Donald Edwin Young (born June 9, 1933) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Alaska\'s at-large congressional district, currently serving in his 24th term in the House, having served since 1973. A member of the Republican Party, he is the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the Republican Party and from State of Alaska, the longest currently serving member of Congress, and the last remaining member of Congress who has been in office since the Nixon Administration. He is also the oldest current member of either chamber of the U.S. Congress. He became Dean of the House of Representatives on December 5, 2017, after the resignation of John Conyers from Michigan. \n', '

Young was born in Meridian, Sutter County, California. He earned an associate\'s degree in education from Yuba College in 1952 and a bachelor\'s degree from Chico State College in 1958. He served in the Army from 1955 to 1957.\n', '

Young moved to Alaska in 1959, not long after it became a state. He eventually settled in Fort Yukon, then a 700-person city on the Yukon River, seven miles above the Arctic Circle in Alaska\'s central interior region. He made a living in construction, fishing, trapping and gold mining. He captained a tugboat and ran a barge operation to deliver products and supplies to villages along the Yukon River. He still holds his mariner\'s license. During the winter, he taught fifth grade at the local Bureau of Indian Affairs elementary school.\n', '

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