For other versions of this document, see http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RL34581 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Order Code RL34581 Members Who Have Served in the U.S. Congress for 30 Years or More July 7, 2008 Mildred Amer and Clay H. Wellborn Specialists in American National Government Government and Finance Division Members Who Have Served in the U.S. Congress for 30 Years or More Summary This report identifies the 234 Members of Congress who have served in Congress for at least 30 years, as of July 7, 2008. Those 234 Members are only 2% of the 11,828 individuals who have represented their states and congressional districts in Congress since 1789. Of the 234 Members with at least 30 years of congressional service, 137 have spent all of their congressional careers in the House; 27 have spent all of their careers in the Senate; and 70 have had combined service in the House and Senate. Among Members of the 110th Congress, 16 Senators and 17 Representatives have served 30 years or more. This report supercedes CRS Report RL30370, by Mildred Amer, Specialist in American National Government. It will be updated as additional Members reach the 30-year mark, and at the beginning of each Congress. Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Calculation Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 List of Tables Table 1. Members of Congress Who Have Served 30 Years or More as of July 7, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Members Who Have Served in the U.S. Congress for 30 Years or More Introduction As of July 7, 2008, a total of 234 persons have served for 30 years or more in the United States Congress as Representative or Senator.1 That number is only 2% of the 11,828 men and women who have represented their states and congressional districts since the First Congress convened on March 4, 1789. Of the 234 Members serving 30 years or more, 137 served only in the House of Representatives; 27 served only in the Senate; and 70 served in both chambers. Over time, the number of Members serving 30 years or more has grown. Only two Members with over 30 years of service were in Congress in the 18th century: Nathaniel Macon began his service in 1791; Samuel Smith, in 1793. Seven served entirely during the 19th century. By 1967 (90th Congress), a total of 100 Members had served 30 years or more.2 As of July 7, 2008, (110th Congress) that number had risen to 234. Among Members of the 110th Congress, 16 incumbent Senators and 17 incumbent Representatives have served 30 years or longer. Table 1 lists Members who have served 30 years or longer in descending order of the length of their congressional service, as measured in days.3 For each Member, the table presents the Member's party and state represented; dates of the Member's first and last day of service, by chamber; days of service in each chamber; and total days of congressional service. Total service is also presented in years and fractions of years.4 1 Delegates and Resident Commissioners are not included in this report. 2 Harold R. Collier, "Service Time of Congressmen," Extension of Remarks, Congressional Record, Mar. 9, 1967, vol. 113, part 5, pp. 6191-6193. 3 Earlier editions of this report presented congressional service in terms of years, months, and days. But the method was based on assumptions about the number of days per month and was imprecise. This report avoids the imprecision associated with that method by counting each Member's days of congressional service, beginning on his or her first day of service and ending on the last. In carrying out this approach, CRS used a computer application that calculates the days elapsed from one date to another. The application knows the number of days of each month, and it is designed to handle the intercalary day for leap years. However, the number of elapsed days does not include the first day of service, so the number of days served is equal to the number of elapsed days plus 1. 