U.S. Congress members who died in office |
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The following is a list of United States senators and representatives who died of natural or accidental causes, or who killed themselves, while serving their terms between 1950 and 1999. For a list of members of Congress who were killed while in office, see List of United States Congress members killed or wounded in office.
Party colors: Democratic (D) Republican (R)
Member | Party | State
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | Place of death | Place of burial | Successor | Serving since (in the House/Senate) | Date of birth | Place of birth | U.S. Congress | |
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S. Otis Bland | Democratic |
Virginia ( 1st district) |
February 16, 1950 | 77 | Cerebral hemorrhage [1] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Edward J. Robeson Jr. | July 2, 1918 | May 4, 1872 | Gloucester, Virginia |
81st (1949β1951) | |
Ralph E. Church | Republican |
Illinois ( 13th district) |
March 21, 1950 | 66 | Heart attack [2] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Marguerite S. Church | January 3, 1943 (previously served January 3, 1935 β January 3, 1941) | May 5, 1883 | Vermilion County, Illinois |
81st (1949β1951) | |
John Lesinski Sr. | Democratic |
Michigan ( 16th district) |
May 27, 1950 | 65 | Heart attack [3] | Dearborn, Michigan | U.S. | John Lesinski Jr. | March 4, 1933 | January 3, 1885 | Erie, Pennsylvania |
81st (1949β1951) | |
William Lemke | Republican |
North Dakota ( at-large district) |
May 30, 1950 | 71 | Heart attack [4] | Fargo, North Dakota | U.S. | Fred G. Aandahl | January 3, 1943 (previously served March 4, 1933 β January 3, 1941) | August 13, 1878 | Albany, Minnesota |
81st (1949β1951) | |
Alfred L. Bulwinkle | Democratic |
North Carolina ( 11th district) |
August 31, 1950 | 67 | Multiple myeloma [5] | Gastonia, North Carolina | U.S. | Woodrow W. Jones | March 4, 1931 (previously served March 4, 1921 β March 3, 1929) | April 21, 1883 | Charleston, South Carolina |
81st (1949β1951) | |
Herbert A. Meyer | Republican |
Kansas ( 3rd district) |
October 2, 1950 | 64 | Heart attack [6] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Myron V. George | January 3, 1947 | August 30, 1886 | Chillicothe, Ohio |
81st (1949β1951) | |
John B. Sullivan | Democratic |
Missouri ( 11th district) |
January 29, 1951 | 53 | Cerebral hemorrhage [7] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Claude I. Bakewell | January 3, 1949 (previously served January 3, 1941 β January 3, 1943, and January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947) | October 10, 1897 | Sedalia, Missouri |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Virgil Chapman | Democratic |
Kentucky ( Senator) |
March 8, 1951 | 55 | "cardiac respiratory failure caused by ... broken ribs, a crushed chest and internal bleeding" after traffic collision [8] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Thomas R. Underwood | January 3, 1949 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1925 β March 3, 1929, and March 4, 1931 β January 3, 1949) | March 15, 1895 | Middleton, Kentucky |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Arthur H. Vandenberg | Republican |
Michigan ( Senator) |
April 18, 1951 | 67 | Lung cancer | Grand Rapids, Michigan | U.S. | Blair Moody | March 31, 1928 | March 22, 1884 | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Frank Buchanan | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 33rd district) |
April 27, 1951 | 48 | Internal hemorrhages [9] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Vera Buchanan | May 21, 1946 | December 1, 1902 | McKeesport, Pennsylvania |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
John Kee | Democratic |
West Virginia ( 5th district) |
May 8, 1951 | 76 | Heart attack [10] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Elizabeth Kee | March 4, 1933 | August 22, 1874 | Glenville, West Virginia |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Wilson D. Gillette | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 14th district) |
August 7, 1951 | 71 | Bronchial pneumonia [11] | Towanda, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Joseph L. Carrigg | November 4, 1941 | July 1, 1880 | Sheshequin Township, Pennsylvania |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Frank Fellows | Republican |
Maine ( 3rd district) |
August 27, 1951 | 61 | Circulatory and abdominal illness [12] | Bangor, Maine | U.S. | Clifford McIntire | January 3, 1941 | November 7, 1889 | Bucksport, Maine |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Albert C. Vaughn | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 8th district) |
September 1, 1951 | 56 | Coronary thrombosis [13] | Fullerton, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Karl C. King | January 3, 1951 | October 9, 1894 | West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Karl Stefan | Republican |
Nebraska ( 3rd district) |
October 2, 1951 | 67 | Acute cardiovascular collapse [14] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Robert Dinsmore Harrison | January 3, 1935 | March 1, 1884 | Zebrakov, Bohemia |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Kenneth S. Wherry | Republican |
Nebraska ( Senator) |
November 29, 1951 | 59 | Pneumonia [15] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Fred A. Seaton | January 3, 1943 | February 28, 1892 | Liberty, Nebraska |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
John A. Whitaker | Democratic |
Kentucky ( 2nd district) |
December 15, 1951 | 50 | Heart attack [16] | Russellville, Kentucky | U.S. | Garrett L. Withers | April 17, 1948 | October 31, 1901 | Russellville, Kentucky |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
William T. Byrne | Democratic |
New York ( 32nd district) |
January 27, 1952 | 75 | Cerebral hemorrhage [17] | Troy, New York | U.S. | Leo W. O'Brien | January 3, 1937 | March 6, 1876 | Florida, New York |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
George B. Schwabe | Republican |
Oklahoma ( 1st district) |
April 2, 1952 | 65 | Heart attack [18] | Alexandria, Virginia | U.S. | Page Belcher | January 3, 1951 (previously served January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1949) | July 26, 1886 | Arthur, Missouri |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Reid F. Murray | Republican |
Wisconsin ( 7th district) |
April 29, 1952 | 64 | Nephritis [19] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Melvin Laird | January 3, 1939 | October 16, 1887 | Ogdensburg, Wisconsin |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Brien McMahon | Democratic |
Connecticut ( Senator) |
July 28, 1952 | 48 | Lung cancer [20] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | William A. Purtell | January 3, 1945 | October 6, 1903 | Norwalk, Connecticut |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
William G. Stigler | Democratic |
Oklahoma ( 2nd district) |
August 21, 1952 | 61 | Extended Illness [21] | Stigler, Oklahoma | U.S. | Ed Edmondson | March 28, 1944 | July 7, 1891 | Stigler, Oklahoma |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Adolph J. Sabath | Democratic |
Illinois ( 7th district) |
November 6, 1952 | 86 | Liver disease [22] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | James B. Bowler | March 4, 1907 | April 4, 1866 | Zabori, Czechoslovakia |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
E. Eugene Cox | Democratic |
Georgia ( 2nd district) |
December 24, 1952 | 72 | Heart disease [23] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | J. L. Pilcher | March 4, 1925 | April 3, 1880 | Camilla, Georgia |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Joseph R. Bryson | Democratic |
South Carolina ( 4th district) |
March 10, 1953 | 60 | Cerebral Hemorrhage [24] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Robert T. Ashmore | January 3, 1939 | January 18, 1893 | Brevard, North Carolina |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Garrett L. Withers | Democratic |
Kentucky ( 2nd district) |
April 30, 1953 | 68 | Cerebral hemorrhage [25] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | William H. Natcher | August 2, 1952 (U.S. Senate tenure January 20, 1949 β November 26, 1950) | June 21, 1884 | Clay, Kentucky |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Merlin Hull | Republican |
Wisconsin ( 9th district) |
May 17, 1953 | 82 | Pulmonary complications following surgery [26] | La Crosse, Wisconsin | U.S. | Lester Johnson | January 3, 1935 (previously served March 4, 1929 β March 3, 1931) | December 18, 1870 | Farina, Illinois |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Willis Smith | Democratic |
North Carolina ( Senator) |
June 26, 1953 | 65 | Coronary thrombosis [27] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Alton Lennon | November 27, 1950 | December 19, 1887 | Norfolk, Virginia |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Charles W. Tobey | Republican |
New Hampshire ( Senator) |
July 24, 1953 | 73 | Coronary thrombosis [28] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Robert W. Upton | January 3, 1939 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1933 β January 3, 1939) | July 22, 1880 | Roxbury, Massachusetts |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Robert A. Taft | Republican |
Ohio ( Senator) |
July 31, 1953 | 63 | Cerebral hemorrhage | New York City, New York | U.S. | Thomas A. Burke | January 3, 1939 | September 8, 1889 | Cincinnati, Ohio |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Dwight Griswold | Republican |
Nebraska ( Senator) |
April 12, 1954 | 60 | Heart attack [29] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Eva Bowring | November 5, 1952 | November 27, 1893 | Harrison, Nebraska |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Clyde R. Hoey | Democratic |
North Carolina ( Senator) |
May 12, 1954 | 76 | Stroke [30] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Sam Ervin | January 3, 1945 (U.S. House tenure December 16, 1919 β March 3, 1921) | December 11, 1877 | Shelby, North Carolina |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Lester C. Hunt | Democratic |
Wyoming ( Senator) |
June 19, 1954 | 61 | Suicide by firearm | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Edward D. Crippa | January 3, 1949 | July 8, 1892 | Isabel, Illinois |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Joseph Rider Farrington | Republican |
Hawaii ( Delegate) |
June 19, 1954 | 56 | Heart attack | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Elizabeth P. Farrington | January 3, 1943 | October 15, 1897 | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Hugh A. Butler | Republican |
Nebraska ( Senator) |
July 1, 1954 | 76 | Stroke [31] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Samuel W. Reynolds | January 3, 1941 | February 28, 1878 | Missouri Valley, Iowa |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
A. Sidney Camp | Democratic |
Georgia ( 4th district) |
July 24, 1954 | 61 | Liver ailment [32] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | John James Flynt Jr. | August 1, 1939 | July 26, 1892 | Moreland, Georgia |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Paul W. Shafer | Republican |
Michigan ( 3rd district) |
August 17, 1954 | 61 | Liver disease [33] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | August E. Johansen | January 3, 1937 | April 27, 1893 | Elkhart, Indiana |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Burnet R. Maybank | Democratic |
South Carolina ( Senator) |
September 1, 1954 | 55 | Heart attack [34] | Flat Rock, North Carolina | U.S. | Charles E. Daniel | November 5, 1941 | March 7, 1899 | Charleston, South Carolina |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Pat McCarran | Democratic |
Nevada ( Senator) |
September 28, 1954 | 78 | Heart attack [35] | Hawthorne, Nevada | U.S. | Ernest S. Brown | March 4, 1933 | August 8, 1876 | Reno, Nevada |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Dwight L. Rogers | Democratic |
Florida ( 6th district) |
