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"Carl Trumbull Hayden" was an United States/American politician and the first United States Senate/United States Senator to serve seven terms. Serving as Arizona's first United States House of Representatives/Representative for eight terms before entering the Senate, Hayden set the record for List of United States Congressmen by longevity of service#House and Senate time/longest-serving member of the United States Congress more than a decade before his retirement from politics. The longtime Dean of the United States Senate served as its President pro tempore of the United States Senate/president pro tempore and chairman of both its U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration/Rules and Administration and U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations/Appropriations committees. He was a member of the Democratic Party (United States)/Democratic Party.

Having earned a reputation as a reclamation expert early in his congressional career, Hayden consistently backed legislation dealing with public lands, mining, reclamation, and other projects affecting the Western United States. In addition, he played a key role in creating the funding formula for the United States Numbered Highways/federal highway system.