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Total congressional tenure

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Below is a list of the 100 longest-serving members of congress.[1]

Rank
(total) 		Rank
(consecutive) 		Member State Party Term(s) of service Tenure
(total) 		Tenure
(consecutive)
1 1 John Dingell December 13, 1955 – January 3, 2015 (rep.) 59 years, 21 days 59 years, 21 days
2 2 Robert Byrd January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 (rep.)
January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010 (sen.)		 57 years, 177 days 57 years, 177 days
3 3 Carl Hayden February 19, 1912 – March 3, 1927 (rep.)
March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1969 (sen.)		 56 years, 319 days 56 years, 319 days
4 4 Daniel Inouye August 21, 1959 – January 3, 1963 (rep.)
January 3, 1963 – December 17, 2012 (sen.)		 53 years, 119 days 53 years, 119 days
5 5 Jamie Whitten November 4, 1941 – January 3, 1995 (rep.) 53 years, 60 days 53 years, 60 days
6 6 John Conyers January 3, 1965 – December 5, 2017 (rep.) 52 years, 337 days 52 years, 337 days
7 7 Carl Vinson November 3, 1914 – January 3, 1965 (rep.) 50 years, 61 days 50 years, 61 days
8 8 Emanuel Celler March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1973 (rep.) 49 years, 305 days 49 years, 305 days
9 9 Chuck Grassley January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 (rep.)
January 3, 1981 – present (sen.)		 49 years, 323 days 49 years, 323 days
10 10 Don Young March 6, 1973 – March 18, 2022 (rep.) 49 years, 13 days 49 years, 13 days
11 11 Sam Rayburn March 4, 1913 – November 16, 1961 (rep.) 48 years, 258 days 48 years, 258 days
12 — Sidney R. Yates January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963 (rep.)
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999 (rep.)		 48 years, 0 days —
12 Patrick Leahy January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2023 (sen.) 48 years, 0 days 48 years, 0 days
14 13 Ed Markey November 2, 1976 – July 15, 2013 (rep.)
July 16, 2013 – present (sen.)		 48 years, 19 days 48 years, 19 days
15 16 Strom Thurmond December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956 (sen.)
November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003 (sen.)		 47 years, 158 days 46 years, 57 days
16 14 Wright Patman March 4, 1929 – March 7, 1976 (rep.) 47 years, 4 days 47 years, 4 days
17 15 Ted Kennedy November 7, 1962 – August 25, 2009 (sen.) 46 years, 292 days 46 years, 292 days
18 — Joseph Gurney Cannon March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1891 (rep.)
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1913 (rep.)
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 (rep.)		 46 years, 0 days —
17 Charles Rangel January 3, 1971 – January 3, 2017 (rep.) 46 years, 0 days 46 years, 0 days
20 18 Adolph J. Sabath March 4, 1907 – November 6, 1952 (rep.) 45 years, 248 days 45 years, 248 days
21 19 J. Lister Hill August 14, 1923 – January 11, 1938 (rep.)
January 11, 1938 – January 3, 1969 (sen.)		 45 years, 142 days 45 years, 142 days
22 20 Thad Cochran January 3, 1973 – December 26, 1978 (rep.)
December 27, 1978 – April 1, 2018 (sen.)		 45 years, 89 days 45 years, 89 days
23 21 George H. Mahon January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1979 (rep.) 44 years, 0 days 44 years, 0 days
Warren Magnuson January 3, 1937 – December 13, 1944 (rep.)
December 14, 1944 – January 3, 1981 (sen.)		 44 years, 0 days 44 years, 0 days
Charles E. Bennett January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1993 (rep.) 44 years, 0 days 44 years, 0 days
Richard Shelby January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987 (rep.)
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2023 (sen.)		 44 years, 0 days 44 years, 0 days
27 25 Justin S. Morrill March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1867 (rep.)
March 4, 1867 – December 28, 1898 (sen.)		 43 years, 300 days 43 years, 300 days
28 26 Hal Rogers January 3, 1981 – present (rep.) 43 years, 323 days 43 years, 323 days
Chuck Schumer January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1999 (rep.)
January 3, 1999 – present (sen.)		 43 years, 323 days 43 years, 323 days
Chris Smith January 3, 1981 – present (rep.) 43 years, 323 days 43 years, 323 days
Ron Wyden January 3, 1981 – February 5, 1996 (rep.)
