List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service
This is a list of United States congresspersons by longevity of service. It includes Representatives and Senators who have served at least 36 years. It is divided up into several categories.
In cases where there is a tie in time the following criteria will sort people higher:
- Achieved time uninterrupted (total tenure rank only)
- Achieved time first
- Senators over Representatives (House and Senate list only)
- Senate or House seniority (Dan Rostenkowski versus Neal Edward Smith)
Key
In gold | Currently serving |
H | Served in House (only for House and Senate combined categories) |
S | Served in Senate (only for House and Senate combined categories) |
I | Interruptions in service (only for total tenure categories) |
Combined U.S. House and Senate time
Total tenure rank | Uninterrupted tenure rank | Name | Party affiliation | Total tenure | Uninterrupted tenure | Reason for leaving |
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1 | 1 | John Dingell (H) | Democratic | 59 years, 21 days | 59 years, 21 days | Retired |
2 | 2 | Robert Byrd (H, S) | Democratic | 57 years, 176 days | 57 years, 176 days | Died |
3 | 3 | Carl Hayden (H, S) | Democratic | 56 years, 319 days | 56 years, 319 days | Retired |
4 | 4 | Daniel Inouye (H, S) | Democratic | 53 years, 118 days | 53 years, 118 days | Died |
5 | 5 | Jamie Whitten (H) | Democratic | 53 years, 60 days | 53 years, 60 days | Retired |
6 | 6 | John Conyers (H) | Democratic | 52 years, 336 days | 52 years, 336 days | Resigned |
7 | 7 | Carl Vinson (H) | Democratic | 50 years, 61 days | 50 years, 61 days | Retired |
8 | 8 | Emanuel Celler (H) | Democratic | 49 years, 305 days | 49 years, 305 days | Lost renomination |
9 | 9 | Sam Rayburn (H) | Democratic | 48 years, 257 days | 48 years, 257 days | Died |
10 | Sidney R. Yates (H, I) | Democratic | 48 years, 0 days | N/A | Retired | |
11 | 12 | Strom Thurmond (S, I) | Democratic, Republican | 47 years, 159 days | 46 years, 57 days | Resigned, retired |
12 | 10 | Wright Patman (H) | Democratic | 47 years, 3 days | 47 years, 3 days | Died |
13 | 11 | Ted Kennedy (S) | Democratic | 46 years, 292 days | 46 years, 292 days | Died |
14 | 13 | Charles Rangel (H) | Democratic | 46 years, 0 days | 46 years, 0 days | Retired |
15 | Joseph Gurney Cannon (H, I) | Republican | 46 years, 0 days | N/A | Defeated, defeated, retired | |
16 | 14 | Adolph J. Sabath (H) | Democratic | 45 years, 247 days | 45 years, 247 days | Died |
17 | 15 | Don Young (H) | Republican | 45 years, 220 days | 45 years, 220 days | |
18 | 16 | J. Lister Hill (H, S) | Democratic | 45 years, 142 days | 45 years, 142 days | Retired |
19 | 17 | Thad Cochran (H, S) | Republican | 45 years, 87 days | 45 years, 87 days | Resigned |
20 | 18 | George H. Mahon (H) | Democratic | 44 years, 0 days | 44 years, 0 days | Retired |
21 | 19 | Warren Magnuson (H, S) | Democratic | 44 years, 0 days | 44 years, 0 days | Defeated |
22 | 20 | Charles Edward Bennett (H) | Democratic | 44 years, 0 days | 44 years, 0 days | Retired |
23 | 21 | Justin Smith Morrill (H, S) | Whig, Republican | 43 years, 299 days | 43 years, 299 days | Died |
24 | 22 | Patrick Leahy (S) | Democratic | 43 years, 282 days | 43 years, 282 days | |
25 | 23 | Chuck Grassley (H, S) | Republican | 43 years, 282 days | 43 years, 282 days | |
26 | William B. Allison (H, S, I) | Republican | 43 years, 152 days | N/A | Retired, died | |
27 | 24 | Charles Melvin Price (H) | Democratic | 43 years, 110 days | 43 years, 110 days | Died |
28 | 25 | Bill Young (H) | Republican | 42 years, 288 days | 42 years, 288 days | Died |
29 | 26 | Henry M. Jackson (H, S) | Democratic | 42 years, 241 days | 42 years, 241 days | Died |
