Longest Serving Senator From Every State

Can you name the longest serving Senator from each U.S. state?

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Did not necessarily serve consecutively.

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State	Service Length	Years	Senator
West Virginia	18,804	1959-2010	Robert Byrd
Hawaii	18,246	1963-2012	Daniel Inouye
Vermont	17,532	1975-2023	Patrick Leahy
South Carolina	17,325	1954-1956; 1956-2003	Strom Thurmond
Massachusetts	17,093	1962-2009	Ted Kennedy
Iowa	16,192+	1981-	Chuck Grassley
Utah	15,340	1977-2019	Orrin Hatch
Arizona	15,281	1927-1969	Carl Hayden
Mississippi	15,035	1947-1989	John C. Stennis
Kentucky	14,731+	1985-	Mitch McConnell
Alaska	14,620	1968-2009	Ted Stevens
Georgia	13,888	1933-1971	Richard Russell Jr.
Louisiana	13,882	1948-1987	Russell B. Long
Wyoming	13,513	1890-1893; 1895-1929	Francis E. Warren
Washington	13,169	1944-1981	Warren Magnuson
Delaware	13,161	1973-2009	Joe Biden
Alabama	13,149	1987-2023	Richard Shelby
Indiana	13,149	1977-2013	Richard Lugar
Michigan	13,149	1979-2015	Carl Levin
New Mexico	13,149	1973-2009	Pete Domenici
Rhode Island	13,149	1961-1997	Claiborne Pell
Tennessee	13,089	1917-1953	Kenneth McKellar
North Dakota	13,081	1945-1981	Milton Young
Montana	12,837	1978-2014	Max Baucus
Arkansas	12,748	1943-1977	John L. McClellan
Idaho	12,009	1907-1940	William Borah
Virginia	11,938	1933-1965	Harry F. Byrd
Ohio	11,675	1861-1877; 1881-1897	John Sherman
Wisconsin	11,451	1957-1989	William Proxmire
California	11,286	1992-2023	Dianne Feinstein
Maine	11,099	1881-1911	William P. Frye
Nevada	10,959	1987-2017	Harry Reid
Maryland	10,958	1987-2017	Barbara Mikulski
Connecticut	10,957	1981-2011	Chris Dodd
North Carolina	10,957	1973-2003	Jesse Helms
Pennsylvania	10,957	1981-2011	Arlen Specter
Illinois	10,956	1883-1913	Shelby Moore Cullom
Missouri	10,956	1875-1905	Francis Cockrell
Oregon	10,951	1967-1997	Mark Hatfield
Kansas	10,898	1919-1949	Arthur Capper
Nebraska	10,897	1913-1943	George W. Norris
Colorado	10,738	1876-1882; 1885-1909	Henry M. Teller
New Jersey	10,388	1982-2001; 2003-2013	Frank Lautenberg
Texas	10,292	1913-1941	Morris Sheppard
Minnesota	10,281	1895-1923	Knute Nelson
Oklahoma	10,275	1994-2023	Jim Inhofe
New Hampshire	10,027	1891-1918	Jacob Harold Gallinger
Florida	9,967	1909-1936	Duncan U. Fletcher
New York	9,618+	1999-	Chuck Schumer
South Dakota	8,769	1948-1973	Karl E. Mundt

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