The Library of Congress > LCCN Permalink

View this record in:  MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)External Link

Dingell, John D

LC control no.nr2006019463
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingDingell, John D.
    Browse this term in  LC Authorities  or the  LC Catalog
Variant(s)Dingell, Mr. (John D.)
LocatedDetroit (Mich.) Washington (D.C.)
Birth date1926-07-08
Death date2019-02-07
Place of birthColorado Springs (Colo.)
Place of deathDearborn (Mich.)
Field of activityLegislation
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. House
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators
Special noteNot the same as: Dingell, John D. (John David), 1894-1955
Found inU.S. Cong. House. Comm. on Energy and Commerce. Program of the Committee on Energy and Commerce for the 97th Congress, 1981 (a.e.) t.p. (Mr. Dingell) verso t.p. (John D. Dingell, Congressman from Michigan)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Aug. 18, 2010 (Dingell, John David, Jr., (son of John David Dingell), a Representative from Mich.; b. July 8, 1926; memb. of Congress, elected as a Democrat to the 84th Cong., by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, United States Representative John D. Dingell, Sr., reelected to the 27 succeeding Congresses (Dec. 13, 1955-January 3, 2015))
New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 8, 2019 (in obituary published Feb. 7: John D. Dingell Jr.; b. John David Dingell Jr., July 8, 1926, Colorado Springs, where his parents had gone to search for a cure for his father's tuberculosis; they soon moved back to Michigan, , and John Sr. won his House seat; John Jr. and his siblings were raised in Detroit and Washington; d. Thursday [Feb. 7, 2019], Dearborn, Mich., aged 92; powerful and tenacious Michigan Democrat who pushed landmark legislation, exposed corruption in government, and became the longest-serving member of Congress in American history)
Associated languageeng