List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)
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The following is a list of U.S. Senators and Representatives who died of natural and accidental causes, due to illnesses, and by suicide, while they were serving their terms between 1900 and 1949. For a list of members of Congress who were murdered while they were in office during that same time (with the exception of Congressman Pinckney, as he is listed below[clarification needed]), see List of United States Congress members killed or wounded in office.
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Member | Party | State
(district) |
Date of death | Age at death (years) | Cause | Place of death | Place of burial | Successor | Serving since (in the House/Senate) | Date of birth | Place of birth | U.S. Congress | |
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William A. Ashbrook | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Ohio (17th district) |
January 1, 1940 | 72 | paralytic stroke[166] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | J. Harry McGregor | January 3, 1935 (previously served March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1921) | July 1, 1867 | Johnstown, Ohio | 76th (1939–1941) |
George H. Heinke | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Nebraska (1st district) |
January 2, 1940 | 57 | fatal car crash | Morrilton, Arkansas | U.S. | John Hyde Sweet | January 3, 1939 | July 22, 1882 | Dunbar, Nebraska | 76th (1939–1941) |
Wallace E. Pierce | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | New York (31st district) |
January 3, 1940 | 58 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Clarence E. Kilburn | January 3, 1939 | December 9, 1881 | Black Brook, New York | 76th (1939–1941) |
Edward W. Curley | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | New York (22nd district) |
January 6, 1940 | 66 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | New York City, New York | U.S. | Walter A. Lynch | November 5, 1935 | May 23, 1873 | Easton, Pennsylvania | 76th (1939–1941) |
William E. Borah | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Idaho (Senator) |
January 19, 1940 | 74 | cerebral hemorrhage | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | John W. Thomas | March 4, 1907 | June 29, 1865 | Fairfield, Illinois | 76th (1939–1941) |
Cassius C. Dowell | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Iowa (6th district) |
February 4, 1940 | 75 | heart disease | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Robert K. Goodwin | January 3, 1937 (previously served March 4, 1915 – January 3, 1935) | February 29, 1864 | Summerset, Iowa | 76th (1939–1941) |
Clyde H. Smith | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Maine (2nd district) |
April 8, 1940 | 63 | coronary thrombosis[167] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Margaret Chase Smith | January 3, 1937 | June 9, 1876 | Somerset, Maine | 76th (1939–1941) |
Ernest W. Gibson | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Vermont (Senator) |
June 20, 1940 | 67 | pneumonia and heart ailment[168] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Ernest W. Gibson Jr. | November 21, 1933 (U.S. House tenure November 6, 1923 – October 19, 1933) | December 29, 1872 | Londonderry, Vermont | 76th (1939–1941) |
W. Benjamin Gibbs | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Georgia (8th district) |
August 7, 1940 | 51 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Florence R. Gibbs | January 3, 1939 | April 15, 1889 | Dupont, Georgia | 76th (1939–1941) |
George N. Seger | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | New Jersey (8th district) |
August 26, 1940 | 74 | heart ailment | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Gordon Canfield | March 4, 1923 | January 4, 1866 | New York City, New York | 76th (1939–1941) |
Ernest Lundeen | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Minnesota (Senator) |
August 31, 1940 | 62 | plane crash | Lovettsville, Virginia | U.S. | Joseph H. Ball | January 3, 1937 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919 and March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937) | August 4, 1878 | Beresford, South Dakota | 76th (1939–1941) |
William B. Bankhead | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Alabama (7th district) |
September 15, 1940 | 66 | "ruptured artery in the abdomen"[169] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Zadoc L. Weatherford | March 4, 1917 | April 12, 1874 | Lamar County, Alabama | 76th (1939–1941) |
Key Pittman | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Nevada (Senator) |
November 10, 1940 | 68 | heart attack | Reno, Nevada | U.S. | Berkeley L. Bunker | January 29, 1913 | September 18, 1872 | Vicksburg, Mississippi | 76th (1939–1941) |
Sam C. Massingale | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Oklahoma (7th district) |
January 17, 1941 | 70 | "heart disease resulting from influenza"[170] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Victor Wickersham | January 3, 1935 | August 2, 1870 | Quitman, Mississippi | 77th (1941–1943) |
Kenneth F. Simpson | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | New York (17th district) |
January 25, 1941 | 45 | heart attack | New York City, New York | U.S. | Joseph C. Baldwin | January 3, 1941 | May 4, 1895 | New York City, New York | 77th (1941–1943) |
William D. Byron | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Maryland (6th district) |
February 27, 1941 | 45 | plane crash | Atlanta, Georgia | U.S. | Katharine Byron | January 3, 1939 | May 15, 1895 | Danville, Virginia | 77th (1941–1943) |
Pius Schwert | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | New York (42nd district) |