30 | Carter Glass (H, S, I) | Democratic | 42 years, 157 days | N/A | Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, died | |
31 | 27 | John William McCormack (H) | Democratic | 42 years, 58 days | 42 years, 58 days | Retired |
32 | 28 | John Sparkman (H, S) | Democratic | 42 years, 0 days | 42 years, 0 days | Retired |
33 | 29 | William R. Poage (H) | Democratic | 42 years, 0 days | 42 years, 0 days | Retired |
34 | 30 | Jack Brooks (H) | Democratic | 42 years, 0 days | 42 years, 0 days | Defeated |
35 | 31 | Ed Markey (H, S) | Democratic | 41 years, 344 days | 41 years, 344 days | |
36 | 32 | Robert L. Doughton (H) | Democratic | 41 years, 305 days | 41 years, 305 days | Retired |
37 | 33 | Joseph William Martin Jr. (H) | Republican | 41 years, 305 days | 41 years, 305 days | Lost renomination |
38 | 34 | Orrin Hatch (S) | Republican | 41 years, 282 days | 41 years, 282 days | |
39 | 35 | Dave Obey (H) | Democratic | 41 years, 276 days | 41 years, 276 days | Retired |
40 | 36 | Clarence Cannon (H) | Democratic | 41 years, 69 days | 41 years, 69 days | Retired |
41 | 37 | John C. Stennis (S) | Democratic | 41 years, 59 days | 41 years, 59 days | Retired |
42 | 38 | Kenneth McKellar (H, S) | Democratic | 41 years, 30 days | 41 years, 30 days | Lost renomination |
43 | 39 | William Natcher (H) | Democratic | 40 years, 240 days | 40 years, 240 days | Died |
44 | Claude Pepper (H, S, I) | Democratic | 40 years, 207 days | N/A | Lost renomination, died | |
45 | 40 | William P. Frye (H, S) | Republican | 40 years, 157 days | 40 years, 157 days | Died |
46 | 41 | Ted Stevens (S) | Republican | 40 years, 10 days | 40 years, 10 days | Defeated |
47 | 42 | Carl Curtis (H, S) | Republican | 40 years, 0 days | 40 years, 0 days | Retired |
48 | 43 | Peter W. Rodino (H) | Democratic | 40 years, 0 days | 40 years, 0 days | Retired |
49 | 44 | Pete Stark (H) | Democratic | 40 years, 0 days | 40 years, 0 days | Defeated |
50 | 45 | Tom Harkin (H, S) | Democratic | 40 years, 0 days | 40 years, 0 days | Retired |
51 | 46 | George Miller (H) | Democratic | 40 years, 0 days | 40 years, 0 days | Retired |
52 | 47 | Henry Waxman (H) | Democratic | 40 years, 0 days | 40 years, 0 days | Retired |
53 | 48 | Barbara Mikulski (H, S) | Democratic | 40 years, 0 days | 40 years, 0 days | Retired |
54 | Jennings Randolph (H, S, I) | Democratic | 39 years, 364 days | N/A | Defeated, retired | |
55 | Eugene Hale (H, S, I) | Republican | 39 years, 363 days | N/A | Defeated, retired | |
56 | 49 | Leslie C. Arends (H) | Republican | 39 years, 362 days | 39 years, 362 days | Retired |
57 | 50 | Daniel A. Reed (H) | Republican | 39 years, 352 days | 39 years, 352 days | Died |
58 | 51 | George William Norris (H, S) | Republican, Independent | 39 years, 305 days | 39 years, 305 days | Defeated |
59 | 52 | John Taber (H) | Republican | 39 years, 305 days | 39 years, 305 days | Retired |
60 | 53 | William M. Colmer (H) | Democratic | 39 years, 305 days | 39 years, 305 days | Retired |
61 | 54 | Richard Shelby (H, S) | Democratic, Republican | 39 years, 282 days | 39 years, 282 days | |
62 | 55 | Jim Sensenbrenner (H) | Republican | 39 years, 282 days | 39 years, 282 days | |
63 | 56 | Max Baucus (H, S) | Democratic | 39 years, 34 days | 39 years, 34 days | Appointed Ambassador to China |
64 | Samuel Smith (H, S, I) | Democratic-Republican, Democratic | 39 years, 9 days | N/A | Retired | |
65 | John Little McClellan (H, S, I) | Democratic | 38 years, 329 days | N/A | Retired, died | |
66 | 57 | Morris Sheppard (H, S) | Democratic | 38 years, 145 days | 38 years, 145 days | Died |
67 | 58 | Ernest Hollings (S) | Democratic | 38 years, 55 days | 38 years, 55 days | Retired |
68 | 59 | Richard Russell Jr. (S) | Democratic | 38 years, 9 days | 38 years, 9 days | Died |
