List of the youngest state legislators in the United States explained

This is a list of the youngest individuals (i.e. less than 25 years old) elected or appointed to a state legislature in the United States.

Overview

In 2014, the National Conference of State Legislatures estimated that 5% of state legislators were under the age of 30.^[1]

List

! Name! Image! State! Political party! Date of birth! Age upon
taking office! Tenure! Notes

Lilian Hale		Washington		Republican			– present	Temporarily succeeding her stepfather Joel McEntire.
		West Virginia		Republican			– Dec 1, 2018	Daughter of Craig Blair.
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 6, 2006	^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]
		New Hampshire		Republican			– present
		Ohio		Democratic			– Dec 31, 2006	Switched to the Republican Party in November 2004.^[8]
				Republican
		Montana		Democratic			– Jan 4, 2021	^[9]
		North Dakota		Republican			– present
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Aug 8, 2022	Left the Democratic Party in January 2022.^[10]
				Independent
				Republican			– present
		West Virginia		Republican			– present
		West Virginia		Republican			– Jan 2, 2024	Youngest-ever African-American state legislator.^[11]
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 5, 2018
		Montana		Republican			– Jan 17, 2023
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Dec 3, 1986
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Dec 1, 2010
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 2, 1998	Later candidate for governor (2012), town manager of Londonderry (2013–2022) and candidate for U.S. senator (2022).
		Montana		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1981	At the time the youngest-ever Montana state representative.
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Apr 19, 2018
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 1, 1976	Later chair of the state Republican Party (1997–2001).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1977
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Dec 17, 2021
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– present
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– present
		Montana		Republican			– Jan 3, 1983	At the time the youngest-ever Republican legislator.^[12] ^[13]
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Oct 2009
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 5, 2012
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1985	Youngest-ever Massachusetts legislator.^[14] ^[15]
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– present
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Dec 3, 2008
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Dec 3, 1980
		New Hampshire		Democratic		<	----> 19 years	– Dec 3, 2008	^[16] ^[17] ^[18] ^[19]
		New Hampshire		Republican		<	----> 19 years	– Dec 5, 2012	^[20] ^[21] ^[22] Son of Laura Jones.
		Vermont		Republican		<	----> 19 years	–	^[23]
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 6, 1978	Later nominee for governor (1998).
		Rhode Island		Republican			– Feb 22, 2018	Youngest-ever Rhode Island state senator.^[24]
		Montana		Democratic			– Jan 3, 2005	Later state senator (2005–2010).
		Oklahoma		Democratic			– Nov 19, 1930	^[25] Later state senator (1932–1948) and state senate president pro tempore (1945–1947).
		Kansas		Democratic			– Jan 9, 2023	Left the Democratic Party from January to February 2021. Suspended from the party in February 2022.
				Independent
		West Virginia		Republican			– Nov 5, 2021
		Iowa		Whig			– Dec 3, 1848	^[26]
		Virginia		Independent			– May 1782, May 5, 1783 – Oct 17, 1785	Later U.S. representative-elect (1792, did not serve), attorney general of Kentucky (1793–1797), Kentucky state representative (1798–1800), speaker of the Kentucky House (1799–1800), U.S. senator (1801–1805) and U.S. attorney general (1805–1806). Joined the Democratic-Republican Party.
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 4, 2017 Jan 4, 2023 – present	Switched to the Democratic Party in 2018.
				Democratic
		West Virginia		Republican			– present	^[27]
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Aug 6, 2018	Switched to the Libertarian Party in May 2017.
				Libertarian
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 4, 2018	Switched to the Libertarian Party in February 2017.
				Libertarian
		Montana		Republican			– present	^[28]
		North Carolina		Independent			– Feb 7, 1795, Nov 18, 1811 – Dec 25, 1812	Later U.S. representative (1799–1801), U.S. senator (1801–1807, 1813–1814) and governor (1808–1810).
				Democratic-Republican
		North Carolina		Democratic-Republican			– Jan 1, 1809	Vice president of the United States (1853)
		New Hampshire		Republican			– May 27, 2012	Later House majority leader (2010–2012). Youngest majority leader in New Hampshire history.^[29]
		Vermont		Democratic			– Jan 2011	Later speaker of the state House (1995–2001).
		Vermont		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1981	Later state senator (2005–2013).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1981
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 5, 2012	^[30]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– July 12, 1978
		Indiana		Democratic			– 1823, 1830 – 1833, 1838 – 1839	Later state senator (1839–1840, 1844–1846), governor of Oregon Territory (1849–1850, 1853), delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (1851–1859), shadow U.S. senator (1858–1859), U.S. senator (1859–1861) and southern Democratic nominee for vice president of the United States (1860).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1963, Jan 4, 1965 – Jul 5, 1972, Jan 3, 2005 – Jan 3, 2019	At the time the youngest-ever Wisconsin state legislator.^[31]
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Dec 6, 1978	Later state executive councilor (1997–1999).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 13, 1925	Youngest-ever Texas state representative.^[32]
		North Carolina		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1887	^[33]
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Jun 8, 2020
		Utah		Independent		<	----> 20–21 years	– 1856, Jan 8, 1872 – Jan 12, 1874, Jan 10, 1876 – Jan 14, 1878, Jan 12, 1880 – Jan 9, 1882	Later Arizona legislator (1897–1899).
		Georgia		Democratic			– 1895	Later mayor of Thomasville (1903–1904) and U.S. representative (1910–1913).
		South Carolina		Republican			– 1974	Daughter of Ryan Shealy. Later state senator (1987–1990) and candidate for lieutenant governor (1990).
		Minnesota		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1983	Youngest-ever Minnesota state legislator.^[34] Son of Victor N. Jude. Later state senator (1983–1989) and candidate for state attorney general (2022). Switched to the Republican Party in 1992.
		North Carolina		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1903	Later state senator (1903–1905), U.S. representative (1919–1921), governor (1937–1941) and U.S. senator (1945–1954).
		North Dakota		Republican			– present	^[35]
		Florida		Republican			– Nov 8, 2022
		North Dakota		Republican			– Dec 1, 2016
		Virginia		Democratic-Republican			– Dec 7, 1801, Dec 2, 1811 – Nov 30, 1812	Son of George Jackson. Later U.S. representative (1803–1810, 1813–1817).
		Pennsylvania		Democratic			– Dec 1, 1978	^[36]
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1963
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 6, 1978	Later candidate for state treasurer (1990) and for governor (2016). Switched to the Democratic Party.
		New Mexico		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1941	Youngest-ever New Mexico state representative and subsequently the youngest-ever New Mexico state senator.^[37] Later state senator (1941–1947), lieutenant governor (1947–1951, 1955–1957), U.S. representative (1957–1964) and U.S. senator (1964–1977).
		Tennessee		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1897	Later U.S. representative (1907–1921, 1923–1931), chair of the DNC (1921–1924), U.S. senator (1931–1933) and U.S. secretary of state (1933–1944).
		North Dakota		Republican			– Dec 1, 1986	^[38]
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1993	Grandson of Alexander Frederick. Later speaker pro tempore (1983–1993).
		Maine		Republican			– Dec 2, 1970	^[39] ^[40]
		Maryland		Democratic-Republican			– Nov 3, 1806	Later U.S. representative (1806–1809), governor (1809–1811), U.S. senator (1819–1826), state senator (1826–1831) and president of the state senate (1826–1827).
		South Dakota		Republican			– present
		North Dakota		Republican			– present
		Iowa		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1979	Youngest-ever Iowa state legislator.^[41]
		Minnesota		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1983
		Vermont		Democratic			– Jan 1999, Jan 2005 – Jan 2011
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1985	^[42]
		Mississippi		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1932	Later U.S. representative (1941–1995) and dean of the U.S. House (1979–1995).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1945	^[43]
		Rhode Island		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1993	Son of Ted Kennedy and nephew of president John F. Kennedy. Later U.S. representative (1995–2011).
		Minnesota				– Jan 6, 1857	^[44]
		Maine		Republican			– Dec 6, 1944	Son of state representative Benjamin Bubar Sr. Later Prohibition Party nominee for president of the United States (1976, 1980).
		North Dakota		Republican			– present
		Virginia		Independent			– Mar 31, 1785	Later U.S. senator (1794–1799) and president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1795). Joined the Anti-Administration and Democratic-Republican parties.
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1931	^[45]
		Vermont		Republican			– Jan 3, 1979	Later state secretary of state (1981–1993), nominee for U.S. senator (1992), state treasurer (1995–2003) and governor (2003–2011).
		Maine		Republican			– present
		Maine		Democratic			– Dec 5, 1984, Dec 5, 2012 – Dec 3, 2016	Later state senator (1988–1990, 2004–2012) and state public advocate (2017–2021).
		Florida		Republican			– Nov 8, 1988 Nov 7, 1989 – Nov 7, 2000	Later state senator (2000–2010) and candidate for mayor of Hialeah (2011).
		Montana		Democratic			– 1934	Later U.S. representative (1937–1939).
		Hawaii		Democratic			– Nov 2, 2004	Daughter of Mike Gabbard. Later U.S. representative (2013–2021) and candidate for president of the United States (2020). Left the Democratic Party in October 2022.
		Montana		Republican			– Jan 2, 2017
		Tennessee		Democratic-Republican			– Nov 25, 1817	Later U.S. representative (1827–1841), speaker of the U.S. House (1834–1835), secretary of war (1841), state representative (1847), U.S. senator (1847–1859) and Constitutional Union nominee for president of the United States (1860).
