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Longest-serving Members of the United States Congress
KEY
Green | Currently serving |
H | Served in the House |
S | Served in the Senate |
I | Interruptions in service |
AA=Anti-Administration; D=Democratic; DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor (MN's Democratic Party); DNPL=Democratic Non-Partisan League (ND's Democratic Party) DR=Democratic Republican; I=Independent; J=Jacksonian; NR=National Republican; OP=Oppositionist; R=Republican; S=Silver; W=Whig
50+ years
Total tenure | Name | Party | State | Reason for leaving | Lifespan | |
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1 | 59 y, 21 d | John Dingell (H) | D | MI | Retired | 1926–2019 |
2 | 57 y, 176 d | Robert Byrd (H, S) | D | WV | Died | 1917–2010 |
3 | 56 y, 319 d | Carl Hayden (H, S) | D | AZ | Retired | 1877–1972 |
4 | 53 y, 118 d | Daniel Inouye (H, S) | D | HI | Died | 1924–2012 |
5 | 53 y, 60 d | Jamie Whitten (H) | D | MS | Retired | 1910–1995 |
6 | 52 y, 336 d | John Conyers (H) | D | MI | Resigned | 1929–2019 |
7 | 50 y, 61 d | Carl Vinson (H) | D | GA | Retired | 1883–1981 |
40-49 years
Total tenure | Name | Party | State | Reason for leaving | Lifespan | |
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8 | 49 y, 305 d | Emanuel Celler (H) | D | NY | Lost renomination | 1888–1981 |
9 | 49 years, 188 days | Chuck Grassley (H, S) | R | IA | 1933– | |
10 | 49 y, 12 d | Don Young (H) | R | AK | Died | 1933–2022 |
11 | 48 y, 257 d | Sam Rayburn (H) | D | TX | Died | 1882–1961 |
12 | 48 y, 0 d | Patrick Leahy (S) | D | VT | Retired | 1940– |
13 | 48 y, 0 d | Sidney R. Yates (H, I) | D | IL | Retired | 1909–2000 |
14 | 47 years, 250 days | Ed Markey (H, S) | D | MA | 1946– | |
15 | 47 y, 159 d | Strom Thurmond (S, I) | D/R | SC | Resigned, retired | 1902–2003 |
16 | 47 y, 3 d | Wright Patman (H) | D | TX | Died | 1893–1976 |
17 | 46 y, 292 d | Ted Kennedy (S) | D | MA | Died | 1932–2009 |
18 | 46 y, 0 d | Charles Rangel (H) | D | NY | Retired | 1930– |
19 | 46 y, 0 d | Joseph Gurney Cannon (H, I) | R | IL | Defeated, defeated, retired | 1836–1926 |
20 | 45 y, 247 d | Adolph J. Sabath (H) | D | IL | Died | 1866–1952 |
21 | 45 y, 142 d | J. Lister Hill (H, S) | D | AL | Retired | 1894–1984 |
22 | 45 y, 87 d | Thad Cochran (H, S) | R | MS | Resigned | 1937–2019 |
23 | 44 y, 0 d | George H. Mahon (H) | D | TX | Retired | 1900–1985 |
24 | 44 y, 0 d | Warren Magnuson (H, S) | D | WA | Defeated | 1905–1989 |
25 | 44 y, 0 d | Charles Edward Bennett (H) | D | FL | Retired | 1910–2003 |
26 | 44 y, 0 d | Richard Shelby (H, S) | D/R | AL | Retired | 1934– |
27 | 43 y, 299 d | Justin Smith Morrill (H, S) | W/R | VT | Died | 1810–1898 |
28 | 43 years, 188 days | Ron Wyden (H, S) | D | OR | 1949– | |
29 | 43 years, 188 days | Chuck Schumer (H, S) | D | NY | 1950– | |
30 | 43 years, 188 days | Hal Rogers (H) | R | KY | 1937– | |
31 | 43 years, 188 days | Chris Smith (H) | R | NJ | 1953– | |
