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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 .
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Democratic
Republican
Democratic-Republican
Federalist
1790s
Member
State(district)
Date of death
Age at death (years)
Cause
William Grayson
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Virginia (Senator )
March 12, 1790
49/50
no cause of death
Theodorick Bland
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Virginia (9th district )
June 1, 1790
49
no cause of death
Roger Sherman
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Connecticut (Senator )
July 23, 1793
72
Typhoid fever
Abraham Clark
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New Jersey (At-large )
September 15, 1794
68
sunstroke
Alexander Gillon
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South Carolina (5th district )
October 6, 1794
52/53
no cause of death
James Davenport
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Connecticut (At-large )
August 3, 1797
38
no cause of death
Nathan Bryan
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North Carolina (10th district )
June 1, 1798
49/50
no cause of death
John Swanwick
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Pennsylvania (1st district )
August 1, 1798
57/58
no cause of death
Joshua Clayton
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Delaware (Senator )
August 11, 1798
54
Yellow fever
Joshua Coit
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Connecticut (At-large )
September 5, 1798
39
no cause of death
Henry Tazewell
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Virginia (Senator )
January 24, 1799
45
no cause of death
Jonathan Nicoll Havens
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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
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Pennsylvania (8th district )
December 21, 1800
52
no cause of death
James Jones
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Georgia (At-large )
January 11, 1801
41/42
no cause of death
Charles Johnson
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North Carolina (8th district )
July 23, 1802
49/50
no cause of death
John Ewing Colhoun
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South Carolina (Senator )
October 26, 1802
52-53
no cause of death
Isaac Bloom
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New York (6th district )
April 26, 1803
54
no cause of death
Stevens T. Mason
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Virginia (Senator )
May 10, 1803
42
no cause of death
Daniel Hiester
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Maryland (4th district )
March 7, 1804
56
no cause of death
John Johns Trigg
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Virginia (13th district )
May 17, 1804
55-56
no cause of death
Samuel J. Potter
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Rhode Island (Senator )
October 14, 1804
51
no cause of death
James Gillespie
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North Carolina (10th district )
January 11, 1805
55-56
no cause of death
John A. Hanna
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Pennsylvania (4th district )
July 23, 1805
42/43
no cause of death
James Jackson
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Georgia (Senator )
March 19, 1806
48
no cause of death
Christian Lower
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Pennsylvania (3rd district )
December 19, 1806
66
no cause of death
Levi Casey
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South Carolina (6th district )
February 3, 1807
53-54
no cause of death
Abraham Baldwin
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Georgia (Senator )
March 4, 1807
52
no cause of death
Uriah Tracy
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Connecticut (Senator )
July 19, 1807
52
no cause of death
Ezra Darby
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New Jersey (At-large )
January 27, 1808
39
no cause of death
Jacob Crowninshield
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Massachusetts (2nd district )
April 15, 1808
38
no cause of death
Nehemiah Knight
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Rhode Island (At-large )
June 13, 1808
62
no cause of death
John Claiborne
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Virginia (17th district )
October 9, 1808
30/31
no cause of death
Francis Malbone
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Rhode Island (Senator )
June 4, 1809
50
no cause of death
Samuel White
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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
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New Jersey (At-large )
September 12, 1810
56
no cause of death
Thomas Blount
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North Carolina (3rd district )
February 7, 1812
52
no cause of death
John Smilie
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Pennsylvania (9th district )
December 30, 1812
70/71
no cause of death
Robert Whitehill
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Pennsylvania (5th district )
April 8, 1813
74
no cause of death
John Dawson
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Virginia (11th district )
March 31, 1814
51/52
no cause of death
Nicholas Gilman
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New Hampshire (Senator )
May 2, 1814
58
no cause of death
Jacob Hufty
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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
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Pennsylvania (9th district )
March 12, 1815
70/71
no cause of death
Jonathan Williams
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Pennsylvania (1st district )
May 16, 1815
63
gout
Matthew Clay
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Virginia (15th district )
May 27, 1815
61
no cause of death
John Sevier
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Tennessee (2nd district )
September 24, 1815
70
no cause of death
Elijah Brigham
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Massachusetts (11th district )
February 22, 1816
64
no cause of death
Richard Stanford
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North Carolina (8th district )
April 9, 1816
48/49
no cause of death
Thomas Gholson, Jr.