		Texas		Democratic			– Dec 14, 1940, Jan 13, 1953 – Sep 30, 1978
		Iowa		Republican			– Jan 9, 1921	^[46]
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1867, Jan 1, 1889 – Dec 31, 1889	Later state senator (1868–1871) and U.S. representative (1873–1875, 1901–1903).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1981
		Maine		Democratic			– Dec 7, 2016	Later state senator (2016–2020).
		Minnesota		Republican			– Jan 7, 2019
		Maryland		Federalist			– Jan 3, 1800	Later state attorney general (1827–1831), U.S. attorney general (1831–1833), secretary of the treasury (1833–1834) and chief justice (1836–1864).
		Oklahoma		Republican			– Nov 21, 2018
		Kansas		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1981
		Arkansas		Democratic			– Jan 13, 1975
		Virginia		Democratic-Republican			– Nov 11, 1816, 1839	Son of John Tyler Sr. Later U.S. representative (1816–1821), governor (1825–1827), U.S. senator (1827–1836), senate president pro tempore (1835), vice president (1841), president (1841–1845, at the time the youngest-ever U.S. president), member of the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861–1862) and representative-elect of the Confederate States Congress (1861–1862, died). Switched to the Democratic, Whig and Tyler Democratic parties.
		Pennsylvania		Republican			– present
		Iowa		Republican			– Jan 1, 2023
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1933	^[47]
		Michigan		Democratic			– present	Youngest legislator in Michigan history.^[48]
		Wyoming		Republican			– present
		California		Republican			– Dec 1, 1902	^[49]
		Vermont		Republican			–	^[50] ^[51]
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1917	^[52] Later state treasurer (1935–1937).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1923	^[53]
		Oklahoma		Republican			– Nov 15, 2018	Later state secretary of state (2023–present).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1895	Later state senator (1895–1897).
		California		Democratic			– Dec 4, 1876	Later U.S. representative (1893–1899) and nominee for governor (1898).
		Vermont		Republican			– Feb 24, 2022	Priorly member of the Democratic Party.
		West Virginia		Republican			– Dec 1, 2022	Later state senator (2022–present).
		Oregon		Democratic			– Oct 22, 1864	Son of Joseph Lane. Later U.S. representative (1875–1877).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– present
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 5, 1931	^[54]
		Maryland	Proprietary			– May 24, 1768	Later state senator (1771–1774, 1777–1791), member of the Annapolis Convention (1775–1776), president of the state senate (1780–1782, 1784, 1785, 1786, 1787–1788, 1790) and governor (1791–1792). Switched to the Federalist Party.
		Maryland		Republican			– Jan 2, 1884, Jan 1, 1896 – Jan 5, 1898	Later U.S. representative (1890–1891, 1897–1911) and speaker of the state House (1896–1897).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1975
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 7, 2022
		Iowa		Republican			– Aug 8, 1981
		Montana		Democratic			– 2007	Succeeded in office by his father Tim.^[55]
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 13, 1925	Later state senator (1925–1931) and state senate president pro tempore (1929–1931).
		Mississippi		Democratic			– present
		Michigan		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1982, Jan 1, 2005 – Dec 31, 2010
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 21 years	– Jan 7, 1931	^[56]
		Maine		Republican		<	----> 21 years	– Dec 7, 2016	Grandson of Peter Edgecomb.
		Washington		Democratic		<	----> 21 years	– Jan 9, 1939	^[57] ^[58]
		Connecticut		Republican		<	----> 21 years	– Jan 3, 1917	^[59]
		New Hampshire		Republican		<	----> 21 years	– Dec 7, 2016
		Missouri		Democratic			– 1858 1856–1858	Since Henderson was only 22 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution's age requirement of 24 years.^[60] Later U.S. senator (1862–1869).
		West Virginia		Republican			– present
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1915, Jan 1, 1919 – Jan 7, 1920
		Florida		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1961	Later speaker of the state House (1957–1959) and state agriculture commissioner (1961–1991).
		Washington		Republican			– Dec 9, 2022
		Iowa		Whig			– Nov 3, 1839, Dec 4, 1843 – May 4, 1845, Nov 6, 1852 – Dec 3, 1854	Later governor (1854–1858) and U.S. senator (1859–1869). Co-founder of the state Republican Party (1856).
		West Virginia		Republican			– Dec 1, 1956	Later governor (1957–1961, 1997–2001). Both the youngest and the oldest person to serve as governor of the state, winning his second term 40 years after winning his first.^[61]
		Oklahoma		Democratic			– Nov 18, 1954	Later state senator (1957–2003), becoming the longest-serving state senator in Oklahoma history.^[62]
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Jul 5, 2023	Later minority leader (2022).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 14, 1941	^[63]
		Oklahoma		Democratic			– Nov 20, 2002	Later state senator (2002–2010) and nominee for lieutenant governor (2010).
		South Carolina		Democratic			– Nov 27, 1894, Jan 10, 1899 – Jan 8, 1901	Later state senator (1907–1909), state senate president pro tempore (1907–1909), governor (1911–1915) and U.S. senator (1925–1931).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1933	^[64]
		Ohio		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1982	Later state secretary of state (1983–1991) and U.S. senator (2007–present).
		North Carolina		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1851, Jan 1, 1887 – Jan 1, 1889	Later state senator (1853–1857), lieutenant governor (1873–1874), governor (1874–1877) and U.S. representative (1877–1879). Switched to the Republican Party in 1867.
				Republican
		South Carolina		Nullifier			– Nov 24, 1828, Nov 22, 1830 – Mar 4, 1833	Son of Charles Pinckney. Later mayor of Charleston (1829–1830, 1831–1833, 1837–1840), speaker of the state House (1830–1833) and U.S. representative (1833–1837).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jul 5, 1929	^[65]
		Maine		Democratic			– Dec 7, 2022	Later speaker of the state House (2020–2022).
		Texas		Democratic			– Oct 1, 1940	^[66]
		Michigan		Republican			– Jan 1, 1979	Later state senator (1979–1991), senate majority leader (1984–1991) and governor (1991–2003).
		Ohio		Republican			– Dec 31, 2018	Her father, John Hagan, previously represented the district.^[67]
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 14, 1947	^[68]
		Texas		Democratic			– Sep 26, 1951
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1895	^[69]
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 1, 1896	Later state senator (1896–1900) and U.S. representative (1915–1925, 1926–1932).
		Michigan		Democratic			– Jan 1, 2011	Son of Burton Leland.
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1945	^[70]
		Florida		Republican			– Nov 7, 2000	Later U.S. representative (2001–2011), state agriculture commissioner (2011–2019) and candidate for governor (2018).
		Minnesota		Republican			– Jan 6, 1879	Later state senator (1887–1895) and lieutenant governor (1895–1897).
		Kansas		Republican			– Jan 9, 1967	^[71] ^[72]
		Michigan		Republican			– Dec 31, 1976, Jan 1, 1983 – Dec 31, 1986	Later candidate for governor (1986).
		South Carolina		Republican			– present
		Texas		Republican			– Jan 11, 1983	^[73] ^[74]
		Rhode Island		Democratic			– present
		South Carolina		Democratic			– Jan 6, 2015
		Louisiana		Democratic			– 1956, 1964 – 1976
		Tennessee				– Nov 5, 1918	^[75]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1937
		Mississippi		Republican			– 1873	Later speaker of the state House (1872–1873) and U.S. representative (1873–1877, 1882–1883).
		Arkansas		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1951	Later lieutenant governor (1971–1975), candidate for governor (1974) and acting governor (1975).
		Montana		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1981	Later state secretary of state (1989–2001), candidate for governor (2000), state senator (2003–2011), state senate president (2007–2009), lieutenant governor (2016–2021) and nominee for governor (2020).
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 5, 1887, Jan 9, 1889 – Jan 7, 1891, Jan 4, 1893 – Jan 6, 1897	^[76] Later state senator (1887–1889).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1901
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Jan 7, 1925	Later state attorney general (1942–1944).
		Arizona		Democratic			– Jan 21, 1901	Later speaker of the House (1899–1901), territorial senator (1903–1905) and U.S. senator (1912–1941).
		Virginia		Independent			– May 3, 1784, Nov 11, 1794 – Nov 10, 1795	Son of Thomson Mason. Later state senator (1787–1791) and U.S. senator (1794–1803).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– May 17, 1878	Later state senator (1883) and mayor of Fall River (1885, 1887–1888).
		Texas		Democratic			– Dec 2, 1937	^[77]
		Kansas		Republican			– Jan 14, 1991
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1939, Jan 8, 1945 – Jan 13, 1947	^[78] ^[79]
		Kansas		Republican			– Jan 8, 1973	^[80]
		Iowa		Republican			– Jan 8, 1860, Jan 13, 1862 – Jan 7, 1866	Later U.S. representative (1869–1877) and U.S. secretary of war (1877–1879).
		Mississippi		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1984	^[81] ^[82] Later candidate for state secretary of state (1983).^[83]
		Arkansas		Democratic			– Jan 11, 1897	Later governor (1913), U.S. senator (1913–1937), senate minority leader (1923–1933), senate majority leader (1933–1937), candidate for president of the United States (1924) and nominee for vice president (1928).
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 3, 1991	Later state senator (1991–2011), state senate minority leader (2007–2011) and nominee for lieutenant governor (2010).
		Alaska		Democratic			– Jan 17, 1983	^[84]
		Idaho		Democratic			–	^[85]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1993	Later state senator (1993–2011).
