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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 serving senator (served 1987–2023). Alabama's current U.S. senators are Republicans Tommy Tuberville (since 2021) and Katie Britt (since 2023).
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 ...
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 ...
He previously chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Senate Banking Committee, and the Senate Rules Committee. He was the longest-serving U.S. senator from Alabama, surpassing John Sparkman's record in March 2019. [1] Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Shelby earned a law degree from the Birmingham School of Law in 1961. He went on to serve ...
Leahy was first elected to the Senate in 1974. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
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 ...
With the start of the 119th Congress on Friday, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott will become the longest-serving Black Senator in the United States. Scott will also serve as the first Black Chairman ...
Blount, running without a specific endorsement from President Nixon, first had to dispatch intraparty Republican rivals Martin and Alabama State Representative Bert Nettles. [40] On October 30, 1977, Sparkman became the longest-serving senator in the history of Alabama. [41] This record was later surpassed by Richard Shelby in 2019.