32 | 43 y, 152 d | William B. Allison (H, S, I) | R | IA | Retired, died | 1829–1908 |
33 | 43 y, 110 d | Charles Melvin Price (H) | D | IL | Died | 1905–1988 |
34 | 43 years, 51 days | Steny Hoyer (H) | D | MD | 1939– | |
35 | 42 y, 288 d | Bill Young (H) | R | FL | Died | 1930–2013 |
36 | 42 y, 241 d | Henry M. Jackson (H, S) | D | WA | Died | 1912–1983 |
37 | 42 y, 157 d | Carter Glass (H, S, I) | D | VA | Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, died | 1858–1946 |
38 | 42 y, 58 d | John W. McCormack (H) | D | MA | Retired | 1891–1980 |
39 | 42 y, 0 d | John Sparkman (H, S) | D | AL | Retired | 1899–1985 |
40 | 42 y, 0 d | Jack Brooks (H) | D | TX | Defeated | 1922–2012 |
41 | 42 y, 0 d | Orrin Hatch (S) | R | UT | Retired | 1934–2022 |
42 | 42 y, 0 d | Jim Sensenbrenner (H) | R | WI | Retired | 1943– |
43 | 41 y, 362 d | William R. Poage (H) | D | TX | Retired | 1899–1987 |
44 | 41 y, 305 d | Robert L. Doughton (H) | D | NC | Retired | 1863–1954 |
45 | 41 y, 305 d | Joseph W. Martin Jr. (H) | R | MA | Lost renomination | 1884–1968 |
46 | 41 y, 276 d | Dave Obey (H) | D | WI | Retired | 1938– |
47 | 41 years, 188 days | Dick Durbin (H, S) | D | IL | 1944– | |
48 | 41 years, 188 days | Marcy Kaptur (H) | D | OH | 1946– | |
49 | 41 y, 69 d | Clarence Cannon (H) | D | MO | Died | 1879–1964 |
50 | 41 y, 59 d | John C. Stennis (S) | D | MS | Retired | 1901–1995 |
51 | 41 y, 30 d | Kenneth McKellar (H, S) | D | TN | Lost renomination | 1869–1957 |
52 | 40 y, 240 d | William Natcher (H) | D | KY | Died | 1909–1994 |
53 | 40 y, 207 d | Claude Pepper (H, S, I) | D | FL | Lost renomination, died | 1900–1989 |
54 | 40 y, 157 d | William P. Frye (H, S) | R | ME | Died | 1830–1911 |
55 | 40 y, 10 d | Ted Stevens (S) | R | AK | Defeated | 1923–2010 |
56 | 40 y, 0 d | Carl Curtis (H, S) | R | NE | Retired | 1905–2000 |
57 | 40 y, 0 d | Peter W. Rodino (H) | D | NJ | Retired | 1909–2005 |
58 | 40 y, 0 d | Pete Stark (H) | D | CA | Defeated | 1931–2020 |
59 | 40 y, 0 d | Tom Harkin (H, S) | D | IA | Retired | 1939– |
60 | 40 y, 0 d | George Miller (H) | D | CA | Retired | 1945– |
61 | 40 y, 0 d | Henry Waxman (H) | D | CA | Retired | 1939– |
62 | 40 y, 0 d | Barbara Mikulski (H, S) | D | MD | Retired | 1936– |
63 | 40 y, 0 d | Pat Roberts (H, S) | R | KS | Retired | 1936– |
64 | 40 y, 0 d | Eugene Hale (H, S, I) | R | ME | Defeated, retired | 1836–1918 |
39-36 years
Total tenure | Name | Party | State | Reason for leaving | Lifespan | |
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65 | 39 y, 364 d | Jennings Randolph (H, S, I) | D | WV | Defeated, retired | 1902–1998 |
66 | 39 y, 362 d | Leslie C. Arends (H) | R | IL | Retired | 1895–1985 |
67 | 39 y, 352 d | Daniel A. Reed (H) | R | NY | Died | 1875–1959 |
68 | 39 y, 305 d | George W. Norris (H, S) | R/I | NE | Defeated | 1861–1944 |
69 | 39 y, 305 d | John Taber (H) | R | NY | Retired | 1880–1965 |
70 | 39 y, 305 d | William M. Colmer (H) | D | MS | Retired | 1890–1980 |
