Don Young

Don Young in 2006

Donald Edwin "Don" Young (June 9, 1933 – March 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.

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.

Quotes

• 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.
  • Dickinson, Tim (2006-10-17). The 10 Worst Congressmen. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.