4 To report congressional service in terms of years and fractions of years, we divide the total days served, which includes intercalary days for leap years, by the average number of days in the Gregorian year (365.2425). CRS-2 Calculation Method Calculations of days of service varied according to the pattern of a Member's service. For example -- ! Clarence A. Cannon of Missouri served in one continuous period from 3/4/1923 through 5/12/1964. The elapsed time from one date to the other was 15,045, but because Representative Cannon served for each of the elapsed days and on the first day, we add one day to the elapsed time for a total of 15,046 days. ! Justin Morrill served in both the House and the Senate, continuously from 3/4/1855 to 3/3/1867 in the House (4,383 days) and from 3/4/1867 to 12/28/1898 in the Senate (11,623 days). Morrill's total congressional service was the sum of those two periods, 16,006 days. ! Henry Jackson of Washington also served continuously in both the House and the Senate, but because of a statutory change there is an overlap of one day in his official dates of service. Jackson served in the House from 1/3/1941 through 1/3/1953, but his first day in the Senate was also on1/3/1953. If we simply added his House service (4,384 days) and his Senate service (11,199 days), we would double-count 1/3/1953; so we add the days of service in each chamber (15,583 days) and subtract one day from that sum for Jackson's total days of congressional service (15,582 days). Alternately, we could simply count the days from when his House service started through the date of the day when his Senate service ended. ! Samuel Smith served in the House, then in the Senate, then again in the House, and then once again in the Senate. His first period of service (in the House) did not overlap with the second (in the Senate). There was a break between his first period of Senate service and his second period of House service, but there an overlapping day (12/17/1822) when he moved finally from the House again to the Senate. Accordingly, we add the days of each period of service and subtract one day from the sum for a total of 14,276 days of congressional service. Sources Table 1 draws the dates of congressional service from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present;5 the "Table of United States Senators" in U.S. Congress, Senate, Senate Manual, S. Doc. 104-1; and various editions of the Congressional Directory (Washington: GPO). When a date in the Biographical Directory was unclear, CRS consulted other sources for clarification, as shown in notes to Table 1. 5 The Biographical Directory is available in hard copy as U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005, H. Doc. 108-222 (Washington: GPO, 2006). A continually updated version is available on the website of the Clerk of the House at [http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]. CRS-3 Table 1. Members of Congress Who Have Served 30 Years or More as of July 7, 2008 Period of Congressional Service Total Member Name Ranka Yearsc b Days Party State Chamber First Day Last Day Days Hayden, Carl T. 1 D AZ House 2/19/1912 3/3/1927 5,492 20,774 56.88 D AZ Senate 3/4/1927 1/3/1969 15,282 Byrd, Robert C. 2 D WV House 1/3/1953 1/3/1959 2,192 20,275 55.51 D WV Senate 1/3/1959 18,084 Whitten, Jamie L. 3 D MS House 11/4/1941 1/3/1995 19,419 19,419 53.17 Dingell, John Jr. 4 D MI House 12/13/1955 19,201 19,201 52.57 Vinson, Carl 