◼ 29-Term Congressman Retiring Because ‘I Don’t Want People to Say I Stayed Too Long’ - Bridget Johnson/PJM
Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), who turns 88 years old in July, has served in the House for 58 years and 29 terms.
“I’m not going to be carried out feet first,” Dingell told the Detroit News. “I don’t want people to say I stayed too long.”
◼ John Dingell, longest serving U.S. representative, to retire - Detroit Free Press
With Dingell’s departure at the end of the current term in early January, the longest-serving active member of Congress will be another Michigander, U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, who once worked for Dingell and has been in the House since 1965.
