
Later state secretary of state (1983–1991) and U.S. senator (2007–present).
Curtis Hooks Brogden
North Carolina
Democratic
Nov 6, 1816
22 years, 56 days
Jan 1, 1839 – Jan 1, 1851, Jan 1, 1887 – Jan 1, 1889
Later state senator (1853–1857), lieutenant governor (1873–1874), governor (1874–1877) and U.S. representative (1877–1879). Switched to the Republican Party in 1867.
Republican
Henry L. Pinckney
South Carolina
Nullifier
Sep 24, 1794
22 years, 62 days
Nov 25, 1816 – Nov 24, 1828, Nov 22, 1830 – Mar 4, 1833
Son of Charles Pinckney . Later mayor of Charleston (1829–1830, 1831–1833, 1837–1840), speaker of the state House (1830–1833) and U.S. representative (1833–1837).
Benjamin Troy Woodall
Texas
Democratic
Jul 4, 1904
22 years, 71 days
Sep 13, 1926 – Jul 5, 1929
[ 61]
Ryan Fecteau
Maine
Democratic
Sep 18, 1992
22 years, 76 days
Dec 3, 2014 – Dec 7, 2022
Later speaker of the state House (2020–2022).
Odis Allan Weldon
Texas
Democratic
Oct 25, 1914
22 years, 79 days
Jan 12, 1937 – Oct 1, 1940
[ 62]
John Engler
Michigan
Republican
Oct 12, 1948
22 years, 81 days
Jan 1, 1971 – Jan 1, 1979
Later state senator (1979–1991), senate majority leader (1984–1991) and governor (1991–2003).
Christina Hagan
Ohio
Republican
Dec 11, 1988
22 years, 81 days
Mar 2, 2011 – Dec 31, 2018
Her father, John Hagan, previously represented the district.[ 63]
Jack Edward Love
Texas
Democratic
Oct 23, 1918
22 years, 83 days
Jan 14, 1941 – Jan 14, 1947
[ 64]
Peppy Blount
Texas
Democratic
Oct 19, 1924
22 years, 87 days
Jan 14, 1947 – Sep 26, 1951
Ratcliffe Hicks
Connecticut
Democratic
Oct 3, 1843
22 years, 92 days
Jan 3, 1866 – Jan 9, 1895
[ 65]
Frederick W. Dallinger
Massachusetts
Republican
Oct 2, 1871
22 years, 93 days
Jan 3, 1894 – Jan 1, 1896
Later state senator (1896–1900) and U.S. representative (1915–1925, 1926–1932).
Gabe Leland
Michigan
Democratic
Sep 28, 1982
22 years, 95 days
Jan 1, 2005 – Jan 1, 2011
Son of Burton Leland .
Lester Clark
Texas
Democratic
Oct 5, 1916
22 years, 97 days
Jan 10, 1939 – Jan 9, 1945
[ 66]
Adam Putnam
Florida
Republican
Jul 31, 1974
22 years, 97 days
Nov 5, 1996 – Nov 7, 2000
Later U.S. representative (2001–2011), state agriculture commissioner (2011–2019) and candidate for governor (2018 ).
Frank A. Day
Minnesota
Republican
Sep 30, 1855
22 years, 100 days
Jan 8, 1878 – Jan 6, 1879
Later state senator (1887–1895) and lieutenant governor (1895–1897).
William K. Hall
Kansas
Republican
Oct 1, 1942
22 years, 102 days
Jan 11, 1965 – Jan 9, 1967
[ 67] [ 68]
Colleen House
Michigan
Republican
Mar 17, 1952
22 years, 106 days
Jul 1, 1974 – Dec 31, 1976, Jan 1, 1983 – Dec 31, 1986
Later candidate for governor (1986 ).
Brandon Michael Newton
South Carolina
Republican
Jul 29, 1994
22 years, 108 days
Nov 14, 2016 – present
Bob Ware
Texas
Republican
Sep 21, 1956
22 years, 110 days
Jan 9, 1979 – Jan 11, 1983
[ 69] [ 70]
David Morales
Rhode Island
Democratic
Sep 16, 1998
22 years, 111 days
Jan 5, 2021 – present
Bakari Sellers
South Carolina
Democratic
Sep 18, 1984
22 years, 113 days
Jan 9, 2007 – Jan 6, 2015
Dick Guidry
Louisiana
Democratic
Sep 22, 1929
22 years, 114 days
Jan 14, 1952 – 1956, 1964 – 1976
William B. Rosenfield
Tennessee
[? ]
Jul 15, 1894
22 years, 115 days
Nov 7, 1916 – Nov 5, 1918
[ 71]
Patrick Joseph Kearns
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 8, 1912
22 years, 116 days
Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 6, 1937
John R. Lynch
Mississippi
Republican
Sep 10, 1847
22 years, 116 days
Jan 4, 1870 – 1873
Later speaker of the state House (1872–1873) and U.S. representative (1873–1877, 1882–1883).
Bob C. Riley
Arkansas
Democratic
Sep 18, 1924
22 years, 117 days
Jan 13, 1947 – Jan 8, 1951
Later lieutenant governor (1971–1975), candidate for governor (1974 ) and acting governor (1975).
Mike Cooney
Montana
Democratic
Sep 3, 1954
22 years, 122 days
Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 3, 1981
Later state secretary of state (1989–2001), candidate for governor (2000 ), state senator (2003–2011), state senate president (2007–2009), lieutenant governor (2016–2021) and nominee for governor (2020 ).
Thomas Hubbard Allen
Connecticut
Republican
Sep 4, 1862
22 years, 125 days
Jan 7, 1885 – Jan 5, 1887, Jan 9, 1889 – Jan 7, 1891, Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 6, 1897
[ 72] Later state senator (1887–1889).
Arthur Clark
Massachusetts
Democratic
Aug 30, 1877
22 years, 126 days
Jan 3, 1900 – Jan 2, 1901
Stephen Morse Wheeler
New Hampshire
Republican
Aug 30, 1900
22 years, 126 days
Jan 3, 1923 – Jan 7, 1925
Later state attorney general (1942–1944).
Henry F. Ashurst
Arizona
Democratic
Aug 30, 1900
22 years, 127 days
Jan 18, 1897 – Jan 21, 1901
Later speaker of the House (1899–1901), territorial senator (1903–1905) and U.S. senator (1912–1941).
Stevens Thomson Mason
Virginia
Independent
Dec 29, 1760
22 years, 127 days
May 5, 1783 – May 3, 1784, Nov 11, 1794 – Nov 10, 1795
Son of Thomson Mason . Later state senator (1787–1791) and U.S. senator (1794–1803).
John W. Cummings
Massachusetts
Democratic
Aug 25, 1855
22 years, 130 days
Jan 2, 1878 – May 17, 1878
Later state senator (1883) and mayor of Fall River (1885, 1887–1888).
Samuel Aubrey Jones
Texas
Democratic
Sep 2, 1914
22 years, 132 days
Jan 12, 1937 – Dec 2, 1937
[ 73]
Jayne Aylward
Kansas
Republican
Aug 28, 1956
22 years, 133 days
Jan 8, 1979 – Jan 14, 1991
Lloyd Lindgren
Washington
Democratic
Sep 3, 1912
22 years, 133 days
Jan 14, 1935 – Jan 9, 1939, Jan 8, 1945 – Jan 13, 1947
[ 74] [ 75] [ 76]
Paul Hess
Kansas
Republican
Aug 29, 1948
22 years, 135 days
Jan 11, 1971 – Jan 8, 1973
[ 77]
George W. McCrary
Iowa
Republican
Aug 29, 1835
22 years, 135 days
Jan 11, 1858 – Jan 8, 1860, Jan 13, 1862 – Jan 7, 1866
Later U.S. representative (1869–1877) and U.S. secretary of war (1877–1879).
Dennis Dollar
Mississippi
Democratic
Aug 22, 1953
22 years, 137 days
Jan 6, 1976 – Jan 3, 1984
[ 78] [ 79] Later candidate for state secretary of state (1983).[ 80]
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Democratic
Aug 26, 1872
22 years, 141 days
Jan 14, 1895 – Jan 11, 1897
Later governor (1913), U.S. senator (1913–1937), senate minority leader (1923–1933), senate majority leader (1933–1937), candidate for president of the United States (1924 ) and nominee for vice president (1928 ).
Richard Tisei
Massachusetts
Republican
Aug 13, 1962
22 years, 143 days
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 3, 1991
Later state senator (1991–2011), state senate minority leader (2007–2011) and nominee for lieutenant governor (2010 ).
Terry Gardiner
Alaska
Democratic
Aug 12, 1950
22 years, 149 days
Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 17, 1983
[ 81]
Herman J. McDevitt
Idaho
Democratic
Jun 29, 1928
22 years, 155 days
Dec 1, 1950 – [? ]
[ 82]
Michael W. Morrissey
Massachusetts
Democratic
Aug 2, 1954
22 years, 156 days
Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 6, 1993
Later state senator (1993–2011).
Kesha Ram Hinsdale
Vermont
Democratic
Aug 2, 1986
22 years, 158 days
Jan 7, 2009 – May 11, 2016
Later state senator (2021–present).
Carl Mario D'Aquila
Minnesota
Republican
Aug 1, 1924
22 years, 159 days
Jan 7, 1947 – Jan 1, 1951
At the time the youngest-ever Minnesota state legislator.[ 83]
Ernest F. Davis
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jul 30, 1892
22 years, 160 days
Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 5, 1916
Abel P. Upshur
Virginia
Federalist
Jun 17, 1790
22 years, 166 days
Nov 30, 1812 – May 16, 1813, Nov 29, 1824 – 1826
Son of state senator Littleton Upshur . Later United States Secretary of the Navy (1841–1843) and United States Secretary of State (1843–1844). Switched to the Jacksonian Democrat and Whig parties.
George C. Morris
Texas
Democratic
Jul 17, 1912
22 years, 175 days
Jan 8, 1935 – Jun 11, 1942
Later state senator (1942–1951).
George H. Beers
Connecticut
Democratic
Jul 15, 1866
22 years, 178 days
Jan 9, 1889 – Jan 7, 1891
[ 84]
Henry Beck
Maine
Democratic
Jun 6, 1986
22 years, 180 days
Dec 3, 2008 – Dec 7, 2016
Later state treasurer (2019–present).
Tom Davidson
Maine
Democratic
Jun 8, 1972
22 years, 182 days
Dec 7, 1994 – Dec 6, 2000
[ 85] [ 86] [ 87]
Chris Pappas
New Hampshire
Democratic
Jun 4, 1980
22 years, 183 days
Dec 4, 2002 – Dec 6, 2006
Later member of the Executive Council (2013–2019) and U.S. representative (2019–present).
Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry
Alabama
Democratic
Jun 5, 1825
22 years, 184 days
Dec 6, 1847 – Nov 12, 1849, Nov 14, 1853 – Mar 4, 1857
Later U.S. representative (1857–1861), Provisional Confederate Congress deputy (1861–1862) and Confederate States representative (1862–1864).
Arnold F. Wellman Jr.
Connecticut
Democratic
Jul 3, 1954
22 years, 186 days
Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 5, 1983
[ 88]
Katherine Kazarian
Rhode Island
Democratic
Jun 25, 1990
22 years, 190 days
Jan 1, 2013 – present
Corry Thaddeus Sheats
Texas
Democratic
Jul 5, 1902
22 years, 192 days
Jan 13, 1925 – Jan 8, 1929
[ 89]
Will Haskell
Connecticut
Democratic
Jun 28, 1996
22 years, 195 days
Jan 9, 2019 – Jan 4, 2023
Heath Howard
New Hampshire
Democratic
May 26, 2000
22 years, 195 days
Dec 7, 2022 – present
Josie Tomkow
Florida
Republican
Oct 15, 1995
22 years, 198 days
May 1, 2018 – present
Travis Bennett
New Hampshire
Democratic
May 16, 1992
22 years, 201 days
Dec 3, 2014 – Dec 4, 2018
[ 90]
Jake Blum
North Dakota
Republican
May 11, 1994
22 years, 204 days
Dec 1, 2016 – Oct 4, 2019
Cole Christensen
North Dakota
Republican
May 6, 1998
22 years, 209 days
Dec 1, 2020 – Feb 23, 2024
Clyde H. Smith
Maine
Republican
Jun 9, 1876
22 years, 209 days
Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 7, 1903, Jan 1, 1919 – Jan 3, 1923
Later state senator (1923–1929) and U.S. representative (1937–1940).
Walter Kunicki
Wisconsin
Democratic
Jun 9, 1958
22 years, 210 days
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 3, 1999
[ 91] Later speaker of the state House (1991–1995) and state House minority leader (1995–1998).
David Settle Reid
North Carolina
Democratic
Apr 19, 1813
22 years, 211 days
Nov 16, 1835 – Nov 21, 1842
Nephew of Thomas Settle . Later U.S. representative (1843–1847), governor (1851–1854) and U.S. senator (1854–1859).
Timothy F. Maloney
Maryland
Democratic
Jun 12, 1956
22 years, 212 days
Jan 10, 1979 – 1994
[ 92] [ 93]
Steven Wayne Long
South Carolina
Republican
Apr 14, 1994
22 years, 214 days
Nov 14, 2016 – present
Robert B. Anderson
Texas
Democratic
Jun 4, 1910
22 years, 220 days
Jan 10, 1933 – Sep 11, 1933
Later U.S. secretary of the navy (1953–1954), deputy secretary of defense (1954–1955) and secretary of the treasury (1957–1961). Switched to the Republican Party in 1956.
Kevin R. Ryan
South Carolina
Republican
Mar 30, 1988
22 years, 223 days
Nov 8, 2010 – Nov 12, 2012
[ 94] [ 95] [ 96]
Carter Nordman
Iowa
Republican
May 27, 1998
22 years, 229 days
Jan 11, 2021 – present
[ 97]
William A. Steiger
Wisconsin
Republican
May 15, 1938
22 years, 233 days
Jan 3, 1961 – 1965
Priorly chairman of the College Republican National Committee (1959–1961). Later U.S. representative (1967–1978).
John Sackett
Alaska
Republican
Jun 3, 1944
22 years, 234 days
Jan 23, 1967 – Jan 11, 1971, Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 19, 1987
[ 98] [ 81]
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Republican
May 11, 1900
22 years, 237 days
Jan 3, 1923 – Jan 7, 1925 1943–1947
Later speaker of the state House (1945–1947), U.S. representative (1947–1954), and U.S. senator (1954–1974, 1975).
Dave Woodward
Michigan
Democratic
May 9, 1976
22 years, 237 days
Jan 1, 1999 – Jan 1, 2005
Jonathan Zlotnik
Massachusetts
Democratic
May 7, 1990
22 years, 240 days
Jan 2, 2013 – present
Allen F. Behnke
Connecticut
Republican
May 6, 1916
22 years, 243 days
Jan 4, 1939 – Jan 6, 1943
[ 99] [ 100]
Lucy Boyden
Vermont
Democratic
May 1, 2000
22 years, 248 days
Jan 4, 2023 – present
Doug Stang
Minnesota
Republican
May 4, 1974
22 years, 248 days
Jan 7, 1997 – Jun 30, 2004
Julie Slama
Nebraska
Republican
May 2, 1996
22 years, 252 days
Jan 9, 2019 – present
Third youngest ever Nebraska legislator,[ 101] and youngest-ever woman.[ 102]
Peter Forman
Massachusetts
Republican
Apr 28, 1958
22 years, 254 days
Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 4, 1995
Later minority leader (1991–1995) and candidate for secretary of the commonwealth (1994 ).
Randall Evans Jr.
Georgia
Democratic
May 3, 1906
22 years, 256 days
Jan 14, 1929 – [? ]
Became the youngest-ever Georgia state representative and speaker of the House.[ 103]
Joseph Prentis
Virginia
Independent
Jan 24, 1754
22 years, 257 days
Oct 7, 1776 – 1778, May 7, 1781 – Jan 8, 1788
Later speaker of the state House (1786–1788).
