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

Dante Bruno Fascell

Florida · District 19

1955–1993 · 37.8 yrs · b. 1917

John P. Murtha

Pennsylvania · District 12

1973–2010 · 37 yrs · b. 1932

James Oliver Eastland

Mississippi · Senate

1941–1979 · 36.2 yrs · b. 1904

Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Delaware · Senate

1973–2009 · 36 yrs · b. 1942

Claiborne de Borda Pell

Rhode Island · Senate

1961–1997 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1918

Felix Edward Hébert

Louisiana · District 1

1941–1977 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1901

Christopher J. Dodd

Connecticut · Senate

1975–2011 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1944

Sander M. Levin

Michigan · District 9

1983–2019 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1931

Peter J. Visclosky

Indiana · District 1

1985–2021 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1949

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

Daniel K. Akaka

Hawaii · Senate

1977–2013 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1924

Carl Levin

Michigan · Senate

1979–2015 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1934

James L. Oberstar

Minnesota · District 8

1975–2011 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1934

Dale E. Kildee

Michigan · District 5

1977–2013 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1929

Edward Patrick Boland

Massachusetts · District 2

1953–1989 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1911

Daniel David Rostenkowski

Illinois · District 5

1959–1995 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1928

Neal Edward Smith

Iowa · District 4

1959–1995 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1920

Carl Dewey Perkins

Kentucky · District 7

1949–1985 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1912

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

Thomas R. Carper

Delaware · Senate

1983–2025 · 34 yrs · b. 1947

David E. Price

North Carolina · District 4

1987–2023 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1940

Ray John Madden

Indiana · District 1

1943–1977 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1892

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

Ike Skelton

Missouri · District 4

1977–2011 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1931

John B. Breaux

Louisiana · Senate

1971–2005 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1944

Lee Herbert Hamilton

Indiana · District 9

1965–1999 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1931

Sam Melville Gibbons

Florida · District 11

1963–1997 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1920

Richard Walker Bolling

Missouri · District 5

1949–1983 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1916

Thomas Phillip O’Neill Jr.

Massachusetts · District 8

1953–1987 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1912

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

Sherrod Brown

Ohio · Senate

1993–2025 · 32 yrs · b. 1952

James William Fulbright

Arkansas · Senate

1943–1975 · 32 yrs · b. 1905

Thomas Ellsworth Morgan

Pennsylvania · District 22

1945–1977 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1906

John James Rooney

New York · District 14

1943–1975 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1903

Jim Cooper

Tennessee · District 5

1983–2023 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1954

Chester Earl Holifield

California · District 19

1943–1975 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1903

Ovie Clark Fisher

Texas · District 21

1943–1975 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1903

Eliot L. Engel

New York · District 16

1989–2021 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1947

Nita M. Lowey

New York · District 17

1989–2021 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1937

Omar Truman Burleson

Texas · District 17

1947–1979 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1906

Anna G. Eshoo

California · District 16

1993–2025 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1942

James Joseph Delaney

New York · District 9

1945–1979 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1901

Barney Frank

Massachusetts · District 4

1981–2013 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1940

William Donlon Edwards

California · District 16

1963–1995 · 31.8 yrs · b. 1915

Eligio II de la Garza

Texas · District 15

1965–1997 · 31.8 yrs · b. 1927

Thomas Jefferson Steed

Oklahoma · District 4

1949–1981 · 31.8 yrs · b. 1904

Robert William Kastenmeier

Wisconsin · District 2

1959–1991 · 31.8 yrs · b. 1924

Harley Orrin Staggers

West Virginia · District 2

1949–1981 · 31.8 yrs · b. 1907

William Lacy Clay Sr.

Missouri · District 1

1969–2001 · 31.8 yrs · b. 1931

Daniel John Flood

Pennsylvania · District 11

1945–1981 · 31.8 yrs · b. 1903

James Jarrell Pickle

Texas · District 10

1963–1995 · 31.8 yrs · b. 1913