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family groupings listed on
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These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
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John David Dingell (1894-1955) —
also known as John D. Dingell —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
2, 1894.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Michigan 15th District, 1933-55; died in
office 1955; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1952;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; International
Typographical Union.
Died at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., September
19, 1955 (age 61 years, 229
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Mich.
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John David Dingell Jr. (1926-2019) —
also known as John D. Dingell; "Big John";
"The Truck" —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.; Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., July 8,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1955-2003 (15th District 1955-65,
16th District 1965-2003, 15th District 2003); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1960,
1968,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Catholic.
Polish
and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Polish
Legion of American Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus; National Rifle
Association.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich., February
7, 2019 (age 92 years, 214
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Grace Blossom (Bigler) Dingell and John
David Dingell; married 1952 to Helen
Henebry; married 1981 to Deborah
Ann Insley; father of Christopher
D. Dingell. |
|  | Political family: Dingell
family of Detroit, Michigan. |
|  | Cross-reference: Doug
Ross |
|  | John Dingell Drive,
in Detroit Metro Airport,
Romulus,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The John D. Dingell VA
Medical Center, in Detroit,
Michigan, is named for
him. — The John D. Dingell Jr. Memorial Bridges,
which take Stadium Boulevard over State Street and the Ann Arbor
Railroad tracks, in Ann Arbor,
Michigan, are named for
him. |
|  | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|  | Image source: Michigan Manual
1957-58 |
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Deborah Insley Dingell (b. 1953) —
also known as Debbie Dingell; Deborah Ann
Insley —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., November
23, 1953.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008,
2012;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; member of Democratic
National Committee from Michigan, 2004-08; member of Wayne State
University board of governors; elected 2006; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 2015-.
Female.
Still living as of 2021.
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Christopher D. Dingell —
of Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state senate 7th District; elected 1994, 1998; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 2003-.
Still living as of 2004.
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