List of current United States Senators by age

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This is a list of current U.S. Senators sorted by age. Age does not determine seniority in the Senate. The average age of U.S. Senators as of January, 2008 is 62.

Currently 1 Senator is in his 90s, 5 are in their 80s, 19 are in their 70s, 36 are in their 60s, 29 are in their 50s, and 10 are in their 40s.

Senator	Date of Birth
Robert Byrd (D-WV)	November 20 1917 ( 1917-11-20) (age 91)
Ted Stevens (R-AK)	November 18 1923 ( 1923-11-18) (age 85)
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)	January 23 1924 ( 1924-01-23) (age 85)
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)	September 7 1924 ( 1924-09-07) (age 84)
Daniel Akaka (D-HI)	September 11 1924 ( 1924-09-11) (age 84)
John Warner (R-VA)	February 18 1927 ( 1927-02-18) (age 82)
Arlen Specter (R-PA)	February 12 1930 ( 1930-02-12) (age 79)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)	October 23 1931 ( 1931-10-23) (age 77)
Ted Kennedy (D-MA)	February 22 1932 ( 1932-02-22) (age 77)
Dick Lugar (R-IN)	April 4 1932 ( 1932-04-04) (age 77)
Pete Domenici (R-NM)	May 7 1932 ( 1932-05-07) (age 77)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)	June 22 1933 ( 1933-06-22) (age 75)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)	September 17 1933 ( 1933-09-17) (age 75)
Robert Foster Bennett (R-UT)	September 18 1933 ( 1933-09-18) (age 75)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)	March 22 1934 ( 1934-03-22) (age 75)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)	May 6 1934 ( 1934-05-06) (age 75)
Carl Levin (D-MI)	June 28 1934 ( 1934-06-28) (age 74)
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)	November 17 1934 ( 1934-11-17) (age 74)
Herb Kohl (D-WI)	February 7 1935 ( 1935-02-07) (age 74)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)	April 20 1936 ( 1936-04-20) (age 73)
George Voinovich (R-OH)	July 15 1936 ( 1936-07-15) (age 72)
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)	July 20 1936 ( 1936-07-20) (age 72)
Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)	July 29 1936 ( 1936-07-29) (age 72)
John McCain (R-AZ)	August 29 1936 ( 1936-08-29) (age 72)
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)	June 18 1937 ( 1937-06-18) (age 71)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)	December 7 1937 ( 1937-12-07) (age 71)
Kit Bond (R-MO)	March 6 1939 ( 1939-03-06) (age 70)
Tom Harkin (D-IA)	November 19 1939 ( 1939-11-19) (age 69)
Harry Reid (D-NV)	December 2 1939 ( 1939-12-02) (age 69)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)	March 31 1940 ( 1940-03-31) (age 69)
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)	July 3 1940 ( 1940-07-03) (age 68)
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)	November 11 1940 ( 1940-11-11) (age 68)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)	May 17 1941 ( 1941-05-17) (age 67)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)	September 8 1941 ( 1941-09-08) (age 67)
Max Baucus (D-MT)	December 11 1941 ( 1941-12-11) (age 67)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)	February 20 1942 ( 1942-02-20) (age 67)
Joe Lieberman (I-CT)	February 24 1942 ( 1942-02-24) (age 67)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)	April 25 1942 ( 1942-04-25) (age 67)
Byron Dorgan (D-ND)	May 14 1942 ( 1942-05-14) (age 66)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)	September 29 1942 ( 1942-09-29) (age 66)
Joe Biden (D-DE)	November 20 1942 ( 1942-11-20) (age 66)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)	July 22 1943 ( 1943-07-22) (age 65)
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)	October 3 1943 ( 1943-10-03) (age 65)
Ben Cardin (D-MD)	October 5 1943 ( 1943-10-05) (age 65)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)	November 10 1943 ( 1943-11-10) (age 65)
Wayne Allard (R-CO)	December 2 1943 ( 1943-12-02) (age 65)
