--- title: John Dingell Hospitalized description: The 88-year-old Congressman expects to be back in Washington next week canonical: https://time.com/3303857/john-dingell-hospital-congress/ author: Alex Rogers article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-08T15:42:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:03:40.252Z article:section: Politics og:title: John Dingell Hospitalized og:description: The 88-year-old Congressman expects to be back in Washington next week og:url: https://time.com/3303857/john-dingell-hospital-congress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06fbb0c1e0de8d6f/6986a257e53aba40564d44cd/dingell-hospitalized_hami.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: John Dingell og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Dingell Hospitalized twitter:description: The 88-year-old Congressman expects to be back in Washington next week twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06fbb0c1e0de8d6f/6986a257e53aba40564d44cd/dingell-hospitalized_hami.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Dingell, Longest-Serving U.S. Representative, Is Hospitalized by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Sep 8, 2014 3:42 PM CUT  Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 7, 2014 Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 7, 2014Lauren Victoria Burke—AP by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Sep 8, 2014 3:42 PM CUT Congressman John D. Dingell (D-Mich.) was admitted Monday to Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital with abdominal pain, his office announced. “Dingell is doing well, is receiving an IV treatment of antibiotics, and remains in good spirits,” wrote Christopher Schuler, Dingell’s communications director, in a public statement. “Doctors expect him to be released in a few days, and Dingell expects to be in Washington for Congressional session next week.” Dingell, 88, has served in Congress since 1955, making him the longest serving representative in congressional history. His wife Deborah is running to succeed him in office after he retires this year. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3303857/john-dingell-hospital-congress/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3303857/john-dingell-hospital-congress/"},"headline":"John Dingell, Longest-Serving U.S. Representative, Is Hospitalized","datePublished":"2014-09-08T15:42:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:03:40.252Z","description":"The 88-year-old Congressman expects to be back in Washington next week","url":"https://time.com/3303857/john-dingell-hospital-congress/","keywords":["Congress","Michigan","House of Representatives","hospital"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06fbb0c1e0de8d6f/6986a257e53aba40564d44cd/dingell-hospitalized_hami.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Rogers","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06fbb0c1e0de8d6f/6986a257e53aba40564d44cd/dingell-hospitalized_hami.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"John Dingell","caption":"John Dingell","creditText":"Lauren Victoria Burke—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3303857/john-dingell-hospital-congress/","name":"John Dingell, Longest-Serving U.S. Representative, Is Hospitalized"}}]}] ```