List of the youngest state legislators in the United States

This is a list of the youngest individuals (i.e. less than 25 years old) elected or appointed to a state legislature in the United States.

Name	Territory	Political party	Date of birth	Age upon taking office	Tenure	Notes
Luis Ángel Torres Torres	Puerto Rico	Independence	Jul 26, 1948	24 years, 166 days	Jan 8, 1973 – [?]	^[363]^[364]
Zilpher Jennings	American Samoa	Independent	Jun 13, 1928	24 years, 233 days	Feb 1, 1953 – 1954	One of the first two women elected to the American Samoa House of Representatives.
Benigno Aquino Sr.	Philippines	Nacionalista	Sep 3, 1894	24 years, 273 days	Jun 3, 1919 – Jun 5, 1928	Son of Servillano Aquino. Later territorial senator (1928–1934), member of the National Assembly (1935–1938, 1943–1944) and speaker of the Philippine House (1943–1944).
Mariano Jesús Cuenco	Philippines	Nacionalista	Jan 16, 1888	24 years, 274 days	Oct 16, 1912 – Jul 26, 1928	Later governor of Cebu (1931–1934), secretary of public works and communications (1936–1939), Philippine senator (1946–1951, 1953–1964) and senate president (1949–1951).
Danny López Soto	Puerto Rico	New Progressive	Mar 13, 1944	24 years, 295 days	Jan 2, 1969 – Jan 1, 1977	Later territorial senator (1977–1985). Co-founder of the New Progressive Party (1967).
Melinda Romero Donnelly	Puerto Rico	New Progressive	Oct 8, 1971	25 years, 86 days	Jan 2, 1997 – Jan 1, 2005	Daughter of Carlos Romero Barceló. Later territorial senator (2009–2013) and shadow U.S. senator (2021–present).
Benny Frankie Cerezo	Puerto Rico	New Progressive	Sep 27, 1943	25 years, 97 days	Jan 2, 1969 – Jan 1, 1973	Co-founder of the New Progressive Party (1967).
Jorge de Castro Font	Puerto Rico	Popular Democratic	Sep 10, 1963	25 years, 114 days	Jan 2, 1989 – Jan 1, 2005	Left the Popular Democratic Party in August 2001, and joined the New Progressive Party in September 2002. Later territorial senator (2005–2009) and senate majority leader (2005).
		Independent
		New Progressive
Miguel Raffiñan	Philippines	Nacionalista	May 13, 1891	25 years, 156 days	Oct 16, 1916 – Oct 27, 1922, Jul 16, 1931 – Jul 16, 1934, Jan 24, 1939 – Dec 16, 1941	Later mayor of Cebu City (1947–1951).
Teodoro Kalaw	Philippines	Nacionalista	Mar 31, 1884	25 years, 199 days	Oct 16, 1909 – Oct 16, 1912	Later territorial secretary of the interior (1920–1922).
Jenniffer González	Puerto Rico	New Progressive	Aug 5, 1976	25 years, 207 days	Feb 28, 2002 – Jan 2, 2017	Later speaker of the House (2009–2013), minority leader (2013–2017), chair of the territorial Republican Party (2015–2021) and resident commissioner (2017–present).
Kurt Moylan	Guam	Independent	Jan 14, 1939	25 years, 356 days	Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 2, 1967	Later co-founder of the territorial Republican Party (1966), secretary of the territory (1969–1971) and lieutenant governor (1971–1975).
Kurt Moylan	Guam	Republican	Jan 14, 1939	25 years, 356 days	Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 2, 1967
Samuel Ioka Ale Meleisea	American Samoa	Independent	Mar 1991	25 years	Jan 3, 2017 – present	+

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