List of youngest members of the United States Congress
Introduction The following are historical lists of the youngest members of the United States Congress, in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. These members would be the equivalent to the "Baby of the House" in the parliaments of Commonwealth countries; the U.S. Congress does not confer a similar title upon its youngest members.The youngest U.S. congressman tends to be older than the youngest MPs in Commonwealth countries. This is partly because the minimum age requirements enumerated in Article One of the United States Constitution bar persons under the age of 25 years and 30 years from serving in the House and Senate, respectively. Additionally, the political culture of the United States encourages young politicians to gain experience in state and local offices before running for Congress. Although the vast majority of members of Congress gained state and local experience before being elected to Congress, members lacking state and local experience have increased recently.Maxwell Frost (D-FL) is the youngest member of the 118th Congress at age . He succeeded one-term representative Madison Cawthorn, who was the youngest person elected to the U.S. Congress since Jed Johnson Jr. in 1964.Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is the youngest sitting senator at , replacing Josh Hawley, who at 41 was the youngest senator of the 116th Congress. Ossoff is the youngest person elected to the U.S. Senate since Don Nickles in 1980.The average age of senators is higher now than in the past. In the 19th century, several state legislatures elected senators in their late twenties despite the Constitutional minimum age of 30, such as Henry Clay, who was sworn into office at age 29, and John Henry Eaton, the youngest U.S. senator in history, who took his oath of office when he was  old.
List of youngest U.S. senators For senators elected to a regular session, the starting date is the date on which the new Congress convened. From 1789 to 1935, this is March 4 (with the previous Congress ending on March 3); from 1937 onward, this is January 3.For senators appointed to a vacancy or elected in a special election, the starting date represents their swearing-in date.Duration as youngestNameStatePartyStart ageEnd age – July 25, 1789James GunnGA  – December 6, 1790Rufus KingNY  – March 4, 1791James MonroeVA  – December 2, 1793John RutherfurdNJ  – February 28, 1794Albert GallatinPA  – April 24, 1794John RutherfurdNJ  – December 6, 1796James RossPA  – December 6, 1796Josiah TattnallGA  – November 22, 1797Richard StocktonNJ  – April 1, 1798Andrew JacksonTN  – February 4, 1799Ray GreeneRI  – March 3, 1801William WellsDE  – October 17, 1803Samuel WhiteDE  – December 29, 1806Thomas WorthingtonOH  – March 4, 1807Henry ClayKY  – September 1807James FennerRI  – December 9, 1807Samuel WhiteDE  – January 12, 1810William CrawfordGA  – January 12, 1810Jenkin WhitesideTN  – March 3, 1813Alexander CampbellOH  – May 27, 1813Outerbridge HorseyDE  – May 27, 1813William BullochGA  – December 6, 1813Robert GoldsboroughMD  – April 9, 1814William BibbGA  – February 2, 1815Jesse WhartonTN  – January 22, 1816William BarryKY  – March 3, 1817Armistead MasonVA  – November 16, 1818John CrittendenKY  – March 3, 1821John EatonTN  – December 3, 1821Samuel SouthardNJ  – March 3, 1823John EatonTN  – March 3, 1825Robert HayneSC  – March 3, 1829Elias KaneIL – December 16, 1833John ClaytonDE – December 31, 1833Lewis LinnMO – March 3, 1835John KingGA – December 5, 1836Robert WalkerMS – February 2, 1837Ambrose SevierAR – March 3, 1837Alexandre MoutonLA – January 11, 1841Franklin PierceNH  – February 7, 1842Alfred NicholsonTN  – February 28, 1842Franklin PierceNH  – March 1, 1842Alexandre MoutonLA  – April 14, 1842William GrahamNC  – July 6, 1842Charles ConradLA  – March 3, 1843William DaytonNJ  – December 4, 1843Ned HanneganIN  – March 3, 1845David AtchisonMO  – March 3, 1847Jesse BrightIN  – June 26, 1848Stephen DouglasIL  – December 14, 1853Isaac WalkerWI  – March 3, 1855Clement ClayAL  – March 5, 1860George PughOH  – January 22, 1863Milton LathamCA  – March 3, 1863David TurpieIN  – June 