February 6, 1996 – present (sen.)		 43 years, 323 days 43 years, 323 days
32 30 Steny Hoyer May 19, 1981 – present (rep.) 43 years, 186 days 43 years, 186 days
33 — William B. Allison March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1871 (rep.)
March 4, 1873 – August 4, 1908 (sen.)		 43 years, 154 days —
34 31 Melvin Price January 3, 1945 – April 22, 1988 (rep.) 43 years, 111 days 43 years, 111 days
35 32 Bill Young January 3, 1971 – October 18, 2013 (rep.) 42 years, 289 days 42 years, 289 days
36 33 Henry M. Jackson January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1953 (rep.)
January 3, 1953 – September 1, 1983 (sen.)		 42 years, 242 days 42 years, 242 days
37 — Carter Glass November 4, 1902 – December 16, 1918 (rep.)
February 2, 1920 – May 28, 1946 (sen.)		 42 years, 158 days —
38 34 John W. McCormack November 6, 1928 – January 3, 1971 (rep.) 42 years, 58 days 42 years, 58 days
39 35 John Sparkman January 3, 1937 – November 5, 1946 (rep.)
November 6, 1946 – January 3, 1979 (sen.)		 42 years, 0 days 42 years, 0 days
Jack Brooks January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1995 (rep.) 42 years, 0 days 42 years, 0 days
Orrin Hatch January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2019 (sen.) 42 years, 0 days 42 years, 0 days
Jim Sensenbrenner January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2021 (rep.) 42 years, 0 days 42 years, 0 days
43 39 William R. Poage January 3, 1937 – December 31, 1978 (rep.) 41 years, 363 days 41 years, 363 days
44 40 Robert L. Doughton March 4, 1911 – January 3, 1953 (rep.) 41 years, 305 days 41 years, 305 days
Joseph W. Martin Jr. March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1967 (rep.) 41 years, 305 days 41 years, 305 days
46 42 Dick Durbin January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997 (rep.)
January 3, 1997 – present (sen.)		 41 years, 323 days 41 years, 323 days
Marcy Kaptur January 3, 1983 – present (rep.) 41 years, 323 days 41 years, 323 days
48 44 Dave Obey April 1, 1969 – January 3, 2011 (rep.) 41 years, 277 days 41 years, 277 days
49 45 Clarence Cannon March 4, 1923 – May 12, 1964 (rep.) 41 years, 70 days 41 years, 70 days
50 46 John C. Stennis November 5, 1947 – January 3, 1989 (sen.) 41 years, 59 days 41 years, 59 days
51 47 Kenneth McKellar December 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 (rep.)
March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1953 (sen.)		 41 years, 30 days 41 years, 30 days
52 48 William Natcher August 1, 1953 – March 29, 1994 (rep.) 40 years, 241 days 40 years, 241 days
53 — Claude Pepper November 4, 1936 – January 3, 1951 (sen.)
January 3, 1963 – May 30, 1989 (rep.)		 40 years, 208 days —
54 49 William P. Frye March 4, 1871 – March 17, 1881 (rep.)
March 18, 1881 – August 8, 1911 (sen.)		 40 years, 158 days 40 years, 158 days
55 50 Ted Stevens December 24, 1968 – January 3, 2009 (sen.) 40 years, 10 days 40 years, 10 days
56 — Eugene Hale March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1879 (rep.)
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1911 (sen.)		 40 years, 0 days —
51 Carl Curtis January 3, 1939 – December 31, 1954 (rep.)
January 1, 1955 – January 3, 1979 (sen.)		 40 years, 0 days 40 years, 0 days
Peter W. Rodino January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1989 (rep.) 40 years, 0 days 40 years, 0 days
Pete Stark January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2013 (rep.) 40 years, 0 days 40 years, 0 days
Tom Harkin January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1985 (rep.)
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2015 (sen.)		 40 years, 0 days 40 years, 0 days
George Miller January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2015 (rep.) 40 years, 0 days 40 years, 0 days
Henry Waxman January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2015 (rep.) 40 years, 0 days 40 years, 0 days
Barbara Mikulski January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1987 (rep.)
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2017 (sen.)		 40 years, 0 days 40 years, 0 days
Pat Roberts January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1997 (rep.)
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2021 (sen.)		 40 years, 0 days 40 years, 0 days
65 — Jennings Randolph March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947 (rep.)
