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

Any Democrat Republican Independent

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

Don Young

Alaska · At-large

1973–2022 · 48.9 yrs · b. 1933

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

C. W. Bill Young

Florida · District 13

1971–2013 · 42.6 yrs · b. 1930

F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.

Wisconsin · District 5

1979–2021 · 41.9 yrs · b. 1943

William Robert Poage

Texas · District 11

1937–1979 · 41.8 yrs · b. 1899

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 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

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

Leslie Cornelius Arends

Illinois · District 15

1935–1975 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1895

George Miller

California · District 11

1975–2015 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1945

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

Wilbur Daigh Mills

Arkansas · District 2

1939–1977 · 37.9 yrs · b. 1909

Nick J. Rahall II

West Virginia · District 3

1977–2015 · 37.9 yrs · b. 1949

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

Robert Henry Michel

Illinois · District 18

1957–1995 · 37.8 yrs · b. 1923

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

Ralph Regula

Ohio · District 16

1973–2009 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1924

Sander M. Levin

Michigan · District 9

1983–2019 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1931

Felix Edward Hébert

Louisiana · District 1

1941–1977 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1901

James L. Oberstar

Minnesota · District 8

1975–2011 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1934

Dale E. Kildee

Michigan · District 5

1977–2013 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1929

Fred Upton

Michigan · District 6

1987–2023 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1953

Peter J. Visclosky

Indiana · District 1

1985–2021 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1949

Norman D. Dicks

Washington · District 6

1977–2013 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1940

Peter A. DeFazio

Oregon · District 4

1987–2023 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1947

Thomas E. Petri

Wisconsin · District 6

1979–2015 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1940

William S. Broomfield

Michigan · District 18

1957–1993 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1922

Philip M. Crane

Illinois · District 8

1969–2005 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1930

Joseph Michael McDade

Pennsylvania · District 10

1963–1999 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1931

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

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

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

John Lanneau McMillan

South Carolina · District 6

1939–1973 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1898

Joe Barton

Texas · District 6

1985–2019 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1949

Jerry Lewis

California · District 41

1979–2013 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1934

Ike Skelton

Missouri · District 4

1977–2011 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1931

Frank R. Wolf

Virginia · District 10

1981–2015 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1939

Ray John Madden

Indiana · District 1

1943–1977 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1892

Ralph M. Hall

Texas · District 4

1981–2015 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1923

David E. Price

North Carolina · District 4

1987–2023 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1940

Lee Herbert Hamilton

Indiana · District 9

1965–1999 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1931