People tend to be members in the Senate later in their careers than they are in the House of Representatives. Here are some summary statistics for the ages of members of the House of
Representatives and the Senate one year in the United States.
Group
Mean age
Standard deviation
Senate
u=62 years
o= 10 years
House of Representatives li = 58 years
o= 11 years
The Senate minority leader that year was 66 years old, while the House of Representatives minority leader
was 76 years old