# John Dingell, former Congressman, dead at 92 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 8, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-dingell-former-congressman-dead-at-92/829184 "2019-02-08T17:08:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-dingell-former-congressman-dead-at-92/829184/1 "2019-02-08T17:08:01Z")
John Dingell, former Congressman from Michigan has died. He was 92. He was the longest-serving member of Congress on record, serving from December 13, 1955, until January 3, 2015, a span of over 59 years. He was one of the final two World War II veterans to have served in Congress; the other was Texas Representative Ralph Hall, who also left Congress in 2015. Dingell was a longtime member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and chaired the committee for multiple terms. He represented Michigan’s 16th District, a position that was previously held by his father, John Dingell, Sr. Rather than link to a story about his death that will tell you pretty much exactly the above (some of it was copied [directly from his Wikipedia entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dingell)), I will link to an excellent op-ed piece he wrote for The Atlantic last December: [I Served in Congress Longer Than Anyone. Here’s How to Fix It.](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/john-dingell-how-restore-faith-government/577222/)