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| [[United States congressional delegations from Louisiana|Louisiana]]<br/>{{small|([[Louisiana's 6th congressional district|6th district]])}}
| June 19, 1933
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! [[Edward B. Almon]]
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| [[United States congressional delegations from Alabama|Alabama]]<br/>{{small|([[Alabama's 8th congressional district|8th district]])}}
| June 22, 1933
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! [[Henry Winfield Watson]]
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| [[United States congressional delegations from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]<br/>{{small|([[Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district|9th district]])}}
| August 27, 1933
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! [[Lynn Hornor]]
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| [[United States congressional delegations from West Virginia|West Virginia]]<br/>{{small|([[West Virginia's 3rd congressional district|3rd district]])}}
| September 23, 1933
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! [[John D. Clarke]]
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| [[United States congressional delegations from New York|New York]]<br/>{{small|([[New York's 34th congressional district|34th district]])}}
| November 5, 1933
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! [[James S. Parker]]
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| [[United States congressional delegations from New York|New York]]<br/>{{small|([[New York's 29th congressional district|29th district]])}}
| December 19, 1933
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Revision as of 22:03, 6 November 2014

The following is a list of U.S. Senators and Representatives who died of natural or accidental causes, or who took their own lives, while serving their terms. For a list of members of Congress who were killed in office, see United States Congress members killed or wounded in office.

Party colors:   Democratic   Republican   Democratic-Republican   Federalist

1790s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
William Grayson style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(Senator)
March 12, 1790 49/50 no cause of death
Theodorick Bland style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(9th district)
June 1, 1790 49 no cause of death
Roger Sherman style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Connecticut
(Senator)
July 23, 1793 72 Typhoid fever
Abraham Clark style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   New Jersey
(At-large)
September 15, 1794 68 sunstroke
Alexander Gillon style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   South Carolina
(5th district)
October 6, 1794 52/53 no cause of death
James Davenport style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Connecticut
(At-large)
August 3, 1797 38 no cause of death
Nathan Bryan style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(10th district)
June 1, 1798 49/50 no cause of death
John Swanwick style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(1st district)
August 1, 1798 57/58 no cause of death
Joshua Clayton style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Delaware
(Senator)
August 11, 1798 54 Yellow fever
Joshua Coit style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Connecticut
(At-large)
September 5, 1798 39 no cause of death
Henry Tazewell style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(Senator)
January 24, 1799 45 no cause of death
Jonathan Nicoll Havens style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   New York
(1st district)
October 25, 1799 42 no cause of death

1800s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
Thomas Hartley style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(8th district)
December 21, 1800 52 no cause of death
James Jones style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Georgia
(At-large)
January 11, 1801 41/42 no cause of death
Charles Johnson style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(8th district)
July 23, 1802 49/50 no cause of death
John Ewing Colhoun style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   South Carolina
(Senator)
October 26, 1802 52-53 no cause of death
Isaac Bloom style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   New York
(6th district)
April 26, 1803 54 no cause of death
Stevens T. Mason style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(Senator)
May 10, 1803 42 no cause of death
Daniel Hiester style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Maryland
(4th district)
March 7, 1804 56 no cause of death
John Johns Trigg style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(13th district)
May 17, 1804 55-56 no cause of death
Samuel J. Potter style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Rhode Island
(Senator)
October 14, 1804 51 no cause of death
James Gillespie style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(10th district)
January 11, 1805 55-56 no cause of death
John A. Hanna style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(4th district)
July 23, 1805 42/43 no cause of death
James Jackson style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Georgia
(Senator)
March 19, 1806 48 no cause of death
Christian Lower style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(3rd district)
December 19, 1806 66 no cause of death
Levi Casey style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   South Carolina
(6th district)
February 3, 1807 53-54 no cause of death
Abraham Baldwin style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Georgia
(Senator)
March 4, 1807 52 no cause of death
Uriah Tracy style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Connecticut
(Senator)
July 19, 1807 52 no cause of death
Ezra Darby style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   New Jersey
(At-large)
January 27, 1808 39 no cause of death
Jacob Crowninshield style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Massachusetts
(2nd district)
April 15, 1808 38 no cause of death
Nehemiah Knight style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Rhode Island
(At-large)
June 13, 1808 62 no cause of death
John Claiborne style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(17th district)
October 9, 1808 30/31 no cause of death
Francis Malbone style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Rhode Island
(Senator)
June 4, 1809 50 no cause of death
Samuel White style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Rhode Island
(Senator)
November 4, 1809 38 no cause of death

1810s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
James Cox style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   New Jersey
(At-large)
September 12, 1810 56 no cause of death
Thomas Blount style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(3rd district)
February 7, 1812 52 no cause of death
John Smilie style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(9th district)
December 30, 1812 70/71 no cause of death
Robert Whitehill style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(5th district)
April 8, 1813 74 no cause of death
John Dawson style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(11th district)
March 31, 1814 51/52 no cause of death
Nicholas Gilman style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   New Hampshire
(Senator)
May 2, 1814 58 no cause of death
Jacob Hufty style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   New Jersey
(3rd district)
May 20, 1814 unknown no cause of death
Richard Brent style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(Senator)
December 30, 1814 57 no cause of death
David Bard style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(9th district)
March 12, 1815 70/71 no cause of death
Jonathan Williams style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(1st district)
May 16, 1815 63 gout
Matthew Clay style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(15th district)
May 27, 1815 61 no cause of death
John Sevier style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Tennessee
(2nd district)
September 24, 1815 70 no cause of death
Elijah Brigham style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Massachusetts
(11th district)
February 22, 1816 64 no cause of death
Richard Stanford style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(8th district)
April 9, 1816 48/49 no cause of death
Thomas Gholson, Jr. style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(18th district)
July 4, 1816 35/36 no cause of death
John Clopton style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(23rd district)
September 11, 1816 60 no cause of death
John Woods style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(14th district)
December 16, 1816 54/55 no cause of death
Alexander McMillan style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(23rd district)
1817 unknown no cause of death
William C. C. Claiborne style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Louisiana
(Senator)
November 23, 1817 42 no cause of death
Peterson Goodwyn style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   Virginia
(18th district)
February 21, 1818 72/73 no cause of death
George Mumford style="background:Template:Democratic-Republican Party/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(10th district)
December 31, 1818 unknown no cause of death
Alexander C. Hanson style="background:Template:Federalist Party/meta/color"|   Maryland
(Senator)
April 23, 1819 33 no cause of death

