Military Service
This is a list of members of Congress and governors who have served in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force or Coast Guard. It includes members and governors who have served in the National Guard or the Reserves.
| Senate (11 R, 13 D) | |||
| Member | Party | State | Branch and Years |
| Daniel Akaka | D | Hawaii | Army Corps of Engineers, 1945-47 |
| Robert Bennett | R | Utah | Chaplain, Army Natl. Guard, 1957-60 |
| Jeff Bingaman | D | N.M. | Army Res., 1968-74 |
| Thomas Carper | D | Del. | Navy, 1968-73; Naval Res., 1973-91 |
| Thad Cochran | R | Miss. | Navy, 1959-61 |
| Christopher Dodd | D | Conn. | Army Res., 1969-75 |
| Michael Enzi | R | Wyo. | Wyo. Natl. Guard, 1967-73 |
| Lindsey Graham | R | S.C. | Air Force, 1982-88; S.C. Air Natl. Guard, 1989-94; Air Force Res., 1995-present |
| Tom Harkin | D | Iowa | Navy, 1962-67; Naval Res., 1969-72 |
| James Inhofe | R | Okla. | Army, 1957-58 |
| Daniel Inouye | D | Hawaii | Army, 1943-47 |
| Johnny Isakson | R | Ga. | Ga. Air Natl. Guard, 1966-72 |
| John Kerry | D | Mass. | Navy, 1966-70; Naval Res. 1970-78 |
| Herb Kohl | D | Wis. | Army Res., 1958-64 |
| Frank Lautenberg | D | N.J. | Army Signal Corps, 1942-46 |
| Richard Lugar | R | Ind. | Navy, 1957-60 |
| John McCain | R | Ariz. | Navy, 1958-80 |
| Bill Nelson | D | Fla. | Army, 1968-70; Army Res., 1965-71 |
| Jack Reed | D | R.I. | Army, 1967-79; Army Res., 1979-91 |
| Pat Roberts | R | Kan. | Marines, 1958-62 |
| Jeff Sessions | R | Ala. | Army Res., 1973-86 |
| Arlen Specter | D | Pa. | Air Force, 1951-53 |
| Jim Webb | D | Va. | Marines, 1968-72 |
| Roger Wicker | R | Miss. | Air Force, 1976-80; Air Force Reserve, 1980-present |
| House (48 R, 48 D) | |||
| Member | Party | State | Branch and Years |
| Todd Akin | R | Mo. | Army Res., 1972-80 |
| Rodney Alexander | R | La. | Air Force Res., 1965-71 |
| Joe Baca | D | Calif. | Army, 1966-68 |
| Spencer Bachus | R | Ala. | Natl. Guard, 1969-71 |
| Gresham Barrett | R | S.C. | Army, 1983-87 |
| Sanford Bishop | D | Ga. | Army, 1970-71 |
| John Boccieri | D | Ohio | Air Force Res., 1994-present |
| John Boehner | R | Ohio | Navy, 1969 |
| Leonard Boswell | D | Iowa | Army, 1956-76 |
| Allen Boyd | D | Fla. | Army, 1969-71 |
| Paul Broun | R | Ga. | Marine Res., 1964-67; Naval Res., 1967-73; Ga. Air Natl. Guard, 1972-73; Air Force Res., 1973-88 |
| Henry Brown | R | S.C. | S.C. Natl. Guard, 1953-62 |
| Vern Buchanan | R | Fla. | Mich. Air Natl. Guard, 1970-76 |
| Dan Burton | R | Ind. | Army, 1956-57; Army Res., 1957-62 |
| G.K. Butterfield | D | N.C. | Army, 1968-70 |
| Steve Buyer | R | Ind. | Army, 1984-87, 1990-91; Army Res., 1980-84, 1987-present |
| Christopher Carney | D | Pa. | Naval Res., 1995-present |
| Howard Coble | R | N.C. | Coast Guard, 1952-56, 1977-78; Coast Guard Res., 1960-81 |
| Mike Coffman | R | Colo. | Army, 1972-79; Marines, 1979-94, 2005-06 |
| Mike Conaway | R | Texas | Army, 1970-72 |
| John Conyers | D | Mich. | Natl. Guard, 1948-50; Army, 1950-54; Army Res., 1954-57 |
| Geoff Davis | R | Ky. | Army, 1976-87 |
| Nathan Deal | R | Ga. | Army, 1966-68 |
| Peter DeFazio | D | Ore. | Air Force, 1967-71 |
| Bill Delahunt | D | Mass. | Coast Guard, 1963; Coast Guard Res., 1963-71 |
| John Dingell | D | Mich. | Army, 1944-46 |
| John Duncan | R | Tenn. | Army Natl. Guard & Army Res., 1970-87 |
| Bob Etheridge | D | N.C. | Army, 1965-67 |
| Eni F.H. Faleomavaega | D | Am. Samoa | Army, 1966-69 |
| John Fleming | R | La. | Navy, 1976-82 |
| Rodney Frelinghuysen | R | N.J. | Army, 1969-71 |
| Louie Gohmert | R | Texas | Army, 1978-82 |
| Charles Gonzalez | D | Texas | Texas Air Natl. Guard, 1969-75 |
| Bart Gordon | D | Tenn. | Army Res., 1971-72 |
| Parker Griffith | D | Ala. | Va. Army Res., 1970-73 |
| Brett Guthrie | R | Ky. | Army, 1987-2001 |
| Ralph Hall | R | Texas | Navy, 1942-45 |
| Phil Hare | D | Ill. | Army Res., 1969-75 |
