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Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819. The state elects U.S. senators to class 2 and class 3. Its United States Senate seats were declared vacant from March 1861 to July 1868 due to its secession from the Union during the American Civil War. Richard Shelby is Alabama's longest
The 90th Congress was notable because for a period of 10 days (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 1969), it contained within the Senate, all 10 of what was at one point the top 10 longest-serving senators in history (Byrd, Inouye, Thurmond, Kennedy, Hayden, Stennis, Stevens, Hollings, Russell Jr., and Long) until January 7, 2013, when Patrick Leahy surpassed Russell B. Long as the 10th longest ...
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Alabama from 1987 to 2023. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee from 2018 to 2021.
Leahy was first elected to the Senate in 1974. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Senator Party Born Occupation(s) Previous elective office(s) Education Assumed office Class Residence [4] Alabama: Tommy Tuberville: Republican September 18, 1954 (age 70) Investment management firm partner
The longest-serving member of the Alabama House of Representatives has resigned from the Legislature after pleading guilty to federal conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges related to a ...
The title of longest-serving Black senator was previously held by Sen. Edward Brooke R-Mass., who served two full terms from 1967 to 1979. So far, there have been 12 African-American elected or ...
Alabama: December 14, 1819 - April 15, 1844 8,889 dd December 11, 1845 September 24, 1896 Thomas Hart Benton: Democratic-Republican/ Democratic Missouri: August 10, 1821 - March 3, 1851 10,797 dd September 24, 1896 December 29, 1904 Justin Smith Morrill: Whig/ Republican: Vermont: March 4, 1867 - December 28, 1898 11,622 dd December 29, 1904 ...