23, 1868William SpragueRI  – June 30, 1868Alexander McDonaldAR  – July 25, 1868Thomas OsbornFL  – March 3, 1873George SpencerAL  – March 3, 1879Stephen DorseyAR  – March 3, 1881Blanche BruceMS  – October 11, 1881Arthur GormanMD  – March 3, 1883Nelson AldrichRI  – December 2, 1889John KennaWV  – March 3, 1891Richard PettigrewSD  – January 24, 1895John IrbySC  – March 3, 1895Jeter PritchardNC  – March 3, 1901Marion ButlerNC  – March 3, 1905Albert BeveridgeIN Joseph W. BaileyTX  – January 30, 1907Elmer BurkettNE  – March 3, 1907Frederick MulkeyOR  – December 11, 1907Simon GuggenheimCO  – December 26, 1907Thomas GoreOK  – March 22, 1908William BryanFL  – January 9, 1911Thomas GoreOK  – January 31, 1911Davis ElkinsWV  – March 3, 1911Thomas GoreOK  – March 3, 1917Luke LeaTN  – July 8, 1918Peter GerryRI  – November 5, 1918Christie BenetSC  – March 3, 1919Peter GerryRI  – March 3, 1923Pat HarrisonMS  – March 3, 1925Clarence DillWA  – December 7, 1925Sam BrattonNM  – January 12, 1933Bob La FolletteWI  – June 21, 1935Richard RussellGA  – October 17, 1940Rush HoltWV  – December 12, 1940Joseph BallMN  – December 6, 1942Berkeley BunkerNV  – January 3, 1943Henry LodgeMA  – November 14, 1944Joseph BallMN  – January 3, 1945William JennerIN  – January 18, 1945Joseph BallMN  – August 26, 1945Hugh MitchellWA  – January 3, 1947William KnowlandCA  – December 31, 1948Joseph McCarthyWI  – January 3, 1957Russell LongLA  – June 15, 1961Frank ChurchID  – December 7, 1961John TowerTX  – November 6, 1962Moe MurphyNH  – January 3, 1969Ted KennedyMA  – January 2, 1971Bob PackwoodOR  – January 3, 1973John TunneyCA  – January 3, 1979Joe BidenDE  – January 3, 1981Bill BradleyNJ  – March 11, 1987Don NicklesOK  – January 3, 1989data-sort-value="Karnes, David Kemp" |David KarnesNE  – January 3, 1993Don NicklesOK  – January 3, 1995Russ FeingoldWI  – January 3, 1999Rick SantorumPA  – January 3, 2003Peter FitzgeraldIL  – January 3, 2009John SununuNH  – January 22, 2009Mark PryorAR  – January 27, 2009Michael BennetCO  – September 10, 2009Kirsten GillibrandNY  – July 20, 2010George LeMieuxFL  – November 15, 2010Carte GoodwinWV  – January 3, 2011George LeMieuxFL  – December 26, 2012Mike LeeUT  – January 3, 2013Brian SchatzHI  – January 3, 2015Chris MurphyCT  – January 3, 2019Tom CottonAR  – January 20, 2021Josh HawleyMO ''' – present''''''Jon Ossoff''''''GA''' ''''''''''''''''
List of youngest U.S. representatives For representatives elected to a regular session, the starting date is the date at which the new Congress convened. From 1789 to 1935, this is March 4 (with the previous Congress ending on March 3); from 1937 onward, this is January 3.For representatives elected in a special election, the starting date represents their swearing-in date.Duration as youngestCongressNameDistrictPartyStart ageEnd age – April 19, 1790Richard LeeVA-04  – March 3, 1793–John SteeleNC-04, 01  – March 3, 1795Francis PrestonVA-04  – May 5, 1796Nathaniel FreemanMA-05  – March 3, 1797Richard SpriggMD-02  – November 23, 1797John DennisMD-08  – March 3, 1801–William ClaiborneTN-AL  – December 6, 1802John StanlyNC-10  – March 3, 1803Samuel ThatcherMA-12  – March 4, 1805–John JacksonVA-01  – December 1, 1806John ClaiborneVA-17  – January 26, 1807William BurwellVA-13  – March 3, 1807William BibbGA-AL  – March 3, 1809Jesse WhartonTN-03  – November 27, 1809William BibbGA-AL  – March 3, 1811Jonathan JenningsIN-AL  – November 4, 1811William KingNC-05  – March 3, 1815–Stevenson ArcherMD-06  – December 17, 1816Richard WildeGA-AL  – March 3, 1817John TylerVA-23  – December 4, 1818George RobertsonKY-07  – March 3, 1819John McLeanIL-AL  – March 3, 1823–Daniel CookIL-AL '' – March 3, 1823''''''''Andrew Govan''''SC-04'' '''''''' – March 3, 1825Thomas MooreKY-07  – March 3, 1827John BryanNC-04  – February 13, 1828William NuckollsSC-07  – March 3, 1829Ambrose SevierAR-AL  – March 3, 1831Dixon LewisAL-03 ''Spencer Pettis''''MO-AL'' '''''''' – March 3, 1833Albert HawesKY-11  – March 3, 1835David DickinsonTN-08  – March 3, 1837John ClaiborneMS-AL  – March 3, 1839Joseph WilliamsTN-03  – March 3, 1841Albert BrownMS-AL  – March 3, 1843John MasonMD-06  – March 3, 1845Alexander RamseyPA-14  – March 