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

Frank Annunzio

Illinois · District 11

1965–1993 · 27.8 yrs · b. 1915

Augustus Freeman Hawkins

California · District 29

1963–1991 · 27.8 yrs · b. 1907

Henry Schoellkopf Reuss

Wisconsin · District 5

1955–1983 · 27.8 yrs · b. 1912

Bill Pascrell, Jr.

New Jersey · District 9

1997–2024 · 27.6 yrs · b. 1937

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

Kent Conrad

North Dakota · Senate

1987–2013 · 26 yrs · b. 1948

Grace F. Napolitano

California · District 31

1999–2025 · 26 yrs · b. 1936

John Orlando Pastore

Rhode Island · Senate

1950–1976 · 26 yrs · b. 1907

David E. Bonior

Michigan · District 10

1977–2003 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1945

Ron Kind

Wisconsin · District 3

1997–2023 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1963

John Emerson Moss

California · District 3

1953–1979 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1915

Luis V. Gutiérrez

Illinois · District 4

1993–2019 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1953

John James Flynt Jr.

Georgia · District 6

1953–1979 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1914

Robert T. Matsui

California · District 5

1979–2005 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1941

Gene Green

Texas · District 29

1993–2019 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1947

John Carl Kluczynski

Illinois · District 5

1951–1977 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1896

Jonas Frost III

Texas · District 24

1979–2005 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1942

Eni F. H. Faleomavaega

American Samoa · At-large

1989–2015 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1943

Joseph Matthew Gaydos

Pennsylvania · District 20

1967–1993 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1926

Barton Jennings Gordon

Tennessee · District 6

1985–2011 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1949

Paul E. Kanjorski

Pennsylvania · District 11

1985–2011 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1937

William Jennings Bryan Dorn

South Carolina · District 3

1947–1975 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1916

Charles W. Stenholm

Texas · District 17

1979–2005 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1938

Thomas A. Daschle

South Dakota · Senate

1979–2005 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1947

Edward Alexander Garmatz

Maryland · District 3

1947–1973 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1903

Watkins Moorman Abbitt

Virginia · District 4

1947–1973 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1908

David Hampton Pryor

Arkansas · Senate

1965–1997 · 25.9 yrs · b. 1934

Thomas Ludlow Ashley

Ohio · District 9

1955–1981 · 25.8 yrs · b. 1923

Charles Albert Vanik

Ohio · District 22

1955–1981 · 25.8 yrs · b. 1913

Joseph Patrick Addabbo

New York · District 6

1961–1987 · 25.8 yrs · b. 1925

Frank Thompson Jr.

New Jersey · District 4

1955–1981 · 25.8 yrs · b. 1918

Charles Coles Diggs Jr.

Michigan · District 13

1955–1981 · 25.8 yrs · b. 1922

Lee Warren Metcalf

Montana · Senate

1953–1978 · 25 yrs · b. 1911

Jerry F. Costello

Illinois · District 12

1988–2013 · 24.3 yrs · b. 1949

John Bennett Johnston Jr.

Louisiana · Senate

1972–1997 · 24.1 yrs · b. 1932

Samuel Augustus Nunn

Georgia · Senate

1972–1997 · 24.1 yrs · b. 1938

Herb Kohl

Wisconsin · Senate

1989–2013 · 24 yrs · b. 1935

John Herschel Glenn Jr.

Ohio · Senate

1974–1999 · 24 yrs · b. 1921

Xavier Becerra

California · District 34

1993–2017 · 24 yrs · b. 1958

Alan Cranston

California · Senate

1969–1993 · 24 yrs · b. 1914

Herman Eugene Talmadge

Georgia · Senate

1957–1981 · 24 yrs · b. 1913

Wendell Hampton Ford

Kentucky · Senate

1974–1999 · 24 yrs · b. 1924

Frank Forrester Church

Idaho · Senate

1957–1981 · 24 yrs · b. 1924

Dale Bumpers

Arkansas · Senate

1975–1999 · 24 yrs · b. 1925

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

New York · Senate

1977–2001 · 24 yrs · b. 1927

Lane A. Evans

Illinois · District 17

1983–2007 · 24 yrs · b. 1951

Major R. Owens

New York · District 11

1983–2007 · 24 yrs · b. 1936

Kenneth James Gray

Illinois · District 22

1955–1989 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1924

Bernice Frederic Sisk

California · District 15

1955–1979 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1910

Paul Grant Rogers

Florida · District 11

1955–1979 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1921

James P. Moran

Virginia · District 8

1991–2015 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1945

William Vollie Alexander Jr.

Arkansas · District 1

1969–1993 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1934

Bruce F. Vento

Minnesota · District 4

1977–2001 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1940

Howard Walter Cannon

Nevada · Senate

1959–1983 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1912

Leonor Kretzer Sullivan

Missouri · District 3

1953–1977 · 23.9 yrs · b. 1902