Members of Congress / John Dingell

DINGELL, John David, Jr., (son of John David Dingell), a Representative from Michigan; born in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colo., July 8, 1926; attended Capitol Page School, Washington, D.C., and Georgetown Preparatory School, Garrett Park, Md.; Page, United States House of Representatives, 1938-1943; B.S., Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1949; J.D., Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C., 1952; United States Army, 1944-1946; lawyer, private practice; research assistant, United States Circuit Judge Theodore Levin, 1952-1953; assistant prosecuting attorney of Wayne County, Mich., 1954-1955; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1956, 1960, 1968, 1980 and 1984; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, United States Representative John D. Dingell, Sr., reelected to the twenty-six succeeding Congresses (December 13, 1955-present); chair, Committee on Energy and Commerce (Ninety-seventh through One Hundred Third Congresses and One Hundred Tenth Congress). (Source.)

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· 110th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 15), Democratic. Jan. 4, 2007, to Jan. 3, 2009.
· 109th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 15), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2005, to Jan. 3, 2007.
· 108th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 15), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2003, to Jan. 3, 2005.
· 107th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 16), Democratic. Jan. 3, 2001, to Jan. 3, 2003.
· 106th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 16), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1999, to Jan. 3, 2001.
· 105th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 16), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1997, to Jan. 3, 1999.
· 104th Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 16), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1995, to Jan. 3, 1997.
· 103rd Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 16), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, Michigan (Dist. 16), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

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

John Dingell has missed 58 votes (3.9%) during the current Congress. See a list of his missed votes since 1991 or see a full list of vote missers.

John Dingell has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 96.8% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Dingell 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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