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Virginia (18th district )
July 4, 1816
35/36
no cause of death
John Clopton
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Virginia (23rd district )
September 11, 1816
60
no cause of death
John Woods
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Pennsylvania (14th district )
December 16, 1816
54/55
no cause of death
Alexander McMillan
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Virginia (23rd district )
1817
unknown
no cause of death
William C. C. Claiborne
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Louisiana (Senator )
November 23, 1817
42
no cause of death
Peterson Goodwyn
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Virginia (18th district )
February 21, 1818
72/73
no cause of death
George Mumford
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North Carolina (10th district )
December 31, 1818
unknown
no cause of death
Alexander C. Hanson
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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
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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
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Wisconsin (6th district )
July 18, 1930
67
no cause of death
Edgar Raymond Kiess
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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
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North Carolina (7th district )
September 26, 1930
65
no cause of death
Charles F. Curry
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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
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New York (7th district )
November 27, 1930
71
no cause of death
David J. O'Connell
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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
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Louisiana (8th district )
March 16, 1931
61
no cause of death
Nicholas Longworth
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Ohio (1st district )
April 9, 1931
61
no cause of death
Matthew Vincent O'Malley
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New York (7th district )
May 26, 1931
52
no cause of death
Charles A. Mooney
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Ohio (20th district )
May 29, 1931
52
no cause of death
George S. Graham
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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
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United States congressional delegations from Michigan (8th district )
July 18, 1931
51
heart disease
Ernest Robinson Ackerman
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New Jersey (1st district )
October 18, 1931
68
pneumonia and cerebral embollism
Fletcher Hale
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New Hampshire (1st district )
October 22, 1931
48
pneumonia and cerebral embollism
Harry M. Wurzbach
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Texas (14th district )
November 6, 1931
57
appendectomy
Percy Quin
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Mississippi (7th district )
February 4, 1932
59
no cause of death
Samuel Rutherford
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Georgia (6th district )
February 4, 1932
61
heart attack
Albert Henry Vestal
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Indiana (8th district )
April 1, 1932
57
heart attack
Edward M. Beers
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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
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Virginia (7th district )
July 23, 1932
79
no cause of death
John Charles Linthicum
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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 "|
Michigan (9th district )
November 29, 1932
74
no cause of death
Daniel E. Garrett
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Texas (8th district )
December 13, 1932
63
no cause of death
Robert R. Butler
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
New York (29th district )
December 19, 1933
66
no cause of death
Joseph L. Hooper
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Michigan (3rd district )
February 22, 1934
56
no cause of death
Edward W. Pou
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
North Carolina (4th district )
April 1, 1934
70
no cause of death
George F. Brumm
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Pennsylvania (13th district )
May 29, 1934
54
no cause of death
Thomas C. Coffin
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Idaho (2nd district )
June 8, 1934
46
no cause of death
Henry Thomas Rainey
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Illinois (20th district )
August 19, 1934
73
heart attack
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
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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 "|
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 "|
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 "|
Massachusetts (5th district )
September 10, 1960
79
Heart attack[6]
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
Tennessee (1st district )
March 19, 1961
71
Lung cancer [11]
Overton Brooks
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
Texas (4th district )
November 16, 1961
79
Cancer[14]
Styles Bridges
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
Kansas (Senator )
January 21, 1962
67
Cancer[17]
Francis H. Case
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
South Dakota (Senator )
June 22, 1962
65
Heart attack[18]
Henry Dworshak
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Idaho (Senator )
July 23, 1962
67
Heart attack[19]
Clement W. Miller
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
California (1st district )
October 7, 1962
45
Plane crash [20]
Dennis Chávez
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
New Mexico (Senator )
November 18, 1962
74
Robert S. Kerr
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Oklahoma (Senator )
January 1, 1963
66
Coronary thrombosis[21]
Clyde Doyle
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
North Dakota (1st district )
July 18, 1963
57
Heart attack[22]
Estes Kefauver
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
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 "|
Missouri (9th district )
May 12, 1964
85
Clair Engle
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
Oregon (1st district )
September 20, 1964
56
Olin D. Johnston
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
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 "|
California (14th district )
March 9, 1966
50
Cancer[30]
Patrick V. McNamara
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Michigan (Senator )
April 30, 1966
71
Stroke[31]
John E. Fogarty
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Rhode Island (2nd district )
January 10, 1967
53
Heart attack[32]
J. Arthur Younger
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
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 "|
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 "|
California (24th district )
February 1, 1970
54
Cancer[37]
James B. Utt
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
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 "|
Illinois (1st district )
November 9, 1970
84
L. Mendel Rivers
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
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 "|
Vermont (Senator )
September 10, 1971
65
Gastric cancer [42]
John C. Watts
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
Alabama (3rd district )
December 25, 1971
65
Allen J. Ellender
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Louisiana (Senator )
July 27, 1972
81
Heart attack[44]
William F. Ryan
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
New York (20th district )
September 17, 1972
50
Throat cancer [45]
Nick Begich
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Alaska (At-large district )
October 16, 1972
40
Presumably killed in plane crash
Hale Boggs
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Louisiana (2nd district )
October 16, 1972
58
Presumably killed in plane crash
Frank T. Bow
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Ohio (16th district )
November 13, 1972
71
George W. Collins
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Illinois (6th district )
December 8, 1972
47
Plane crash[46]
William O. Mills
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
Illinois (5th district )
January 26, 1975
78
Heart attack[50]
Jerry Pettis
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
California (37th district )
February 14, 1975
58
Plane crash[51]
Wright Patman
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Texas (1st district )
March 7, 1976
82
William A. Barrett
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Pennsylvania (1st district )
April 12, 1976
79
Torbert Macdonald
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Massachusetts (7th district )
May 21, 1976
58
Internal hemorrhage [52]
Jerry Litton
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Missouri (6th district )
August 3, 1976
39
Plane crash[53]
Philip Hart
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Michigan (Senator )
December 26, 1976
64
Cancer[54]
John L. McClellan
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Arkansas (Senator )
November 28, 1977
81
Lee Metcalf
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Montana (Senator )
January 12, 1978
66
Natural causes [55]
Hubert Humphrey
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Minnesota (Senator )
January 13, 1978
66
Bladder cancer [56]
James Allen
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Alabama (Senator )
June 1, 1978
65
Heart attack[57]
Clifford Allen
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Tennessee (5th district )
June 18, 1978
66
Heart attack[58]
William M. Ketchum
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
California (18th district )
June 24, 1978
56
Heart attack[59]
Ralph Metcalfe
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Illinois (1st district )
October 10, 1978
68
Heart attack[60]
Goodloe Byron
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Maryland (6th district )
October 11, 1978
49
Heart attack[61]
William A. Steiger
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
Ohio (4th district )
April 12, 1981
68
Heart attack[64]
William R. Cotter
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Connecticut (1st district )
September 8, 1981
55
Pancreatic cancer [65]
John M. Ashbrook
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Ohio (17th district )
April 24, 1982
53
Peptic ulcer [66]
Adam Benjamin, Jr.