December 1, 1954 | 68 | Heart attack [36] | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | U.S. | Paul Rogers | January 3, 1945 | August 17, 1886 | Reidsville, Georgia |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
John Dingell Sr. | Democratic |
Michigan ( 15th district) |
September 19, 1955 | 61 | Heart attack [37] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | John D. Dingell Jr. | March 4, 1933 | February 2, 1894 | Detroit, Michigan |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Vera Buchanan | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 30th district) |
November 26, 1955 | 53 | Cancer [38] | McKeesport, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Elmer J. Holland | July 24, 1951 | July 20, 1902 | Wilson, Pennsylvania |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Chauncey W. Reed | Democratic |
Illinois ( 14th district) |
February 9, 1956 | 65 | Gastro-intestinal related chronic illness [39] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Russell W. Keeney | January 3, 1935 | June 2, 1890 | West Chicago, Illinois |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Harley M. Kilgore | Democratic |
West Virginia ( Senator) |
February 28, 1956 | 63 | Cerebral hemorrhage [40] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | William R. Laird, III | January 3, 1941 | January 11, 1893 | Brown, West Virginia |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Alben W. Barkley | Democratic |
Kentucky ( Senator) |
April 30, 1956 | 78 | Heart attack | Lexington, Virginia | U.S. | Robert Humphreys | January 3, 1955 (previously served March 4, 1927 β January 19, 1949; U.S. House tenure March 4, 1913 β March 3, 1927) | November 24, 1877 | Lowes, Kentucky |
84th (1955β1957) | |
William T. Granahan | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 2nd district) |
May 25, 1956 | 61 | Heart seizure following a minor abdominal surgery [41] | Darby, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Kathryn E. Granahan | January 3, 1949 (previously served January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947) | July 26, 1895 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
84th (1955β1957) | |
John Carl Hinshaw | Republican |
California ( 20th district) |
August 5, 1956 | 62 | Pneumonia complicated by congestive heart failure [42] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | H. Allen Smith | January 3, 1939 | July 28, 1894 | Chicago, Illinois |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Percy Priest | Democratic |
Tennessee ( 5th district) |
October 12, 1956 | 56 | Complications following surgery for ulcer [43] | Nashville, Tennessee | U.S. | J. Carlton Loser | January 3, 1941 | April 1, 1900 | Maury County, Tennessee |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Antonio M. FernΓ‘ndez | Democratic |
New Mexico ( At-large) |
November 7, 1956 | 54 | Complications following stroke [44] | Albuquerque, New Mexico | U.S. | Joseph Montoya | January 3, 1943 | January 17, 1902 | Springer, New Mexico |
84th (1955β1957) | |
T. Millet Hand | Republican |
New Jersey ( 2nd district) |
December 26, 1956 | 54 | Heart attack [45] | Cold Spring, New Jersey | U.S. | Milton W. Glenn | January 3, 1945 | July 7, 1902 | Cape May, New Jersey |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Joe McCarthy | Republican |
Wisconsin ( Senator) |
May 2, 1957 | 48 | Acute hepatitis | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | William Proxmire | January 3, 1947 | November 14, 1908 | Grand Chute, Wisconsin |
85th (1957β1959) | |
James Bowler | Democratic |
Illinois ( 7th district) |
July 18, 1957 | 82 | Complications from arthritis [46] | Des Plaines, Illinois | U.S. | Roland V. Libonati | July 7, 1953 | February 5, 1875 | Chicago, Illinois |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Henderson Lovelace Lanham | Democratic |
Georgia ( 7th district) |
November 10, 1957 | 69 | Traffic collision with train [47] | Rome, Georgia | U.S. | Harlan Erwin Mitchell | January 3, 1947 | September 14, 1888 | Rome, Georgia |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Augustine B. Kelley | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 21st district) |
November 20, 1957 | 74 | Cancer [48] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | John Herman Dent | January 3, 1941 | July 9, 1883 | New Baltimore, Pennsylvania |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Jere Cooper | Democratic |
Tennessee ( 8th district) |
December 18, 1957 | 64 | Heart attack [49] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Fats Everett | March 4, 1929 | July 20, 1893 | Dyer County, Tennessee |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Russell W. Keeney | Republican |
Illinois ( 14th district) |
January 11, 1958 | 60 | Chronic bladder ailment [50] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Elmer J. Hoffman | January 3, 1957 | December 29, 1897 | Pittsfield, Illinois |
85th (1957β1959) | |
August H. Andresen | Republican |
Minnesota ( 1st district) |
January 14, 1958 | 67 | Heart attack [51] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Al Quie | January 3, 1935 (previously served March 4, 1925 β March 3, 1933) | October 11, 1890 | Newark, Illinois |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Matthew M. Neely | Democratic |
West Virginia ( Senator) |
January 18, 1958 | 83 | Cancer [52] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | John D. Hoblitzell Jr. | January 3, 1949 (U.S. House tenure October 14, 1913 β March 3, 1921, and January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947; previously served March 4, 1923 β March 4, 1929, and March 4, 1931 β January 12, 1941) | November 9, 1874 | Grove, West Virginia |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Lawrence H. Smith | Republican |
Wisconsin ( 1st district) |
January 22, 1958 | 65 | Heart attack [53] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Gerald T. Flynn | August 29, 1941 | September 15, 1892 | Racine, Wisconsin |
85th (1957β1959) | |
John J. Dempsey | Democratic |
New Mexico ( At-large) |
March 11, 1958 | 78 | Viral infection [54] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Thomas G. Morris | January 3, 1951 (previously served January 3, 1935 β January 3, 1941) | June 22, 1879 | White Haven, Pennsylvania |
85th (1957β1959) | |
George S. Long | Democratic |
Louisiana ( 8th district) |
March 22, 1958 | 74 | Complications following heart attack [55] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Harold McSween | January 3, 1953 | September 11, 1883 | West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana |
85th (1957β1959) | |
W. Kerr Scott | Democratic |
North Carolina ( Senator) |
April 16, 1958 | 61 | Heart attack [56] | Burlington, North Carolina | U.S. | B. Everett Jordan | November 29, 1954 | April 17, 1896 | Haw River, North Carolina |
85th (1957β1959) | |
William E. McVey | Republican |
Illinois ( 4th district) |
August 10, 1958 | 72 | Heart attack [57] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Ed Derwinski | January 3, 1951 | December 13, 1885 | Clinton County, Ohio |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Herman P. Eberharter | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 28th district) |
September 9, 1958 | 66 | Stroke [58] | Arlington, Virginia | U.S. | William S. Moorhead | January 3, 1937 | April 29, 1892 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
85th (1957β1959) | |
J. Harry McGregor | Republican |
Ohio ( 17th district) |
October 7, 1958 | 62 | Heart attack [59] | Coshocton, Ohio | U.S. | Robert W. Levering | February 27, 1940 | September 30, 1896 | Unionport, Ohio |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Sid Simpson | Republican |
Illinois ( 20th district) |
October 26, 1958 | 64 | Heart attack [60] | Pittsfield, Illinois | U.S. | Edna O. Simpson | January 3, 1943 | September 20, 1894 | Carrollton, Illinois |
85th (1957β1959) | |
George H. Christopher | Democratic |
Missouri ( 4th district) |
January 23, 1959 | 70 | Heart attack [61] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | William J. Randall | January 3, 1955 (previously served January 3, 1949 β January 3, 1951) | December 9, 1888 | Butler, Missouri |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Daniel A. Reed | Republican |
New York ( 43rd district) |
February 19, 1959 | 83 | Heart attack [62] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Charles E. Goodell | March 4, 1919 | September 17, 1875 | Sheridan, New York |
86th (1959β1961) | |
James G. Polk | Democratic |
Ohio ( 6th district) |
April 28, 1959 | 62 | Cancer [63] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Ward Miller | January 3, 1949 (previously served March 4, 1931 β January 3, 1941) | October 6, 1896 | Highland County, Ohio |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Charles A. Boyle | Democratic |
Illinois ( 12th district) |
November 4, 1959 | 52 | Traffic collision [64] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | Edward R. Finnegan | January 3, 1955 | August 13, 1907 | Spring Lake, Michigan |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Steven V. Carter | Democratic |
Iowa ( 4th district) |
November 4, 1959 | 44 | Cancer [65] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | John Henry Kyl | January 3, 1959 | October 8, 1915 | Carterville, Utah |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Alvin Bush | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 17th district) |
November 5, 1959 | 66 | Heart attack [66] | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Herman T. Schneebeli | January 3, 1951 | June 4, 1893 | Boggs Township, Pennsylvania |
86th (1959β1961) | |
William Langer | Republican |
North Dakota ( Senator) |
November 8, 1959 | 73 | Heart failure [67] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Clarence Norman Brunsdale | January 3, 1941 | September 30, 1886 | Casselton, North Dakota |
86th (1959β1961) |
Member | Party | State
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | Place of death | Place of burial | Successor | Serving since (in the House/Senate) | Date of birth | Place of birth | U.S. Congress | |
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Richard M. Simpson | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 18th district) |
January 7, 1960 | 59 | Complications following surgery to remove brain tumor [68] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Douglas H. Elliott | May 12, 1937 | August 30, 1900 | Huntingdon, Pennsylvania |
86th (1959β1961) | |
David M. Hall | Democratic |
North Carolina ( 12th district) |
January 29, 1960 | 41 | Bladder cancer [69] | Sylva, North Carolina | U.S. | Roy A. Taylor | January 3, 1959 | May 16, 1918 | Sylva, North Carolina |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Richard L. Neuberger | Democratic |
Oregon ( Senator) |
March 9, 1960 | 47 | Cerebral hemorrhage [70] | Portland, Oregon | U.S. | Hall S. Lusk | January 3, 1955 | December 26, 1912 | Multnomah County, Oregon |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Russell V. Mack | Republican |
Washington ( 3rd district) |
March 28, 1960 | 68 | Heart attack [71] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Julia Butler Hansen | July 7, 1947 | June 13, 1891 | Hillman, Michigan |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Douglas H. Elliott | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 18th district) |
June 19, 1960 | 39 | Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning [72] | Horse Valley, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Irving Whalley | April 26, 1960 | June 3, 1921 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Edith Nourse Rogers | Republican |
Massachusetts ( 5th district) |
September 10, 1960 | 79 | Heart attack [73] | Boston, Massachusetts | U.S. | F. Bradford Morse | June 30, 1925 | March 19, 1881 | Saco, Maine |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Thomas C. Hennings Jr. | Democratic |
Missouri ( Senator) |
September 13, 1960 | 57 | Stomach cancer [74] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Edward V. Long | January 3, 1951 (U.S. House tenure January 3, 1935 β December 31, 1940) | June 25, 1903 | St. Louis, Missouri |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Edwin K. Thomson | Republican |