		Vermont		Democratic			– May 11, 2016	Later state senator (2021–present).
		Minnesota		Republican			– Jan 1, 1951	At the time the youngest-ever Minnesota state legislator.^[86]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1916
		Virginia		Federalist			Nov 29, 1824 – 1826	Son of state senator Littleton Upshur. Later United States Secretary of the Navy (1841–1843) and United States Secretary of State (1843–1844). Switched to the Jacksonian Democrat and Whig parties.
		Texas		Democratic			– Jun 11, 1942	Later state senator (1942–1951).
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1891	^[87]
		Maine		Democratic			– Dec 7, 2016	Later state treasurer (2019–present).
		Maine		Democratic			– Dec 6, 2000	^[88] ^[89] ^[90]
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Dec 6, 2006	Later member of the Executive Council (2013–2019) and U.S. representative (2019–present).
		Alabama		Democratic			– Nov 12, 1849, Nov 14, 1853 – Mar 4, 1857	Later U.S. representative (1857–1861), Provisional Confederate Congress deputy (1861–1862) and Confederate States representative (1862–1864).
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1983	^[91]
		Rhode Island		Democratic			– present
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1929	^[92]
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 4, 2023
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– present
		Florida		Republican			– present
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Dec 4, 2018	^[93]
		North Dakota		Republican			– Oct 4, 2019
		North Dakota		Republican			– Feb 23, 2024
		Maine		Republican			– Jan 7, 1903, Jan 1, 1919 – Jan 3, 1923	Later state senator (1923–1929) and U.S. representative (1937–1940).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1999	^[94] Later speaker of the state House (1991–1995) and state House minority leader (1995–1998).
		North Carolina		Democratic			– Nov 21, 1842	Nephew of Thomas Settle. Later U.S. representative (1843–1847), governor (1851–1854) and U.S. senator (1854–1859).
		Maryland		Democratic			– 1994	^[95] ^[96]
		South Carolina		Republican			– present
		Texas		Democratic			– Sep 11, 1933	Later U.S. secretary of the navy (1953–1954), deputy secretary of defense (1954–1955) and secretary of the treasury (1957–1961). Switched to the Republican Party in 1956.
		South Carolina		Republican			– Nov 12, 2012	^[97] ^[98] ^[99]
		Iowa		Republican			– present	^[100]
		Wisconsin		Republican			– 1965	Priorly chairman of the College Republican National Committee (1959–1961). Later U.S. representative (1967–1978).
		Alaska		Republican			– Jan 11, 1971, Jan 8, 1973 – Jan 19, 1987	^[101]
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Jan 7, 1925 1943–1947	Later speaker of the state House (1945–1947), U.S. representative (1947–1954), and U.S. senator (1954–1974, 1975).
		Michigan		Democratic			– Jan 1, 2005
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– present
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 6, 1943	^[102] ^[103]
		Vermont		Democratic			– present
		Minnesota		Republican			– Jun 30, 2004
		Nebraska		Republican			– present	Third youngest ever Nebraska legislator,^[104] and youngest-ever woman.^[105]
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 4, 1995	Later minority leader (1991–1995) and candidate for secretary of the commonwealth (1994).
		Georgia		Democratic			–	Became the youngest-ever Georgia state representative and speaker of the House.^[106]
		Virginia		Independent			– 1778, May 7, 1781 – Jan 8, 1788	Later speaker of the state House (1786–1788).
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 8, 2001	At the time the youngest-ever Washington state senator.^[107]
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 9, 1991	Later independent candidate for governor (1994).
		West Virginia		Democratic			– Dec 1, 1980	Later state senator (1980–2011), president of the state senate (1995–2011) and governor (2011–2017).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1973	Later state senator (1973–1985) and U.S. representative (1985–1993).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 14, 1969	Later speaker of the state House (1965–1969), lieutenant governor (1969–1973) and candidate for governor (1972).
		Kansas		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1977	Later state senator (1977–1989).
		Missouri		Republican			– Mar 24, 1870	Since Pulitzer was only 22 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution's age requirement of 24 years. Later U.S. representative (1885–1886). Co-founder of the Liberal Republican Party (1870); switched to the Democratic Party in 1874.
		South Carolina		Democratic			– Jun 8, 1940	Later state senator (1941–1942), U.S. representative (1947–1949, 1951–1974) and nominee for governor (1974).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1937	Later mayor of Houston (1953–1955).
		Mississippi		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1968
		Tennessee		Democratic			– Nov 5, 2002
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1983	^[108]
		Oklahoma		Republican			– Nov 23, 2022
		South Carolina		Democratic-Republican			– Nov 24, 1808	Later U.S. representative (1811–1822).
		Oklahoma		Republican			– present	Later speaker pro tempore (2022–present).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1979	Later state senator (1980–1989), nominee for U.S. senator (1988) and administrator of the Small Business Administration (1989–1991).
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1921	^[109]
		Wyoming		Republican			– Oct 4, 2021
		South Carolina		Republican			– Nov 12, 2018	^[110] ^[111] ^[112]
		Maine		Republican			– Dec 2, 2020	Later state senator (2020–present) and senate minority leader (2022–present).
		Texas		Democratic			– Sep 29, 1917, Jan 14, 1947 – Sep 21, 1948	^[113]
		Michigan		Democratic			– Jan 1, 2017	Daughter of Julie Plawecki.
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1969, Jan 6, 1971 – Jan 5, 1977
		Minnesota		Democratic			– 1978	Later speaker of the state House (1973–1979) and U.S. representative (1979–2007).
		Virginia		Democratic-Republican			– Dec 7, 1818	Son of George Jackson and younger brother of John G. Jackson. Later U.S. representative (1820–1823).
		Iowa		Republican			– Nov 6, 2018
		Illinois		Republican			– Jan 11, 2023	Youngest-ever Illinois legislator. Later candidate for lieutenant governor (2022) as the running mate of Richard Irvin.
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1957
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1863	Later candidate for mayor of New York City (1870) and state senator (1874–1875).
		Ohio		Republican			– Jan 1, 1951	At the time the youngest-ever Ohio state representative.^[114] Later became the youngest-ever speaker of the Ohio House, youngest-ever Ohio attorney general and youngest-ever Ohio governor, and elected justice of the state Supreme Court at age 44.^[115]
		Indiana		Democratic			– Nov 7, 1984	Later state senator (1984–1986), U.S. representative (1987–1993) and nominee for U.S. senator (1994).
		Washington		Republican			– Jan 12, 1931	^[116]
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 14, 1947
		South Carolina		Democratic-Republican			– Nov 24, 1800	Later speaker of the state House (1798–1800) and associate justice of the Supreme Court (1804–1834).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1985
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1927	^[117]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1979, Jan 7, 1981 – Jan 6, 1993
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1957	Later speaker of the state House (1955–1957).
		Pennsylvania		Democratic			– Dec 1, 2010	Son of Thomas J. McCall. Later speaker of the state House (2009–2010).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 14, 1873	Son of George W. Smyth.
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1979, Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 5, 1987	^[118]
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 2, 1985
		Tennessee		Republican			– Nov 7, 1922	Later state senator (1948–1952).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1951	Later state senator (1951–1957) and mayor of Chelsea (1952–1955).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1927	^[119]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1941
		Virginia		Independent			– May 8, 1769	Later speaker of the House (1738–1766).
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 22 years	– Jan 5, 1921, Jan 3, 1923 – Jan 7, 1925	^[120]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 22 years	– Jan 7, 1891
		Indiana		Republican		<	----> 22 years	– Nov 7, 1928	^[121] ^[122] Later state senator (1934–1942).
		Nebraska		Democratic		<	----> 22 years	– Jan 5, 1983
		Washington		Democratic		<	----> 22 years	– Jan 9, 1939
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 22 years	– Jan 5, 1921	^[123]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 22 years	– Jan 9, 1895, Jan 4, 1905 – Jan 9, 1907	^[124]
		Connecticut		Republican		<	----> 22 years	– Jan 7, 1891	^[125]
		Vermont		Independent		<	----> 22 years	– Sep 1, 2019
		Missouri		Democratic-Republican		<	----> 22 years	– Jul 22, 1826	Since Pettis was only 22 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution's age requirement of 24 years.^[126] Later Secretary of State of Missouri (1826–1828) and U.S. representative (1829–1831).
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 22 years	– Jan 7, 1891
		Connecticut		Republican		<	----> 22 years	– Jan 9, 1929	^[127]
		Connecticut		Republican		<	----> 22 years	– Jan 3, 1923	^[128]
		Washington		Democratic		<	----> 22 years	– Jan 13, 1941	^[129]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 22 years	– Jan 6, 1915
		South Carolina		Democratic-Republican		<	----> 22–23 years	– Nov 26, 1804, Nov 20, 1805 – Dec 10, 1812	Son of William Alston. Later speaker of the state House (1805–1808, 1809–1812) and governor (1812–1814).
		Kentucky		Democratic-Republican		<	----> 22–23 years	–1802, 1804–1806	Later U.S. representative (1811–1814), Tennessee state representative (1819–1825), U.S. senator (1829–1838, 1839–1840) and U.S. attorney general (1838–1839).
		Virginia		Independent		<	----> 22–23 years	– Dec 21, 1778	Delegate to the Continental Congress (1777–1778).
		Minnesota		Republican			– Jan 2, 1995
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 6, 1915	^[130]
		Arizona		Republican			– Jan 19, 1903	Later governor (1917, 1919–1923).