1820s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause

1830s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause

1840s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause

1850s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause

1860s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause

1870s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause

1880s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause

1890s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause

1900s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause

1910s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause

1920s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause

1930s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
James A. Hughes style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   West Virginia
(4th district)
March 2, 1930 69 no cause of death
James P. Glynn style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Connecticut
(5th district)
March 6, 1930 62 no cause of death
Robert Quincy Lee style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Texas
(17th district)
April 18, 1930 61 no cause of death
Stephen G. Porter style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(32nd district)
June 27, 1930 61 no cause of death
Florian Lampert style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   File:FLampert.jpg Wisconsin
(6th district)
July 18, 1930 67 no cause of death
Edgar Raymond Kiess style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(16th district)
July 20, 1930 54 no cause of death
Charles Manly Stedman style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(5th district)
September 23, 1930 89 no cause of death
William C. Hammer style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(7th district)
September 26, 1930 65 no cause of death
Charles F. Curry style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   California
(3rd district)
October 10, 1930 72 no cause of death
Otis Wingo style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Arkansas
(4th district)
October 21, 1930 53 no cause of death
John F. Quayle style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(7th district)
November 27, 1930 71 no cause of death
David J. O'Connell style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(9th district)
December 29, 1930 72 no cause of death
Henry Allen Cooper style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Wisconsin
(1st district)
March 1, 1931 80 no cause of death
James Benjamin Aswell style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Louisiana
(8th district)
March 16, 1931 61 no cause of death
Nicholas Longworth style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Ohio
(1st district)
April 9, 1931 61 no cause of death
Matthew Vincent O'Malley style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(7th district)
May 26, 1931 52 no cause of death
Charles A. Mooney style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Ohio
(20th district)
May 29, 1931 52 no cause of death
George S. Graham style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(2nd district)
July 4, 1931 80 no cause of death
Charles Gordon Edwards style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   United States congressional delegations from Michigan
(1st district)
July 13, 1931 53 no cause of death
Bird J. Vincent style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   United States congressional delegations from Michigan
(8th district)
July 18, 1931 51 heart disease
Ernest Robinson Ackerman style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New Jersey
(1st district)
October 18, 1931 68 pneumonia and cerebral embollism
Fletcher Hale style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New Hampshire
(1st district)
October 22, 1931 48 pneumonia and cerebral embollism
Harry M. Wurzbach style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Texas
(14th district)
November 6, 1931 57 appendectomy
Percy Quin style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Mississippi
(7th district)
February 4, 1932 59 no cause of death
Samuel Rutherford style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Georgia
(6th district)
February 4, 1932 61 heart attack
Albert Henry Vestal style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Indiana
(8th district)
April 1, 1932 57 heart attack
Edward M. Beers style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(18th district)
April 21, 1932 54 no cause of death
Edward E. Eslick style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Tennessee
(7th district)
June 14, 1932 60 heart attack
Henry St. George Tucker style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Virginia
(7th district)
July 23, 1932 79 no cause of death
John Charles Linthicum style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Maryland
(4th district)
October 5, 1932 64 no cause of death
Charles A. Karch style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(22nd district)
November 6, 1932 57 no cause of death
James C. McLaughlin style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   United States congressional delegations from Michigan
(9th district)
November 29, 1932 74 no cause of death
Daniel E. Garrett style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   United States congressional delegations from Texas
(8th district)
December 13, 1932 63 no cause of death
Robert R. Butler style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   United States congressional delegations from Oregon
(2nd district)
January 7, 1933 51 heart failure
Samuel A. Kendall style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(24th district)
January 8, 1933 73 died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound
Godfrey G. Goodwin style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Minnesota
(10th district)
February 16, 1933 60 died by jumping from an hotel window
Clay Stone Briggs style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Texas
(7th district)
April 29, 1933 57 no cause of death
Charles Hillyer Brand style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Georgia
(10th district)
May 17, 1933 72 no cause of death
Bolivar E. Kemp style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Louisiana
(6th district)
June 19, 1933 61 heart attack
Edward B. Almon style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Alabama
(8th district)
June 22, 1933 73 no cause of death
Henry Winfield Watson style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(9th district)
August 27, 1933 77 no cause of death
Lynn Hornor style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   West Virginia
(3rd district)
September 23, 1933 58 no cause of death
John D. Clarke style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(34th district)
November 5, 1933 60 no cause of death
James S. Parker style="background:Template:Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(29th district)
December 19, 1933 66 no cause of death

