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

George David Aiken

Vermont · Senate

1941–1975 · 34 yrs · b. 1892

Margaret Chase Smith

Maine · Senate

1939–1973 · 34 yrs · b. 1897

Karl Earl Mundt

South Dakota · Senate

1939–1973 · 34 yrs · b. 1900

Jerry Lewis

California · District 41

1979–2013 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1934

Ralph M. Hall

Texas · District 4

1981–2015 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1923

Frank R. Wolf

Virginia · District 10

1981–2015 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1939

Hugh Doggett Scott Jr.

Pennsylvania · Senate

1941–1977 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1900

William V. Roth Jr.

Delaware · Senate

1967–2001 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1921

Olympia J. Snowe

Maine · Senate

1979–2013 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1947

Joe Barton

Texas · District 6

1985–2019 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1949

James Henry Quillen

Tennessee · District 1

1963–1997 · 33.8 yrs · b. 1916

Jacob Koppel Javits

New York · Senate

1947–1981 · 32 yrs · b. 1904

Henry John Hyde

Illinois · District 6

1975–2007 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1924

Silvio Ottavio Conte

Massachusetts · District 1

1959–1991 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1921

Lamar Smith

Texas · District 21

1987–2019 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1947

David Dreier

California · District 26

1981–2013 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1952

Lindsey Graham

South Carolina · Senate

1995–2026 · 31.5 yrs · b. 1955

Floyd Spence

South Carolina · District 2

1971–2001 · 30.5 yrs · b. 1928

John J. Duncan, Jr.

Tennessee · District 2

1988–2019 · 30.1 yrs · b. 1947

Barry Morris Goldwater

Arizona · Senate

1953–1987 · 30 yrs · b. 1909

Jesse Helms

North Carolina · Senate

1973–2003 · 30 yrs · b. 1921

Howard Coble

North Carolina · District 6

1985–2015 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1931

John W. Warner

Virginia · Senate

1979–2009 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1927

Mark Odom Hatfield

Oregon · Senate

1967–1997 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1922

Benjamin Gilman

New York · District 20

1973–2003 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1922

Alvin Edward O’Konski

Wisconsin · District 10

1943–1973 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1904

Dan Burton

Indiana · District 5

1983–2013 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1938

James A. Leach

Iowa · District 2

1977–2007 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1942

Robert James Corbett

Pennsylvania · District 18

1939–1973 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1905

Dana Rohrabacher

California · District 48

1989–2019 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1947

Delbert Leroy Latta

Ohio · District 5

1959–1989 · 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

Frank Jefferson Horton

New York · District 29

1963–1993 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1919

Bill Archer

Texas · District 7

1971–2001 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1928

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Florida · District 27

1989–2019 · 29.3 yrs · b. 1952

Richard Burr

North Carolina · Senate

1995–2023 · 28 yrs · b. 1955

Larry E. Craig

Idaho · Senate

1981–2009 · 28 yrs · b. 1945

Elmer Greinert Shuster

Pennsylvania · District 9

1973–2001 · 28 yrs · b. 1932

Kay Granger

Texas · District 12

1997–2025 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1943

Duncan L. Hunter

California · District 52

1981–2009 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1948

Robert Theodore Stafford

Vermont · Senate

1961–1989 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1913

William M. Thomas

California · District 22

1979–2007 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1941

Peter T. King

New York · District 2

1993–2021 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1944

James Grove Fulton

Pennsylvania · District 27

1945–1973 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1903

John William Byrnes

Wisconsin · District 8

1945–1973 · 27.9 yrs · b. 1913

William Louis Dickinson

Alabama · District 2

1965–1993 · 27.8 yrs · b. 1925

Robert Carlton Wilson

California · District 41

1953–1981 · 27.8 yrs · b. 1916

Sam Johnson

Texas · District 3

1991–2019 · 27.6 yrs · b. 1930

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

Guy Adrian Vander Jagt

Michigan · District 9

1966–1993 · 26 yrs · b. 1931

Judd A. Gregg

New Hampshire · Senate

1981–2011 · 26 yrs · b. 1947

John Paul Hammerschmidt

Arkansas · District 3

1967–1993 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1922

Harold Royce Gross

Iowa · District 3

1949–1975 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1899

William J. Tauzin

Louisiana · District 3

1979–2005 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1943

Wally Herger

California · District 2

1987–2013 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1945

William Beck Widnall

New Jersey · District 7

1949–1975 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1906

William F. Goodling

Pennsylvania · District 19

1975–2001 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1927