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Indiana (1st district )
September 7, 1982
47
Heart attack[67]
Benjamin S. Rosenthal
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
New York (7th district )
January 4, 1983
59
Cancer[68]
Phillip Burton
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
California (5th district )
April 10, 1983
56
Thrombosis [69]
Henry M. Jackson
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Washington (Senator )
September 1, 1983
71
Heart attack[70]
Clement J. Zablocki
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
Kentucky (7th district )
August 3, 1984
71
Heart attack[73]
Gillis W. Long
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
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 "|
California (5th district )
February 1, 1987
61
Colon cancer[79]
Edward Zorinsky
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Nebraska (Senator )
March 6, 1987
58
Heart attack[80]
Stewart McKinney
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
New Jersey (3rd district )
March 25, 1988
60
Heart attack[83]
C. Melvin Price
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Illinois (21st district )
April 22, 1988
83
Pancreatic cancer[84]
John Duncan, Sr.
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Tennessee (2nd district )
June 21, 1988
69
Cancer[85]
William F. Nichols
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Alabama (3rd district )
December 13, 1988
70
Heart attack[86]
Claude Pepper
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
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 "|
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 "|
Pennsylvania (Senator )
April 4, 1991
52
Plane crash [92]
Quentin N. Burdick
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
North Dakota (Senator )
September 8, 1992
84
Heart failure [93]
Theodore S. Weiss
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
New York (17th district )
September 14, 1992
64
Heart failure[94]
Walter B. Jones, Sr.
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
Kentucky (2nd district )
March 29, 1994
84
Heart failure[97]
Dean Gallo
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
New Jersey (11th district )
November 6, 1994
58
Prostate cancer[98]
Bill Emerson
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Missouri (8th district )
June 22, 1996
58
Lung cancer [99]
Frank Tejeda
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
California (22nd district )
October 28, 1997
63
Heart attack[101]
Sonny Bono
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
California (44th district )
January 5, 1998
62
Skiing accident[102]
Steven Schiff
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
California (42nd district )
July 15, 1999
79
Infection following heart valve replacement [104]
John Chafee
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
Georgia (Senator )
July 18, 2000
61
Cerebral hemorrhage [106]
Herbert H. Bateman
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
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 "|
California (32nd district )
December 8, 2000
66
Heart attack [109]
Norman Sisisky
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Virginia (4th district )
March 29, 2001
73
Lung cancer [110]
Joe Moakley
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Massachusetts (9th district )
May 28, 2001
74
Myelodysplastic syndrome [111]
Floyd Spence
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
South Carolina (2nd district )
August 16, 2001
73
Cerebral thrombosis [112]
Patsy Mink
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Hawaii (2nd district )
September 28, 2002
74
Viral pneumonia following chickenpox [113]
Paul Wellstone
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Minnesota (Senator )
October 25, 2002
58
Plane crash [114]
Bob Matsui
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
California (5th district )
January 1, 2005
63
Myelodysplastic syndrome [115]
Charlie Norwood
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Georgia (10th district )
February 13, 2007
65
Liver cancer [116]
Juanita Millender-McDonald
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
California (37th district )
April 22, 2007
68
Colon cancer [117]
Craig L. Thomas
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Wyoming (Senator )
June 4, 2007
74
Leukemia [118]
Paul Gillmor
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Ohio (5th district )
September 5, 2007
68
Fall down stairs[119]
Jo Ann Davis
style="background:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Virginia (1st district )
October 6, 2007
57
Breast cancer [120]
Julia Carson
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Indiana (7th district )
December 15, 2007
69
Lung cancer[121]
Tom Lantos
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
California (12th district )
February 11, 2008
80
Esophageal cancer [122]
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Ohio (11th district )
August 20, 2008
58
Cerebral hemorrhage[123]
Ted Kennedy
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color "|
Massachusetts (Senator )
August 25, 2009
77
Brain cancer [124]
2010s
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