1940s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
William A. Ashbrook style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Ohio
(1st district)
January 1, 1940 72 no cause of death
George H. Heinke style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Nebraska
(1st district)
January 2, 1940 57 died from a car crash
Wallace E. Pierce style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(31st district)
January 3, 1940 58 no cause of death
Edward W. Curley style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(22nd district)
January 6, 1940 66 no cause of death
William E. Borah style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Idaho
(Senator)
January 19, 1940 74 cerebral hemorrhage
Cassius C. Dowell style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Iowa
(6th district)
February 4, 1940 75 heart disease
Clyde H. Smith style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Maine
(2nd district)
April 8, 1940 63 no cause of death
Ernest W. Gibson style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Vermont
(Senator)
June 20, 1940 67 no cause of death
W. Benjamin Gibbs style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Georgia
(8th district)
August 7, 1940 51 no cause of death
George N. Seger style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New Jersey
(8th district)
August 26, 1940 74 no cause of death
Ernest Lundeen style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Minnesota
(Senator)
August 31, 1940 62 no cause of death
William B. Bankhead style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Alabama
(7th district)
September 15, 1940 66 no cause of death
Key Pittman style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Nevada
(Senator)
November 10, 1940 68 no cause of death
Sam C. Massingale style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Oklahoma
(7th district)
January 17, 1941 70 no cause of death
Kenneth F. Simpson style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(17th district)
January 25, 1941 44 heart attack
William D. Byron style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Maryland
(6th district)
February 27, 1941 44 plane crash
Pius L. Schwert style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(42nd district)
March 11, 1941 48 no cause of death
Morris Sheppard style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Texas
(Senator)
April 9, 1941 65 no cause of death
Alonzo D. Folger style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(5th district)
April 30, 1941 52 no cause of death
Morris M. Edelstein style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(14th district)
June 4, 1941 53 no cause of death
Pat Harrison style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Mississippi
(Senator)
June 22, 1941 59 no cause of death
Andrew J. Houston style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Texas
(Senator)
June 26, 1941 87 no cause of death
Stephen Bolles style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Wisconsin
(1st district)
July 8, 1941 75 no cause of death
Alva M. Lumpkin style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   South Carolina
(Senator)
August 1, 1941 54 no cause of death
Albert G. Rutherford style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(5th district)
August 10, 1941 62 no cause of death
Edward T. Taylor style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Colorado
(4th district)
September 3, 1941 82 no cause of death
Lee E. Geyer style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   California
(17th district)
October 11, 1941 53 no cause of death
Lawrence J. Connery style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Massachusetts
(7th district)
October 19, 1941 46 no cause of death
Alva B. Adams style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Colorado
(Senator)
December 1, 1941 66 no cause of death
Patrick J. Boland style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(11th district)
May 18, 1942 62 no cause of death
Frank H. Buck style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   California
(3rd district)
September 17, 1942 54 no cause of death
Philip Allen Bennett style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Missouri
(6th district)
December 7, 1942 61 no cause of death
Harry L. Englebright style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   California
(2nd district)
May 13, 1943 59 no cause of death
Ulysses S. Guyer style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Kansas
(2nd district)
June 5, 1943 59 no cause of death
Francis D. Culkin style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(32nd district)
August 4, 1943 59 no cause of death
Edward W. Creal style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Kentucky
(4th district)
October 13, 1943 59 no cause of death
J. William Ditter style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(17th district)
November 21, 1943 55 no cause of death
William Warren Barbour style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New Jersey
(Senator)
November 22, 1943 55 cerebral hemorrhage
Henry B. Steagall style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Alabama
(3rd district)
November 22, 1943 70 no cause of death
Lawrence Lewis style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Colorado
(1st district)
December 9, 1943 64 no cause of death
William H. Wheat style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(19th district)
January 16, 1944 64 no cause of death
Frederick Van Nuys style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Indiana
(Senator)
January 25, 1944 69 no cause of death
Leonard W. Schuetz style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(7th district)
February 13, 1944 55 no cause of death
Charles L. McNary style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Oregon
(Senator)
February 25, 1944 69 brain tumor
Thomas H. Cullen style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(4th district)
March 1, 1944 75 no cause of death
James A. O'Leary style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(11th district)
March 16, 1944 54 no cause of death
Hampton P. Fulmer style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   South Carolina
(2nd district)
October 19, 1944 69 no cause of death
Ellison D. Smith style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   File:S000530.jpg South Carolina
(Senator)
November 17, 1944 80 no cause of death
James F. O'Connor style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Montana
(2nd district)
January 15, 1945 66 no cause of death
Francis T. Maloney style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Connecticut
(Senator)
January 16, 1945 50 no cause of death
John Moses style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Dakota
(Senator)
March 3, 1945 59 no cause of death
James V. Heidinger style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(24th district)
March 22, 1945 66 no cause of death
James G. Scrugham style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Nevada
(Senator)
June 23, 1945 65 no cause of death
Hiram Johnson style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   California
(Senator)
August 6, 1945 78 no cause of death
John W. Thomas style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Idaho
(Senator)
November 10, 1945 71 no cause of death
James W. Mott style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Oregon
(1st district)
November 12, 1945 62 no cause of death
Joseph W. Ervin style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(10th district)
December 25, 1945 44 no cause of death
J. Buell Snyder style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(23rd district)
February 24, 1946 69 no cause of death
William O. Burgin style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(8th district)
April 11, 1946 69 no cause of death
Carter Glass style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Virginia
(Senator)
May 28, 1946 88 no cause of death
John H. Bankhead II style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Alabama
(Senator)
June 12, 1946 73 stroke
William Gallagher style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Minnesota
(3rd district)
August 13, 1946 72 no cause of death
Charles O. Andrews style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Florida
(Senator)
September 18, 1946 69 no cause of death
William B. Barry style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(4th district)
October 20, 1946 44 no cause of death
Robert K. Henry style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Wisconsin
(2nd district)
November 20, 1946 56 no cause of death
Josiah Bailey style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(Senator)
December 15, 1946 73 no cause of death
Fred B. Norman style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Washington
(3rd district)
April 18, 1947 65 no cause of death
Charles L. Gerlach style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(8th district)
May 5, 1947 51 no cause of death
Frederick Van Ness Bradley style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Michigan
(11th district)
May 24, 1947 49 no cause of death
Joseph J. Mansfield style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Texas
(9th district)
July 12, 1947 86 no cause of death
Theodore G. Bilbo style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Mississippi
(Senator)
August 21, 1947 69 no cause of death
Charles L. Gifford style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Massachusetts
(9th district)
August 23, 1947 76 no cause of death
Raymond S. Springer style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Indiana
(10th district)
August 28, 1947 65 no cause of death
Patrick H. Drewry style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Virginia
(4th district)
December 21, 1947 72 no cause of death
John M. Robsion style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Kentucky
(9th district)
February 17, 1948 75 no cause of death
Orville Zimmerman style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Missouri
(10th district)
April 7, 1948 67 no cause of death
John H. Overton style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Louisiana
(Senator)
May 14, 1948 72 no cause of death
Thomas L. Owens style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(7th district)
June 7, 1948 50 no cause of death
Harlan J. Bushfield style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   South Dakota
(Senator)
September 27, 1948 66 cerebral hemmorhage
Milton H. West style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Texas
(15th district)
October 28, 1948 60 no cause of death
John J. Delaney style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(7th district)
November 18, 1948 70 no cause of death
J. Melville Broughton style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(Senator)
March 6, 1949 60 no cause of death
Sol Bloom style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(20th district)
March 7, 1949 78 no cause of death
Andrew L. Somers style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(10th district)
April 7, 1949 54 no cause of death
Robert L. Coffey style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(26th district)
April 20, 1949 30 died from an plane crash
Richard J. Welch style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   California
(5th district)
September 10, 1949 80 no cause of death
Bert H. Miller style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Idaho
(Senator)
October 8, 1949 69 no cause of death
George J. Bates style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Massachusetts
(6th district)
November 1, 1949 58 died from an plane crash
Clyde M. Reed style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Kansas
(Senator)
November 8, 1949 78 no cause of death
Martin Gorski style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(5th district)
December 4, 1949 63 no cause of death

