Hi! Thanks for the question.
The youngest title for Congressmen belongs to Representativen Adam
Putnam who was a member of the House of Representatives at the age of
26 when he was first elected to Congress in November 7, 2000.
?On January 3, 2001 Congressman Adam Putnam was sworn in, at age 26,
as the youngest Member of the 107th Congress. Now in his second term,
Mr. Putnam remains the youngest Member of Congress.?
?BIOGRAPHY OF CONGRESSMAN ADAM PUTNAM (FL-12)?
http://www.adamputnam.house.gov/pages/about.htm
?The youngest member of Congress is still Adam Putnam, 28, R-Fla.,
first elected to Congress two years ago. He ran unopposed for
re-election on Tuesday.?
This article was dated 2 years after Putnam was first elected to
Congress so by this time he was already 28 years old.
?Congressman youngest since 1812? (Article dated November 9, 2002)
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2002/11/09/loc_ohyoung09.html
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The distinction of the youngest senator ever according to the US
Senate website belongs to Senator John Henry Eaton who was 28 years
old and 4 months. A close second was Armistead Mason who was at 28
years old and 5 months..
?When the Senate convened on November 16, 1818, it set a record that
will never be broken. Members on that occasion, however, probably did
not realize they were making history ? and violating the Constitution
? in administering the oath of office to Tennessee's
twenty-eight-year-old John Eaton.?
?Apparently no one asked John Eaton how old he was. In those days of
large families and poorly kept birth records, he may not have been
able to answer that question. Perhaps it was only later that he
determined the birth date which now appears on his tombstone,
confirming his less-than-constitutional age.?
?November 16, 1818 - Youngest Senator?
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Youngest_Senator.htm
?In violation of the Constitution's requirement that senators be at
least thirty years old, the Senate agreed to seat Tennessee's John H.
Eaton. By this action, the Senate made Eaton the youngest senator ever
to serve, at age twenty-eight years, four months, and twenty-nine
days. This was the third instance in twelve years of such under-age
seating. In 1806, the Senate had admitted Henry Clay, who was
twenty-nine years and eight months. Virginia's Armistead Mason
followed in 1816 at the age of twenty-eight years and five months.
Since 1818, the Senate has carefully followed the Constitution's legal
age requirement. In 1935, the Senate determined that a senator-elect
must have reached his or her thirtieth birthday before taking the oath
of office rather than by the date of election.?
?THIS MONTH IN SENATE HISTORY?
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/ebooks/records/888.html
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Clarification of Answer by
easterangel-ga
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09 Nov 2003 18:27 PST
My fellow researcher justaskscott-ga pointed out to me that in an
article at the Washington Post, the youngest member of the House of
Representatives was actually William Charles Cole Claiborne in 1775.
"Who was the youngest person ever elected to the House of Representatives?"
"This one took a lot of digging, but the answer is William Charles
Cole Claiborne. Born in 1775, he was elected from Tennessee in 1796
and reelected in 1798, "in spite of the fact that he was still
initially under the constitutional age requirement of twenty-five
years," according to the Biographical Directory of the American
Congress. The youngest current member is Rep. Harold Ford Jr.
(D-Tenn.), who was born on May 11, 1970 (gasp!), and who was just 26
when he was first elected in 1996."
"Wherefore Art Thou, Florio?"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/junkie/archive/junkie062599.htm
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