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![Longest solo filibusters (edit ]
Below is a table of the ten longest single-person filibusters to take place in the United States Senate since 1900.
1
Strom Thurmond (S.C.)
Democratic
August 28, 1957
Civil Rights Act of 1957 (filibuster)
24:18
2
Alfonse D'Amato (N.Y.)
Republican
October 17, 1986
Defense Authorization Act (1987), amendment
23:30
3
Wayne Morse (Ore.)
Independent
April 24, 1953
Submerged Lands Act (1953)
22:26
4
Ted Cruz (Tex.)
Republican September 24,
2013
Continuing Appropriations Act (2014) (filibuster) 21:18
5
Cory Booker (N.J.)
Democratic
March 31, 2025
Protest against Trump Administration
Ongoing
6
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
(Wisc.)
Republican
May 29, 1908
Aldrich-Vreeland Act (1908)
18:23
7
William Proxmire (Wisc.)
Democratic September 28,
1981
Debt ceiling increase (1981)
16:12
8
Huey Long (La.)
Democratic
June 12, 1935 National Industrial Recovery Act (1933),
amendment
15:30
9
Jeff Merkley (Ore.)
Democratic
April 4, 2017 Supreme Court confirmation of Neil Gorsuch
(filibuster)
15:28
10
Alfonse D'Amato (N.Y.)
Republican
October 5, 1992
Revenue Act (1992), amendment](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3knmhtznqluix22fmofb73oh/bafkreiamyntrbfqym7h6f3yihtgay6ns5yxeeecabpo7osh32yd7jvpb7u)
