It was headed by Ralph Froehlich, a Union resident who was first elected in 1977 and is the longest-serving sheriff in New Jersey history.

" Roache was the only remaining member of the original cast until Dennis Tanner ( Philip Lowrie ) returned on 12 May 2011, and is currently the longest-serving actor in Coronation Street and in British and global soap overall.

Adele Rose was the longest-serving Coronation Street writer, completing 455 scripts between 1961 and 1998.

The longest-serving was Archibald Henderson, sometimes referred to as the " Grand old man of the Marine Corps " due to his thirty-nine year tenure.

J. Edgar Hoover, appointed by Calvin Coolidge in 1924, was by far the longest-serving FBI Director, serving until his death in 1972.

According to the Concord Monitor, when Lynch was inaugurated on January 6, 2011, he became “ the state's longest-serving governor in nearly two centuries.

He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004.

At the time of his defeat, he was the longest-serving member of the lower house of the Diet, and he was also the first former prime minister to be defeated at a re-election since 1963.

She was the Australian Democrats ' longest-serving senator.

He was the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 until 1992, making him the longest-serving Leader of the Opposition in British political history to date, and the longest never to have become Prime Minister.

Serving a collective total of over 18 years, he was Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister.

Menzies was Prime Minister for a total of 18 years, five months and 12 days, by far the longest-serving Australian Prime Minister.

The longest-serving president of the Rabbinical Assembly was Wolfe Kelman, who accepted the post in 1951 and continued in the post until 1989.

At the end of his term, after winning another three elections, Askin was the longest-serving Premier of New South Wales ; his record has since been overtaken by Neville Wran and Bob Carr.

For many Togolese, there was little optimism for the future and a prevailing sense of déjà vu as Eyadéma extended his record as Africa's longest-serving ruler.

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (; 3 September 1900-31 August 1986 ), was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland ( 1950 – 1953, 1954 – 1956 ) and later as the eighth and longest-serving President of Finland ( 1956 – 1982 ).

The silver collector coin that pays homage to Urho Kekkonen, the longest-serving Finnish president, was issued in 1981, when he had served 25 years as the president.

A Liberal with 22 years in office, he was longest-serving Prime Minister in Canadian history.

Sir John A. Macdonald was second-in-line, with 19 years, as the longest-serving Prime Minister in Canadian history ( 1867 – 1873, 1878 – 1891 ).

He was the eighth ( and also the longest-serving ) Librarian of the United States Congress from 1899 to 1939.

Sir Robert Menzies, Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister, said that " in terms of world well-being, Florey was the most important man ever born in Australia ".

He left office as the only senator to reach the age of 100 while still in office and as the oldest-serving and longest-serving senator in U. S. history ( although he was later surpassed in length of service by Robert Byrd ).

Rayburn was the longest-serving Speaker in history, holding office from 1940 to 1947, 1949 to 1953, and 1955 to 1961.

Before his accession to the throne, Edward was the longest-serving heir apparent in British history, until surpassed by his great-great-grandson Charles, Prince of Wales, on 22 April 2011.

Andropov was the longest-serving KGB chairman and did not resign as head of the KGB until May 1982, when he was again promoted to the Secretariat to succeed the late Mikhail Suslov as secretary responsible for ideological affairs.

Notable freshmen were future Democratic presidential contenders Eugene McCarthy ( D-MN ) and Ed Muskie ( D-ME ), as well as future Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd ( D-WV ), who served until his death in 2010, and is the longest-serving Senator in the history of the Senate.

R. T. Williams was the longest-serving general superintendent, who served for just over 30 years from January 1916 to his death in March 1946.

The most recently retired and longest-serving Bevo was Bevo XIII, which like the current Bevo was supplied to the university by John T. Baker, owner of the Sunrise Ranch in Liberty Hill, Texas.

Clark T. Randt, Jr. (; Pinyin: Léi Dé ; born 1945 ) was the United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from July 23, 2001 to January 20, 2009, making him the longest-serving U. S. Ambassador to China.

* Clark T. Randt, Jr., the longest-serving United States Ambassador to China

He is Labor's longest-serving Prime Minister and Australia's third-longest-serving Prime Minister.

Formerly the position of Dean belonged to the longest-serving of the cardinal bishops, all six of whom then headed a suburbicarian see.

The cardinal who is the longest-serving member of the order of cardinal priests is titled cardinal protopriest.

Yzerman retired with the additional distinction of having been the longest-serving team captain in NHL history. Nicklas Lidstrom, the former captain of the Wings

Both armies used child soldiers, mainly between 14 and 17 years of age, the most famous example being Urho Kekkonen who fought for the White Army and later became the longest-serving President of Finland.

