Senator
Date of Birth
Robert Byrd (D-WV)
November 20, 1917 (1917-11-20) (age90)
Ted Stevens (R-AK)
November 18, 1923 (1923-11-18) (age85)
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
January 23, 1924 (1924-01-23) (age84)
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
September 7, 1924 (1924-09-07) (age84)
Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
September 11, 1924 (1924-09-11) (age84)
John Warner (R-VA)
February 18, 1927 (1927-02-18) (age81)
Arlen Specter (R-PA)
February 12, 1930 (1930-02-12) (age78)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
October 23, 1931 (1931-10-23) (age77)
Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
February 22, 1932 (1932-02-22) (age76)
Dick Lugar (R-IN)
April 4, 1932 (1932-04-04) (age76)
Pete Domenici (R-NM)
May 7, 1932 (1932-05-07) (age76)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
June 22, 1933 (1933-06-22) (age75)
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
September 17, 1933 (1933-09-17) (age75)
Robert Foster Bennett (R-UT)
September 18, 1933 (1933-09-18) (age75)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
March 22, 1934 (1934-03-22) (age74)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
May 6, 1934 (1934-05-06) (age74)
Carl Levin (D-MI)
June 28, 1934 (1934-06-28) (age74)
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
November 17, 1934 (1934-11-17) (age74)
Herb Kohl (D-WI)
February 7, 1935 (1935-02-07) (age73)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
April 20, 1936 (1936-04-20) (age72)
George Voinovich (R-OH)
July 15, 1936 (1936-07-15) (age72)
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
July 20, 1936 (1936-07-20) (age72)
Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
July 29, 1936 (1936-07-29) (age72)
John McCain (R-AZ)
August 29, 1936 (1936-08-29) (age72)
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
June 18, 1937 (1937-06-18) (age71)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
December 7, 1937 (1937-12-07) (age70)
Kit Bond (R-MO)
March 6, 1939 (1939-03-06) (age69)
Tom Harkin (D-IA)
November 19, 1939 (1939-11-19) (age69)
Harry Reid (D-NV)
December 2, 1939 (1939-12-02) (age68)
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
March 31, 1940 (1940-03-31) (age68)
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
July 3, 1940 (1940-07-03) (age68)
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
November 11, 1940 (1940-11-11) (age68)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
May 17, 1941 (1941-05-17) (age67)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
September 8, 1941 (1941-09-08) (age67)
Max Baucus (D-MT)
December 11, 1941 (1941-12-11) (age66)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
February 20, 1942 (1942-02-20) (age66)
Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
February 24, 1942 (1942-02-24) (age66)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
April 25, 1942 (1942-04-25) (age66)
Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
May 14, 1942 (1942-05-14) (age66)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
September 29, 1942 (1942-09-29) (age66)
Joe Biden (D-DE)
November 20, 1942 (1942-11-20) (age65)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
July 22, 1943 (1943-07-22) (age65)
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
October 3, 1943 (1943-10-03) (age65)
Ben Cardin (D-MD)
October 5, 1943 (1943-10-05) (age65)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
November 10, 1943 (1943-11-10) (age65)
Wayne Allard (R-CO)
December 2, 1943 (1943-12-02) (age64)
John Kerry (D-MA)
December 11, 1943 (1943-12-11) (age64)
Mike Enzi (R-WY)
February 1, 1944 (1944-02-01) (age64)
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
May 27, 1944 (1944-05-27) (age64)
Richard Durbin (D-IL)
November 21, 1944 (1944-11-21) (age63)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
December 28, 1944 (1944-12-28) (age63)
Larry Craig (R-ID)
July 20, 1945 (1945-07-20) (age63)
Jim Webb (D-VA)
February 9, 1946 (1946-02-09) (age62)
Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
October 4, 1946 (1946-10-04) (age62)
Mel Martinez (R-FL)
October 23, 1946 (1946-10-23) (age62)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
December 24, 1946 (1946-12-24) (age61)
Tim Johnson (D-SD)
December 29, 1946 (1946-12-29) (age61)
Thomas R. Carper (D-DE)
January 23, 1947 (1947-01-23) (age61)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
February 14, 1947 (1947-02-14) (age61)
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
February 21, 1947 (1947-02-21) (age61)
Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
October 26, 1947 (1947-10-26) (age61)
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
March 12, 1948 (1948-03-12) (age60)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
March 14, 1948 (1948-03-14) (age60)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
May 3, 1949 (1949-05-03) (age59)
Norm Coleman (R-MN)
August 17, 1949 (1949-08-17) (age59)
Jack Reed (D-RI)
November 12, 1949 (1949-11-12) (age59)
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
April 29, 1950 (1950-04-29) (age58)
Patty Murray (D-WA)
October 11, 1950 (1950-10-11) (age58)
Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
November 23, 1950 (1950-11-23) (age57)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
May 20, 1951 (1951-05-20) (age57)
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
July 5, 1951 (1951-07-05) (age57)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
September 2, 1951 (1951-09-02) (age57)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
February 2, 1952 (1952-02-02) (age56)
Gordon Smith (R-OR)
May 25, 1952 (1952-05-25) (age56)
John Barrasso (R-WY)
July 21, 1952 (1952-07-21) (age56)
Bob Corker (R-TN)
August 24, 1952 (1952-08-24) (age56)
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
November 9, 1952 (1952-11-09) (age56)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
December 7, 1952 (1952-12-07) (age55)
Russ Feingold (D-WI)
March 2, 1953 (1953-03-02) (age55)
Claire McCaskill (D-MO)
July 24, 1953 (1953-07-24) (age55)
Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
January 1, 1954 (1954-01-01) (age54)
Ken Salazar (D-CO)
March 2, 1955 (1955-03-02) (age53)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
July 9, 1955 (1955-07-09) (age53)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
October 20, 1955 (1955-10-20) (age53)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
November 23, 1955 (1955-11-23) (age52)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
November 30, 1955 (1955-11-30) (age52)
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
December 26, 1955 (1955-12-26) (age52)
Jon Tester (D-MT)
August 21, 1956 (1956-08-21) (age52)
Sam Brownback (R-KS)
September 12, 1956 (1956-09-12) (age52)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
May 22, 1957 (1957-05-22) (age51)
John Ensign (R-NV)
March 25, 1958 (1958-03-25) (age50)
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
October 13, 1958 (1958-10-13) (age50)
Bob Casey, Jr. (D-PA)
April 13, 1960 (1960-04-13) (age48)
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
May 25, 1960 (1960-05-25) (age48)
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
September 30, 1960 (1960-09-30) (age48)
John Thune (R-SD)
January 7, 1961 (1961-01-07) (age47)
David Vitter (R-LA)
May 3, 1961 (1961-05-03) (age47)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)
January 10, 1963 (1963-01-10) (age45)
John Sununu (R-NH)
September 10, 1964 (1964-09-10) (age44)
That these folks don't have a mandatory retirement age? No wonder nothing gets done. The average age is 62.
Why is it