71 | 39 years, 188 days | Mitch McConnell (S) | R | KY | 1942– | |
72 | 39 y, 34 d | Max Baucus (H, S) | D | MT | Appointed Ambassador to China | 1941– |
73 | 39 y, 9 d | Samuel Smith (H, S, I) | DR/J | MD | Retired | 1752–1839 |
74 | 38 y, 329 d | John L. McClellan (H, S, I) | D | AR | Retired, died | 1896–1977 |
75 | 38 y, 145 d | Morris Sheppard (H, S) | D | TX | Died | 1875–1941 |
76 | 38 y, 55 d | Fritz Hollings (S) | D | SC | Retired | 1922–2019 |
77 | 38 y, 9 d | Richard Russell Jr. (S) | D | GA | Died | 1897–1971 |
78 | 38 y, 4 d | John Sherman (H, S, I) | OP/R | OH | Appointed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, appointed U.S. Secretary of State | 1823–1900 |
79 | 38 y, 3 d | Russell B. Long (S) | D | LA | Retired | 1918–2003 |
80 | 38 y, 0 d | Frederick H. Gillett (H, S) | R | MA | Retired | 1851–1935 |
81 | 38 y, 0 d | Wilbur Mills (H) | D | AR | Retired | 1909–1992 |
82 | 38 y, 0 d | Dante Fascell (H) | D | FL | Retired | 1917–1998 |
83 | 38 y, 0 d | Robert H. Michel (H) | R | IL | Retired | 1923–2017 |
84 | 38 y, 0 d | Nick Rahall (H) | D | WV | Defeated | 1949– |
85 | 37 y, 305 d | Robert Crosser (H, I) | D | OH | Lost renomination | 1874–1957 |
86 | 37 y, 290 d | Bob Sikes (H, I) | D | FL | Resigned, retired | 1906–1994 |
87 | 37 y, 255 d | Nathaniel Macon (H, S) | AA/DR/J | NC | Resigned | 1757–1837 |
88 | 37 y, 250 d | Henry Cabot Lodge (H, S) | R | MA | Died | 1850–1924 |
89 | 37 years, 188 days | Ben Cardin (H, S) | D | MD | 1943– | |
90 | 37 y, 74 d | Alben W. Barkley (H, S, I) | D | KY | Elected Vice President of the United States, died | 1877–1956 |
91 | 37 y, 60 d | Henry B. González (H) | D | TX | Retired | 1916–2000 |
92 | 37 years, 37 days | Nancy Pelosi (H) | D | CA | 1940– | |
93 | 37 y, 6 d | Francis E. Warren (S, I) | R | WY | Defeated, died | 1844–1929 |
94 | 36 y, 83 d | James Eastland (S, I) | D | MS | Resigned | 1904–1986 |
95 | 36 y, 12 d | Joe Biden (S) | D | DE | Elected Vice President of the United States | 1942– |
96 | 36 y, 3 d | John Murtha (H) | D | PA | Died | 1932–2010 |
97 | 36 y, 0 d | Henry L. Dawes (H, S) | R | MA | Retired | 1816–1903 |
98 | 36 y, 0 d | F. Edward Hébert (H) | D | LA | Retired | 1901–1979 |
99 | 36 y, 0 d | Edward Boland (H) | D | MA | Retired | 1911–2001 |
100 | 36 y, 0 d | William Broomfield (H) | R | MI | Retired | 1922–2019 |
101 | 36 y, 0 d | Dan Rostenkowski (H) | D | IL | Defeated | 1928–2010 |
102 | 36 y, 0 d | Neal Edward Smith (H) | D | IA | Defeated | 1920–2021 |
103 | 36 y, 0 d | Claiborne Pell (S) | D | RI | Retired | 1918–2009 |
104 | 36 y, 0 d | Joseph M. McDade (H) | R | PA | Retired | 1931–2017 |
105 | 36 y, 0 d | Paul Sarbanes (H, S) | D | MD | Retired | 1933–2020 |
106 | 36 y, 0 d | Pete Domenici (S) | R | NM | Retired | 1932–2017 |
107 | 36 y, 0 d | Ralph Regula (H) | R | OH | Retired | 1924–2017 |
108 | 36 y, 0 d | Chris Dodd (H, S) | D | CT | Retired | 1944– |
109 | 36 y, 0 d | Jim Oberstar (H) | DFL | MN | Defeated | 1934–2014 |
