U.S. Representative John Dingell of Michigan, the longest-serving member of Congress, was admitted Friday to a Washington hospital for observation, his office said.
The statement from his office said Dingell, 88, was admitted to George Washington University Hospital as a precaution and is “resting comfortably.” It did not elaborate.
Dingell, a Democrat who was first elected a representative in 1955, earlier this year announced he would not seek re-election in November. He had surgery earlier this year to correct an abnormal heart rhythm and was hospitalized in September for abdominal pain.
His wife, Debbie Dingell, was elected to replace him, continuing an unbroken line of Dingells holding the seat that started when his father, John Dingell Sr., began serving in 1933.
Dingell fell Tuesday, causing him to miss a tribute led by his colleagues on the House of Representatives floor. He watched the tribute from the doctor’s office.
“Turns out these old Polish bones of mine are stronger than ever & I didn’t break anything,” he tweeted Tuesday.