1950s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
S. Otis Bland style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Virginia
(1st district)
February 16, 1950 77 no cause of death
Ralph E. Church style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(13th district)
March 21, 1950 66 no cause of death
John Lesinski, Sr. style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Michigan
(3rd district)
May 27, 1950 65 no cause of death
William Lemke style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Dakota
(1st district)
May 30, 1950 71 no cause of death
Alfred L. Bulwinkle style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(11th district)
August 31, 1950 67 no cause of death
Herbert A. Meyer style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Kansas
(3rd district)
October 2, 1950 64 no cause of death
John B. Sullivan style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Missouri
(11th district)
January 29, 1951 54 no cause of death
Virgil Chapman style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Kentucky
(Senator)
March 18, 1951 55 died from an automobile accident
Arthur H. Vandenberg style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Michigan
(Senator)
April 18, 1951 67 cancer
Frank Buchanan style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(33rd district)
April 27, 1951 48 no cause of death
John Kee style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   West Virginia
(5th district)
May 8, 1951 76 no cause of death
Wilson D. Gillette style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(14th district)
August 7, 1951 71 no cause of death
Frank Fellows style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Maine
(3rd district)
August 27, 1951 62 no cause of death
Albert C. Vaughn style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(8th district)
September 1, 1951 56 no cause of death
Karl Stefan style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Nebraska
(3rd district)
October 2, 1951 67 no cause of death
Kenneth S. Wherry style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Nebraska
(Senator)
November 29, 1951 59 no cause of death
John A. Whitaker style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Kentucky
(2nd district)
December 15, 1951 50 no cause of death
William T. Byrne style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(32nd district)
January 27, 1952 75 no cause of death
George B. Schwabe style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Oklahoma
(1st district)
April 2, 1952 65 no cause of death
Reid F. Murray style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Wisconsin
(7th district)
April 29, 1952 64 no cause of death
Brien McMahon style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Connecticut
(Senator)
July 28, 1952 48 no cause of death
William G. Stigler style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Oklahoma
(2nd district)
August 21, 1952 61 no cause of death
Adolph J. Sabath style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(7th district)
November 6, 1952 86 no cause of death
Edward E. Cox style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Georgia
(2nd district)
December 24, 1952 72 no cause of death
Joseph R. Bryson style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   South Carolina
(4th district)
March 10, 1953 60 no cause of death
Garrett L. Withers style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Kentucky
(2nd district)
April 30, 1953 68 no cause of death
Merlin Hull style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Wisconsin
(9th district)
May 17, 1953 82 no cause of death
Willis Smith style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(Senator)
June 26, 1953 65 no cause of death
Charles W. Tobey style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New Hampshire
(Senator)
July 24, 1953 73 no cause of death
Robert Taft style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Ohio
(Senator)
July 31, 1953 63 brain hemorrhage
Dwight Griswold style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Nebraska
(Senator)
April 12, 1954 60 no cause of death
Clyde R. Hoey style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(Senator)
May 12, 1954 76 no cause of death
Lester C. Hunt style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Wyoming
(Senator)
June 19, 1954 61 no cause of death
Hugh A. Butler style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Nebraska
(Senator)
July 1, 1954 76 stroke
A. Sidney Camp style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Georgia
(4th district)
July 24, 1954 61 no cause of death
Paul W. Shafer style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Michigan
(3rd district)
August 17, 1954 61 no cause of death
Burnet R. Maybank style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   South Carolina
(Senator)
September 1, 1954 55 no cause of death
Pat McCarran style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   File:Pat McCarran.jpg Nevada
(Senator)
September 28, 1954 78 no cause of death
John D. Dingell, Sr. style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Michigan
(15th district)
September 19, 1955 61 no cause of death
Vera Buchanan style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(30th district)
November 26, 1955 53 no cause of death
Chauncey W. Reed style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(14th district)
February 9, 1956 65 no cause of death
Harley M. Kilgore style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   West Virginia
(Senator)
February 28, 1956 63 no cause of death
Alben W. Barkley style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Kentucky
(Senator)
April 30, 1956 78 heart attack
William T. Granahan style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(2nd district)
May 25, 1956 61 no cause of death
John Carl Hinshaw style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   California
(11th district)
August 5, 1956 62 no cause of death
Percy Priest style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Tennessee
(5th district)
October 12, 1956 56 no cause of death
Antonio M. Fernandez style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New Mexico
(At-large)
November 7, 1956 54 no cause of death
T. Millet Hand style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New Jersey
(2nd district)
December 26, 1956 54 no cause of death
Joseph McCarthy style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Wisconsin
(Senator)
May 2, 1957 48 acute hepatitis
James Bowler style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(7th district)
July 18, 1957 82 no cause of death
Henderson Lovelace Lanham style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Georgia
(7th district)
November 10, 1957 69 no cause of death
Jere Cooper style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Tennessee
(9th district)
December 18, 1957 64 no cause of death
Russell W. Keeney style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(14th district)
January 11, 1958 60 no cause of death
August H. Andresen style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Minnesota
(1st district)
January 14, 1958 67 no cause of death
Matthew M. Neely style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   West Virginia
(Senator)
January 18, 1958 83 no cause of death
Lawrence H. Smith style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Wisconsin
(1st district)
January 22, 1958 65 no cause of death
John J. Dempsey style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New Mexico
(At-large)
March 11, 1958 78 no cause of death
George S. Long style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Louisiana
(8th district)
March 22, 1958 74 no cause of death
W. Kerr Scott style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(Senator)
April 16, 1958 61 no cause of death
William E. McVey style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(4th district)
August 10, 1958 74 no cause of death
Herman P. Eberharter style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(28th district)
September 9, 1958 66 no cause of death
Sid Simpson style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(20th district)
October 26, 1958 64 no cause of death
George H. Christopher style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Missouri
(4th district)
January 23, 1959 70 no cause of death
Daniel A. Reed style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(43rd district)
February 19, 1959 83 no cause of death
James G. Polk style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Ohio
(6th district)
April 28, 1959 62 no cause of death
Charles A. Boyle style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Missouri
(12th district)
November 4, 1959 52 no cause of death
Steven V. Carter style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Iowa
(4th district)
November 4, 1959 44 no cause of death
Alvin Bush style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(6th district)
November 5, 1959 66 no cause of death
William Langer style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Dakota
(Senator)
November 8, 1959 73 no cause of death

