I believe the longest serving member of the House, known as the Dean of the House of Representatives, is John Dingell, a democrat from Michigan
Henry Clay served the longest as Speaker of the house of Representative's.
John D. Dingell from Michigan's 12th district has been Congress since 1955 . He is still in office as of March, 2013 .
John Dingell of Michigan has served in the House of Representatives for over 50 yrs. In 1955, by winning a special election, he succeeded his father, who served for 23 years.
Answer: December 22,2009, As of this date,
United States Represenative John Dingell Democrat of Michigan is the longest continuous serving member of the U.S. House.
= John Dingell Michigan since 1955 =
Robert Byrd
To date, James K. Polk the United States 11th President is the only one to have served as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Dean of the House
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The Dean of the House (the longest serving Representative present)
Frederick Muhlenberg became the first Speaker of the US House of Representatives in 1789.
The current Speaker of the House is Paul Ryan and expected to keep his office for the next term. The Speaker of the House for the US House of Representatives is chosen by its members. A new Speaker of the House is chosen from each party's nominees on the first day of every new Congress.
The term served by a member of the House of Representatives is two years. A person can serve in the House of Representatives as long as that person is re-elected. Some members of the House of Representatives have served most of their political career in the House of Representatives.
Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. who was the Speaker of the California State Assembly for 15 years and then served as the Mayor of San Francisco for eight years.
The Speaker of the house of representatives of the Australian Federal government is Harry Jenkins, Jr. He was elected on 12 February 2008, after Labor won Government in 2007. He is the first Speaker whose parent was also a Speaker (his father Harry Jenkins, Sr. served as Speaker from 1983 to 1986).
Probably John Garner, who was a U.S. Congressman from the state of Texas who served in the House for 30 years and was the Speaker for the last two years. He later became Vice President for President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
No. Jackson was never Speaker of the House- he served only was one year and not influential as a Congressman. He did run for president in 1824 and was close to being elected.
James K. Polk is the only president who was once the Speaker of the House before becoming President of the United States. A common misconception is that President Gerald Fordwas once the Speaker of House. He was not and, instead, was once the House Minority Leader.*In 1835, he beat out John Bell for the job of speaker of the house.*He was elected president in 1845-1849