69 | John Sherman (H, S, I) | Oppositionist, Republican | 38 years, 4 days | N/A | Appointed U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, appointed U.S. Secretary of State | |
79 | 60 | Russell B. Long (S) | Democratic | 38 years, 3 days | 38 years, 3 days | Retired |
71 | 61 | Frederick H. Gillett (H, S) | Republican | 38 years, 0 days | 38 years, 0 days | Retired |
72 | 62 | Wilbur Mills (H) | Democratic | 38 years, 0 days | 38 years, 0 days | Retired |
73 | 63 | Dante Fascell (H) | Democratic | 38 years, 0 days | 38 years, 0 days | Retired |
74 | 64 | Robert H. Michel (H) | Republican | 38 years, 0 days | 38 years, 0 days | Retired |
75 | 65 | Nick Rahall (H) | Democratic | 38 years, 0 days | 38 years, 0 days | Defeated |
76 | Robert Crosser (H, I) | Democratic | 37 years, 305 days | N/A | Lost renomination | |
77 | Robert L. F. Sikes (H, I) | Democratic | 37 years, 290 days | N/A | Resigned, retired | |
78 | 66 | Ron Wyden (H, S) | Democratic | 37 years, 282 days | 37 years, 282 days | |
79 | 67 | Pat Roberts (H, S) | Republican | 37 years, 282 days | 37 years, 282 days | |
80 | 68 | Chuck Schumer (H, S) | Democratic | 37 years, 282 days | 37 years, 282 days | |
81 | 69 | Hal Rogers (H) | Republican | 37 years, 282 days | 37 years, 282 days | |
82 | 70 | Chris Smith (H) | Republican | 37 years, 282 days | 37 years, 282 days | |
83 | 71 | Nathaniel Macon (H, S) | Anti-Administration, Democratic-Republican | 37 years, 255 days | 37 years, 255 days | Resigned |
84 | 72 | Henry Cabot Lodge (H, S) | Republican | 37 years, 250 days | 37 years, 250 days | Died |
85 | 73 | Steny Hoyer (H) | Democratic | 37 years, 146 days | 37 years, 146 days | |
86 | Alben W. Barkley (H, S, I) | Democratic | 37 years, 74 days | N/A | Elected Vice President of the United States, died | |
87 | 74 | Henry B. Gonzalez (H) | Democratic | 37 years, 60 days | 37 years, 60 days | Retired |
88 | Francis E. Warren (S, I) | Republican | 37 years, 6 days | N/A | Defeated, died | |
89 | James Eastland (S, I) | Democratic | 36 years, 83 days | N/A | Resigned | |
90 | 75 | Joe Biden (S) | Democratic | 36 years, 12 days | 36 years, 12 days | Elected Vice President of the United States |
91 | 76 | John Murtha (H) | Democratic | 36 years, 3 days | 36 years, 3 days | Died |
92 | 77 | Henry L. Dawes (H, S) | Republican | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
93 | 78 | Felix Edward Hébert (H) | Democratic | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
94 | 79 | Edward Boland (H) | Democratic | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
95 | 80 | William Broomfield (H) | Republican | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
96 | 81 | Dan Rostenkowski (H) | Democratic | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Defeated |
97 | 82 | Neal Edward Smith (H) | Democratic | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Defeated |
98 | 83 | Claiborne Pell (S) | Democratic | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
99 | 84 | Joseph M. McDade (H) | Republican | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
100 | 85 | Paul Sarbanes (H, S) | Democratic | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
101 | 86 | Pete Domenici (S) | Republican | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
102 | 87 | Ralph Regula (H) | Republican | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
103 | 88 | Chris Dodd (H, S) | Democratic | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
104 | 89 | Jim Oberstar (H) | Democratic | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Defeated |
105 | 90 | Richard Lugar (S) | Republican | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Lost renomination |
106 | 91 | Daniel Akaka (H, S) | Democratic | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
