Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. He left ofice at age 100.
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Strom Thurmond was the oldest person to serve in either of the houses of Congress. He served in the U.S. Senate until he was 100 years old.
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is the longest serving member of the 110th congress...served for 26 terms.
One of the few constitutional duties of the Vice-President is to serve as President of the US Senate.
July 1862 The U.S. Congress passed the Militia Act, which authorized the president to use black troops in combat.African American to serve in the military
Ben Franklin was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention.