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

Any Democrat Republican Independent

Chamber

Both House Senate

William Lehman

Florida · District 17

1973–1993 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1913

Joseph Manuel Montoya

New Mexico · Senate

1957–1977 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1915

Jerome Bob Traxler

Michigan · District 8

1973–1993 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1931

Loretta Sanchez

California · District 46

1997–2017 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1960

Victor Herbert Fazio Jr.

California · District 3

1979–1999 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1942

George Edward Shipley

Illinois · District 22

1959–1979 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1927

Rubén Hinojosa

Texas · District 15

1997–2017 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1940

James Aloysius Byrne

Pennsylvania · District 3

1953–1973 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1906

Harold Lee Volkmer

Missouri · District 9

1977–1997 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1931

Philip Riley Sharp

Indiana · District 2

1975–1995 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1942

Thomas Edwards

Texas · District 17

1991–2011 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1951

Ed Jones

Tennessee · District 8

1969–1989 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1912

Walter Stephan Baring Jr.

Nevada · At-large

1949–1973 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1911

Bob Filner

California · District 51

1993–2012 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1942

James Anthony Burke

Massachusetts · District 11

1959–1979 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1910

Stephen Lybrook Neal

North Carolina · District 5

1975–1995 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1934

John Melcher

Montana · Senate

1969–1989 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1924

Butler Carson Derrick Jr.

South Carolina · District 3

1975–1995 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1936

Walter Edward Fauntroy

District of Columbia · At-large

1971–1991 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1933

Martha Wright Griffiths

Michigan · District 17

1955–1975 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1912

William Venroe Chappell Jr.

Florida · District 4

1969–1989 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1922

Edith Starrett Green

Oregon · District 3

1955–1975 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1910

Lynn C. Woolsey

California · District 6

1993–2013 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1937

William John Hughes

New Jersey · District 2

1975–1995 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1932

Edmond Augustus Edmondson

Oklahoma · District 2

1953–1973 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1919

Marilyn Laird Lloyd

Tennessee · District 3

1975–1995 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1929

Mario Biaggi

New York · District 19

1969–1989 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1917

Frank Monroe Clark

Pennsylvania · District 25

1955–1975 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1915

Tim Holden

Pennsylvania · District 17

1993–2013 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1957

Brockman Adams

Washington · Senate

1965–1993 · 19.9 yrs · b. 1927

Lucien Norbert Nedzi

Michigan · District 14

1961–1981 · 19.8 yrs · b. 1925

Richard Howard Ichord II

Missouri · District 8

1961–1981 · 19.8 yrs · b. 1926

James Charles Corman

California · District 21

1961–1981 · 19.8 yrs · b. 1920

Herbert Ray Roberts

Texas · District 4

1961–1981 · 19.8 yrs · b. 1913

Brian Higgins

New York · District 26

2005–2024 · 19.1 yrs · b. 1959

Howard Morton Metzenbaum

Ohio · Senate

1974–1995 · 19 yrs · b. 1917

Glenn Lee English Jr.

Oklahoma · District 6

1975–1994 · 18.9 yrs · b. 1940

Wilbur Clarence Daniel

Virginia · District 5

1969–1988 · 18.9 yrs · b. 1914

Lois Capps

California · District 24

1998–2017 · 18.8 yrs · b. 1938

G. K. Butterfield

North Carolina · District 1

2004–2022 · 18.4 yrs · b. 1947

Norman Sisisky

Virginia · District 4

1983–2001 · 18.2 yrs · b. 1927

Robert E. Cramer Jr.

Alabama · District 5

1991–2009 · 18 yrs · b. 1947

William J. Jefferson

Louisiana · District 2

1991–2009 · 18 yrs · b. 1947

Robert E. Wise Jr.

West Virginia · District 2

1983–2001 · 18 yrs · b. 1948

John P. Sarbanes

Maryland · District 3

2007–2025 · 18 yrs · b. 1962

Jon Tester

Montana · Senate

2007–2025 · 18 yrs · b. 1956

Birch Evans Bayh

Indiana · Senate

1963–1981 · 18 yrs · b. 1928

Robert P. Casey, Jr.

Pennsylvania · Senate

2007–2025 · 18 yrs · b. 1960

James Ralph Sasser

Tennessee · Senate

1977–1995 · 18 yrs · b. 1936

William Warren Bradley

New Jersey · Senate

1979–1997 · 18 yrs · b. 1943

Bob Graham

Florida · Senate

1987–2005 · 18 yrs · b. 1936

Mary L. Landrieu

Louisiana · Senate

1997–2015 · 18 yrs · b. 1955

Howell Thomas Heflin

Alabama · Senate

1979–1997 · 18 yrs · b. 1921

Dennis Webster DeConcini

Arizona · Senate

1977–1995 · 18 yrs · b. 1937

Thomas Francis Eagleton

Missouri · Senate

1968–1987 · 18 yrs · b. 1929

Russell D. Feingold

Wisconsin · Senate

1993–2011 · 18 yrs · b. 1953

Gaylord Anton Nelson

Wisconsin · Senate

1963–1981 · 18 yrs · b. 1916

Barbara Bailey Kennelly

Connecticut · District 1

1981–1999 · 18 yrs · b. 1936

J. James Exon

Nebraska · Senate

1979–1997 · 18 yrs · b. 1921

Thomas Joseph Downey

New York · District 2

1975–1993 · 17.9 yrs · b. 1949