*Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2019 *

**Proclamation 9843—Death of John David Dingell, Jr. **

*February 8, 2019 *

*By the President of the United States of America *

*A Proclamation *

As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding service of former Representative John David Dingell, Jr., of Michigan—the longest-serving Member of Congress in our Nation's history—I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, February 9, 2019. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.

*In Witness Whereof,* I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-third.

DONALD J. TRUMP

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:15 a.m., February 12, 2019]

NOTE: This proclamation was published in the *Federal Register* on February 13.

*Categories:* Proclamations : Death of John David Dingell, Jr.

*Names:* Dingell, John D., Jr.

*Subjects:* Deaths : Dingell, former Rep. John D., Jr.; Michigan : Former U.S. Representative, death.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201900071.