How many members of congress and the senate have served in the military?

Honest question, no reflection on current candidates, just wondering how many of the house and how many of the senate have choosen to serve in the military prior to beginning their careers.How many members of congress and the senate have served in the military?As of Nov 2007 folowing are those who served in uniform. A # indicates served in combat:





House of Reps



Todd Akin (R-02 Missouri)

U.S. Army



#Joe Baca (D-43 CA)

U.S. Army 1966-1968



Spencer Bachus (R-06 AL)

National Guard 1969-1971



James Barrett (R-03 S.C.)

Army 1983-1987



Michael Bilirakis ( )

Air Force 1951-1955



Sanford D. Bishop (D-02 GA)

U.S. Army 1971



John Boehner (R-08 OH)

U.S. Navy 1968



#Leonard L. Boswell (D-03 IA)

U.S. Army 1956-1976



#Allen Boyd, Jr. (D-02 FL)

U.S. Army 1969-1971



Henry Brown (R-1 SC)

National Guard 1953-1962



Vern Buchanan (R-13 FL)

Air National Guard 1970-1976



Dan Burton (R-05 IN)

U.S. Army 1956-1957

Army Reserves 1957-1962

G.K. Butterfield (D-1 NC)

Army Reserves 1957-1962

Army 1968-1970



Stephen E. Buyer (R-04 IN)

U.S. Army 1984-1987, 1990

Army Reserve 1980-1984, 1987-Present



Christopher Carney (D-10PA)

Naval Reserves 1995 - Present



Howard Coble (R-06 NC)

Coast Guard 1952-1956, 1977-1978

Coast Guard Reserve 1960-1981



Mike Conway (R-11 TX)

U.S. Army 1970-1972



John Conyers (D-14 MI)

National Guard 1948-1950

U.S. Army 1950-1954

Army Reserve 1954-1957



Robert E. Cramer, Jr. (D-05 AL)

U.S. Army 1972

Army Reserves 1976-1978



Geoff Davis (R-04 KY)

U.S. Army 1980 -1987



Thomas M. Davis (R-11 VA)

U.S. Army 1971-1972

Army Reserves 1972-1979



Nathan Deal (R-09 GA)

U.S. Army 1966-1968



Peter A. DeFazio (D-04 OR)

U.S. Air Force 1967-1971



William D. Delahunt (D-10 MA)

Coast Guard Reserve 1963-1971



John D. Dingell (D-16 MI)

U.S. Army 1945-1946



John F. Duncan, Jr. (R-02 TN)

Army Reserve 1970-1987



Bob Etheridge (D-02 NC)

U.S. Army 1965-1967



Terry Everett (R-02 AL)

U.S. Air Force 1955-1959



#Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R-11 NJ)

U.S. Army 1969-1971



#Wayne T. Gilchrest (R-01 MD)

U.S. Marines 1964-1968



Louie Gohmert (R-01 TX)

U.S. Army 1977-1982



Charles A. Gonzales (D-20 TX)

National Guard 1969-1975



Virgil H. Goode, Jr. (R-05 VA)

National Guard 1969-1975



Bart Gordon (D-6 TN)

US Army Reserve 1971-72



Phil Hare (D-17IL)

Army Reserves 1969-1975



Ralph M. Hall (R-04 TX)

U.S. Navy 1942-1945



Doc Hastings (R-04 WA)

Army Reserves 1964-1969



Maurice Hinchey (D-22 NY)

U.S. Navy 1956-59



David L. Hobson (R-07 OH)

National Guard 1958-1963



#Duncan Hunter (R-52 CA)

U.S. Army 1969-1971



Darrell Issa (R-49 CA)

Army 1970-1972, 1976-1980



William J. Jefferson (D-02 LA)

U.S. Army 1969-1978



#Sam Johnson (R-03 TX)

U.S. Air Force 1951-1979 (POW)



Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R-03 NC)

National Guard 1967-1971



Paul E. Kanjorski (D-11 PA)

U.S. Army 1960-1961



Peter King (R-03 NY)

National Guard 1968-1973



鈥? Mark Kirk (R-10 IL)

Navy Reserve 1989-present



#John Kline (R-02 MN)

USMC 1969-1994



Joseph Knollenberg (R-09 MI)

Army 1955-1957



Ron Lewis (R-02 KY)

U.S. Navy 1973



John Linder (R-7 GA)

US Air Force 1967-69



Edward J. Markey (D-07 MA)

Army Reserves 1968-1973



#James Marshall (D-3 GA)

U.S. Army 1968-1970



Jim McDermott (D-07 WA)

U.S. Navy 1968-1970



Gary Miller (R-42 CA)

Army 1967-1968



Alan Mollohan (D-01 WV)

U.S. Army 1970

Army Reserves 1970-1983



Dennis Moore (D-03 KS)

U.S. Army 1970

Army Reserves 1970-1972



Patrick Murphy (D-08PA)

Army 1999-2004



#John Murtha (D-12 PA)

U.S. Marines 1952-1955, 1966-1967

Marines Reserve 1967-1990



Soloman P. Ortiz (D-27 TX)

U.S. Army 1960-1962



William Pascrell, Jr. (D-08 NJ)

U.S. Army 1961

Army Reserves 1962-1967



Ron Paul (R-14 TX)

U.S. Air Force 1963-1965

National Guard 1965-1968



#Steve Pearce (R-2 NM)

