Who holds that?
Correction: Hall already broke the record in 2012. There were a few individuals running in the 1920s that came close. Charles Manly Stedman (D-NC) held the prior record of oldest to serve, though he won his last term at 87, but I don’t know if when he died if he was running again (when he would’ve been 89 years and 9 months+). Isaac R. Sherwood (D-OH) also won his last term in 1922 at the age of 87, but he still ran for another term at 89 years and 2 months+ in 1924, but was defeated.
If Stedman was an active candidate in 1930, he’d have held the oldest to run, otherwise Sherwood held the title (though he was defeated, so that wouldn’t be a record). Hall was 89 years and 6 months when he won reelection in 2012. He became the first member of the House to serve past the age of 90. He’ll have the record unquestionably this year, IF he wins renomination. At the end of the next term (if he wins), he’ll be exactly 93 years and 8 months on January 3, 2017.
the Kings are gonna own some kinda record soon ...