5 D GA House 11/3/1914 1/3/1965 18,325 18,325 50.17 Celler, Emanuel 6 D NY House 3/4/1923 1/3/1973 18,204 18,204 49.84 Inouye, Daniel 7 D HI House 8/21/1959 1/3/1963 1,232 17,854 48.88 D HI Senate 1/3/1963 16,623 Rayburn, Sam T. 8 D TX House 3/4/1913 11/16/1961 17,790 17,790 48.71 Yates, Sidney 9 D IL House 1/3/1949 1/3/1963 5,114 17,533 48.00 D IL House 1/3/1965 1/3/1999 12,419 Thurmond, Strom 10 D SC Senate 12/24/1954 4/4/1956 468 17,327 47.44 D SC Senate 11/7/1956 9/16/1964 2,871 R SC Senate 9/16/1964 1/3/2003 13,989 Patman, Wright 11 D TX House 3/4/1929 3/7/1976 17,171 17,171 47.01 Cannon, Joseph G. 12 R IL House 3/4/1873 3/3/1891 6,574 16,800 46.00 R IL House 3/4/1893 3/3/1913 7,304 R IL House 3/4/1915 3/3/1923 2,922 Sabath, Adolph J. 13 D IL House 3/4/1907 11/6/1952 16,685 16,685 45.68 Kennedy, Edward M. 14 D MA Senate 11/7/1962 16,680 16,680 45.67 Hill, J. Lister 15 D AL House 8/14/1923 1/11/1938 5,265 16,579 45.39 D AL Senate 1/11/1938 1/2/1969 11,315 Bennett, Charles E. 16 D FL House 1/3/1949 1/3/1993 16,072 16,072 44.00 Mahon, George H. 16 D TX House 1/3/1935 1/3/1979 16,072 16,072 44.00 Magnuson, Warren G. 16 D WA House 1/3/1937 12/13/1944 2,902 16,072 44.00 D WA Senate 12/14/1944 1/3/1981 13,170 Morrill, Justin S. 19 R VT House 3/4/1855 3/3/1867 4,383 16,006 43.82 R VT Senate 3/4/1867 12/28/1898 11,623 Conyers, John Jr. 20 D MI House 1/3/1965 15,892 15,892 43.51 Allison, William B. 21 R IA House 3/4/1863 3/3/1871 2,922 15,859 43.42 R IA Senate 3/4/1873 8/4/1908 12,937 CRS-4 Period of Congressional Service Total Member Name Ranka Yearsc b Days Party State Chamber First Day Last Day Days Price, Melvin 22 D IL House 1/3/1945 4/22/1988 15,816 15,816 43.30 Jackson, Henry M. 23 D WA House 1/3/1941 1/3/1953 4,384 15,582 42.66 D WA Senate 1/3/1953 9/1/1983 11,199 Glass, Carter 24 D VA House 11/4/1902 12/16/1918 5,887 15,480 42.38 D VA Senate 2/2/1920 5/8/1946 9,593 McCormack, John W. 25 D MA House 11/6/1928 1/3/1971 15,399 15,399 42.16 Brooks, Jack 26 D TX House 1/3/1953 1/3/1995 15,341 15,341 42.00 Sparkman, John J. 26 D AL House 1/3/1937 11/5/1946 3,594 15,341 42.00 D AL Senate 11/6/1946 1/3/1979 11,747 Doughton, Robert L. 28 D NC House 3/4/1911 1/3/1953 15,282 15,282 41.84 Martin, Joseph W. 29 R MA House 3/4/1925 1/3/1967 15,281 15,281 41.84 Cannon, Clarence A. 30 D MO House 3/4/1923 5/12/1964 15,046 15,046 41.19 Stennis, John C. 31 D MS Senate 11/5/1947 1/3/1989 15,036 15,036 41.17 McKellar, Kenneth D. 32 D TN House 12/4/1911 3/3/1917 1,917 15,007 41.09 D TN Senate 3/4/1917 1/3/1953 13,090 Poage, W.R. 33 D TX House 1/3/1937 1/3/1978 14,976 14,976 41.00 Natcher, William 34 D KY House 8/1/1953 3/29/1994 14,851 14,851 40.66 Pepper, Claude 35 D FL Senate 11/4/1936 1/3/1951 5,174 14,819 40.57 D FL House 1/3/1963 5/30/1989 9,645 Frye, William P. 36 R ME House 3/4/1871 3/17/1881 3,667 14,767 40.43 R ME Senate 3/18/1881 8/8/1911 11,100 Curtis, Carl T. 37 R NE House 1/3/1939 12/31/1954 5,842 14,611 40.00 R NE Senate 1/1/1955 1/3/1979 8,769 Rodino, Peter W. Jr. 37 D NJ House 1/3/1949 1/3/1989 14,611 14,611 40.00 Randolph, Jennings 37 D WV House 3/4/1933 1/3/1947 5,054 14,611 40.00 D WV Senate 11/5/1958 1/3/1985 9,557 Hale, Eugene 40 R ME House 3/4/1869 3/3/1879 3,652 14,608 40.00 R ME Senate 3/4/1881 3/3/1911 10,956 Reed, Daniel A. 41 R NY House 3/4/1919 2/19/1959 14,598 14,598 39.97 Norris, George W. 42 R NE House 3/4/1903 3/3/1913 3,653 14,551 39.84 R NE Senate 3/4/1913 1/5/1937 10,898 I NE Senate 1/5/1937 1/3/1943 2,189 Taber, John 42 R NY House 3/4/1923 1/3/1963 14,551 14,551 39.84 Colmer, William M. 42 D MS House 3/4/1933 1/3/1973 14,551 14,551 39.84 Stevens, Ted 45 R AK Senate 12/24/1968 14,441 14,441 39.54 Obey, David 46 D WI House 4/1/1969 14,343 14,343 39.27 