November 5, 1958 – January 3, 1985 (sen.)		 39 years, 364 days —
66 59 Leslie C. Arends January 3, 1935 – December 31, 1974 (rep.) 39 years, 362 days 39 years, 363 days
67 60 Daniel A. Reed March 4, 1919 – February 19, 1959 (rep.) 39 years, 353 days 39 years, 353 days
68 61 George W. Norris March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 (rep.)
March 4, 1913 – January 3, 1943 (sen.)		 39 years, 305 days 39 years, 305 days
John Taber March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1963 (rep.) 39 years, 305 days 39 years, 305 days
William M. Colmer March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1973 (rep.) 39 years, 305 days 39 years, 305 days
71 64 Mitch McConnell January 3, 1985 – present (sen.) 39 years, 323 days 39 years, 323 days
72 65 Max Baucus January 3, 1975 – December 14, 1978 (rep.)
December 15, 1978 – February 6, 2014 (sen.)		 39 years, 35 days 39 years, 35 days
73 — Samuel Smith March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1803 (rep.)
March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1815 (sen.)
January 31, 1816 – December 17, 1822 (rep.)
December 17, 1822 – March 3, 1833 (sen.)		 39 years, 32 days —
74 — John L. McClellan January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939 (rep.)
January 3, 1943 – November 28, 1977 (sen.)		 38 years, 330 days —
75 66 Morris Sheppard November 15, 1902 – February 3, 1913 (rep.)
February 3, 1913 – April 9, 1941 (sen.)		 38 years, 146 days 38 years, 146 days
76 67 Fritz Hollings November 9, 1966 – January 3, 2005 (sen.) 38 years, 55 days 38 years, 55 days
77 68 Richard Russell Jr. January 12, 1933 – January 21, 1971 (sen.) 38 years, 10 days 38 years, 10 days
78 — John Sherman March 4, 1855 – March 21, 1861 (rep.)
March 21, 1861 – March 8, 1877 (sen.)
March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1897 (sen.)		 38 years, 5 days —
79 69 Russell B. Long December 31, 1948 – January 3, 1987 (sen.) 38 years, 3 days 38 years, 3 days
80 70 Frederick H. Gillett March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1925 (rep.)
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 (sen.)		 38 years, 0 days 38 years, 0 days
Wilbur Mills January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1977 (rep.) 38 years, 0 days 38 years, 0 days
Dante Fascell January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1993 (rep.) 38 years, 0 days 38 years, 0 days
Robert H. Michel January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1995 (rep.) 38 years, 0 days 38 years, 0 days
Nick Rahall January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2015 (rep.) 38 years, 0 days 38 years, 0 days
85 — Robert Crosser March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 (rep.)
March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1955 (rep.)		 37 years, 305 days —
86 75 Ben Cardin January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2007 (rep.)
January 3, 2007 – present (sen.)		 37 years, 323 days 37 years, 323 days
87 — Bob Sikes January 3, 1941 – October 19, 1944 (rep.)
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1979 (rep.)		 37 years, 290 days —
88 76 Nathaniel Macon March 4, 1791 – December 13, 1815 (rep.)
December 13, 1815 – November 14, 1828 (sen.)		 37 years, 256 days 37 years, 256 days
89 77 Henry Cabot Lodge March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893 (rep.)
March 4, 1893 – November 9, 1924 (sen.)		 37 years, 251 days 37 years, 251 days
90 78 Nancy Pelosi June 2, 1987 – present (rep.) 37 years, 172 days 37 years, 172 days
91 — Alben W. Barkley March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1927 (rep.)
March 4, 1927 – January 19, 1949 (sen.)
January 3, 1955 – April 30, 1956 (sen.)		 37 years, 75 days —
92 79 Henry B. González November 4, 1961 – January 3, 1999 (rep.) 37 years, 60 days 37 years, 60 days
93 — Francis E. Warren November 24, 1890 – March 3, 1893 (sen.)
March 4, 1895 – November 24, 1929 (sen.)		 37 years, 1 day —
94 — James Eastland June 30, 1941 – September 28, 1941 (sen.)
January 3, 1943 – December 27, 1978 (sen.)		 36 years, 84 days —
95 80 Joe Biden January 3, 1973 – January 15, 2009 (sen.) 36 years, 12 days 36 years, 13 days
96 81 John Murtha February 5, 1974 – February 8, 2010 (rep.) 36 years, 3 days 36 years, 4 days
97 82 Henry L. Dawes March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1875 (rep.)
