dick gephardt was the longest serving member of the house of representatives.
dick gephardt was the longest serving member of the house of representatives.
who is the longest serving member of the house of representatives?
dick gephardt
in january 1995, john dingell jr. became the dean, or the longest-serving member, of the house and swore in newt gingrich as speaker. john dingell jr. retired from the house of representatives as the longest-serving member of congress in history at 59 years and 21 days and its longest serving dean at 20 years on january 3, 2015, and his wife debbie dingell was elected to succeed him. as of 2018, the three dingells had represented the southeastern michigan area for 86 consecutive years.
john dingell sr.
in total, conyers won re-election twenty-five times and was serving in his twenty-sixth term. he was the longest-serving current member of the house, the longest-serving current member of the entire congress, the third longest-serving member of the house in history, and the sixth longest-serving member of congress in history. he is the second-longest serving member of either house of congress in michigan's history, trailing only his former boss, dingell. he was also the last member of the large democratic freshman class of 1964 who was still serving in the house.
john conyers