Calvin Goings
Washington
Democratic
Apr 3, 1973
22 years, 261 days
Dec 20, 1995 – Jan 8, 2001
At the time the youngest-ever Washington state senator.[ 75]
Tom Scott
Connecticut
Republican
Apr 21, 1958
22 years, 261 days
Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 9, 1991
Later independent candidate for governor (1994 ).
Earl Ray Tomblin
West Virginia
Democratic
Mar 15, 1952
22 years, 261 days
Dec 1, 1974 – Dec 1, 1980
Later state senator (1980–2011), president of the state senate (1995–2011) and governor (2011–2017).
Chester G. Atkins
Massachusetts
Democratic
Apr 14, 1948
22 years, 267 days
Jan 6, 1971 – Jan 3, 1973
Later state senator (1973–1985) and U.S. representative (1985–1993).
Ben Barnes
Texas
Democratic
Apr 17, 1938
22 years, 268 days
Jan 10, 1961 – Jan 14, 1969
Later speaker of the state House (1965–1969), lieutenant governor (1969–1973) and candidate for governor (1972 ).
Joseph Norvell
Kansas
Democratic
Apr 14, 1950
22 years, 269 days
Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 10, 1977
Later state senator (1977–1989).
Joseph Pulitzer
Missouri
Republican
Apr 10, 1847
22 years, 270 days
Jan 5, 1870 – Mar 24, 1870
Since Pulitzer was only 22 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution 's age requirement of 24 years.[ 56] Later U.S. representative (1885–1886). Co-founder of the Liberal Republican Party (1870); switched to the Democratic Party in 1874.
William Jennings Bryan Dorn
South Carolina
Democratic
Apr 14, 1916
22 years, 271 days
Jan 10, 1939 – Jun 8, 1940
Later state senator (1941–1942), U.S. representative (1947–1949, 1951–1974) and nominee for governor (1974 ).
Roy Hofheinz
Texas
Democratic
Apr 10, 1912
22 years, 273 days
Jan 8, 1935 – Jan 12, 1937
Later mayor of Houston (1953–1955).
Philip Davis Bryant
Mississippi
Democratic
Apr 5, 1937
22 years, 275 days
Jan 5, 1960 – Jan 2, 1968
Matt Kisber
Tennessee
Democratic
Jan 31, 1960
22 years, 275 days
Nov 2, 1982 – Nov 5, 2002
Michael G. Kirby
Wisconsin
Democratic
Apr 2, 1952
22 years, 279 days
Jan 6, 1975 – Jan 3, 1983
[ 104]
Avery Frix
Oklahoma
Republican
Mar 29, 1994
22 years, 286 days
Jan 9, 2017 – Nov 23, 2022
William Lowndes
South Carolina
Democratic-Republican
Feb 11, 1782
22 years, 289 days
Nov 26, 1804 – Nov 24, 1808
Later U.S. representative (1811–1822).
Kyle Hilbert
Oklahoma
Republican
Mar 23, 1994
22 years, 292 days
Jan 9, 2017 – present
Later speaker pro tempore (2022–present).
Susan Engeleiter
Wisconsin
Republican
Mar 18, 1952
22 years, 294 days
Jan 6, 1975 – Jan 3, 1979
Later state senator (1980–1989), nominee for U.S. senator (1988 ) and administrator of the Small Business Administration (1989–1991).
William M. McNicol
Connecticut
Democratic
Mar 16, 1896
22 years, 298 days
Jan 8, 1919 – Jan 5, 1921
[ 105]
Hans Hunt
Wyoming
Republican
Mar 18, 1988
22 years, 299 days
Jan 11, 2011 – Oct 4, 2021
Joshua Putnam
South Carolina
Republican
Nov 10, 1988
22 years, 299 days
Sep 5, 2011 – Nov 12, 2018
[ 106] [ 107] [ 108]
Trey Stewart
Maine
Republican
Feb 7, 1994
22 years, 304 days
Dec 7, 2016 – Dec 2, 2020
Later state senator (2020–present) and senate minority leader (2022–present).
Thomas Johnson Martin
Texas
Democratic
Mar 10, 1894
22 years, 305 days
Jan 9, 1917 – Sep 29, 1917, Jan 14, 1947 – Sep 21, 1948
[ 109]
Lauren Plawecki
Michigan
Democratic
Jan 29, 1994
22 years, 305 days
Nov 29, 2016 – Jan 1, 2017
Daughter of Julie Plawecki .
James P. Hurrell
Massachusetts
Democratic
Mar 1, 1944
22 years, 309 days
Jan 4, 1967 – Jan 1, 1969, Jan 6, 1971 – Jan 5, 1977
Martin Olav Sabo
Minnesota
Democratic
Feb 28, 1938
22 years, 310 days
Jan 3, 1961 – 1978
Later speaker of the state House (1973–1979) and U.S. representative (1979–2007).
Edward B. Jackson
Virginia
Democratic-Republican
Jan 25, 1793
22 years, 313 days
Dec 4, 1815 – Dec 7, 1818
Son of George Jackson and younger brother of John G. Jackson . Later U.S. representative (1820–1823).
Jake Highfill
Iowa
Republican
Mar 3, 1990
22 years, 317 days
Jan 14, 2013 – Nov 6, 2018
Avery Bourne
Illinois
Republican
Mar 30, 1992
22 years, 321 days
Feb 14, 2015 – Jan 11, 2023
Youngest-ever Illinois legislator.[ 110] Later candidate for lieutenant governor (2022 ) as the running mate of Richard Irvin .
Jim Joseph Carmichall
Texas
Democratic
Feb 27, 1930
22 years, 321 days
Jan 13, 1953 – Jan 8, 1957
Thomas A. Ledwith
New York
Democratic
Feb 14, 1840
22 years, 321 days
Jan 1, 1863 – Dec 31, 1863
Later candidate for mayor of New York City (1870 ) and state senator (1874–1875).
C. William O'Neill
Ohio
Republican
Feb 14, 1916
22 years, 321 days
Jan 1, 1939 – Jan 1, 1951
At the time the youngest-ever Ohio state representative.[ 111] Later became the youngest-ever speaker of the Ohio House, youngest-ever Ohio attorney general and youngest-ever Ohio governor, and elected justice of the state Supreme Court at age 44.[ 112]
Jim Jontz
Indiana
Democratic
Dec 18, 1951
22 years, 323 days
Nov 6, 1974 – Nov 7, 1984
Later state senator (1984–1986), U.S. representative (1987–1993) and nominee for U.S. senator (1994 ).
Chester Biesen
Washington
Republican
Feb 18, 1904
22 years, 326 days
Jan 10, 1927 – Jan 12, 1931
[ 75] [ 113]
LaFayette Duckett
Texas
Democratic
Feb 19, 1918
22 years, 330 days
Jan 14, 1941 – Jan 14, 1947
William Johnson
South Carolina
Democratic-Republican
Dec 27, 1771
22 years, 332 days
Nov 24, 1794 – Nov 24, 1800
Later speaker of the state House (1798–1800) and associate justice of the Supreme Court (1804–1834).
Gregory W. Sullivan
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jan 29, 1952
22 years, 337 days
Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 2, 1985
Samuel P. Walsh
Wisconsin
Republican
Jan 30, 1902
22 years, 341 days
Jan 5, 1925 – Jan 3, 1927
[ 114]
Kenneth M. Lemanski
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jan 27, 1954
22 years, 344 days
Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 3, 1979, Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 6, 1993
Jim T. Lindsey
Texas
Democratic
Feb 1, 1926
22 years, 345 days
Jan 11, 1949 – Jan 8, 1957
Later speaker of the state House (1955–1957).
Keith R. McCall
Pennsylvania
Democratic
Dec 16, 1959
22 years, 350 days
Dec 1, 1982 – Dec 1, 2010
Son of Thomas J. McCall . Later speaker of the state House (2009–2010).
Joseph Grigsby Smyth
Texas
Democratic
Feb 25, 1847
22 years, 350 days
Feb 10, 1870 – Jan 14, 1873
Son of George W. Smyth .
Steven C. Brist
Wisconsin
Democratic
Jan 16, 1954
22 years, 353 days
Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 3, 1979, Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 5, 1987
[ 115]
John Gray
Massachusetts
Republican
Jan 12, 1956
22 years, 356 days
Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 2, 1985
Harry T. Burn
Tennessee
Republican
Nov 12, 1895
22 years, 358 days
Nov 5, 1918 – Nov 7, 1922
Later state senator (1948–1952).
Andrew P. Quigley
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jan 13, 1926
22 years, 358 days
Jan 5, 1949 – Jan 3, 1951
Later state senator (1951–1957) and mayor of Chelsea (1952–1955).
Mildred Barber Abel
Wisconsin
Republican
Jan 9, 1902
22 years, 362 days
Jan 5, 1925 – Jan 3, 1927
[ 116]
Leo E. Diehl
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jan 9, 1914
22 years, 363 days
Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 1, 1941
John Robinson
Virginia
Independent
Feb 3, 1705
22 years, 363 days
Feb 1, 1728 – May 8, 1769
Later speaker of the House (1738–1766).
Raymond O. Baker
Connecticut
Democratic
1896
22 years
Jan 8, 1919 – Jan 5, 1921, Jan 3, 1923 – Jan 7, 1925
[ 117]
William F. Bogue
Connecticut
Democratic
1866
22 years
Jan 9, 1889 – Jan 7, 1891
[ 118]
Lawrence E. Carlson
Indiana
Republican
1902
22 years
Nov 5, 1924 – Nov 7, 1928
[ 119] [ 120] Later state senator (1934–1942).
Steve Fowler
Nebraska
Democratic
1950
22 years
Jan 5, 1973 – Jan 5, 1983
[ 19]
George T. Greig
Washington
Democratic
1914
22 years
Jan 11, 1937 – Jan 9, 1939
[ 53]
Allan A. Hall
Connecticut
Democratic
1896
22 years
Jan 8, 1919 – Jan 5, 1921
[ 121]
Latham Hull
Connecticut
Democratic
1870
22 years
Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 9, 1895, Jan 4, 1905 – Jan 9, 1907
[ 122]
Olin E. Hunt
Connecticut
Republican
1866
22 years
Jan 9, 1889 – Jan 7, 1891
[ 123]
Ben Jickling
Vermont
Independent
1994
22 years
Jan 4, 2017 – Sep 1, 2019
Spencer Darwin Pettis
Missouri
Democratic-Republican
1802
22 years
Nov 15, 1824 – Jul 22, 1826
Since Pettis was only 22 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution 's age requirement of 24 years.[ 124] [ 56] Later Secretary of State of Missouri (1826–1828) and U.S. representative (1829–1831).
Arthur B. Porter
Connecticut
Democratic
1866
22 years
Jan 9, 1889 – Jan 7, 1891
[ 123]
Arthur M. Proulx
Connecticut
Republican
1904
22 years
Jan 5, 1927 – Jan 9, 1929
[ 125]
Andrew Rizner
Connecticut
Republican
1898
22 years
Jan 5, 1921 – Jan 3, 1923
[ 126]
Michael B. Smith
Washington
Democratic
1912
22 years
Jan 14, 1935 – Jan 13, 1941
[ 127] [ 75] [ 76]
Samuel L. Stevens
Connecticut
Democratic
1890
22 years
Jan 8, 1913 – Jan 6, 1915
[ 128]
Joseph Alston
South Carolina
Democratic-Republican
1779
22–23 years
Nov 22, 1802 – Nov 26, 1804, Nov 20, 1805 – Dec 10, 1812
Son of William Alston . Later speaker of the state House (1805–1808, 1809–1812) and governor (1812–1814).
Felix Grundy
Kentucky
Democratic-Republican
Sep 11, 1777
22–23 years
1800 –1802, 1804–1806
Later U.S. representative (1811–1814), Tennessee state representative (1819–1825), U.S. senator (1829–1838, 1839–1840) and U.S. attorney general (1838–1839).
Mann Page
Virginia
Independent
1749
22–23 years
1772 – Dec 21, 1778
Delegate to the Continental Congress (1777–1778).
Dave Gruenes
Minnesota
Republican
Jan 6, 1958
23 years, 0 days
Jan 6, 1981 – Jan 2, 1995
Eugene G. Walker
Connecticut
Republican
Jan 2, 1888
23 years, 2 days
Jan 4, 1911 – Jan 6, 1915
[ 129] [ 130]
Thomas Edward Campbell
Arizona
Republican
Jan 18, 1878
23 years, 3 days
Jan 21, 1901 – Jan 19, 1903
Later governor (1917, 1919–1923).
Bradley Fritts
Illinois
Republican
Jan 8, 2000
23 years, 3 days
Jan 11, 2023 – present
Youngest-ever elected Illinois legislator, though Avery Bourne was younger at the time of her appointment.[ 110]
Alan Schlesinger
Connecticut
Republican
Jan 4, 1958
23 years, 3 days
Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 6, 1993
Later mayor of Derby (1994–1998) and nominee for U.S. senator (2006 ).
Thomas J. Jochum
Iowa
Democratic
Dec 25, 1951
23 years, 7 days
Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 1, 1993
[ 131]
Donald P. Hutchinson
Maryland
Democratic
Dec 31, 1945
23 years, 8 days
Jan 8, 1969 – Jan 8, 1975
Later state senator (1975–1978) and Baltimore County Executive (1978–1986).
Matt Windschitl
Iowa
Republican
Dec 30, 1983
23 years, 9 days
Jan 8, 2007 – present
Later speaker pro tempore (2014–2020) and majority leader (2020–present).
Sean Garballey
Massachusetts
Democratic
Feb 22, 1985
23 years, 11 days
Mar 4, 2008 – present
Edgar Gonzalez Jr.
Illinois
Democratic
Dec 25, 1996
23 years, 16 days
Jan 10, 2020 – present
Robert Y. Hayne
South Carolina
Democratic-Republican
Nov 10, 1791
23 years, 18 days
Nov 28, 1814 – Dec 18, 1818
Later speaker of the state House (1818), state attorney general (1818–1822), U.S. senator (1823–1832), governor (1832–1834) and mayor of Charleston (1836–1837).
Bob Brown
Montana
Republican
Dec 11, 1947
23 years, 24 days
Jan 4, 1971 – 1974
Later state senator (1975–1997), senate president (1995–1996), state secretary of state (2001–2005) and nominee for governor (2004 ).
Clarence Mitchell III
Maryland
Democratic
Dec 14, 1939
23 years, 26 days
Jan 9, 1963 – 1967
Later state senator (1967–1986).
Joe Kelton Wells
Texas
Democratic
Dec 15, 1909
23 years, 26 days
Jan 10, 1933 – Jan 12, 1937
[ 132]
Garrett Love
Kansas
Republican
Dec 12, 1987
23 years, 29 days
Jan 10, 2011 – Jan 9, 2017
Youngest-ever Kansas state senator.[ 133]
Solomon Goldstein-Rose
Massachusetts
Democratic
Dec 5, 1993
23 years, 30 days
Jan 4, 2017 – Jan 2, 2019
Left the Democratic Party in February 2018.[ 134]
Independent
Thomas F. Grady
New York
Democratic
Nov 29, 1853
23 years, 33 days
Jan 1, 1877 – Dec 31, 1879
Later state senator (1882–1883, 1889, 1896–1912) and senate minority leader (1899–1910).
George Francis Monaghan
Michigan
Democratic
Nov 28, 1875
23 years, 37 days
Jan 4, 1899 – 1900
[ 135]
Theodore W. Brevard Jr.
Florida
[? ]
Aug 26, 1835
23 years, 39 days
Oct 4, 1858 – 1859
Son of state comptroller Theodorus W. Brevard . Later state senator (1865–1866).
Ben H. Butcher
West Virginia
Democratic
Oct 23, 1855
23 years, 39 days
Dec 1, 1878 – Dec 1, 1880, Dec 1, 1930 – Feb 12, 1937
[ 136] [ 137] [ 138] Later Colorado state legislator.
