Members of Congress / John Conyers

CONYERS, John, Jr., a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., May 16, 1929; attended Detroit public schools; B.A., Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., 1957; LL.B., Wayne State Law School, Detroit, Mich., 1958; lawyer, private practice; National Guard, 1948-1950; United States Army, 1950-1954; United States Army Reserves, 1954-1957; staff, United States Representative John D. Dingell, Jr., of Michigan, 1958-1961; general counsel for three labor locals in Detroit, 1959-1964; executive board member, Detroit, Mich., American Civil Liberties Union, 1964 to present; executive board member, Detroit, Mich., NAACP, 1963 to present; referee for Michigan workmen’s compensation department, 1961-1963; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the twenty-one succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-present); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1988 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Alcee Lamar Hastings, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; chair, Committee on Government Operations (One Hundred First through One Hundred Third Congresses); chair, Commitee on the Judiciary (One Hundred Tenth Congress). (Source.)

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· 110th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 14), Democratic. Jan. 4, 2007, to Jan. 3, 2009.
· 109th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 14), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2005, to Jan. 3, 2007.
· 108th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 14), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2003, to Jan. 3, 2005.
· 107th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 14), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2001, to Jan. 3, 2003.
· 106th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 14), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1999, to Jan. 3, 2001.
· 105th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 14), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1997, to Jan. 3, 1999.
· 104th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 14), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 1997.
· 103rd Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 14), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 1), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

See how John Conyers voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.

John Conyers has missed 104 votes (7.0%) during the current Congress. See a list of his missed votes since 1991 or see a full list of vote missers.

John Conyers has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 96.9% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Conyers did not vote. See a list of his votes against his party since 1991, a list of all Representatives in the 110th Congress with a similar score, or a full list of party voters.

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