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1893 (sen.)		 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
— Shelby M. Cullom March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871 (rep.)
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1913 (sen.)		 42 years, 0 days —
82 F. Edward Hébert January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1977 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Edward Boland January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1989 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
William Broomfield January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1993 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Dan Rostenkowski January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1995 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Neal Smith January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1995 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Claiborne Pell January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1997 (sen.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Joseph M. McDade January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1999 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Paul Sarbanes January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 (rep.)
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2007 (sen.)		 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Pete Domenici January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2009 (sen.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Ralph Regula January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2009 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Chris Dodd January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 (rep.)
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011 (sen.)		 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Jim Oberstar January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2011 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Daniel Akaka January 3, 1977 – May 16, 1990 (rep.)
May 16, 1990 – January 3, 2013 (sen.)		 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Norm Dicks January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Dale Kildee January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Richard Lugar January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 (sen.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Carl Levin January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2015 (sen.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Sander Levin January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2019 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Pete Visclosky January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2021 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Peter DeFazio January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2023 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Jim Inhofe January 3, 1987 – November 15, 1994 (rep.)
November 16, 1994 – January 3, 2023 (sen.)		 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Fred Upton January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2023 (rep.) 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days

Senate tenure

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Rank
(total) 		Rank
(consecutive) 		Member State Party Term(s) of service Tenure
(total) 		Tenure
(consecutive)
1 1 Robert Byrd January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010 51 years, 177 days 51 years, 177 days
2 2 Daniel Inouye January 3, 1963 – December 17, 2012 49 years, 350 days 49 years, 350 days
3 3 Patrick Leahy January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2023 48 years, 0 days 48 years, 0 days
4 5 Strom Thurmond December 24, 1954 – April 4, 1956
November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003		 47 years, 158 days 46 years, 57 days
5 4 Ted Kennedy November 7, 1962 – August 25, 2009 46 years, 292 days 46 years, 292 days
6 6 Chuck Grassley January 3, 1981 – present 43 years, 323 days 43 years, 323 days
7 7 Orrin Hatch January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2019 42 years, 0 days 42 years, 0 days
8 8 Carl Hayden March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1969 41 years, 305 days 41 years, 305 days
9 9 John C. Stennis November 5, 1947 – January 3, 1989 41 years, 59 days 41 years, 59 days
10 10 Ted Stevens December 24, 1968 – January 3, 2009 40 years, 10 days 40 years, 10 days
11 11 Mitch McConnell January 3, 1985 – present 39 years, 323 days 39 years, 323 days
12 12 Thad Cochran December 27, 1978 – April 1, 2018 39 years, 96 days 39 years, 96 days
13 13 Fritz Hollings November 9, 1966 – January 3, 2005 38 years, 55 days 38 years, 55 days
14 14 Richard Russell Jr. January 12, 1933 – January 21, 1971 38 years, 10 days 38 years, 10 days
15 15 Russell B. Long December 31, 1948 – January 3, 1987 38 years, 3 days 38 years, 3 days
16 31 Francis E. Warren November 24, 1890 – March 3, 1893
March 4, 1895 – November 24, 1929		 37 years, 1 day 34 years, 266 days
17 23 James Eastland June 30, 1941 – September 28, 1941
January 3, 1943 – December 27, 1978		 36 years, 84 days 35 years, 359 days
18 16 Warren Magnuson December 14, 1944 – January 3, 1981 36 years, 20 days 36 years, 20 days
19 17 Joe Biden January 3, 1973 – January 15, 2009 36 years, 13 days 36 years, 13 days