3, 1847Lucien ChaseTN-09  – March 3, 1849Richard DonnellNC-08  – March 3, 1851James OrrSC-02  – March 3, 1853William ChurchwellTN-03  – March 3, 1855Milton LathamCA-AL  – July 23, 1856William CumbackIN-04  – March 3, 1857Miguel OteroNM-AL  – December 3, 1860–Albert JenkinsVA-11  – March 3, 1861John BrownKY-05  – January 13, 1862Edward McPhersonPA-17  – March 3, 1863Andrew ClementsTN-04  – March 3, 1865John McBrideOR-AL  – March 3, 1867Thomas NoellMO-03  – October 3, 1867Thomas NoellMO-03  – June 24, 1868Charles HaightNJ-02  – March 3, 1869Logan RootsAR-01  – March 31, 1870Clinton CobbNC-01  – March 3, 1871John ConnerTX-02  – January 29, 1873Josiah WallsFL-AL  – March 3, 1873John ConnerTX-02  – March 3, 1875John SmithVA-03  – March 3, 1877John WhiteKY-09  – February 20, 1878John KennaWV-03  – March 3, 1879Joseph AcklenLA-03  – March 3, 1881Richard FrostMO-03  – March 3, 1883Henry DugroNY-07  – December 1, 1884George PostPA-15  – March 3, 1885Benjamin ShivelyIN-13  – February 2, 1887Bob La FolletteWI-03  – March 3, 1887Hugh PriceWI-08  – March 3, 1889Benjamin ShivelyIN-13  – December 9, 1889Thomas MagnerNY-05  – March 3, 1891Charles TurnerNY-06  – May 5, 1892Joseph W. BaileyTX-05  – March 3, 1893Joseph KendallKY-10  – March 3, 1895Thomas SettleNC-05  – December 19, 1896Norman MozleyMO-14  – March 3, 1897Charles CrispGA-03  – March 3, 1899Thomas BradleyNY-09  – March 3, 1901John FitzgeraldNY-02  – March 3, 1903John FeelyIL-02  – March 3, 1905Burton FrenchID-AL  – March 3, 1907Anthony MichalekIL-05  – March 3, 1909Harry WolfMD-03  – November 23, 1909Charles EdwardsGA-01  – March 3, 1911Manuel QuezonPH-AL  – June 2, 1911James ByrnesSC-02  – March 3, 1913William ReyburnPA-02  – December 7, 1914Clyde KellyPA-30  – March 3, 1915Carl VinsonGA-10  – March 3, 1917Thomas MillerDA-AL  – August 10, 1917Marvin JonesTX-13  – August 19, 1919–John BaerND-01  – December 6, 1920King SwopeKY-08  – March 3, 1921Clarence McLeodMI-13  – March 3, 1923Thomas RyanNY-15  – March 3, 1925Clarence McLeodMI-13  – March 3, 1927Samuel MontgomeryOK-01  – March 3, 1929George CombsMO-05  – March 7, 1932–Fred HartleyNJ-08  – March 3, 1933Carlton MobleyGA-06  – January 3, 1935Joseph MonaghanMT-01  – January 3, 1937Elmer RyanMN-02  – January 3, 1939Jerry O'ConnellMT-01  – January 3, 1941Lindley BeckworthTX-03  – January 3, 1943William StrattonIL-AL  – January 21, 1943Lindley BeckworthTX-03  – January 3, 1947–Marion T. BennettMO-06  – December 4, 1948George SarbacherPA-05  – January 3, 1949Lloyd BentsenTX-15  – January 3, 1951Hugo SimsSC-02  – January 3, 1953Patrick HillingsCA-12  – January 3, 1955William WamplerVA-09  – December 13, 1955Kenneth GrayIL-25  – January 3, 1959–John DingellMI-15  – January 3, 1961Dan RostenkowskiIL-08  – January 3, 1963Ralph HardingID-02  – May 12, 1964Ed ForemanTX-16  – January 3, 1965William GreenPA-05  – January 3, 1967Jed JohnsonOK-06  – April 3, 1969–William GreenPA-05  – November 16, 1970Dave ObeyWI-07  – January 3, 1971Robert SteeleCT-02  – April 29, 1971Dawson MathisGA-02  – October 12, 1972Mendel DavisSC-01  – January 3, 1975–John BreauxLA-07  – January 3, 1977Thomas DowneyNY-02  – January 3, 1979Nick RahallWV-04  – January 3, 1981James ShannonMA-05  – January 3, 1983John LeBoutillierNY-06  – January 3, 1985Jim CooperTN-04 '' – January 3, 1985''''Carl Perkins''KY-07  – March 20, 1990–John RowlandCT-05  – January 3, 1991Susan MolinariNY-14  – January 3, 1993Jim NussleIA-02  – January 3, 1995Cleo FieldsLA-04  – January 3, 1997Patrick KennedyRI-01  – January 3, 2001–Harold Ford Jr.TN-09  – January 3, 2005–Adam PutnamFL-12  – January 3, 2009–Patrick McHenryNC-10  – January 3, 2013–Aaron SchockIL-18  – January 3, 2015Patrick MurphyFL-18  – January 3, 2019–Elise StefanikNY-21  – January 3, 2021Alexandria Ocasio-CortezNY-14  – January 3, 2023Madison CawthornNC-11 ''' – present ''''''''''''Maxwell Frost''''''FL-10''' ''''''''''''''''
See also * Age of candidacy laws in the United States* Dean of the United States House of Representatives* Dean of the United States Senate
Notes
References Sources:  Congressional Biographical Directory and  House Document No. 108-222, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 – 2005