George Burkman Norton
Massachusetts
Democratic
Nov 24, 1921
23 years, 40 days
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 5, 1949
George C. Windrow
Wisconsin
Democratic
Nov 16, 1931
23 years, 48 days
Jan 3, 1955 – Jan 7, 1957
[ 139]
William DuBois
Wyoming
Republican
Nov 15, 1879
23 years, 51 days
Jan 5, 1903 – Jan 4, 1909
Later state senator (1909–1913).
Jay Hooper
Vermont
Democratic
Nov 12, 1993
23 years, 53 days
Jan 4, 2017 – present
Son of Donald M. Hooper .
David Plawecki
Michigan
Democratic
Nov 8, 1947
23 years, 54 days
Jan 1, 1971 – Jan 1, 1983
Mike Blouin
Iowa
Democratic
Nov 7, 1945
23 years, 55 days
Jan 1, 1969 – Jan 1, 1973
Later state senator (1973–1975), U.S. representative (1975–1979) and candidate for governor (2006 ).
Stacey Dahl
North Dakota
Republican
Oct 7, 1981
23 years, 55 days
Dec 1, 2004 – Dec 1, 2012
William E. Kirkpatrick
Massachusetts
Republican
Nov 12, 1901
23 years, 56 days
Jan 7, 1925 – Jan 4, 1939
Josh Svaty
Kansas
Democratic
Nov 7, 1979
23 years, 62 days
Jan 8, 2003 – July 14, 2009
Later state secretary of agriculture (2009–2011) and candidate for governor (2018 ).
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Republican
Oct 27, 1858
23 years, 66 days
Jan 1, 1882 – Dec 31, 1884
President of the United States (1901–1909). Youngest-ever U.S. president.
James D. Cole
Texas
Democratic
Nov 3, 1937
23 years, 68 days
Jan 10, 1961 – Jan 14, 1975
[ 140]
Charles Royce Boss
Connecticut
Republican
Nov 1, 1871
23 years, 69 days
Jan 9, 1895 – Jan 6, 1897
[ 141] [ 142]
Richard Russell Jr.
Georgia
Democratic
Nov 2, 1897
23 years, 69 days
Jan 10, 1921 – Jan 12, 1931
Later governor (1931–1933), U.S. senator (1933–1971) and senate president pro tempore (1969–1971).
John C. Thompson Jr.
Wisconsin
Republican
Oct 25, 1901
23 years, 72 days
Jan 5, 1925 – Jan 3, 1927
[ 143]
Anthony J. Opachen
Wisconsin
Democratic
Oct 18, 1909
23 years, 78 days
Jan 4, 1933 – Jan 9, 1935
[ 144]
Arthur F. Gillen
Minnesota
Independent
Oct 10, 1919
23 years, 87 days
Jan 5, 1943 – Jan 1, 1951
[ 145] Later state senator (1951–1959).
John Montgomery
Oklahoma
Republican
Aug 13, 1991
23 years, 88 days
Nov 9, 2014 – Nov 21, 2018
Later state senator (2018–2023).
Rick S. Bender
Washington
Democratic
Oct 9, 1949
23 years, 91 days
Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 10, 1983
[ 75] [ 146]
Ben Cardin
Maryland
Democratic
Oct 5, 1943
23 years, 92 days
Jan 5, 1967 – Jan 6, 1987
Son of Meyer Cardin . Later speaker of the state House (1979–1987), U.S. representative (1987–2007) and U.S. senator (2007–2025).
Tim Baxter
New Hampshire
Republican
Aug 31, 1997
23 years, 93 days
Dec 2, 2020 – Dec 7, 2022
Edward Boland
Massachusetts
Democratic
Oct 1, 1911
23 years, 93 days
Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 1, 1941
Later U.S. representative (1953–1989).
Sammy D. Dalton
West Virginia
Democratic
Aug 29, 1951
23 years, 94 days
Dec 1, 1974 – Dec 1, 1986 Dec 1, 1988 – Dec 1, 1990 Dec 1, 1996 – Dec 1, 2000
Later state senator (1990–1994).
Joseph Clark Alvord
Connecticut
Republican
Oct 1, 1858
23 years, 95 days
Jan 4, 1882 – Jan 3, 1883
[ 147] [ 148]
Jennifer Sullivan
Florida
Republican
Aug 1, 1991
23 years, 97 days
Nov 6, 2014 – present
Antonio Felipe
Connecticut
Democratic
Feb 2, 1996
23 years, 100 days
May 13, 2019 – present
Wayne Gibbens
Texas
Democratic
Oct 1, 1937
23 years, 101 days
Jan 10, 1961 – Jan 7, 1966
Selena Torres
Nevada
Democratic
Jul 27, 1995
23 years, 103 days
Nov 7, 2018 – present
J. Keith Arnold
Florida
Democratic
Jul 21, 1959
23 years, 104 days
Nov 2, 1982 – present
Thomas Bennett Jr.
South Carolina
Democratic-Republican
Aug 14, 1781
23 years, 104 days
Nov 26, 1804 – Nov 24, 1806, Nov 28, 1808 – Nov 26, 1810, Nov 23, 1812 – Dec 19, 1812 Sep 15, 1813 – Nov 23, 1818
Later speaker of the state House (1814–1818), state senator (1820, 1837–1840) and governor (1820–1822).
Arthur L. Padrutt
Wisconsin
Progressive
Sep 26, 1917
23 years, 104 days
Jan 8, 1941 – Jan 3, 1945
[ 149]
Clementa C. Pinckney
South Carolina
Democratic
Jul 30, 1973
23 years, 104 days
Nov 11, 1996 – Nov 13, 2000
Later state senator (2000–2015).
Arthur M. Brown
Connecticut
Republican
Sep 24, 1877
23 years, 107 days
Jan 9, 1901 – Jan 7, 1903
[ 150] Later state senator (1903–1905) and nominee for governor (1936 ).
Mary Shadow
Tennessee
Democratic
Jul 17, 1925
23 years, 108 days
Nov 2, 1948 – Nov 4, 1952
Richard G. Beebe
Connecticut
Democratic
Sep 18, 1857
23 years, 109 days
Jan 5, 1881 – Jan 3, 1883, Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 9, 1901
[ 151]
J. D. Lynch
Montana
Democratic
Sep 17, 1947
23 years, 109 days
Jan 4, 1971 – Jan 3, 1979
Later state senator (1982–2001).
Rodolphe G. Bessette
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 14, 1911
23 years, 110 days
Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 4, 1939 Jan 1, 1941 – Jan 3, 1951
Hugo Black III
Florida
Democratic
Jul 15, 1953
23 years, 110 days
Nov 2, 1976 – Nov 7, 1978
Grandson of Hugo Black .
Alfred D. Clark
New Hampshire
Republican
Sep 14, 1877
23 years, 110 days
Jan 2, 1901 – [? ]
[ 152]
Alfred A. Minahan Jr.
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 14, 1953
23 years, 113 days
Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 2, 1985
Riley Keaton
West Virginia
Republican
Aug 9, 1997
23 years, 114 days
Dec 1, 2020 – Oct 12, 2023
Jason Mumpower
Tennessee
Republican
Sep 22, 1973
23 years, 114 days
Jan 14, 1997 – Jan 11, 2011
Later minority leader (2007–2009), majority leader (2009–2011) and state comptroller of the treasury (2021–present).
Robert L. Nardone
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 13, 1953
23 years, 114 days
Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 3, 1979
Charles Finnell
Texas
Democratic
Sep 16, 1943
23 years, 116 days
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 14, 1975, Jan 11, 1977 – Jan 12, 1999
[ 153] [ 154]
Daniel Pae
Oklahoma
Republican
Jul 25, 1995
23 years, 119 days
Nov 21, 2018 – present
Clinton Kersey
Texas
Democratic
Sep 11, 1915
23 years, 121 days
Jan 10, 1939 – Jan 12, 1943
[ 155]
Rudolph Tesar
Nebraska
Democratic
Sep 2, 1907
23 years, 127 days
Jan 7, 1931 – 1935
At the time the youngest-ever Nebraska state legislator.[ 156] [ 157]
Jonathan Karlen
Montana
Democratic
Aug 27, 1999
23 years, 128 days
Jan 2, 2023 – present
Kerry Rich
Alabama
Republican
Jun 25, 1951
23 years, 134 days
Nov 6, 1974 – Nov 8, 1978, Nov 7, 1990 – Nov 9, 1994, Nov 3, 2010 – Nov 9, 2022
Cedric Gates
Hawaii
Democratic
Jun 22, 1993
23 years, 139 days
Nov 8, 2016 – present
Charles I. Quirk
Massachusetts
Democratic
Aug 15, 1871
23 years, 140 days
Jan 2, 1895 – Jan 5, 1898
Later state senator (1898–1899).
Tom Connally
Texas
Democratic
Aug 19, 1877
23 years, 142 days
Jan 8, 1901 – Jan 10, 1905
Later U.S. representative (1917–1929) and U.S. senator (1929–1953).
Caleb Ness
Maine
Republican
Jul 16, 1999
23 years, 144 days
Dec 7, 2022 – present
[ 158] [ 159]
Rick Quinn Jr.
South Carolina
Republican
Jun 22, 1965
23 years, 145 days
Nov 14, 1988 – Nov 8, 2004, Nov 8, 2010 – Dec 13, 2017
Later majority leader (1999–2004).
Howard W. Taylor
Connecticut
Democratic
Aug 11, 1858
23 years, 146 days
Jan 4, 1882 – Jan 3, 1883, Jan 8, 1913 – Jan 8, 1919
[ 160]
John Whitmire
Texas
Democratic
Aug 13, 1949
23 years, 149 days
Jan 9, 1973 – Jan 11, 1983
Later state senator (1983–2023) and mayor of Houston (2024–present).
Charles J. Faulkner
Virginia
National Republican
Jul 6, 1806
23 years, 154 days
Dec 7, 1829 – Dec 5, 1830, Dec 5, 1831 – Dec 1, 1833, Jan 1, 1838 – Dec 4, 1842
Later state delegate (1848–1849) and U.S. representative (1851–1859, 1875–1877).
Whig
Frederick Joseph Duff
Texas
Democratic
Aug 6, 1859
23 years, 156 days
Jan 9, 1883 – Jan 13, 1885
[ 161]
Frederick L. Zimmerman
New York
Democratic
Jul 28, 1906
23 years, 157 days
Jan 1, 1930 – Dec 31, 1935
[ 162]
Hugh Parmer
Texas
Democratic
Aug 3, 1939
23 years, 158 days
Jan 8, 1963 – Jan 12, 1965
Later mayor of Fort Worth (1977–1979), state senator (1983–1991), state senate president pro tempore (1990) and nominee for U.S. senator (1990 ).
Cornelius T. Young
Wisconsin
Democratic
Jul 28, 1907
23 years, 161 days
Jan 5, 1931 – Jan 3, 1939
[ 163] Later speaker of the state House (1933–1935) and state senator (1939–1943).
Daniel J. Kiley
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jul 27, 1874
23 years, 162 days
Jan 5, 1898 – Jan 4, 1899, Jan 1, 1902 – Jan 6, 1904
Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.
Maryland
Democratic
Aug 1, 1903
23 years, 164 days
Jan 12, 1927 – 1933
Later U.S. representative (1939–1947) and mayor of Baltimore (1947–1959).
Julian Ivey
Maryland
Democratic
Aug 3, 1995
23 years, 169 days
Jan 19, 2019 – present
Son of Glenn and Jolene Ivey .
Thomas H. Spurr Jr.
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jul 17, 1927
23 years, 170 days
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 7, 1953
John W. Connelly
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jul 16, 1874
23 years, 173 days
Jan 5, 1898 – Jan 4, 1899
James J. Kiley
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jul 5, 1911
23 years, 181 days
Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 6, 1937
Louis J. Lefkowitz
New York
Republican
Jul 3, 1904
23 years, 182 days
Jan 1, 1928 – Dec 31, 1930
Later state attorney general (1957–1979) and nominee for mayor of New York City (1961 ).
Hunter Cantrell
Minnesota
Democratic
Jul 10, 1995
23 years, 182 days
Jan 8, 2019 – Jan 5, 2021
Melvin Ernest Nunnery
South Carolina
Democratic
May 11, 1951
23 years, 184 days
Nov 11, 1974 – Nov 8, 1982
Jason Bedrick
New Hampshire
Republican
Jun 5, 1983
23 years, 184 days
Dec 6, 2006 – Dec 3, 2008
Alan J. Dixon
Illinois
Democratic
Jul 7, 1927
23 years, 187 days
Jan 10, 1951 – Jan 1963
Later state senator (1963–1971), state treasurer (1971–1977), state secretary of state (1977–1981) and U.S. senator (1981–1993).
Nathaniel Macon
North Carolina
Independent
Dec 17, 1757
23 years, 188 days
Jun 23, 1781 – May 18, 1782, 1784
Later U.S. representative (1791–1815), speaker of the House (1801–1807), U.S. senator (1815–1828) and president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1826–1827).
Mitchel Perrizo Jr.
Minnesota
Independent
Jul 3, 1917
23 years, 188 days
Jan 7, 1941 – 1942
[ 164] [ 165] Member of the Democratic Party .
Claude R. Porter
Iowa
Democratic
Jul 8, 1872
23 years, 189 days
Jan 13, 1896 – Jan 8, 1900
Later state senator (1900–1904) and nominee for governor (1906 , 1910 , 1918 ) and for U.S. senator (1920 , 1926 ).
Benjamin Charles Garside
Wisconsin
High tariff and anti-monopoly
Jun 26, 1863
23 years, 191 days
Jan 3, 1887 – Jan 7, 1889
[ 166]
Russ Meekins Jr.
Alaska
Democratic
Jun 29, 1949
23 years, 193 days
Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 20, 1975, Jan 10, 1977 – Jan 17, 1983
[ 167]
George M. Curtis
New York
Democratic
Jun 20, 1840
23 years, 195 days
Jan 1, 1864 – Dec 31, 1864, Jan 1, 1866 – Dec 31, 1866
Lindley Beckworth
Texas
Democratic
Jun 30, 1913
23 years, 196 days
Jan 12, 1937 – Jan 10, 1939
Later U.S. representative (1939–1953, 1957–1967) and state senator (1971–1973).
George Greene
Iowa
Democratic
Apr 15, 1817
23 years, 201 days
Nov 2, 1840 – Dec 4, 1842
Myron Sulzberger
New York
Democratic
Jun 14, 1878
23 years, 201 days
Jan 1, 1902 – Dec 31, 1903
Gregory G. Gruse
Michigan
Republican
Jun 20, 1961
23 years, 203 days
Jan 9, 1985 – Jan 14, 1987
William P. Nagle Jr.
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jun 10, 1951
23 years, 205 days
Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 1, 2003
George Nigh
Oklahoma
Democratic
Jun 9, 1927
23 years, 207 days
Jan 2, 1951 – Jan 6, 1959
Later lieutenant governor (1959–1963, 1967–1979) and governor (1963, 1979–1987).
John Paul O'Brien
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jun 10, 1937
23 years, 208 days
Jan 4, 1961 – Jan 2, 1963, Jan 6, 1965 – Jan 3, 1973
Reuben E. Senterfitt
Texas
Democratic
Jun 18, 1917
23 years, 210 days
Jan 14, 1941 – Jan 11, 1955
Later speaker of the state House (1951–1955).[ 168]
John L. Donovan
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jun 3, 1876
23 years, 214 days
Jan 3, 1900 – Jan 1, 1902, Jan 5, 1910 – Jan 4, 1911, Jan 3, 1912 – Jan 4, 1919
Norman R. Klug
Wisconsin
Republican
Jun 9, 1905
23 years, 214 days
Jan 9, 1929 – Jan 7, 1931
[ 169]
James Buchanan
Pennsylvania
Federalist
Apr 23, 1791
23 years, 222 days
Dec 1, 1814 – Dec 1, 1816
President of the United States (1857–1861)
Adam Zabner
Iowa
Democratic
May 24, 1999
23 years, 222 days
Jan 1, 2023 – present
Edward Ryder
Ohio
Republican
May 4, 1948
23 years, 225 days
Dec 15, 1971 – Dec 31, 1972
Stephen A. Douglas
Illinois
Democratic
Apr 23, 1813
23 years, 226 days
Dec 5, 1836 – [? ]
U.S. senator (1847–1861) and nominee for president of the United States (1860 ).
