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Early life, education, and early career. Dingell was born on July 8, 1926, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the son of Grace (née Bigler) and John Dingell Sr. (1894–1955). His father was the son of Polish immigrants, and his mother had Swiss and Scots-Irish ancestry.
- 1944–1946
- Democratic
- 4, including Christopher
Dec 29, 2019 · Board of Education deemed “separate but equal” unconstitutional; he remained in office into the second term of the nation’s first black president. His 59 years in Congress are the most of anyone...
Feb 14, 2019 · WASHINGTON — Longtime Rep. John Dingell was remembered Thursday as “one of the greats” and “a world-class doer” as lawmakers, longtime colleagues and a former president hailed his...
His father, John Dingell Sr., held Michigan's 12th district for 22 years before his son won it. Altogether, the Dingells have represented this district and its predecessors for 89 consecutive years as of 2021.
- John Dingell, Sr. (father-in-law)
Dingell, a teenage congressional page, was on the floor of the U.S. House when President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for a declaration of war on Japan, saying the attack on Pearl Harbor a day...
Feb 7, 2019 · John David Dingell Jr. was an American politician from the state of Michigan who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1955 until 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Dingell holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress in American history.
Feb 8, 2019 · After a brief stint in the Army near the end of World War II, the younger Dingell earned his bachelor’s and law degrees from Georgetown University. Following the sudden death of his father in...
