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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.