John Kerry (D-MA)	December 11 1943 ( 1943-12-11) (age 65)
Mike Enzi (R-WY)	February 1 1944 ( 1944-02-01) (age 65)
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)	May 27 1944 ( 1944-05-27) (age 64)
Richard Durbin (D-IL)	November 21 1944 ( 1944-11-21) (age 64)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)	December 28 1944 ( 1944-12-28) (age 64)
Larry Craig (R-ID)	July 20 1945 ( 1945-07-20) (age 63)
Jim Webb (D-VA)	February 9 1946 ( 1946-02-09) (age 63)
Chuck Hagel (R-NE)	October 4 1946 ( 1946-10-04) (age 62)
Mel Martinez (R-FL)	October 23 1946 ( 1946-10-23) (age 62)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)	December 24 1946 ( 1946-12-24) (age 62)
Tim Johnson (D-SD)	December 29 1946 ( 1946-12-29) (age 62)
Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)	January 23 1947 ( 1947-01-23) (age 62)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)	February 14 1947 ( 1947-02-14) (age 62)
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)	February 21 1947 ( 1947-02-21) (age 62)
Hillary Clinton (D-NY)	October 26 1947 ( 1947-10-26) (age 61)
Kent Conrad (D-ND)	March 12 1948 ( 1948-03-12) (age 61)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)	March 14 1948 ( 1948-03-14) (age 61)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)	May 3 1949 ( 1949-05-03) (age 60)
Norm Coleman (R-MN)	August 17 1949 ( 1949-08-17) (age 59)
Jack Reed (D-RI)	November 12 1949 ( 1949-11-12) (age 59)
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)	April 29 1950 ( 1950-04-29) (age 59)
Patty Murray (D-WA)	October 11 1950 ( 1950-10-11) (age 58)
Chuck Schumer (D-NY)	November 23 1950 ( 1950-11-23) (age 58)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)	May 20 1951 ( 1951-05-20) (age 57)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)	July 5 1951 ( 1951-07-05) (age 57)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)	September 2 1951 ( 1951-09-02) (age 57)
John Cornyn (R-TX)	February 2 1952 ( 1952-02-02) (age 57)
Gordon Smith (R-OR)	May 25 1952 ( 1952-05-25) (age 56)
John Barrasso (R-WY)	July 21 1952 ( 1952-07-21) (age 56)
Bob Corker (R-TN)	August 24 1952 ( 1952-08-24) (age 56)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)	November 9 1952 ( 1952-11-09) (age 56)
Susan Collins (R-ME)	December 7 1952 ( 1952-12-07) (age 56)
Russ Feingold (D-WI)	March 2 1953 ( 1953-03-02) (age 56)
Claire McCaskill (D-MO)	July 24 1953 ( 1953-07-24) (age 55)
Bob Menendez (D-NJ)	January 1 1954 ( 1954-01-01) (age 55)
Ken Salazar (D-CO)	March 2 1955 ( 1955-03-02) (age 54)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)	July 9 1955 ( 1955-07-09) (age 53)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)	October 20 1955 ( 1955-10-20) (age 53)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)	November 23 1955 ( 1955-11-23) (age 53)
Richard Burr (R-NC)	November 30 1955 ( 1955-11-30) (age 53)
Evan Bayh (D-IN)	December 26 1955 ( 1955-12-26) (age 53)
Jon Tester (D-MT)	August 21 1956 ( 1956-08-21) (age 52)
Sam Brownback (R-KS)	September 12 1956 ( 1956-09-12) (age 52)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)	May 22 1957 ( 1957-05-22) (age 51)
John Ensign (R-NV)	March 25 1958 ( 1958-03-25) (age 51)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)	October 13 1958 ( 1958-10-13) (age 50)
Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA)	April 13 1960 ( 1960-04-13) (age 49)
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)	May 25 1960 ( 1960-05-25) (age 48)
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)	September 30 1960 ( 1960-09-30) (age 48)
John Thune (R-SD)	January 7 1961 ( 1961-01-07) (age 48)
David Vitter (R-LA)	May 3 1961 ( 1961-05-03) (age 48)
Barack Obama (D-IL)	August 4 1961 ( 1961-08-04) (age 47)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)	January 10 1963 ( 1963-01-10) (age 46)
John Sununu (R-NH)	September 10 1964 ( 1964-09-10) (age 44)

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