US Congress - Representative Crypt-Keepers

By Congressional Crypt-Keeper, I mean that a baby born in the year they took office is now able to drive, vote, enlist, drink, and marry.

These people have been serving in office for 21 to 50 years. If anyone can name another profession besides tenured professors who have better job security, feel free to do it. Then let's vote for some real change in Congress.

In The House of Representatives
Name
John Dingell, MI - Dec. 13, 1955
John Conyers Jr. MI - Jan. 3, 1965
David Obey, WI - April 1, 1969
Charles B. Rangel, NY - Jan. 3, 1971
C.W. Bill Young, FL - Jan. 3, 1971
Ralph Regula, OH - Jan. 3, 1973
Fortney “Pete” Stark, CA - Jan. 3, 1973
Don Young, AK - Mar. 6, 1973
John P. Murtha, PA - Feb. 5, 1974
George Miller, CA - Jan. 3, 1975
James L. Oberstar, MN - Jan. 3, 1975
Henry Waxman, CA - Jan. 3, 1975
Edward J. Markey, MA - Nov. 2, 1976
Norman Dicks, WA - Jan. 3, 1977
Dale Kildee, MI - Jan. 3, 1977
Nick Rahall, WV - Jan. 3, 1977
Ike Skelton, MO - Jan. 3, 1977
Jerry Lewis, CA - Jan. 3, 1979
James Sensenbrenner Jr., WI - Jan. 3, 1979
Thomas Petri, WI - Apr 3, 1979
David Dreier, CA - Jan. 3, 1981
Barney Frank, MA - Jan. 3, 1981
Ralph Hall, TX - Jan. 3, 1981
Duncan Hunter, CA - Jan. 3, 1981
Harold Rogers, KY - Jan. 3, 1981
Christopher Smith, NJ - Jan. 3, 1981
Frank Wolf, VA - Jan. 3, 1981
Steny Hoyer, MD - May 19, 1981
Howard Berman, CA - Jan. 3, 1983
Rick Boucher, VA - Jan. 3, 1983
Dan Burton, IN - Jan. 3, 1983
Marcy Kaptur, OH - Jan. 3, 1983
Sander Levin, MI - Jan. 3, 1983
Alan Mollohan, WV - Jan. 3, 1983
Solomon Ortiz, TX - Jan. 3, 1983
John Spratt, Jr., SC - Jan. 3, 1983
Edolphus Towns, NY - Jan. 3, 1983
Gary Ackerman, NY - Mar. 1, 1983
James Saxton, NJ - Nov. 6, 1984
Joe Barton, TX - Jan. 3, 1985
Howard Coble, NC - Jan. 3, 1985
Bart Gordon, TN - Jan. 3, 1985
Paul Kanjorski, PA - Jan. 3, 1985
Peter Visclosky, IN - Jan. 3, 1985
Peter DeFazio, OR - Jan. 3, 1987
Elton Gallegly, CA - Jan. 3, 1987
Wally Herger, CA - Jan. 3, 1987
John Lewis, GA - Jan. 3, 1987
Louise Slaughter, NY - Jan. 3, 1987
Lamar Smith, TX - Jan. 3, 1987
Fred Upton, MI - Jan. 3, 1987
Nancy Pelosi, CA - June 2, 1987
Christopher Shays, CT - Aug. 18, 1987
Jim McCrery, LA - Apr. 16, 1988
Jerry Costello, IL - Aug. 9, 1988
Frank Pallone Jr., NJ - Nov. 8, 1988
John Duncan Jr., TN - Nov. 8, 1988
Eliot Engel, NY - Jan. 3, 1989
Nita Lowey, NY - Jan. 3, 1989
Jim McDermott, WA - Jan. 3, 1989
Michael McNulty, NY - Jan. 3, 1989
Richard Neal, MA - Jan. 3, 1989
Donald Payne, NJ - Jan. 3, 1989
Dana Rohrabacher, CA - Jan. 3, 1989
Cliff Stearns, FL - Jan. 3, 1989
John Tanner, TN - Jan. 3, 1989
James Walsh, NY - Jan. 3, 1989
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, FL - Aug. 29, 1989
Gary “Gene” Taylor, MS - Oct. 17, 1989

Now these are the members of the House of Represenatives that have served between 10 and 27 consecutive terms of office. That's between 20 and 54 years in office. Why are we re-electing these cronies?