On December 13, 1955, voters in elected Democrat
John Dingell to the
U.S. House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
. His father,
John Dingell Sr.
John David Dingell Sr. (February 2, 1894 – September 19, 1955) was an American politician who represented Michigan's 15th congressional district from 1933 to 1955. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the father of the longest-serv ...
, was the incumbent and died September 19, 1955. The younger Dingell was the longest-serving representative and went on to elect twenty-six more terms until he retired in
2014
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.
Results
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1954 United States House of Representatives elections
The 1954 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1954 which occurred in the middle of President Dwight Eisenhower's first term. Eisenhower's Republican Party lost eightee ...
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