Don Young

American politician (1933–2022)

Donald Edwin "Don" Young (June 9, 1933March 18, 2022) was an American politician and retired educator serving as the U.S. representative for Alaska's at-large congressional district since 1973. He was the Republican Party's longest-serving member of the House of Representatives and of Congress in history, having represented Alaska for 25 terms.

Don Young in 2006

Young was the longest-serving member of Congress, as well as the last remaining member who has been in office since the Nixon Administration; he became the 45th dean of the House of Representatives on December 5, 2017, after John Conyers resigned. He was also the oldest current member of Congress.

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  • Environmentalists are a self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots who are not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.

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