In 1875 the average age of members of the US Senate was 52 years. The average age of the august body is now 61 years. More than half of the senators up for re-election in 2018 will be 65 or older.
Alabama senator Richard Shelby is 83. Californian Dianne Feinstein is 84. Chuck Grassley from Iowa is 83. Oklahoma's Jim Inhofe is 82. Orrin Hatch of Utah is 83. Arizona senator John McCain is 80. Seventeen members of the upper house are in their seventies.
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