20 18 Claiborne Pell January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1997 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Pete Domenici January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2009 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Richard Lugar January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Carl Levin January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2015 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Richard Shelby January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2023 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
25 24 Kenneth McKellar March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1953 35 years, 305 days 35 years, 305 days
26 25 Milton Young March 12, 1945 – January 3, 1981 35 years, 297 days 35 years, 297 days
27 26 Ellison D. Smith March 4, 1909 – November 17, 1944 35 years, 259 days 35 years, 259 days
28 27 Allen J. Ellender January 3, 1937 – July 27, 1972 35 years, 207 days 35 years, 207 days
29 28 William B. Allison March 4, 1873 – August 4, 1908 35 years, 154 days 35 years, 154 days
30 29 Max Baucus December 15, 1978 – February 6, 2014 35 years, 54 days 35 years, 54 days
31 30 John L. McClellan January 3, 1943 – November 28, 1977 34 years, 330 days 34 years, 330 days
32 32 Walter F. George November 22, 1922 – January 3, 1957 34 years, 42 days 34 years, 42 days
33 33 George Aiken January 10, 1941 – January 3, 1975 33 years, 358 days 33 years, 358 days
34 34 William Borah March 4, 1907 – January 19, 1940 32 years, 321 days 32 years, 321 days
35 35 Harry F. Byrd March 4, 1933 – November 10, 1965 32 years, 251 days 32 years, 251 days
36 36 John Sparkman November 6, 1946 – January 3, 1979 32 years, 58 days 32 years, 58 days
37 37 Quentin Burdick August 8, 1960 – September 8, 1992 32 years, 31 days 32 years, 31 days
38 — John Sherman March 21, 1861 – March 8, 1877
March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1897		 31 years, 353 days —
39 38 Justin S. Morrill March 4, 1867 – December 28, 1898 31 years, 300 days 31 years, 300 days
40 39 Patty Murray January 3, 1993 – present 31 years, 323 days 31 years, 323 days
41 40 Henry Cabot Lodge March 4, 1893 – November 9, 1924 31 years, 251 days 31 years, 251 days
42 41 John McCain January 3, 1987 – August 25, 2018 31 years, 235 days 31 years, 235 days
43 42 William Proxmire August 28, 1957 – January 3, 1989 31 years, 128 days 31 years, 128 days
44 43 J. Lister Hill January 11, 1938 – January 3, 1969 30 years, 358 days 30 years, 358 days
45 44 Dianne Feinstein November 4, 1992 – September 29, 2023 30 years, 330 days 30 years, 330 days
46 45 Henry M. Jackson January 3, 1953 – September 1, 1983 30 years, 242 days 30 years, 242 days
47 46 William P. Frye March 18, 1881 – August 8, 1911 30 years, 144 days 30 years, 144 days
48 47 John T. Morgan March 4, 1877 – June 11, 1907 30 years, 100 days 30 years, 100 days
49 48 William Roth January 1, 1971 – January 3, 2001 30 years, 2 days 30 years, 2 days
50 49 John Warner January 2, 1979 – January 3, 2009 30 years, 1 day 30 years, 1 day
51 50 John P. Jones March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1903 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
Francis Cockrell March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1905 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
Eugene Hale March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1911 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
Shelby M. Cullom March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1913 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
F. M. Simmons March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1931 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
Reed Smoot March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1933 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
— Barry Goldwater January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1965
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1987		 30 years, 0 days —
50 Jesse Helms January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2003 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
Paul Sarbanes January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2007 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
Chris Dodd January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
Arlen Specter January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
Jeff Bingaman January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2013 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
Tom Harkin January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2015 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
Barbara Mikulski January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2017 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
Harry Reid January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2017 30 years, 0 days 30 years, 0 days
66 64 J. William Fulbright January 3, 1945 – December 31, 1974 29 years, 363 days 29 years, 363 days
67 65 Mark Hatfield January 10, 1967 – January 3, 1997 29 years, 359 days 29 years, 359 days
68 66 Jay Rockefeller January 15, 1985 – January 3, 2015 29 years, 353 days 29 years, 353 days
69 67 George W. Norris March 4, 1913 – January 3, 1943 29 years, 305 days 29 years, 305 days