		Illinois		Republican			– present	Youngest-ever elected Illinois legislator, though Avery Bourne was younger at the time of her appointment.^[131]
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 6, 1993	Later mayor of Derby (1994–1998) and nominee for U.S. senator (2006).
		Iowa		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1993	^[132]
		Maryland		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1975	Later state senator (1975–1978) and Baltimore County Executive (1978–1986).
		Iowa		Republican			– present	Later speaker pro tempore (2014–2020) and majority leader (2020–present).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– present
		Illinois		Democratic			– present
		South Carolina		Democratic-Republican			– Dec 18, 1818	Later speaker of the state House (1818), state attorney general (1818–1822), U.S. senator (1823–1832), governor (1832–1834) and mayor of Charleston (1836–1837).
		Montana		Republican			– 1974	Later state senator (1975–1997), senate president (1995–1996), state secretary of state (2001–2005) and nominee for governor (2004).
		Maryland		Democratic			– 1967	Later state senator (1967–1986).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1937	^[133]
		Kansas		Republican			– Jan 9, 2017	Youngest-ever Kansas state senator.^[134]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 2, 2019	Left the Democratic Party in February 2018.^[135]
				Independent
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1879	Later state senator (1882–1883, 1889, 1896–1912) and senate minority leader (1899–1910).
		Michigan		Democratic			– 1900	^[136]
		Florida				– 1859	Son of state comptroller Theodorus W. Brevard. Later state senator (1865–1866).
		West Virginia		Democratic			– Dec 1, 1880, Dec 1, 1930 – Feb 12, 1937	^[137] ^[138] ^[139] Later Colorado state legislator.
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1949
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1957	^[140]
		Wyoming		Republican			– Jan 4, 1909	Later state senator (1909–1913).
		Vermont		Democratic			– present	Son of Donald M. Hooper.
		Michigan		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1983
		Iowa		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1973	Later state senator (1973–1975), U.S. representative (1975–1979) and candidate for governor (2006).
		North Dakota		Republican			– Dec 1, 2012
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 4, 1939
		Kansas		Democratic			– July 14, 2009	Later state secretary of agriculture (2009–2011) and candidate for governor (2018).
		New York		Republican			– Dec 31, 1884	President of the United States (1901–1909). Youngest-ever U.S. president.
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 14, 1975	^[141]
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 6, 1897	^[142] ^[143]
		Georgia		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1931	Later governor (1931–1933), U.S. senator (1933–1971) and senate president pro tempore (1969–1971).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1927	^[144]
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1935	^[145]
		Minnesota		Independent			– Jan 1, 1951	^[146] Later state senator (1951–1959).
		Oklahoma		Republican			– Nov 21, 2018	Later state senator (2018–2023).
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1983	^[147]
		Maryland		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1987	Son of Meyer Cardin. Later speaker of the state House (1979–1987), U.S. representative (1987–2007) and U.S. senator (2007–present).
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 7, 2022
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1941	Later U.S. representative (1953–1989).
		West Virginia		Democratic			– Dec 1, 1986 Dec 1, 1988 – Dec 1, 1990 Dec 1, 1996 – Dec 1, 2000	Later state senator (1990–1994).
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 3, 1883	^[148] ^[149]
		Florida		Republican			– present
		Connecticut		Democratic			– present
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1966
		Nevada		Democratic			– present
		Florida		Democratic			– present
		South Carolina		Democratic-Republican			– Nov 24, 1806, Nov 28, 1808 – Nov 26, 1810, Nov 23, 1812 – Dec 19, 1812 Sep 15, 1813 – Nov 23, 1818	Later speaker of the state House (1814–1818), state senator (1820, 1837–1840) and governor (1820–1822).
		Wisconsin		Progressive			– Jan 3, 1945	^[150]
		South Carolina		Democratic			– Nov 13, 2000	Later state senator (2000–2015).
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 7, 1903	^[151] Later state senator (1903–1905) and nominee for governor (1936).
		Tennessee		Democratic			– Nov 4, 1952
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1883, Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 9, 1901	^[152]
		Montana		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1979	Later state senator (1982–2001).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1939 Jan 1, 1941 – Jan 3, 1951
		Florida		Democratic			– Nov 7, 1978	Grandson of Hugo Black.
		New Hampshire		Republican			–	^[153]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1985
		West Virginia		Republican			– Oct 12, 2023
		Tennessee		Republican			– Jan 11, 2011	Later minority leader (2007–2009), majority leader (2009–2011) and state comptroller of the treasury (2021–present).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1979
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 14, 1975, Jan 11, 1977 – Jan 12, 1999	^[154] ^[155]
		Oklahoma		Republican			– present
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1943	^[156]
		Nebraska		Democratic			– 1935	At the time the youngest-ever Nebraska state legislator.^[157] ^[158]
		Montana		Democratic			– present
		Alabama		Republican			– Nov 8, 1978, Nov 7, 1990 – Nov 9, 1994, Nov 3, 2010 – Nov 9, 2022
		Hawaii		Democratic			– present
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1898	Later state senator (1898–1899).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1905	Later U.S. representative (1917–1929) and U.S. senator (1929–1953).
		Maine		Republican			– present	^[159] ^[160]
		South Carolina		Republican			– Nov 8, 2004, Nov 8, 2010 – Dec 13, 2017	Later majority leader (1999–2004).
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1883, Jan 8, 1913 – Jan 8, 1919	^[161]
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 11, 1983	Later state senator (1983–2023) and mayor of Houston (2024–present).
		Virginia		National Republican			– Dec 5, 1830, Dec 5, 1831 – Dec 1, 1833, Jan 1, 1838 – Dec 4, 1842	Later state delegate (1848–1849) and U.S. representative (1851–1859, 1875–1877).
				Whig
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 13, 1885	^[162]
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1935	^[163]
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1965	Later mayor of Fort Worth (1977–1979), state senator (1983–1991), state senate president pro tempore (1990) and nominee for U.S. senator (1990).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1939	^[164] Later speaker of the state House (1933–1935) and state senator (1939–1943).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1899, Jan 1, 1902 – Jan 6, 1904
		Maryland		Democratic			– 1933	Later U.S. representative (1939–1947) and mayor of Baltimore (1947–1959).
		Maryland		Democratic			– present	Son of Glenn and Jolene Ivey.
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1953
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1899
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1937
		New York		Republican			– Dec 31, 1930	Later state attorney general (1957–1979) and nominee for mayor of New York City (1961).
		Minnesota		Democratic			– Jan 5, 2021
		South Carolina		Democratic			– Nov 8, 1982
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 3, 2008
		Illinois		Democratic			– Jan 1963	Later state senator (1963–1971), state treasurer (1971–1977), state secretary of state (1977–1981) and U.S. senator (1981–1993).
		North Carolina		Independent			– May 18, 1782, 1784	Later U.S. representative (1791–1815), speaker of the House (1801–1807), U.S. senator (1815–1828) and president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1826–1827).
		Iowa		Independent			– 1942	^[165] ^[166] Member of the Democratic Party.
		Iowa		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1900	Later state senator (1900–1904) and nominee for governor (1906, 1910, 1918) and for U.S. senator (1920, 1926).
		Wisconsin	High tariff and anti-monopoly			– Jan 7, 1889	^[167]
		Alaska		Democratic			– Jan 20, 1975, Jan 10, 1977 – Jan 17, 1983	^[168]
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1864, Jan 1, 1866 – Dec 31, 1866
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1939	Later U.S. representative (1939–1953, 1957–1967) and state senator (1971–1973).
		Iowa		Democratic			– Dec 4, 1842
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1903
		Michigan		Republican			– Jan 14, 1987
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 2003
		Oklahoma		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1959	Later lieutenant governor (1959–1963, 1967–1979) and governor (1963, 1979–1987).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1963, Jan 6, 1965 – Jan 3, 1973
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 11, 1955	Later speaker of the state House (1951–1955).^[169]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1902, Jan 5, 1910 – Jan 4, 1911, Jan 3, 1912 – Jan 4, 1919
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 7, 1931	^[170]
		Pennsylvania		Federalist			– Dec 1, 1816	President of the United States (1857–1861)
		Iowa		Democratic			– present
		Ohio		Republican			– Dec 31, 1972
		Illinois		Democratic			–	U.S. senator (1847–1861) and nominee for president of the United States (1860).
		Iowa		Republican			– present	Grandson of Chuck Grassley. Later speaker of the state House (2020–present).
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 9, 1985	Later U.S. representative (1985–1991) and governor (1995–2004).
		Illinois		Republican			– Jan 3, 2009	Later U.S. representative (2009–2015).
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 2022	Longest-serving state legislator in New York history.^[171]
		Louisiana		Democratic			– Jan 1987	Switched to the Republican Party in 1986. Later U.S. representative (1987–2008)
				Republican
		New Hampshire		Democratic			–	^[172]
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 14, 1889	Later candidate for governor of Washington (1892), U.S. representative (1897–1899), candidate for governor of Illinois (1908), U.S. senator (1913–1919, 1931–1939) and nominee for governor of Illinois (1920).
		Washington		Republican			– Jan 12, 1987
		Connecticut		Republican			– 1910 1921–1922
		Michigan		Republican			– Jan 5, 1853	Later state senator (1857–1859), U.S. representative (1865–1871), U.S. senator (1871–1883) and president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1875–1879).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jul 9, 1979	^[173] Later U.S. representative (1981–1997).
		Ohio		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1917	Later nominee for state attorney general (1922, 1956), U.S. representative (1933–1937, 1941–1943, 1949–1951) and U.S. senator (1959–1971).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 6, 1913	^[174]
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 4, 1899
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1929	Later minority leader (1924–1929).