Pat Grassley
Iowa
Republican
May 26, 1983
23 years, 227 days
Jan 8, 2007 – present
Grandson of Chuck Grassley . Later speaker of the state House (2020–present).
John G. Rowland
Connecticut
Republican
May 24, 1957
23 years, 228 days
Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 9, 1985
Later U.S. representative (1985–1991) and governor (1995–2004).
Aaron Schock
Illinois
Republican
May 28, 1981
23 years, 229 days
Jan 12, 2005 – Jan 3, 2009
Later U.S. representative (2009–2015).
Richard N. Gottfried
New York
Democratic
May 16, 1947
23 years, 230 days
Jan 1, 1971 – Dec 31, 2022
Longest-serving state legislator in New York history.[ 170]
Richard Baker
Louisiana
Democratic
May 22, 1948
23 years, 233 days
Jan 10, 1972 – Jan 1987
Switched to the Republican Party in 1986. Later U.S. representative (1987–2008)
Republican
Harry W. Haines
New Hampshire
Democratic
May 11, 1877
23 years, 236 days
Jan 2, 1901 – [? ]
[ 171]
J. Hamilton Lewis
Washington
Democratic
May 18, 1863
23 years, 237 days
Jan 10, 1887 – Jan 14, 1889
Later candidate for governor of Washington (1892 ), U.S. representative (1897–1899), candidate for governor of Illinois (1908 ), U.S. senator (1913–1919, 1931–1939) and nominee for governor of Illinois (1920 ).
J. Vander Stoep
Washington
Republican
May 20, 1957
23 years, 237 days
Jan 12, 1981 – Jan 12, 1987
[ 75]
John Buckley
Connecticut
Republican
May 12, 1885
23 years, 239 days
Jan 6, 1909 – 1910 1921–1922
Thomas W. Ferry
Michigan
Republican
Jun 10, 1827
23 years, 240 days
Feb 5, 1851 – Jan 5, 1853
Later state senator (1857–1859), U.S. representative (1865–1871), U.S. senator (1871–1883) and president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1875–1879).
Steve Gunderson
Wisconsin
Republican
May 10, 1951
23 years, 241 days
Jan 6, 1975 – Jul 9, 1979
[ 172] Later U.S. representative (1981–1997).
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Democratic
May 4, 1889
23 years, 242 days
Jan 1, 1913 – Jan 1, 1917
Later nominee for state attorney general (1922 , 1956 ), U.S. representative (1933–1937, 1941–1943, 1949–1951) and U.S. senator (1959–1971).
John C. Kleczka
Wisconsin
Republican
May 6, 1885
23 years, 243 days
Jan 4, 1909 – Jan 6, 1913
[ 173]
John E. Magenis
Massachusetts
Republican
May 5, 1873
23 years, 246 days
Jan 6, 1897 – Jan 4, 1899
Maurice Bloch
New York
Democratic
Apr 26, 1891
23 years, 250 days
Jan 1, 1915 – Dec 31, 1929
Later minority leader (1924–1929).
Rubén Díaz Jr.
New York
Democratic
Apr 26, 1973
23 years, 250 days
Jan 1, 1997 – Apr 22, 2009
Son of Rubén Díaz Sr. Later borough president of the Bronx (2009–2021) and candidate for mayor of New York City (2021 ).
Carmine J. Marasco
New York
Democratic
Apr 26, 1891
23 years, 250 days
Jan 1, 1915 – Dec 31, 1915, Jan 1, 1935 – Dec 31, 1937, Jan 1, 1939 – Jan 14, 1941
[ 174] Later state senator (1941–1944).
Tory Marie Arnberger
Kansas
Republican
May 3, 1993
23 years, 251 days
Jan 9, 2017 – present
Bill Finkbeiner
Washington
Democratic
May 5, 1969
23 years, 251 days
Jan 11, 1993 – Jan 9, 1995
Switched to the Republican Party in 1994. Later majority leader of the state senate.
Republican
Don Kennard
Texas
Democratic
May 6, 1929
23 years, 252 days
Jan 13, 1953 – Jan 8, 1963
Later state senator (1963–1973) and state senate president pro tempore (1969).
Daniel Thomas McCormick
New Hampshire
Republican
Apr 25, 1877
23 years, 252 days
Jan 2, 1901 – [? ]
[ 175]
Thomas Beadle
North Dakota
Republican
Mar 22, 1987
23 years, 254 days
Dec 1, 2010 – Dec 1, 2020
Grandson of Earl Strinden and stepson of Tony Grindberg . Later state treasurer (2021–present).
Michael J. McGlynn
Massachusetts
Democratic
Apr 23, 1953
23 years, 257 days
Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 3, 1988
Later mayor of Medford (1988–2016).
Joshua Adjutant
New Hampshire
Democratic
Mar 22, 1995
23 years, 258 days
Dec 5, 2018 – Apr 1, 2023
John W. Costello
Massachusetts
Democratic
Apr 20, 1927
23 years, 258 days
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 3, 1961
Later member of the governor's council (1961–1965).
Otto Kotouč
Nebraska
Democratic
Apr 22, 1885
23 years, 259 days
Jan 6, 1909 – Jan 8, 1913
Skyler Wheeler
Iowa
Republican
Apr 24, 1993
23 years, 260 days
Jan 9, 2017 – present
John J. O'Connor
Massachusetts
Democratic
Apr 12, 1871
23 years, 265 days
Jan 2, 1895 – Jan 6, 1897
Oscar Raymond Luhring
Indiana
Republican
Feb 11, 1879
23 years, 267 days
Nov 5, 1902 – Nov 9, 1904
Later U.S. representative (1919–1923).
Martin J. Schreiber
Wisconsin
Democratic
Apr 8, 1939
23 years, 268 days
Jan 1, 1963 – Jan 1, 1971
Youngest-ever Wisconsin state senator.[ 176] Son of Martin E. Schreiber . Later lieutenant governor (1971–1977), governor (1977–1979) and candidate for mayor of Milwaukee (1988 ).
Henry Byron Noyes Jr.
Connecticut
Republican
Apr 15, 1871
23 years, 269 days
Jan 9, 1895 – Jan 6, 1897
[ 177]
Peter Shapiro
New Jersey
Democratic
Apr 18, 1952
23 years, 270 days
Jan 13, 1976 – Jan 1979
Later Essex County Executive (1979–1987) and nominee for governor (1985 ).
Philip Erdman
Nebraska
Republican
Apr 7, 1977
23 years, 271 days
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 7, 2009
Johnny Olszewski
Maryland
Democratic
Sep 10, 1982
23 years, 275 days
Jun 12, 2006 – Jan 14, 2015
Youngest-ever chairman of the Baltimore County Delegation .[ 178] Later Baltimore County Executive (2019–2025) and U.S. representative (2025–present)
Nabeela Syed
Illinois
Democratic
Apr 10, 1999
23 years, 276 days
Jan 11, 2023 – present
Casey Kozlowski
Ohio
Republican
Mar 31, 1987
23 years, 278 days
Jan 3, 2011 – Dec 31, 2012
Niraj Antani
Ohio
Republican
Feb 26, 1991
23 years, 279 days
Dec 2, 2014 – Dec 31, 2020
Later state senator (2021–present).
John A. Murphy
Wisconsin
Republican
Mar 28, 1863
23 years, 281 days
Jan 3, 1887 – Jan 7, 1889
[ 179]
John Joseph Linehan
Massachusetts
Democratic
Mar 26, 1933
23 years, 282 days
Jan 2, 1957 – Jan 4, 1961
Harold Lloyd Murphy
Georgia
Democratic
Mar 31, 1927
23 years, 283 days
Jan 8, 1951 – Jan 9, 1961
Torrey Westrom
Minnesota
Republican
Mar 27, 1973
23 years, 286 days
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 7, 2013
Later state senator (2013–present).
Corey Mock
North Dakota
Democratic
Feb 17, 1985
23 years, 288 days
Dec 1, 2008 – present
Later minority leader (2014–2018).
Anton N. Moursund
Texas
Democratic
Mar 26, 1877
23 years, 288 days
Jan 8, 1901 – Jan 13, 1903
Son of Albert Wadel Hansen Moursund .
Harry H. Ham
Massachusetts
Republican
Mar 16, 1883
23 years, 292 days
Jan 2, 1907 – Jan 4, 1911
Wesley C. Uhlman
Washington
Democratic
Mar 23, 1935
23 years, 295 days
Jan 12, 1959 – Jan 9, 1967
Later state senator (1967–1969) and mayor of Seattle (1969–1978).
Henry Converse Atwill
Massachusetts
Republican
Mar 11, 1872
23 years, 296 days
Jan 1, 1896 – Jan 4, 1899
Later state senator (1899–1901) and state attorney general (1915–1919).
Elizabeth M. Tamposi
New Hampshire
Republican
Feb 13, 1955
23 years, 296 days
Dec 6, 1978 – Dec 3, 1986
Later assistant secretary of state for consular affairs (1989–1992).
Tony Korioth
Texas
Democratic
Mar 16, 1933
23 years, 298 days
Jan 8, 1957 – Sep 10, 1961
Richard A. Westman
Vermont
Republican
Mar 13, 1959
23 years, 298 days
Jan 5, 1983 – Jan 2009
Later state senator (2011–present).
Wayne Stenehjem
North Dakota
Republican
Feb 5, 1953
23 years, 300 days
Dec 1, 1976 – Dec 1, 1980
Later state senator (1980–2000) and state attorney general (2000–2022).
Charles S. Fairfax
California
Democratic
Mar 8, 1829
23 years, 301 days
Jan 3, 1853 – Jan 1, 1855
Later speaker of the state House (1854–1855).
Thomas Settle
North Carolina
Democratic
Jan 23, 1831
23 years, 301 days
Nov 20, 1854 – Nov 19, 1860
Later speaker of the state House (1858–1860).
Archibald A. Stone Jr.
Minnesota
Independent
Mar 7, 1893
23 years, 301 days
Jan 2, 1917 – Jan 6, 1919
[ 180] [ 181]
Nicholas Paleologos
Massachusetts
Democratic
Mar 9, 1953
23 years, 302 days
Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 1, 1991
Andrew Stein
New York
Democratic
Mar 4, 1945
23 years, 303 days
Jan 1, 1969 – Dec 31, 1972
Later borough president of Manhattan (1978–1985) and president of the New York City Council (1986–1994).
Thomas Golden Jr.
Massachusetts
Democratic
Mar 5, 1971
23 years, 305 days
Jan 4, 1995 – May 26, 2022
Later city manager of Lowell (2022–present).
William J. Pennock
Washington
Democratic
Mar 10, 1915
23 years, 305 days
Jan 9, 1939 – Jan 13, 1947
[ 75] [ 182] [ 183] Priorly member of the Communist Party . Later co-founder of the state Progressive Party (1948).[ 184]
Harry G. Slater
Wisconsin
Republican
Mar 6, 1905
23 years, 307 days
Jan 7, 1929 – Jan 5, 1931
[ 185]
Victor Ashe
Tennessee
Republican
Jan 1, 1945
23 years, 309 days
Nov 5, 1968 – Nov 5, 1974
Later nominee for U.S. senator (1984 ) and mayor of Knoxville (1987–2003).
Olaf C. Olsen
Wisconsin
Socialist
Feb 26, 1899
23 years, 311 days
Jan 3, 1923 – Jan 3, 1927
[ 186]
Dorothy Bradley
Montana
Democratic
Feb 24, 1947
23 years, 315 days
Jan 5, 1971 – Jan 3, 1979, Jan 7, 1985 – Jan 4, 1993
Later nominee for governor (1992 ).
David Lowry Swain
North Carolina
Independent
Jan 4, 1801
23 years, 316 days
Nov 15, 1824 – Jan 8, 1830
Later governor (1832–1835).
David Beasley
South Carolina
Democratic
Feb 26, 1957
23 years, 318 days
Jan 9, 1981 – Jan 10, 1995
Switched to the Republican Party in 1991. Later governor (1995–1999) and executive director of the World Food Programme (2017–present).
Republican
Kaniela Ing
Hawaii
Democratic
Dec 24, 1988
23 years, 319 days
Nov 7, 2012 – Nov 6, 2018
Arturo Alonso
Oklahoma
Democratic
Jan 7, 1999
23 years, 320 days
Nov 23, 2022 – present
Jeffrey D. Padden
Michigan
Democratic
Feb 22, 1951
23 years, 320 days
Jan 8, 1975 – Jan 1985
Jesse K. Dubois
Illinois
Whig
Jan 14, 1811
23 years, 321 days
Dec 1, 1834 – 1840, Dec 4, 1842 – 1844
Later state auditor of public accounts (1857–1864).
Peter Snowe
Maine
Republican
Jan 16, 1943
23 years, 325 days
Dec 7, 1966 – Apr 10, 1973
Patrick N. Hogan
Maryland
Republican
Feb 15, 1979
23 years, 327 days
Jan 8, 2003 – Jan 10, 2007 Jan 12, 2011 – Jan 14, 2015
[ 187]
James Manley Head
Texas
Democratic
Feb 16, 1909
23 years, 329 days
Jan 10, 1933 – Jan 12, 1937
Later state senator (1937–1941).[ 188]
William T. Barry
Kentucky
Democratic-Republican
Feb 5, 1784
23 years, 330 days
Jan 1, 1808 – [? ]
Later U.S. representative (1810–1811), U.S. senator (1815–1816), state senator (1817–1821), lieutenant governor (1820–1824), commonwealth secretary of state (1824–1825), Democratic Party nominee for governor (1828 ) and U.S. postmaster general (1829–1835).
James Jackson
Georgia
Independent
Sep 21, 1757
23 years, 330 days
Aug 17, 1781 – 1783, Jan 4, 1785 – 1787, Jan 12, 1796 – 1798
Later governor -elect (1788, declined the position), U.S. representative (1789–1791), U.S. senator (1793–1795, 1801–1806) and governor (1798–1801).
Democratic-Republican
Donald L. Kimball
Iowa
Republican
Feb 15, 1933
23 years, 334 days
Jan 14, 1957 – Jan 8, 1961
[ 189]
John McCandish King
Illinois
Republican
Feb 15, 1927
23 years, 334 days
Jan 15, 1951 – Jan 15, 1957
Bob Giersdorf
Alaska
Democratic
Feb 24, 1935
23 years, 336 days
Jan 26, 1959 – Jan 29, 1960, Feb 2, 1960 – Jan 23, 1961
[ 190]
Rayford Price
Texas
Democratic
Feb 9, 1937
23 years, 336 days
Jan 10, 1961 – Jan 9, 1973
Later speaker of the state House (1972–1973).
James Monroe
Virginia
Independent
Apr 28, 1758
23 years, 338 days
Apr 1, 1782 – May 5, 1783, Oct 15, 1787 – Oct 19, 1789, Dec 3, 1810 – Jan 16, 1811
Founding Father of the United States and U.S. President
Marilinda Garcia
New Hampshire
Republican
Jan 1, 1983
23 years, 339 days
Dec 6, 2006 – Dec 3, 2008, Apr 29, 2009 – Dec 2, 2014
Kylie Oversen
North Dakota
Democratic
Feb 3, 1989
23 years, 340 days
Jan 8, 2013 – Dec 5, 2016
Elected Chair of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL at 26, making her the youngest U.S. state party chair at the time.[ 191]
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
Alaska
Democratic
Feb 7, 1989
23 years, 343 days
Jan 15, 2013 – Jan 17, 2023
[ 81]
Walker Hines
Louisiana
Democratic
Jan 31, 1984
23 years, 348 days
Jan 14, 2008 – Jan 9, 2012
Switched to the Republican Party in November 2010.
