JOHN DINGELL BECOMES THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER OF CONGRESS

JOHN DAVID DINGELL, JR. 

REP. JOHN DINGELL 

(D-Michigan) 

roughly halfway through his career in 

the U.S. House of Representatives 

Published in the August 13, 1984 issue of 

BUSINESS WEEK (p. 65) 

Today Rep. Dingell becomes the longest-serving member of the U.S. Congress (trumping former Senator Robert Byrd), having first won an election to replace his deceased father, Rep. John David Dingell, Sr., on December 13, 1955.  There are many tributes and lists of accomplishments.  See here and here and here and here and here.  For another photograph, see here. 

New:  Two accounts of the party honoring Dingell, June 13, 2013, can be found here ("Leave it to John Dingell to bring left and right together, if only for a little bit") and here "a heartfelt ceremony" capped by Mary Wilson of the Supremes -- and friends -- singing "Stop! In the Name of Love."