Dean of the United States Senate

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The Dean of the U.S. Senate is the longest-serving (in consecutive terms) member of the United States Senate, which is at present Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia.

Even though this is not an actual position in the United States Senate and has not been used in everyday language, it is the technical term for Longest Serving Member.

Deans of the Senate

John Gaillard, Democratic-Republican-South Carolina, 1815–1826
Benjamin Ruggles, National Republican-Ohio, 1826–1833
William R. King, Democrat-Alabama, 1833–1844
Thomas Hart Benton, Democrat-Missouri, 1844–1851
Willie Person Mangum, Whig-North Carolina, 1851–1853
James Pearce, Whig-Maryland, 1853–1862
James A. Bayard, Jr., Democrat-Delaware, and Solomon Foot, Republican-Vermont, 1862–1864
Solomon Foot, Republican-Vermont, 1864–1866
Benjamin Wade, Republican-Ohio, 1866–1869
Charles Sumner, Republican-Massachusetts, 1869–1874
Zachariah Chandler, Republican-Michigan, 1874–1875
Henry B. Anthony, Republican-Rhode Island, 1875–1884
George F. Edmunds, Republican-Vermont, 1884–1891
Justin Smith Morrill, Republican-Vermont, 1891–1898
William B. Allison, Republican-Iowa, 1898–1908
Eugene Hale, Republican-Maine, 1908–1911
William P. Frye, Republican-Maine, 1911
Shelby Moore Cullom, Republican-Illinois, 1911–1913
Jacob Harold Gallinger, Republican-New Hampshire, 1913–1918
Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican-Massachusetts, 1918–1924
Francis E. Warren, Republican-Wyoming, 1924–1929
Furnifold M. Simmons, Democrat-North Carolina, 1929–1931
Reed Smoot, Republican-Utah, 1931–1933
William E. Borah, Republican-Idaho, 1933–1940
Ellison D. Smith, Democrat-South Carolina, 1940–1944
Kenneth McKellar, Democrat-Tennessee, 1944–1953
Walter F. George, Democrat-Georgia, 1953–1957
Carl T. Hayden, Democrat-Arizona, 1957–1969
Richard Russell, Jr., Democrat-Georgia, 1969–1971
Allen J. Ellender, Democrat-Louisiana, 1971–1972
George D. Aiken, Republican-Vermont, 1972–1975
James Eastland, Democrat-Mississippi, and John L. McClellan, Democrat-Arkansas, 1975–1977
James Eastland, Democrat-Mississippi, 1977–1978
Warren G. Magnuson, Democrat-Washington, 1978–1981
John C. Stennis, Democrat-Mississippi, 1981–1989
J. Strom Thurmond, Republican-South Carolina, 1989–2003
Robert C. Byrd, Democrat-West Virginia, 2003–

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