Wyoming ( At-large district) |
December 9, 1960 | 41 | Heart attack [75] | Cody, Wyoming | U.S. | William H. Harrison | January 3, 1955 | February 8, 1919 | Newcastle, Wyoming |
86th (1959β1961) | |
William F. Norrell | Democratic |
Arkansas ( 6th district) |
February 15, 1961 | 64 | Stroke [76] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Catherine Dorris Norrell | January 3, 1939 | August 29, 1896 | Milo, Arkansas |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Walter M. Mumma | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 16th district) |
February 25, 1961 | 70 | Stroke [77] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | John C. Kunkel | January 3, 1951 | November 20, 1890 | Steelton, Pennsylvania |
87th (1961β1963) | |
B. Carroll Reece | Republican |
Tennessee ( 1st district) |
March 19, 1961 | 71 | Lung cancer [78] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Louise Reece | January 3, 1951 (previously served March 4, 1921 β March 3, 1931, and March 4, 1933 β January 3, 1947) | December 22, 1889 | Butler, Tennessee |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Overton Brooks | Democratic |
Louisiana ( 4th district) |
September 16, 1961 | 63 | Heart attack [79] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Joe Waggonner | January 3, 1937 | December 21, 1897 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Louis C. Rabaut | Democratic |
Michigan ( 14th district) |
November 12, 1961 | 74 | Heart attack [80] | Hamtramck, Michigan | U.S. | Harold M. Ryan | January 3, 1949 (previously served January 3, 1935 β January 3, 1947) | December 5, 1886 | Detroit, Michigan |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Sam Rayburn | Democratic |
Texas ( 4th district) |
November 16, 1961 | 79 | Cancer [81] | Bonham, Texas | U.S. | Ray Roberts | March 4, 1913 | January 6, 1882 | Kingston, Tennessee |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Styles Bridges | Republican |
New Hampshire ( Senator) |
November 26, 1961 | 63 | Complications following heart attack [82] | Concord, New Hampshire | U.S. | Maurice J. Murphy Jr. | January 3, 1937 | September 9, 1898 | Pembroke, Maine |
87th (1961β1963) | |
John J. Riley | Democratic |
South Carolina ( 2nd district) |
January 1, 1962 | 66 | Coronary thrombosis [83] | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | U.S. | Corinne Boyd Riley | January 3, 1951 (previously served January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947) | February 1, 1895 | Orangeburg, South Carolina |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Andrew F. Schoeppel | Republican |
Kansas ( Senator) |
January 21, 1962 | 67 | Stomach Cancer [84] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | James B. Pearson | January 3, 1949 | November 23, 1894 | Barton County, Kansas |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Francis H. Case | Republican |
South Dakota ( Senator) |
June 22, 1962 | 65 | Heart attack [85] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Joseph H. Bottum | January 3, 1951 (U.S. House tenure January 3, 1937 β January 3, 1951) | December 9, 1896 | Everly, Iowa |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Henry Dworshak | Republican |
Idaho ( Senator) |
July 23, 1962 | 67 | Heart attack [86] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Len Jordan | October 14, 1949 (previously served November 7, 1946 β January 3, 1949; U.S House tenure January 3, 1939 β November 7, 1946) | August 29, 1894 | Duluth, Minnesota |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Clement W. Miller | Democratic |
California ( 1st district) |
October 7, 1962 | 45 | Plane crash [87] | Eureka, California | U.S. | Don H. Clausen | January 3, 1949 | October 28, 1916 | Wilmington, Delaware |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Dennis ChΓ‘vez | Democratic |
New Mexico ( Senator) |
November 18, 1962 | 74 | Heart attack [88] | Los Chaves, New Mexico | U.S. | Edwin L. Mechem | May 11, 1935 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1931 β January 3, 1935) | April 8, 1888 | Los Chaves, New Mexico Territory |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Robert S. Kerr | Democratic |
Oklahoma ( Senator) |
January 1, 1963 | 66 | Coronary thrombosis [89] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | J. Howard Edmondson | January 3, 1949 | September 11, 1896 | Ada, Oklahoma |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Clyde Doyle | Democratic |
California ( 23rd district) |
March 14, 1963 | 75 | Natural causes [90] | Arlington, Virginia | U.S. | Del M. Clawson | January 3, 1949 (previously served January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947) | July 11, 1887 | Oakland, California |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Francis E. Walter | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 15th district) |
May 31, 1963 | 69 | Leukemia [91] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Fred B. Rooney | March 4, 1933 | May 26, 1894 | Easton, Pennsylvania |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Hjalmar C. Nygaard | Republican |
North Dakota ( 1st district) |
July 18, 1963 | 57 | Heart attack [92] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Mark Andrews | January 3, 1961 | March 24, 1906 | Sharon, North Dakota |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Estes Kefauver | Democratic |
Tennessee ( Senator) |
August 10, 1963 | 60 | Heart attack [93] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Herbert S. Walters | January 3, 1949 (U.S. House tenure September 13, 1939 β January 3, 1949) | July 26, 1903 | Madisonville, Tennessee |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Leon H. Gavin | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 23rd district) |
September 15, 1963 | 70 | Cerebral hemorrhage [94] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Albert W. Johnson | January 3, 1943 | February 25, 1893 | Buffalo, New York |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Bill Green Jr. | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 5th district) |
December 21, 1963 | 53 | Peritonitis and gall bladder complications [95] | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Bill Green, III | January 3, 1949 (previously served January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947) | March 5, 1910 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Howard Baker | Republican |
Tennessee ( 2nd district) |
January 7, 1964 | 61 | Heart attack [96] | Knoxville, Tennessee | U.S. | Irene Bailey Baker | January 3, 1951 | January 12, 1902 | Somerset, Kentucky |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Thomas J. O'Brien | Democratic |
Illinois ( 6th district) |
April 14, 1964 | 85 | Stroke [97] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | Daniel J. Ronan | January 3, 1943 (previously served March 4, 1933 β January 3, 1939) | April 30, 1878 | Bethesda, Maryland |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Clarence Cannon | Democratic |
Missouri ( 9th district) |
May 12, 1964 | 85 | Heart failure [98] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | William L. Hungate | March 4, 1923 | April 11, 1879 | Elsberry, Missouri |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Clair Engle | Democratic |
California ( Senator) |
July 30, 1964 | 52 | Complications following surgery to remove brain tumor [99] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Pierre Salinger | January 3, 1959 (U.S. House tenure August 31, 1943 β January 3, 1959) | September 21, 1911 | Bakersfield, California |
88th (1963β1965) | |
John B. Bennett | Republican |
Michigan ( 12th district) |
August 9, 1964 | 60 | Cancer [100] | Chevy Chase, Maryland | U.S. | James G. O'Hara | January 3, 1947 (previously served January 3, 1943 β January 3, 1945) | January 10, 1904 | Garden, Michigan |
88th (1963β1965) | |
A. Walter Norblad | Republican |
Oregon ( 1st district) |
September 20, 1964 | 56 | Heart attack [101] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Wendell Wyatt | January 18, 1946 | September 12, 1908 | Escanaba, Michigan |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Olin D. Johnston | Democratic |
South Carolina ( Senator) |
April 18, 1965 | 68 | Pneumonia [102] | Columbia, South Carolina | U.S. | Donald S. Russell | January 3, 1945 | November 18, 1896 | Honea Path, South Carolina |
89th (1965β1967) | |
T. Ashton Thompson | Democratic |
Louisiana ( 7th district) |
July 1, 1965 | 49 | Traffic collision [103] | Gastonia, North Carolina | U.S. | Edwin Washington Edwards | January 3, 1953 | March 31, 1916 | Ville Platte, Louisiana |
89th (1965β1967) | |
Clarence J. Brown | Republican |
Ohio ( 7th district) |
August 23, 1965 | 72 | Uremic poisoning due to kidney failure [104] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Bud Brown | January 3, 1939 | July 14, 1893 | Blanchester, Ohio |
89th (1965β1967) | |
Herbert C. Bonner | Democratic |
North Carolina ( 1st district) |
November 7, 1965 | 74 | Cancer [105] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Walter B. Jones Sr. | November 5, 1940 | May 16, 1891 | Washington, North Carolina |
89th (1965β1967) | |
Albert Thomas | Democratic |
Texas ( 8th district) |
February 15, 1966 | 67 | Cancer [106] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Lera Millard Thomas | January 3, 1937 | April 12, 1898 | Nacogdoches, Texas |
89th (1965β1967) | |
John F. Baldwin Jr. | Republican |
California ( 14th district) |
March 9, 1966 | 50 | Cancer [107] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Jerome R. Waldie | January 3, 1955 | June 28, 1915 | Oakland, California |
89th (1965β1967) | |
Patrick V. McNamara | Democratic |
Michigan ( Senator) |
April 30, 1966 | 71 | Stroke [108] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Robert P. Griffin | January 3, 1955 | October 4, 1894 | North Weymouth, Massachusetts |
89th (1965β1967) | |
John E. Fogarty | Democratic |
Rhode Island ( 2nd district) |
January 10, 1967 | 53 | Heart attack [109] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Robert Tiernan | January 3, 1941 | March 23, 1913 | Providence, Rhode Island |
90th (1967β1969) | |
J. Arthur Younger | Republican |
California ( 11th district) |
June 20, 1967 | 74 | Leukemia [110] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Pete McCloskey | January 3, 1953 | April 11, 1893 | Albany, Oregon |
90th (1967β1969) | |
Robert F. Kennedy | Democratic |
New York ( Senator) |
June 6, 1968 | 42 | Assassination | Los Angeles, California | U.S. | Charles Goodell | January 3, 1965 | November 20, 1925 | Brookline, Massachusetts |
90th (1967β1969) | |
Joe R. Pool | Democratic |
Texas ( 3rd district) |
July 14, 1968 | 57 | Heart attack [111] | Houston, Texas | U.S. | James M. Collins | January 3, 1963 | February 18, 1911 | Fort Worth, Texas |
90th (1967β1969) | |
Elmer J. Holland | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 20th district) |
August 9, 1968 | 74 | Heart attack [112] | Annapolis, Maryland | U.S. | Joseph M. Gaydos | January 24, 1956 (previously served May 19, 1942 β January 3, 1943) | January 8, 1894 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
90th (1967β1969) | |
Bob Bartlett | Democratic |
Alaska ( Senator) |
December 11, 1968 | 64 | Internal hemorrhage following heart surgery [113] | Cleveland, Ohio | U.S. | Ted Stevens | January 3, 1959 (U.S. House tenure as a delegate January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1959) | April 20, 1904 | Seattle, Washington |
90th (1967β1969) | |
Fats Everett | Democratic |
Tennessee ( 8th district) |
January 26, 1969 | 53 | Pneumonia and flu complications [114] | Nashville, Tennessee | U.S. | Ed Jones | February 1, 1958 | February 24, 1915 | Union City, Tennessee |
91st (1969β1971) | |
William H. Bates | Republican |
Massachusetts ( 6th district) |
June 22, 1969 | 52 | Stomach cancer [115] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Michael J. Harrington | February 14, 1950 | April 26, 1917 | Salem, Massachusetts |
91st (1969β1971) | |
Daniel J. Ronan | Democratic |
Illinois ( 6th district) |
August 13, 1969 | 55 | Heart attack [116] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | George W. Collins | January 3, 1965 | July 13, 1914 | Chicago, Illinois |