		New York		Democratic			– Apr 22, 2009	Son of Rubén Díaz Sr. Later borough president of the Bronx (2009–2021) and candidate for mayor of New York City (2021).
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1915, Jan 1, 1935 – Dec 31, 1937, Jan 1, 1939 – Jan 14, 1941	^[175] Later state senator (1941–1944).
		Kansas		Republican			– present
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1995	Switched to the Republican Party in 1994. Later majority leader of the state senate.
				Republican
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1963	Later state senator (1963–1973) and state senate president pro tempore (1969).
		New Hampshire		Republican			–	^[176]
		North Dakota		Republican			– Dec 1, 2020	Grandson of Earl Strinden and stepson of Tony Grindberg. Later state treasurer (2021–present).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1988	Later mayor of Medford (1988–2016).
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Apr 1, 2023
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1961	Later member of the governor's council (1961–1965).
		Nebraska		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1913
		Iowa		Republican			– present
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1897
		Indiana		Republican			– Nov 9, 1904	Later U.S. representative (1919–1923).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1971	Youngest-ever Wisconsin state senator.^[177] Son of Martin E. Schreiber. Later lieutenant governor (1971–1977), governor (1977–1979) and candidate for mayor of Milwaukee (1988).
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 6, 1897	^[178]
		New Jersey		Democratic			– Jan 1979	Later Essex County Executive (1979–1987) and nominee for governor (1985).
		Nebraska		Republican			– Jan 7, 2009
		Maryland		Democratic			– Jan 14, 2015	Youngest-ever chairman of the Baltimore County Delegation.^[179]
		Illinois		Democratic			– present
		Ohio		Republican			– Dec 31, 2012
		Ohio		Republican			– Dec 31, 2020	Later state senator (2021–present).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 7, 1889	^[180]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1961
		Georgia		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1961
		Minnesota		Republican			– Jan 7, 2013	Later state senator (2013–present).
		North Dakota		Democratic			– present	Later minority leader (2014–2018).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 13, 1903	Son of Albert Wadel Hansen Moursund.
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 4, 1911
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1967	Later state senator (1967–1969) and mayor of Seattle (1969–1978).
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 4, 1899	Later state senator (1899–1901) and state attorney general (1915–1919).
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 3, 1986	Later assistant secretary of state for consular affairs (1989–1992).
		Texas		Democratic			– Sep 10, 1961
		Vermont		Republican			– Jan 2009	Later state senator (2011–present).
		North Dakota		Republican			– Dec 1, 1980	Later state senator (1980–2000) and state attorney general (2000–2022).
		California		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1855	Later speaker of the state House (1854–1855).
		North Carolina		Democratic			– Nov 19, 1860	Later speaker of the state House (1858–1860).
		Minnesota		Independent			– Jan 6, 1919	^[181] ^[182]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1991
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1972	Later borough president of Manhattan (1978–1985) and president of the New York City Council (1986–1994).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– May 26, 2022	Later city manager of Lowell (2022–present).
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 13, 1947	^[183] Priorly member of the Communist Party. Later co-founder of the state Progressive Party (1948).^[184]
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 5, 1931	^[185]
		Tennessee		Republican			– Nov 5, 1974	Later nominee for U.S. senator (1984) and mayor of Knoxville (1987–2003).
		Wisconsin		Socialist			– Jan 3, 1927	^[186]
		Montana		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1979, Jan 7, 1985 – Jan 4, 1993	Later nominee for governor (1992).
		North Carolina		Independent			– Jan 8, 1830	Later governor (1832–1835).
		South Carolina		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1995	Switched to the Republican Party in 1991. Later governor (1995–1999) and executive director of the World Food Programme (2017–present).
				Republican
		Hawaii		Democratic			– Nov 6, 2018
		Oklahoma		Democratic			– present
		Michigan		Democratic			– Jan 1985
		Illinois		Whig			– 1840, Dec 4, 1842 – 1844	Later state auditor of public accounts (1857–1864).
		Maine		Republican			– Apr 10, 1973
		Maryland		Republican			– Jan 10, 2007 Jan 12, 2011 – Jan 14, 2015	^[187]
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1937	Later state senator (1937–1941).^[188]
		Kentucky		Democratic-Republican			–	Later U.S. representative (1810–1811), U.S. senator (1815–1816), state senator (1817–1821), lieutenant governor (1820–1824), commonwealth secretary of state (1824–1825), Democratic Party nominee for governor (1828) and U.S. postmaster general (1829–1835).
		Georgia		Independent			– 1783, Jan 4, 1785 – 1787, Jan 12, 1796 – 1798	Later governor-elect (1788, declined the position), U.S. representative (1789–1791), U.S. senator (1793–1795, 1801–1806) and governor (1798–1801).
				Democratic-Republican
		Iowa		Republican			– Jan 8, 1961	^[189]
		Illinois		Republican			– Jan 15, 1957
		Alaska		Democratic			– Jan 29, 1960, Feb 2, 1960 – Jan 23, 1961	^[190]
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1973	Later speaker of the state House (1972–1973).
		Virginia		Independent			– May 5, 1783, Oct 15, 1787 – Oct 19, 1789, Dec 3, 1810 – Jan 16, 1811	Founding Father of the United States and U.S. President
		New Hampshire		Republican			– Dec 3, 2008, Apr 29, 2009 – Dec 2, 2014
		North Dakota		Democratic			– Dec 5, 2016	Elected Chair of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL at 26, making her the youngest U.S. state party chair at the time.^[191]
		Alaska		Democratic			– Jan 17, 2023
		Louisiana		Democratic			– Jan 9, 2012	Switched to the Republican Party in November 2010.
				Republican
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1965	^[192]
		Virginia		Democratic-Republican			– Dec 7, 1801, Dec 3, 1804 – Dec 1, 1806, Nov 11, 1816 – Dec 1, 1817	Son of Henry Tazewell. Later U.S. representative (1800–1801), U.S. senator (1824–1832), president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1832) and governor (1834–1836).
		Missouri		Democratic			– 1937	^[193] ^[194] Since Fulbright was not yet 24 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution's age requirement.
		South Carolina		Democratic			– Nov 12, 1906	Later governor (1931–1935).
		Vermont		Democratic			– Jan 14, 1985
		Iowa		Democratic			– Nov 1, 1840	Later legislative councillor (1840–1846), U.S. representative (1846–1847) and attorney general of California (1852–1854).
		Oklahoma		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1979	^[195] ^[196] ^[197] ^[198] Later state senator (1979–1982).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1967	Later switched to the Republican Party.
		Kansas		Republican			– present	Later speaker pro tempore (2023–present).
		Missouri		Democratic			– Dec 25, 1848	Younger brother of Samuel M. Bay. Later U.S. representative (1849–1851).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1916
		Kansas		Republican		<	----> 23 years	– present
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 23 years	– Jan 8, 1975	^[199]
		Maine		Republican		<	----> 23 years	– Dec 2, 1998
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 23 years	– Jan 7, 1931	^[200]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 23 years	– Jan 9, 1889	^[201]
		Nebraska		Democratic		<	----> 23 years	– 1984	At the time the youngest-ever female Nebraska legislator.^[202] ^[203]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 23 years	– Jan 3, 1951	^[204]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 23 years	– Jan 8, 1913	^[205] ^[206] Later secretary of the state (1913–1915).
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 23 years	– Jan 3, 1951	^[207]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 23 years	– Jan 9, 1985	^[208]
		Hawaii		Democratic		<	----> 23 years	– present
		Washington		Democratic		<	----> 23 years	– Jan 11, 1937
		Montana		Republican		<	----> 23 years	– present	Appointed following the resignation of her husband Daniel.^[209]
		Virginia		Independent		<	----> 23–24 years	– 1697, 1698 – 1700	Son of Philip Ludwell.
		South Carolina		Independent		<	----> 23–24 years	–	Son of Charles Pinckney. Later state senator, Federalist nominee for vice president of the United States (1800) and Federalist nominee for president of the United States (1804, 1808).
		Virginia		Independent		<	----> 23–24 years	– 1715	Son of Christopher Robinson.
		Illinois		Republican			– Jan 4, 1905	Grandson of Joseph Medill.
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1943	^[210]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1901
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1979	^[211] ^[212]
		New Hampshire		Republican			– present	^[213]
		Montana		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1981, Jan 5, 1987 – Jan 6, 2003, Jan 7, 2013 – Jan 2, 2017
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1947
		Texas		Democratic			– Apr 18, 1876	^[214]
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1917	^[215]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1919	Later Boston City Councilor (1926–1928, 1930–1936), president of the Boston City Council (1931, 1933), chair of the state Democratic Party (1935–1939) and Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston (1938–1943).
		Texas		Democratic			– Aug 6, 1951
		Kentucky		Democratic-Republican			– Nov 4, 1806, Dec 30, 1841 – Dec 29, 1843 Nov 5, 1850 – Nov 19, 1850	Later U.S. representative (1807–1819, 1829–1837), U.S. senator (1819–1829) and vice president (1837–1841). Joined the Democratic Party in 1828.
				Democratic
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 11, 1949	Later U.S. representative (1955–1989) and speaker of the U.S. House (1987–1989).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1951	Later U.S. representative (1953–1995).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1953	Later speaker of the state House (1949–1953), U.S. representative (1953–1987) and speaker of the U.S. House (1977–1987).
