By the numbers: The oldest senators are the following: Zoom out: There are more than 60 senators age 60 and older — that's more than half of the Senate. Zoom in: McConnell, one of the older ...

Mitch McConnell, a U.S. senator for Kentucky, will not run for reelection in 2026. McConnell is the same age as Vermont's U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. Sanders is currently the second-oldest sitting ...

Considering all of this, it’s no surprise that several Senators have served well into their 80s and beyond. In fact, the oldest person to ever serve as a senator was Strom Thurmond (R.- ...

The average age of U. S. Senators is about 56. They are younger, sprier, more active than members of the British House of Lords. The oldest Senator, 79, is Massachusetts’s Frederick Huntington ...

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, announced Thursday that he would not seek reelection for his seat next year, after a series of health scares in recent years. Vermont's U.S. Sen. Bernie ...