CRS-5 Period of Congressional Service Total Member Name Ranka Yearsc b Days Party State Chamber First Day Last Day Days Smith, Samuel 47 D MD House 3/4/1793 3/3/1803 3,651 14,276 39.09 D MD Senate 3/4/1803 3/3/1815 4,383 D MD House 1/31/1816 12/17/1822 2,513 D MD Senate 12/17/1822 3/3/1833 3,730 Arends, Leslie C. 48 R IL House 1/3/1935 1/3/1974 14,246 14,246 39.00 McClellan, John L. 49 D AR House 1/3/1935 1/3/1939 1,462 14,211 38.91 D AR Senate 1/3/1943 11/28/1977 12,749 Sheppard, Morris 50 D TX House 11/15/1902 2/3/1913 3,734 14,026 38.40 D TX Senate 2/3/1913 4/9/1941 10,293 Hollings, Ernest F. 51 D SC Senate 11/9/1966 1/3/2005 13,936 13,936 38.16 Russell, Richard B. 52 D GA Senate 1/12/1933 1/21/1971 13,889 13,889 38.03 Sherman, John 53 R OH House 3/4/1855 3/21/1861 2,210 13,886 38.02 R OH Senate 3/21/1861 3/8/1877 5,832 R OH Senate 3/4/1881 3/4/1897 5,845 Long, Russell B. 54 D LA Senate 12/31/1948 1/3/1987 13,883 13,883 38.01 Fascell, Dante B. 55 D FL House 1/3/1955 1/3/1993 13,881 13,881 38.00 Mills, Wilbur D. 55 D AR House 1/3/1939 1/3/1977 13,881 13,881 38.00 Michel, Robert 57 R IL House 1/3/1957 1/3/1995 13,880 13,880 38.00 Gillett, Frederick H. 58 R MA House 3/4/1893 3/3/1925 11,687 13,878 38.00 R MA Senate 3/4/1925 3/3/1931 2,191 Crosser, Robert 59 D OH House 3/4/1913 3/3/1919 2,191 13,820 37.84 D OH House 3/4/1923 1/3/1955 11,629 Sikes, Robert L.F. 60 D FL House 1/3/1941 10/19/1944 1,386 13,805 37.80 D FL House 1/3/1945 1/3/1979 12,419 Macon, Nathaniel 61 D NC House 3/4/1791 12/13/1815 9,050 13,770 37.70 D NC Senate 12/13/1815 11/14/1828 4,721 Lodge, Henry Cabot 62 R MA House 3/4/1887 3/3/1893 2,192 13,765 37.69 R MA Senate 3/4/1893 11/9/1924 11,573 Rangel, Charles B. 63 D NY House 1/3/1971 13,701 13,701 37.51 Young, C. W. (Bill) 63 R FL House 1/3/1971 13,701 13,701 37.51 Barkley, Alben W. 65 D KY House 3/4/1913 3/3/1927 5,113 13,590 37.21 D KY Senate 3/4/1927 1/19/1949 7,993 D KY Senate 1/3/1955 4/30/1956 484 Gonzalez, Henry B. 66 D TX House 11/4/1961 1/3/1999 13,575 13,575 37.17 Warren, Francis E. 67 R WY Senate 11/18/1890 3/4/1893 838 13,522 37.02 R WY Senate 3/4/1895 11/24/1929 12,684 Eastland, James O. 68 D MS Senate 6/30/1941 9/28/1941 91 13,234 36.23 D MS Senate 1/3/1943 12/27/1978 13,143 CRS-6 Period of Congressional Service Total Member Name Ranka Yearsc b Days Party State Chamber First Day Last Day Days Sarbanes, Paul S. 69 D MD House 1/3/1971 1/3/1977 2,193 13,150 36.00 D MD Senate 1/3/1977 1/3/2007 10,958 Boland, Edward 69 D MA House 1/3/1953 1/3/1989 13,150 13,150 36.00 Broomfield, William 69 R MI House 1/3/1957 1/3/1993 13,150 13,150 36.00 Rostenkowski, Dan 69 D IL House 1/3/1959 1/3/1995 13,150 13,150 36.00 Smith, Neal 69 R IA House 1/3/1959 1/3/1995 13,150 13,150 36.00 Herbert, F. Edward 69 D LA House 1/3/1941 1/3/1977 13,150 13,150 36.00 Pell, Claiborne 69 D RI Senate 1/3/1961 1/3/1997 13,150 13,150 36.00 McDade, Joseph 69 R PA House 1/3/1963 1/3/1999 13,150 13,150 36.00 Dawes, Henry L. 77 R MA House 3/4/1857 3/3/1875 6,574 13,149 36.00 R MA Senate 3/4/1875 3/3/1893 6,575 Cullom, Shelby M. 78 R IL House 3/4/1865 3/3/1871 2,191 13,148 36.00 R IL Senate 3/4/1883 3/3/1913 10,957 Cooper, Henry A. 79 R WI House 3/4/1893 3/3/1919 9,495 13,145 35.99 R WI House 3/4/1921 3/1/1931 3,650 Connally, Thomas T. 80 D TX House 3/4/1917 3/3/1929 4,383 13,090 35.84 D TX Senate 3/4/1929 1/3/1953 8,707 Smith, Howard W. 80 D VA House 3/4/1931 1/3/1967 13,090 13,090 35.84 Young, Milton 82 R ND Senate 3/12/1945 1/3/1981 13,082 13,082 35.82 Smith, Ellison D. 83 D SC Senate 3/4/1909 11/17/1944 13,043 13,043 35.71 Perkins, Carl D. 84 D KY House 1/3/1949 8/3/1984 12,997 12,997 35.58 Hoar, George F. 85 R MA House 3/4/1869 3/3/1877 2,922 12,994 35.58 R MA Senate 3/4/1877 9/30/1904 