Dingell, John DavidU. S. Congressman. Born Feb. 2, 1894 in Detroit, Mich.; son of Adalbert and Mary Knapp D. Educated at St. Casimir parochial school under the tutelage of the Felician Sisters H.S., later Correspondence and Reading Courses. Had various positions from newspaper reporter to natural gas line engineering. Elected to Congress in Nov., 1932-34-36-38-40-42, from 15th congressional district of Michigan. His ambition is to become U. S. Senator.
Studied Woodrow Wilson's Political Economy, Theodore Roosevelt's' political views, and the views of America's foremost men in government. First American of Polish extraction to serve on the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives. Member of the P.R.C.U., P.N.A., and many other civic and fraternal organizations. Married Grace Bigles, April 27, 1925. Have 3 children, John David, Jr., James Victor, and Jule Jane.
Residence: 1453 Grand Blvd., Detroit, Mich.From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943
Dingell, John David
(1894 - 1955)(father of John David Dingell, Jr.), a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Mich., February 2, 1894; newsboy, printer, and newspaperman; engaged in natural-gas pipeline construction; wholesale dealer in beef and pork products; organizer and trustee of Colorado Springs Labor College; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 3, 1933, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 19, 1955; interment in Holy Sepulchre Mausoleum, Detroit, Mich.
From: Congressional Data Base (2007)