107 | 92 | Norm Dicks (H) | Democratic | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
108 | 93 | Dale Kildee (H) | Democratic | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
109 | 94 | Carl Levin (S) | Democratic | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days | Retired |
110 | Shelby Moore Cullom (H, S, I) | Republican | 36 years, 0 days | N/A | Retired |
Senate time
The 90th Congress was notable because for a period of 10 days (December 24, 1968 – January 3, 1969), it contained within its Senate all 10 of the longest-serving senators in history until January 7, 2013, when Patrick Leahy surpassed Russell B. Long as the 10th longest-serving senator in history. This period stretched from the installation of Ted Stevens of Alaska after his appointment to fill a vacancy to the retirement of Carl Hayden of Arizona early the next year.
The 96th Congress and 97th Congress were the periods in which most people from this list were serving together (all but Hayden, Russell Jr., Warren, Eastland, and Grassley in the former and all but Hayden, Russell Jr., Warren, Eastland, and Magnuson in the latter).
Total tenure rank | Uninterrupted tenure rank | Name | State represented | Dates of service | Total tenure | Uninterrupted tenure |
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1 | 1 | Robert Byrd | West Virginia | January 3, 1959 – June 28, 2010 | 51 years, 176 days | 51 years, 176 days |
2 | 2 | Daniel Inouye | Hawaii | January 3, 1963 – December 17, 2012 | 49 years, 349 days | 49 years, 349 days |
3 | 4 | Strom Thurmond (I) | South Carolina | December 24, 1954 – April 7, 1956 November 7, 1956 – January 3, 2003 | 47 years, 159 days | 46 years, 57 days |
4 | 3 | Ted Kennedy | Massachusetts | November 7, 1962 – August 25, 2009 | 46 years, 292 days | 46 years, 292 days |
5 | 5 | Patrick Leahy | Vermont | Since January 3, 1975 | 43 years, 282 days | 43 years, 282 days |
6 | 6 | Carl Hayden | Arizona | March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1969 | 41 years, 305 days | 41 years, 305 days |
7 | 7 | Orrin Hatch | Utah | Since January 3, 1977 | 41 years, 282 days | 41 years, 282 days |
8 | 8 | John C. Stennis | Mississippi | November 7, 1947 – January 3, 1989 | 41 years, 59 days | 41 years, 59 days |
9 | 9 | Ted Stevens | Alaska | December 24, 1968 – January 3, 2009 | 40 years, 10 days | 40 years, 10 days |
10 | 10 | Thad Cochran | Mississippi | December 27, 1978 – April 1, 2018 | 39 years, 94 days | 39 years, 94 days |
11 | 11 | Ernest Hollings | South Carolina | November 8, 1966 – January 3, 2005 | 38 years, 55 days | 38 years, 55 days |
12 | 12 | Richard Russell Jr. | Georgia | January 12, 1933 – January 21, 1971 | 38 years, 9 days | 38 years, 9 days |
13 | 13 | Russell B. Long | Louisiana | December 31, 1948 – January 3, 1987 | 38 years, 3 days | 38 years, 3 days |
14 | 14 | Chuck Grassley | Iowa | Since January 3, 1981 | 37 years, 282 days | 37 years, 282 days |
15 | Francis E. Warren (I) | Wyoming | November 18, 1890 – March 4, 1893 March 4, 1895 – November 24, 1929 | 37 years, 6 days | n/a | |
16 | James Eastland (I) | Mississippi | June 30 – September 28, 1941 January 3, 1943 – December 27, 1978 | 36 years, 83 days | n/a | |
17 | 15 | Warren Magnuson | Washington | December 14, 1944 – January 3, 1981 | 36 years, 20 days | 36 years, 20 days |
18 | 16 | Joe Biden | Delaware | January 3, 1973 – January 15, 2009 | 36 years, 12 days | 36 years, 12 days |
19 | 17 | Claiborne Pell | Rhode Island | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1997 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
20 | 18 | Pete Domenici | New Mexico | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2009 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