10,072 Ellender, Allen J. 86 D LA Senate 1/3/1937 7/27/1972 12,990 12,990 35.57 Cochran, Thad 87 R MS House 1/3/1973 12/26/1978 2,184 12,970 35.51 R MS Senate 12/27/1978 10,786 Biden, Joseph R. 87 D DE Senate 1/3/1973 12,970 12,970 35.51 Domenici, Pete V. 87 R NM Senate 1/3/1973 12,970 12,970 35.51 Regula, Ralph 87 R OH House 1/3/1973 12,970 12,970 35.51 Stark, Fortney (Pete) 87 D CA House 1/3/1973 12,970 12,970 35.51 Swanson, Claude A. 92 D VA House 3/4/1893 1/30/1906 4,715 12,966 35.50 D VA Senate 8/1/1910 3/3/1933 8,251 Dole, Robert J. 93 R KS House 1/3/1961 1/3/1969 2,923 12,944 35.44 R KS Senate 1/3/1969 6/11/1996 10,022 Young, Don 94 R AK House 3/6/1973 12,908 12,908 35.34 Rogers, Edith N. 95 R MA House 6/30/1925 9/10/1960 12,857 12,857 35.20 Crane, Phillip 96 R IL House 11/25/1969 1/3/2005 12,824 12,824 35.11 Lott, Trent 97 R MS House 1/3/1973 1/3/1989 5,845 12,768 34.96 R MS Senate 1/3/1989 12/18/2007 6,924 Zablocki, Clement J. 98 D WI House 1/3/1949 12/3/1983 12,753 12,753 34.92 CRS-7 Period of Congressional Service Total Member Name Ranka Yearsc b Days Party State Chamber First Day Last Day Days Brown, George E. Jr. 99 D CA House 1/3/1963 1/3/1971 2,923 12,613 34.53 D CA House 1/3/1973 7/15/1999 9,690 Dirksen, Everett M. 100 R IL House 3/4/1933 1/3/1949 5,785 12,608 34.52 R IL Senate 1/3/1951 9/7/1969 6,823 Wright, James C. 101 D TX House 1/3/1955 6/30/1989 12,598 12,598 34.49 King, William R. 102 n.a. NC House 3/4/1811 11/4/1816 2,073 12,597 34.49 DR AL Senate 12/14/1819 4/15/1844 8,890 DR,J AL Senate 7/1/1848 12/20/1852 1,634 Murtha, John 103 D PA House 2/5/1974 12,572 12,572 34.42 Neely, Matthew M. 104 D WV House 10/14/1913 3/3/1921 2,698 12,527 34.30 D WV Senate 3/4/1923 3/3/1929 2,192 D WV Senate 3/4/1931 1/12/1941 3,603 D WV House 1/3/1945 1/3/1947 731 D WV Senate 1/3/1949 1/18/1958 3,303 Robinson, Joseph T. 105 D AR House 3/4/1903 1/14/1913 3,605 12,504 34.23 D AR Senate 3/4/1913 7/14/1937 8,899 Nelson, Knute 106 R MN House 3/4/1883 3/3/1889 2,192 12,474 34.15 R MN Senate 3/4/1895 4/28/1923 10,282 George, Walter F. 107 D GA Senate 11/22/1922 1/2/1957 12,461 12,461 34.12 Reece, Brazilla C. 108 R TN House 3/4/1921 3/3/1931 3,652 12,435 34.05 R TN House 3/4/1933 1/3/1947 5,054 R TN House 1/3/1951 3/19/1961 3,729 Scott, Hugh D. Jr. 109 R PA House 1/3/1941 1/3/1945 1,462 12,421 34.01 R PA House 1/3/1947 1/3/1959 4,384 R PA Senate 1/3/1959 1/3/1977 6,576 Mansfield, Michael J. 110 D MT House 1/3/1943 1/3/1953 3,654 12,420 34.00 D MT Senate 1/3/1953 1/3/1977 8,767 Mundt, Karl E. 110 R SD House 1/3/1939 12/30/1948 3,650 12,420 34.00 R SD Senate 12/31/1948 1/3/1973 8,770 McMillan, John L. 110 D SC House 1/3/1939 1/3/1973 12,420 12,420 34.00 Madden, Ray J. 110 D IN House 1/3/1943 1/3/1977 12,420 12,420 34.00 Gibbons, Sam M. 110 D FL House 1/3/1963 1/3/1997 12,420 12,420 34.00 Quillen, James 110 R TN House 1/3/1963 1/3/1997 12,420 12,420 34.00 Bolling, Richard 116 D MO House 1/3/1949 1/3/1983 12,419 12,419 34.00 O'Neill, Thomas P. Jr. 116 D MA House 1/3/1953 1/3/1987 12,419 12,419 34.00 Hamilton, Lee 116 D IN House 1/3/1965 1/3/1999 12,419 12,419 34.00 Roth, William V. 116 R DE House 1/3/1967 12/31/1970 1,459 12,419 34.00 R DE Senate 1/1/1971 1/3/2001 10,961 Haugen, Gilbert N. 120 R IA House 3/4/1899 3/3/1933 12,418 12,418 34.00 CRS-8 Period of Congressional Service Total Member Name Ranka Yearsc b Days Party State Chamber First Day Last Day Days Curtis, Charles 120 R KS House 3/4/1893 1/28/1907 5,078 12,418 34.00 R KS Senate 1/29/1907 3/3/1913 2,226 R KS Senate 3/4/1915 3/3/1929 5,114 Aiken, George D. 122 R VT Senate 1/10/1941 1/3/1975 12,412 12,412 33.98 Halleck, Charles A. 123 R IN House 1/29/1935 1/3/1969 12,394 12,394 33.93 Jenkins, Thomas A. 124 R OH House 