last man standing in each congressional class

[freepcrusher]

1994 SENATE - Dianne Feinstein

1990 SENATE - Larry Craig
1988 SENATE - Herb Kohl
1982 SENATE - Jeff Bingaman
1980 SENATE - Chuck Grassley

1978 HOUSE - F.J. Sensenbrenner
1976 SENATE - Orrin Hatch
1974 SENATE - Pat Leahy
1972 HOUSE - Pete Stark
1972 SENATE - Joe Biden and Ted Stevens (OK, Biden served for twelve more days. sue me)

1970 SENATE - Bill Roth
1968 HOUSE - Bill Clay
1968 SENATE - Fritz Hollings
1966 HOUSE - G.V. Montgomery, Tom Bevill, John Myers
1966 SENATE - Strom Thurmond (as a republican)
1964 HOUSE - John Conyers
1964 SENATE - Ted Kennedy
1962 HOUSE - Joe McDade
1962 SENATE - Dan Inuoye

1960 HOUSE - Fernand St Germain
1960 SENATE - Claiborne Pell (what are the odds for being from the same state)
1958 HOUSE - Dan Rostenkowski, Neal Smith
1958 SENATE - Robert Byrd
1956 HOUSE - John Dingell
1956 SENATE - Jacob Javits Frank Church
1954 HOUSE - William Natcher
1954 SENATE - Carl Curtis Cliff Case
1952 HOUSE - Jack Brooks
1952 SENATE - John Stennis

1950 HOUSE - William Bray, William Widnall
1950 SENATE - Wallace Bennett
1948 HOUSE - Charles Bennett
1948 SENATE - John Sparkman
1946 HOUSE - Joe Evins
1946 SENATE - John Williams
1944 HOUSE - Mel Price
1944 SENATE - Warren Magnuson
1942 HOUSE - Jamie Whitten
1942 SENATE - James Eastland

anybody want to go back further

[MilesC56]

Good job!

Its says on Wikipedia that Jennings Randolph was the "last surviving member of the United States Congress to have served during the first 100 days of FDR." So, I guess he'd also be the last man standing from the 1932 class.

[freepcrusher]

Good job!

Its says on Wikipedia that Jennings Randolph was the "last surviving member of the United States Congress to have served during the first 100 days of FDR." So, I guess he'd also be the last man standing from the 1932 class.

in either chamber. He was later a senator. I think in the house, the last guy from 32 was Bill Colmer and the last senate guy was Pat McCarran of NV for whom the airport is named after

[Vasall des Midas]

1954 HOUSE - Dante Fascell

*cough* no.

Although checking up, Dingell was first elected in a by-election during that congress, not in the general, so maybe you're not counting that as either class of '54 or class of '56.

[Talleyrand]

Ted Stevens took office in 1968. He outlasted both Cranston and Hatfield, so maybe you could put him on there. This is a very interesting list. Glad you made it.

[Vasall des Midas]

Ted Stevens took office in 1968. He outlasted both Cranston and Hatfield, so maybe you could put him on there. This is a very interesting list. Glad you made it.

Seems to be the same quirk as with Dingell.

[freepcrusher]

here are some more

1932 SENATE Pat McCarran
1932 HOUSE Bill Colmer

1934 SENATE Harry Byrd
1934 HOUSE George Mahon

1936 SENATE Dick Russell
1936 HOUSE Bob Poage

1938 SENATE Alexander Wiley
1938 HOUSE Wilbur Mills

1940 SENATE Hugh Butler
1940 HOUSE Bob Sikes

[freepcrusher]

i edited the above by counting in special election winners and determining their class of status by the first time they won election to a full term or in the case of Thurmond first election to a full term as a member of a party.

here are a few more

1922 Senate
Burton Wheeler
1922 House
Emmanuel Celler

1924 Senate
Thomas Schall
1924 House
Joseph Martin

1926 Senate
Carl Hayden
1926 House
Edith Rogers

1928 Senate
John Townsend
1928 House
Wright Patman

1930 Senate
Wallace White
1930 House
Howard Smith

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While Feinstein's was elected to her first 6 year term in 1994, she took office in 1992.

[rbt48]

i edited the above by counting in special election winners and determining their class of status by the first time they won election to a full term or in the case of Thurmond first election to a full term as a member of a party.

Good point.  Thurmond actually switched parties during the 1964 presidential election, calling himself a Goldwater Republican.  He had no trouble winning election as a Republican in 1966 and almost pulled Ernest Hollings down to defeat in the races for the 2 years left on Johnston's unexpired term.