This traction on the retina, which is painless, sends a sensation of light to the brain that we see as flashers. People typically describe these as non-colored sparkles of light in one corner of the field of vision, usually affecting one eye.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond celebrated his 100th birthday in the U.S. Senate in December 2002; New Jersey Democrat Frank Lautenberg is the oldest current U.S. senator; he is to turn 89 next month.
The youngest Representative at the beginning of the 113th Congress was 29-year-old Patrick. Murphy (D-FL), born March 30, 1983. The oldest Representative in U.S. history, as well as the. oldest current Member of Congress, is Ralph Hall (R-TX), born May 3, 1923, who was 89 at the. beginning of the 113 th Congress.