Republican
Joe B. Cannon
Texas
Democratic
Jan 29, 1935
23 years, 349 days
Jan 13, 1959 – Jan 12, 1965
[ 192]
Littleton Waller Tazewell
Virginia
Democratic-Republican
Dec 17, 1774
23 years, 351 days
Dec 3, 1798 – Dec 7, 1801, Dec 3, 1804 – Dec 1, 1806, Nov 11, 1816 – Dec 1, 1817
Son of Henry Tazewell . Later U.S. representative (1800–1801), U.S. senator (1824–1832), president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1832) and governor (1834–1836).
Carleton Fulbright
Missouri
Democratic
Jan 15, 1911
23 years, 352 days
Jan 2, 1935 – 1937
[ 193] [ 194] Since Fulbright was not yet 24 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution 's age requirement.[ 56]
Ibra Charles Blackwood
South Carolina
Democratic
Nov 21, 1878
23 years, 354 days
Nov 10, 1902 – Nov 12, 1906
Later governor (1931–1935).
John Zampieri
Vermont
Democratic
Jan 19, 1941
23 years, 353 days
Jan 6, 1965 – Jan 14, 1985
Serranus Clinton Hastings
Iowa
Democratic
Nov 22, 1814
23 years, 355 days
Nov 12, 1838 – Nov 1, 1840
Later legislative councillor (1840–1846), U.S. representative (1846–1847) and attorney general of California (1852–1854).
Jeff Johnston
Oklahoma
Democratic
Jan 16, 1951
23 years, 356 days
Jan 7, 1975 – Jan 2, 1979
[ 195] [ 196] [ 197] [ 198] Later state senator (1979–1982).
Paul Haring
Texas
Democratic
Jan 18, 1937
23 years, 358 days
Jan 10, 1961 – Jan 10, 1967
Later switched to the Republican Party.
Blake Carpenter
Kansas
Republican
Jan 14, 1991
23 years, 363 days
Jan 12, 2015 – present
Later speaker pro tempore (2023–present).
William Van Ness Bay
Missouri
Democratic
Nov 23, 1818
23 years, 363 days
Nov 21, 1842 – Dec 25, 1848
Younger brother of Samuel M. Bay . Later U.S. representative (1849–1851).
Robert Robinson
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jan 4, 1889
23 years, 363 days
Jan 1, 1913 – Jan 5, 1916
Avery Anderson
Kansas
Republican
1997
23 years
Jan 11, 2021 – present
Mark S. DeFrancesco
Connecticut
Democratic
Dec 1949
23 years
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 8, 1975
[ 199]
Jim Donnelly
Maine
Republican
1967
23 years
Dec 5, 1990 – Dec 2, 1998
Wilfred A. Duquette
Connecticut
Democratic
1905
23 years
Jan 9, 1929 – Jan 7, 1931
[ 200]
Charles C. Hoskins
Connecticut
Democratic
1863
23 years
Jan 5, 1887 – Jan 9, 1889
[ 201]
Karen Kilgarin
Nebraska
Democratic
1957
23 years
Jan 7, 1981 – 1984
At the time the youngest-ever female Nebraska legislator.[ 202] [ 203]
Maynard J. Kirby
Connecticut
Democratic
1925
23 years
Jan 5, 1949 – Jan 3, 1951
[ 204]
Albert Phillips
Connecticut
Democratic
1887
23 years
Jan 4, 1911 – Jan 8, 1913
[ 205] [ 206] Later secretary of the state (1913–1915).
Francis J. Pizzo
Connecticut
Democratic
1925
23 years
Jan 5, 1949 – Jan 3, 1951
[ 204] [ 207]
Vincent A. Roberti
Connecticut
Democratic
1953
23 years
Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 9, 1985
[ 208]
Jackson Sayama
Hawaii
Democratic
1997
23 years
Nov 3, 2020 – present
Corbin Sullivan
Washington
Democratic
1911
23 years
Jan 14, 1935 – Jan 11, 1937
[ 127] [ 75]
Katie Zolnikov
Montana
Republican
1997
23 years
Oct 5, 2020 – present
Appointed following the resignation of her husband Daniel .[ 209]
Philip Ludwell Jr.
Virginia
Independent
1672
23–24 years
1696 – 1697, 1698 – 1700
Son of Philip Ludwell .
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
South Carolina
Independent
Feb 25, 1746
23–24 years
1770 – [? ]
Son of Charles Pinckney . Later state senator, Federalist nominee for vice president of the United States (1800 ) and Federalist nominee for president of the United States (1804 , 1808 ).
Christopher Robinson
Virginia
Independent
1681
23–24 years
1705 – 1715
Son of Christopher Robinson .
Joseph Medill Patterson
Illinois
Republican
Jan 6, 1879
24 years, 1 day
Jan 7, 1903 – Jan 4, 1905
Grandson of Joseph Medill .
T. Emmet Clarie
Connecticut
Democratic
Jan 1, 1913
24 years, 5 days
Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 6, 1943
[ 210]
John Philip Lanergan
Massachusetts
Democratic
Dec 30, 1874
24 years, 5 days
Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 2, 1901
Phil Cates
Texas
Democratic
Jan 6, 1947
24 years, 6 days
Jan 12, 1971 – Jan 9, 1979
[ 211] [ 212]
Joe Alexander
New Hampshire
Republican
Nov 28, 1994
24 years, 7 days
Dec 5, 2018 – present
[ 213]
Greg Jergeson
Montana
Democratic
Dec 29, 1950
24 years, 8 days
Jan 6, 1975 – Jan 5, 1981, Jan 5, 1987 – Jan 6, 2003, Jan 7, 2013 – Jan 2, 2017
William Christopher Lunney
Massachusetts
Democratic
Dec 24, 1910
24 years, 9 days
Jan 2, 1935 – Jan 1, 1947
James Vernon Lea
Texas
Democratic
Jan 12, 1850
24 years, 11 days
Jan 23, 1874 – Apr 18, 1876
[ 214]
George N. McKendry
Connecticut
Democratic
Dec 25, 1890
24 years, 12 days
Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 3, 1917
[ 215]
Joseph McGrath
Massachusetts
Democratic
Dec 20, 1890
24 years, 17 days
Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 1, 1919
Later Boston City Councilor (1926–1928, 1930–1936), president of the Boston City Council (1931, 1933), chair of the state Democratic Party (1935–1939) and Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston (1938–1943).
James B. Adams
Texas
Democratic
Dec 21, 1926
24 years, 19 days
Jan 9, 1951 – Aug 6, 1951
Richard Mentor Johnson
Kentucky
Democratic-Republican
Oct 17, 1780
24 years, 20 days
Nov 6, 1804 – Nov 4, 1806, Dec 30, 1841 – Dec 29, 1843 Nov 5, 1850 – Nov 19, 1850
Later U.S. representative (1807–1819, 1829–1837), U.S. senator (1819–1829) and vice president (1837–1841). Joined the Democratic Party in 1828.
Democratic
Jim Wright
Texas
Democratic
Dec 22, 1922
24 years, 23 days
Jan 14, 1947 – Jan 11, 1949
Later U.S. representative (1955–1989) and speaker of the U.S. House (1987–1989).
Jack Brooks
Texas
Democratic
Dec 18, 1922
24 years, 27 days
Jan 14, 1947 – Jan 9, 1951
Later U.S. representative (1953–1995).
Tip O'Neill
Massachusetts
Democratic
Dec 9, 1912
24 years, 28 days
Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 7, 1953
Later speaker of the state House (1949–1953), U.S. representative (1953–1987) and speaker of the U.S. House (1977–1987).
Boies Penrose
Pennsylvania
Republican
Nov 1, 1860
24 years, 30 days
Dec 1, 1884 – Dec 1, 1886
Grandson of Charles B. Penrose . Later state senator (1886–1897), state senate president pro tempore (1889–1891), U.S. senator (1897–1921) and chair of the state Republican Party (1903–1905).
Cathy Zeuske
Wisconsin
Republican
Dec 4, 1958
24 years, 30 days
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 7, 1991
Later state treasurer (1991–1995) and secretary of the state department of revenue (1996–2001).
Steven Foti
Wisconsin
Republican
Dec 3, 1958
24 years, 31 days
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 3, 2005
[ 216]
John P. Burke
Massachusetts
Democratic
Dec 2, 1954
24 years, 32 days
Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 1, 1991
James Sturch
Arkansas
Republican
Dec 8, 1990
24 years, 35 days
Jan 12, 2015 – Jan 14, 2019
Later state senator (2019–present)
Jesse T. George
Texas
Democratic
Dec 7, 1940
24 years, 36 days
Jan 12, 1965 – Sep 5, 1967
[ 217]
William Hunter
Rhode Island
Federalist
Nov 26, 1774
24 years, 36 days
Jan 1, 1799 – 1812, 1823 – 1825
Later U.S. senator (1811–1821).
Jim Lord
Minnesota
Democratic
Nov 26, 1948
24 years, 38 days
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 7, 1975
Later state treasurer (1975–1983), becoming the youngest-ever Minnesota state constitutional officer .[ 218]
Bill Gardner
New Hampshire
Democratic
Oct 26, 1948
24 years, 41 days
Dec 6, 1972 – Dec 1, 1976
Later state secretary of state (1976–2022).
Patrick William Nee
Massachusetts
Democratic
Nov 22, 1938
24 years, 41 days
Jan 2, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967
Linford Fenn Root
Connecticut
Democratic
Nov 22, 1868
24 years, 43 days
Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 9, 1895
[ 219]
Joseph J. Norton
Massachusetts
Democratic
Nov 19, 1870
24 years, 44 days
Jan 2, 1895 – Jan 6, 1897
Amos Percy Scarborough
Texas
Democratic
Nov 27, 1908
24 years, 44 days
Jan 10, 1933 – Jan 12, 1937
[ 220]
Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
Democratic
Nov 23, 1804
24 years, 45 days
Jan 7, 1829 – Jan 2, 1833
President of the United States (1853–1857). At the time the youngest-ever U.S. president.
Emily Virgin
Oklahoma
Democratic
Oct 1, 1986
24 years, 47 days
Nov 17, 2010 – Nov 16, 2022
Later minority leader (2018–2022).
Mary Landrieu
Louisiana
Democratic
Nov 23, 1955
24 years, 52 days
Jan 14, 1980 – Jan 1988
Daughter of Moon Landrieu . Later U.S. senator (1997–2015).
Lewis Cass
Ohio
Democratic-Republican
Oct 9, 1782
24 years, 53 days
Dec 1, 1806 – 1807
Later governor of the Territory of Michigan (1813–1831), Secretary of War (1831–1836), U.S. senator (1845–1848, 1849–1857), Democratic Party nominee for president of the United States (1848 ), president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1854) and Secretary of State (1857–1860).
Laurence M. Keitt
South Carolina
Democratic
Oct 4, 1824
24 years, 54 days
Nov 27, 1848 – Mar 3, 1853
Later U.S. representative (1853–1856, 1856–1860) and member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States (1861–1862).
Ben Adamowski
Illinois
Democratic
Nov 20, 1906
24 years, 55 days
Jan 14, 1931 – Jan 8, 1941
Later candidate for U.S. senator (1940 ), candidate for mayor of Chicago (1955 ) and Republican Party nominee for mayor of Chicago (1963 ).
Theodore A. Glynn
Massachusetts
Democratic
Nov 8, 1881
24 years, 56 days
Jan 3, 1906 – Jan 2, 1907
Later candidate for mayor of Boston (1925 ).
Chuck Schumer
New York
Democratic
Nov 3, 1950
24 years, 59 days
Jan 1, 1975 – Dec 31, 1980
Later U.S. representative (1981–1999) and U.S. senator (1999–present).
Robert H. M. Davidson
Florida
Democratic
Sep 23, 1832
24 years, 62 days
Nov 24, 1856 – Nov 26, 1860
Later state senator (1860–1862) and U.S. representative (1877–1891).
Otis Theodore Dunagan
Texas
Democratic
Nov 9, 1908
24 years, 62 days
Jan 10, 1933 – Jan 12, 1937
[ 221]
J. Chris Newton
Tennessee
Republican
Nov 9, 1970
24 years, 62 days
Jan 10, 1995 – Sep 1, 2005
Cornelius H. Toland
Massachusetts
Democratic
Nov 2, 1868
24 years, 63 days
Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 2, 1895
C. Frank Hitchcock
Connecticut
Republican
Oct 31, 1924
24 years, 66 days
Jan 5, 1949 – Jan 5, 1955
[ 222]
Margaret Coughlin
Washington
Democratic
Nov 5, 1912
24 years, 67 days
Jan 11, 1937 – Jan 9, 1939
[ 223] [ 224] [ 225]
Charles Henry Brown
Connecticut
[? ]
Oct 28, 1857
24 years, 68 days
Jan 4, 1882 – Jan 3, 1883
[ 226]
David Berger
Wisconsin
Democratic
Oct 27, 1946
24 years, 69 days
Jan 4, 1971 – Jan 6, 1975
[ 227]
John Gard
Wisconsin
Republican
Aug 3, 1963
24 years, 70 days
Oct 12, 1987 – Jan 3, 2007
Later speaker of the state House (2003–2007).
Andy Vargas
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 3, 1993
24 years, 73 days
Nov 15, 2017 – present
Terry Miller
Alaska
Republican
Nov 10, 1942
24 years, 74 days
Jan 23, 1967 – Jan 10, 1977
[ 228]
Coleman Young II
Michigan
Democratic
Oct 18, 1982
24 years, 75 days
Jan 1, 2007 – Jan 1, 2011
Son of Coleman Young . Later candidate for mayor of Detroit (2009 , 2017 ) and state senator (2011–2019).
Conrad Hilton
New Mexico
Republican
Dec 25, 1887
24 years, 77 days
Mar 11, 1912 – 1916
John J. Crittenden
Kentucky
Democratic-Republican
Sep 10, 1787
24 years, 83 days
Dec 2, 1811 – 1817
Later U.S. senator (appointed in 1814, at which point he was too young ;[ 229] served 1817–1819, 1835–1841, 1842–1848, 1855–1861), nominee for Supreme Court justice (1828–1829), U.S. attorney general (1841, 1850–1853), governor (1848–1850) and U.S. representative (1861–1863).
Abner Arrasmith
Kansas
Republican
Oct 15, 1844
24 years, 88 days
Jan 11, 1869 – Jan 9, 1871
Gregory Mayhew
Massachusetts
Republican
Sep 19, 1945
24 years, 88 days
Dec 16, 1969 – Jan 3, 1973
Succeeded his deceased father Benjamin [d ] in office.[ 230] [ 231]
Edmund Dinis
Massachusetts
Democratic
Oct 4, 1924
24 years, 93 days
Jan 5, 1949 – 1951
Later state senator (1953–1957).
Brian Dempsey
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 30, 1966
24 years, 94 days
Jan 2, 1991 – July 19, 2017
Dave Obey
Wisconsin
Democratic
Oct 3, 1938
24 years, 96 days
Jan 7, 1963 – Apr 1, 1969
Later U.S. representative (1969–2011).
Patrick Rose
Texas
Democratic
Oct 10, 1978
24 years, 96 days
Jan 14, 2003 – Jan 11, 2011
[ 232]
Lawrence W. Ledvina
Wisconsin
Republican
Sep 28, 1880
24 years, 97 days
Jan 3, 1905 – Jan 3, 1911
[ 233]
John P. McCormally
Kansas
Democratic
Oct 8, 1922
24 years, 97 days
Jan 13, 1947 – Jan 10, 1949
[ 234]
John P. Varda
Wisconsin
Progressive
Oct 1, 1916
24 years, 97 days
Jan 6, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943
[ 235]
Dewey Young
Texas
Democratic
Oct 3, 1898
24 years, 98 days
Jan 9, 1923 – Jan 10, 1933
[ 236]
Stephen McGrail
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 23, 1948
24 years, 102 days
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1977
Joseph Edward Duffy
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 25, 1912
24 years, 103 days
Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939 Jan 1, 1947 – Jan 5, 1949
Steven Zirnkilton
Maine
Republican
Aug 18, 1958
24 years, 105 days
Dec 1, 1982 – Dec 5, 1988, Dec 2, 1992 – Dec 7, 1994
William F. Galvin
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 17, 1950
24 years, 106 days
Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 2, 1991
Later secretary of the commonwealth (1995–present).