21 | 19 | Richard Lugar | Indiana | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
22 | 20 | Carl Levin | Michigan | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 2015 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
House time
Total tenure rank | Uninterrupted tenure rank | Name | State represented | Dates of service | Total tenure | Uninterrupted tenure |
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1 | 1 | John Dingell | Michigan | December 13, 1955 – January 3, 2015 | 59 years, 21 days | 59 years, 21 days |
2 | 2 | Jamie L. Whitten | Mississippi | November 4, 1941 – January 3, 1995 | 53 years, 60 days | 53 years, 60 days |
3 | 3 | John Conyers | Michigan | January 3, 1965 – December 5, 2017 | 52 years, 336 days | 52 years, 336 days |
4 | 4 | Carl Vinson | Georgia | November 3, 1914 – January 3, 1965 | 50 years, 61 days | 50 years, 61 days |
5 | 5 | Emanuel Celler | New York | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1973 | 49 years, 305 days | 49 years, 305 days |
6 | 6 | Sam Rayburn | Texas | March 4, 1913 – November 16, 1961 | 48 years, 257 days | 48 years, 257 days |
7 | Sidney R. Yates (I) | Illinois | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963 January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1999 | 48 years, 0 days | n/a | |
8 | 7 | Wright Patman | Texas | March 4, 1929 – March 7, 1976 | 47 years, 3 days | 47 years, 3 days |
9 | 8 | Charles Rangel | New York | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 2017 | 46 years, 0 days | 46 years, 0 days |
10 | Joseph Gurney Cannon (I) | Illinois | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1891 March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1913 March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 | 46 years, 0 days | n/a | |
11 | 9 | Adolph J. Sabath | Illinois | March 4, 1907 – November 6, 1952 | 45 years, 247 days | 45 years, 247 days |
12 | 10 | Don Young | Alaska | Since March 6, 1973 | 45 years, 220 days | 45 years, 220 days |
13 | 11 | George H. Mahon | Texas | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1979 | 44 years, 0 days | 44 years, 0 days |
14 | 12 | Charles Edward Bennett | Florida | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1993 | 44 years, 0 days | 44 years, 0 days |
15 | 13 | Charles Melvin Price | Illinois | January 3, 1945 – April 22, 1988 | 43 years, 110 days | 43 years, 110 days |
16 | 14 | Bill Young | Florida | January 3, 1971 – October 18, 2013 | 42 years, 288 days | 42 years, 288 days |
17 | 15 | John William McCormack | Massachusetts | November 6, 1928 – January 3, 1971 | 42 years, 58 days | 42 years, 58 days |
18 | 16 | William R. Poage | Texas | January 3, 1937 – December 31, 1978 | 42 years, 0 days | 42 years, 0 days |
19 | 17 | Jack Brooks | Texas | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1995 | 42 years, 0 days | 42 years, 0 days |
20 | 18 | Robert L. Doughton | North Carolina | March 4, 1911 – January 3, 1953 | 41 years, 305 days | 41 years, 305 days |
21 | 19 | Joseph William Martin Jr. | Massachusetts | March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1967 | 41 years, 305 days | 41 years, 305 days |
22 | 20 | Dave Obey | Wisconsin | April 1, 1969 – January 3, 2011 | 41 years, 276 days | 41 years, 276 days |
23 | 21 | Clarence Cannon | Missouri | March 4, 1923 – May 12, 1964 | 41 years, 69 days | 41 years, 69 days |
24 | 22 | William Natcher | Kentucky | August 1, 1953 – March 29, 1994 | 40 years, 240 days | 40 years, 240 days |
25 | 23 | Peter W. Rodino | New Jersey | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1989 | 40 years, 0 days | 40 years, 0 days |
26 | 24 | Pete Stark | California | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2013 | 40 years, 0 days | 40 years, 0 days |