		Pennsylvania		Republican			– Dec 1, 1886	Grandson of Charles B. Penrose. Later state senator (1886–1897), state senate president pro tempore (1889–1891), U.S. senator (1897–1921) and chair of the state Republican Party (1903–1905).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 7, 1991	Later state treasurer (1991–1995) and secretary of the state department of revenue (1996–2001).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 2005	^[216]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1991
		Arkansas		Republican			– Jan 14, 2019	Later state senator (2019–present)
		Texas		Democratic			– Sep 5, 1967	^[217]
		Rhode Island		Federalist			– 1812, 1823 – 1825	Later U.S. senator (1811–1821).
		Minnesota		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1975	Later state treasurer (1975–1983), becoming the youngest-ever Minnesota state constitutional officer.^[218]
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Dec 1, 1976	Later state secretary of state (1976–2022).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1967
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1895	^[219]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1897
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1937	^[220]
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1833	President of the United States (1853–1857). At the time the youngest-ever U.S. president.
		Oklahoma		Democratic			– Nov 16, 2022	Later minority leader (2018–2022).
		Louisiana		Democratic			– Jan 1988	Daughter of Moon Landrieu. Later U.S. senator (1997–2015).
		Ohio		Democratic-Republican			– 1807	Later governor of the Territory of Michigan (1813–1831), Secretary of War (1831–1836), U.S. senator (1845–1848, 1849–1857), Democratic Party nominee for president of the United States (1848), president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (1854) and Secretary of State (1857–1860).
		South Carolina		Democratic			– Mar 3, 1853	Later U.S. representative (1853–1856, 1856–1860) and member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States (1861–1862).
		Illinois		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1941	Later candidate for U.S. senator (1940), candidate for mayor of Chicago (1955) and Republican Party nominee for mayor of Chicago (1963).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1907	Later candidate for mayor of Boston (1925).
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1980	Later U.S. representative (1981–1999) and U.S. senator (1999–present).
		Florida		Democratic			– Nov 26, 1860	Later state senator (1860–1862) and U.S. representative (1877–1891).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1937	^[221]
		Tennessee		Republican			– Sep 1, 2005
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1895
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 5, 1955	^[222]
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1939	^[223] ^[224] ^[225]
		Connecticut				– Jan 3, 1883	^[226]
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1975	^[227]
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 2007	Later speaker of the state House (2003–2007).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– present
		Alaska		Republican			– Jan 10, 1977	^[228]
		Michigan		Democratic			– Jan 1, 2011	Son of Coleman Young. Later candidate for mayor of Detroit (2009, 2017) and state senator (2011–2019).
		New Mexico		Republican			– 1916
		Kentucky		Democratic-Republican			– 1817	Later U.S. senator (appointed in 1814, at which point he was too young;^[229] served 1817–1819, 1835–1841, 1842–1848, 1855–1861), nominee for Supreme Court justice (1828–1829), U.S. attorney general (1841, 1850–1853), governor (1848–1850) and U.S. representative (1861–1863).
		Kansas		Republican			– Jan 9, 1871
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 3, 1973	Succeeded his deceased father in office.^[230] ^[231]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– 1951	Later state senator (1953–1957).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– July 19, 2017
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Apr 1, 1969	Later U.S. representative (1969–2011).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 11, 2011	^[232]
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1911	^[233]
		Kansas		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1949	^[234]
		Wisconsin		Progressive			– Jan 4, 1943	^[235]
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1933	^[236]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1977
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1939 Jan 1, 1947 – Jan 5, 1949
		Maine		Republican			– Dec 5, 1988, Dec 2, 1992 – Dec 7, 1994
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1991	Later secretary of the commonwealth (1995–present).
		Texas		Democratic			– Sep 29, 1917	^[237] Later state senator (1929–1935), state senate president pro tempore (1933) and lieutenant governor (1935–1939).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1979	Later state senator (1979–1981).
		New York		Federalist			– Jun 30, 1814	Son of Rufus King.
		New Hampshire		Democratic			–	^[238]
		Washington		Republican			– Jan 14, 2019
		Montana		Democratic			– Jan 4, 2021
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1923	^[239]
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 3, 1973
		New Jersey		Republican			– Jan 11, 1994
		North Dakota		Republican			– Dec 1, 1990	^[240]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1916
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 7, 1885	^[241]
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 9, 1907	^[242]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1985	Later state senator (1985–1999) and U.S. representative (2011–present).
		Wyoming		Republican			– Jan 3, 1983, Jan 7, 1985 – Jan 14, 1993	Later state senator (1993–1995), state treasurer (1999–2007), U.S. representative (2009–2017) and U.S. senator (2021–present).
		Iowa		Republican			– Jan 7, 1894	^[243]
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 1, 1953	Succeeded his deceased father in office, becoming the youngest-ever Wisconsin state senator.^[244] Later U.S. representative (1953–1969), U.S. secretary of defense (1969–1973) and White House domestic affairs advisor (1973–1974).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1985
		Iowa		Democratic			– Nov 1, 1840	^[245] Later territorial councilor (1840–1842).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1971
		Mississippi		Democratic			– Jan 1924	Later governor (1932–1936)
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1987	Later state senator (1987–1991).
		Arkansas		Democratic			–	^[246] ^[247] ^[248]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1989
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1935, Jan 6, 1937 – Jan 6, 1943	^[249]
		Georgia		Democratic			– Jan 12, 2015
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1951	Later state senator (1972–1973).
		Michigan		Democratic			– 1980
		Pennsylvania		Republican			– Jan 5, 2021
		Iowa		Democratic			– Jan 11, 2015
		Washington		Democratic			– present
		Arkansas		Democratic			– Jan 13, 2003	Later speaker of the state House (2001–2003; youngest-ever speaker of the Arkansas House^[250]), state senator (2003–2011) and nominee for lieutenant governor (2010).
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1933
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 4, 1899	^[251]
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1951	^[252]
		Minnesota		Republican			– Jan 3, 1983	Later state senator (1983–2001).
		Texas		Democratic			– Sep 10, 1917	Later candidate for U.S. senator (1922, 1948).
		Pennsylvania		Democratic			– Nov 30, 1984
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1963	^[253]
		Oregon		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1979	Later U.S. representative (1996–present).
		Iowa		Republican			– Jan 1, 1995	^[254]
		Nevada		Republican			– Nov 7, 1906	Later state senator (1908–1916), state senate president pro tempore (1915), chairman of the state Republican Party (1924–1925) and governor (1927–1934).
		Kentucky		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1898	Grandson of Charles A. Wickliffe and nephew of Robert C. Wickliffe. Became the youngest-ever Kentucky state legislator.^[255] Later lieutenant governor (1900), governor (1900–1907) and U.S. senator (1915–1921).
		Texas		Republican			– Jan 11, 1881
		Kentucky		Whig			– Dec 31, 1844	Later state senator (1844–1848), lieutenant governor (1848–1850) and governor (1850–1851, 1867).
		New York		Democratic			– present
		Missouri		Republican			– present
		Michigan		Republican			– Jan 1, 2015
		Texas		Democratic			– 1889	Youngest-ever Texas state senator. Son of Sam Houston.
		Kansas		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1979	Later U.S. representative (1983–1995).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 4, 2021	Priorly mayor of Rice Lake (2010–2012). Later state senator (2023–present).
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 11, 1937	^[256]
		Alaska		Republican			– present
		South Carolina				– Nov 27, 1820, Nov 22, 1830 – Nov 26, 1832	Son of Daniel Huger and son-in-law of Arthur Middleton. Later state senator (1838–1842) and U.S. senator (1843–1845). Switched to the Democratic Party.
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 8, 1919	^[257]
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1915	^[258]
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1893	Later state senator (1894–1902, 1909–1912) and U.S. representative (1903–1906, 1913).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1916
		Minnesota		Republican			– Jan 24, 1994	Youngest-ever female Minnesota state legislator.^[259] Daughter of state senator Jerome Blatz.
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 14, 1985	Later U.S. representative (2013–2021) and lieutenant governor (2021–present).
		Indiana		Democratic			– Dec 4, 1843	Later speaker of the state House (1842–1843), U.S. representative (1843–1849) and California state representative (1851–1853).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1907	^[260] Later U.S. representative (1921–1939).
		Vermont		Republican			– Jan 9, 2019	Later state senator (2019–2023).
		Texas		Democratic			– Oct 31, 1917	^[261] Later state senator (1921–1925) and state senate president pro tempore (1923).
		Vermont		Democratic			– Jan 4, 2023	Later state senator (2023–present), becoming the youngest-ever Vermont state senator.
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 7, 1891, Jan 4, 1899 – Jan 9, 1901	^[262]
		Rhode Island		Democratic			– present	Later majority leader (2023–present).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1933	^[263]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– present
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 9, 1901	^[264] Later U.S. representative (1905–1913).
		Michigan		Republican			– Jan 1, 2023	Later candidate for state secretary of state (2022).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 13, 1953	^[265]
		California		Republican			– Jan 7, 1935	Son of Joseph R. Knowland. Later state senator (1935–1939), U.S. senator (1945–1959) and nominee for governor (1958).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1955	^[266] Later Montana state representative (2001–2003).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1902	Later state senator (1902–1903, 1904–1905).
		North Carolina		Whig			– Nov 17, 1856	Later U.S. representative (1858–1861), governor (1862–1865, 1877–1879) and U.S. senator (1879–1894).
		Iowa		Republican			– Jan 7, 1872	Later state senator (1884–1888).
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 7, 1903	Later state senator (1905–1907, 1918–1923).
