Members of Congress

Everyone who has served since 1973 — 2,687 people, the earliest of them first elected in 1923.

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Status

In office Former All

Party

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Chamber

Both House Senate

John D. Dingell

Michigan · District 12

1955–2015 · 59.8 yrs · b. 1926

Jamie Lloyd Whitten

Mississippi · District 1

1941–1995 · 53.8 yrs · b. 1910

John Conyers, Jr.

Michigan · District 13

1965–2017 · 52.7 yrs · b. 1929

Sidney Richard Yates

Illinois · District 9

1949–1999 · 47.8 yrs · b. 1909

John William Wright Patman

Texas · District 1

1929–1977 · 46.8 yrs · b. 1893

Emanuel Celler

New York · District 10

1923–1973 · 46.6 yrs · b. 1888

Charles B. Rangel

New York · District 13

1971–2017 · 45.8 yrs · b. 1930

George Herman Mahon

Texas · District 19

1935–1979 · 43.9 yrs · b. 1900

Charles Edward Bennett

Florida · District 3

1949–1993 · 43.8 yrs · b. 1910

Charles Melvin Price

Illinois · District 21

1945–1988 · 43.1 yrs · b. 1905

David Ross Obey

Wisconsin · District 7

1969–2011 · 41.8 yrs · b. 1938

Jack Bascom Brooks

Texas · District 9

1953–1995 · 41.8 yrs · b. 1922

William Robert Poage

Texas · District 11

1937–1979 · 41.8 yrs · b. 1899

William Huston Natcher

Kentucky · District 2

1953–1994 · 40.5 yrs · b. 1909

Claude Denson Pepper

Florida · District 18

1936–1989 · 40.4 yrs · b. 1900

George Miller

California · District 11

1975–2015 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1945

Henry A. Waxman

California · District 33

1975–2015 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1939

Fortney Pete Stark

California · District 13

1973–2013 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1931

Peter Wallace Rodino Jr.

New Jersey · District 10

1949–1989 · 39.8 yrs · b. 1909

William Meyers Colmer

Mississippi · District 5

1933–1973 · 39.7 yrs · b. 1890

Nick J. Rahall II

West Virginia · District 3

1977–2015 · 37.9 yrs · b. 1949

Wilbur Daigh Mills

Arkansas · District 2

1939–1977 · 37.9 yrs · b. 1909

Robert Lee Fulton Sikes

Florida · District 1

1941–1979 · 37.9 yrs · b. 1906

Dante Bruno Fascell

Florida · District 19

1955–1993 · 37.8 yrs · b. 1917

Henry Barbosa González

Texas · District 20

1961–1999 · 37.8 yrs · b. 1916

John P. Murtha

Pennsylvania · District 12

1973–2010 · 37 yrs · b. 1932

Peter A. DeFazio

Oregon · District 4

1987–2023 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1947

James L. Oberstar

Minnesota · District 8

1975–2011 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1934

Felix Edward Hébert

Louisiana · District 1

1941–1977 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1901

Sander M. Levin

Michigan · District 9

1983–2019 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1931

Peter J. Visclosky

Indiana · District 1

1985–2021 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1949

Dale E. Kildee

Michigan · District 5

1977–2013 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1929

Norman D. Dicks

Washington · District 6

1977–2013 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1940

Edward Patrick Boland

Massachusetts · District 2

1953–1989 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1911

Neal Edward Smith

Iowa · District 4

1959–1995 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1920

Carl Dewey Perkins

Kentucky · District 7

1949–1985 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1912

Daniel David Rostenkowski

Illinois · District 5

1959–1995 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1928

Clement John Zablocki

Wisconsin · District 4

1949–1983 · 34.7 yrs · b. 1912

George E. Brown Jr.

California · District 42

1963–1999 · 34.4 yrs · b. 1920

James Claude Wright Jr.

Texas · District 12

1955–1989 · 34.3 yrs · b. 1922

Ray John Madden

Indiana · District 1

1943–1977 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1892

Ike Skelton

Missouri · District 4

1977–2011 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1931

John Lanneau McMillan

South Carolina · District 6

1939–1973 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1898

David E. Price

North Carolina · District 4

1987–2023 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1940

Thomas Phillip O’Neill Jr.

Massachusetts · District 8

1953–1987 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1912

Sam Melville Gibbons

Florida · District 11

1963–1997 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1920

Lee Herbert Hamilton

Indiana · District 9

1965–1999 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1931

Richard Walker Bolling

Missouri · District 5

1949–1983 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1916

John Lewis

Georgia · District 5

1987–2020 · 33.5 yrs · b. 1940

Olin Earl Teague

Texas · District 6

1946–1979 · 32.2 yrs · b. 1910

Jim Cooper

Tennessee · District 5

1983–2023 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1954

James Joseph Delaney

New York · District 9

1945–1979 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1901

Ovie Clark Fisher

Texas · District 21

1943–1975 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1903

Thomas Ellsworth Morgan

Pennsylvania · District 22

1945–1977 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1906

John James Rooney

New York · District 14

1943–1975 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1903

Eliot L. Engel

New York · District 16

1989–2021 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1947

Chester Earl Holifield

California · District 19

1943–1975 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1903

Omar Truman Burleson

Texas · District 17

1947–1979 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1906

Barney Frank

Massachusetts · District 4

1981–2013 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1940

Nita M. Lowey

New York · District 17

1989–2021 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1937