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Ok, I’ll go from the old guys to the young pups. Let’s start with McConnell. 24 years.

Jim Inhofe. 14 years.

John Kyl. 14 years.

Mike Enzi. 14 years.

Jeff Sessions. 12 years.

Wayne Allard. 12 years.

Sam Brownback. 12 years.

Mike Crapo. 10 years.

Jim Bunning. 10 years.

John Ensign. 8 years.

Saxby Chambliss. 6 years.

Elizabeth Dole. 6 years.

John Sununu. 6 years.

John Cornyn. 6 years.

Tom Coburn. 4 years.

Jim DeMint. 4 years.

Johnny Isakson. 4 years.

Richard Burr. 4 years.

Lots of young pups are still voting very Conservative. How many will turn out to be Lindsey Grahams and disappoint us immediately?

How many will be Lotts, Bonds, and Hitchinsons and slowly become more liberal as time goes by?

And how many will become McConnells and fight against socialism for decades to come?

18 Senators that I think are doing a great job. 8 of them wouldn’t be up for re-election if we had term limits, and none of them would be re-elected if the “throw them all out” crowd had their way.

8 years is enough,then they go home.

and now the rest of the story;)

Longest Serving Senators

Since 1789 there have been 1,897 Americans who have served as United States Senators.

Listed here are the twenty individuals who have served the longest terms as of January 3, 2008.


Senator	Dates of Service	Length of Service

1. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)	January 3, 1959 to present	49 years
2. Strom Thurmond (R-SC)	December 24, 1954 to April 4, 1956 and November 7, 1956 to January 3, 2003	47 years, 5.2 months
3. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)	November 7, 1962 to present	45 years, 2 months
4. Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI)	January 3, 1963-present	45 years
5. Carl T. Hayden (D-AZ)	March 4, 1927 to January 3, 1969	41 years, 10.1 months
6. John C. Stennis (D-MS)	November 5, 1947 to January 3, 1989	41 years, 2 months
7. Theodore F. Stevens (R-AK)	December 24, 1968 to present	39 years
8. Ernest F. Hollings (D-SC)	November 9, 1966 to January 3, 2005	38 years, 1.8 months
9. Richard B. Russell (D-GA)	January 12, 1933 to January 21, 1971	38 years
10. Russell B. Long (D-LA)	December 31, 1948 to January 3, 1987	38 years
11. Francis E. Warren (R-WY)	November 18, 1890 to March 3, 1893 and March 4, 1895 to November 24, 1929	37 years
12. James O. Eastland (D-MS)	June 30, 1941 to September 28, 1941 and January 3, 1943 to December 27, 1978	36 years, 3 months
13. Warren Magnuson (D-WA)	December 14, 1944 to January 2, 1981	36 years
14. Claiborne Pell (D-RI)	January 3, 1961 to January 3, 1997	36 years
15. Kenneth McKellar (D-TN)	March 4, 1917 to January 2, 1953	35 years, 10 months
16. Milton Young (R-ND)	March 12, 1945 to January 2, 1981	35 years, 9 months
17. Ellison D. Smith (D-SC)	March 4, 1909 to November 17, 1944	35 years, 8 months
18. Allen J. Ellender (D-LA)	January 3, 1937 to July 27, 1972	35 years, 7 months
19. William B. Allison (R-IA)	March 4, 1873 to August 4, 1908	35 years, 5 months
20. Pete V. Domenici (R-NM)	January 3, 1973 to present	35 years
20. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE)	January 3, 1973 to present	35 years