| Doc Hastings | R | Wash. | Army Res., 1964-69 |
| Maurice Hinchey | D | N.Y. | Navy, 1956-59 |
| Duncan Hunter | R | Calif. | Marines, 2002-05; Marine Res, 2005-present |
| Darrell Issa | R | Calif. | Army, 1970-72, 1976-80 |
| Sam Johnson | R | Texas | Air Force, 1950-79 |
| Walter Jones | R | N.C. | N.C. Natl Guard, 1967-71 |
| Paul Kanjorski | D | Pa. | Army Res., 1960-61 |
| Peter King | R | N.Y. | Army Natl. Guard, 1968-73 |
| Mark Kirk | R | Ill. | U.S. Naval Res., 1989-present |
| John Kline | R | Minn. | Marines, 1969-94 |
| John Linder | R | Ga. | Air Force, 1967-69 |
| Edward Markey | D | Mass. | Army Res., 1968-73 |
| Jim Marshall | D | Ga. | Army, 1968-70 |
| Eric Massa | D | N.Y. | Navy, 1977-2001 |
| Jim McDermott | D | Wash. | U.S. Navy Medical Corps, 1968-70 |
| Gary Miller | R | Calif. | Army, 1967 |
| Walt Minnick | D | Idaho | Army, 1970-72 |
| Alan Mollohan | D | W.Va. | Army, 1970; Army Res., 1970-83 |
| Dennis Moore | D | Kan. | Army, 1970; Army Res., 1971-73 |
| Patrick Murphy | D | Pa. | Army, 1996-2004; Army Res., 2004-present |
| John Murtha | D | Pa. | Marines, 1952-55, 1966-67; Marine Res., 1955-66, 1967-90 |
| Pete Olson | R | Texas | Navy, 1988-98; Naval Res., 1998-present |
| Solomon Ortiz | D | Texas | Army, 1960-62 |
| Bill Pascrell | D | N.J. | Army, 1961; Army Res., 1962-67 |
| Ron Paul | R | Texas | Flight surgeon, Air Force, 1963-68 |
| Gary Peters | D | Mich. | Naval Res., 1993-2005 |
| Collin Peterson | D | Minn. | Army Natl. Guard, 1963-69 |
| Joe Pitts | R | Pa. | Air Force, 1963-69 |
| Ted Poe | R | Texas | Air Force Res., 1970-76 |
| Charles Rangel | D | N.Y. | Army, 1948-52 |
| Dave Reichert | R | Wash. | Air Force Res., 1971-76 |
| Silvestre Reyes | D | Texas | Army, 1966-68 |
| Phil Roe | R | Tenn. | Army, 1973-74 |
| Harold Rogers | R | Ky. | Army Natl. Guard, 1957-64 |
| Mike Rogers | R | Mich. | Army, 1985-88 |
| Tom Rooney | R | Fla. | Army JAG, 2000-04; Army Res., 2004-07 |
| Bobby Rush | D | Ill. | Army, 1963-68 |
| Del. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | D | Northern Mariana Islands | Army, 1981-86 |
| John Salazar | D | Colo. | Army Criminal Investigations Unit, 1973-76 |
| Bobby Scott | D | Va. | Army Natl. Guard, 1970-73; Army Res., 1973-76 |
| José Serrano | D | N.Y. | Army Medical Corps, 1964-66 |
| Joe Sestak | D | Pa. | Navy, 1974-2005 |
| John Shadegg | R | Ariz. | Air Natl. Guard, 1969-75 |
| John Shimkus | R | Ill. | Army, 1980-85; Army Res., 1985-2008 |
| Vic Snyder | D | Ark. | Marines, 1967-69 |
| John Spratt | D | S.C. | Army Operations, U.S. Dept. of Defense, 1969-71 |
| Pete Stark | D | Calif. | Air Force, 1955-57 |
| Cliff Stearns | R | Fla. | Air Force, 1963-67 |
| John Tanner | D | Tenn. | Navy, 1968-72; Tenn. Natl. Guard, 1974-2000 |
| Gene Taylor | D | Miss. | Coast Guard Res., 1971-84 |
| Mike Thompson | D | Calif. | Army, 1969-73 |
| Edolphus Towns | D | N.Y. | Army, 1956-58 |
| Tim Walz | D | Minn. | Army Natl. Guard, 1981-2005 |
| Ed Whitfield | R | Ky. | Army Res., 1967-73 |
| Joe Wilson | R | S.C. | Army Res., 1972-75; S.C. Natl. Guard, 1975-2003 |
| Frank Wolf | R | Va. | Army, 1962-63; Army Res., 1963-67 |
| Bill Young | R | Fla. | Army Natl. Guard, 1948-57 |
| Don Young | R | Alaska | Army, 1955-57 |
| Governors (6R, 5D) | |||
| Member | Party | State | Branch and Years |
| Mike Beebe | D | Ark. | Army Res., 1968-74 |
| Steve Beshear | D | Ky. | Army Res., 1969-75 |
| Jon Corzine | D | N.J. | Marine Res., 1969-75 |
| Jim Gibbons | R | Nev. | Air Force, 1967-71; Nev. Air Natl. Guard, 1975-96 |
| Dave Heineman | R | Neb. | Army Ranger, 1970-75 |
| Ted Kulongoski | D | Ore. | Marines, 1959-63 |
| C.L. "Butch" Otter | R | Idaho | Idaho Natl. Guard, 1967-73 |
| Sonny Perdue | R | Ga. | Air Force, 1971-74 |
| Rick Perry | R | Texas | Air Force, 1972-77 |
| Ed Rendell | D | Pa. | Army Res., 1968-74 |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | R | Calif. | Austrian Army, 1965-66 |