1960s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
Richard M. Simpson style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(18th district)
January 7, 1960 59 Complications following surgery to remove brain tumor[1]
David M. Hall style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(12th district)
January 29, 1960 41 Bladder cancer[2]
Richard L. Neuberger style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Richard L. Neuberger Oregon
(Senator)
March 9, 1960 47 Cerebral hemorrhage[3]
Russell V. Mack style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Washington
(3rd district)
March 28, 1960 68 Heart attack[4]
Douglas H. Elliott style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Douglas H. Elliott Pennsylvania
(18th district)
June 19, 1960 39 Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning[5]
Edith Nourse Rogers style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Edith Nourse Rogers Massachusetts
(5th district)
September 10, 1960 79 Heart attack[6]
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. Missouri
(Senator)
September 13, 1960 57 Stomach cancer[7]
Edwin K. Thomson style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Wyoming
(At-large district)
December 9, 1960 41 Heart attack[8]
William F. Norrell style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Arkansas
(6th district)
February 15, 1961 64 Stroke[9]
Walter M. Mumma style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(16th district)
February 25, 1961 70 Stroke[10]
B. Carroll Reece style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   B. Carroll Reece Tennessee
(1st district)
March 19, 1961 71 Lung cancer[11]
Overton Brooks style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Overton Brooks Louisiana
(4th district)
September 16, 1961 63 Heart attack[12]
Louis C. Rabaut style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Michigan
(14th district)
November 12, 1961 74 Heart attack[13]
Sam Rayburn style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Sam Rayburn Texas
(4th district)
November 16, 1961 79 Cancer[14]
Styles Bridges style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Styles Bridges New Hampshire
(Senator)
November 26, 1961 63 Complications following heart attack[15]
John J. Riley style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   South Carolina
(2nd district)
January 1, 1962 66 Coronary thrombosis[16]
Andrew F. Schoeppel style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Andrew F. Schoeppel Kansas
(Senator)
January 21, 1962 67 Cancer[17]
Francis H. Case style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Francis H. Case South Dakota
(Senator)
June 22, 1962 65 Heart attack[18]
Henry Dworshak style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Henry Dworshak Idaho
(Senator)
July 23, 1962 67 Heart attack[19]
Clement W. Miller style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Clement W. Miller California
(1st district)
October 7, 1962 45 Plane crash[20]
Dennis Chávez style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Dennis Chávez New Mexico
(Senator)
November 18, 1962 74
Robert S. Kerr style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Robert S. Kerr Oklahoma
(Senator)
January 1, 1963 66 Coronary thrombosis[21]
Clyde Doyle style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Clyde Doyle California
(23rd district)
March 14, 1963 75
Francis E. Walter style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(15th district)
May 31, 1963 69
Hjalmar C. Nygaard style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Hjalmar C. Nygaard North Dakota
(1st district)
July 18, 1963 57 Heart attack[22]
Estes Kefauver style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Estes Kefauver Tennessee
(Senator)
August 10, 1963 60 Heart attack[23]
Leon H. Gavin style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(23rd district)
September 15, 1963 70 Cerebral hemorrhage[24]
William J. Green, Jr. style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(5th district)
December 21, 1963 53
Howard Baker style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Howard Baker Tennessee
(2nd district)
January 7, 1964 61
Thomas J. O'Brien style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(6th district)
April 14, 1964 85
Clarence Cannon style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Clarence Cannon Missouri
(9th district)
May 12, 1964 85
Clair Engle style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Clair Engle California
(Senator)
July 30, 1964 52 Complications following surgery to remove brain tumor[25]
John B. Bennett style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Michigan
(12th district)
August 9, 1964 60 Cancer[26]
A. Walter Norblad style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   A. Walter Norblad Oregon
(1st district)
September 20, 1964 56
Olin D. Johnston style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Olin D. Johnston South Carolina
(Senator)
April 18, 1965 68 Pneumonia[27]
T. Ashton Thompson style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Louisiana
(7th district)
July 1, 1965 49 Traffic collision[28]
Clarence J. Brown style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Clarence J. Brown Ohio
(7th district)
August 23, 1965 72
Herbert C. Bonner style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   North Carolina
(1st district)
November 7, 1965 74
Albert R. Thomas style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Albert R. Thomas Texas
(8th district)
February 15, 1966 67 Cancer[29]
John F. Baldwin, Jr. style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   John F. Baldwin, Jr. California
(14th district)
March 9, 1966 50 Cancer[30]
Patrick V. McNamara style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Patrick V. McNamara Michigan
(Senator)
April 30, 1966 71 Stroke[31]
John E. Fogarty style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   John E. Fogarty Rhode Island
(2nd district)
January 10, 1967 53 Heart attack[32]
J. Arthur Younger style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   J. Arthur Younger California
(11th district)
June 20, 1967 74
Joe R. Pool style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Texas
(3rd district)
July 14, 1968 57
Elmer J. Holland style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(20th district)
August 9, 1968 74 Heart attack[33]
Bob Bartlett style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Bob Bartlett Alaska
(Senator)
December 11, 1968 64 Internal hemorrhage following heart surgery[34]
Fats Everett style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Tennessee
(8th district)
January 26, 1969 53
William H. Bates style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Massachusetts
(6th district)
June 22, 1969 52 Stomach cancer[35]
Daniel J. Ronan style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(6th district)
August 13, 1969 55 Heart attack[36]
Everett Dirksen style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Everett Dirksen Illinois
(Senator)
September 7, 1969 73