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 5, 1910, Jan 5, 1916 – Jan 3, 1917	Later mayor of Everett (1918–1919).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1921
		Pennsylvania		Republican			– Nov 30, 1980, Jan 5, 1983 – Jan 2, 2012	Later speaker of the state House (2007–2008).
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Sep 28, 2015	Later nominee for lieutenant governor (2022).
		Pennsylvania		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1979	Later member of the Pittsburgh City Council (1980–1984), city controller (1984–2006) and chair of the Allegheny County Democratic Party (2002–2005).
		Missouri		Republican			– present	Second youngest ever Missouri state representative.^[267]
		Wyoming		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1983	Later state senator (1983–1999) and nominee for U.S. senator (1988) and for governor (1998).
		Kentucky		Democratic-Republican			– Jan 1, 1815	Later U.S. representative (1823–1833, 1861–1863), lieutenant governor (1836–1839), acting governor (1839–1840) and U.S. postmaster general (1841–1845).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 5, 1903	^[268]
		Arkansas		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1973	Later chair of the state Democratic Party (1974–1976), White House chief of staff (1993–1994) and counselor to the president (1994–1998).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1959
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1917
		Virginia				– Dec 4, 1820, Dec 2, 1822 – Dec 1, 1823	Later U.S. representative (1823–1829), U.S. senator (1832–1834, 1836–1839, 1841–1845) and Confederate States representative (1864–1865).
		Iowa		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1965	Later state auditor (1965–1967) and insurance commissioner (1967–1971).
		Iowa		Democratic			– Feb 2, 1994	^[269]
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1915	Son of Alvin Clark Owsley. Later candidate for U.S. senator (1928).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1939	^[270]
		Minnesota		Democratic			– Jan 3, 2011
		New York		Republican			– Dec 31, 1868	Later speaker of the state House (1867), state senator (1880–1883, 1886–1887) and state senate president pro tempore (1886–1887).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1969
		Virginia				– Dec 3, 1810	Later associate justice of the Supreme Court (1842–1860).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1933	Son of Daniel J. Gallagher. Later state senator (1933–1935).
		Kentucky				– 1827	Later state senator (1827–1831), U.S. representative (1831–1837), secretary of the navy (1844–1845, 1846–1849) and attorney general (1845–1846).
		Maine		Republican			– Jan 5, 1977	Later U.S. representative (1983–1987) and governor (1987–1995).
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1912, Jan 1, 1919 – Dec 31, 1920	Later U.S. representative (1923–1935).
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 2, 1901
		Washington		Republican			– Jan 3, 2005	Later U.S. representative (2005–present).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1979
		Alabama		Republican			– Nov 18, 1872	Later state senator (1872–1875) and U.S. representative (1875–1877).
		Rhode Island		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1995	Son of Frank Caprio. Later state senator (1995–2007), state treasurer (2007–2011) and nominee for governor (2010).
		Montana		Republican			– 1990	Later director of the state department of agriculture (1993–1995).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1905	^[271]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1910
		Connecticut		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1885	^[272]
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 8, 1963	Later state senator (1963–1973).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1895	^[273]
		Indiana		Republican			– Nov 6, 1974	Later U.S. representative (1979–1983) and Reform Party nominee for U.S. senator from Florida (2000).
		New York		Federalist			– Jan 5, 1791	Later state senator (1791–1796), lieutenant governor (1795–1801), nominee for governor (1801, 1813) and U.S. representative (1822–1829).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 5, 1903	^[274]
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 6, 1915	^[275] Later state senator (1915–1919).
		Arkansas		Republican			– Jul 10, 2020, Jan 9, 2023 – present
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1973
		Massachusetts		Democratic-Republican			– May 26, 1807	Later U.S. representative (1808–1809) and Supreme Court justice (1812–1845).
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 2, 1945, Jan 1, 1947 – Jan 4, 1955
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 5, 1887	^[276]
		Mississippi		Democratic			– Jan 5, 2016	Son of Henry Espy and nephew of Mike Espy. Later mayor of Clarksdale (2017–present).
		Pennsylvania		Democratic			– Dec 1, 1996	Later state senator (1996–2016).
		Rhode Island		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1995	Later state secretary of state (1995–2001) and U.S. representative (2001–2023).
		New York		Republican			– Dec 31, 1874, Jan 1, 1876 – Dec 31, 1879, Jan 1, 1889 – Dec 31, 1896	Son of Hamilton Fish. Later speaker of the state House (1895–1896) and U.S. representative (1909–1911).
		Minnesota		Republican			– Jan 3, 2011
		Georgia		Democratic			– present
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1953
		Iowa		Republican			– Jan 12, 2003
		North Carolina		Democratic-Republican			– Dec 21, 1815, Nov 17, 1817 – Dec 25, 1820, Nov 20, 1848 – Dec 27, 1852	Later state senator (1816), speaker of the state House (1819–1820), U.S. representative (1821–1827, 1841–1845), and state attorney general (1828–1834).
				Democratic
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1977	Later state senator (1977–1995).
		Nebraska		Republican			– Jan 9, 2019
		Georgia		Democratic			– Jul 1, 2011	Later state senator (2013–present).
		Kansas		Republican			– 1861	Later governor (1865–1868).
		Colorado		Democratic			– Nov 9, 1936	Since Nevin was only 24 years old, his swearing-in was in violation of the state constitution's age requirement of 25 years.^[277]
		Georgia		Whig			– Dec 9, 1841	Later state senator (1842), U.S. representative (1843–1859, 1873–1882), member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States (1861–1862), vice president of the Confederate States (1862–1865) and governor of Georgia (1882–1883).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1945	^[278]
		Michigan		Democratic			– Jan 1981, Jan 12, 1983 – Jan 1985, Jan 14, 1987 – Jan 1993	Later state senator (1995–2003).
		Iowa		Republican			– Jan 1, 2003	Later state senator (2003–2007).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1905	Later state senator (1905–1909) and state senate president pro tempore (1907).
		Maryland		Democratic			– 1947
		Minnesota		Independent			– Jan 5, 1931 Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 2, 1967	Later state senator (1931–1935).
		Maine		Democratic			– Dec 5, 2012	Later minority leader (2010–2012), state senator (2012–2014) and executive director of EMILY's List (2017–present).
		Missouri		Republican			– Nov 19, 1866	Later U.S. representative (1869–1871) and nominee for governor (1880).
		Nebraska		Democratic			– Jan 1999	At the time the third youngest ever Nebraska state legislator, and at his retirement the eighth-longest serving legislator in state history.^[279] Later mayor of Lincoln (1999–2003).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1933	^[280]
		Georgia		Democratic			– Jan 14, 1991	^[281] Son of R. L. Foster.
		Minnesota		Republican			– present
		Minnesota		Republican			– present
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1995
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 13, 1885, Jan 8, 1889 – Jan 10, 1893	^[282]
		Michigan		Democratic			– Apr 2, 1849	Later nominee for governor (1874).
		Florida		Democratic			– Nov 3, 1942	Later speaker of the state House (1941–1943) and governor (1953).
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1998	Later U.S. representative (1999–2019).
		New York		Republican			– Dec 31, 1897	Son of James W. Husted. Later U.S. representative (1915–1923).
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1861, Jan 1, 1877 – Dec 31, 1877	Later state senator (1864–1865).
		Maine		Democratic			– 1996	Later state secretary of state (1997–2005).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1955	^[283]
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1926	Later state senator (1927–1942).
		Georgia		Democratic			– Nov 4, 1863	Son of Samuel Charles Candler. Later state senator (1868–1872) and U.S. representative (1875–1879).
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1962
		New Hampshire		Democratic			–	^[284]
		Kentucky		Democratic-Republican			– Feb 5, 1817	Later Alabama state representative (1819–1820) and Liberty Party nominee for vice president of the United States (1840, 1844).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1979	^[285]
		Oklahoma		Democratic			– Nov 17, 2010
		Pennsylvania		Republican			– Nov 30, 2018	Later majority leader (2015–2018).
		Oklahoma		Democratic			– Oct 17, 1973	^[286] ^[287] ^[288] Later state senator (1973–1986).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1908, Jan 4, 1911 – Jan 3, 1912
		New York		Republican			– Dec 31, 1958	Later lieutenant governor (1959–1973) and governor (1973–1974).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1943	Son of Theodore A. Glynn.
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 4, 1933	^[289]
		Michigan		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1982	Later state senator (1983–1992, 2003–2010), U.S. representative (1993–2003) and Bay County Executive (2017–present).
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 9, 1939, Jan 13, 1941 – Jan 11, 1943	^[290]
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 9, 1884	^[291]
		Maryland		Federalist			– 1815	Son of Alexander Contee Hanson Sr. and grandson of John Hanson. Later U.S. representative (1813–1816) and U.S. senator (1816–1819).
		Iowa		Democratic			– Jan 12, 1868, Jan 8, 1872 – Jan 11, 1874	^[292]
		Texas		Republican			– Jan 12, 2021	Later speaker pro tempore (2013–2019) and speaker of the state House (2019–2021).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1895
		Texas		Democratic			– Nov 5, 1954	Later state senator (1954–1965) and state senate president pro tempore (1959–1961).
		Mississippi		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1956	Later lieutenant governor (1972–1976), governor (1980–1984) and nominee for U.S senator (1984).
		Ohio		Democratic			– 1958 1959–1964	Later minority leader (1951–1958).^[293]
		Wisconsin		Socialist			– Jan 7, 1929	^[294]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1973
		Michigan		Democratic			– Jan 1, 2023	Priorly mayor pro tempore of Taylor (2017–2019).