91st (1969β1971) | |
Everett Dirksen | Republican |
Illinois ( Senator) |
September 7, 1969 | 73 | Cardiopulmonary arrest | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Ralph Tyler Smith | January 3, 1951 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1933 β January 3, 1949) | January 4, 1896 | Pekin, Illinois |
91st (1969β1971) |
Member | Party | State
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | Place of death | Place of burial | Successor | Serving since (in the House/Senate) | Date of birth | Place of birth | U.S. Congress | |
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Glenard P. Lipscomb | Republican |
California ( 24th district) |
February 1, 1970 | 54 | Complications following surgery to remove intestinal tumor [117] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | John H. Rousselot | November 10, 1953 | August 19, 1915 | Jackson County, Michigan |
91st (1969β1971) | |
James B. Utt | Republican |
California ( 35th district) |
March 1, 1970 | 70 | Heart attack [118] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | John G. Schmitz | January 3, 1953 | March 11, 1899 | Tustin, California |
91st (1969β1971) | |
William St. Onge | Democratic |
Connecticut ( 2nd district) |
May 1, 1970 | 55 | Heart attack [119] | Groton, Connecticut | U.S. | Robert H. Steele | January 3, 1963 | October 9, 1914 | Putnam, Connecticut |
91st (1969β1971) | |
Michael J. Kirwan | Democratic |
Ohio ( 19th district) |
July 27, 1970 | 83 | Complications following fall [120] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Charles J. Carney | January 3, 1937 | December 2, 1886 | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
91st (1969β1971) | |
G. Robert Watkins | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 9th district) |
August 7, 1970 | 68 | Heart attack [121] | West Chester, Pennsylvania | U.S. | John Ware | January 3, 1965 | May 21, 1902 | Hampton, Virginia |
91st (1969β1971) | |
William L. Dawson | Democratic |
Illinois ( 1st district) |
November 9, 1970 | 84 | Pneumonia [122] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | Ralph H. Metcalfe | January 3, 1943 | April 26, 1886 | Albany, Georgia |
91st (1969β1971) | |
L. Mendel Rivers | Democratic |
South Carolina ( 1st district) |
December 28, 1970 | 65 | Complications following heart valve replacement [123] | Birmingham, Alabama | U.S. | Mendel Jackson Davis | January 3, 1941 | September 28, 1905 | Gumville, South Carolina |
91st (1969β1971) | |
Richard Russell Jr. | Democratic |
Georgia ( Senator) |
January 21, 1971 | 73 | Emphysema [124] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | David H. Gambrell | January 12, 1933 | November 2, 1897 | Winder, Georgia |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
Robert J. Corbett | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 18th district) |
April 25, 1971 | 65 | Heart attack [125] | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | U.S. | John Heinz | January 3, 1945 (previously served January 3, 1939 β January 3, 1941) | August 25, 1905 | Avalon, Pennsylvania |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
Winston L. Prouty | Republican |
Vermont ( Senator) |
September 10, 1971 | 65 | Gastric cancer [126] | Boston, Massachusetts | U.S. | Robert T. Stafford | January 3, 1959 (U.S. House tenure January 3, 1951 β January 3, 1959) | September 1, 1906 | Newport, Vermont |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
John C. Watts | Democratic |
Kentucky ( 6th district) |
September 24, 1971 | 69 | Stroke [127] | Lexington, Kentucky | U.S. | William P. Curlin Jr. | April 4, 1951 | July 9, 1902 | Nicholasville, Kentucky |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
James G. Fulton | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 27th district) |
October 6, 1971 | 68 | Heart attack [128] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | William Sheldrick Conover | January 3, 1945 | March 1, 1903 | Dormont, Pennsylvania |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
George W. Andrews | Democratic |
Alabama ( 3rd district) |
December 25, 1971 | 65 | Complications following heart surgery [129] | Birmingham, Alabama | U.S. | Elizabeth B. Andrews | March 14, 1944 | December 12, 1906 | Clayton, Alabama |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
Allen J. Ellender | Democratic |
Louisiana ( Senator) |
July 27, 1972 | 81 | Heart attack [130] | Maryland | U.S. | Elaine Edwards | January 3, 1937 | September 24, 1890 | Montegut, Louisiana |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
William F. Ryan | Democratic |
New York ( 20th district) |
September 17, 1972 | 50 | Throat cancer [131] | New York City, New York | U.S. | Bella Abzug | January 3, 1961 | June 28, 1922 | Albion, New York |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
Nick Begich | Democratic |
Alaska ( At-large district) |
October 16, 1972 | 40 | Presumably killed in plane crash | Alaska | U.S. | Don Young | January 3, 1971 | April 6, 1932 | Eveleth, Minnesota |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
Hale Boggs | Democratic |
Louisiana ( 2nd district) |
October 16, 1972 | 58 | Presumably killed in plane crash | Alaska | U.S. | Lindy Boggs | January 3, 1947 (previously served January 3, 1941 β January 3, 1943) | February 15, 1914 | Long Beach, Mississippi |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
Frank T. Bow | Republican |
Ohio ( 16th district) |
November 13, 1972 | 71 | Heart failure [132] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Ralph S. Regula | January 3, 1951 | February 20, 1901 | Canton, Ohio |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
George W. Collins | Democratic |
Illinois ( 6th district) |
December 8, 1972 | 47 | Plane crash [133] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | Cardiss Collins | November 3, 1970 | March 5, 1925 | Chicago, Illinois |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
William O. Mills | Republican |
Maryland ( 1st district) |
May 24, 1973 | 48 | Suicide by firearm [134] | Bethlehem, Maryland | U.S. | Robert Bauman | May 25, 1971 | August 12, 1924 | Easton, Maryland |
93rd (1973β1975) | |
John P. Saylor | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 12th district) |
October 28, 1973 | 65 | Heart attack [135] | Houston, Texas | U.S. | John Murtha | September 13, 1949 | July 23, 1908 | Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania |
93rd (1973β1975) | |
Charles M. Teague | Republican |
California ( 13th district) |
January 1, 1974 | 64 | Heart attack [136] | Santa Paula, California | U.S. | Robert J. Lagomarsino | January 3, 1955 | September 18, 1909 | Santa Paula, California |
93rd (1973β1975) | |
John C. Kluczynski | Democratic |
Illinois ( 5th district) |
January 26, 1975 | 78 | Heart attack [137] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | John G. Fary | January 3, 1951 | February 15, 1896 | Chicago, Illinois |
94th (1975β1977) | |
Jerry Pettis | Republican |
California ( 37th district) |
February 14, 1975 | 58 | Plane crash [138] | Banning, California | U.S. | Shirley Neil Pettis | January 3, 1967 | July 18, 1916 | Phoenix, Arizona |
94th (1975β1977) | |
Wright Patman | Democratic |
Texas ( 1st district) |
March 7, 1976 | 82 | Pneumonia [139] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Sam B. Hall | March 4, 1929 | August 6, 1893 | Hughes Springs, Texas |
94th (1975β1977) | |
William A. Barrett | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 1st district) |
April 12, 1976 | 79 | Pneumonia [140] | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Michael Myers | January 3, 1949 (previously served January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947) | August 14, 1896 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
94th (1975β1977) | |
Torbert Macdonald | Democratic |
Massachusetts ( 7th district) |
May 21, 1976 | 58 | Internal hemorrhage [141] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Edward Markey | January 3, 1955 | June 6, 1917 | Everett, Massachusetts |
94th (1975β1977) | |
Jerry Litton | Democratic |
Missouri ( 6th district) |
August 3, 1976 | 39 | Plane crash [142] | Chillicothe, Missouri | U.S. | Earl Thomas Coleman | January 3, 1973 | May 12, 1937 | Lock Springs, Missouri |
94th (1975β1977) | |
Philip Hart | Democratic |
Michigan ( Senator) |
December 26, 1976 | 64 | Cancer [143] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Donald W. Riegle Jr. | January 3, 1959 | December 10, 1912 | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |
94th (1975β1977) | |
John L. McClellan | Democratic |
Arkansas ( Senator) |
November 28, 1977 | 81 | Died in sleep following a recent surgery to implant a pacemaker [144] | Little Rock, Arkansas | U.S. | Kaneaster Hodges Jr. | January 3, 1943 (U.S. House tenure January 3, 1935 β January 3, 1939) | February 25, 1896 | Sheridan, Arkansas |
95th (1977β1979) | |
Lee Metcalf | Democratic |
Montana ( Senator) |
January 12, 1978 | 66 | Heart attack [145] | Helena, Montana | U.S. | Paul G. Hatfield | January 3, 1961 (U.S. House tenure January 3, 1953 β January 3, 1961) | January 28, 1911 | Stevensville, Montana |
95th (1977β1979) | |
Hubert Humphrey | Democratic |
Minnesota ( Senator) |
January 13, 1978 | 66 | Bladder cancer [146] | Waverly, Minnesota | U.S. | Muriel Humphrey | January 3, 1971 (previously served January 3, 1949 β December 30, 1964) | May 27, 1911 | Wallace, South Dakota |
95th (1977β1979) | |
James Allen | Democratic |
Alabama ( Senator) |
June 1, 1978 | 65 | Heart attack [147] | Gulf Shores, Alabama | U.S. | Maryon Pittman Allen | January 3, 1969 | December 28, 1912 | Gadsden, Alabama |
95th (1977β1979) | |
Clifford Allen | Democratic |
Tennessee ( 5th district) |
June 18, 1978 | 66 | Heart attack [148] | Nashville, Tennessee | U.S. | Bill Boner | November 25, 1975 | January 6, 1912 | Jacksonville, Florida |
95th (1977β1979) | |
William M. Ketchum | Republican |
California ( 18th district) |
June 24, 1978 | 56 | Heart attack [149] | Bakersfield, California | U.S. | Bill Thomas | January 3, 1973 | September 2, 1921 | Los Angeles, California |
95th (1977β1979) | |
Ralph Metcalfe | Democratic |
Illinois ( 1st district) |
October 10, 1978 | 68 | Heart attack [150] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | Bennett M. Stewart | January 3, 1971 | May 29, 1910 | Atlanta, Georgia |
95th (1977β1979) | |
Goodloe Byron | Democratic |
Maryland ( 6th district) |
October 11, 1978 | 49 | Heart attack [151] | Hagerstown, Maryland | U.S. | Beverly Byron | January 3, 1971 | June 22, 1929 | Williamsport, Maryland |
95th (1977β1979) | |
Leo Ryan | Democratic |
California ( 11th district) |
November 18, 1978 | 53 | Murder by gunshot [152] | Port Kaituma, Guyana | U.S. | William Royer | January 3, 1973 | May 5, 1925 | Lincoln, Nebraska |
95th (1977β1979) | |
William A. Steiger | Republican |
Wisconsin ( 6th district) |
December 4, 1978 | 40 | Heart attack [153] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Thomas E. Petri | January 3, 1967 | May 15, 1938 | Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
95th (1977β1979) |
Russell Mack died of a heart attack on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives midway through his 11th term.
Senator Kerr died on January 1, 1963 of a coronary blockage.
On November 7, 1965, Herbert Bonner died in Washington, D.C., after his fight with cancer.
John Fogarty died of on January 10, 1967, ironically of a heart attack, as he was being sworn in for his fourteenth term.
The Senate paid tribute to Philip Hart by naming the new office building in his honor as he was dying of cancer in 1976.
Senator John Porter East of Springfield, Illinois, but later of Greenville, North Carolina, died of carbon monoxide poisoning in what was later ruled to be a suicide.
U.S. Congress members who died in office |
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The following is a list of United States senators and representatives who died of natural or accidental causes, or who killed themselves, while serving their terms between 1950 and 1999. For a list of members of Congress who were killed while in office, see List of United States Congress members killed or wounded in office.