1970s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
Glenard P. Lipscomb style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Glenard P. Lipscomb California
(24th district)
February 1, 1970 54 Cancer[37]
James B. Utt style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   James B. Utt California
(35th district)
March 1, 1970 70
William St. Onge style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Connecticut
(2nd district)
May 1, 1970 55 Heart attack[38]
Michael J. Kirwan style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Michael J. Kirwan Ohio
(19th district)
July 27, 1970 83 Complications following fall[39]
G. Robert Watkins style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(9th district)
August 7, 1970 68
William L. Dawson style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   William L. Dawson Illinois
(1st district)
November 9, 1970 84
L. Mendel Rivers style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   L. Mendel Rivers South Carolina
(1st district)
December 28, 1970 65 Complications following heart valve replacement[40]
Richard Russell, Jr. style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Richard Russell, Jr. Georgia
(Senator)
January 21, 1971 73
Robert J. Corbett style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(18th district)
April 25, 1971 65 Heart attack[41]
Winston L. Prouty style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Winston L. Prouty Vermont
(Senator)
September 10, 1971 65 Gastric cancer[42]
John C. Watts style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   John C. Watts Kentucky
(6th district)
September 24, 1971 69
James G. Fulton style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(27th district)
October 6, 1971 68 Heart attack[43]
George W. Andrews style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   George W. Andrews Alabama
(3rd district)
December 25, 1971 65
Allen J. Ellender style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Allen J. Ellender Louisiana
(Senator)
July 27, 1972 81 Heart attack[44]
William F. Ryan style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   William F. Ryan New York
(20th district)
September 17, 1972 50 Throat cancer[45]
Nick Begich style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Nick Begich Alaska
(At-large district)
October 16, 1972 40 Presumably killed in plane crash
Hale Boggs style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Hale Boggs Louisiana
(2nd district)
October 16, 1972 58 Presumably killed in plane crash
Frank T. Bow style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Frank T. Bow Ohio
(16th district)
November 13, 1972 71
George W. Collins style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   George W. Collins Illinois
(6th district)
December 8, 1972 47 Plane crash[46]
William O. Mills style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   William O. Mills Maryland
(1st district)
May 24, 1973 48 Suicide by firearm[47]
John P. Saylor style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Pennsylvania
(12th district)
October 28, 1973 65 Heart attack[48]
Charles M. Teague style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   California
(13th district)
January 1, 1974 64 Heart attack[49]
John C. Kluczynski style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   John C. Kluczynski Illinois
(5th district)
January 26, 1975 78 Heart attack[50]
Jerry Pettis style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Jerry Pettis California
(37th district)
February 14, 1975 58 Plane crash[51]
Wright Patman style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Wright Patman Texas
(1st district)
March 7, 1976 82
William A. Barrett style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   William A. Barrett Pennsylvania
(1st district)
April 12, 1976 79
Torbert Macdonald style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Torbert Macdonald Massachusetts
(7th district)
May 21, 1976 58 Internal hemorrhage[52]
Jerry Litton style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Jerry Litton Missouri
(6th district)
August 3, 1976 39 Plane crash[53]
Philip Hart style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Philip Hart Michigan
(Senator)
December 26, 1976 64 Cancer[54]
John L. McClellan style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   John L. McClellan Arkansas
(Senator)
November 28, 1977 81
Lee Metcalf style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Lee Metcalf Montana
(Senator)
January 12, 1978 66 Natural causes[55]
Hubert Humphrey style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Hubert Humphrey Minnesota
(Senator)
January 13, 1978 66 Bladder cancer[56]
James Allen style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   James Allen Alabama
(Senator)
June 1, 1978 65 Heart attack[57]
Clifford Allen style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Clifford Allen Tennessee
(5th district)
June 18, 1978 66 Heart attack[58]
William M. Ketchum style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   William M. Ketchum California
(18th district)
June 24, 1978 56 Heart attack[59]
Ralph Metcalfe style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Ralph Metcalfe Illinois
(1st district)
October 10, 1978 68 Heart attack[60]
Goodloe Byron style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Goodloe Byron Maryland
(6th district)
October 11, 1978 49 Heart attack[61]
William A. Steiger style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   William A. Steiger Wisconsin
(6th district)
December 4, 1978 40 Heart attack[62]