110 | 36 y, 0 d | Richard Lugar (S) | R | IN | Lost renomination | 1932–2019 |
111 | 36 y, 0 d | Daniel Akaka (H, S) | D | HI | Retired | 1924–2018 |
112 | 36 y, 0 d | Norm Dicks (H) | D | WA | Retired | 1940– |
113 | 36 y, 0 d | Dale Kildee (H) | D | MI | Retired | 1929–2021 |
114 | 36 y, 0 d | Carl Levin (S) | D | MI | Retired | 1934–2021 |
115 | 36 y, 0 d | Sander Levin (H) | D | MI | Retired | 1931– |
116 | 36 y, 0 d | Pete Visclosky (H) | D | IN | Retired | 1949– |
117 | 36 y, 0 d | Jim Inhofe (H, S) | R | OK | Resigned | 1934–2024 |
118 | 36 y, 0 d | Peter DeFazio (H) | D | OR | Retired | 1947– |
119 | 36 y, 0 d | Fred Upton (H) | R | MI | Retired | 1953– |
120 | 36 y, 0 d | Shelby Moore Cullom (H, S, I) | R | IL | Retired | 1829–1914 |
36-32 years
Total tenure | Name | Party | State | Reason for leaving | Lifespan | |
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121 | 35 y, 362 d | Henry Allen Cooper (H, I) | R | WI | Defeated, Died | 1850-1931 |
122 | 35 y, 305 d | Tom Connally (H, S) | D | TX | Retired | 1877-1963 |
123 | 35 y, 305 d | Howard W. Smith (H) | D | VA | Lost Renomination | 1883-1967 |
124 | 35 y, 297 d | Milton Young (S) | R | ND | Retired | 1897-1983 |
125 | 35 y, 274 d | Tom Petri (H) | R | WI | Retired | 1940- |
126 | 35 y, 234 d | John McCain (H, S) | R | AZ | Died | 1936-2018 |
127 | 35 y, 258 d | Ellison D. Smith (S) | D | SC | Died | 1864-1944 |
128 | 35 years, 244 days | Frank Pallone (H) | D | NJ | 1951- | |
129 | 35 y, 213 d | Carl D. Perkins (H) | D | KY | Died | 1912-1984 |
130 | 35 y, 210 d | George F. Hoar (H, S) | R | MA | Died | 1826-1904 |
131 | 35 y, 206 d | Allen J. Ellender (S) | D | LA | Died | 1890-1972 |
132 | 35 years, 188 days | Richard Neal (H) | D | MA | 1949- | |
133 | 35 y, 182 d | Claude A. Swanson (H, S, I) | D | VA | Resigned | 1862-1939 |
134 | 35 y, 160 d | Bob Dole (H, S) | R | KS | Resigned | 1923-2021 |
135 | 35 y, 66 d | Edith N. Rogers (H) | R | MA | Died | 1881-1960 |
136 | 35 y, 39 d | Phil Crane (H) | R | IL | Defeated | 1930-2014 |
137 | 34 y, 349 d | Trent Lott (H, S) | R | MS | Resigned | 1941- |
138 | 34 y, 334 d | Clement J. Zablocki (H) | D | WI | Died | 1912-1983 |
139 | 34 y, 194 d | George E. Brown Jr. (H, I) | D | CA | Retired, Died | 1920-1999 |
140 | 34 y, 189 d | Everett Dirksen (H, S, I) | R | IL | Defeated, Died | 1896-1969 |
141 | 34 y, 179 d | Jim Wright (H) | D | TX | Resigned | 1922-2015 |
142 | 34 y, 178 d | William R. King (H, S, I) | DR/J/D | NC/AL | Resigned | 1786-1853 |
143 | 34 y, 108 d | Matthew M. Neely (H, S, I) | D | WV | Defeated, Resigned, Defeated, Died | 1874-1958 |
144 | 34 y, 85 d | Joseph T. Robinson (H, S, I) | D | AR | Resigned, Died | 1872-1937 |
145 | 34 y, 55 d | Knute Nelson (H, S, I) | R | MN | Retired, Died | 1843-1923 |
146 | 34 y, 42 d | Walter F. George (S) | D | GA | Retired | 1878-1957 |
147 | 34 y, 15 d | B. Carroll Reece (H, I) | R | TN | Defeated, Retired, Died | 1889-1961 |
