Chuck Grassley

Chuck Grassley
Official portrait, 2017
United States Senator
from Iowa
Assumed office
January 3, 1981
Serving with Joni Ernst
Preceded byJohn Culver
President pro tempore of the
United States Senate
Assumed office
January 3, 2025
Preceded byPatty Murray
In office
January 3, 2019 – January 20, 2021
Preceded byOrrin Hatch
Succeeded byPatrick Leahy
President pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate
In office
January 20, 2021 – January 3, 2025
Preceded byPatrick Leahy
Succeeded byPatty Murray
Committee positions
Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee
Assumed office
January 3, 2025
Preceded byDick Durbin
In office
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byPatrick Leahy
Succeeded byLindsey Graham
Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee
In office
January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025
Preceded byLindsey Graham
Succeeded byJeff Merkley
Ranking Member of the Senate Narcotics Caucus
In office
January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025
Preceded byJohn Cornyn
Succeeded bySheldon Whitehouse
Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee
In office
February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byDianne Feinstein
Succeeded byLindsey Graham
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015
Preceded byJeff Sessions
Succeeded byPatrick Leahy
Chair of the Senate Finance Committee
In office
January 3, 2019 – February 3, 2021
Preceded byOrrin Hatch
Succeeded byRon Wyden
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byMax Baucus
Succeeded byMax Baucus
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
Preceded byMax Baucus
Succeeded byMax Baucus
Chair of the Senate Narcotics Caucus
In office
January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byDianne Feinstein
Succeeded byJohn Cornyn
Chair of the Senate Aging Committee
In office
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001
Preceded byWilliam Cohen
Succeeded byJohn Breaux
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Iowa's 3rd district
In office
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981
Preceded byH. R. Gross
Succeeded byCooper Evans
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
In office
January 12, 1959 – January 3, 1975
Preceded byWayne Ballhagen
Succeeded byRaymond Lageschulte
Constituency
  • 73rd district (1959–1971)
  • 10th district (1971–1973)
  • 37th district (1973–1975)
Personal details
Born
Charles Ernest Grassley

(1933-09-17) September 17, 1933
New Hartford, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Barbara Speicher
​
(m. 2022)​
Children5
RelativesPat Grassley (grandson)
EducationUniversity of Northern Iowa (BA, MA)
University of Iowa
Signature
WebsiteSenate website

Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from Iowa. He is currently the president pro tempore of the Senate and also had this position from 2019 until 2021. He has been Senator since 1981. He was also in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1981.[1] Before that he was in the Iowa state legislature from 1959 to 1974.[2]

Later Senate career

In January 2019, Grassley became the most senior Republican serving in the United States Senate due to the retirement of Orrin Hatch[3] and the resignation of Thad Cochran.[4] After the Republicans kept control of the Senate in the 2018 elections, Grassley became the 91st Senate President pro tempore.

In January 2021, when Republicans lost control of the U.S. Senate, Patrick Leahy became President pro tempore while Grassley became President pro tempore emeritus. With over 40 years in the U.S. Senate, Grassley is the longest-serving Republican senator in American history.[5] He became President pro tempore again in 2025.

In January 2023, with Patrick Leahy's retirement, Grassley became the Dean of the United States Senate.

Personal life

Grassley is also known for his widely reported "feud" with the History channel. He has accused the network multiples times of having little actual history programming.[6]

Grassley's net worth was $7,550,075 as of 2018.[7]

On November 17, 2020, Grassley announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Grassley, Charles Ernest". Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Charles Grassley". Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ Hook, Janet; Hughes, Siobhan (2 January 2018). "Sen. Orrin Hatch Announces He Will Retire at End of Term". Wall Street Journal – via www.wsj.com.
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Sean; Kane, Paul (March 6, 2018). "Mississippi's Thad Cochran to resign from the Senate after four-decade congressional career". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Chuck Grassley Thinks Democrats Will Rebound More Quickly Than You Think". Politico. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
  6. ↑ Carter, Brandon (December 9, 2017). "Grassley renews feud with History Channel over lack of history programming". The Hill. Archived from the original on January 5, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Chuck Grassley - Net Worth - Personal Finances". OpenSecrets.org. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  8. ↑ Segers, Grace (November 17, 2020). "Chuck Grassley, second oldest senator, tests positive for COVID-19". CBS News. Washington, D.C. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

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