GRASSLEY, Charles Ernest (1933-)
Republican of Iowa 
0th congressional district
Serving in Senate 1981-Present
Served in House 1975-1980
Biography
A Senator and Representative from Iowa; born in New Hartford, Butler County, Iowa, September 17, 1933; attended the public schools; graduated, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls 1955; received a graduate degree from the same university in 1956; pursued graduate work, University of Iowa, Iowa City 1957-1958; engaged in agriculture; part-time university instructor; member, Iowa house of representatives 1959-1974; elected in 1974 as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth Congress; reelected to the Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1981); was not a candidate in 1980 for reelection to the House of Representatives, but was elected to the Senate in 1980; reelected in 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016, and again in 2022 for the term ending January 3, 2029; president pro tempore (2019-2021); chair, Special Committee on Aging (One Hundred Fifth Congress), Committee on Finance (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 20 to June 6, 2001], One Hundred Eighth, One Hundred Ninth, and One Hundred Sixteenth Congresses), Committee on the Judiciary (One Hundred Fourteenth and One Hundred Fifteenth Congresses).Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
