List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service

Table columns:
Total tenure rank
Uninterrupted tenure rank
Name
Total tenure
Uninterrupted tenure

Table rows:
cells: 1
1
John Dingell
59 years, 21 days
59 years, 21 days
cells: 2
2
Jamie L. Whitten
53 years, 60 days
53 years, 60 days
cells: 3
3
John Conyers
52 years, 336 days
52 years, 336 days
cells: 4
4
Carl Vinson
50 years, 61 days
50 years, 61 days
cells: 5
5
Emanuel Celler
49 years, 305 days
49 years, 305 days
cells: 6
6
Sam Rayburn
48 years, 257 days
48 years, 257 days
cells: 7
Sidney R. Yates (I)
48 years, 0 days
n/a
cells: 8
7
Wright Patman
47 years, 3 days
47 years, 3 days
cells: 9
8
Charles Rangel
46 years, 0 days
46 years, 0 days
cells: 10
Joseph Gurney Cannon (I)
46 years, 0 days
n/a
cells: 11
9
Adolph J. Sabath
45 years, 247 days
45 years, 247 days
cells: 12
10
Don Young
44 years, 309 days
44 years, 309 days
cells: 13
11
George H. Mahon
44 years, 0 days
44 years, 0 days
cells: 14
12
Charles Edward Bennett
44 years, 0 days
44 years, 0 days
cells: 15
13
Charles Melvin Price
43 years, 110 days
43 years, 110 days
cells: 16
14
Bill Young
42 years, 288 days
42 years, 288 days
cells: 17
15
John William McCormack
42 years, 58 days
42 years, 58 days
cells: 18
16
William R. Poage
42 years, 0 days
42 years, 0 days
cells: 19
17
Jack Brooks
42 years, 0 days
42 years, 0 days
cells: 20
18
Robert L. Doughton
41 years, 305 days
41 years, 305 days
cells: 21
19
Joseph William Martin, Jr.
41 years, 305 days
41 years, 305 days
cells: 22
20
Dave Obey
41 years, 276 days
41 years, 276 days
cells: 23
21
Clarence Cannon
41 years, 69 days
41 years, 69 days
cells: 24
22
William Natcher
40 years, 240 days
40 years, 240 days
cells: 25
23
Peter W. Rodino
40 years, 0 days
40 years, 0 days
cells: 26
24
Pete Stark
40 years, 0 days
40 years, 0 days
cells: 27
25
George Miller
40 years, 0 days
40 years, 0 days
cells: 28
26
Henry Waxman
40 years, 0 days
40 years, 0 days
cells: 29
27
Leslie C. Arends
39 years, 362 days
39 years, 362 days
cells: 30
28
Daniel A. Reed
39 years, 352 days
39 years, 352 days
cells: 31
29
John Taber
39 years, 305 days
39 years, 305 days
cells: 32
30
William M. Colmer
39 years, 305 days
39 years, 305 days
cells: 33
31
Jim Sensenbrenner
39 years, 6 days
39 years, 6 days
cells: 34
32
Wilbur Mills
38 years, 0 days
38 years, 0 days
cells: 35
33
Dante Fascell
38 years, 0 days
38 years, 0 days
cells: 36
34
Robert H. Michel
38 years, 0 days
38 years, 0 days
cells: 37
35
Nick Rahall
38 years, 0 days
38 years, 0 days
cells: 38
Robert Crosser (I)
37 years, 305 days
n/a
cells: 39
Robert L. F. Sikes (I)
37 years, 290 days
n/a
cells: 40
36
Henry B. Gonzalez
37 years, 60 days
37 years, 60 days
cells: 41
37
Hal Rogers
37 years, 6 days
37 years, 6 days
cells: 42
38
Chris Smith
37 years, 6 days
37 years, 6 days
cells: 43
39
Ed Markey
36 years, 256 days
36 years, 256 days
cells: 44
40
Steny Hoyer
36 years, 235 days
36 years, 235 days
cells: 45
41
John Murtha
36 years, 3 days
36 years, 3 days
cells: 46
42
Felix Edward Hébert
36 years, 0 days
36 years, 0 days
cells: 47
43
Edward Boland
36 years, 0 days
36 years, 0 days
cells: 48
44
William Broomfield
36 years, 0 days
36 years, 0 days
cells: 49
45
Dan Rostenkowski
36 years, 0 days
36 years, 0 days
cells: 50
46
Neal Edward Smith
36 years, 0 days
36 years, 0 days
cells: 51
47
Joseph M. McDade
36 years, 0 days
36 years, 0 days
cells: 52
48
Ralph Regula
36 years, 0 days
36 years, 0 days
cells: 53
49
Jim Oberstar
36 years, 0 days
36 years, 0 days
cells: 54
50
Norm Dicks
36 years, 0 days
36 years, 0 days
cells: 55
51
Dale Kildee
36 years, 0 days
36 years, 0 days

Questions about this table:
originalText: who is the longest serving member of the house in history
answer: answerTexts: John Dingell
alternativeAnswers: answerTexts: John Dingell
answerTexts: John Dingell