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

Don Young

Alaska · At-large

1973–2022 · 48.9 yrs · b. 1933

J. Strom Thurmond

South Carolina · Senate

1954–2003 · 47.4 yrs · b. 1902

Thad Cochran

Mississippi · Senate

1973–2018 · 45.1 yrs · b. 1937

Richard C. Shelby

Alabama · Senate

1979–2023 · 43.9 yrs · b. 1934

C. W. Bill Young

Florida · District 13

1971–2013 · 42.6 yrs · b. 1930

Orrin G. Hatch

Utah · Senate

1977–2019 · 42 yrs · b. 1934

F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.

Wisconsin · District 5

1979–2021 · 41.9 yrs · b. 1943

Carl Thomas Curtis

Nebraska · Senate

1939–1979 · 40 yrs · b. 1905

Ted F. Stevens

Alaska · Senate

1968–2009 · 40 yrs · b. 1923

Pat Roberts

Kansas · Senate

1981–2021 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1936

Leslie Cornelius Arends

Illinois · District 15

1935–1975 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1895

Robert Henry Michel

Illinois · District 18

1957–1995 · 37.8 yrs · b. 1923

Richard G. Lugar

Indiana · Senate

1977–2013 · 36 yrs · b. 1932

Pete V. Domenici

New Mexico · Senate

1973–2009 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1932

James M. Inhofe

Oklahoma · Senate

1987–2023 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1934

Ralph Regula

Ohio · District 16

1973–2009 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1924

Fred Upton

Michigan · District 6

1987–2023 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1953

Thomas E. Petri

Wisconsin · District 6

1979–2015 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1940

Philip M. Crane

Illinois · District 8

1969–2005 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1930

William S. Broomfield

Michigan · District 18

1957–1993 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1922

Milton Ruben Young

North Dakota · Senate

1945–1981 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1897

Joseph Michael McDade

Pennsylvania · District 10

1963–1999 · 35.8 yrs · b. 1931

John McCain

Arizona · Senate

1983–2018 · 35.6 yrs · b. 1936

Robert Joseph Dole

Kansas · Senate

1961–1996 · 35.3 yrs · b. 1923

Trent Lott

Mississippi · Senate

1973–2007 · 34.9 yrs · b. 1941

Clifford Philip Case

New Jersey · Senate

1945–1979 · 34 yrs · b. 1904

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

Ralph M. Hall

Texas · District 4

1981–2015 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1923

Jerry Lewis

California · District 41

1979–2013 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1934

Joe Barton

Texas · District 6

1985–2019 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1949

Olympia J. Snowe

Maine · Senate

1979–2013 · 33.9 yrs · b. 1947

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

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

Silvio Ottavio Conte

Massachusetts · District 1

1959–1991 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1921

David Dreier

California · District 26

1981–2013 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1952

Lamar Smith

Texas · District 21

1987–2019 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1947

Henry John Hyde

Illinois · District 6

1975–2007 · 31.9 yrs · b. 1924

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

Jesse Helms

North Carolina · Senate

1973–2003 · 30 yrs · b. 1921

Barry Morris Goldwater

Arizona · Senate

1953–1987 · 30 yrs · b. 1909

Dan Burton

Indiana · District 5

1983–2013 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1938

Howard Coble

North Carolina · District 6

1985–2015 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1931

Robert James Corbett

Pennsylvania · District 18

1939–1973 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1905

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

Mark Odom Hatfield

Oregon · Senate

1967–1997 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1922

Dana Rohrabacher

California · District 48

1989–2019 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1947

John W. Warner

Virginia · Senate

1979–2009 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1927

James A. Leach

Iowa · District 2

1977–2007 · 29.9 yrs · b. 1942

John Jacob Rhodes

Arizona · District 1

1953–1983 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1916

John Thomas Myers

Indiana · District 7

1967–1997 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1927

Delbert Leroy Latta

Ohio · District 5

1959–1989 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1920

Bill Archer

Texas · District 7

1971–2001 · 29.8 yrs · b. 1928