3/4/1925 1/3/1959 12,359 12,359 33.84 Sumners, Hatton W. 124 D TX House 3/4/1913 1/3/1947 12,359 12,359 33.84 Woodruff, Roy O. 124 R MI House 3/4/1913 3/3/1915 730 12,359 33.84 R MI House 3/4/1921 1/3/1953 11,629 Robertson, A. Willis 127 D VA House 3/4/1933 11/5/1946 4,995 12,355 33.83 D VA Senate 11/6/1946 12/30/1966 7,360 Jones, Wesley L. 128 R WA House 3/4/1899 3/3/1909 3,652 12,314 33.71 R WA Senate 3/4/1909 11/19/1932 8,662 Burdick, Quentin 129 D ND House 1/3/1959 8/8/1960 584 12,303 33.68 D ND Senate 8/8/1960 9/8/1992 11,720 Ketcham, John H. 130 D NY House 3/4/1865 3/3/1873 2,922 12,298 33.67 R NY House 3/4/1877 3/3/1893 5,844 R NY House 3/4/1897 11/4/1906 3,532 Kirwan, Michael J. 131 D OH House 1/3/1937 7/27/1970 12,259 12,259 33.56 Dodd, Christopher J. 132 D CT House 1/3/1975 1/3/1981 2,193 12,240 33.51 D CT Senate 1/3/1981 10,048 Grassley, Charles E. 132 R IA House 1/3/1975 1/3/1981 2,193 12,240 33.51 R IA Senate 1/3/1981 10,048 Harkin, Thomas R. 132 R IA House 1/3/1975 1/3/1985 3,654 12,240 33.51 R IA Senate 1/3/1985 8,587 Baucus, Max S. 132 D MT House 1/3/1975 12/14/1978 1,442 12,240 33.51 D MT Senate 12/15/1978 10,798 Leahy, Patrick J. 132 D VT Senate 1/3/1975 12,240 12,240 33.51 Miller, George 132 D CA House 1/3/1975 12,240 12,240 33.51 Oberstar, James L. 132 D MN House 1/3/1975 12,240 12,240 33.51 Waxman, Henry A. 132 D CA House 1/3/1975 12,240 12,240 33.51 Pou, Edward W. 140 D NC House 3/4/1901 4/1/1934 12,082 12,082 33.08 Bingham, Henry H. 141 R PA House 3/4/1879 3/22/1912 12,072 12,072 33.05 Borah, William E. 142 R ID Senate 3/4/1907 1/19/1940 12,010 12,010 32.88 Bankhead, John H. 143 D AL House 3/4/1887 3/3/1907 7,304 11,945 32.70 D AL Senate 6/18/1907 3/1/1920 4,641 Byrd, Harry F. Sr. 144 D VA Senate 3/4/1933 11/10/1965 11,940 11,940 32.69 Case, Clifford P. 145 R NJ House 1/3/1945 8/16/1953 3,148 11,915 32.62 R NJ Senate 1/3/1955 1/3/1979 8,767 CRS-9 Period of Congressional Service Total Member Name Ranka Yearsc b Days Party State Chamber First Day Last Day Days Smith, Margaret Chase 146 R ME House 6/3/1940 1/3/1949 3,137 11,903 32.59 R ME Senate 1/3/1949 1/3/1973 8,767 Taylor, Edward T. 147 D CO House 3/4/1909 9/3/1941 11,872 11,872 32.50 Cooley, Harold D. 148 D NC House 7/7/1934 12/30/1966 11,865 11,865 32.49 Teague, Olin E. 149 D TX House 8/24/1946 12/31/1978 11,818 11,818 32.36 Breaux, John 150 D LA House 9/30/1972 1/3/1987 5,209 11,784 32.26 D LA Senate 1/3/1987 1/3/2005 6,576 Burrows, Julius C. 151 R MI House 3/4/1873 3/3/1875 730 11,747 32.16 R MI House 3/4/1879 3/3/1883 1,461 R MI House 3/4/1885 1/23/1895 3,613 R MI Senate 1/24/1895 5/3/1911 5,943 Conte, Silvio 152 R MA House 1/3/1959 2/8/1991 11,725 11,725 32.10 Jeffords, James M. 153 R VT House 1/3/1975 1/3/1989 5,115 11,689 32.00 R VT Senate 1/3/1989 6/6/2001 4,538 I VT Senate 6/6/2001 1/3/2007 2,038 Clay, William 153 D MO House 1/3/1969 1/3/2001 11,689 11,689 32.00 Kastenmeier, Robert 153 D WI House 1/3/1959 1/3/1991 11,689 11,689 32.00 Morgan, Thomas E. 153 D PA House 1/3/1945 1/3/1977 11,689 11,689 32.00 Staggers, H.O. Sr. 153 D WV House 1/3/1949 1/3/1981 11,689 11,689 32.00 Steed, Tom 153 D OK House 1/3/1949 1/3/1981 11,689 11,689 32.00 Edwards, Don 153 D CA House 1/3/1963 1/3/1995 11,689 11,689 32.00 de la Garza, E. (Kika) 153 D TX House 1/3/1965 1/3/1997 11,689 11,689 32.00 Hyde, Henry J. 153 R IL House 1/3/1975 1/3/2007 11,689 11,689 32.00 Simmons, Furnifold M. 162 D NC House 3/4/1887 3/3/1889 731 11,688 32.00 D NC Senate 3/4/1901 3/3/1931 10,957 Aldrich, Nelson W. 163 R RI House 3/4/1879 10/4/1881 946 11,687 32.00 R RI Senate 10/5/1881 3/3/1911 10,741 Fisher, O. C. 164 D TX House 1/3/1943 12/31/1974 11,686 11,686 32.00 Fulbright, J. William 164 D AR House 1/3/1943 1/3/1945 732 11,686 