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

Abraham Kazen Jr.

Texas · District 23

1967–1985 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1919

Milton Robert Carr

Michigan · District 8

1975–1995 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1943

Herman Theodore Schneebeli

Pennsylvania · District 17

1959–1977 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1907

John Patrick Williams

Montana · District 1

1979–1997 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1937

William Joseph Randall

Missouri · District 4

1959–1977 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1909

Rupert Vance Hartke

Indiana · Senate

1959–1977 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1919

Philip Aloysius Hart

Michigan · Senate

1959–1977 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1912

Robert Kenneth Dornan

California · District 46

1977–1997 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1933

James Grant O’Hara

Michigan · District 12

1959–1977 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1925

Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr.

Florida · Senate

1971–1989 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1930

Douglas Earl Applegate

Ohio · District 18

1977–1995 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1928

Richard Crawford White

Texas · District 16

1965–1983 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1923

William Creed Wampler

Virginia · District 9

1953–1983 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1926

Daniel E. Lungren

California · District 3

1979–2013 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1946

John William Stanton

Ohio · District 11

1965–1983 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1924

Henry James Nowak

New York · District 33

1975–1993 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1935

Thomas Joseph Downey

New York · District 2

1975–1993 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1949

Robert Homer Mollohan

West Virginia · District 1

1953–1983 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1909

Joseph Daniel Early

Massachusetts · District 3

1975–1993 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1933

Joseph Edward Karth

Minnesota · District 4

1959–1977 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1922

Carolyn McCarthy

New York · District 4

1997–2015 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1944

Harold Reginald Collier

Illinois · District 6

1957–1975 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1915

Steven C. LaTourette

Ohio · District 14

1995–2013 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1954

Charles Ernest Chamberlain

Michigan · District 6

1957–1975 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1917

Corinne Claiborne Boggs

Louisiana · District 2

1973–1991 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1916

Kenneth William Hechler

West Virginia · District 4

1959–1977 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1914

Sue Wilkins Myrick

North Carolina · District 9

1995–2013 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1941

Michael N. Castle

Delaware · At-large

1993–2011 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1939

John Waldemar Wydler

New York · District 5

1963–1981 · 17.8 yrs · b. 1924

Charles Herbert Wilson

California · District 31

1963–1981 · 17.8 yrs · b. 1917

Lionel Van Deerlin

California · District 42

1963–1981 · 17.8 yrs · b. 1914

Edward James Patten

New Jersey · District 15

1963–1981 · 17.8 yrs · b. 1905

John Michael Murphy

New York · District 17

1963–1981 · 17.8 yrs · b. 1926

James Colgate Cleveland

New Hampshire · District 2

1963–1981 · 17.8 yrs · b. 1920

Herbert H. Bateman

Virginia · District 1

1983–2000 · 17.7 yrs · b. 1928

David Vitter

Louisiana · Senate

1999–2017 · 17.6 yrs · b. 1961

Bill Shuster

Pennsylvania · District 9

2001–2019 · 17.6 yrs · b. 1961

James A. Traficant Jr.

Ohio · District 17

1985–2002 · 17.5 yrs · b. 1941

Alton Asa Lennon

North Carolina · District 7

1953–1973 · 17.3 yrs · b. 1906

Jeff Fortenberry

Nebraska · District 1

2005–2022 · 17.2 yrs · b. 1960

Nathan Deal

Georgia · District 9

1993–2010 · 17.2 yrs · b. 1942

Harry Flood Byrd Jr.

Virginia · Senate

1965–1983 · 17.1 yrs · b. 1914

Kevin McCarthy

California · District 20

2007–2023 · 17 yrs · b. 1965

Vernon J. Ehlers

Michigan · District 3

1993–2011 · 17 yrs · b. 1934

Patrick J. Tiberi

Ohio · District 12

2001–2018 · 17 yrs · b. 1962

Robert Randolph Casey

Texas · District 22

1959–1976 · 16.9 yrs · b. 1915

Jesse L. Jackson Jr.

Illinois · District 2

1995–2012 · 16.9 yrs · b. 1965

James Blackwood Pearson

Kansas · Senate

1962–1978 · 16.9 yrs · b. 1920

Thomas Michael Foglietta

Pennsylvania · District 1

1981–1997 · 16.8 yrs · b. 1928

John M. McHugh

New York · District 23

1993–2009 · 16.7 yrs · b. 1948

C. Christopher Cox

California · District 48

1989–2005 · 16.5 yrs · b. 1952

Gerald E. Connolly

Virginia · District 11

2009–2025 · 16.4 yrs · b. 1950

Stewart Brett McKinney

Connecticut · District 4

1971–1987 · 16.2 yrs · b. 1931

David Ferdinand Durenberger

Minnesota · Senate

1978–1995 · 16.2 yrs · b. 1934

Jane Harman

California · District 36

1993–2011 · 16.1 yrs · b. 1945

Thomas James McIntyre

New Hampshire · Senate

1962–1979 · 16.1 yrs · b. 1915

Albio Sires

New Jersey · District 8

2006–2023 · 16.1 yrs · b. 1951

Michael M. Honda

California · District 17

2001–2017 · 16 yrs · b. 1941

George Hanks Brown

Colorado · Senate

1981–1997 · 16 yrs · b. 1940

Steve Israel

New York · District 3

2001–2017 · 16 yrs · b. 1958