148 | 34 y, 0 d | Gilbert N. Haugen (H) | R | IA | Defeated | 1859-1933 |
149 | 34 y, 0 d | Karl E. Mundt (H, S) | R | SD | Retired | 1900-1974 |
150 | 34 y, 0 d | John L. McMillan (H) | D | SC | Lost renomination | 1898-1979 |
151 | 34 y, 0 d | Mike Mansfield (H, S) | D | MT | Retired | 1903-2001 |
152 | 34 y, 0 d | Ray J. Madden (H) | D | IN | Lost renomination | 1892-1987 |
153 | 34 y, 0 d | Richard Bolling (H) | D | MO | Retired | 1916-1991 |
154 | 34 y, 0 d | Tip O'Neill (H) | D | MA | Retired | 1912-1994 |
155 | 34 y, 0 d | Sam Gibbons (H) | D | FL | Retired | 1920-2012 |
156 | 34 y, 0 d | James Quillen (H) | R | TN | Retired | 1916-2003 |
157 | 34 y, 0 d | Lee Hamilton (H) | D | IN | Retired | 1931- |
158 | 34 y, 0 d | William Roth (H, S) | R | DE | Defeated | 1921-2003 |
158 | 34 y, 0 d | Olympia Snowe (H, S) | R | ME | Retired | 1947- |
159 | 34 y, 0 d | Ike Skelton (H) | D | MO | Defeated | 1931-2013 |
160 | 34 y, 0 d | Jerry Lewis (H) | R | CA | Retired | 1934-2021 |
161 | 34 y, 0 d | Ralph Hall (H) | D/R | TX | Lost renomination | 1923-2019 |
162 | 34 y, 0 d | Frank Wolf (H) | R | VA | Retired | 1939- |
161 | 34 y, 0 d | Harry Reid (H, S) | D | NV | Retired | 1939-2021 |
162 | 34 y, 0 d | Barbara Boxer (H, S) | D | CA | Retired | 1940- |
163 | 34 y, 0 d | Joe Barton (H) | R | TX | Retired | 1949- |
163 | 34 y, 0 d | Charles Curtis (H, S, I) | R | KS | Lost renomination, Elected Vice President of the United States | 1860-1936 |
164 | 34 y, 0 d | Hugh Scott (H, S, I) | R | PA | Defeated, Retired | 1900-1994 |
165 | 34 y, 0 d | David Price (H, I) | D | NC | Defeated, Retired | 1940- |
166 | 34 y, 0 d | Jim Cooper (H, I) | D | TN | Retired | 1955- |
166 | 33 y, 358 d | George Aiken (S) | R | VT | Retired | 1892-1984 |
167 | 33 y, 339 d | Charles A. Halleck (H) | R | IN | Retired | 1900-1986 |
168 | 33 y, 305 d | Hatton W. Sumners (H) | D | TX | Retired | 1875-1962 |
169 | 33 y, 305 d | Thomas A. Jenkins (H) | R | OH | Retired | 1880-1959 |
170 | 33 y, 305 d | Roy O. Woodruff (H) | R | MI | Retired | 1876-1953 |
171 | 33 y, 301 d | A. Willis Robertson (H, S) | D | VA | Resigned | 1887-1971 |
172 | 33 y, 259 d | Wesley L. Jones (H, S) | R | WA | Died | 1863-1932 |
173 | 33 y, 248 d | Quentin Burdick (H, S) | DNPL | ND | Died | 1908-1992 |
174 | 33 y, 243 d | John H. Ketcham (H, I) | R | NY | Defeated, Retired, Died | 1833-1906 |
175 | 33 y, 204 d | Michael J. Kirwan (H) | D | OH | Died | 1886-1970 |
176 | 33 y, 197 d | John Lewis (H) | D | GA | Died | 1940-2020 |
176 | 33 years, 188 days | Jack Reed (H, S) | D | RI | 1949- | |
177 | 33 years, 188 days | Mike Crapo (H, S) | R | ID | 1951- | |
178 | 33 years, 188 days | Bernie Sanders (H, S) | I | VT | 1941- | |
179 | 33 years, 188 days | Maxine Waters (H) | D | CA | 1938- | |
180 | 33 years, 188 days | Rosa DeLauro (H) | D | CT | 1943- | |
181 | 33 years, 188 days | Tom Carper (H, S, I ) | D | DE | 1947- | |
182 | 33 y, 28 d | Edward W. Pou (H) | D | NC | Died | 1863-1934 |