Party colors: Democratic (D) Republican (R)
Member | Party | State
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | Place of death | Place of burial | Successor | Serving since (in the House/Senate) | Date of birth | Place of birth | U.S. Congress | |
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S. Otis Bland | Democratic |
Virginia ( 1st district) |
February 16, 1950 | 77 | Cerebral hemorrhage [1] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Edward J. Robeson Jr. | July 2, 1918 | May 4, 1872 | Gloucester, Virginia |
81st (1949β1951) | |
Ralph E. Church | Republican |
Illinois ( 13th district) |
March 21, 1950 | 66 | Heart attack [2] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Marguerite S. Church | January 3, 1943 (previously served January 3, 1935 β January 3, 1941) | May 5, 1883 | Vermilion County, Illinois |
81st (1949β1951) | |
John Lesinski Sr. | Democratic |
Michigan ( 16th district) |
May 27, 1950 | 65 | Heart attack [3] | Dearborn, Michigan | U.S. | John Lesinski Jr. | March 4, 1933 | January 3, 1885 | Erie, Pennsylvania |
81st (1949β1951) | |
William Lemke | Republican |
North Dakota ( at-large district) |
May 30, 1950 | 71 | Heart attack [4] | Fargo, North Dakota | U.S. | Fred G. Aandahl | January 3, 1943 (previously served March 4, 1933 β January 3, 1941) | August 13, 1878 | Albany, Minnesota |
81st (1949β1951) | |
Alfred L. Bulwinkle | Democratic |
North Carolina ( 11th district) |
August 31, 1950 | 67 | Multiple myeloma [5] | Gastonia, North Carolina | U.S. | Woodrow W. Jones | March 4, 1931 (previously served March 4, 1921 β March 3, 1929) | April 21, 1883 | Charleston, South Carolina |
81st (1949β1951) | |
Herbert A. Meyer | Republican |
Kansas ( 3rd district) |
October 2, 1950 | 64 | Heart attack [6] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Myron V. George | January 3, 1947 | August 30, 1886 | Chillicothe, Ohio |
81st (1949β1951) | |
John B. Sullivan | Democratic |
Missouri ( 11th district) |
January 29, 1951 | 53 | Cerebral hemorrhage [7] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Claude I. Bakewell | January 3, 1949 (previously served January 3, 1941 β January 3, 1943, and January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947) | October 10, 1897 | Sedalia, Missouri |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Virgil Chapman | Democratic |
Kentucky ( Senator) |
March 8, 1951 | 55 | "cardiac respiratory failure caused by ... broken ribs, a crushed chest and internal bleeding" after traffic collision [8] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Thomas R. Underwood | January 3, 1949 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1925 β March 3, 1929, and March 4, 1931 β January 3, 1949) | March 15, 1895 | Middleton, Kentucky |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Arthur H. Vandenberg | Republican |
Michigan ( Senator) |
April 18, 1951 | 67 | Lung cancer | Grand Rapids, Michigan | U.S. | Blair Moody | March 31, 1928 | March 22, 1884 | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Frank Buchanan | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 33rd district) |
April 27, 1951 | 48 | Internal hemorrhages [9] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Vera Buchanan | May 21, 1946 | December 1, 1902 | McKeesport, Pennsylvania |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
John Kee | Democratic |
West Virginia ( 5th district) |
May 8, 1951 | 76 | Heart attack [10] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Elizabeth Kee | March 4, 1933 | August 22, 1874 | Glenville, West Virginia |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Wilson D. Gillette | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 14th district) |
August 7, 1951 | 71 | Bronchial pneumonia [11] | Towanda, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Joseph L. Carrigg | November 4, 1941 | July 1, 1880 | Sheshequin Township, Pennsylvania |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Frank Fellows | Republican |
Maine ( 3rd district) |
August 27, 1951 | 61 | Circulatory and abdominal illness [12] | Bangor, Maine | U.S. | Clifford McIntire | January 3, 1941 | November 7, 1889 | Bucksport, Maine |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Albert C. Vaughn | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 8th district) |
September 1, 1951 | 56 | Coronary thrombosis [13] | Fullerton, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Karl C. King | January 3, 1951 | October 9, 1894 | West Catasauqua, Pennsylvania |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Karl Stefan | Republican |
Nebraska ( 3rd district) |
October 2, 1951 | 67 | Acute cardiovascular collapse [14] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Robert Dinsmore Harrison | January 3, 1935 | March 1, 1884 | Zebrakov, Bohemia |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Kenneth S. Wherry | Republican |
Nebraska ( Senator) |
November 29, 1951 | 59 | Pneumonia [15] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Fred A. Seaton | January 3, 1943 | February 28, 1892 | Liberty, Nebraska |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
John A. Whitaker | Democratic |
Kentucky ( 2nd district) |
December 15, 1951 | 50 | Heart attack [16] | Russellville, Kentucky | U.S. | Garrett L. Withers | April 17, 1948 | October 31, 1901 | Russellville, Kentucky |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
William T. Byrne | Democratic |
New York ( 32nd district) |
January 27, 1952 | 75 | Cerebral hemorrhage [17] | Troy, New York | U.S. | Leo W. O'Brien | January 3, 1937 | March 6, 1876 | Florida, New York |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
George B. Schwabe | Republican |
Oklahoma ( 1st district) |
April 2, 1952 | 65 | Heart attack [18] | Alexandria, Virginia | U.S. | Page Belcher | January 3, 1951 (previously served January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1949) | July 26, 1886 | Arthur, Missouri |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Reid F. Murray | Republican |
Wisconsin ( 7th district) |
April 29, 1952 | 64 | Nephritis [19] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Melvin Laird | January 3, 1939 | October 16, 1887 | Ogdensburg, Wisconsin |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Brien McMahon | Democratic |
Connecticut ( Senator) |
July 28, 1952 | 48 | Lung cancer [20] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | William A. Purtell | January 3, 1945 | October 6, 1903 | Norwalk, Connecticut |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
William G. Stigler | Democratic |
Oklahoma ( 2nd district) |
August 21, 1952 | 61 | Extended Illness [21] | Stigler, Oklahoma | U.S. | Ed Edmondson | March 28, 1944 | July 7, 1891 | Stigler, Oklahoma |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Adolph J. Sabath | Democratic |
Illinois ( 7th district) |
November 6, 1952 | 86 | Liver disease [22] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | James B. Bowler | March 4, 1907 | April 4, 1866 | Zabori, Czechoslovakia |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
E. Eugene Cox | Democratic |
Georgia ( 2nd district) |
December 24, 1952 | 72 | Heart disease [23] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | J. L. Pilcher | March 4, 1925 | April 3, 1880 | Camilla, Georgia |
82nd (1951β1953) | |
Joseph R. Bryson | Democratic |
South Carolina ( 4th district) |
March 10, 1953 | 60 | Cerebral Hemorrhage [24] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Robert T. Ashmore | January 3, 1939 | January 18, 1893 | Brevard, North Carolina |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Garrett L. Withers | Democratic |
Kentucky ( 2nd district) |
April 30, 1953 | 68 | Cerebral hemorrhage [25] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | William H. Natcher | August 2, 1952 (U.S. Senate tenure January 20, 1949 β November 26, 1950) | June 21, 1884 | Clay, Kentucky |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Merlin Hull | Republican |
Wisconsin ( 9th district) |
May 17, 1953 | 82 | Pulmonary complications following surgery [26] | La Crosse, Wisconsin | U.S. | Lester Johnson | January 3, 1935 (previously served March 4, 1929 β March 3, 1931) | December 18, 1870 | Farina, Illinois |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Willis Smith | Democratic |
North Carolina ( Senator) |
June 26, 1953 | 65 | Coronary thrombosis [27] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Alton Lennon | November 27, 1950 | December 19, 1887 | Norfolk, Virginia |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Charles W. Tobey | Republican |
New Hampshire ( Senator) |
July 24, 1953 | 73 | Coronary thrombosis [28] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Robert W. Upton | January 3, 1939 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1933 β January 3, 1939) | July 22, 1880 | Roxbury, Massachusetts |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Robert A. Taft | Republican |
Ohio ( Senator) |
July 31, 1953 | 63 | Cerebral hemorrhage | New York City, New York | U.S. | Thomas A. Burke | January 3, 1939 | September 8, 1889 | Cincinnati, Ohio |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Dwight Griswold | Republican |
Nebraska ( Senator) |
April 12, 1954 | 60 | Heart attack [29] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Eva Bowring | November 5, 1952 | November 27, 1893 | Harrison, Nebraska |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Clyde R. Hoey | Democratic |
North Carolina ( Senator) |
May 12, 1954 | 76 | Stroke [30] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Sam Ervin | January 3, 1945 (U.S. House tenure December 16, 1919 β March 3, 1921) | December 11, 1877 | Shelby, North Carolina |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Lester C. Hunt | Democratic |
Wyoming ( Senator) |
June 19, 1954 | 61 | Suicide by firearm | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Edward D. Crippa | January 3, 1949 | July 8, 1892 | Isabel, Illinois |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Joseph Rider Farrington | Republican |
Hawaii ( Delegate) |
June 19, 1954 | 56 | Heart attack | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Elizabeth P. Farrington | January 3, 1943 | October 15, 1897 | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Hugh A. Butler | Republican |
Nebraska ( Senator) |
July 1, 1954 | 76 | Stroke [31] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Samuel W. Reynolds | January 3, 1941 | February 28, 1878 | Missouri Valley, Iowa |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
A. Sidney Camp | Democratic |
Georgia ( 4th district) |
July 24, 1954 | 61 | Liver ailment [32] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | John James Flynt Jr. | August 1, 1939 | July 26, 1892 | Moreland, Georgia |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Paul W. Shafer | Republican |
Michigan ( 3rd district) |
August 17, 1954 | 61 | Liver disease [33] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | August E. Johansen | January 3, 1937 | April 27, 1893 | Elkhart, Indiana |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Burnet R. Maybank | Democratic |
South Carolina ( Senator) |
September 1, 1954 | 55 | Heart attack [34] | Flat Rock, North Carolina | U.S. | Charles E. Daniel | November 5, 1941 | March 7, 1899 | Charleston, South Carolina |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Pat McCarran | Democratic |
Nevada ( Senator) |
September 28, 1954 | 78 | Heart attack [35] | Hawthorne, Nevada | U.S. | Ernest S. Brown | March 4, 1933 | August 8, 1876 | Reno, Nevada |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
Dwight L. Rogers | Democratic |
Florida ( 6th district) |
December 1, 1954 | 68 | Heart attack [36] | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | U.S. | Paul Rogers | January 3, 1945 | August 17, 1886 | Reidsville, Georgia |
83rd (1953β1955) | |
John Dingell Sr. | Democratic |