U.S. Air Force 1970-1976



Collin C. Peterson (D-07 MN)

National Guard 1963-1969



John E. Peterson (R-05 PA)

U.S. Army 1957

Army Reserves 1958-1963



#Joseph R. Pitts (R-16 PA)

U.S. Air Force 1963-1969



Ted Poe (R-2 TX)

Air Force Reserve 1970-1976



Jim Ramstad (R-03 MN)

Army Reserves 1968-1974



#Charles B. Rangel (D-15 NY)

U.S. Army 1948-1952



Ralph Regula (R-16 OH)

U.S. Navy 1944-1946



#Silvestre Reyes (D-16 TX)

U.S. Army 1966-1968



Thomas Reynolds (R-26 NY)

National Guard 1970-1976



Harold Rogers (R-05 KY)

National Guard 1957-1964



Mike Rogers (R-8 MI)

US Army 1985-89



Bobby Rush (D-01 IL)

U.S. Army 1963-1968



John Salazar (D-03 CO)

U.S. Army 1973-1976



Robert C. Scott (D-03 VA)

Army Reserves 1970-1974

National Guard 1974-1976



Jose E. Serrano (D-16 NY)

U.S. Army 1964-1966



Joe Sestak(D-07PA)

U.S. Navy [Admiral] 1970-2006



John Shadegg (R-03AZ)

National Guard 1969-1975



John Shimkus (R-19 IL)

U.S. Army 1980-1984

Army Reserves 1987-Present



#Vic Snyder (D-02 AR)

U.S. Marines 1967-1969



John M. Spratt, Jr. (D-05 SC)

U.S. Army 1969-1971



Fortney P. Stark (D-13 CA)

U.S. Air Force 1955-1957



Cliff Stearns (R-06 FL)

U.S. Air Force 1963-1967



John S. Tanner (D-08 TN)

U.S. Navy 1968-1972

National Guard 1974-Present



Gene Taylor (D-04 MS)

Coast Guard Reserve 1971-1984



#Mike Thompson (D-01 CA)

U.S. Army 1969-1972



Edolphus Towns (D-10 NY)

U.S. Army 1956-1958



Tim Walz (D-01MI)

National Guard 1981-2005



Dave Weldon (R-15 FL)

U.S. Army 1981-1987

Army Reserves 1987-1992



Ed Whitfield (R-01 KY)

Army Reserve 1967-1970



Roger F. Wicker (R-01 MS)

U.S. Air Force 1976-1980

Air Force Reserve 1980-Present



Heather A. Wilson (R-01 NM)

U.S. Air Force 1978-1989

*Only woman veteran in Congress.



Joe Wilson (R-2 SC)

National Guard 1972-2003



Frank R. Wolf (R-10 VA)

U.S. Army 1962-1963

Army Reserves 1963-1967



C.W. Bill Young (R-10 FL)

National Guard 1948-1957



Don Young (R-All AK)

U.S. Army 1955-1957



U.S. Senate:



#Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI)

U.S. Army 1943-47

Robert Bennett (R-UT)

National Guard 1957-61

Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)

Army Reserves 1968-74

#Thomas Carper (D-DEL)

U.S. Navy 1968-1973

Navy Reserve 1973-1991

Thad Cochran (R-MS)

U.S. Navy 1959-61

Larry Craig (R-ID)

National Guard 1970-72

Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT)

Army Reserve 1969-75

Michael Enzi (R-WY)

Air National Guard 1967-73

Lindsey Graham (R-SC)

路 U.S. Air Force 1983-1989

National Guard 1989-1994

#Chuck Hagel (R-NE)

U.S. Army 1967-68

Tom Harkins (D-IA)

U.S. Navy 1962-67

Navy Reserve 1968-74

James M. Inhofe (R-OK)

U.S. Army 1954-56

#Daniel Inouye (D-HI)

Medal Of Honor

U.S. Army 1943-47

Johnny Isakson (R-GA)

National Guard 1966-1972

Tim Johnson (D-SD)

U.S. Army 1969-

Edward Kennedy (D-MA)

U.S. Army 1951-53

#John Robert Kerry (D-MA)

U.S. Navy 1966-1970

Herb Kohl (D-WI)

Army Reserve 1958-64



#Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)

Army 1942-1946



Richard Lugar (R-IN)

U.S. Navy 1957-60

#John R. McCain (R-AZ)

U.S. Navy 1958-81

*POW Vietnam 1967-73

Bill Nelson (D-FL)

U.S. Army 1968-1970

Jack Reed (D-RI)

U.S. Army 1967-1969

Pat Roberts (R-KS)

U.S. Marine Corps (1958-62)

Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

Army Reserves 1973-86

Arlen Specter (R-PA)

U.S. Air Force 1951-53

#Ted Stevens (R-AK)

Army Air Corps 1943-46

#John R. Warner (R-VA)

U.S. Navy 1945-46

Marine Corps 1950-52

Marine Corps Reserves 1952-1964

#Jim Webb (D-VA)

U.S. Marine Corps 1964-1972

***'t Sec. of Defense 1984-1987

Secretary of the Navy 1987-1988How many members of congress and the senate have served in the military?These are those who i know of



Duncan Hunter (Ranger in Vietnam)

John Kerry (river patrol in Vietnam)

MC Cain (Fighter pilot in Vietnam)

Bob dole ( I don't remember what war he got his arm messed up in though)



Gorge Bush ( reservist pilot)



I know their are tons more- but thats all i know of.