Top 10 Senate Filibusters of All Time

Technically, what Ted Cruz is doing on the Senate Floor this morning is not a filibuster, but it's fun anyway to see how his time compares to the great Senate filibusters of old.

Top 10 Senate Filibusters of All Time

1. Strom Thurmond (1957): 24 hours, 18 minutes.
2. Alphonse D’Amato: 23 hours,30 minutes.
3. Wayne Morse (1953): 22 hours, 26 minutes.
4. Ted Cruz (2013): 21 hours, 19 minutes (as of 12:00 PM EST).
5. Robert La Follette (1908): 18 hours, 23 minutes.
6. William Proxmire (1981): 16 hours, 12 minutes.
7. Huey Long (1935): 15 hours, 30 minutes.
8. Alphonse D’Amato (1992): 15 hours, 14 minutes.
9. Robert Byrd (1964): 14 hours, 13 minutes.
10. Rand Paul (2013): 12 hours, 52 minutes.

Source: "Rand Paul’s filibuster is ninth-longest in recorded history," The Washington Post (March 7, 2013)