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John James Conyers Jr. [a] (May 16, 1929 – October 27, 2019) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. representative from Michigan from 1965 to 2017. Conyers was the sixth-longest serving member of Congress and the longest-serving African American member of Congress in history.
- 1948–1950, 1950–1957
Oct 27, 2019 · DETROIT (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in Detroit despite several scandals, has died. He was 90.
Oct 27, 2019 · The longest-serving black member of the US Congress, John Conyers, has died at home at the age of 90, police in Detroit say. The Democrat resigned under a cloud of sexual harassment allegations...
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Oct 27, 2019 · Long-serving former Democratic Congressman John Conyers Jr., who was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and first introduced Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday, but had...
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Oct 28, 2019 · Former Rep. John Conyers, the longest-serving African-American congressman in American history, died Sunday. The Detroit Democrat, who served from 1965 until a sexual harassment scandal led to...
Oct 27, 2019 · Former Rep. John Conyers, the longest serving African American member of Congress in U.S. history, has died. He was 90 years old.
Oct 27, 2019 · DETROIT — Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back...