183 | 33 y, 18 d | Henry H. Bingham (H) | R | PA | Died | 1841-1912 |
184 | 32 y, 322 d | William Borah (S) | R | ID | Died | 1865-1940 |
185 | 32 y, 257 d | John H. Bankhead (H, S, I) | D | AL | Retired, Died | 1842-1920 |
186 | 32 y, 252 d | Harry F. Byrd Sr. (S) | D | VA | Resigned | 1887-1966 |
187 | 32 y, 227 d | Clifford Case (H, S, I) | R | NJ | Resigned, Lost renomination | 1904-1982 |
188 | 32 y, 215 d | Margaret Chase Smith (H, S) | R | ME | Defeated | 1897-1995 |
189 | 32 y, 184 d | Edward T. Taylor (H) | D | CO | Died | 1858-1941 |
190 | 32 y, 177 d | Harold D. Cooley (H) | D | NC | Resigned | 1897-1974 |
191 | 32 y, 130 d | Tiger Teague (H) | D | TX | Resigned | 1910-1981 |
192 | 32 y, 96 d | John Breaux (H, S) | D | LA | Retired | 1944- |
193 | 32 y, 37 d | Silvio Conte (H) | D | MA | Died | 1921-1991 |
194 | 32 y, 0 d | Nelson W. Aldrich (H, S) | R | RI | Retired | 1841-1915 |
195 | 32 y, 0 d | Thomas E. Morgan (H) | D | PA | Retired | 1906-1995 |
196 | 32 y, 0 d | Tom Steed (H) | D | OK | Retired | 1904-1983 |
197 | 32 y, 0 d | Harley Orrin Staggers (H) | D | WV | Retired | 1907-1991 |
198 | 32 y, 0 d | Robert Kastenmeier (H) | D | WI | Defeated | 1924-2015 |
199 | 32 y, 0 d | Don Edwards (H) | D | CA | Retired | 1915-2015 |
200 | 32 y, 0 d | Kika de la Garza (H) | D | TX | Retired | 1927-2017 |
201 | 32 y, 0 d | Bill Clay (H) | D | MO | Retired | 1931- |
202 | 32 y, 0 d | Jim Jeffords (H, S) | R/I | VT | Retired | 1934-2014 |
203 | 32 y, 0 d | Henry Hyde (H) | R | IL | Retired | 1924-2007 |
204 | 32 y, 0 d | David Dreier (H) | R | CA | Retired | 1952- |
205 | 32 y, 0 d | Barney Frank (H) | D | MA | Retired | 1940- |
206 | 32 y, 0 d | Lamar Smith (H) | R | TX | Retired | 1947- |
207 | 32 y, 0 d | Eliot Engel (H) | D | NY | Lost renomination | 1947- |
208 | 32 y, 0 d | Nita Lowey (H) | D | NY | Retired | 1937- |
209 | 32 y, 0 d | F. M. Simmons (H, S, I) | D | NC | Retired, Lost renomination | 1854-1940 |
32-30 years
Total tenure | Name | Party | State | Reason for leaving | Lifespan | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
210 | 31 y, 362 d | J. William Fulbright (H, S) | D | AR | Resigned | 1905-1995 |
211 | 31 y, 362 d | Chet Holifield (H) | D | CA | Resigned | 1903-1995 |
212 | 31 y, 362 d | O. C. Fisher (H) | D | TX | Resigned | 1903-1994 |
213 | 31 y, 362 d | Omar Burleson (H) | D | TX | Resigned | 1906-1991 |
214 | 31 y, 362 d | James J. Delaney (H, I) | D | NY | Defeated, Resigned | 1901-1987 |
215 | 31 y, 357 d | Jacob Javits (H, S, I) | R | NY | Resigned, Defeated | 1904-1986 |
216 | 31 y, 336 d | Albert Gore Sr. (H, S, I) | D | TN | Resigned, Defeated | 1907-1998 |
217 | 31 y, 305 d | Allen T. Treadway (H) | R | MA | Retired | 1867-1947 |
218 | 31 y, 305 d | Harold Knutson (H, S) | R | MN | Defeated | 1880-1953 |
219 | 31 y, 305 d | Wallace White (H, S) | R | ME | Retired | 1877-1952 |
220 | 31 y, 305 d | Clarence F. Lea (H) | D | CA | Retired | 1874-1964 |
221 | 31 y, 305 d | John E. Rankin (H) | D | MS | Lost renomination | 1882-1962 |