* John M. Ford ( Shreveport ) ( 1880 – 1965 ), American local-level executive ; city's longest-serving official ; mayor ( 1918 – 1922 ); finance commissioner ( 1930 – 65 )

* 1981 – Mahathir Mohamad becomes Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister ; his 22 years in office, ending with retirement on 31 October 2003, made him Asia's longest-serving political leader.

Reno remained Attorney General for the rest of Clinton's presidency, making her the longest-serving Attorney General since William Wirt in 1829.

Askin remains the longest-serving Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party and the only Liberal Premier to retire from office.

Berlusconi is the longest-serving post-war Prime Minister of Italy, and third longest-serving since Italy's unification, after Benito Mussolini and Giovanni Giolitti, holding three separate terms.

Bobby Valentine, ( currently the Boston Red Sox manager ) who would eventually become the Rangers ' longest-serving manager at 1, 186 games, became steward over an influx of splendid talent in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The longest-serving Secretary of Defense is the late Robert McNamara, who served for a total of 2, 595 days.

The relevant Standing Order does not refer to this member by the title " Father of the House ", referring instead to the longest-serving member of the House present who is not a Minister of the Crown ( meaning that if the Father is absent or a government minister, the next person in line presides ).

The show's two judges / mentors are the original show's longest-serving Young Talent Team member Tina Arena ( who appeared from 1977 to 1983 – six years 6 Months ), and Filipino-American choreographer Charles Klapow, one of the winners of the Emmy Award for ‘ Outstanding Choreography ’ for High School Musical 2.

Over the years, the Tribune has endorsed Democrats for lesser offices, including recent endorsements of Bill Foster, Barack Obama for the Senate and Democrat Melissa Bean, who defeated Philip Crane, the House of Representatives ' longest-serving Republican.

At the time, Eastland and Stennis were the longest-serving Senate duo in American history, though their record was subsequently surpassed by Strom Thurmond and Fritz Hollings of South Carolina, who served together for 36 years.

These 130-year-old buildings remain intact, but they are scheduled to be demolished for a road expansion: " While some have said the 1 Stop and the shuttered Sahuarita Bar on the north side of Sahuarita Road were long-time fixtures that might deserve historic recognition, the longest-serving council member, Charles Oldham, and the council member who lives closest, Marty Moreno, both said the convenience store should make way for badly needed road improvements.

These 130-year-old buildings remain intact, but they are scheduled to be demolished for a road expansion: " While some have said the 1 Stop and the shuttered Sahuarita Bar on the north side of Sahuarita Road were long-time fixtures that might deserve historic recognition, the longest-serving council member, Charles Oldham, and the council member who lives closest, Marty Moreno, both said the convenience store should make way for badly needed road improvements.

Pritchard's successor was Andrew Davis ( 1989 – 2000 ), who was the longest-serving chief conductor since Boult.

The longest-serving Secretary of Labor since Frances Perkins, 1933 – 45, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chao was the only Cabinet member who served during all eight years of the Bush Administration in the same position to which she was initially appointed.

Savage died in 1940, and was replaced by Peter Fraser, who became Labour's longest-serving Prime Minister.

She is the younger sister of the actor Ramon Tikaram and the great-niece of Sir Moti Tikaram, who was the first Lord Chief Justice of an independent Fiji and the world's longest-serving national ombudsman.

Another son, Samuel Atkins Eliot II ( August 24, 1862-October 15, 1950 ) was a Unitarian minister who became the first and longest-serving president of the American Unitarian Association ( 1900 – 1927 ).

Dan Miller, the longest-serving member of the legislature stepped-in as interim premier and party leader during an acrimonious leadership race between Dosanjh, maverick West Kootenay MLA Corky Evans and Wilson, who had been persuaded to fold his stalled PDA in 1998 and join Clark's cabinet.

Gareth Lewis ( who played pub landlord Meic Pierce ) is the seventh longest-serving actor in a continuous role in British television soap history, while Gwyn Elfyn played the part of village shopkeeper Denzil Rees continuously for nearly 28 years from 1984, making him in January 2012 the tenth longest-serving actor still appearing in a United Kingdom soap opera role.

The longest-serving Master of the King's Music was John Eccles, who served for 35 years, from 1700 until his death in 1735.

He was sworn in on December 8, 2006, succeeding Vic Power, the city's longest-serving mayor ( who served for a total of 19 years non-consecutively ) in the Timmins City Council.