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

James A. Leach

Iowa · District 2

1977–2007 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1942

Otto Ernest Passman

Louisiana · District 5

1947–1977 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1900

George William Andrews

Alabama · District 3

1943–1973 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1906

Benjamin Gilman

New York · District 20

1973–2003 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1922

Thomas Gerstle Abernethy

Mississippi · District 1

1943–1973 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1903

Frank Jefferson Horton

New York · District 29

1963–1993 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1919

Edward Ross Roybal

California · District 25

1963–1993 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1916

Bill Archer

Texas · District 7

1971–2001 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1928

Delbert Leroy Latta

Ohio · District 5

1959–1989 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1920

Thomas Stephen Foley

Washington · District 5

1965–1995 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1929

Gillespie V. Montgomery

Mississippi · District 3

1967–1997 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1920

John Thomas Myers

Indiana · District 7

1967–1997 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1927

John Jacob Rhodes

Arizona · District 1

1953–1983 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1916

Samuel Studdiford Stratton

New York · District 23

1959–1989 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1916

Tom Bevill

Alabama · District 4

1967–1997 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1921

Lawrence H. Fountain

North Carolina · District 2

1953–1983 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1913

William David Ford

Michigan · District 13

1965–1995 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1927

Andrew Jacobs Jr.

Indiana · District 10

1965–1997 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1932

Sheila Jackson Lee

Texas · District 18

1995–2024 · 29.5 yrs · b. 1950

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Florida · District 27

1989–2019 · 29.3 yrs · b. 1952

Earl Blumenauer

Oregon · District 3

1996–2025 · 28.6 yrs · b. 1948

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

John Joseph Moakley

Massachusetts · District 9

1973–2001 · 28.3 yrs · b. 1927

Alcee L. Hastings

Florida · District 20

1993–2021 · 28.2 yrs · b. 1936

Tim Johnson

South Dakota · Senate

1987–2015 · 28 yrs · b. 1946

Richard Burr

North Carolina · Senate

1995–2023 · 28 yrs · b. 1955

Debbie Stabenow

Michigan · Senate

1997–2025 · 28 yrs · b. 1950

Elmer Greinert Shuster

Pennsylvania · District 9

1973–2001 · 28 yrs · b. 1932

Larry E. Craig

Idaho · Senate

1981–2009 · 28 yrs · b. 1945

John F. Kerry

Massachusetts · Senate

1985–2013 · 28 yrs · b. 1943

John Anton Blatnik

Minnesota · District 8

1947–1975 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1911

Kay Granger

Texas · District 12

1997–2025 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1943

Wayne Levere Hays

Ohio · District 18

1949–1977 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1911

Richard Andrew Gephardt

Missouri · District 3

1977–2005 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1941

Martin Olav Sabo

Minnesota · District 5

1979–2007 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1938

Jim McDermott

Washington · District 7

1989–2017 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1936

Michael F. Doyle

Pennsylvania · District 18

1995–2022 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1953

John William Byrnes

Wisconsin · District 8

1945–1973 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1913

Peter T. King

New York · District 2

1993–2021 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1944

George Paul Miller

California · District 8

1945–1973 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1891

Solomon P. Ortiz

Texas · District 27

1983–2011 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1937

Duncan L. Hunter

California · District 52

1981–2009 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1948

Alan B. Mollohan

West Virginia · District 1

1983–2011 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1943

Donald Wayne Riegle Jr.

Michigan · Senate

1967–1995 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1938

John J. LaFalce

New York · District 29

1975–2003 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1939

Robert Theodore Stafford

Vermont · Senate

1961–1989 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1913

John McKee Spratt Jr.

South Carolina · District 5

1983–2011 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1942

Harold Daniel Donohue

Massachusetts · District 3

1947–1975 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1901

William M. Thomas

California · District 22

1979–2007 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1941

Frederick C. Boucher

Virginia · District 9

1983–2011 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1946

James Grove Fulton

Pennsylvania · District 27

1945–1973 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1903

Robert Carlton Wilson

California · District 41

1953–1981 · 27.8 yrs · b. 1916

Henry Schoellkopf Reuss

Wisconsin · District 5

1955–1983 · 27.8 yrs · b. 1912

Fernand Joseph St. Germain

Rhode Island · District 1

1961–1989 · 27.8 yrs · b. 1928

Frank Annunzio

Illinois · District 11

1965–1993 · 27.8 yrs · b. 1915

William Louis Dickinson

Alabama · District 2

1965–1993 · 27.8 yrs · b. 1925

Augustus Freeman Hawkins

California · District 29

1963–1991 · 27.8 yrs · b. 1907

Bill Pascrell, Jr.

New Jersey · District 9

1997–2024 · 27.6 yrs · b. 1937

Sam Johnson

Texas · District 3

1991–2019 · 27.6 yrs · b. 1930