27 | 25 | George Miller | California | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2015 | 40 years, 0 days | 40 years, 0 days |
28 | 26 | Henry Waxman | California | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2015 | 40 years, 0 days | 40 years, 0 days |
29 | 27 | Leslie C. Arends | Illinois | January 3, 1935 – December 31, 1974 | 39 years, 362 days | 39 years, 362 days |
30 | 28 | Daniel A. Reed | New York | March 4, 1919 – February 19, 1959 | 39 years, 352 days | 39 years, 352 days |
31 | 29 | John Taber | New York | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1963 | 39 years, 305 days | 39 years, 305 days |
32 | 30 | William M. Colmer | Mississippi | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1973 | 39 years, 305 days | 39 years, 305 days |
33 | 31 | Jim Sensenbrenner | Wisconsin | Since January 3, 1979 | 39 years, 282 days | 39 years, 282 days |
34 | 32 | Wilbur Mills | Arkansas | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1977 | 38 years, 0 days | 38 years, 0 days |
35 | 33 | Dante Fascell | Florida | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1993 | 38 years, 0 days | 38 years, 0 days |
36 | 34 | Robert H. Michel | Illinois | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1995 | 38 years, 0 days | 38 years, 0 days |
37 | 35 | Nick Rahall | West Virginia | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2015 | 38 years, 0 days | 38 years, 0 days |
38 | Robert Crosser (I) | Ohio | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1955 | 37 years, 305 days | n/a | |
39 | Robert L. F. Sikes (I) | Florida | January 3, 1941 – October 19, 1944 January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1979 | 37 years, 290 days | n/a | |
40 | 36 | Hal Rogers | Kentucky | Since January 3, 1981 | 37 years, 282 days | 37 years, 282 days |
41 | 37 | Chris Smith | New Jersey | Since January 3, 1981 | 37 years, 282 days | 37 years, 282 days |
42 | 38 | Steny Hoyer | Maryland | Since May 19, 1981 | 37 years, 146 days | 37 years, 146 days |
43 | 39 | Henry B. Gonzalez | Texas | November 4, 1961 – January 3, 1999 | 37 years, 60 days | 37 years, 60 days |
44 | 40 | Ed Markey | Massachusetts | November 2, 1976 – July 3, 2013 | 36 years, 256 days | 36 years, 256 days |
45 | 41 | John Murtha | Pennsylvania | February 5, 1974 – February 8, 2010 | 36 years, 3 days | 36 years, 3 days |
46 | 42 | Felix Edward Hébert | Louisiana | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1977 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
47 | 43 | Edward Boland | Massachusetts | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1989 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
48 | 44 | William Broomfield | Michigan | January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1993 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
49 | 45 | Dan Rostenkowski | Illinois | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1995 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
50 | 46 | Neal Edward Smith | Iowa | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1995 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
51 | 47 | Joseph M. McDade | Pennsylvania | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1999 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
52 | 48 | Ralph Regula | Ohio | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 2009 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
53 | 49 | Jim Oberstar | Minnesota | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2011 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
54 | 50 | Norm Dicks | Washington | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |
55 | 51 | Dale Kildee | Michigan | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 | 36 years, 0 days | 36 years, 0 days |