32.00 D AR Senate 1/3/1945 12/31/1974 10,955 Holifield, Chet E. 164 D CA House 1/3/1943 12/31/1974 11,686 11,686 32.00 Burleson, Omar 164 D TX House 1/3/1947 12/31/1978 11,686 11,686 32.00 Delaney, James J. 164 D NY House 1/3/1945 1/3/1947 731 11,686 32.00 D NY House 1/3/1949 12/31/1978 10,955 Javits, Jacob 169 R NY House 1/3/1947 12/31/1954 2,920 11,681 31.98 R NY Senate 1/9/1957 1/3/1981 8,761 Gore, Albert A. Sr. 170 D TN House 1/3/1939 12/4/1944 2,163 11,660 31.92 D TN House 1/3/1945 1/3/1953 2,923 D TN Senate 1/3/1953 1/3/1971 6,575 Knutson, Harold K 171 R MN House 3/4/1917 1/3/1949 11,629 11,629 31.84 Lea, Clarence F. 171 D CA House 3/4/1917 1/3/1949 11,629 11,629 31.84 Spence, Brent 171 D KY House 3/4/1931 1/3/1963 11,629 11,629 31.84 CRS-10 Period of Congressional Service Total Member Name Ranka Yearsc b Days Party State Chamber First Day Last Day Days Rankin, John E. 171 D MS House 3/4/1921 1/3/1953 11,629 11,629 31.84 Treadway, Allen T. 171 R MA House 3/4/1913 1/3/1945 11,629 11,629 31.84 Wolverton, Charles 171 R NJ House 3/4/1927 1/3/1959 11,629 11,629 31.84 White, Wallace H. 171 R ME House 3/4/1917 3/3/1931 5,113 11,629 31.84 R ME Senate 3/4/1931 1/3/1949 6,516 Markey, Edward J. 178 D MA House 11/2/1976 11,571 11,571 31.68 Bland, Schuyler O. 179 D VA House 7/2/1918 2/16/1950 11,553 11,553 31.63 Benton, Thomas H. 180 DR MO Senate 8/10/1821 3/3/1851 10,798 11,528 31.56 D MO House 3/4/1853 3/3/1855 730 Hatch, Orrin G. 181 R UT Senate 1/3/1977 11,509 11,509 31.51 Lugar, Richard G. 181 R IN Senate 1/3/1977 11,509 11,509 31.51 Mikulski, Barbara A. 181 D MD House 1/3/1977 1/3/1987 3,653 11,509 31.51 D MD Senate 1/3/1987 7,857 Akaka, Daniel K. 181 D HI House 1/3/1977 5/15/1990 4,881 11,509 31.51 D HI Senate 5/16/1990 6,628 Dicks, Norman D. 181 D WA House 1/3/1977 11,509 11,509 31.51 Kildee, Dale E. 181 D MI House 1/3/1977 11,509 11,509 31.51 Rahall, Nick J. 181 D WV House 1/3/1977 11,509 11,509 31.51 Skelton, Ike 181 D MO House 1/3/1977 11,509 11,509 31.51 Ransdell, Joseph E. 181 D LA House 8/29/1899 3/3/1913 4,935 11,509 31.51 D LA Senate 3/4/1913 3/3/1931 6,574 Gallinger, Jacob H. 190 R NH House 3/4/1885 3/3/1889 1,461 11,489 31.46 R NH Senate 3/4/1891 8/17/1918 10,028 Proxmire, William 191 D WI Senate 8/28/1957 1/3/1989 11,452 11,452 31.35 Underwood, Oscar 192 D AL House 3/4/1895 6/9/1896 464 11,420 31.27 D AL House 3/4/1897 3/3/1915 6,573 D AL Senate 3/4/1915 3/3/1927 4,383 Butler, Thomas S. 193 R PA House 3/4/1897 5/26/1928 11,406 11,406 31.23 Flood, Daniel J. 194 D PA House 1/3/1945 1/3/1947 731 11,353 31.08 D PA House 1/3/1949 1/3/1953 1,462 D PA House 1/3/1955 1/31/1980 9,160 Pickle, J. J. 195 D TX House 12/21/1963 1/3/1995 11,337 11,337 31.04 Andresen, August H. 196 R MN House 3/4/1925 3/3/1933 2,922 11,335 31.03 R MN House 1/3/1935 1/14/1958 8,413 Burton, Theodore E. 197 R OH House 3/4/1889 3/3/1891 730 11,195 30.65 R OH House 3/4/1895 3/3/1909 5,113 R OH Senate 3/4/1909 3/3/1915 2,191 R OH House 3/4/1921 12/15/1928 2,844 R OH Senate 12/15/1928 10/28/1929 318 CRS-11 Period of Congressional Service Total Member Name Ranka Yearsc b Days Party State Chamber First Day Last Day Days Spence, Floyd D. 198 R SC House 1/3/1971 8/16/2001 11,184 11,184 30.62 Rooney, John J. 199 D NY House 6/6/1944 12/31/1974 11,166 11,166 30.57 Mansfield, Joseph J. 200 D TX House 3/4/1917 7/12/1947 11,088 11,088 30.36 Morgan, John T. 201 D AL Senate 3/4/1877 7/11/1907 11,086 11,086 30.35 Harrison, Byron P. 202 D MS House 3/4/1911 3/3/1919 2,922 11,069 30.31 D MS Senate 3/4/1919 6/22/1941 8,147 Walter, Francis E. 203 D PA House 3/4/1933 5/31/1963 11,046 11,046 30.24 Holman, William S. 204 D IN House 3/4/1859 3/3/1865 2,192 11,008 30.14 D IN House 3/4/1867 3/3/1877 3,653 D IN House 3/4/1881 