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Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as president pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2025, a role he previously held from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Grassley is the senior U.S. senator from Iowa, serving since 1981. Since 2023, he has been the 45th dean of the United States Senate.
Before becoming a senator, Grassley served eight terms in the Iowa House of Representatives (1959–1975) and three terms in the United States House of Representatives (1975–1981). He has served three stints as Senate Finance Committee chairman during periods of Republican Senate majority. Upon the retirement of Orrin Hatch on January 3, 2019, Grassley became the Senate's most senior Republican and its president pro tempore. Upon Patrick Leahy's retirement in January 2023, Grassley became the most senior member of the Senate.
At 92 years, 2 months and 3 days old, Grassley is the oldest sitting United States senator, the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, and the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history. He served as president pro tempore emeritus of the Senate from 2021 to 2025. During his four decades in the Senate, Grassley has chaired the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Narcotics Caucus, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the Senate Aging Committee.
Grassley was born on September 17, 1933 in New Hartford, Iowa. He is the son of Ruth (née Corwin) and Louis Arthur Grassley. He was the third of five children, having 2 brothers and 2 sisters.
In August 1920, Ruth Grassley was among the first four women to vote in Iowa. Her son did not know about this until many years after her death, when a constituent showed him an article about it. The women had voted in a school election. In 2019, he gave a speech describing her achievement.
Grassley was raised on a farm; his childhood home did not have electricity or indoor plumbing.
Grassley graduated from New Hartford Community High School in 1951. At Iowa State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Iowa), he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1955 and a Master of Arts in political science in 1956. He pursued a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Iowa, but did not complete the degree. During his time as a student, Grassley joined the social-professional Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.
In 1955, Grassley's brother Louis Grassley Jr. died as a result of a traffic accident in New Hartford. In 2014, Chuck became the last Grassley sibling alive when his sister Genevieve died. His brother Kenneth died in 2001 and his sister Lois in 2006.
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Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as president pro tempore of the United States Senate since 2025, a role he previously held from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Grassley is the senior U.S. senator from Iowa, serving since 1981. Since 2023, he has been the 45th dean of the United States Senate.
Before becoming a senator, Grassley served eight terms in the Iowa House of Representatives (1959–1975) and three terms in the United States House of Representatives (1975–1981). He has served three stints as Senate Finance Committee chairman during periods of Republican Senate majority. Upon the retirement of Orrin Hatch on January 3, 2019, Grassley became the Senate's most senior Republican and its president pro tempore. Upon Patrick Leahy's retirement in January 2023, Grassley became the most senior member of the Senate.
At 92 years, 2 months and 3 days old, Grassley is the oldest sitting United States senator, the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, and the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history. He served as president pro tempore emeritus of the Senate from 2021 to 2025. During his four decades in the Senate, Grassley has chaired the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Narcotics Caucus, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the Senate Aging Committee.
Grassley was born on September 17, 1933 in New Hartford, Iowa. He is the son of Ruth (née Corwin) and Louis Arthur Grassley. He was the third of five children, having 2 brothers and 2 sisters.
In August 1920, Ruth Grassley was among the first four women to vote in Iowa. Her son did not know about this until many years after her death, when a constituent showed him an article about it. The women had voted in a school election. In 2019, he gave a speech describing her achievement.
Grassley was raised on a farm; his childhood home did not have electricity or indoor plumbing.
Grassley graduated from New Hartford Community High School in 1951. At Iowa State Teachers College (now the University of Northern Iowa), he earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1955 and a Master of Arts in political science in 1956. He pursued a Ph.D. in political science at the University of Iowa, but did not complete the degree. During his time as a student, Grassley joined the social-professional Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.
In 1955, Grassley's brother Louis Grassley Jr. died as a result of a traffic accident in New Hartford. In 2014, Chuck became the last Grassley sibling alive when his sister Genevieve died. His brother Kenneth died in 2001 and his sister Lois in 2006.