		Texas		Democratic			– Jan 10, 1893	^[295]
		Iowa		Democratic			– Jan 1, 1987	^[296]
		Minnesota		Democratic			– present
		New York		Democratic			– Dec 31, 1888
		Indiana		Republican			– present
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1939, Jan 5, 1959 – Jan 4, 1971	Later speaker of the state House (1937–1939) and candidate for governor (1940). Switched to the Wisconsin Progressive Party in 1934, and back to the Republican Party in 1942.
				Progressive
				Republican
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 7, 1981
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 5, 1981	^[297]
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– Jan 2, 1935
		Kansas		Republican			– Apr 25, 2017	Later state treasurer (2017–2021) and U.S. representative (2021–present).
		Wisconsin		Republican			– Jan 3, 1921	^[298]
		Pennsylvania		Republican			– Nov 30, 2006
		Washington		Democratic			– Jan 13, 1913	^[299]
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 6, 1858	^[300]
		New Hampshire		Democratic			– Dec 1, 1920	Later U.S. representative (1923–1925, 1932–1937) and nominee for U.S. senator (1936).
		North Dakota		Republican			– present	Son of Dan Ruby.
		Minnesota		Republican			– Jan 7, 2013	Later state senator (2013–2015).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1939	^[301]
		Massachusetts		Republican			– Jan 1, 1902
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 9, 1901, Jan 4, 1911 – Jan 8, 1913	^[302]
		Hawaii		Democratic			– Nov 3, 2020	Later speaker of the state House (1999–2013).
		Vermont		Democratic			– Jan 4, 1843	Later nominee for lieutenant governor (1855) and register of the Treasury (1864–1867).
		Michigan		Democratic			– Jan 1, 2023	Later state senator (2023–present).
		Kansas		Democratic			– Jan 13, 2004	Later state senator (2004–2009).
		Wisconsin		Democratic			– Dec 5, 1842	Later speaker of the House (1840), member of the territorial council (1842–1847), president of the council (1846–1847), governor (1848–1852) and state senator (1854–1856).
		Massachusetts		Democratic			– 1932	Later mayor of Somerville (1934–1936).
		Rhode Island		Democratic			– Jan 1, 2019	Nephew of Brad Schneider. Later candidate for lieutenant governor (2018).
		Indiana		Democratic			– Nov 7, 1990
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 7, 1903	^[303]
		Ohio		Republican			– Dec 31, 1980	Later U.S. representative (1981–1993).
		Minnesota		Democratic			– Jan 6, 1868	Son of Alfred Elisha Ames. Later mayor of Minneapolis (1876–1877, 1882–1884, 1886–1889, 1901–1902) and nominee for governor (1886).
		Kentucky		Whig			– Mar 3, 1842	Son of state senator Ambrose S. Bramlette. Later governor (1863–1867).
		Connecticut		Republican			– Jan 5, 1881 Jan 9, 1901 – Jan 7, 1903	^[304]
		Rhode Island		Democratic			– Jan 3, 1961	^[305] Later U.S. representative (1961–1989).
		Missouri		Democratic		<	----> 24 years	–	^[306]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 4, 1939
		Washington		Democratic		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 11, 1937	^[307]
		Minnesota			<	----> 24 years	– Dec 6, 1859	Later speaker of the state House (1858–1859).
		Kentucky		Democratic		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 1, 1916	^[308]
		Connecticut		Republican		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 6, 2021	^[309]
		Washington		Republican		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 11, 1909	^[310]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 5, 1977	^[311] ^[312]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 8, 1975	^[313]
		New York		Democratic		<	----> 24 years	– Dec 31, 1906	^[314]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 6, 1915	^[315]
		Washington		Democratic		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 13, 1941	^[316]
		Connecticut		Republican		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 3, 1923	^[317]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 5, 1977	^[318]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 4, 1893, Jan 6, 1915 – Jan 3, 1917	^[319]
		Connecticut		Republican		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 7, 1925	^[320]
		Connecticut		Democratic		<	----> 24 years	– Jan 8, 1947	^[321]
		Idaho		Democratic	1962–1963	<	----> 24 years	– Dec 1, 1994	^[322] ^[323]
		Idaho		Republican		<	----> 24 years	– Dec 1, 1976	^[324] ^[325]
		Kentucky		Democratic-Republican		<	----> 24–25 years	–1815, 1817–1821	Later U.S. representative (1823–1833, 1834–1835) and governor (1840–1844).
		Virginia		Independent		<	----> 24–25 years	– 1726	Son of George Mason II.
		Georgia		Independent		<	----> 24–25 years	–1816	Later mayor of Savannah (1817–1819), U.S. representative (1829–1835) and associate justice of the Supreme Court (1835–1867).

Territorial legislators

! Name! Image! Territory! Political party! Date of birth! Age upon
taking office! Tenure! Notes

		Puerto Rico		Independence			–	^[326] ^[327]
		American Samoa		Independent			– 1954	One of the first two women elected to the American Samoa House of Representatives.
		Philippines		Nacionalista			– Jun 5, 1928	Son of Servillano Aquino. Later territorial senator (1928–1934), member of the National Assembly (1935–1938, 1943–1944) and speaker of the Philippine House (1943–1944).
		Philippines		Nacionalista			– Jul 26, 1928	Later governor of Cebu (1931–1934), secretary of public works and communications (1936–1939), Philippine senator (1946–1951, 1953–1964) and senate president (1949–1951).
		Puerto Rico		New Progressive			– Jan 1, 1977	Later territorial senator (1977–1985). Co-founder of the New Progressive Party (1967).
		Puerto Rico		New Progressive			– Jan 1, 2005	Daughter of Carlos Romero Barceló. Later territorial senator (2009–2013) and shadow U.S. senator (2021–present).
		Puerto Rico		New Progressive			– Jan 1, 1973	Co-founder of the New Progressive Party (1967).
		Puerto Rico		Popular Democratic			– Jan 1, 2005	Left the Popular Democratic Party in August 2001, and joined the New Progressive Party in September 2002. Later territorial senator (2005–2009) and senate majority leader (2005).
				Independent
				New Progressive
		Philippines		Nacionalista			Jul 16, 1931 – Jul 16, 1934, Jan 24, 1939 – Dec 16, 1941	Later mayor of Cebu City (1947–1951).
		Philippines		Nacionalista			– Oct 16, 1912	Later territorial secretary of the interior (1920–1922).
		Puerto Rico		New Progressive			– Jan 2, 2017	Later speaker of the House (2009–2013), minority leader (2013–2017), chair of the territorial Republican Party (2015–2021) and resident commissioner (2017–present).
		Guam		Independent			– Jan 2, 1967	Later co-founder of the territorial Republican Party (1966), secretary of the territory (1969–1971) and lieutenant governor (1971–1975).
				Republican
		American Samoa		Independent		<	----> 25 years	– present

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2. Web site: Area teens could be among youngest elected to state legislature. Foster's Daily Democrat. https://web.archive.org/web/20230404231610/https://www.fosters.com/story/news/2010/09/17/area-teens-could-be-among/51469951007/. April 4, 2023.
3. Web site: James Wheeler, J.D.. Regent University. https://web.archive.org/web/20230528094707/https://www.regent.edu/faculty/j-d-james-wheeler/. May 28, 2023.
4. Web site: Pignatelli breaks 40-year Republican run in District 5. New Hampshire Business Review. 4 November 2004. 25 June 2022. 29 September 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220929220020/https://www.nhbr.com/pignatelli-breaks-40-year-republican-run-in-district-5/. live.
5. Web site: Rep. Jack Pratt is leaving and Rep. James Wheeler receives an honor, by Kevin Landrigan. The Keene Sentinel. 2 July 2006. 25 June 2022. 4 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230404231610/https://www.sentinelsource.com/opinion/columnists/guest/rep-jack-pratt-is-leaving-and-rep-james-wheeler-receives-an-honor-by-kevin-landrigan/article_f8ab2dab-c45e-57b5-a142-6d6f403f5f6e.html. live.
6. Web site: Manual of the General Court 2002–2006. University of New Hampshire. 2022-06-25. 2022-06-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20220625100317/https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=manualofcourt. live.
7. Web site: 2002 State Representative General Election: Hillsborough 47 District. ElectionStats. 2022-06-25. 2022-06-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20220625093753/https://nh.electionstats.com/elections/view/55926/. live.
8. Web site: Politician switching to GOP. The Blade. November 18, 2004. March 25, 2022. April 4, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230404231610/https://www.toledoblade.com/local/politics/2004/11/18/Politician-switching-to-GOP/stories/200411180140. live.
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86. Web site: D'Aquila, Carl Mario. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. 2022-08-12. 2022-08-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20220812213707/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=12459. live.
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100. Web site: Carter Nordman will make history today, becoming the youngest Iowa House Representative. January 11, 2021. April 15, 2021. April 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415040832/https://kwwl.com/2021/01/11/carter-nordman-will-make-history-today-becoming-the-youngest-iowa-house-representative/. live.
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131. Web site: Youngest elected Illinois representative prepares to bring Ogle and Lee counties' interests to Springfield. WREX. November 17, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221204170700/https://www.wrex.com/news/youngest-elected-illinois-representative-prepares-to-bring-ogle-and-lee-counties-interests-to-springfield/article_4c5a6acc-66d1-11ed-b5ac-2f7aa3589e3d.html. December 4, 2022.
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