John Conyers

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John James Conyers Jr May 16 1929 October 27 2019 was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as a US Representative for Michigan from 1965 to 2017 The districts he represented always included part of western Detroit During his final three terms his district included many of Detroits western suburbs as well as a large portion of the Downriver area Conyers served more than 50 years in Congress becoming the sixthlongest serving member of Congress in US history he was the longestserving African American member of Congress Conyers was the Dean of the House of Representatives By the end of his last term he was the last remaining member of Congress who had served since the presidency of Lyndon B Johnson