John Dingell
United States Representative from Michigan's 15th district
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 3, 1955–
Preceded by	John D. Dingell, Sr.
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	July 8, 1926 Colorado Springs, Colorado
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Debbie Dingell
Religion	Roman Catholic

Rep. Dingell with President Kennedy

Dingell sworn in by Speaker Rayburn in 1955

John David Dingell, Jr. (born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 8, 1926) is a Democratic United States Representative from Michigan and is currently the Dean (longest-serving member) of the House of Representatives. Since 1955, he has represented a district in the western suburbs of Detroit, currently numbered as the 15th district. Image File history File links John_dingell. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is the lower of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... United States House of Representatives, Michigan District 15 is a district in parts of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Wayne County, Michigan and the entirety of Monroe County, Michigan, encompassing the southwest suburbs of Detroit such as Romulus, Taylor, Inkster, and Dearborn Heights. ... // In politics The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John David Dingell, Sr. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Nickname: The Springs Location in the state of Colorado Coordinates: County El Paso Mayor Lionel Rivera Area    - City 482. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Image File history File linksMetadata John_D_Dingel&Jfk. ... Image File history File linksMetadata John_D_Dingel&Jfk. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Rayburn_dingell. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Rayburn_dingell. ... Nickname: The Springs Location in the state of Colorado Coordinates: County El Paso Mayor Lionel Rivera Area    - City 482. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... The Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives is the longest-serving (in consecutive terms) member of the United States House of Representatives, at present John Dingell. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is the lower of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... United States House of Representatives, Michigan District 15 is a district in parts of Washtenaw County, Michigan, Wayne County, Michigan and the entirety of Monroe County, Michigan, encompassing the southwest suburbs of Detroit such as Romulus, Taylor, Inkster, and Dearborn Heights. ...

With the Democrats' victory in the 2006 midterm elections, Dingell is all but assured of becoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a panel he previously chaired from 1981 to 1995. He is known by the friendly nickname, Big John. 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The U.S. House Commerce Committee on Energy and Commerce residing at 2125 Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC is the oldest (208 years) legislative standing committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Biography

Congressional career

Dingell is of Polish and Scots-Irish descent. His father, John D. Dingell, Sr. (1894-1955), represented the 15th District from 1933 to 1955. He is married to Deborah Insley Dingell. Scots-Irish (also called Scotch-Irish, primarily in the USA) is an Irish ethnic group which ultimately traces its roots back to Scotland. ... John David Dingell, Sr. ...

John, Jr. attended the Capitol Page School in Washington, D.C. as well as Georgetown Preparatory School and was a page for the U.S. House of Representatives from 1938 to 1943. In 1944, at the age of 18, Dingell joined the United States Army. He rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant and received orders to take part in the first wave of a planned invasion of Japan in November of 1945; the Congressman has said President Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb to end the war 'saved' his life (Congressional website bio). Georgetown Preparatory School, situated approximately 5 miles from the Washington DC border on 90 acres at 10900 Rockville Pike in North Bethesda, Maryland, is an independent, Jesuit college-preparatory school for young men in grades nine through 12. ... It has been suggested that United States Army values be merged into this article or section. ...

He then attended Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated in law in 1952. He was a lawyer in private practice, a research assistant to U.S. Circuit Court judge Theodore Levin, a Congressional employee, a forest ranger, and assistant prosecuting attorney for Wayne County until 1955, when John, Sr. died and John, Jr. won a special election to succeed him. Georgetown University, incorporated as the The President and Directors of the College of Georgetown, is a private university in the United States, located in Georgetown, a historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded on January 23, 1789 by Archbishop John Carroll, it is both the oldest Roman Catholic and oldest... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Federal District District of Columbia Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D) Ward 2: Jack Evans... Theodore Levin (February 18, 1897–December 31, 1970) was a prominent immigration lawyer and U.S. federal jurist who served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1946 until his death in 1970. ... Wayne County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. ...

He won the seat in his own right in 1956 and has been reelected 26 times, including a run in 2006 with no major opponent. Between them, he and his father have represented this area for 73 years.

His district was numbered as the 15th District from 1955 to 1965, when redistricting merged it into the Dearborn-based 16th District; in the primary that year, he defeated 16th District incumbent John Lesinski, Jr. Location in Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County Mayor John B. O’Reilly, Jr. ...

