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How Old Was the Youngest Congressman?

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became the youngest woman ever elected to the House of Representatives, at age 29. How old was the youngest man ever elected to the House of Representatives, when he was elected? Recall that the constitutional minimum is 25 ("No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years ….").