Michigan ( 15th district) |
September 19, 1955 | 61 | Heart attack [37] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | John D. Dingell Jr. | March 4, 1933 | February 2, 1894 | Detroit, Michigan |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Vera Buchanan | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 30th district) |
November 26, 1955 | 53 | Cancer [38] | McKeesport, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Elmer J. Holland | July 24, 1951 | July 20, 1902 | Wilson, Pennsylvania |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Chauncey W. Reed | Democratic |
Illinois ( 14th district) |
February 9, 1956 | 65 | Gastro-intestinal related chronic illness [39] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Russell W. Keeney | January 3, 1935 | June 2, 1890 | West Chicago, Illinois |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Harley M. Kilgore | Democratic |
West Virginia ( Senator) |
February 28, 1956 | 63 | Cerebral hemorrhage [40] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | William R. Laird, III | January 3, 1941 | January 11, 1893 | Brown, West Virginia |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Alben W. Barkley | Democratic |
Kentucky ( Senator) |
April 30, 1956 | 78 | Heart attack | Lexington, Virginia | U.S. | Robert Humphreys | January 3, 1955 (previously served March 4, 1927 β January 19, 1949; U.S. House tenure March 4, 1913 β March 3, 1927) | November 24, 1877 | Lowes, Kentucky |
84th (1955β1957) | |
William T. Granahan | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 2nd district) |
May 25, 1956 | 61 | Heart seizure following a minor abdominal surgery [41] | Darby, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Kathryn E. Granahan | January 3, 1949 (previously served January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947) | July 26, 1895 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
84th (1955β1957) | |
John Carl Hinshaw | Republican |
California ( 20th district) |
August 5, 1956 | 62 | Pneumonia complicated by congestive heart failure [42] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | H. Allen Smith | January 3, 1939 | July 28, 1894 | Chicago, Illinois |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Percy Priest | Democratic |
Tennessee ( 5th district) |
October 12, 1956 | 56 | Complications following surgery for ulcer [43] | Nashville, Tennessee | U.S. | J. Carlton Loser | January 3, 1941 | April 1, 1900 | Maury County, Tennessee |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Antonio M. FernΓ‘ndez | Democratic |
New Mexico ( At-large) |
November 7, 1956 | 54 | Complications following stroke [44] | Albuquerque, New Mexico | U.S. | Joseph Montoya | January 3, 1943 | January 17, 1902 | Springer, New Mexico |
84th (1955β1957) | |
T. Millet Hand | Republican |
New Jersey ( 2nd district) |
December 26, 1956 | 54 | Heart attack [45] | Cold Spring, New Jersey | U.S. | Milton W. Glenn | January 3, 1945 | July 7, 1902 | Cape May, New Jersey |
84th (1955β1957) | |
Joe McCarthy | Republican |
Wisconsin ( Senator) |
May 2, 1957 | 48 | Acute hepatitis | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | William Proxmire | January 3, 1947 | November 14, 1908 | Grand Chute, Wisconsin |
85th (1957β1959) | |
James Bowler | Democratic |
Illinois ( 7th district) |
July 18, 1957 | 82 | Complications from arthritis [46] | Des Plaines, Illinois | U.S. | Roland V. Libonati | July 7, 1953 | February 5, 1875 | Chicago, Illinois |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Henderson Lovelace Lanham | Democratic |
Georgia ( 7th district) |
November 10, 1957 | 69 | Traffic collision with train [47] | Rome, Georgia | U.S. | Harlan Erwin Mitchell | January 3, 1947 | September 14, 1888 | Rome, Georgia |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Augustine B. Kelley | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 21st district) |
November 20, 1957 | 74 | Cancer [48] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | John Herman Dent | January 3, 1941 | July 9, 1883 | New Baltimore, Pennsylvania |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Jere Cooper | Democratic |
Tennessee ( 8th district) |
December 18, 1957 | 64 | Heart attack [49] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Fats Everett | March 4, 1929 | July 20, 1893 | Dyer County, Tennessee |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Russell W. Keeney | Republican |
Illinois ( 14th district) |
January 11, 1958 | 60 | Chronic bladder ailment [50] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Elmer J. Hoffman | January 3, 1957 | December 29, 1897 | Pittsfield, Illinois |
85th (1957β1959) | |
August H. Andresen | Republican |
Minnesota ( 1st district) |
January 14, 1958 | 67 | Heart attack [51] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Al Quie | January 3, 1935 (previously served March 4, 1925 β March 3, 1933) | October 11, 1890 | Newark, Illinois |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Matthew M. Neely | Democratic |
West Virginia ( Senator) |
January 18, 1958 | 83 | Cancer [52] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | John D. Hoblitzell Jr. | January 3, 1949 (U.S. House tenure October 14, 1913 β March 3, 1921, and January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947; previously served March 4, 1923 β March 4, 1929, and March 4, 1931 β January 12, 1941) | November 9, 1874 | Grove, West Virginia |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Lawrence H. Smith | Republican |
Wisconsin ( 1st district) |
January 22, 1958 | 65 | Heart attack [53] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Gerald T. Flynn | August 29, 1941 | September 15, 1892 | Racine, Wisconsin |
85th (1957β1959) | |
John J. Dempsey | Democratic |
New Mexico ( At-large) |
March 11, 1958 | 78 | Viral infection [54] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Thomas G. Morris | January 3, 1951 (previously served January 3, 1935 β January 3, 1941) | June 22, 1879 | White Haven, Pennsylvania |
85th (1957β1959) | |
George S. Long | Democratic |
Louisiana ( 8th district) |
March 22, 1958 | 74 | Complications following heart attack [55] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Harold McSween | January 3, 1953 | September 11, 1883 | West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana |
85th (1957β1959) | |
W. Kerr Scott | Democratic |
North Carolina ( Senator) |
April 16, 1958 | 61 | Heart attack [56] | Burlington, North Carolina | U.S. | B. Everett Jordan | November 29, 1954 | April 17, 1896 | Haw River, North Carolina |
85th (1957β1959) | |
William E. McVey | Republican |
Illinois ( 4th district) |
August 10, 1958 | 72 | Heart attack [57] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Ed Derwinski | January 3, 1951 | December 13, 1885 | Clinton County, Ohio |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Herman P. Eberharter | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 28th district) |
September 9, 1958 | 66 | Stroke [58] | Arlington, Virginia | U.S. | William S. Moorhead | January 3, 1937 | April 29, 1892 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
85th (1957β1959) | |
J. Harry McGregor | Republican |
Ohio ( 17th district) |
October 7, 1958 | 62 | Heart attack [59] | Coshocton, Ohio | U.S. | Robert W. Levering | February 27, 1940 | September 30, 1896 | Unionport, Ohio |
85th (1957β1959) | |
Sid Simpson | Republican |
Illinois ( 20th district) |
October 26, 1958 | 64 | Heart attack [60] | Pittsfield, Illinois | U.S. | Edna O. Simpson | January 3, 1943 | September 20, 1894 | Carrollton, Illinois |
85th (1957β1959) | |
George H. Christopher | Democratic |
Missouri ( 4th district) |
January 23, 1959 | 70 | Heart attack [61] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | William J. Randall | January 3, 1955 (previously served January 3, 1949 β January 3, 1951) | December 9, 1888 | Butler, Missouri |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Daniel A. Reed | Republican |
New York ( 43rd district) |
February 19, 1959 | 83 | Heart attack [62] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Charles E. Goodell | March 4, 1919 | September 17, 1875 | Sheridan, New York |
86th (1959β1961) | |
James G. Polk | Democratic |
Ohio ( 6th district) |
April 28, 1959 | 62 | Cancer [63] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Ward Miller | January 3, 1949 (previously served March 4, 1931 β January 3, 1941) | October 6, 1896 | Highland County, Ohio |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Charles A. Boyle | Democratic |
Illinois ( 12th district) |
November 4, 1959 | 52 | Traffic collision [64] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | Edward R. Finnegan | January 3, 1955 | August 13, 1907 | Spring Lake, Michigan |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Steven V. Carter | Democratic |
Iowa ( 4th district) |
November 4, 1959 | 44 | Cancer [65] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | John Henry Kyl | January 3, 1959 | October 8, 1915 | Carterville, Utah |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Alvin Bush | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 17th district) |
November 5, 1959 | 66 | Heart attack [66] | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Herman T. Schneebeli | January 3, 1951 | June 4, 1893 | Boggs Township, Pennsylvania |
86th (1959β1961) | |
William Langer | Republican |
North Dakota ( Senator) |
November 8, 1959 | 73 | Heart failure [67] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Clarence Norman Brunsdale | January 3, 1941 | September 30, 1886 | Casselton, North Dakota |
86th (1959β1961) |
Member | Party | State
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | Place of death | Place of burial | Successor | Serving since (in the House/Senate) | Date of birth | Place of birth | U.S. Congress | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard M. Simpson | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 18th district) |
January 7, 1960 | 59 | Complications following surgery to remove brain tumor [68] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Douglas H. Elliott | May 12, 1937 | August 30, 1900 | Huntingdon, Pennsylvania |
86th (1959β1961) | |
David M. Hall | Democratic |
North Carolina ( 12th district) |
January 29, 1960 | 41 | Bladder cancer [69] | Sylva, North Carolina | U.S. | Roy A. Taylor | January 3, 1959 | May 16, 1918 | Sylva, North Carolina |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Richard L. Neuberger | Democratic |
Oregon ( Senator) |
March 9, 1960 | 47 | Cerebral hemorrhage [70] | Portland, Oregon | U.S. | Hall S. Lusk | January 3, 1955 | December 26, 1912 | Multnomah County, Oregon |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Russell V. Mack | Republican |
Washington ( 3rd district) |
March 28, 1960 | 68 | Heart attack [71] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Julia Butler Hansen | July 7, 1947 | June 13, 1891 | Hillman, Michigan |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Douglas H. Elliott | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 18th district) |
June 19, 1960 | 39 | Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning [72] | Horse Valley, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Irving Whalley | April 26, 1960 | June 3, 1921 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Edith Nourse Rogers | Republican |
Massachusetts ( 5th district) |
September 10, 1960 | 79 | Heart attack [73] | Boston, Massachusetts | U.S. | F. Bradford Morse | June 30, 1925 | March 19, 1881 | Saco, Maine |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Thomas C. Hennings Jr. | Democratic |
Missouri ( Senator) |
September 13, 1960 | 57 | Stomach cancer [74] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Edward V. Long | January 3, 1951 (U.S. House tenure January 3, 1935 β December 31, 1940) | June 25, 1903 | St. Louis, Missouri |
86th (1959β1961) | |
Edwin K. Thomson | Republican |