March 11, 1941 | 48 | heart attack | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | John Cornelius Butler | January 3, 1939 | November 22, 1892 | Angola, New York | 77th (1941–1943) |
Morris Sheppard | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Texas (Senator) |
April 9, 1941 | 65 | brain hemorrhage | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Andrew J. Houston | February 3, 1913 (U.S. House tenure November 15, 1902 – February 3, 1913) | May 28, 1875 | Morris County, Texas | 77th (1941–1943) |
Alonzo D. Folger | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | North Carolina (5th district) |
April 30, 1941 | 52 | car accident | Mount Airy, North Carolina | U.S. | John H. Folger | January 3, 1939 | July 9, 1888 | Dobson, North Carolina | 77th (1941–1943) |
Morris M. Edelstein | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | New York (14th district) |
June 4, 1941 | 53 | heart attack[171] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Arthur G. Klein | February 6, 1940 | February 5, 1888 | New York City, New York, US | 77th (1941–1943) |
Pat Harrison | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Mississippi (Senator) |
June 22, 1941 | 59 | "from exhaustion following a major intestinal operation"[172] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | James Eastland | March 5, 1919 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919) | August 29, 1881 | Crystal Springs, Mississippi | 77th (1941–1943) |
Andrew J. Houston | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Texas (Senator) |
June 26, 1941 | 87 | "followed an operation for stomach ailment"[173] | Baltimore, Maryland | U.S. | W. Lee O'Daniel | April 21, 1941 | June 21, 1854 | Independence, Texas | 77th (1941–1943) |
Stephen Bolles | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Wisconsin (1st district) |
July 8, 1941 | 75 | heart ailment | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Lawrence H. Smith | January 3, 1939 | June 25, 1866 | Springboro, Pennsylvania | 77th (1941–1943) |
Alva M. Lumpkin | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | South Carolina (Senator) |
August 1, 1941 | 54 | "following a gastric hemorrhage"[174] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Roger C. Peace | July 22, 1941 | November 13, 1886 | Milledgeville, Georgia | 77th (1941–1943) |
Albert G. Rutherford | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Pennsylvania (15th district) |
August 10, 1941 | 62 | heart attack | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Wilson D. Gillette | January 3, 1937 | January 3, 1879 | Watford, Ontario, Canada | 77th (1941–1943) |
Edward T. Taylor | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Colorado (4th district) |
September 3, 1941 | 83 | heart attack | Denver, Colorado | U.S. | Robert F. Rockwell | March 4, 1909 | June 19, 1858 | Metamora, Illinois | 77th (1941–1943) |
Lee E. Geyer | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | California (17th district) |
October 11, 1941 | 53 | bronchial pneumonia[175] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Cecil R. King | January 3, 1939 | September 9, 1888 | Wetmore, Kansas | 77th (1941–1943) |
Lawrence J. Connery | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Massachusetts (7th district) |
October 19, 1941 | 46 | Heart attack[176] | Arlington, Virginia | U.S. | Thomas J. Lane | September 28, 1937 | October 17, 1895 | Lynn, Massachusetts | 77th (1941–1943) |
Alva B. Adams | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Colorado (Senator) |
December 1, 1941 | 66 | myocardial infarction | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Eugene D. Millikin | March 4, 1933 (previously served May 17, 1923 – November 30, 1924) | October 29, 1875 | Del Norte, Colorado | 77th (1941–1943) |
Patrick J. Boland | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Pennsylvania (11th district) |
May 18, 1942 | 62 | coronary thrombosis (2 days) due to atherosclerosis (2 years)[177] | Scranton, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Veronica Grace Boland | March 4, 1931 | January 6, 1880 | Scranton, Pennsylvania | 77th (1941–1943) |
Frank H. Buck | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | California (3rd district) |
September 17, 1942 | 54 | stroke[178] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Justin L. Johnson | March 4, 1933 | September 23, 1887 | Vacaville, California | 77th (1941–1943) |
Philip Allen Bennett | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Missouri (6th district) |
December 7, 1942 | 61 | heart attack | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Marion T. Bennett | January 3, 1941 | March 5, 1881 | Buffalo, Missouri | 77th (1941–1943) |
Harry L. Englebright | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | California (2nd district) |
May 13, 1943 | 59 | heart disease | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Clair Engle | August 31, 1926 | January 2, 1884 | Nevada City, California | 78th (1943–1945) |
Ulysses S. Guyer | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Kansas (2nd district) |
June 5, 1943 | 74 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Errett P. Scrivner | March 4, 1927 (previously served November 4, 1924 – March 3, 1925) | December 13, 1868 | Paw Paw, Illinois | 78th (1943–1945) |
Francis D. Culkin | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | New York (32nd district) |
August 4, 1943 | 68 | histoplasmosis | Oswego, New York | U.S. | Hadwen Carlton Fuller | November 6, 1928 | November 10, 1874 | Oswego, New York | 78th (1943–1945) |
Edward W. Creal | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Kentucky (4th district) |
October 13, 1943 | 59 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Hodgenville, Kentucky | U.S. | Chester Carrier | November 5, 1935 | November 20, 1883 | LaRue County, Kentucky | 78th (1943–1945) |
