Meanwhile, the oldest living former member of the House is Frank Guarini (D-NJ) who serrved from 1979-92. Born in August 1924, he's currently the only living Congressional centenarian.
Second is Merwin Coad (D-IA) who served from 1957-62 and turns 100 on the 28th. Third is G. William Whitehurst (R-VA), who was born in March 1925. served f…
Meanwhile, the oldest living former member of the House is Frank Guarini (D-NJ) who serrved from 1979-92. Born in August 1924, he's currently the only living Congressional centenarian.
Second is Merwin Coad (D-IA) who served from 1957-62 and turns 100 on the 28th. Third is G. William Whitehurst (R-VA), who was born in March 1925. served from 1969-86, and who was one of my professors in graduate school at Old Dominion University in the late 1990s. I have an autographed copy of his book "Diary of a Congressman".
Coad's also the last surviving member of congress from the Eisenhower years. He, Lucien Nedzi (99), and Alec Olson (94) are the last surviving members from the Kennedy years.
Nedzi is the fourth oldest living former member. Fifth is Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), the only one of the top 20 I was ever able to vote for, or in my case against, as in 2012 redistricting put my area into his district with the explicit purpose of flipping the seat Democratic. Subsequently Bartlett moved to West Virginia and for over a decade has lived there "off the grid".
Meanwhile, the oldest living former member of the House is Frank Guarini (D-NJ) who serrved from 1979-92. Born in August 1924, he's currently the only living Congressional centenarian.
Second is Merwin Coad (D-IA) who served from 1957-62 and turns 100 on the 28th. Third is G. William Whitehurst (R-VA), who was born in March 1925. served from 1969-86, and who was one of my professors in graduate school at Old Dominion University in the late 1990s. I have an autographed copy of his book "Diary of a Congressman".
Coad's also the last surviving member of congress from the Eisenhower years. He, Lucien Nedzi (99), and Alec Olson (94) are the last surviving members from the Kennedy years.
Nedzi is the fourth oldest living former member. Fifth is Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), the only one of the top 20 I was ever able to vote for, or in my case against, as in 2012 redistricting put my area into his district with the explicit purpose of flipping the seat Democratic. Subsequently Bartlett moved to West Virginia and for over a decade has lived there "off the grid".