16. Longest Serving Independent Member Of Congress
When Bernie became a member of Congress under the House of Representatives in 1990, he became the first Independent Political Party member to get elected since 1950. From this moment, Bernie Sanders has continued to remain an essential part of the Independent Political Party in Congress. Bernie also holds the record of the longest serving Independent Political Party member in Congress in the history of the United States. And with Bernie running for president in 2020, it doesn’t look like he’s going to end his reign any time soon.