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Dearborn, Michigan. John David Dingell Sr. (February 2, 1894 – September 19, 1955) was an American politician who represented Michigan's 15th congressional district from 1933 to 1955. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the father of the longest-serving member of Congress, former U.S. Representative John Dingell .
- Grace Blossom Bigler
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Dec 29, 2019 · John Dingell: The Dean Who Made Modern America 1926–2019. AP ... John Sr., a printer by trade and union activist by choice, was elected to Congress in 1932 on Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal ...
Mar 24, 1993 · John Dingell Sr.: A Legacy. As Michael notes, the President’s speech begins with a tribute to John Dingell Sr., a New Deal Congressman who was fighting for universal coverage 65 years ago, and whose son carries on the fight. Here’s a story I wrote on the father and the son, all the way back in the pre-internet-link days of 1993: Los Angeles ...
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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. The Dingells were in Colorado in search of a cure for Dingell Sr.'s tuberculosis. The Dingell surname had been ...
- 1944–1946
- Democratic
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Feb 14, 2019 · Dingell, who died last week at 92, served 59 years in Congress, longer than anyone else in U.S. history.
Feb 7, 2019 · Feb. 7, 2019. John D. Dingell Jr., a powerful and tenacious Michigan Democrat who pushed landmark legislation, exposed corruption in government and became the longest-serving member of Congress in ...
Feb 8, 2019 · John Dingell Sr. was elected to the House in 1932, and stayed in the seat until his death in 1955. John Jr. was not yet 30 at the time. He had enlisted in the Army when he turned 18 and was ...
