Today, Robert C. Byrd (D), who is the senior senator from the state of West Virginia, became the longest serving member in the history of the United States Congress!
He has served in both the United States House of Representatives and Senate for 56 years, 320 days (20,774 days). He surpassed the service of former Arizona Democratic Senator Carl Trumbull Hayden as the longest serving member of Congress.
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