John Conyers

Acting

16 May 1929

† 27 Oct 2019

Highland Park, Michigan, USA

Biography

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 U.S. 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 Detroit's western suburbs, as well as a large portion of the Downriver area. Conyers served more than 50 years in Congress, becoming the sixth-longest ser...