Arthur Capper March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1949 29 years, 305 days 29 years, 305 days
71 69 Thomas Hart Benton August 10, 1821 – March 3, 1851 29 years, 206 days 29 years, 206 days
70 — Henry M. Teller November 15, 1876 – April 17, 1882
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1909		 29 years, 153 days —
73 70 Nelson W. Aldrich October 4, 1881 – March 3, 1911 29 years, 151 days 29 years, 151 days
74 — William R. King December 14, 1819 – April 15, 1844
July 1, 1848 – December 20, 1852		 28 years, 296 days —
75 71 Henry F. Ashurst March 27, 1912 – January 3, 1941 28 years, 282 days 28 years, 282 days
76 72 Ron Wyden February 6, 1996 – present 28 years, 289 days 28 years, 289 days
77 — Frank Lautenberg December 27, 1982 – January 3, 2001
January 3, 2003 – June 3, 2013		 28 years, 158 days —
78 73 Hiram Johnson March 16, 1917 – August 6, 1945 28 years, 144 days 28 years, 144 days
79 — William M. Stewart December 15, 1864 – March 3, 1875
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1905		 28 years, 79 days —
80 74 Morris Sheppard February 3, 1913 – April 9, 1941 28 years, 66 days 28 years, 66 days
81 75 Knute Nelson March 4, 1895 – April 28, 1923 28 years, 56 days 28 years, 56 days
82 76 Jim Inhofe November 16, 1994 – January 3, 2023 28 years, 48 days 28 years, 48 days
83 77 John Kerry January 2, 1985 – February 1, 2013 28 years, 31 days 28 years, 31 days
84 78 Susan Collins January 3, 1997 – present 27 years, 323 days 27 years, 323 days
Dick Durbin January 3, 1997 – present 27 years, 323 days 27 years, 323 days
Jack Reed January 3, 1997 – present 27 years, 323 days 27 years, 323 days
87 81 Key Pittman January 29, 1913 – November 10, 1940 27 years, 287 days 27 years, 287 days
88 82 Lee S. Overman March 4, 1903 – December 12, 1930 27 years, 284 days 27 years, 284 days
89 83 George F. Hoar March 4, 1877 – September 30, 1904 27 years, 211 days 27 years, 211 days
90 84 Dennis Chávez May 11, 1935 – November 18, 1962 27 years, 192 days 27 years, 192 days
91 85 Jacob H. Gallinger March 4, 1891 – August 17, 1918 27 years, 167 days 27 years, 167 days
92 86 Bob Dole January 3, 1969 – June 11, 1996 27 years, 161 days 27 years, 161 days
93 87 Duncan U. Fletcher March 4, 1909 – June 17, 1936 27 years, 106 days 27 years, 106 days
94 88 Bob Packwood January 3, 1969 – October 1, 1995 26 years, 272 days 26 years, 272 days
95 89 Carter Glass February 2, 1920 – May 28, 1946 26 years, 116 days 26 years, 116 days
96 90 Jennings Randolph November 5, 1958 – January 3, 1985 26 years, 59 days 26 years, 59 days
97 91 James E. Murray November 7, 1934 – January 3, 1961 26 years, 57 days 26 years, 57 days
98 92 Orville H. Platt March 4, 1879 – April 21, 1905 26 years, 49 days 26 years, 49 days
99 — David I. Walsh March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1925
December 6, 1926 – January 3, 1947		 26 years, 27 days —
100 93 John Pastore December 19, 1950 – December 28, 1976 26 years, 10 days 26 years, 10 days
— 94 Kent Conrad January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2013 — 26 years, 0 days
95 Mike Crapo January 3, 1999 – present 25 years, 323 days
Chuck Schumer January 3, 1999 – present 25 years, 323 days
97 George F. Edmunds April 3, 1866 – November 1, 1891 25 years, 212 days
98 Henry B. Anthony March 4, 1859 – September 2, 1884 25 years, 182 days
99 Charles L. McNary December 18, 1918 – February 25, 1944 25 years, 69 days
100 Styles Bridges January 3, 1937 – November 26, 1961 24 years, 327 days

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House of Representatives tenure

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Rank
(total) 		Rank
(consecutive) 		Member State Party Term(s) of service Tenure
(total) 		Tenure
(consecutive)
1 1 John Dingell December 13, 1955 – January 3, 2015 59 years, 21 days 59 years, 21 days
2 2 Jamie Whitten November 4, 1941 – January 3, 1995 53 years, 60 days 53 years, 60 days
3 3 John Conyers January 3, 1965 – December 5, 2017 52 years, 336 days 52 years, 337 days
4 4 Carl Vinson November 3, 1914 – January 3, 1965 50 years, 61 days 50 years, 61 days
5 5 Emanuel Celler March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1973 49 years, 305 days 49 years, 305 days
6 6 Don Young March 6, 1973 – March 18, 2022 49 years, 13 days 49 years, 13 days
7 7 Sam Rayburn March 4, 1913 – November 16, 1961 48 years, 258 days 48 years, 258 days
8 67 Sidney R. Yates January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999		 48 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
9 8 Wright Patman March 4, 1929 – March 7, 1976 47 years, 4 days 47 years, 4 days
10 — Joseph Gurney Cannon March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1891
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1913
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923		 46 years, 0 days —
9 Charles Rangel January 3, 1971 – January 3, 2017 46 years, 0 days 46 years, 0 days
12 10 Adolph J. Sabath March 4, 1907 – November 6, 1952 45 years, 248 days 45 years, 248 days
13 11 George H. Mahon January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1979 44 years, 0 days 44 years, 0 days
Charles E. Bennett January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1993 44 years, 0 days 44 years, 0 days
15 13 Hal Rogers January 3, 1981 – present 43 years, 323 days 43 years, 323 days
