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

Walter Beaman Jones Sr.

North Carolina · District 1

1965–1992 · 27.5 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

Tom Lantos

California · District 12

1981–2008 · 27 yrs · b. 1928

Ronald Vernie Dellums

California · District 9

1971–1998 · 26.9 yrs · b. 1935

Barbara Lee

California · District 12

1998–2025 · 26.7 yrs · b. 1946

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

Grace F. Napolitano

California · District 31

1999–2025 · 26 yrs · b. 1936

John Orlando Pastore

Rhode Island · Senate

1950–1976 · 26 yrs · b. 1907

Judd A. Gregg

New Hampshire · Senate

1981–2011 · 26 yrs · b. 1947

Kent Conrad

North Dakota · Senate

1987–2013 · 26 yrs · b. 1948

Guy Adrian Vander Jagt

Michigan · District 9

1966–1993 · 26 yrs · b. 1931

Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr.

Maryland · Senate

1961–1987 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1922

Clarence E. Miller

Ohio · District 10

1967–1993 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1917

Watkins Moorman Abbitt

Virginia · District 4

1947–1973 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1908

John Paul Hammerschmidt

Arkansas · District 3

1967–1993 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1922

Mac Thornberry

Texas · District 13

1995–2021 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1958

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.

Michigan · District 5

1949–1975 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1913

William F. Goodling

Pennsylvania · District 19

1975–2001 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1927

Thomas A. Daschle

South Dakota · Senate

1979–2005 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1947

William Beck Widnall

New Jersey · District 7

1949–1975 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1906

Charles W. Stenholm

Texas · District 17

1979–2005 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1938

Joseph Matthew Gaydos

Pennsylvania · District 20

1967–1993 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1926

Eni F. H. Faleomavaega

American Samoa · At-large

1989–2015 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1943

John Phillips Saylor

Pennsylvania · District 12

1949–1975 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1908

William J. Tauzin

Louisiana · District 3

1979–2005 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1943

Jonas Frost III

Texas · District 24

1979–2005 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1942

Michael G. Oxley

Ohio · District 4

1981–2007 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1944

Robert T. Matsui

California · District 5

1979–2005 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1941

Robert Stump

Arizona · District 3

1977–2003 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1927

Wally Herger

California · District 2

1987–2013 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1945

Elton Gallegly

California · District 24

1987–2013 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1944

William Moore McCulloch

Ohio · District 4

1947–1973 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1901

Edward R. Royce

California · District 39

1993–2019 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1951

Ron Kind

Wisconsin · District 3

1997–2023 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1963

Barton Jennings Gordon

Tennessee · District 6

1985–2011 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1949

E. Clay Shaw Jr.

Florida · District 22

1981–2007 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1939

John James Flynt Jr.

Georgia · District 6

1953–1979 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1914

Hamilton Fish Jr.

New York · District 19

1969–1995 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1926

Harold Royce Gross

Iowa · District 3

1949–1975 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1899

Bob Goodlatte

Virginia · District 6

1993–2019 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1952

Steve Chabot

Ohio · District 1

1995–2023 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1953

James Haas Scheuer

Democrat-Liberal

New York · District 8

1965–1993 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1920

David E. Bonior

Michigan · District 10

1977–2003 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1945

Elford Albin Cederberg

Michigan · District 10

1953–1979 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1918

Kevin Brady

Texas · District 8

1997–2023 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1955

Gene Green

Texas · District 29

1993–2019 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1947

William Jennings Bryan Dorn

South Carolina · District 3

1947–1975 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1916

Roy Blunt

Missouri · Senate

1997–2023 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1950

Chalmers Pangburn Wylie

Ohio · District 15

1967–1993 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1920

John Carl Kluczynski

Illinois · District 5

1951–1977 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1896

John Jarman

Oklahoma · District 5

1951–1977 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1915

Edward Alexander Garmatz

Maryland · District 3

1947–1973 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1903

John Emerson Moss

California · District 3

1953–1979 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1915

Paul E. Kanjorski

Pennsylvania · District 11

1985–2011 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1937

David Hampton Pryor

Arkansas · Senate

1965–1997 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1934

Luis V. Gutiérrez

Illinois · District 4

1993–2019 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1953

Frank Thompson Jr.

New Jersey · District 4

1955–1981 · 25.8 yrs · b. 1918