John Dingell, Sr.
| John D. Dingell Sr. | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 15th district |
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In office March 4, 1933 – September 19, 1955 |
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| Preceded by | District established |
| Succeeded by | John D. Dingell Jr. |
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John David Dingell February 2, 1894 Detroit, Michigan |
| Died | September 19, 1955 (aged 61) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Dearborn, Michigan |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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 is the father of longest serving member of Congress, former U.S. Representative John D. Dingell Jr.
Dingell was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Marie and Joseph A. Dzieglewicz, Polish immigrants. He changed his original surname, meaning, roughly, 'blacksmith', for his campaign for office with the slogan 'Ring (in) with Dingell.' He worked as a newsboy, printer and newspaperman. He had also engaged in the construction of natural gas pipelines, was a wholesale dealer in beef and pork products and an organizer and trustee of Colorado Springs Labor College.
Dingell married Grace Bigler and had three children: John Jr., James, and Julè. Dingell settled his family in Detroit, where he worked as a printer at the Detroit Free Press, helping to organize a union. Dingell was 5-foot-7 and suffered from asthma and tuberculosis, a disease that took the family to Colorado for a time, in hopes of a cure. There, John Jr. was born in 1926. (See Tuberculosis treatment in Colorado Springs).
Following the 1930 U.S. Census, Michigan gained four new seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1932, Dingell was elected as a Democrat from the newly formed 15th District in western Detroit. He was reelected eleven times and served until his death at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., at the age of 61. He is interred at the Holy Sepulchre Mausoleum in Southfield, Michigan.
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