Walter Frank Woodul
Texas
Democratic
Sep 25, 1892
24 years, 106 days
Jan 9, 1917 – Sep 29, 1917
[ 237] Later state senator (1929–1935), state senate president pro tempore (1933) and lieutenant governor (1935–1939).
Peter D. Bear
Wisconsin
Democratic
Sep 18, 1952
24 years, 107 days
Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 3, 1979
Later state senator (1979–1981).
Charles King
New York
Federalist
Mar 16, 1789
24 years, 107 days
Jul 1, 1813 – Jun 30, 1814
Son of Rufus King .
Elisha C. Andrews
New Hampshire
Democratic
Sep 16, 1876
24 years, 108 days
Jan 2, 1901 – [? ]
[ 238]
Melanie Stambaugh
Washington
Republican
Sep 25, 1990
24 years, 109 days
Jan 12, 2015 – Jan 14, 2019
Zach Brown
Montana
Democratic
Sep 18, 1990
24 years, 110 days
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021
Ed Kacir
Texas
Democratic
Sep 23, 1896
24 years, 110 days
Jan 11, 1921 – Jan 9, 1923
[ 239]
William G. Arvanitis
Massachusetts
Republican
Sep 16, 1946
24 years, 112 days
Jan 6, 1971 – Jan 3, 1973
John W. Hartmann
New Jersey
Republican
Sep 22, 1967
24 years, 114 days
Jan 14, 1992 – Jan 11, 1994
Grant Harrison Shaft
North Dakota
Republican
Aug 9, 1962
24 years, 114 days
Dec 1, 1986 – Dec 1, 1990
[ 240]
John J. Gilbride
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 14, 1889
24 years, 115 days
Jan 7, 1914 – Jan 5, 1916
J. Herman Tubbs
Connecticut
Republican
Sep 14, 1859
24 years, 117 days
Jan 9, 1884 – Jan 7, 1885
[ 241]
David S. Day
Connecticut
Republican
Sep 8, 1880
24 years, 118 days
Jan 4, 1905 – Jan 9, 1907
[ 242]
Bill Keating
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 6, 1952
24 years, 119 days
Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 3, 1985
Later state senator (1985–1999) and U.S. representative (2011–present).
Cynthia Lummis
Wyoming
Republican
Sep 10, 1954
24 years, 120 days
Jan 8, 1979 – Jan 3, 1983, Jan 7, 1985 – Jan 14, 1993
Later state senator (1993–1995), state treasurer (1999–2007), U.S. representative (2009–2017) and U.S. senator (2021–present).
Isaac Kinsey Wilson
Iowa
Republican
Sep 12, 1867
24 years, 121 days
Jan 11, 1892 – Jan 7, 1894
[ 243]
Melvin Laird
Wisconsin
Republican
Sep 1, 1922
24 years, 122 days
Jan 1, 1947 – Jan 1, 1953
Succeeded his deceased father in office, becoming the youngest-ever Wisconsin state senator.[ 244] Later U.S. representative (1953–1969), U.S. secretary of defense (1969–1973) and White House domestic affairs advisor (1973–1974).
Bruce E. Wetherbee
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 1, 1950
24 years, 122 days
Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 1, 1985
Edward Johnstone
Iowa
Democratic
Jul 4, 1815
24 years, 123 days
Nov 4, 1839 – Nov 1, 1840
[ 245] Later territorial councilor (1840–1842).
Dave Norman Vigneault
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 3, 1936
24 years, 123 days
Jan 4, 1961 – Jan 6, 1971
Martin Sennet Conner
Mississippi
Democratic
Aug 31, 1891
24 years, 126 days
Jan 4, 1916 – Jan 1924
Later governor (1932–1936)
Thomas P. White
Massachusetts
Democratic
Aug 27, 1950
24 years, 127 days
Jan 1, 1975 – Jan 6, 1987
Later state senator (1987–1991).
Benjamin F. Williamson
Arkansas
Democratic
Sep 5, 1856
24 years, 127 days
Jan 10, 1881 – [? ]
[ 246] [ 247] [ 248]
Martin Thomas Reilly
Massachusetts
Democratic
Sep 1, 1956
24 years, 128 days
Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 4, 1989
Joseph P. Cooney
Connecticut
Democratic
Aug 30, 1906
24 years, 130 days
Jan 7, 1931 – Jan 9, 1935, Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 6, 1943
[ 249]
Alisha Thomas Morgan
Georgia
Democratic
Sep 5, 1978
24 years, 130 days
Jan 13, 2003 – Jan 12, 2015
Bill Tippen
Texas
Democratic
Sep 6, 1922
24 years, 130 days
Jan 14, 1947 – Jan 9, 1951
Later state senator (1972–1973).
Mark Clodfelter
Michigan
Democratic
Aug 23, 1950
24 years, 131 days
Jan 1, 1975 – 1980
Justin Simmons
Pennsylvania
Republican
Aug 26, 1986
24 years, 131 days
Jan 4, 2011 – Jan 5, 2021
Anesa Kajtazović
Iowa
Democratic
Aug 30, 1986
24 years, 133 days
Jan 10, 2011 – Jan 11, 2015
Joe Fitzgibbon
Washington
Democratic
Aug 27, 1986
24 years, 136 days
Jan 10, 2011 – present
Shane Broadway
Arkansas
Democratic
Aug 30, 1972
24 years, 136 days
Jan 13, 1997 – Jan 13, 2003
Later speaker of the state House (2001–2003; youngest-ever speaker of the Arkansas House[ 250] ), state senator (2003–2011) and nominee for lieutenant governor (2010 ).
Herman M. Albert
New York
Democratic
Aug 15, 1901
24 years, 139 days
Jan 1, 1926 – Dec 31, 1933
Edward M. Day
Connecticut
Republican
Aug 20, 1872
24 years, 139 days
Jan 6, 1897 – Jan 4, 1899
[ 251]
Byron C. Ostby
Wisconsin
Republican
Aug 17, 1924
24 years, 139 days
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 3, 1951
[ 252]
Gary W. Laidig
Minnesota
Republican
Aug 15, 1948
24 years, 140 days
Jan 2, 1973 – Jan 3, 1983
Later state senator (1983–2001).
George Peddy
Texas
Democratic
Aug 22, 1892
24 years, 140 days
Jan 9, 1917 – Sep 10, 1917
Later candidate for U.S. senator (1922 , 1948 ).
Kurt Zwikl
Pennsylvania
Democratic
Jun 28, 1949
24 years, 140 days
Nov 15, 1973 – Nov 30, 1984
Truett Latimer
Texas
Democratic
Aug 23, 1928
24 years, 143 days
Jan 13, 1953 – Jan 8, 1963
[ 253]
Earl Blumenauer
Oregon
Democratic
Aug 16, 1948
24 years, 145 days
Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 1, 1979
Later U.S. representative (1996–present).
Darrell Hanson
Iowa
Republican
Aug 8, 1954
24 years, 146 days
Jan 1, 1979 – Jan 1, 1995
[ 254]
Fred B. Balzar
Nevada
Republican
Jun 15, 1880
24 years, 147 days
Nov 9, 1904 – Nov 7, 1906
Later state senator (1908–1916), state senate president pro tempore (1915), chairman of the state Republican Party (1924–1925) and governor (1927–1934).
J. C. W. Beckham
Kentucky
Democratic
Aug 5, 1869
24 years, 149 days
Jan 1, 1894 – Jan 1, 1898
Grandson of Charles A. Wickliffe and nephew of Robert C. Wickliffe . Became the youngest-ever Kentucky state legislator.[ 255] Later lieutenant governor (1900), governor (1900–1907) and U.S. senator (1915–1921).
Alonzo Sledge
Texas
Republican
Aug 15, 1854
24 years, 152 days
Jan 14, 1879 – Jan 11, 1881
John L. Helm
Kentucky
Whig
Jul 4, 1802
24 years, 153 days
Dec 4, 1826 – Dec 31, 1844
Later state senator (1844–1848), lieutenant governor (1848–1850) and governor (1850–1851, 1867).
Khaleel Anderson
New York
Democratic
Jun 11, 1996
24 years, 154 days
Nov 12, 2020 – present
Mazzie Christensen
Missouri
Republican
Aug 3, 1998
24 years, 154 days
Jan 4, 2023 – present
Frank Foster
Michigan
Republican
Jul 31, 1986
24 years, 154 days
Jan 1, 2011 – Jan 1, 2015
Temple Lea Houston
Texas
Democratic
Aug 12, 1860
24 years, 154 days
Jan 13, 1885 – 1889
Youngest-ever Texas state senator.[ 28] Son of Sam Houston .
Jim Slattery
Kansas
Democratic
Aug 4, 1948
24 years, 157 days
Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 8, 1979
Later U.S. representative (1983–1995).
Romaine Quinn
Wisconsin
Republican
Jul 30, 1990
24 years, 157 days
Jan 3, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021
Priorly mayor of Rice Lake (2010–2012). Later state senator (2023–present).
Robert F. Murray
Washington
Democratic
Aug 8, 1910
24 years, 159 days
Jan 14, 1935 – Jan 11, 1937
[ 256]
David Nelson
Alaska
Republican
Aug 13, 1996
24 years, 159 days
Jan 19, 2021 – present
Daniel Elliott Huger
South Carolina
[? ]
Jun 28, 1779
24 years, 160 days
Dec 5, 1803 – Nov 27, 1820, Nov 22, 1830 – Nov 26, 1832
Son of Daniel Huger and son-in-law of Arthur Middleton . Later state senator (1838–1842) and U.S. senator (1843–1845). Switched to the Democratic Party .
Jervis D. Brown Jr.
Connecticut
Republican
Jul 29, 1890
24 years, 161 days
Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 8, 1919
[ 257]
Thurman P. Maine
Connecticut
Democratic
Jul 30, 1888
24 years, 162 days
Jan 8, 1913 – Jan 6, 1915
[ 128]
Timothy Sullivan
New York
Democratic
Jul 23, 1862
24 years, 162 days
Jan 1, 1887 – Dec 31, 1893
Later state senator (1894–1902, 1909–1912) and U.S. representative (1903–1906, 1913).
Maurice R. Flynn
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jul 28, 1889
24 years, 163 days
Jan 7, 1914 – Jan 5, 1916
Kathleen A. Blatz
Minnesota
Republican
Jul 22, 1954
24 years, 165 days
Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 24, 1994
Youngest-ever female Minnesota state legislator.[ 258] Daughter of state senator Jerome Blatz .
Denny Heck
Washington
Democratic
Jul 29, 1952
24 years, 165 days
Jan 10, 1977 – Jan 14, 1985
Later U.S. representative (2013–2021) and lieutenant governor (2021–present).
Thomas J. Henley
Indiana
Democratic
Jun 18, 1808
24 years, 170 days
Dec 5, 1832 – Dec 4, 1843
Later speaker of the state House (1842–1843), U.S. representative (1843–1849) and California state representative (1851–1853).
Morgan G. Sanders
Texas
Democratic
Jul 14, 1878
24 years, 183 days
Jan 13, 1903 – Jan 8, 1907
[ 259] Later U.S. representative (1921–1939).
Corey Parent
Vermont
Republican
Jul 8, 1990
24 years, 183 days
Jan 7, 2015 – Jan 9, 2019
Later state senator (2019–2023).
Woodville Jefferson Rogers
Texas
Democratic
Jul 13, 1890
24 years, 183 days
Jan 12, 1915 – Oct 31, 1917
[ 260] Later state senator (1921–1925) and state senate president pro tempore (1923).
Rebecca White
Vermont
Democratic
Jul 9, 1994
24 years, 184 days
Jan 9, 2019 – Jan 4, 2023
Later state senator (2023–present)
Frank B. Brandegee
Connecticut
Republican
Jul 8, 1864
24 years, 185 days
Jan 9, 1889 – Jan 7, 1891, Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 9, 1901
[ 118]
Ryan W. Pearson
Rhode Island
Democratic
Jun 30, 1988
24 years, 185 days
Jan 1, 2013 – present
Later majority leader (2023–present).
Ingolf E. Rasmus
Wisconsin
Republican
Jul 4, 1906
24 years, 185 days
Jan 5, 1931 – Jan 3, 1933
[ 261]
Adam Scanlon
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jul 5, 1996
24 years, 185 days
Jan 6, 2021 – present
Edwin W. Higgins
Connecticut
Republican
Jul 2, 1874
24 years, 186 days
Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 9, 1901
[ 262] Later U.S. representative (1905–1913).
Beau LaFave
Michigan
Republican
Jun 27, 1992
24 years, 188 days
Jan 1, 2017 – Jan 1, 2023
Later candidate for state secretary of state (2022 ).
E. Ray Kirkpatrick
Texas
Democratic
Jul 9, 1922
24 years, 189 days
Jan 14, 1947 – Jan 13, 1953
[ 263]
William Knowland
California
Republican
Jun 26, 1908
24 years, 190 days
Jan 2, 1933 – Jan 7, 1935
Son of Joseph R. Knowland . Later state senator (1935–1939), U.S. senator (1945–1959) and nominee for governor (1958 ).
Arthur L. Peterson
Wisconsin
Republican
Jun 27, 1926
24 years, 190 days
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 3, 1955
[ 264] Later Montana state representative (2001–2003).
Charles S. Sullivan
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jun 26, 1875
24 years, 191 days
Jan 3, 1900 – Jan 1, 1902
Later state senator (1902–1903, 1904–1905).
Zebulon Baird Vance
North Carolina
Whig
May 13, 1830
24 years, 191 days
Nov 20, 1854 – Nov 17, 1856
Later U.S. representative (1858–1861), governor (1862–1865, 1877–1879) and U.S. senator (1879–1894).
Lewis Miles
Iowa
Republican
Jun 30, 1845
24 years, 194 days
Jan 10, 1870 – Jan 7, 1872
Later state senator (1884–1888).
Silas D. Reed
Massachusetts
Republican
Jun 25, 1872
24 years, 195 days
Jan 6, 1897 – Jan 7, 1903
Later state senator (1905–1907, 1918–1923).
William E. Weeks
Massachusetts
Republican
Jun 23, 1880
24 years, 195 days
Jan 4, 1905 – Jan 5, 1910, Jan 5, 1916 – Jan 3, 1917
Later mayor of Everett (1918–1919).
Frank A. Manning
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jun 25, 1889
24 years, 196 days
Jan 7, 1914 – Jan 5, 1921
Dennis M. O'Brien
Pennsylvania
Republican
Jun 22, 1952
24 years, 196 days
Jan 4, 1977 – Nov 30, 1980, Jan 5, 1983 – Jan 2, 2012
Later speaker of the state House (2007–2008).
Leah Cole Allen
Massachusetts
Republican
Oct 15, 1988
24 years, 198 days
May 1, 2013 – Sep 28, 2015
Later nominee for lieutenant governor (2022 ).
Thomas E. Flaherty
Pennsylvania
Democratic
Jun 18, 1950
24 years, 199 days
Jan 3, 1975 – Jan 2, 1979
Later member of the Pittsburgh City Council (1980–1984), city controller (1984–2006) and chair of the Allegheny County Democratic Party (2002–2005).
Dirk Deaton
Missouri
Republican
Jun 14, 1994
24 years, 205 days
Jan 5, 2019 – present
Second youngest ever Missouri state representative.[ 265]
John Vinich
Wyoming
Democratic
Jun 13, 1950
24 years, 207 days
Jan 6, 1975 – Jan 3, 1983
Later state senator (1983–1999) and nominee for U.S. senator (1988 ) and for governor (1998 ).
Charles A. Wickliffe
Kentucky
Democratic-Republican
Jun 8, 1788
24 years, 207 days
Jan 1, 1813 – Jan 1, 1815
Later U.S. representative (1823–1833, 1861–1863), lieutenant governor (1836–1839), acting governor (1839–1840) and U.S. postmaster general (1841–1845).