222 | 31 y, 305 d | Charles A. Wolverton (H) | R | NJ | Retired | 1880-1969 |
223 | 31 y, 305 d | Brent Spence (H) | D | KY | Retired | 1874-1967 |
224 | 31 y, 305 d | Julius C. Burrows (H, S, I) | R | MI | Defeated, Defeated, Lost renomination | 1837-1915 |
225 | 31 years, 249 days | Jerry Nadler (H) | D | NY | 1947- | |
226 | 31 y, 229 d | S. Otis Bland (H) | D | VA | Died | 1872-1950 |
227 | 31 y, 204 d | Thomas H. Benton (S, H, I) | DR/J/D | MO | Defeated | 1782-1858 |
228 | 31 years, 188 days | Patty Murray (S) | D | WA | 1950- | |
229 | 31 years, 188 days | Bob Menendez (H, S) | D | NJ | 1954- | |
230 | 31 years, 188 days | Sherrod Brown (H, S) | D | OH | 1952- | |
231 | 31 years, 188 days | Anna Eshoo (H) | D | CA | 1942- | |
232 | 31 years, 188 days | Ken Calvert (H) | R | CA | 1953- | |
233 | 31 years, 188 days | Nydia Velázquez (H) | D | NY | 1953- | |
234 | 31 years, 188 days | Sanford Bishop (H) | D | GA | 1947- | |
235 | 31 years, 188 days | Bobby Scott (H) | D | VA | 1947- | |
236 | 31 years, 188 days | Jim Clyburn (H) | D | SC | 1940- | |
237 | 31 y, 185 d | Joseph E. Ransdell (H, S) | D | LA | Lost renomination | 1858-1954 |
238 | 31 y, 165 d | Jacob H. Gallinger (H, S) | R | NH | Died | 1837-1918 |
239 | 31 y, 132 d | Dennis Chávez (H, S, I) | D | NM | Retired, Died | 1888-1962 |
240 | 31 y, 128 d | William Proxmire (S) | D | WI | Retired | 1915-2005 |
241 | 31 y, 96 d | Oscar Underwood (H, S, I) | D | AL | Resigned, retired | 1862-1929 |
242 | 31 years, 87 days | Bennie Thompson (H) | D | MS | 1948- | |
243 | 31 y, 82 d | Thomas S. Butler (H) | R | PA | Died | 1855-1928 |
244 | 31 y, 73 d | Louise Slaughter (H) | D | NY | Died | 1929-2018 |
245 | 31 y, 28 d | Daniel Flood (H, I) | D | PA | Defeated, Defeated, Resigned | 1903-1994 |
246 | 31 y, 13 d | J. J. Pickle (H) | D | TX | Retired | 1913-2005 |
247 | 31 y, 11 d | August H. Andresen (H, I) | R | MN | Defeated, Died | 1890-1958 |
248 | 30 y, 322 d | Dianne Feinstein (S) | D | CA | Died | 1933-2023 |
249 | 30 y, 295 d | José E. Serrano (H) | D | NY | Retired | 1943- |
250 | 30 y, 238 d | Theodore E. Burton (H, S, I) | R | OH | Defeated, Retired, Died | 1851-1929 |
251 | 30 y, 227 d | Floyd Spence (H) | R | SC | Died | 1928-2001 |
252 | 30 y, 209 d | John J. Rooney (H) | D | NY | Resigned | 1903-1975 |
253 | 30 y, 131 d | Joseph J. Mansfield (H) | D | TX | Died | 1861-1947 |
254 | 30 y, 129 d | John T. Morgan (S) | D | AL | Died | 1824-1907 |
255 | 30 y, 112 d | Pat Harrison (H, S) | D | MS | Died | 1881-1941 |
256 | 30 y, 89 d | Francis E. Walter (H) | D | PA | Died | 1894-1963 |
257 | 30 years, 60 days | Frank Lucas (H) | R | OK | 1960- | |
258 | 30 y, 59 d | Jimmy Duncan (H) | R | TN | Retired | 1947- |
259 | 30 y, 50 d | William S. Holman (H, I) | D | IN | Defeated, Died | 1822-1897 |
260 | 30 y, 5 d | Thomas Newton Jr. (H, I) | D | VA | Election invalidated, Retired | 1768-1847 |
261 | 30 y, 2 d | Mo Udall (H) | D | AZ | Resigned | 1922-1998 |
