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

Daniel K. Akaka

Hawaii · Senate

1977–2013 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1924

Dale E. Kildee

Michigan · District 5

1977–2013 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1929

Sander M. Levin

Michigan · District 9

1983–2019 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1931

Christopher J. Dodd

Connecticut · Senate

1975–2011 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1944

Paul S. Sarbanes

Maryland · Senate

1971–2007 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1933

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

Peter J. Visclosky

Indiana · District 1

1985–2021 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1949

Carl Levin

Michigan · Senate

1979–2015 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1934

Felix Edward Hébert

Louisiana · District 1

1941–1977 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1901

Ralph Regula

Ohio · District 16

1973–2009 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1924

Joseph Michael McDade

Pennsylvania · District 10

1963–1999 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1931

Edward Patrick Boland

Massachusetts · District 2

1953–1989 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1911

Philip M. Crane

Illinois · District 8

1969–2005 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1930

Neal Edward Smith

Iowa · District 4

1959–1995 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1920

Daniel David Rostenkowski

Illinois · District 5

1959–1995 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1928

Milton Ruben Young

North Dakota · Senate

1945–1981 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1897

William S. Broomfield

Michigan · District 18

1957–1993 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1922

Carl Dewey Perkins

Kentucky · District 7

1949–1985 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1912

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

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

Harry Reid

Nevada · Senate

1983–2017 · 34 yrs · b. 1939

Barbara Boxer

California · Senate

1983–2017 · 34 yrs · b. 1940

Clifford Philip Case

New Jersey · Senate

1945–1979 · 34 yrs · b. 1904

Thomas R. Carper

Delaware · Senate

1983–2025 · 34 yrs · b. 1947

George David Aiken

Vermont · Senate

1941–1975 · 34 yrs · b. 1892

Karl Earl Mundt

South Dakota · Senate

1939–1973 · 34 yrs · b. 1900

Margaret Chase Smith

Maine · Senate

1939–1973 · 34 yrs · b. 1897

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

Ralph M. Hall

Texas · District 4

1981–2015 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1923

Hugh Doggett Scott Jr.

Pennsylvania · Senate

1941–1977 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1900

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

Michael Joseph Mansfield

Montana · Senate

1943–1977 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1903

David E. Price

North Carolina · District 4

1987–2023 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1940

Joe Barton

Texas · District 6

1985–2019 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1949

Jerry Lewis

California · District 41

1979–2013 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1934

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

Richard Walker Bolling

Missouri · District 5

1949–1983 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1916

Sam Melville Gibbons

Florida · District 11

1963–1997 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1920

Thomas Phillip O’Neill Jr.

Massachusetts · District 8

1953–1987 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1912

Lee Herbert Hamilton

Indiana · District 9

1965–1999 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1931

James Henry Quillen

Tennessee · District 1

1963–1997 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1916

Quentin Northrup Burdick

North Dakota · Senate

1959–1992 · 33.6 yrs · b. 1908

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

Jacob Koppel Javits

New York · Senate

1947–1981 · 32 yrs · b. 1904

Sherrod Brown

Ohio · Senate

1993–2025 · 32 yrs · b. 1952

James William Fulbright

Arkansas · Senate

1943–1975 · 32 yrs · b. 1905

Henry John Hyde

Illinois · District 6

1975–2007 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1924

Nita M. Lowey

New York · District 17

1989–2021 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1937

Chester Earl Holifield

California · District 19

1943–1975 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1903

James Joseph Delaney

New York · District 9

1945–1979 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1901