William Laird McCormick
Wisconsin
Republican
Jun 12, 1876
24 years, 209 days
Jan 7, 1901 – Jan 5, 1903
[ 266]
Mack McLarty
Arkansas
Democratic
Jun 14, 1946
24 years, 210 days
Jan 10, 1971 – Jan 8, 1973
Later chair of the state Democratic Party (1974–1976), White House chief of staff (1993–1994) and counselor to the president (1994–1998).
Robert Xavier Tivnan
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jun 9, 1924
24 years, 210 days
Jan 5, 1949 – Jan 7, 1959
George J. Wall
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jun 11, 1889
24 years, 210 days
Jan 7, 1914 – Jan 3, 1917
William Cabell Rives
Virginia
[? ]
May 4, 1793
24 years, 211 days
Dec 1, 1817 – Dec 4, 1820, Dec 2, 1822 – Dec 1, 1823
Later U.S. representative (1823–1829), U.S. senator (1832–1834, 1836–1839, 1841–1845) and Confederate States representative (1864–1865).
Lorne R. Worthington
Iowa
Democratic
Jun 14, 1938
24 years, 214 days
Jan 14, 1963 – Jan 10, 1965
Later state auditor (1965–1967) and insurance commissioner (1967–1971).
Richard Varn
Iowa
Democratic
May 31, 1958
24 years, 215 days
Jan 1, 1983 – Feb 2, 1994
[ 267]
Alvin M. Owsley
Texas
Democratic
Jun 11, 1888
24 years, 217 days
Jan 14, 1913 – Jan 12, 1915
Son of Alvin Clark Owsley . Later candidate for U.S. senator (1928 ).
James L. Callan
Wisconsin
Democratic
Jun 3, 1910
24 years, 220 days
Jan 9, 1935 – Jan 4, 1939
[ 268]
Andy Welti
Minnesota
Democratic
May 28, 1980
24 years, 221 days
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 3, 2011
Edmund L. Pitts
New York
Republican
May 23, 1839
24 years, 223 days
Jan 1, 1864 – Dec 31, 1868
Later speaker of the state House (1867), state senator (1880–1883, 1886–1887) and state senate president pro tempore (1886–1887).
Aaron M. I. Shinberg
Massachusetts
Democratic
May 27, 1940
24 years, 224 days
Jan 6, 1965 – Jan 1, 1969
Peter V. Daniel
Virginia
[? ]
Apr 24, 1784
24 years, 225 days
Dec 5, 1808 – Dec 3, 1810
Later associate justice of the Supreme Court (1842–1860).
Owen A. Gallagher
Massachusetts
Democratic
May 24, 1902
24 years, 226 days
Jan 5, 1927 – Jan 4, 1933
Son of Daniel J. Gallagher . Later state senator (1933–1935).
John Y. Mason
Kentucky
[? ]
Apr 18, 1799
24 years, 227 days
Dec 1, 1823 – 1827
Later state senator (1827–1831), U.S. representative (1831–1837), secretary of the navy (1844–1845, 1846–1849) and attorney general (1845–1846).
John R. McKernan Jr.
Maine
Republican
May 20, 1948
24 years, 228 days
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 5, 1977
Later U.S. representative (1983–1987) and governor (1987–1995).
Loring M. Black Jr.
New York
Democratic
May 17, 1886
24 years, 229 days
Jan 1, 1911 – Dec 31, 1912, Jan 1, 1919 – Dec 31, 1920
Later U.S. representative (1923–1935).
Charles O. Engstrom
Massachusetts
Republican
May 19, 1875
24 years, 229 days
Jan 3, 1900 – Jan 2, 1901
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Washington
Republican
May 22, 1969
24 years, 230 days
Jan 7, 1994 – Jan 3, 2005
Later U.S. representative (2005–present).
Anthony Michael Gallugi
Massachusetts
Democratic
May 16, 1948
24 years, 232 days
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 3, 1979
Jeremiah Haralson
Alabama
Republican
Apr 1, 1846
24 years, 234 days
Nov 21, 1870 – Nov 18, 1872
Later state senator (1872–1875) and U.S. representative (1875–1877).
Frank T. Caprio
Rhode Island
Democratic
May 10, 1966
24 years, 236 days
Jan 1, 1991 – Jan 3, 1995
Son of Frank Caprio . Later state senator (1995–2007), state treasurer (2007–2011) and nominee for governor (2010 ).
Leo Giacometto
Montana
Republican
May 14, 1962
24 years, 236 days
Jan 5, 1987 – 1990
Later director of the state department of agriculture (1993–1995).
Joseph Martin
Wisconsin
Democratic
May 12, 1878
24 years, 238 days
Jan 5, 1903 – Jan 3, 1905
[ 269]
Bartholomew A. Brickley
Massachusetts
Democratic
May 7, 1883
24 years, 239 days
Jan 1, 1908 – Jan 5, 1910
Charles P. Lyman
Connecticut
Democratic
May 9, 1858
24 years, 239 days
Jan 3, 1883 – Jan 7, 1885
[ 270]
Murray Watson Jr.
Texas
Democratic
May 14, 1932
24 years, 239 days
Jan 8, 1957 – Jan 8, 1963
Later state senator (1963–1973).
Edward A. Edmonds
Wisconsin
Democratic
May 2, 1868
24 years, 246 days
Jan 3, 1893 – Jan 7, 1895
[ 271]
H. Joel Deckard
Indiana
Republican
Mar 7, 1942
24 years, 247 days
Nov 9, 1966 – Nov 6, 1974
Later U.S. representative (1979–1983) and Reform Party nominee for U.S. senator from Florida (2000 ).
Stephen Van Rensselaer
New York
Federalist
Nov 1, 1764
24 years, 247 days
Jul 6, 1789 – Jan 5, 1791
Later state senator (1791–1796), lieutenant governor (1795–1801), nominee for governor (1801 , 1813 ) and U.S. representative (1822–1829).
Norman Knudson
Wisconsin
Republican
Apr 30, 1874
24 years, 248 days
Jan 3, 1899 – Jan 5, 1903
[ 272]
Henry H. Lyman
Connecticut
Republican
May 4, 1888
24 years, 249 days
Jan 8, 1913 – Jan 6, 1915
[ 273] Later state senator (1915–1919).
Grant Hodges
Arkansas
Republican
May 7, 1990
24 years, 250 days
Jan 12, 2015 – Jul 10, 2020, Jan 9, 2023 – present
Paul F. Malloy
Massachusetts
Democratic
Apr 29, 1940
24 years, 252 days
Jan 6, 1965 – Jan 3, 1973
Joseph Story
Massachusetts
Democratic-Republican
Sep 18, 1779
25 years, 253 days
May 29, 1805 – May 26, 1807
Later U.S. representative (1808–1809) and Supreme Court justice (1812–1845).
H. Edward Snow
Massachusetts
Republican
Apr 25, 1914
24 years, 254 days
Jan 4, 1939 – Jan 2, 1945, Jan 1, 1947 – Jan 4, 1955
Charles S. Tuttle
Connecticut
Republican
Apr 28, 1860
24 years, 254 days
Jan 7, 1885 – Jan 5, 1887
[ 274]
Chuck Espy
Mississippi
Democratic
Apr 24, 1975
24 years, 255 days
Jan 4, 2000 – Jan 5, 2016
Son of Henry Espy and nephew of Mike Espy . Later mayor of Clarksdale (2017–present).
John N. Wozniak
Pennsylvania
Democratic
Mar 21, 1956
24 years, 255 days
Dec 1, 1980 – Dec 1, 1996
Later state senator (1996–2016).
James Langevin
Rhode Island
Democratic
Apr 22, 1964
24 years, 256 days
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 1995
Later state secretary of state (1995–2001) and U.S. representative (2001–2023).
Hamilton Fish II
New York
Republican
Apr 17, 1849
24 years, 259 days
Jan 1, 1874 – Dec 31, 1874, Jan 1, 1876 – Dec 31, 1879, Jan 1, 1889 – Dec 31, 1896
Son of Hamilton Fish . Later speaker of the state House (1895–1896) and U.S. representative (1909–1911).
Marty Seifert
Minnesota
Republican
Apr 23, 1972
24 years, 259 days
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 3, 2011
Park Cannon
Georgia
Democratic
Jun 6, 1991
24 years, 261 days
Feb 22, 2016 – present
John Pierce Lynch
Massachusetts
Democratic
Apr 19, 1924
24 years, 261 days
Jan 5, 1949 – Jan 7, 1953
Michael Cormack
Iowa
Republican
Apr 22, 1970
24 years, 262 days
Jan 9, 1995 – Jan 12, 2003
Romulus Mitchell Saunders
North Carolina
Democratic-Republican
Mar 3, 1791
24 years, 262 days
Nov 20, 1815 – Dec 21, 1815, Nov 17, 1817 – Dec 25, 1820, Nov 20, 1848 – Dec 27, 1852
Later state senator (1816), speaker of the state House (1819–1820), U.S. representative (1821–1827, 1841–1845), and state attorney general (1828–1834).
Democratic
Marcus Gaspard
Washington
Democratic
Apr 19, 1948
24 years, 264 days
Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 10, 1977
Later state senator (1977–1995).
Tyson Larson
Nebraska
Republican
Apr 16, 1986
24 years, 264 days
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 9, 2019
David Lucas
Georgia
Democratic
Apr 23, 1950
24 years, 265 days
Jan 13, 1975 – Jul 1, 2011
Later state senator (2013–present).
Samuel J. Crawford
Kansas
Republican
Apr 10, 1835
24 years, 267 days
Jan 2, 1860 – 1861
Later governor (1865–1868).
Thomas W. Nevin
Colorado
Democratic
Feb 11, 1910
24 years, 269 days
Nov 7, 1934 – Nov 9, 1936
Since Nevin was only 24 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution 's age requirement of 25 years.[ 275]
Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
Whig
Feb 11, 1812
24 years, 270 days
Nov 7, 1836 – Dec 9, 1841
Later state senator (1842), U.S. representative (1843–1859, 1873–1882), member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States (1861–1862), vice president of the Confederate States (1862–1865) and governor of Georgia (1882–1883).
Ernest Keppler
Wisconsin
Republican
Apr 5, 1918
24 years, 274 days
Jan 4, 1943 – Jan 3, 1945
[ 276]
Kenneth J. DeBeaussaert
Michigan
Democratic
Apr 10, 1954
24 years, 275 days
Jan 10, 1979 – Jan 1981, Jan 12, 1983 – Jan 1985, Jan 14, 1987 – Jan 1993
Later state senator (1995–2003).
Chuck Larson
Iowa
Republican
Apr 1, 1968
24 years, 275 days
Jan 1, 1993 – Jan 1, 2003
Later state senator (2003–2007).
A. P. Barrett
Texas
Democratic
Apr 12, 1878
24 years, 276 days
Jan 13, 1903 – Jan 10, 1905
Later state senator (1905–1909) and state senate president pro tempore (1907).
John E. Clark
Maryland
Democratic
Apr 1, 1910
24 years, 276 days
Jan 2, 1935 – 1947
Carl M. Iverson
Minnesota
Independent
Apr 6, 1894
24 years, 276 days
Jan 7, 1919 – Jan 5, 1931 Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 2, 1967
Later state senator (1931–1935).
Emily Cain
Maine
Democratic
Mar 29, 1980
24 years, 278 days
Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 5, 2012
Later minority leader (2010–2012), state senator (2012–2014) and executive director of EMILY's List (2017–present).
David Patterson Dyer
Missouri
Republican
Feb 12, 1838
24 years, 278 days
Nov 17, 1862 – Nov 19, 1866
Later U.S. representative (1869–1871) and nominee for governor (1880 ).
Don Wesely
Nebraska
Democratic
Mar 30, 1954
24 years, 279 days
Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 1999
At the time the third youngest ever Nebraska state legislator, and at his retirement the eighth-longest serving legislator in state history.[ 277] Later mayor of Lincoln (1999–2003).
Oscar J. Schmiege
Wisconsin
Republican
Mar 29, 1902
24 years, 280 days
Jan 3, 1927 – Jan 3, 1933
[ 278]
Phil Foster
Georgia
Democratic
Apr 4, 1958
24 years, 281 days
Jan 10, 1983 – Jan 14, 1991
[ 279] Son of R. L. Foster .
Joe Schomacker
Minnesota
Republican
Mar 25, 1986
24 years, 284 days
Jan 3, 2011 – present
Spencer Igo
Minnesota
Republican
Mar 26, 1996
24 years, 285 days
Jan 5, 2021 – present
Stephen W. Doran
Massachusetts
Democratic
Mar 26, 1956
24 years, 287 days
Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 4, 1995
Marcus Harvey Townsend
Texas
Democratic
Mar 26, 1858
24 years, 289 days
Jan 9, 1883 – Jan 13, 1885, Jan 8, 1889 – Jan 10, 1893
[ 280]
Henry Chamberlain
Michigan
Democratic
Mar 17, 1824
24 years, 290 days
Jan 1, 1849 – Apr 2, 1849
Later nominee for governor (1874 ).
Daniel T. McCarty
Florida
Democratic
Jan 18, 1912
24 years, 290 days
Nov 3, 1936 – Nov 3, 1942
Later speaker of the state House (1941–1943) and governor (1953).
Joe Crowley
New York
Democratic
March 16, 1962
24 years, 291 days
Jan 1, 1987 – Dec 31, 1998
Later U.S. representative (1999–2019).
James W. Husted
New York
Republican
Mar 16, 1870
24 years, 291 days
Jan 1, 1895 – Dec 31, 1897
Son of James W. Husted . Later U.S. representative (1915–1923).
Luke F. Cozans
New York
Democratic
Mar 15, 1836
24 years, 292 days
Jan 1, 1861 – Dec 31, 1861, Jan 1, 1877 – Dec 31, 1877
Later state senator (1864–1865).
Dan Gwadosky
Maine
Democratic
Feb 16, 1954
24 years, 293 days
Dec 6, 1978 – 1996
Later state secretary of state (1997–2005).
Arne H. Wicklund
Wisconsin
Democratic
Mar 13, 1926
24 years, 296 days
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 5, 1955
[ 281]
John L. Buckley
New York
Democratic
Mar 9, 1900
24 years, 298 days
Jan 1, 1925 – Dec 31, 1926
Later state senator (1927–1942).
Milton A. Candler
Georgia
Democratic
Jan 11, 1837
24 years, 299 days
Nov 6, 1861 – Nov 4, 1863
Son of Samuel Charles Candler . Later state senator (1868–1872) and U.S. representative (1875–1879).
William G. Giaccio
New York
Democratic
Mar 8, 1924
24 years, 299 days
Jan 1, 1949 – Dec 31, 1962
Thomas V. Murray
New Hampshire
Democratic
Mar 8, 1876
24 years, 300 days
Jan 2, 1901 – [? ]
[ 282]
James G. Birney
Kentucky
Democratic-Republican
Feb 4, 1792
24 years, 302 days
Dec 2, 1816 – Feb 5, 1817
Later Alabama state representative (1819–1820) and Liberty Party nominee for vice president of the United States (1840 , 1844 ).
Daniel Fischer
Wisconsin
Democratic
Mar 4, 1952
24 years, 305 days
Jan 3, 1977 – Jan 3, 1979
[ 283]
Ryan Kiesel
Oklahoma
Democratic
Jan 15, 1980
24 years, 307 days
Nov 17, 2004 – Nov 17, 2010
Dave L. Reed
Pennsylvania
Republican
Mar 6, 1978
24 years, 307 days
Jan 7, 2003 – Nov 30, 2018
Later majority leader (2015–2018).
Lee Cate
Oklahoma
Democratic
Jan 18, 1942
24 years, 309 days
Nov 23, 1966 – Oct 17, 1973
[ 284] [ 285] [ 286] Later state senator (1973–1986).
