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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 ...
New York: March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1873 March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1893 March 4, 1897 - November 4, 1906 12,295 dd November 3, 1908 February 28, 1959 Joseph G. Cannon: Republican Illinois: March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1891 March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1913 March 4, 1915 - March 3, 1923 16,797 dd February 28, 1959 July 18, 1963 Sam Rayburn: Democratic: Texas
Party leadership in the House is not strictly associated with seniority. The more senior a representative is, the more likely the representative is to receive desirable committee assignments or leadership posts. Seniority also affects access to more desirable office space in the House Office Buildings: [3] after an office is vacated, members ...
Resigned to become New York City Comptroller. Frank T. Fitzgerald: Democratic 6th: March 4, 1889 – November 4, 1889 Manhattan Resigned when elected register of New York County. John J. Fitzgerald: Democratic 2nd: March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 Brooklyn Resigned. 7th: March 4, 1903 – December 31, 1917 John Fitzgibbons: Democratic At-large
Charles Bernard Rangel (/ ˈræŋɡəl /, RANG-gəl; [1] born June 11, 1930) is an American politician who was a U.S. representative for districts in New York City from 1971 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-longest serving incumbent member of the House of Representatives at the time of his retirement, having served ...
New York 12 Chair: Oversight & Reform 23 Lucille Roybal-Allard: D California 40 24 Bobby Rush: D Illinois 1 25 Bobby Scott: D Virginia 3 Chair: Education & Labor 26 Nydia Velázquez: D New York 7 Chair: Small Business 27 Bennie Thompson: D Mississippi 2: April 13, 1993 Chair: Homeland Security 28 Frank Lucas: R Oklahoma 3: May 10, 1994 29
Thomas Richard Suozzi [1] (/ ˈ s w ɒ z i / SWOZ-zee; born August 31, 1962) is an American politician, attorney, and accountant serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district since 2024 and previously from 2017 to 2023.
Ritchie John Torres (born March 12, 1988) is an American politician from New York. [ 1 ][ 2 ] A member of the Democratic Party, Torres is the U.S. representative for New York's 15th congressional district. [ 3 ] The district covers most of the South Bronx and is, by one measure, the poorest congressional district in the United States, [ 4 ] as ...