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 May, 2008 is 62.
Currently 1 Senator is in his 90s, 5 are in their 80s, 20 are in their 70s, 37 are in their 60s, 29 are in their 50s, 7 are in their 40s, and 0 are in their 30s.
| 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 84) |
| 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 81) |
| Arlen Specter (R-PA) |
February 12, 1930 (1930-02-12) (age 78) |
| Jim Bunning (R-KY) |
October 23, 1931 (1931-10-23) (age 77) |
| Ted Kennedy (D-MA) |
February 22, 1932 (1932-02-22) (age 76) |
| Dick Lugar (R-IN) |
April 4, 1932 (1932-04-04) (age 76) |
| Pete Domenici (R-NM) |
May 7, 1932 (1932-05-07) (age 76) |
| 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 74) |
| Richard Shelby (R-AL) |
May 6, 1934 (1934-05-06) (age 74) |
| 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 73) |
| Pat Roberts (R-KS) |
April 20, 1936 (1936-04-20) (age 72) |
| 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 70) |
| Kit Bond (R-MO) |
March 6, 1939 (1939-03-06) (age 69) |
| Tom Harkin (D-IA) |
November 19, 1939 (1939-11-19) (age 69) |
| Harry Reid (D-NV) |
December 2, 1939 (1939-12-02) (age 68) |
| Patrick Leahy (D-VT) |
March 31, 1940 (1940-03-31) (age 68) |
| 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 66) |
| Mitch McConnell (R-KY) |
February 20, 1942 (1942-02-20) (age 66) |
| Joe Lieberman (I-CT) |
February 24, 1942 (1942-02-24) (age 66) |
| Jon Kyl (R-AZ) |
April 25, 1942 (1942-04-25) (age 66) |
| 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 64) |
| John Kerry (D-MA) |
December 11, 1943 (1943-12-11) (age 64) |
| Mike Enzi (R-WY) |
February 1, 1944 (1944-02-01) (age 64) |
| 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 63) |
| Larry Craig (R-ID) |
July 20, 1945 (1945-07-20) (age 63) |
| Jim Webb (D-VA) |
February 9, 1946 (1946-02-09) (age 62) |
| 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 61) |
| Tim Johnson (D-SD) |
December 29, 1946 (1946-12-29) (age 61) |
| Thomas R. Carper (D-DE) |
January 23, 1947 (1947-01-23) (age 61) |
| Judd Gregg (R-NH) |
February 14, 1947 (1947-02-14) (age 61) |
| Olympia Snowe (R-ME) |
February 21, 1947 (1947-02-21) (age 61) |
| Hillary Clinton (D-NY) |
October 26, 1947 (1947-10-26) (age 61) |
| Kent Conrad (D-ND) |
March 12, 1948 (1948-03-12) (age 60) |
| Tom Coburn (R-OK) |
March 14, 1948 (1948-03-14) (age 60) |
| Ron Wyden (D-OR) |
May 3, 1949 (1949-05-03) (age 59) |
| 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 58) |
| 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 56) |
| 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 55) |
| Russ Feingold (D-WI) |
March 2, 1953 (1953-03-02) (age 55) |
| Claire McCaskill (D-MO) |
July 24, 1953 (1953-07-24) (age 55) |
| Bob Menendez (D-NJ) |
January 1, 1954 (1954-01-01) (age 54) |
| Ken Salazar (D-CO) |
March 2, 1955 (1955-03-02) (age 53) |
| 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 52) |
| Evan Bayh (D-IN) |
December 26, 1955 (1955-12-26) (age 52) |
| 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 50) |
| Maria Cantwell (D-WA) |
October 13, 1958 (1958-10-13) (age 50) |
| Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA) |
April 13, 1960 (1960-04-13) (age 48) |
| 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 47) |
| David Vitter (R-LA) |
May 3, 1961 (1961-05-03) (age 47) |
| Mark Pryor (D-AR) |
January 10, 1963 (1963-01-10) (age 45) |
| John Sununu (R-NH) |
September 10, 1964 (1964-09-10) (age 44) |
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