United States Congress has members serving for more than 40 years

This list is at Wikipedia. It is curious that a democratic nation has a congress which some members have more than 40 years of service. John Dingell 55 years! It is more than Qaddafi's 43 years dictatorship, not comparing the work of the both, for sure.

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3

John Dingell (H)

55 years, 329 days

55 years, 329 days

5

5

Daniel Inouye (H,S)

52 years, 78 days

52 years, 78 days

35	31	Charles B. Rangel (H)	40 years, 308 days	40 years, 308 days
36	32	Bill Young (H)	40 years, 308 days	40 years, 308 days

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John Conyers (H)

46 years, 308 days

46 years, 308 days

52	43	Thad Cochran (H,S)	38 years, 308 days	38 years, 308 days
53	44	Pete Stark (H)	38 years, 308 days	38 years, 308 days
54	45	Don Young (H)	38 years, 246 days	38 years, 246 days

71	57	Patrick Leahy (S)	36 years, 308 days	36 years, 308 days
72	58	Max Baucus (H,S)	36 years, 308 days	36 years, 308 days
73	59	Chuck Grassley (H,S)	36 years, 308 days	36 years, 308 days
74	60	Tom Harkin (H,S)	36 years, 308 days	36 years, 308 days
75	61	George Miller (H)	36 years, 308 days	36 years, 308 days
76	62	Henry Waxman (H)	36 years, 308 days	36 years, 308 days

How democratic is that! Congratulations to all of those who is serving for so long making US more and more pleasant for Americans.