List of members of the United States Congress by brevity of service
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This is a list of United States congresspersons by brevity of service. It includes representatives and senators who have served less than two years in the House or six years in the Senate, not counting currently serving members. This list excludes members whose term ended with
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that served the entirety of that term, which due to the
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, only lasted from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1935, and inaugural holders of Class 1 and Class 2 Senate seats that served the entirety of the first term, due to the initial terms being only 2 and 4 years long respectively, as the Senate classes were staggered so that a third of the seats would be up every two years.


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List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service This list of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service includes representatives and senators who have served for at least 36 years, in the House, the Senate, or both combined. In cases where there is a tie in time, the following ...
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List of members of the United States House of Representatives who served a single term There are members of the United States House of Representatives who spent only a single two-year term (or less) in office usually either due to death, resignation, or defeat. In some rare cases freshmen members have decided to run for another offic ...


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