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

J. Strom Thurmond

South Carolina · Senate

1954–2003 · 47.4 yrs · b. 1902

Thad Cochran

Mississippi · Senate

1973–2018 · 45.1 yrs · b. 1937

Richard C. Shelby

Alabama · Senate

1979–2023 · 43.9 yrs · b. 1934

Orrin G. Hatch

Utah · Senate

1977–2019 · 42 yrs · b. 1934

Carl Thomas Curtis

Nebraska · Senate

1939–1979 · 40 yrs · b. 1905

Ted F. Stevens

Alaska · Senate

1968–2009 · 40 yrs · b. 1923

Pat Roberts

Kansas · Senate

1981–2021 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1936

Richard G. Lugar

Indiana · Senate

1977–2013 · 36 yrs · b. 1932

James M. Inhofe

Oklahoma · Senate

1987–2023 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1934

Pete V. Domenici

New Mexico · Senate

1973–2009 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1932

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

Margaret Chase Smith

Maine · Senate

1939–1973 · 34 yrs · b. 1897

Karl Earl Mundt

South Dakota · Senate

1939–1973 · 34 yrs · b. 1900

Clifford Philip Case

New Jersey · Senate

1945–1979 · 34 yrs · b. 1904

George David Aiken

Vermont · Senate

1941–1975 · 34 yrs · b. 1892

William V. Roth Jr.

Delaware · Senate

1967–2001 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1921

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

Jacob Koppel Javits

New York · Senate

1947–1981 · 32 yrs · b. 1904

Lindsey Graham

South Carolina · Senate

1995–2026 · 31.5 yrs · b. 1955

Barry Morris Goldwater

Arizona · Senate

1953–1987 · 30 yrs · b. 1909

Jesse Helms

North Carolina · Senate

1973–2003 · 30 yrs · b. 1921

John W. Warner

Virginia · Senate

1979–2009 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1927

Mark Odom Hatfield

Oregon · Senate

1967–1997 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1922

Larry E. Craig

Idaho · Senate

1981–2009 · 28 yrs · b. 1945

Richard Burr

North Carolina · Senate

1995–2023 · 28 yrs · b. 1955

Robert Theodore Stafford

Vermont · Senate

1961–1989 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1913

Robert William Packwood

Oregon · Senate

1969–1995 · 26.7 yrs · b. 1932

Jon Kyl

Arizona · Senate

1987–2018 · 26.3 yrs · b. 1942

Norris H. Cotton

New Hampshire · Senate

1947–1975 · 26.2 yrs · b. 1900

Judd A. Gregg

New Hampshire · Senate

1981–2011 · 26 yrs · b. 1947

Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr.

Maryland · Senate

1961–1987 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1922

Roy Blunt

Missouri · Senate

1997–2023 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1950

Michael B. Enzi

Wyoming · Senate

1997–2021 · 24 yrs · b. 1944

Daniel Coats

Indiana · Senate

1981–2017 · 24 yrs · b. 1943

Don Nickles

Oklahoma · Senate

1981–2005 · 24 yrs · b. 1948

Jim Bunning

Kentucky · Senate

1987–2011 · 24 yrs · b. 1931

Christopher S. Bond

Missouri · Senate

1987–2011 · 24 yrs · b. 1939

James Albertus McClure

Idaho · Senate

1967–1991 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1924

William Sebastian Cohen

Maine · Senate

1973–1997 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1940

Phil Gramm

Texas · Senate

1979–2002 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1942

Wallace Foster Bennett

Utah · Senate

1951–1974 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1898

Roman Lee Hruska

Nebraska · Senate

1953–1976 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1904

Rob Portman

Ohio · Senate

1993–2023 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1955

Mark Andrews

North Dakota · Senate

1963–1987 · 23.8 yrs · b. 1926

James Thomas Broyhill

North Carolina · Senate

1963–1986 · 23.7 yrs · b. 1927

John Goodwin Tower

Texas · Senate

1961–1985 · 23.5 yrs · b. 1925

John Hubbard Chafee

Rhode Island · Senate

1976–1999 · 22.8 yrs · b. 1922

Frank H. Murkowski

Alaska · Senate

1981–2002 · 21.9 yrs · b. 1933

Larry Lee Pressler

South Dakota · Senate

1975–1997 · 21.9 yrs · b. 1942

Robert Paul Griffin

Michigan · Senate

1957–1979 · 21.9 yrs · b. 1923

Johnny Isakson

Georgia · Senate

1999–2019 · 21 yrs · b. 1944

John Sherman Cooper

Kentucky · Senate

1946–1973 · 20.5 yrs · b. 1901

Henry John Heinz III

Pennsylvania · Senate

1971–1991 · 20.2 yrs · b. 1938

Jeff Sessions

Alabama · Senate

1997–2017 · 20.1 yrs · b. 1946

Michael DeWine

Ohio · Senate

1983–2007 · 20 yrs · b. 1947

Saxby Chambliss

Georgia · Senate

1995–2015 · 20 yrs · b. 1943