Chris Smith January 3, 1981 – present 43 years, 323 days 43 years, 323 days
17 15 Steny Hoyer May 19, 1981 – present 43 years, 186 days 43 years, 186 days
18 16 Melvin Price January 3, 1945 – April 22, 1988 43 years, 111 days 43 years, 111 days
19 17 Bill Young January 3, 1971 – October 18, 2013 42 years, 289 days 42 years, 289 days
20 18 John W. McCormack November 6, 1928 – January 3, 1971 42 years, 58 days 42 years, 58 days
21 19 Jack Brooks January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1995 42 years, 0 days 42 years, 0 days
Jim Sensenbrenner January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2021 42 years, 0 days 42 years, 0 days
23 21 William R. Poage January 3, 1937 – December 31, 1978 41 years, 363 days 41 years, 363 days
24 22 Robert L. Doughton March 4, 1911 – January 3, 1953 41 years, 305 days 41 years, 305 days
Joseph W. Martin Jr. March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1967 41 years, 305 days 41 years, 305 days
26 24 Marcy Kaptur January 3, 1983 – present 41 years, 323 days 41 years, 323 days
27 25 Dave Obey April 1, 1969 – January 3, 2011 41 years, 277 days 41 years, 277 days
28 26 Clarence Cannon March 4, 1923 – May 12, 1964 41 years, 70 days 41 years, 70 days
29 27 William Natcher August 1, 1953 – March 29, 1994 40 years, 241 days 40 years, 241 days
30 28 Peter W. Rodino January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1989 40 years, 0 days 40 years, 0 days
Pete Stark January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2013 40 years, 0 days 40 years, 0 days
George Miller January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2015 40 years, 0 days 40 years, 0 days
Henry Waxman January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2015 40 years, 0 days 40 years, 0 days
34 32 Leslie C. Arends January 3, 1935 – December 31, 1974 39 years, 363 days 39 years, 363 days
35 33 Daniel A. Reed March 4, 1919 – February 19, 1959 39 years, 351 days 39 years, 351 days
36 34 John Taber March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1963 39 years, 305 days 39 years, 305 days
William M. Colmer March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1973 39 years, 305 days 39 years, 305 days
38 36 Wilbur Mills January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1977 38 years, 0 days 38 years, 0 days
Dante Fascell January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1993 38 years, 0 days 38 years, 0 days
Robert H. Michel January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1995 38 years, 0 days 38 years, 0 days
Nick Rahall January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2015 38 years, 0 days 38 years, 0 days
42 — Robert Crosser March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919
March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1955		 37 years, 305 days —
43 67 Bob Sikes January 3, 1941 – October 19, 1944
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1979		 37 years, 290 days 34 years, 0 days
44 40 Nancy Pelosi June 2, 1987 – present 37 years, 172 days 37 years, 172 days
45 41 Henry B. González November 4, 1961 – January 3, 1999 37 years, 60 days 37 years, 60 days
46 42 Ed Markey November 2, 1976 – July 15, 2013 36 years, 256 days 36 years, 257 days
47 43 John Murtha February 5, 1974 – February 8, 2010 36 years, 4 days 36 years, 4 days
48 44 F. Edward Hébert January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1977 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Edward Boland January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1989 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
William Broomfield January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1993 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Dan Rostenkowski January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1995 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Neal Smith January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1995 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Joseph M. McDade January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1999 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Ralph Regula January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2009 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Jim Oberstar January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2011 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Norm Dicks January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Dale Kildee January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Sander Levin January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2019 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Pete Visclosky January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2021 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Peter DeFazio January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2023 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
Fred Upton January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2023 36 years, 0 days 36 years, 0 days
62 — Henry Allen Cooper March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1919
March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1931		 35 years, 363 days —
63 58 Frank Pallone November 8, 1988 – present 36 years, 13 days 36 years, 13 days
64 59 Howard W. Smith March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1967 35 years, 305 days 35 years, 305 days