262 | 30 y, 1 d | John Warner (S) | R | VA | Retired | 1927-2021 |
263 | 30 y, 0 d | John Percival Jones (S) | R/S | NV | Retired | 1829-1912 |
264 | 30 y, 0 d | Francis Cockrell (S) | D | MO | Retired | 1834-1915 |
265 | 30 y, 0 d | Reed Smoot (S) | R | UT | Defeated | 1862-1941 |
266 | 30 y, 0 d | John Nance Garner (H) | D | TX | Elected Vice President of the United States | 1868-1967 |
267 | 30 y, 0 d | Charles A. Buckley (H) | D | NY | Lost renomination | 1890-1967 |
268 | 30 y, 0 d | Eugene J. Keogh (H) | D | NY | Retired | 1907-1989 |
269 | 30 y, 0 d | Ezekiel C. Gathings (H) | D | AR | Retired | 1903-1979 |
270 | 30 y, 0 d | Alvin O'Konski (H) | R | WI | Defeated | 1904-1987 |
271 | 30 y, 0 d | Thomas Abernethy (H) | D | MS | Retired | 1903-1998 |
272 | 30 y, 0 d | Joe L. Evins (H) | D | TN | Retired | 1910-1984 |
273 | 30 y, 0 d | Otto Passman (H) | D | LA | Lost renomination | 1900-1988 |
274 | 30 y, 0 d | Carl Albert (H) | D | OK | Retired | 1908-2000 |
275 | 30 y, 0 d | L. H. Fountain (H) | D | NC | Retired | 1913-2002 |
276 | 30 y, 0 d | John Jacob Rhodes (H) | R | AZ | Retired | 1916-2003 |
277 | 30 y, 0 d | Samuel Stratton (H) | D | NY | Retired | 1916-1990 |
278 | 30 y, 0 d | Del Latta (H) | R | OH | Retired | 1920-2016 |
279 | 30 y, 0 d | Edward R. Roybal (H) | D | CA | Retired | 1916-2005 |
280 | 30 y, 0 d | Frank Horton (H) | R | NY | Retired | 1919-2004 |
281 | 30 y, 0 d | William D. Ford (H) | D | MI | Retired | 1927-2004 |
282 | 30 y, 0 d | Tom Foley (H) | D | WA | Defeated | 1929-2013 |
283 | 30 y, 0 d | John T. Myers (H) | R | IN | Retired | 1927-2015 |
284 | 30 y, 0 d | Tom Bevill (H) | D | AL | Retired | 1921-2005 |
285 | 30 y, 0 d | Sonny Montgomery (H) | D | MS | Retired | 1920-2006 |
286 | 30 y, 0 d | Bill Archer (H) | R | TX | Retired | 1928- |
287 | 30 y, 0 d | Jim Leach (H) | R | IA | Defeated | 1942- |
288 | 30 y, 0 d | Arlen Specter (S) | R/D | PA | Lost renomination | 1930-2012 |
289 | 30 y, 0 d | Byron Dorgan (H, S) | DNPL | ND | Retired | 1942- |
290 | 30 y, 0 d | Jeff Bingaman (S) | D | NM | Retired | 1943- |
291 | 30 y, 0 d | Edolphus Towns (H) | D | NY | Retired | 1934- |
292 | 30 y, 0 d | Dan Burton (H) | R | IN | Retired | 1938- |
293 | 30 y, 0 d | Howard Coble (H) | R | NC | Retired | 1930-2015 |
294 | 30 y, 0 d | Dana Rohrabacher (H) | R | CA | Defeated | 1947- |
295 | 30 y, 0 d | Collin Peterson (H) | DFL | MN | Defeated | 1943- |
296 | 30 y, 0 d | Lucille Roybal-Allard (H) | D | CA | Retired | 1941- |
297 | 30 y, 0 d | Eddie Bernice Johnson (H) | D | TX | Retired | 1935-2023 |
298 | 30 y, 0 d | Bobby Rush (H) | D | IL | Retired | 1946- |
299 | 30 y, 0 d | Earl C. Michener (H, I) | R | MI | Defeated, Retired | 1876-1957 |
300 | 30 y, 0 d | Barry Goldwater (S, I) | R | AZ | Retired | 1909-1998 |
301 | 30 y, 0 d | Andrew Jacobs Jr. (H, I) | D | IN | Defeated, Retired | 1932-2013 |
302 | 30 y, 0 d | Bill Nelson (H, S, I) | D | FL | Retired, Defeated | 1942- |