User:DukeOfDelTaco/sandbox/List of Millennial members of the United States Congress

This is a list of Millennial members of the United States Congress. The typical definition of Millennials, also known as Generation Y, refers to people who are born from 1981 to 1996.

Due to the federal age of candidacy in the United States being age 25 for the House and age 30 for the Senate, the first elections in which Millennials would have been eligible were 2006 and 2012, respectively. As of 2023, there have been 74 members of Congress belonging to Generation Y, with Aaron Schock of Illinois being the first in 2009. Jon Ossoff of Georgia was the first Millennial to be elected to the Senate in 2021. There are 55 Millennials currently serving in the 118th Congress as of April 2024.

Senate
Senators are organized first in chronological order according to their first term in office, then second in alphabetical order according to their surname.

House
Representatives are organized first in chronological order according to their first term in office, then second in alphabetical order according to their surname.

Non-voting delegates
Delegates are organized first in chronological order according to their first term in office, then second in alphabetical order according to their surname.

Youngest members of Congress
Five Millennials have held the informal title of the youngest member of Congress, spanning from 2009 to 2023. These members are: When Cawthorn left office, he was succeeded as youngest member by Maxwell Frost of Florida, the first and currently only member of Generation Z elected to Congress.
 * Aaron Schock: 2009–2013 (age 27 at start)
 * Patrick Murphy: 2013–2015 (age 29 at start)
 * Elise Stefanik: 2015–2019 (age 30 at start)
 * Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 2019–2021 (age 29 at start)
 * Madison Cawthorn: 2021–2023 (age 25 at start)