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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-seven succeeding Congresses (December 13,
1955-present); chair, Committee on Energy and Commerce (Ninety-seventh through
One Hundred Third Congresses and One Hundred Tenth Congress).
BibliographyAdams, Harreld S. The Dingell-Lesinski 1964 Primary Race.
Western Political Quarterly 19 (December 1966): 688-96.
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