Wyoming ( At-large district) |
December 9, 1960 | 41 | Heart attack [75] | Cody, Wyoming | U.S. | William H. Harrison | January 3, 1955 | February 8, 1919 | Newcastle, Wyoming |
86th (1959β1961) | |
William F. Norrell | Democratic |
Arkansas ( 6th district) |
February 15, 1961 | 64 | Stroke [76] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Catherine Dorris Norrell | January 3, 1939 | August 29, 1896 | Milo, Arkansas |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Walter M. Mumma | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 16th district) |
February 25, 1961 | 70 | Stroke [77] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | John C. Kunkel | January 3, 1951 | November 20, 1890 | Steelton, Pennsylvania |
87th (1961β1963) | |
B. Carroll Reece | Republican |
Tennessee ( 1st district) |
March 19, 1961 | 71 | Lung cancer [78] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Louise Reece | January 3, 1951 (previously served March 4, 1921 β March 3, 1931, and March 4, 1933 β January 3, 1947) | December 22, 1889 | Butler, Tennessee |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Overton Brooks | Democratic |
Louisiana ( 4th district) |
September 16, 1961 | 63 | Heart attack [79] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Joe Waggonner | January 3, 1937 | December 21, 1897 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Louis C. Rabaut | Democratic |
Michigan ( 14th district) |
November 12, 1961 | 74 | Heart attack [80] | Hamtramck, Michigan | U.S. | Harold M. Ryan | January 3, 1949 (previously served January 3, 1935 β January 3, 1947) | December 5, 1886 | Detroit, Michigan |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Sam Rayburn | Democratic |
Texas ( 4th district) |
November 16, 1961 | 79 | Cancer [81] | Bonham, Texas | U.S. | Ray Roberts | March 4, 1913 | January 6, 1882 | Kingston, Tennessee |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Styles Bridges | Republican |
New Hampshire ( Senator) |
November 26, 1961 | 63 | Complications following heart attack [82] | Concord, New Hampshire | U.S. | Maurice J. Murphy Jr. | January 3, 1937 | September 9, 1898 | Pembroke, Maine |
87th (1961β1963) | |
John J. Riley | Democratic |
South Carolina ( 2nd district) |
January 1, 1962 | 66 | Coronary thrombosis [83] | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | U.S. | Corinne Boyd Riley | January 3, 1951 (previously served January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947) | February 1, 1895 | Orangeburg, South Carolina |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Andrew F. Schoeppel | Republican |
Kansas ( Senator) |
January 21, 1962 | 67 | Stomach Cancer [84] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | James B. Pearson | January 3, 1949 | November 23, 1894 | Barton County, Kansas |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Francis H. Case | Republican |
South Dakota ( Senator) |
June 22, 1962 | 65 | Heart attack [85] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Joseph H. Bottum | January 3, 1951 (U.S. House tenure January 3, 1937 β January 3, 1951) | December 9, 1896 | Everly, Iowa |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Henry Dworshak | Republican |
Idaho ( Senator) |
July 23, 1962 | 67 | Heart attack [86] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Len Jordan | October 14, 1949 (previously served November 7, 1946 β January 3, 1949; U.S House tenure January 3, 1939 β November 7, 1946) | August 29, 1894 | Duluth, Minnesota |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Clement W. Miller | Democratic |
California ( 1st district) |
October 7, 1962 | 45 | Plane crash [87] | Eureka, California | U.S. | Don H. Clausen | January 3, 1949 | October 28, 1916 | Wilmington, Delaware |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Dennis ChΓ‘vez | Democratic |
New Mexico ( Senator) |
November 18, 1962 | 74 | Heart attack [88] | Los Chaves, New Mexico | U.S. | Edwin L. Mechem | May 11, 1935 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1931 β January 3, 1935) | April 8, 1888 | Los Chaves, New Mexico Territory |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Robert S. Kerr | Democratic |
Oklahoma ( Senator) |
January 1, 1963 | 66 | Coronary thrombosis [89] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | J. Howard Edmondson | January 3, 1949 | September 11, 1896 | Ada, Oklahoma |
87th (1961β1963) | |
Clyde Doyle | Democratic |
California ( 23rd district) |
March 14, 1963 | 75 | Natural causes [90] | Arlington, Virginia | U.S. | Del M. Clawson | January 3, 1949 (previously served January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947) | July 11, 1887 | Oakland, California |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Francis E. Walter | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 15th district) |
May 31, 1963 | 69 | Leukemia [91] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Fred B. Rooney | March 4, 1933 | May 26, 1894 | Easton, Pennsylvania |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Hjalmar C. Nygaard | Republican |
North Dakota ( 1st district) |
July 18, 1963 | 57 | Heart attack [92] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Mark Andrews | January 3, 1961 | March 24, 1906 | Sharon, North Dakota |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Estes Kefauver | Democratic |
Tennessee ( Senator) |
August 10, 1963 | 60 | Heart attack [93] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Herbert S. Walters | January 3, 1949 (U.S. House tenure September 13, 1939 β January 3, 1949) | July 26, 1903 | Madisonville, Tennessee |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Leon H. Gavin | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 23rd district) |
September 15, 1963 | 70 | Cerebral hemorrhage [94] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Albert W. Johnson | January 3, 1943 | February 25, 1893 | Buffalo, New York |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Bill Green Jr. | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 5th district) |
December 21, 1963 | 53 | Peritonitis and gall bladder complications [95] | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Bill Green, III | January 3, 1949 (previously served January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947) | March 5, 1910 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Howard Baker | Republican |
Tennessee ( 2nd district) |
January 7, 1964 | 61 | Heart attack [96] | Knoxville, Tennessee | U.S. | Irene Bailey Baker | January 3, 1951 | January 12, 1902 | Somerset, Kentucky |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Thomas J. O'Brien | Democratic |
Illinois ( 6th district) |
April 14, 1964 | 85 | Stroke [97] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | Daniel J. Ronan | January 3, 1943 (previously served March 4, 1933 β January 3, 1939) | April 30, 1878 | Bethesda, Maryland |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Clarence Cannon | Democratic |
Missouri ( 9th district) |
May 12, 1964 | 85 | Heart failure [98] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | William L. Hungate | March 4, 1923 | April 11, 1879 | Elsberry, Missouri |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Clair Engle | Democratic |
California ( Senator) |
July 30, 1964 | 52 | Complications following surgery to remove brain tumor [99] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Pierre Salinger | January 3, 1959 (U.S. House tenure August 31, 1943 β January 3, 1959) | September 21, 1911 | Bakersfield, California |
88th (1963β1965) | |
John B. Bennett | Republican |
Michigan ( 12th district) |
August 9, 1964 | 60 | Cancer [100] | Chevy Chase, Maryland | U.S. | James G. O'Hara | January 3, 1947 (previously served January 3, 1943 β January 3, 1945) | January 10, 1904 | Garden, Michigan |
88th (1963β1965) | |
A. Walter Norblad | Republican |
Oregon ( 1st district) |
September 20, 1964 | 56 | Heart attack [101] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Wendell Wyatt | January 18, 1946 | September 12, 1908 | Escanaba, Michigan |
88th (1963β1965) | |
Olin D. Johnston | Democratic |
South Carolina ( Senator) |
April 18, 1965 | 68 | Pneumonia [102] | Columbia, South Carolina | U.S. | Donald S. Russell | January 3, 1945 | November 18, 1896 | Honea Path, South Carolina |
89th (1965β1967) | |
T. Ashton Thompson | Democratic |
Louisiana ( 7th district) |
July 1, 1965 | 49 | Traffic collision [103] | Gastonia, North Carolina | U.S. | Edwin Washington Edwards | January 3, 1953 | March 31, 1916 | Ville Platte, Louisiana |
89th (1965β1967) | |
Clarence J. Brown | Republican |
Ohio ( 7th district) |
August 23, 1965 | 72 | Uremic poisoning due to kidney failure [104] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Bud Brown | January 3, 1939 | July 14, 1893 | Blanchester, Ohio |
89th (1965β1967) | |
Herbert C. Bonner | Democratic |
North Carolina ( 1st district) |
November 7, 1965 | 74 | Cancer [105] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Walter B. Jones Sr. | November 5, 1940 | May 16, 1891 | Washington, North Carolina |
89th (1965β1967) | |
Albert Thomas | Democratic |
Texas ( 8th district) |
February 15, 1966 | 67 | Cancer [106] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Lera Millard Thomas | January 3, 1937 | April 12, 1898 | Nacogdoches, Texas |
89th (1965β1967) | |
John F. Baldwin Jr. | Republican |
California ( 14th district) |
March 9, 1966 | 50 | Cancer [107] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Jerome R. Waldie | January 3, 1955 | June 28, 1915 | Oakland, California |
89th (1965β1967) | |
Patrick V. McNamara | Democratic |
Michigan ( Senator) |
April 30, 1966 | 71 | Stroke [108] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Robert P. Griffin | January 3, 1955 | October 4, 1894 | North Weymouth, Massachusetts |
89th (1965β1967) | |
John E. Fogarty | Democratic |
Rhode Island ( 2nd district) |
January 10, 1967 | 53 | Heart attack [109] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Robert Tiernan | January 3, 1941 | March 23, 1913 | Providence, Rhode Island |
90th (1967β1969) | |
J. Arthur Younger | Republican |
California ( 11th district) |
June 20, 1967 | 74 | Leukemia [110] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Pete McCloskey | January 3, 1953 | April 11, 1893 | Albany, Oregon |
90th (1967β1969) | |
Robert F. Kennedy | Democratic |
New York ( Senator) |
June 6, 1968 | 42 | Assassination | Los Angeles, California | U.S. | Charles Goodell | January 3, 1965 | November 20, 1925 | Brookline, Massachusetts |
90th (1967β1969) | |
Joe R. Pool | Democratic |
Texas ( 3rd district) |
July 14, 1968 | 57 | Heart attack [111] | Houston, Texas | U.S. | James M. Collins | January 3, 1963 | February 18, 1911 | Fort Worth, Texas |
90th (1967β1969) | |
Elmer J. Holland | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 20th district) |
August 9, 1968 | 74 | Heart attack [112] | Annapolis, Maryland | U.S. | Joseph M. Gaydos | January 24, 1956 (previously served May 19, 1942 β January 3, 1943) | January 8, 1894 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
90th (1967β1969) | |
Bob Bartlett | Democratic |
Alaska ( Senator) |
December 11, 1968 | 64 | Internal hemorrhage following heart surgery [113] | Cleveland, Ohio | U.S. | Ted Stevens | January 3, 1959 (U.S. House tenure as a delegate January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1959) | April 20, 1904 | Seattle, Washington |
90th (1967β1969) | |
Fats Everett | Democratic |
Tennessee ( 8th district) |
January 26, 1969 | 53 | Pneumonia and flu complications [114] | Nashville, Tennessee | U.S. | Ed Jones | February 1, 1958 | February 24, 1915 | Union City, Tennessee |
91st (1969β1971) | |
William H. Bates | Republican |
Massachusetts ( 6th district) |
June 22, 1969 | 52 | Stomach cancer [115] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Michael J. Harrington | February 14, 1950 | April 26, 1917 | Salem, Massachusetts |
