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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MichiganJohn CONYERS, Jr.
(1929- )
CONYERS, John, Jr., a
Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich.,
May 16, 1929; attended Detroit public schools; B.A., Wayne State
University, Detroit, Mich., 1957; LL.B., Wayne State Law School,
Detroit, Mich., 1958; lawyer, private practice; National Guard,
1948-1950; United States Army, 1950-1954; United States Army
Reserves, 1954-1957; staff, United States Representative John D.
Dingell, Jr., of Michigan, 1958-1961; general counsel for three
labor locals in Detroit, 1959-1964; executive board member,
Detroit, Mich., American Civil Liberties Union, 1964 to present;
executive board member, Detroit, Mich., NAACP, 1963 to present;
referee for Michigan workmen’s compensation department,
1961-1963; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the
twenty-three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-present); one
of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1988
to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Alcee Lamar
Hastings, judge of the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Florida; chair, Committee on Government
Operations (One Hundred First through One Hundred Third
Congresses); chair, Commitee on the Judiciary (One Hundred Tenth
and One Hundred Eleventh Congresses).
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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