In 2002, redistricting merged Dingell's 16th District with the Washtenaw County and western Wayne County-based 15th District, represented by fellow Democrat Lynn Rivers, who Dingell also bested in the Democratic primary. The current 15th District ([1]) includes Wayne County suburbs generally southwest of Detroit, the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti areas in Washtenaw County, and all of Monroe County. For many years, Dingell represented a large portion of Detroit itself, though Detroit's declining population and the growth of its suburbs has pushed all of Detroit into the districts of fellow Democrats John Conyers and Carolyn Kilpatrick. Washtenaw County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Wayne County is the name of a number of counties in the United States of America, some named for the American Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne: Wayne County, Georgia Wayne County, Illinois Wayne County, Indiana Wayne County, Iowa Wayne County, Kentucky Wayne County, Michigan (most common references) Wayne County, Missouri... Lynn Nancy Rivers (born December 19, 1956) is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Wayne County is the name of a number of counties in the United States of America, some named for the American Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne: Wayne County, Georgia Wayne County, Illinois Wayne County, Indiana Wayne County, Iowa Wayne County, Kentucky Wayne County, Michigan (most common references) Wayne County, Missouri... For the railroad company, see Ann Arbor Railroad. ... Water Tower and Statue of Demetrius Ypsilanti Ypsilanti (Ǐp-sǐ-lǎn-tē) is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... John Conyers, Jr. ... Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (born June 25, American politician, has been a Democrat member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing the 13th District of Michigan. ...

Dingell has always won reelection by double-digit margins, although the increasing conservatism of the white suburbs of Detroit since the 1970s led to several serious Republican challenges in the 1990s. However, he has won his last two elections with over 70 percent of the vote. With the retirement of Jamie L. Whitten at the start of a new Congress in January 1995, he became the longest-serving member in Congress. He is one of three people to serve in the House for 50 years, the others being Whitten and Carl Vinson. On Valentine's Day, 2006, Dingell became the second-longest serving member of the House, surpassing Vinson. If he is still serving in 2009, he will surpass Whitten's record for tenure in the House. The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Jamie Lloyd Whitten (April 18, 1910 – September 9, 1995) was a United States Representative from Mississippi. ... Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883_June 1, 1981) was a Democratic United States Congressman from Georgia who served for over fifty years in the U.S. House. ...

Dingell is generally classed as a liberal Democrat, and throughout his career he has been a leading congressional supporter of organized labor, of social welfare measures and of traditional progressive policies. At the beginning of every Congress, Dingell introduces a bill providing for a national health insurance system, the same bill that his father proposed while he was in Congress. However, he was a strong proponent of Bill Clinton's managed-care proposal early in his administration. A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a group of workers who act collectively to address common issues. ... ... Progressivism is a term that refers to a broad school of contemporary international social and political philosophies. ... William Bill Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ...

Rep. Dingell & Rep. Rahm Emanuel sharing pączki

On some issues, though, he reflects the conservative values of his largely Catholic and working-class district. He was a supporter of the Vietnam War until 1971. Although he supported the Johnson Administration's civil rights bills, he opposed campaigns to expand school desegregation to the Detroit suburbs via mandatory busing. He takes a moderately conservative position on abortion. He has voted against clean air bills if these appear to threaten Detroit's automobile industry. Image File history File links Dingell_Emanuel_Paczki. ... Image File history File links Dingell_Emanuel_Paczki. ... Rahm Emanuel (born November 29, 1959) is an American politician. ... LUKASZ WOLOSYZN ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Desegregation is the process of ending racial segregation, most commonly used in reference to the United States. ... Forced busing is the concept of achieving racial or economic integration in United States public schools by transporting schoolchildren to schools outside their area of residence. ...

An avid sportsman and hunter, he strongly opposes gun control, and is a former board member of the National Rifle Association. For many years, Dingell has received an A+ rating from the NRA. A sport consists of a normal physical activity or skill carried out under a publicly agreed set of rules, and with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of skill, or some combination of these. ... Hunting is, in its most general sense, the pursuit of a target. ... Gun politics in the United States Constitutional issues The private ownership of guns is an especially contentious political topic in the United States, where the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states: The meaning of this text remains fiercely debated, with some saying that the amendment only refers to... National Rifle Association logo This article concerns the National Rifle Association of the USA. For the UK organisation, see National Rifle Association, UK The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit group for the promotion of marksmanship, firearm safety, and the protection of hunting and personal protection firearm...

