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The longest-serving U.S. Senator was Robert Carlyle Byrd (D-WV), who was U.S. Senator for 51.48 years, from January 3, 1959 until his death on June 28, 2010.
The Top Ten Longest-Serving U.S. Senators:
- Robert Carlyle Byrd (D-WV) -- 51.48 yrs. -- 3 Jan 1959 to 28 Jun 2010
- Daniel Ken Inouye (D-HI) -- 49.96 yrs. -- 3 Jan 1963 to 17 Dec 2012
- James Strom Thurmond (D-SC, R-SC) -- 47.43 yrs. -- 24 Dec 1954 to 4 Apr 1956 & 7 Nov 1956 to 3 Jan 2003
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy (D-MA) -- 46.80 yrs. -- 7 Nov 1962 to 25 Aug 2009
- Carl Trumbull Hayden (D-AZ) -- 41.84 yrs. -- 4 Mar 1927 to 3 Jan 1969
- John Cornelius Stennis (D-MS) -- 41.13 yrs. -- 17 Nov 1947 to 3 Jan 1989
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens (R-AK) -- 40.03 yrs. -- 24 Dec 1968 to 3 Jan 2009
- Patrick Joseph Leahy (D-VT) -- 39+ yrs. & counting -- since 3 Jan 1975
- Ernest Frederick Hollings (D-SC) -- 38.15 yrs. -- 9 Nov 1966 to 3 Jan 2005
- Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. (D-GA) -- 38.02 yrs. -- 12 Jan 1933 to 21 Jan 1971
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