Dingell lost the chairmanship for the 111th Congress to Congressman Henry Waxman of California in a Democratic caucus meeting on November 20, 2008.

He served as an assistant to U. S. Congressman John Dingell, Jr. prior to his election to Congress.

His service from November 4, 1941 to January 3, 1995 set a record for length of service in the House, which remained unbroken until February 11, 2009, when Michigan Congressman John Dingell surpassed it.

Whitten is also the 4th Longest serving Congressman ( House and / or Senate ) behind Carl T. Hayden, Robert Byrd and John Dingell.

( Detroit Free Press, 5. 16. 82 ; Congressman John D. Dingell )

The bill was introduced by Democratic Michigan Congressman John Dingell, Jr ..

* February 27 – U. S. Congressman Daniel Sickles shoots Philip Barton Key for having an affair with his wife.

The younger son of Congressman Charles S. Dewey and his wife, Marie Suzette de Marigny Hall Dewey, and also a distant relative of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Dewey was born in Chicago.

In 1865, Dahlgren married his second wife, Sarah Madeleine Vinton, daughter of Congressman Samuel Finley Vinton and Romaine Madeleine Bureau, and the widow of Daniel Convers Goddard, first Assistant Secretary of the newly-created U. S. Department of the Interior.

* Izetta Jewel Brown ( 1883-1978 ), actress and women's rights advocate, second wife of Kingwood resident, Congressman William Gay Brown, Jr.

( His wife, Mary Izard, daughter of Walter Izard, Esq., was a cousin of South Carolina Congressman Ralph Izard ; likewise a son of Congressman Izard was married to a niece of Arthur Middleton, and another son married Arthur's daughter Emma ).

As the wife of a Congressman, Barbara immersed herself in projects that piqued her interest, included various charities and Republican women's ' groups in Washington, D. C.

* Edward Winter — Congressman Walter McCallum — secretly sees Eunice until his wife blackmails him into ending the relationship.

He married Mary Stevens Livingston, daughter of Continental Congressman John Stevens, on September 9, 1770, and built a home for himself and his wife south of Clermont, called Belvedere, which was burned to the ground, along with Clermont, in 1777 by the British Army.

In 1973, Newark State College was renamed Kean College of New Jersey for the Kean family whose members include Congressman Robert Winthrop Kean ; U. S. Congressman and U. S. Senator John Kean of New Jersey ; former New Jersey Governor and 9 / 11 Commission ( Kean Commission ) Chairman Thomas Kean, Sr .; U. S. Senator Hamilton Fish Kean ; Julia Kean, the wife of US Secretary of State and New York Governor Hamilton Fish ; First Lady of the United States Anna Symmes Harrison ; New Jersey State Senator and United States Senate nominee Thomas Kean, Jr .; and John Kean of South Carolina, delegate to the Continental Congress.

Slain Congressman Wahab Akbar's first wife Jum Jainuddin-Akbar casting her vote during the May 2007 elections.

While Douglas had been serving in the Marines, his wife, Emily, had been nominated to run against isolationist Republican Congressman Stephen A.

He built it as a wedding present for his daughter Eleanor on her marriage as second wife to Congressman Joseph Pearson.

Congressman Brad Sherman with wife Lisa and three daughters

Enjoying comparative luxury, Abigail learned the ways of society as the wife of a Congressman.

In a 1976 scandal known as Koreagate, it came to light that Edwards and his wife Elaine had received questionable gifts in 1971, while Edwards was still a U. S. Congressman.

Congressman Hunt and his wife were parents of three preeminent figures in American art: the painter William Morris Hunt ; the architect Richard Morris Hunt ; and the early photographer and New York attorney Leavitt Hunt.

Carl Hayden, Arizona's first US Congressman was reported to have been involved with Colonel Harris in designing the first state flag, and his wife, Nan Hayden was responsible for sewing the first state flag

Among the dead are Illinois Congressman George W. Collins ; Dorothy Hunt, the wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt ; Michele Clark, a correspondent for CBS News and one of the first African-American network correspondents ; and Dr. Alex E. Krill, a noted ophthalmologist from the University of Chicago.

Thomas Lynch ’ s wife was a sister of South Carolina Congressman Isaac Motte ; after Lynch's death after a stroke, she married South Carolina Governor William Moultrie.

In the summer of 2002, former Congressman Robert J. Lagomarsino and his wife, Norma, established the Robert J. and Norma M. Lagomarsino Department of Archives and Special Collections, which is housed within the library.

She was the wife of U. S. Congressman Philip Ruppe of Michigan.