91st (1969β1971) | |
Daniel J. Ronan | Democratic |
Illinois ( 6th district) |
August 13, 1969 | 55 | Heart attack [116] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | George W. Collins | January 3, 1965 | July 13, 1914 | Chicago, Illinois |
91st (1969β1971) | |
Everett Dirksen | Republican |
Illinois ( Senator) |
September 7, 1969 | 73 | Cardiopulmonary arrest | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Ralph Tyler Smith | January 3, 1951 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1933 β January 3, 1949) | January 4, 1896 | Pekin, Illinois |
91st (1969β1971) |
Member | Party | State
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | Place of death | Place of burial | Successor | Serving since (in the House/Senate) | Date of birth | Place of birth | U.S. Congress | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenard P. Lipscomb | Republican |
California ( 24th district) |
February 1, 1970 | 54 | Complications following surgery to remove intestinal tumor [117] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | John H. Rousselot | November 10, 1953 | August 19, 1915 | Jackson County, Michigan |
91st (1969β1971) | |
James B. Utt | Republican |
California ( 35th district) |
March 1, 1970 | 70 | Heart attack [118] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | John G. Schmitz | January 3, 1953 | March 11, 1899 | Tustin, California |
91st (1969β1971) | |
William St. Onge | Democratic |
Connecticut ( 2nd district) |
May 1, 1970 | 55 | Heart attack [119] | Groton, Connecticut | U.S. | Robert H. Steele | January 3, 1963 | October 9, 1914 | Putnam, Connecticut |
91st (1969β1971) | |
Michael J. Kirwan | Democratic |
Ohio ( 19th district) |
July 27, 1970 | 83 | Complications following fall [120] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Charles J. Carney | January 3, 1937 | December 2, 1886 | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
91st (1969β1971) | |
G. Robert Watkins | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 9th district) |
August 7, 1970 | 68 | Heart attack [121] | West Chester, Pennsylvania | U.S. | John Ware | January 3, 1965 | May 21, 1902 | Hampton, Virginia |
91st (1969β1971) | |
William L. Dawson | Democratic |
Illinois ( 1st district) |
November 9, 1970 | 84 | Pneumonia [122] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | Ralph H. Metcalfe | January 3, 1943 | April 26, 1886 | Albany, Georgia |
91st (1969β1971) | |
L. Mendel Rivers | Democratic |
South Carolina ( 1st district) |
December 28, 1970 | 65 | Complications following heart valve replacement [123] | Birmingham, Alabama | U.S. | Mendel Jackson Davis | January 3, 1941 | September 28, 1905 | Gumville, South Carolina |
91st (1969β1971) | |
Richard Russell Jr. | Democratic |
Georgia ( Senator) |
January 21, 1971 | 73 | Emphysema [124] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | David H. Gambrell | January 12, 1933 | November 2, 1897 | Winder, Georgia |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
Robert J. Corbett | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 18th district) |
April 25, 1971 | 65 | Heart attack [125] | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | U.S. | John Heinz | January 3, 1945 (previously served January 3, 1939 β January 3, 1941) | August 25, 1905 | Avalon, Pennsylvania |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
Winston L. Prouty | Republican |
Vermont ( Senator) |
September 10, 1971 | 65 | Gastric cancer [126] | Boston, Massachusetts | U.S. | Robert T. Stafford | January 3, 1959 (U.S. House tenure January 3, 1951 β January 3, 1959) | September 1, 1906 | Newport, Vermont |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
John C. Watts | Democratic |
Kentucky ( 6th district) |
September 24, 1971 | 69 | Stroke [127] | Lexington, Kentucky | U.S. | William P. Curlin Jr. | April 4, 1951 | July 9, 1902 | Nicholasville, Kentucky |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
James G. Fulton | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 27th district) |
October 6, 1971 | 68 | Heart attack [128] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | William Sheldrick Conover | January 3, 1945 | March 1, 1903 | Dormont, Pennsylvania |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
George W. Andrews | Democratic |
Alabama ( 3rd district) |
December 25, 1971 | 65 | Complications following heart surgery [129] | Birmingham, Alabama | U.S. | Elizabeth B. Andrews | March 14, 1944 | December 12, 1906 | Clayton, Alabama |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
Allen J. Ellender | Democratic |
Louisiana ( Senator) |
July 27, 1972 | 81 | Heart attack [130] | Maryland | U.S. | Elaine Edwards | January 3, 1937 | September 24, 1890 | Montegut, Louisiana |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
William F. Ryan | Democratic |
New York ( 20th district) |
September 17, 1972 | 50 | Throat cancer [131] | New York City, New York | U.S. | Bella Abzug | January 3, 1961 | June 28, 1922 | Albion, New York |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
Nick Begich | Democratic |
Alaska ( At-large district) |
October 16, 1972 | 40 | Presumably killed in plane crash | Alaska | U.S. | Don Young | January 3, 1971 | April 6, 1932 | Eveleth, Minnesota |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
Hale Boggs | Democratic |
Louisiana ( 2nd district) |
October 16, 1972 | 58 | Presumably killed in plane crash | Alaska | U.S. | Lindy Boggs | January 3, 1947 (previously served January 3, 1941 β January 3, 1943) | February 15, 1914 | Long Beach, Mississippi |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
Frank T. Bow | Republican |
Ohio ( 16th district) |
November 13, 1972 | 71 | Heart failure [132] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Ralph S. Regula | January 3, 1951 | February 20, 1901 | Canton, Ohio |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
George W. Collins | Democratic |
Illinois ( 6th district) |
December 8, 1972 | 47 | Plane crash [133] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | Cardiss Collins | November 3, 1970 | March 5, 1925 | Chicago, Illinois |
92nd (1971β1973) | |
William O. Mills | Republican |
Maryland ( 1st district) |
May 24, 1973 | 48 | Suicide by firearm [134] | Bethlehem, Maryland | U.S. | Robert Bauman | May 25, 1971 | August 12, 1924 | Easton, Maryland |
93rd (1973β1975) | |
John P. Saylor | Republican |
Pennsylvania ( 12th district) |
October 28, 1973 | 65 | Heart attack [135] | Houston, Texas | U.S. | John Murtha | September 13, 1949 | July 23, 1908 | Conemaugh Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania |
93rd (1973β1975) | |
Charles M. Teague | Republican |
California ( 13th district) |
January 1, 1974 | 64 | Heart attack [136] | Santa Paula, California | U.S. | Robert J. Lagomarsino | January 3, 1955 | September 18, 1909 | Santa Paula, California |
93rd (1973β1975) | |
John C. Kluczynski | Democratic |
Illinois ( 5th district) |
January 26, 1975 | 78 | Heart attack [137] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | John G. Fary | January 3, 1951 | February 15, 1896 | Chicago, Illinois |
94th (1975β1977) | |
Jerry Pettis | Republican |
California ( 37th district) |
February 14, 1975 | 58 | Plane crash [138] | Banning, California | U.S. | Shirley Neil Pettis | January 3, 1967 | July 18, 1916 | Phoenix, Arizona |
94th (1975β1977) | |
Wright Patman | Democratic |
Texas ( 1st district) |
March 7, 1976 | 82 | Pneumonia [139] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Sam B. Hall | March 4, 1929 | August 6, 1893 | Hughes Springs, Texas |
94th (1975β1977) | |
William A. Barrett | Democratic |
Pennsylvania ( 1st district) |
April 12, 1976 | 79 | Pneumonia [140] | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Michael Myers | January 3, 1949 (previously served January 3, 1945 β January 3, 1947) | August 14, 1896 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
94th (1975β1977) | |
Torbert Macdonald | Democratic |
Massachusetts ( 7th district) |
May 21, 1976 | 58 | Internal hemorrhage [141] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Edward Markey | January 3, 1955 | June 6, 1917 | Everett, Massachusetts |
94th (1975β1977) | |
Jerry Litton | Democratic |
Missouri ( 6th district) |
August 3, 1976 | 39 | Plane crash [142] | Chillicothe, Missouri | U.S. | Earl Thomas Coleman | January 3, 1973 | May 12, 1937 | Lock Springs, Missouri |
94th (1975β1977) | |
Philip Hart | Democratic |
Michigan ( Senator) |
December 26, 1976 | 64 | Cancer [143] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Donald W. Riegle Jr. | January 3, 1959 | December 10, 1912 | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |
94th (1975β1977) | |
John L. McClellan | Democratic |
Arkansas ( Senator) |
November 28, 1977 | 81 | Died in sleep following a recent surgery to implant a pacemaker [144] | Little Rock, Arkansas | U.S. | Kaneaster Hodges Jr. | January 3, 1943 (U.S. House tenure January 3, 1935 β January 3, 1939) | February 25, 1896 | Sheridan, Arkansas |
95th (1977β1979) | |
Lee Metcalf | Democratic |
Montana ( Senator) |
January 12, 1978 | 66 | Heart attack [145] | Helena, Montana | U.S. | Paul G. Hatfield | January 3, 1961 (U.S. House tenure January 3, 1953 β January 3, 1961) | January 28, 1911 | Stevensville, Montana |
95th (1977β1979) | |
Hubert Humphrey | Democratic |
Minnesota ( Senator) |
January 13, 1978 | 66 | Bladder cancer [146] | Waverly, Minnesota | U.S. | Muriel Humphrey | January 3, 1971 (previously served January 3, 1949 β December 30, 1964) | May 27, 1911 | Wallace, South Dakota |
95th (1977β1979) | |
James Allen | Democratic |
Alabama ( Senator) |
June 1, 1978 | 65 | Heart attack [147] | Gulf Shores, Alabama | U.S. | Maryon Pittman Allen | January 3, 1969 | December 28, 1912 | Gadsden, Alabama |
95th (1977β1979) | |
Clifford Allen | Democratic |
Tennessee ( 5th district) |
June 18, 1978 | 66 | Heart attack [148] | Nashville, Tennessee | U.S. | Bill Boner | November 25, 1975 | January 6, 1912 | Jacksonville, Florida |
95th (1977β1979) | |
William M. Ketchum | Republican |
California ( 18th district) |
June 24, 1978 | 56 | Heart attack [149] | Bakersfield, California | U.S. | Bill Thomas | January 3, 1973 | September 2, 1921 | Los Angeles, California |
95th (1977β1979) | |
Ralph Metcalfe | Democratic |
Illinois ( 1st district) |
October 10, 1978 | 68 | Heart attack [150] | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | Bennett M. Stewart | January 3, 1971 | May 29, 1910 | Atlanta, Georgia |
95th (1977β1979) | |
Goodloe Byron | Democratic |
Maryland ( 6th district) |
October 11, 1978 | 49 | Heart attack [151] | Hagerstown, Maryland | U.S. | Beverly Byron | January 3, 1971 | June 22, 1929 | Williamsport, Maryland |
95th (1977β1979) | |
Leo Ryan | Democratic |
California ( 11th district) |
November 18, 1978 | 53 | Murder by gunshot [152] | Port Kaituma, Guyana | U.S. | William Royer | January 3, 1973 | May 5, 1925 | Lincoln, Nebraska |
95th (1977β1979) | |
William A. Steiger | Republican |
Wisconsin ( 6th district) |
December 4, 1978 | 40 | Heart attack [153] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Thomas E. Petri | January 3, 1967 | May 15, 1938 | Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
95th (1977β1979) |
Russell Mack died of a heart attack on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives midway through his 11th term.
Senator Kerr died on January 1, 1963 of a coronary blockage.
On November 7, 1965, Herbert Bonner died in Washington, D.C., after his fight with cancer.
John Fogarty died of on January 10, 1967, ironically of a heart attack, as he was being sworn in for his fourteenth term.
The Senate paid tribute to Philip Hart by naming the new office building in his honor as he was dying of cancer in 1976.
Senator John Porter East of Springfield, Illinois, but later of Greenville, North Carolina, died of carbon monoxide poisoning in what was later ruled to be a suicide.