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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)
Tue Dec 26, 2017, 11:25 PM Dec 2017

Current US Senators likely to be the longest serving US Senator in US History.

Longest serving former US Senator
Byrd(D-WV)51 years
Longest serving current US Senator
Leahy(D-VT)elected in 1974- seeks re-election in 2022 and retires in 2028. 54 years
Hatch(R-UT)elected in 1976- gets re-elected in 2018 and retires in 2024. 48 years

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