On June 22, 1813, he married Nancy Allen Goodrich ( daughter of Congressman, Judge, New Haven Mayor and longtime Secretary of the Yale Corporation Elizur Goodrich and his wife Anne Willard Allen ) with whom Ellsworth had three children.

Some reports say he was rescued from timely retirement by his friend, Congressman Walter of Pennsylvania, at a moment when the Kennedy Administration was diligently searching for all the House votes it could get.

The senior policy officer may be moved to think hard about a problem by any of an infinite variety of stimuli: an idea in his own head, the suggestions of a colleague, a question from the Secretary or the President, a proposal by another department, a communication from a foreign government or an American ambassador abroad, the filing of an item for the agenda of the United Nations or of any other of dozens of international bodies, a news item read at the breakfast table, a question to the President or the Secretary at a news conference, a speech by a Senator or Congressman, an article in a periodical, a resolution from a national organization, a request for assistance from some private American interests abroad, et cetera, ad infinitum.

( He did, however, donate his services as a speaker at a $ 100-a-plate fundraiser for Republican Congressman Jack Kemp.

At the age of 17, with the help of his father, Grant was nominated by Congressman Thomas L. Hamer for a position at the United States Military Academy ( USMA ) at West Point, New York.

File: John Randolph of Roanoke at National Portrait Gallery IMG 4460. JPG | Congressman John Randolph of Virginia

A printing press was established at New Echota by the Vermont missionary Samuel Worcester and Major Ridge's nephew Elias Boudinot, who had taken the name of his white benefactor, a leader of the Continental Congress and New Jersey Congressman.

Many prominent individuals opposed the construction of the dam at that time because of the damage it would do to Seneca lands, including Pennsylvania Congressman John P. Saylor of Johnstown, and Howard Zahniser, executive director of The Wilderness Society and native of Tionesta — a small settlement located along the Allegheny River several miles downstream from Warren.

On the " 19th of June ", 2000, Juneteenth leaders stood with Congressman Tony Hall ( D-OH ) as historic Apology for Slavery legislation was announced at the U. S. Capitol during the 1st National Day of Reconciliation & Healing From the Legacy of Enslavement.

Congressman Ron Paul and others such as former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee have contended that SOX was an unnecessary and costly government intrusion into corporate management that places U. S. corporations at a competitive disadvantage with foreign firms, driving businesses out of the United States.

1979, current Congressman at the Congress of the Republic of Peru and former Mayor of the Miraflores District, Lima

A letter written by Mr. Thorn, and read in his place at the Summit, was attained by Congressman Jim McDermott, who advocated the issue to the Obama administration's Health Secretary.

Zapotosky formerly worked as an aide to Congressman Frank Mascara and later was an administrator at Douglas Business School.

Many notable legislators from across the country such as Senator Ted Kennedy, Speaker of the House Tip O ' Neill, and House Majority Leader Jim Wright and Congressman William H. Natcher among others came to his funeral which was held in Hindman, Kentucky at the Morton Combs Athletic Complex on the campus of Knott County Central High School.

* Wall Doxey ( August 8, 1892 – March 2, 1962 ), Mississippi Congressman, only United States Senator to have also served as the Senate Sergeant at Arms, Wall Doxey State Park named after him

On Jan. 5, 1987, Congressman Ike Skelton revealed that the first deployment of the B-2 Advanced Technology Bomber would be at Whiteman.

In 1980, the band was invited by former Congressman David O ’ Brien Martin to play in Washington, DC on the Capitol steps and also at the Lincoln Memorial.

Ellenville Regional Hospital, just north of the airport, and the Nevele Tower, just south of the village, were both dedicated by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson, at Congressman Resnick's request.

In 1848, Congressman Job Mann pressured to have a post office at an unnamed village in Harrison Township.

In 2002, Lewis, by then a US Congressman from Georgia, returned to Rock Hill, where he had been invited as a speaker at Winthrop University and was given the key to the city.

The name of the town was changed to " Mountain City " in 1885, presumably at the urging of Roderick R. Butler ( 1827 – 1902 ), a prominent citizen and U. S. Congressman, who wanted the town's name to reflect its situation amidst one of the highest valleys in Tennessee.

* Thomas H. B. Browne, born at Drummondtown, United States Congressman

The bill was named for Congressman William Hatch, who chaired the House Committee of Agriculture at the time the bill was introduced.

After a year there, he took a competitive examination for the U. S. Military Academy at West Point held by Congressman Daniel J. Griffin, the chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs, ranking first out of 62 applicants for the appointment.