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

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Party

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Chamber

Both House Senate

Ernest F. Hollings

South Carolina · Senate

1966–2005 · 38.1 yrs · b. 1922

Benjamin L. Cardin

Maryland · Senate

1987–2025 · 38 yrs · b. 1943

Russell Billiu Long

Louisiana · Senate

1948–1987 · 38 yrs · b. 1918

James Oliver Eastland

Mississippi · Senate

1941–1979 · 36.2 yrs · b. 1904

Richard G. Lugar

Indiana · Senate

1977–2013 · 36 yrs · b. 1932

Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Delaware · Senate

1973–2009 · 36 yrs · b. 1942

Paul S. Sarbanes

Maryland · Senate

1971–2007 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1933

James M. Inhofe

Oklahoma · Senate

1987–2023 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1934

Claiborne de Borda Pell

Rhode Island · Senate

1961–1997 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1918

Pete V. Domenici

New Mexico · Senate

1973–2009 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1932

Daniel K. Akaka

Hawaii · Senate

1977–2013 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1924

Christopher J. Dodd

Connecticut · Senate

1975–2011 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1944

Carl Levin

Michigan · Senate

1979–2015 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1934

Milton Ruben Young

North Dakota · Senate

1945–1981 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1897

John McCain

Arizona · Senate

1983–2018 · 35.6 yrs · b. 1936

Robert Joseph Dole

Kansas · Senate

1961–1996 · 35.3 yrs · b. 1923

Trent Lott

Mississippi · Senate

1973–2007 · 34.9 yrs · b. 1941

George David Aiken

Vermont · Senate

1941–1975 · 34 yrs · b. 1892

Margaret Chase Smith

Maine · Senate

1939–1973 · 34 yrs · b. 1897

Karl Earl Mundt

South Dakota · Senate

1939–1973 · 34 yrs · b. 1900

Harry Reid

Nevada · Senate

1983–2017 · 34 yrs · b. 1939

Barbara Boxer

California · Senate

1983–2017 · 34 yrs · b. 1940

Thomas R. Carper

Delaware · Senate

1983–2025 · 34 yrs · b. 1947

Clifford Philip Case

New Jersey · Senate

1945–1979 · 34 yrs · b. 1904

William V. Roth Jr.

Delaware · Senate

1967–2001 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1921

John B. Breaux

Louisiana · Senate

1971–2005 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1944

Olympia J. Snowe

Maine · Senate

1979–2013 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1947

Hugh Doggett Scott Jr.

Pennsylvania · Senate

1941–1977 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1900

Michael Joseph Mansfield

Montana · Senate

1943–1977 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1903

Quentin Northrup Burdick

North Dakota · Senate

1959–1992 · 33.6 yrs · b. 1908

James William Fulbright

Arkansas · Senate

1943–1975 · 32 yrs · b. 1905

Sherrod Brown

Ohio · Senate

1993–2025 · 32 yrs · b. 1952

Jacob Koppel Javits

New York · Senate

1947–1981 · 32 yrs · b. 1904

James M. Jeffords

Vermont · Senate

1975–2007 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1934

Robert Menendez

New Jersey · Senate

1993–2024 · 31.6 yrs · b. 1954

Lindsey Graham

South Carolina · Senate

1995–2026 · 31.5 yrs · b. 1955

William Proxmire

Wisconsin · Senate

1957–1989 · 31.3 yrs · b. 1915

Dianne Feinstein

California · Senate

1992–2023 · 30.9 yrs · b. 1933

Jesse Helms

North Carolina · Senate

1973–2003 · 30 yrs · b. 1921

Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr.

Texas · Senate

1947–1993 · 30 yrs · b. 1921

John D. Rockefeller, IV

West Virginia · Senate

1985–2015 · 30 yrs · b. 1937

Byron L. Dorgan

North Dakota · Senate

1981–2011 · 30 yrs · b. 1942

Arlen Specter

Pennsylvania · Senate

1981–2011 · 30 yrs · b. 1930

Barry Morris Goldwater

Arizona · Senate

1953–1987 · 30 yrs · b. 1909

Jeff Bingaman

New Mexico · Senate

1983–2013 · 30 yrs · b. 1943

Bill Nelson

Florida · Senate

1979–2019 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1942

John W. Warner

Virginia · Senate

1979–2009 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1927

Mark Odom Hatfield

Oregon · Senate

1967–1997 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1922

Clinton Presba Anderson

New Mexico · Senate

1941–1973 · 28.5 yrs · b. 1895

Frank R. Lautenberg

New Jersey · Senate

1982–2013 · 28.4 yrs · b. 1924

Debbie Stabenow

Michigan · Senate

1997–2025 · 28 yrs · b. 1950

Tim Johnson

South Dakota · Senate

1987–2015 · 28 yrs · b. 1946

Larry E. Craig

Idaho · Senate

1981–2009 · 28 yrs · b. 1945

John F. Kerry

Massachusetts · Senate

1985–2013 · 28 yrs · b. 1943

Richard Burr

North Carolina · Senate

1995–2023 · 28 yrs · b. 1955

Donald Wayne Riegle Jr.

Michigan · Senate

1967–1995 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1938

Robert Theodore Stafford

Vermont · Senate

1961–1989 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1913

Spark Masayuki Matsunaga

Hawaii · Senate

1963–1990 · 27.2 yrs · b. 1916

Harrison Arlington Williams Jr.

New Jersey · Senate

1953–1982 · 27.1 yrs · b. 1919

Robert William Packwood

Oregon · Senate

1969–1995 · 26.7 yrs · b. 1932