John Conyers was the sixth longest-serving member member of the U.S. Congress in history, and the longest-serving African American. He even started off his political career as aide to the man who went on to become the longest-serving Congressman in history, 2019 DDP graduate John Dingell. Conyers represented Michigan and was one of the more vocal anti-Iraq War voices in the US, as well as a constant thorn in the side of George W. Bush. However his career ended in 2017 when he became the biggest scalp of the #metoo era in the political realm, with allegations of staffers regularly walking into his office to find him without trousers among some of the less salubrious stories thrown about.
John Conyers
May 16, 1929 – October 27, 2019
Died aged 90 (unique hit)