James Clark Jr.

Compared to other states, the surviving former heads of the state Senate are relatively young.

With the 2006 death of the then 88 year-old James Clark, the oldest living Senate President is Melvin Steinberg, who left the post in 1987 to be William Donald Schaefer's lieutenant governor.

At 74, He's only six years older than a predecessor Steny Hoyer, and nine years older than his still-serving successor, Mike Miller, 65.