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

John D. Dingell

Michigan · District 12

1955–2015 · 59.8 yrs · b. 1926

Robert C. Byrd

West Virginia · Senate

1953–2010 · 57.4 yrs · b. 1917

Daniel K. Inouye

Hawaii · Senate

1959–2012 · 53.9 yrs · b. 1924

Jamie Lloyd Whitten

Mississippi · District 1

1941–1995 · 53.8 yrs · b. 1910

John Conyers, Jr.

Michigan · District 13

1965–2017 · 52.7 yrs · b. 1929

Don Young

Alaska · At-large

1973–2022 · 48.9 yrs · b. 1933

Patrick J. Leahy

Vermont · Senate

1975–2023 · 47.9 yrs · b. 1940

Sidney Richard Yates

Illinois · District 9

1949–1999 · 47.8 yrs · b. 1909

J. Strom Thurmond

South Carolina · Senate

1954–2003 · 47.4 yrs · b. 1902

John William Wright Patman

Texas · District 1

1929–1977 · 46.8 yrs · b. 1893

Edward M. Kennedy

Massachusetts · Senate

1962–2009 · 46.7 yrs · b. 1932

Emanuel Celler

New York · District 10

1923–1973 · 46.6 yrs · b. 1888

Charles B. Rangel

New York · District 13

1971–2017 · 45.8 yrs · b. 1930

Thad Cochran

Mississippi · Senate

1973–2018 · 45.1 yrs · b. 1937

Richard C. Shelby

Alabama · Senate

1979–2023 · 43.9 yrs · b. 1934

George Herman Mahon

Texas · District 19

1935–1979 · 43.9 yrs · b. 1900

Warren Grant Magnuson

Washington · Senate

1937–1981 · 43.9 yrs · b. 1905

Charles Edward Bennett

Florida · District 3

1949–1993 · 43.8 yrs · b. 1910

Charles Melvin Price

Illinois · District 21

1945–1988 · 43.1 yrs · b. 1905

Henry Martin Jackson

Washington · Senate

1941–1983 · 42.6 yrs · b. 1912

C. W. Bill Young

Florida · District 13

1971–2013 · 42.6 yrs · b. 1930

John Jackson Sparkman

Alabama · Senate

1937–1979 · 42 yrs · b. 1899

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

John Cornelius Stennis

Mississippi · Senate

1947–1989 · 41.9 yrs · b. 1901

Jack Bascom Brooks

Texas · District 9

1953–1995 · 41.8 yrs · b. 1922

William Robert Poage

Texas · District 11

1937–1979 · 41.8 yrs · b. 1899

David Ross Obey

Wisconsin · District 7

1969–2011 · 41.8 yrs · b. 1938

William Huston Natcher

Kentucky · District 2

1953–1994 · 40.5 yrs · b. 1909

Claude Denson Pepper

Florida · District 18

1936–1989 · 40.4 yrs · b. 1900

Ted F. Stevens

Alaska · Senate

1968–2009 · 40 yrs · b. 1923

Carl Thomas Curtis

Nebraska · Senate

1939–1979 · 40 yrs · b. 1905

George Miller

California · District 11

1975–2015 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1945

Barbara A. Mikulski

Maryland · Senate

1977–2017 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1936

Tom Harkin

Iowa · Senate

1975–2015 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1939

Jennings Randolph

West Virginia · Senate

1933–1985 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1902

Fortney Pete Stark

California · District 13

1973–2013 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1931

Henry A. Waxman

California · District 33

1975–2015 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1939

Leslie Cornelius Arends

Illinois · District 15

1935–1975 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1895

Pat Roberts

Kansas · Senate

1981–2021 · 39.9 yrs · b. 1936

Peter Wallace Rodino Jr.

New Jersey · District 10

1949–1989 · 39.8 yrs · b. 1909

William Meyers Colmer

Mississippi · District 5

1933–1973 · 39.7 yrs · b. 1890

Max Baucus

Montana · Senate

1975–2014 · 39 yrs · b. 1941

John Little McClellan

Arkansas · Senate

1935–1977 · 38.9 yrs · b. 1896

Ernest F. Hollings

South Carolina · Senate

1966–2005 · 38.1 yrs · b. 1922

Benjamin L. Cardin

Maryland · Senate

1987–2025 · 38 yrs · b. 1943

Russell Billiu Long

Louisiana · Senate

1948–1987 · 38 yrs · b. 1918

Nick J. Rahall II

West Virginia · District 3

1977–2015 · 37.9 yrs · b. 1949

Wilbur Daigh Mills

Arkansas · District 2

1939–1977 · 37.9 yrs · b. 1909

Robert Lee Fulton Sikes

Florida · District 1

1941–1979 · 37.9 yrs · b. 1906

Dante Bruno Fascell

Florida · District 19

1955–1993 · 37.8 yrs · b. 1917

Henry Barbosa González

Texas · District 20

1961–1999 · 37.8 yrs · b. 1916

Robert Henry Michel

Illinois · District 18

1957–1995 · 37.8 yrs · b. 1923

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

Richard G. Lugar

Indiana · Senate

1977–2013 · 36 yrs · b. 1932

Dale E. Kildee

Michigan · District 5

1977–2013 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1929

Claiborne de Borda Pell

Rhode Island · Senate

1961–1997 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1918

Christopher J. Dodd

Connecticut · Senate

1975–2011 · 35.9 yrs · b. 1944