3/3/1895 5,113 D IN House 3/4/1897 4/22/1897 50 Newton, Thomas Jr. 205 D VA House 3/4/1801 3/9/1829 10,233 10,964 30.02 D VA House 3/4/1831 3/3/1833 731 Udall, Morris 206 D AZ House 5/2/1961 5/4/1991 10,960 10,960 30.01 Jacobs, Andrew Jr. 206 D IN House 1/3/1965 1/3/1973 2,923 10,960 30.01 D IN House 1/3/1975 1/3/1997 8,037 Stratton, Samuel 208 D NY House 1/3/1959 1/3/1989 10,959 10,959 30.00 Latta, Delbert 208 R OH House 1/3/1959 1/3/1989 10,959 10,959 30.00 Albert, Carl 208 D OK House 1/3/1947 1/3/1977 10,959 10,959 30.00 Gathings, E.C. 208 D AR House 1/3/1939 1/3/1969 10,959 10,959 30.00 Evins, Joe L. 208 D TN House 1/3/1947 1/3/1977 10,959 10,959 30.00 Passman, Otto E. 208 D LA House 1/3/1947 1/3/1977 10,959 10,959 30.00 Abernathy, Thomas G. 208 D MS House 1/3/1943 1/3/1973 10,959 10,959 30.00 O'Konski, Alvin E. 208 R WI House 1/3/1943 1/3/1973 10,959 10,959 30.00 Buckley, Charles A. 208 D NY House 1/3/1935 1/3/1965 10,959 10,959 30.00 Michener, Earl C. 208 R MI House 3/4/1919 3/3/1933 5,114 10,959 30.00 R MI House 1/3/1935 1/3/1951 5,845 Horton, Frank 208 R NY House 1/3/1963 1/3/1993 10,959 10,959 30.00 Roybal, Edward 208 D CA House 1/3/1963 1/3/1993 10,959 10,959 30.00 Bevill, Tom 208 D AL House 1/3/1967 1/3/1997 10,959 10,959 30.00 Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) 208 D MS House 1/3/1967 1/3/1997 10,959 10,959 30.00 Myers, John T. 208 R IN House 1/3/1967 1/3/1997 10,959 10,959 30.00 Archer, William (Bill) 208 D TX House 1/3/1971 1/3/2001 10,959 10,959 30.00 Ford, William D. 224 D MI House 1/3/1965 1/3/1995 10,958 10,958 30.00 Garner, John N. 224 D TX House 3/4/1903 3/3/1933 10,958 10,958 30.00 Smoot, Reed 224 R UT Senate 3/4/1903 3/3/1933 10,958 10,958 30.00 Keogh, Eugene J. 224 D NY House 1/3/1937 1/3/1967 10,958 10,958 30.00 Rhodes, John Jacob 224 R AZ House 1/3/1953 1/3/1983 10,958 10,958 30.00 Fountain, L. H. 224 D NC House 1/3/1953 1/3/1983 10,958 10,958 30.00 Foley, Thomas S. 224 D WA House 1/3/1965 1/3/1995 10,958 10,958 30.00 Stokes, Louis 224 D OH House 1/3/1969 1/3/1999 10,958 10,958 30.00 Leach, James A. 224 R IA House 1/3/1977 1/3/2007 10,958 10,958 30.00 CRS-12 Period of Congressional Service Total Member Name Ranka Yearsc b Days Party State Chamber First Day Last Day Days Cockrell, Francis M. 233 D MD Senate 3/4/1875 3/3/1905 10,957 10,957 30.00 Jones, John P. 234 R NE Senate 3/4/1873 3/3/1903 10,956 10,956 30.00 Sources: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present, continually updated and available on the website of the Clerk of the House at [http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]. The Directory is available in hard copy as U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005, H. Doc. 108-222 (Washington: GPO, 2006). Congressional Directory, various editions. "Table of Senators of the United States," in U.S. Congress, Senate, Senate Manual, Sen. Doc. 104-1 (Washington: GPO, 1996), pp. 963-1008. Notes: Names of incumbents appear in boldface. a. Members with the identical length of service are ranked with the same number. Thus, the three Members ranked 16th follow 15 Members with lengthier service. The next Member in the list is ranked 19th because he follows 18 Members with lengthier service. b. Party abbreviations: D-Democratic; DR-Democratic Republican; I-Independent; J-Jacksonian; R-Republican c. Length of service in years is presented as the ratio of the number of days of service divided by the average number of days per year on the Gregorian calendar, the current standard calendar in most of the world (365.2425 days per year). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For other versions of this document, see http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RL34581