John Dingell

John David Dingell, Jr. ( born July 8, 1926 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He is since 1955 member of the House of Representatives of the United States and upholds the congressional district 15 of Michigan.

Life

Dingell studied at Georgetown University in Washington, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1949 and 1952, his JD from the Law School of the University.

He is married to Deborah Dingell.

Political career

In 1955 he was elected in a by-election in the House of Representatives. The by-election was made necessary by the death of his father, Rep. John D. Dingell. At the time of taking office he was age 29, the youngest MPs in the House of Representatives ( Baby of the House ). Dingell was able to defend his seat in the next elections and thus since December 13, 1955 Member of the House of Representatives and is representing the congressional district 15 of Michigan. Since 1995, he is - as the longest-running current MPs belonging to the House of Representatives - Dean of the House. Dingell is owned by the House of Representatives on longer than any other MP in the history of this Parliament chamber. From 1981 to 1995, and from 2007 to 2008 he was chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

John D. Dingell, Sr. United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce Michigan Territory William Woodbridge Solomon Sibley Gabriel Richard Austin Eli Wing John Biddle (Michigan politician) George W. Jones Isaac E. Crary Jacob M. Howard Robert McClelland (American politician) Alexander W. Buel Ebenezer J. Penniman David Stuart (Michigan politician) William Alanson Howard George B. Cooper Bradley F. Granger Fernando C. Beaman Henry Waldron Moses W. Field Alpheus S. Williams John Stoughton Newberry Henry W. Lord William C. Maybury John Logan Chipman Levi T. Griffin John Blaisdell Corliss Alfred Lucking Edwin Denby (politician) Frank Ellsworth Doremus George P. Codd Robert H. Clancy John B. Sosnowski George G. Sadowski Rudolph G. Tenerowicz Lucien N. Nedzi John Conyers Bart Stupak John Smith Chipman Edward Bradley (politician) Charles E. Stuart David A. Noble Charles Upson William L. Stoughton Edwin Willits Nathaniel B. Eldredge Edward P. Allen James S. Gorman George Spalding Henry C. Smith Charles E. Townsend William Wedemeyer Mark R. Bacon Earl C. Michener John C. Lehr George Meader Weston E. Vivian Bill Huizenga James B. Hunt James L. Conger Samuel Clark David S. Walbridge Francis William Kellogg John W. Longyear Austin Blair George Willard Jonas H. McGowan Edward S. Lacey Alfred Milnes Albert M. Todd Washington Gardner John M. C. Smith Arthur B. Williams Joseph L. Hooper Henry M. Kimball Verner Main Paul W. Shafer August E. Johansen Paul H. Todd, Jr. Garry E. Brown Howard Wolpe Paul B. Henry Vern Ehlers Hestor L. Stevens George Washington Peck DeWitt C. Leach Rowland E. Trowbridge Thomas W. Ferry Wilder D. Foster Allen Potter Edwin W. Keightley George L. Yaple Henry F. Thomas Edward L. Hamilton John C. Ketcham George Ernest Foulkes Clare Hoffman J. Edward Hutchinson David Stockman Mark D. Siljander Fred Upton Augustus C. Baldwin William B. Williams (politician) John W. Stone George W. Webber Julius Houseman Charles C. Comstock Melbourne H. Ford Charles E. Belknap George F. Richardson William Alden Smith Edwin F. Sweet Carl E. Mapes Bartel J. Jonkman Gerald Ford Richard Vander Veen Harold S. Sawyer James A. Barcia Dale Kildee Dan Kildee John F. Driggs Randolph Strickland Jabez G. Sutherland George H. Durand Mark S. Brewer Oliver L. Spaulding Edwin B. Winans (politician) Byron G. Stout David D. Aitken Samuel William Smith Patrick H. Kelley Grant M. Hudson Seymour H. Person Claude E. Cady William W. Blackney Andrew J. Transue Kit Clardy Donald Hayworth Charles E. Chamberlain Milton Robert Carr James Whitney Dunn John Tyler Rich Ezra C. Carleton Justin Rice Whiting Horace G. Snover Edgar Weeks Henry McMorran Jesse P. Wolcott Robert J. McIntosh John C. Mackie Donald W. Riegle, Jr. Nick Smith (U.S. politician) Joe Schwarz Tim Walberg Mark Schauer Nathan B. Bradley Charles C. Ellsworth Roswell G. Horr Timothy E. Tarsney Henry M. Youmans William S. Linton Ferdinand Brucker Bird J. Vincent Michael J. Hart Fred L. Crawford Alvin Morell Bentley R. James Harvey J. Bob Traxler Dick Chrysler Debbie Stabenow Mike Rogers (Michigan politician) Jay Abel Hubbell Byron M. Cutcheon Harrison H. Wheeler John W. Moon Roswell P. Bishop James C. McLaughlin Harry W. Musselwhite Albert J. Engel Ruth Thompson Guy Vander Jagt Joe Knollenberg Gary Peters (politician) Herschel H. Hatch Spencer O. Fisher Frank W. Wheeler Thomas A. E. Weadock Rousseau Owen Crump Henry H. Aplin George A. Loud Roy O. Woodruff Gilbert A. Currie Elford Albin Cederberg Bill Schuette Edward Breitung Seth C. Moffatt Henry W. Seymour Samuel M. Stephenson John Avery (politician) Archibald B. Darragh Francis H. Dodds Francis O. Lindquist Frank D. Scott Frank P. Bohn Prentiss M. Brown John F. Luecke Frederick Van Ness Bradley Charles E. Potter Victor A. Knox Raymond F. Clevenger Philip Ruppe Robert William Davis David Curson Carlos D. Shelden H. Olin Young William Josiah MacDonald W. Frank James Frank Eugene Hook John B. Bennett Charles Archibald Nichols Clarence J. McLeod Vincent M. Brennan Howard A. Coffin George W. Crockett, Jr. Barbara-Rose Collins William D. Ford Lynn N. Rivers Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Hansen Clarke Carl M. Weideman Louis C. Rabaut Harold F. Youngblood Harold M. Ryan Dennis M. Hertel John Lesinski, Sr. John Lesinski, Jr. Charles G. Oakman Martha Griffiths William M. Brodhead William Broomfield Robert J. Huber James Blanchard Neil Staebler Billie S. Farnum Jack H. McDonald Integrated Authority File

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