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Longest Serving Delegations (start of 109th Congress).
WV (Byrd&Rockefeller) 66y MA (Kennedy&Kerry) 62y2m HI (Inouye&Akaka) 56y9m NM (Domenici&Bingamon) 54y MD (Sarbanes&Mikulski) 46y VT (Leahy&Jeffords) 46y IA (Grassley&Harkin) 44y MT (Baucus&Burns) 42y1m MS (Cochran&Lott) 42y CT (Dodd&Lieberman) 40y UT (Hatch&Bennett) 40y
Longest serving current junior senator:
NM Bingamon 22y MA Kerry 20y IA Harkin 20y WV Rockefeller 20y MD Mikulski 18y CT Lieberman 16y VT Jeffords 16y MS Lott 16y MT Burns 16y HI Akaka 14y9m
Longest service as junior senator, by current senators:
DE Biden 28y* WV Byrd 26y* NM Bingamon 22y MA Kerry 20y IA Harkin 20y WV Rockefeller 20y MD Mikulski 18y CT Lieberman 16y VT Jeffords 16y MS Lott 16y MT Burns 16y (displaced from top 10 since start of session) MI Levin 16y* UT Hatch 16y*
*Is now senior senator.
Longest service as junior senator, all time:
SC Hollings 36y2m MS Stennis 31y1m ME Frye 30y0m AR Fulbright 29y11m DE Biden 28y WA Jackson 28y NC Overman 27y9m OR Packwood 26y8m WV Byrd 26y VT Morrill 24y2m
Longest service as junior senator for state, current junior senators:
MA Kerry 20y+ PA Santorum 10y*+ DE Biden 28y MD Mikulski 18y+ MI Levin 16y IA Harkin 20y+ CA Boxer 12y+ WV Byrd 26y NM Bingamon 22y+ HI Akaka 14y9m+
*Santorum surpassed old record holder Spector 3 months into current term. *Boxer surpassed old record holder, at start of current term. + Continue to extend record.
Nearing longest service as junior senator for state, current junior senators:
WI Feingold 12y (18y at end of current term, if Kohl is re-elected in 2006) WV Rockefeller 20y (26y if re-elected in 2008, and Byrd re-electdd in 2006). MT Burns 16y (17y0m on January 12, 2006) ID Crapo 6y (10y5 in June 2009 if Craig is re-elected in 2008) UT Bennett 12y (16y in Jan 2009, if Hatch re-elected in 2006) AZ Kyl 10y (13y10m in November 2008, if re-elected in 2006)
Longest service as senior senator, current senators:
MA Kennedy 38y (Brooke, Tsongas, Kerry) AK Stevens 36y1m (Gravel, Murkowski, Murkowski) NM Domenici 28y (Bingamon) HI Inouye 28y (Matsunage, Akaka) IN Lugar 24y (Quayle, Coats, E Bayh) VA Warner 22y (Trible, Robb, Allen) IA Grassley 20y (Harkin) WV Byrd 20y (Rockefeller) MD Sarbanes 18y (Mikulski) CT Dodd 16y (Lieberman) VT Leahy 16y (Jeffords) MS Cochran 16y (Lott) NV Reid 16y (Bryan, Ensign) MT Baucus 16y (Burns)
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