The political analyst Michael Barone wrote of Dingell in 2002: Michael Barone Michael Barone is a political expert and commentator. ...

"There is something grand about the range of Dingell's experience and about his adherence to his philosophy over a very long career. He is an old-fashioned social Democrat who knows that most voters don't agree with his goals of a single-payer national health insurance plan but presses forward toward that goal as far as he can. "It's hard to believe that there was once no Social Security or Medicare", he says. "The Dingell family helped change that. My father worked on Social Security and for national health insurance, and I sat in the chair and presided over the House as Medicare passed (in 1965). I went with Lyndon Johnson for the signing of Medicare at the Harry S. Truman Library, and I have successfully fought efforts to privatize Social Security and Medicare". Whether you agree or disagree, the social democratic tradition is one of the great traditions in our history, and John Dingell has fought for it for a very long time."

On December 13, 2005, Dingell was honored at the White House with a Presidential lunch for his 50th anniversary. On December 15, 2005, Rep. Dingell read on the floor of the House a poem sharply critical of, among other things, Fox News, Bill O'Reilly and the so-called "War on Christmas" ([2]). Social Security, in the United States, refers to the Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. ... President Johnson signing the Medicare amendment. ... Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884–December 26, 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953); as Vice President, he succeeded to the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fox News Channels slogan is We Report, You Decide The Fox News Channel is a U.S. cable and satellite news channel. ... William James Bill OReilly, Jr. ... A Macys storefront in San Francisco, California during December of 2004. ...

Energy and Commerce chairman

During his first stint as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Dingell was regarded by analysts as one of the four or five most powerful members of the House.

Dingell was well known, and often feared, for his vigorous approach to oversight. He hung a portrait of the Earth near his committee's hearing room, and pointed to it when asked about his committee's jurisdiction. He subpoenaed numerous high government officials to testify before the committee and grilled them for hours. He insisted that anyone testifying before his committee do so under oath, thus exposing them to perjury charges if they didn't tell the truth. His committee uncovered numerous instances of corruption and waste, such as the use of $600 toilet seats at the Pentagon. Dingell takes credit for forcing the resignations of many Food and Drug Administration officials, and sending many Environmental Protection Agency officials to jail. The doctrine and practice of dispersing political power and creating mutual accountability between political entities such as the courts, the president or prime minister, the legislature, and the citizens. ... Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements on a material matter under oath or affirmation in a court of law or in any of various sworn statements in writing. ... The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located at 48 N. Rotary Road, Arlington, Virginia 22211 (Map). ... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for regulating food (humans and animal), dietary supplements, drugs (human and animal), cosmetics, medical devices (human and animal) and radiation emitting devices (including non-medical devices), biologics, and... EPA redirects here. ...

After serving as the committee's ranking Democrat for 12 years, Dingell is poised to regain the chairmanship. He told Newsweek that he wants to investigate the Bush Administration's handling of port security, the Medicare prescription drug program and Dick Cheney's energy task force. [3] The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Richard Bruce Dick Cheney (born January 30, 1941) is the 46th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President George W. Bush. ...

The Baltimore case

In the 1980s Dingell led a series of congressional hearings to pursue alleged scientific fraud by Thereza Imanishi-Kari and Nobel Prize-winner David Baltimore. Although the scientists were later exonerated, the hearings and negative publicity surrounding them forced David Baltimore to resign as president of Rockefeller University and caused Imanishi-Kari to lose a tenure-track position. Thereza Imanishi-Kari Thereza Imanishi-Kari (b. ... David Baltimore (b. ... Founders Hall Rockefeller University is a private university focusing primarily on graduate and postgraduate education research in the biomedical fields, located between 63rd and 68th Streets along York Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan island in New York City, New York. ...

The story of the case is described in Daniel Kevles' book The Baltimore Case ^[1] and the book "The Great Betrayal : Fraud in Science" by Horace Freeland Judson^[2]

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• Congressional website
• Campaign website
• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Michigan Democratic Party
• Michigan Liberal's 15th Congressional District section
• Dingell's account of his civil rights record
• 2004 campaign finance data