1980s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
John M. Slack, Jr. style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   West Virginia
(3rd district)
March 17, 1980 64 Heart attack[63]
Tennyson Guyer style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Tennyson Guyer Ohio
(4th district)
April 12, 1981 68 Heart attack[64]
William R. Cotter style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   William R. Cotter Connecticut
(1st district)
September 8, 1981 55 Pancreatic cancer[65]
John M. Ashbrook style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   John M. Ashbrook Ohio
(17th district)
April 24, 1982 53 Peptic ulcer[66]
Adam Benjamin, Jr. style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Adam Benjamin, Jr. Indiana
(1st district)
September 7, 1982 47 Heart attack[67]
Benjamin S. Rosenthal style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Benjamin S. Rosenthal New York
(7th district)
January 4, 1983 59 Cancer[68]
Phillip Burton style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Phillip Burton California
(5th district)
April 10, 1983 56 Thrombosis[69]
Henry M. Jackson style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Henry M. Jackson Washington
(Senator)
September 1, 1983 71 Heart attack[70]
Clement J. Zablocki style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Clement J. Zablocki Wisconsin
(4th district)
December 3, 1983 71 Heart attack[71]
Edwin B. Forsythe style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New Jersey
(13th district)
March 29, 1984 68 Lung cancer[72]
Carl D. Perkins style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Carl D. Perkins Kentucky
(7th district)
August 3, 1984 71 Heart attack[73]
Gillis W. Long style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Gillis W. Long Louisiana
(8th district)
January 20, 1985 61 Heart attack[74]
Joseph P. Addabbo style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   New York
(6th district)
April 10, 1986 61 Seizure induced coma during treatment for bladder cancer[75]
John P. East style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   John P. East North Carolina
(Senator)
June 29, 1986 55 Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning[76]
George M. O'Brien style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(4th district)
July 17, 1986 69 Prostate cancer[77]
John E. Grotberg style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Illinois
(14th district)
November 15, 1986 61 Bronchial pneumonia and colon cancer[78]
Sala Burton style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Sala Burton California
(5th district)
February 1, 1987 61 Colon cancer[79]
Edward Zorinsky style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Edward Zorinsky Nebraska
(Senator)
March 6, 1987 58 Heart attack[80]
Stewart McKinney style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Stewart McKinney Connecticut
(4th district)
May 7, 1987 56 AIDS-complicated pneumocystis pneumonia[81]
Dan Daniel style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Virginia
(5th district)
January 23, 1988 73 Heart attack[82]
James J. Howard style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   James J. Howard New Jersey
(3rd district)
March 25, 1988 60 Heart attack[83]
C. Melvin Price style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Melvin Price Illinois
(21st district)
April 22, 1988 83 Pancreatic cancer[84]
John Duncan, Sr. style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   John Duncan Tennessee
(2nd district)
June 21, 1988 69 Cancer[85]
William F. Nichols style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   William F. Nichols Alabama
(3rd district)
December 13, 1988 70 Heart attack[86]
Claude Pepper style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Claude Pepper Florida
(18th district)
May 30, 1989 88 Complications from nutritional deficiencies and malignancy[87]
Mickey Leland style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Mickey Leland Texas
(18th district)
August 7, 1989 44 Plane crash[88]
Larkin I. Smith style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Mississippi
(5th district)
August 13, 1989 45 Plane crash[89]