William L. V. Newton
Massachusetts
Democratic
Feb 28, 1881
24 years, 309 days
Jan 3, 1906 – Jan 1, 1908, Jan 4, 1911 – Jan 3, 1912
Malcolm Wilson
New York
Republican
Feb 26, 1914
24 years, 309 days
Jan 1, 1939 – Dec 31, 1958
Later lieutenant governor (1959–1973) and governor (1973–1974).
Theodore A. Glynn Jr.
Massachusetts
Democratic
Feb 26, 1916
24 years, 310 days
Jan 1, 1941 – Jan 6, 1943
Son of Theodore A. Glynn .
George M. O'Connor
Wisconsin
Republican
Feb 27, 1902
24 years, 310 days
Jan 3, 1927 – Jan 4, 1933
[ 287]
James A. Barcia
Michigan
Democratic
Feb 25, 1952
24 years, 311 days
Jan 1, 1977 – Dec 31, 1982
Later state senator (1983–1992, 2003–2010), U.S. representative (1993–2003) and Bay County Executive (2017–present).
Howard Doherty
Washington
Democratic
Mar 6, 1912
24 years, 311 days
Jan 11, 1937 – Jan 9, 1939, Jan 13, 1941 – Jan 11, 1943
[ 225] [ 288]
Frank L. Rodgers
Connecticut
Republican
Feb 26, 1858
24 years, 311 days
Jan 3, 1883 – Jan 9, 1884
[ 289]
Alexander Contee Hanson
Maryland
Federalist
Feb 27, 1786
24 years, 316 days
Jan 9, 1811 – 1815
Son of Alexander Contee Hanson Sr. and grandson of John Hanson . Later U.S. representative (1813–1816) and U.S. senator (1816–1819).
Webster Ballinger
Iowa
Democratic
Feb 25, 1841
24 years, 317 days
Jan 8, 1866 – Jan 12, 1868, Jan 8, 1872 – Jan 11, 1874
[ 290]
Dennis Bonnen
Texas
Republican
Mar 3, 1972
24 years, 317 days
Jan 14, 1997 – Jan 12, 2021
Later speaker pro tempore (2013–2019) and speaker of the state House (2019–2021).
Joseph J. Kelley
Massachusetts
Democratic
Feb 22, 1868
24 years, 317 days
Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 2, 1895
Frank Owen III
Texas
Democratic
Feb 25, 1926
24 years, 318 days
Jan 9, 1951 – Nov 5, 1954
Later state senator (1954–1965) and state senate president pro tempore (1959–1961).
William F. Winter
Mississippi
Democratic
Feb 21, 1923
24 years, 319 days
Jan 6, 1948 – Jan 3, 1956
Later lieutenant governor (1972–1976), governor (1980–1984) and nominee for U.S senator (1984 ).
Joseph Wenceslaus Bartunek
Ohio
Democratic
Feb 16, 1924
24 years, 320 days
Jan 1, 1949 – 1958 1959–1964
Later minority leader (1951–1958).[ 291]
Elmer Baumann
Wisconsin
Socialist
Feb 15, 1902
24 years, 322 days
Jan 3, 1927 – Jan 7, 1929
[ 292]
Tim Hickey
Massachusetts
Democratic
Feb 14, 1938
24 years, 322 days
Jan 2, 1963 – Jan 3, 1973
Alex Garza
Michigan
Democratic
Feb 13, 1994
24 years, 322 days
Jan 1, 2019 – Jan 1, 2023
Priorly mayor pro tempore of Taylor (2017–2019).
John I. Kleiber
Texas
Democratic
Feb 25, 1866
24 years, 322 days
Jan 13, 1891 – Jan 10, 1893
[ 293]
Al Sturgeon
Iowa
Democratic
Feb 14, 1956
24 years, 322 days
Jan 1, 1981 – Jan 1, 1987
[ 294]
Samantha Vang
Minnesota
Democratic
Feb 20, 1994
24 years, 322 days
Jan 8, 2019 – present
George S. Weed
New York
Democratic
Feb 13, 1862
24 years, 322 days
Jan 1, 1887 – Dec 31, 1888
Timothy Wesco
Indiana
Republican
Dec 16, 1985
24 years, 322 days
Nov 3, 2010 – present
Paul Alfonsi
Wisconsin
Republican
Feb 13, 1908
24 years, 325 days
Jan 3, 1933 – Jan 3, 1939, Jan 5, 1959 – Jan 4, 1971
Later speaker of the state House (1937–1939) and candidate for governor (1940 ). Switched to the Wisconsin Progressive Party in 1934, and back to the Republican Party in 1942.
Progressive
Republican
Richard P. Roche
Massachusetts
Democratic
Feb 15, 1952
24 years, 325 days
Jan 5, 1977 – Jan 7, 1981
Joseph C. Czerwinski
Wisconsin
Democratic
Feb 15, 1944
24 years, 326 days
Jan 6, 1969 – Jan 5, 1981
[ 295]
Daniel J. O'Connell
Massachusetts
Democratic
Feb 13, 1908
24 years, 326 days
Jan 4, 1933 – Jan 2, 1935
Jake LaTurner
Kansas
Republican
Feb 17, 1988
24 years, 327 days
Jan 9, 2013 – Apr 25, 2017
Later state treasurer (2017–2021) and U.S. representative (2021–present).
John F. Buckley
Wisconsin
Republican
Feb 10, 1892
24 years, 328 days
Jan 3, 1917 – Jan 3, 1921
[ 296]
George Hasay
Pennsylvania
Republican
Feb 7, 1948
24 years, 329 days
Jan 1, 1973 – Nov 30, 2006
Hugh C. Todd
Washington
Democratic
Feb 16, 1884
24 years, 330 days
Jan 11, 1909 – Jan 13, 1913
[ 297]
Edwin A. Buck
Connecticut
Republican
Feb 11, 1832
24 years, 331 days
Jan 7, 1857 – Jan 6, 1858
[ 298]
William Nathaniel Rogers
New Hampshire
Democratic
Jan 10, 1892
24 years, 331 days
Dec 6, 1916 – Dec 1, 1920
Later U.S. representative (1923–1925, 1932–1937) and nominee for U.S. senator (1936 ).
Matthew Ruby
North Dakota
Republican
Jan 3, 1992
24 years, 333 days
Dec 1, 2016 – present
Son of Dan Ruby .
Branden Petersen
Minnesota
Republican
Feb 4, 1986
24 years, 334 days
Jan 4, 2011 – Jan 7, 2013
Later state senator (2013–2015).
Donald P. Ryan
Wisconsin
Democratic
Feb 5, 1910
24 years, 336 days
Jan 7, 1935 – Jan 3, 1939
[ 299]
George S. Burgess
Massachusetts
Republican
Jan 30, 1876
24 years, 337 days
Jan 2, 1901 – Jan 1, 1902
Wilbur S. Miller
Connecticut
Republican
Feb 1, 1874
24 years, 337 days
Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 9, 1901, Jan 4, 1911 – Jan 8, 1913
[ 300]
Calvin Say
Hawaii
Democratic
Feb 1, 1952
24 years, 337 days
Jan 3, 1977 – Nov 3, 2020
Later speaker of the state House (1999–2013).
Stoddard B. Colby
Vermont
Democratic
Feb 3, 1816
24 years, 338 days
Jan 6, 1841 – Jan 4, 1843
Later nominee for lieutenant governor (1855 ) and register of the Treasury (1864–1867).
Darrin Camilleri
Michigan
Democratic
Jan 28, 1992
24 years, 339 days
Jan 1, 2017 – Jan 1, 2023
Later state senator (2023–present).
Donald Betts
Kansas
Democratic
Feb 8, 1978
24 years, 339 days
Jan 13, 2003 – Jan 13, 2004
Later state senator (2004–2009).
Nelson Dewey
Wisconsin
Democratic
Dec 19, 1813
24 years, 342 days
Nov 26, 1838 – Dec 5, 1842
Later speaker of the House (1840), member of the territorial council (1842–1847), president of the council (1846–1847), governor (1848–1852) and state senator (1854–1856).
James E. Hagan
Massachusetts
Democratic
Jan 25, 1902
24 years, 345 days
Jan 5, 1927 – 1932
Later mayor of Somerville (1934–1936).
Aaron Regunberg
Rhode Island
Democratic
Jan 26, 1990
24 years, 345 days
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 1, 2019
Nephew of Brad Schneider . Later candidate for lieutenant governor (2018 ).
Stan Jones
Indiana
Democratic
Nov 22, 1949
24 years, 349 days
Nov 6, 1974 – Nov 7, 1990
David C. Sanford
Connecticut
Republican
Jan 23, 1876
24 years, 351 days
Jan 9, 1901 – Jan 7, 1903
[ 301]
Bob McEwen
Ohio
Republican
Jan 12, 1950
24 years, 354 days
Jan 1, 1975 – Dec 31, 1980
Later U.S. representative (1981–1993).
A. A. Ames
Minnesota
Democratic
Jan 18, 1842
24 years, 355 days
Jan 8, 1867 – Jan 6, 1868
Son of Alfred Elisha Ames . Later mayor of Minneapolis (1876–1877, 1882–1884, 1886–1889, 1901–1902) and nominee for governor (1886 ).
Thomas E. Bramlette
Kentucky
Whig
Jan 3, 1817
24 years, 362 days
Dec 31, 1841 – Mar 3, 1842
Son of state senator Ambrose S. Bramlette . Later governor (1863–1867).
Randolph H. Chandler
Connecticut
Republican
Jan 11, 1854
24 years, 362 days
Jan 8, 1879 – Jan 5, 1881 Jan 9, 1901 – Jan 7, 1903
[ 302]
Fernand St Germain
Rhode Island
Democratic
Jan 9, 1928
24 years, 363 days
Jan 6, 1953 – Jan 3, 1961
[ 303] Later U.S. representative (1961–1989).
Robert T. Abernathy
Missouri
Democratic
1884
24 years
Jan 6, 1909 – [? ]
[ 265] [ 304]
Michael A. Batza
Connecticut
Democratic
1912
24 years
Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 4, 1939
[ 210]
Richard W. Bowden
Washington
Democratic
1910
24 years
Jan 14, 1935 – Jan 11, 1937
[ 305]
George Bradley
Minnesota
[? ]
1833
24 years
Dec 2, 1857 – Dec 6, 1859
Later speaker of the state House (1858–1859).
Elmer L. Brown
Kentucky
Democratic
1889
24 years
Jan 1, 1914 – Jan 1, 1916
[ 306]
Christopher Davis
Connecticut
Republican
1986
24 years
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 6, 2021
[ 307]
Charles E. Gaches
Washington
Republican
1882
24 years
Jan 14, 1907 – Jan 11, 1909
[ 308]
John A. Giordano
Connecticut
Democratic
1950
24 years
Jan 8, 1975 – Jan 5, 1977
[ 38] [ 309] [ 310]
J. Martin Hennessey
Connecticut
Democratic
1948
24 years
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 8, 1975
[ 311]
George W. Kavanagh
New York
Democratic
1880
24 years
Jan 1, 1905 – Dec 31, 1906
[ 312]
Leo J. Kelly
Connecticut
Democratic
1888
24 years
Jan 8, 1913 – Jan 6, 1915
[ 130]
Ernest T. Olson
Washington
Democratic
1914
24 years
Jan 9, 1939 – Jan 13, 1941
[ 183]
Louis B. Rosenfeld
Connecticut
Republican
1896
24 years
Jan 5, 1921 – Jan 3, 1923
[ 313]
Joseph W. Schwartz
Connecticut
Democratic
Dec 1950
24 years
Jan 8, 1975 – Jan 5, 1977
[ 314]
Francis S. Skiff
Connecticut
Democratic
1866
24 years
Jan 7, 1891 – Jan 4, 1893, Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 3, 1917
[ 315]
Robert J. Stack
Connecticut
Republican
1898
24 years
Jan 8, 1923 – Jan 7, 1925
[ 316]
Nicholas Tomassetti
Connecticut
Democratic
1914
24 years
Jan 4, 1939 – Jan 8, 1947
[ 317]
Gino White
Idaho
Democratic
1962–1963
24 years
1987 – Dec 1, 1994
[ 318] [ 319] [ 320]
Jim Yost
Idaho
Republican
1948
24 years
Dec 1, 1972 – Dec 1, 1976
[ 19] [ 318] [ 321]
Robert P. Letcher
Kentucky
Democratic-Republican
Feb 10, 1788
24–25 years
1813 –1815, 1817–1821
Later U.S. representative (1823–1833, 1834–1835) and governor (1840–1844).
George Mason III
Virginia
Independent
1690
24–25 years
1715 – 1726
Son of George Mason II .
James Moore Wayne
Georgia
Independent
1790
24–25 years
1815 –1816
Later mayor of Savannah (1817–1819), U.S. representative (1829–1835) and associate justice of the Supreme Court (1835–1867).
Territorial legislators
Name
Image
Territory
Political party
Date of birth
Age upon taking office
Tenure
Notes
Luis Ángel Torres Torres
Puerto Rico
Independence
Jul 26, 1948
24 years, 166 days
Jan 8, 1973 – [? ]
[ 322] [ 323]
Zilpher Jennings
American Samoa
Independent
Jun 13, 1928
24 years, 233 days
Feb 1, 1953 – 1954
One of the first two women elected to the American Samoa House of Representatives .
Benigno Aquino Sr.
Philippines
Nacionalista
Sep 3, 1894
24 years, 273 days
Jun 3, 1919 – Jun 5, 1928
Son of Servillano Aquino . Later territorial senator (1928–1934), member of the National Assembly (1935–1938, 1943–1944) and speaker of the Philippine House (1943–1944).
Mariano Jesús Cuenco
Philippines
Nacionalista
Jan 16, 1888
24 years, 274 days
Oct 16, 1912 – Jul 26, 1928
Later governor of Cebu (1931–1934), secretary of public works and communications (1936–1939), Philippine senator (1946–1951, 1953–1964) and senate president (1949–1951).
Danny López Soto
Puerto Rico
New Progressive
Mar 13, 1944
24 years, 295 days
Jan 2, 1969 – Jan 1, 1977
Later territorial senator (1977–1985). Co-founder of the New Progressive Party (1967).
Melinda Romero Donnelly
Puerto Rico
New Progressive
Oct 8, 1971
25 years, 86 days
Jan 2, 1997 – Jan 1, 2005
Daughter of Carlos Romero Barceló . Later territorial senator (2009–2013) and shadow U.S. senator (2021–present).
Benny Frankie Cerezo
Puerto Rico
New Progressive
Sep 27, 1943
25 years, 97 days
Jan 2, 1969 – Jan 1, 1973
Co-founder of the New Progressive Party (1967).
Jorge de Castro Font
Puerto Rico
Popular Democratic
Sep 10, 1963
25 years, 114 days
Jan 2, 1989 – Jan 1, 2005
Left the Popular Democratic Party in August 2001, and joined the New Progressive Party in September 2002. Later territorial senator (2005–2009) and senate majority leader (2005).
Independent
New Progressive
Miguel Raffiñan
Philippines
Nacionalista
May 13, 1891
25 years, 156 days
Oct 16, 1916 – Oct 27, 1922, Jul 16, 1931 – Jul 16, 1934, Jan 24, 1939 – Dec 16, 1941
Later mayor of Cebu City (1947–1951).
Teodoro Kalaw
Philippines
Nacionalista
Mar 31, 1884
25 years, 199 days
Oct 16, 1909 – Oct 16, 1912
Later territorial secretary of the interior (1920–1922).
Jenniffer González
Puerto Rico
New Progressive
Aug 5, 1976
25 years, 207 days
Feb 28, 2002 – Jan 2, 2017
Later speaker of the House (2009–2013), minority leader (2013–2017), chair of the territorial Republican Party (2015–2021) and resident commissioner (2017–present).
Kurt Moylan
Guam
Independent
Jan 14, 1939
25 years, 356 days
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 2, 1967
Later co-founder of the territorial Republican Party (1966), secretary of the territory (1969–1971) and lieutenant governor (1971–1975).
Republican
Samuel Ioka Ale Meleisea
American Samoa
Independent
Mar 1991
25 years
Jan 3, 2017 – present
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