65 60 Richard Neal January 3, 1989 – present 35 years, 323 days 35 years, 323 days
66 61 Tom Petri April 3, 1979 – January 3, 2015 35 years, 275 days 35 years, 275 days
67 62 Carl D. Perkins January 3, 1949 – August 3, 1984 35 years, 214 days 35 years, 214 days
68 63 Edith Nourse Rogers June 30, 1925 – September 10, 1960 35 years, 73 days 35 years, 73 days
69 64 Phil Crane November 25, 1969 – January 3, 2005 35 years, 39 days 35 years, 39 days
70 65 Clement Zablocki January 3, 1949 – December 3, 1983 34 years, 335 days 34 years, 335 days
71 — George Brown Jr. January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971
January 3, 1973 – July 15, 1999		 34 years, 194 days —
72 66 Jim Wright January 3, 1955 – June 30, 1989 34 years, 179 days 34 years, 179 days
73 — B. Carroll Reece March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1947
January 3, 1951 – March 19, 1961		 34 years, 16 days —
74 67 Gilbert N. Haugen March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1933 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
John L. McMillan January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1973 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
Ray Madden January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1977 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
Sam Gibbons January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1997 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
Jimmy Quillen January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1997 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
Jerry Lewis January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2013 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
Richard W. Bolling January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1983 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
Tip O'Neill January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1987 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
Lee Hamilton January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
Ike Skelton January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2011 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
Ralph Hall January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2015 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
Frank Wolf January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2015 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
Joe Barton January 3, 1985 – January 3, 2019 34 years, 0 days 34 years, 0 days
— David Price January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2023		 34 years, 0 days —
88 82 Charles A. Halleck January 29, 1935 – January 3, 1969 33 years, 340 days 33 years, 340 days
89 83 Hatton W. Sumners March 4, 1913 – January 3, 1947 33 years, 305 days 33 years, 305 days
— Roy O. Woodruff March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1953		 33 years, 305 days —
83 Thomas A. Jenkins March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1959 33 years, 305 days 33 years, 305 days
92 85 Rosa DeLauro January 3, 1991 – present 33 years, 323 days 33 years, 323 days
Eleanor Holmes Norton January 3, 1991 – present 33 years, 323 days 33 years, 323 days
Maxine Waters January 3, 1991 – present 33 years, 323 days 33 years, 323 days
95 — John H. Ketcham March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1893
March 4, 1897 – November 4, 1906		 33 years, 246 days —
96 88 Michael J. Kirwan January 3, 1937 – July 27, 1970 33 years, 206 days 33 years, 206 days
97 89 John Lewis January 3, 1987 – July 17, 2020 33 years, 197 days 33 years, 197 days
98 90 Edward W. Pou March 4, 1901 – April 1, 1934 33 years, 29 days 33 years, 29 days
99 91 Henry H. Bingham March 4, 1879 – March 22, 1912 33 years, 19 days 33 years, 19 days
100 92 Edward T. Taylor March 4, 1909 – September 3, 1941 32 years, 184 days 32 years, 184 days
— 93 Harold D. Cooley July 7, 1934 – December 30, 1966 — 32 years, 177 days
94 Olin E. Teague August 24, 1946 – December 31, 1978 32 years, 130 days
95 Silvio O. Conte January 3, 1959 – February 8, 1991 32 years, 37 days
96 Thomas E. Morgan January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1977 32 years, 0 days
Harley Orrin Staggers January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1981 32 years, 0 days
Tom Steed January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1981 32 years, 0 days
Robert Kastenmeier January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1991 32 years, 0 days
Don Edwards January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1995 32 years, 0 days
Kika de la Garza January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1997 32 years, 0 days
Lacy Clay January 3, 1969 – January 3, 2001 32 years, 0 days
Henry Hyde January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2007 32 years, 0 days
David Dreier January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2013 32 years, 0 days
Barney Frank January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2013 32 years, 0 days
Lamar Smith January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2019 32 years, 0 days
Eliot Engel January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2021 32 years, 0 days
Nita Lowey January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2021 32 years, 0 days

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