1990s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
Spark Matsunaga style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Spark Matsunaga Hawaii
(Senator)
April 15, 1990 73 Prostate cancer[90]
Silvio O. Conte style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Massachusetts
(1st district)
February 8, 1991 69 Prostate cancer[91]
H. John Heinz III style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   John Heinz Pennsylvania
(Senator)
April 4, 1991 52 Plane crash[92]
Quentin N. Burdick style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Quentin N. Burdick North Dakota
(Senator)
September 8, 1992 84 Heart failure[93]
Theodore S. Weiss style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Theodore S. Weiss New York
(17th district)
September 14, 1992 64 Heart failure[94]
Walter B. Jones, Sr. style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Walter B. Jones North Carolina
(1st district)
September 15, 1992 79 Natural causes[95]
Paul B. Henry style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Michigan
(3rd district)
July 31, 1993 51 Brain cancer[96]
William H. Natcher style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   William H. Natcher Kentucky
(2nd district)
March 29, 1994 84 Heart failure[97]
Dean Gallo style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Dean Gallo New Jersey
(11th district)
November 6, 1994 58 Prostate cancer[98]
Bill Emerson style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Bill Emerson Missouri
(8th district)
June 22, 1996 58 Lung cancer[99]
Frank Tejeda style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Frank Tejeda Texas
(28th district)
January 30, 1997 51 Pneumonia following treatment for brain tumor[100]
Walter Capps style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Walter Capps California
(22nd district)
October 28, 1997 63 Heart attack[101]
Sonny Bono style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Sonny Bono California
(44th district)
January 5, 1998 62 Skiing accident[102]
Steven Schiff style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Steven Schiff New Mexico
(1st district)
March 25, 1998 51 Squamous-cell skin cancer[103]
George Brown, Jr. style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   George Brown, Jr. California
(42nd district)
July 15, 1999 79 Infection following heart valve replacement[104]
John Chafee style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   John Chafee Rhode Island
(Senator)
October 24, 1999 77 Congestive heart failure[105]

2000s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
Paul Coverdell style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Paul Coverdell Georgia
(Senator)
July 18, 2000 61 Cerebral hemorrhage[106]
Herbert H. Bateman style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Herbert H. Bateman Virginia
(1st district)
September 11, 2000 72 Natural causes[107]
Bruce Vento style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Bruce Vento Minnesota
(4th district)
October 10, 2000 60 Mesothelioma[108]
Julian C. Dixon style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Julian C. Dixon California
(32nd district)
December 8, 2000 66 Heart attack[109]
Norman Sisisky style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Norman Sisisky Virginia
(4th district)
March 29, 2001 73 Lung cancer[110]
Joe Moakley style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Joe Moakley Massachusetts
(9th district)
May 28, 2001 74 Myelodysplastic syndrome[111]
Floyd Spence style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Floyd Spence South Carolina
(2nd district)
August 16, 2001 73 Cerebral thrombosis[112]
Patsy Mink style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Patsy Mink Hawaii
(2nd district)
September 28, 2002 74 Viral pneumonia following chickenpox[113]
Paul Wellstone style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Paul Wellstone Minnesota
(Senator)
October 25, 2002 58 Plane crash[114]
Bob Matsui style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Robert Matsui California
(5th district)
January 1, 2005 63 Myelodysplastic syndrome[115]
Charlie Norwood style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Charlie Norwood Georgia
(10th district)
February 13, 2007 65 Liver cancer[116]
Juanita Millender-McDonald style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Juanita Millender-McDonald California
(37th district)
April 22, 2007 68 Colon cancer[117]
Craig L. Thomas style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Craig Thomas Wyoming
(Senator)
June 4, 2007 74 Leukemia[118]
Paul Gillmor style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Paul Gillmor Ohio
(5th district)
September 5, 2007 68 Fall down stairs[119]
Jo Ann Davis style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Jo Ann Davis Virginia
(1st district)
October 6, 2007 57 Breast cancer[120]
Julia Carson style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Julia Carson Indiana
(7th district)
December 15, 2007 69 Lung cancer[121]
Tom Lantos style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Tom Lantos California
(12th district)
February 11, 2008 80 Esophageal cancer[122]
Stephanie Tubbs Jones style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Stephanie Tubbs Jones Ohio
(11th district)
August 20, 2008 58 Cerebral hemorrhage[123]
Ted Kennedy style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Ted Kennedy Massachusetts
(Senator)
August 25, 2009 77 Brain cancer[124]

2010s

Member
State
(district)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause
John Murtha style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   John Murtha Pennsylvania
(12th district)
February 8, 2010 77 Infection following gallbladder surgery[125]
Robert Byrd style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Robert Byrd West Virginia
(Senator)
June 28, 2010 92 Unspecified complications following hospitalization for heat exhaustion[126]
Donald M. Payne style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Donald M. Payne New Jersey
(10th district)
March 6, 2012 77 Colon cancer[127]
Daniel Inouye style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Daniel Inouye Hawaii
(Senator)
December 17, 2012 88 Respiratory complications during hospitalization[128]
Frank Lautenberg style="background: Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Frank Lautenberg New Jersey
(Senator)
June 3, 2013 89 Viral pneumonia[129]
Bill Young style="background: Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color"|   Bill Young Florida
(13th district)
October 18, 2013 82 Unspecified complications from chronic back injury[130]

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