Sen. Robert Byrd logs his 20,774th day -- almost 57 years -- in Congress . His only regret , he said , was that his wife , Erma , who died in 2006 , would not be with him . Byrd is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of Senate rules and history . He was the last senator to serve a full six-year term before retiring from office at age 90 on January 3, 2013. When he arrived in D.C. in 1953 , gasoline costs 20 cents a gallon , a stamp was 3 cents .
Sen. Robert Byrd logs his 20,774th day -- almost 57 years -- in Congress . Byrd is known for his encyclopedic knowledge of Senate rules and history . He was the last senator to serve a full six-year term before retiring from office at age 90 on January 3, 2013. When he arrived in D.C. in 1953 , gasoline costs 20 cents a gallon , a stamp was 3 cents .