J. William Ditter | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Pennsylvania (17th district) |
November 21, 1943 | 55 | plane crash | Columbia, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Samuel K. McConnell Jr. | March 4, 1933 | September 5, 1888 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 78th (1943–1945) |
William Warren Barbour | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | New Jersey (Senator) |
November 22, 1943 | 55 | cerebral hemorrhage | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Arthur Walsh | November 9, 1938 (previously served December 1, 1931 – January 3, 1937) | July 31, 1888 | Monmouth Beach, New Jersey | 78th (1943–1945) |
Henry B. Steagall | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Alabama (3rd district) |
November 22, 1943 | 70 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | George W. Andrews | March 4, 1915 | May 19, 1873 | Clopton, Alabama | 78th (1943–1945) |
Lawrence Lewis | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Colorado (1st district) |
December 9, 1943 | 64 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Dean M. Gillespie | March 4, 1933 | June 22, 1879 | St. Louis, Missouri | 78th (1943–1945) |
William H. Wheat | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Illinois (19th district) |
January 16, 1944 | 64 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Rolla C. McMillen | January 3, 1939 | February 19, 1879 | Kahoka, Missouri | 78th (1943–1945) |
Frederick Van Nuys | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Indiana (Senator) |
January 25, 1944 | 69 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Vienna, Virginia | U.S. | Samuel D. Jackson | March 4, 1933 | April 16, 1874 | Falmouth, Indiana | 78th (1943–1945) |
Leonard W. Schuetz | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Illinois (7th district) |
February 13, 1944 | 56 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | William W. Link | March 4, 1931 | November 16, 1887 | Posen, Kentucky, US | 78th (1943–1945) |
Charles L. McNary | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Oregon (Senator) |
February 25, 1944 | 69 | brain tumor | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | U.S. | Guy Cordon | December 18, 1918 (previously served May 29, 1917 – November 5, 1918) | June 12, 1874 | Salem, Oregon | 78th (1943–1945) |
Thomas H. Cullen | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | New York (4th district) |
March 1, 1944 | 75 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | John J. Rooney | March 4, 1919 | March 29, 1868 | Brooklyn, New York | 78th (1943–1945) |
James A. O'Leary | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | New York (11th district) |
March 16, 1944 | 54 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Staten Island, New York | U.S. | Ellsworth B. Buck | January 3, 1935 | April 23, 1889 | Staten Island, New York | 78th (1943–1945) |
Hampton P. Fulmer | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | South Carolina (2nd district) |
October 19, 1944 | 69 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Willa L. Fulmer | March 4, 1921 | February 3, 1875 | Springfield, South Carolina | 78th (1943–1945) |
Ellison D. Smith | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | South Carolina (Senator) |
November 17, 1944 | 80 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Lynchburg, South Carolina | U.S. | Wilton E. Hall | March 4, 1909 | August 1, 1864 | Lynchburg, South Carolina | 78th (1943–1945) |
James F. O'Connor | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Montana (2nd district) |
January 15, 1945 | 66 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Wesley A. D'Ewart | January 3, 1937 | May 7, 1878 | California Junction, Iowa | 79th (1945–1947) |
Francis T. Maloney | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Connecticut (Senator) |
January 16, 1945 | 50 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Meriden, Connecticut | U.S. | Thomas C. Hart | January 3, 1935 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935) | March 31, 1894 | Meriden, Connecticut | 79th (1945–1947) |
John Moses | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | North Dakota (Senator) |
March 3, 1945 | 59 | died during open heart surgery | Rochester, Minnesota | U.S. | Milton Young | January 3, 1945 | June 12, 1885 | Strand, Minnesota, US | 79th (1945–1947) |
James V. Heidinger | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Illinois (24th district) |
March 22, 1945 | 62 | pulmonary fibrosis | Phoenix, Arizona | U.S. | Roy Clippinger | January 3, 1941 | July 17, 1882 | Mount Erie, Illinois | 79th (1945–1947) |
James G. Scrugham | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Nevada (Senator) |
June 23, 1945 | 65 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | San Diego, California | U.S. | Edward P. Carville | December 7, 1942 (U.S. House tenure March 4, 1933 – December 7, 1942) | January 19, 1880 | Lexington, Kentucky | 79th (1945–1947) |
Hiram Johnson | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | California (Senator) |
August 6, 1945 | 78 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | William F. Knowland | March 16, 1917 | September 2, 1866 | Sacramento, California | 79th (1945–1947) |
John W. Thomas | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Idaho (Senator) |
November 10, 1945 | 71 | cerebral hemorrhage | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Charles C. Gossett | January 27, 1940 (previously served June 30, 1928 – March 3, 1933) | January 4, 1874 | Phillips County, Kansas | 79th (1945–1947) |
James W. Mott | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Oregon (1st district) |
November 12, 1945 | 62 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | A. Walter Norblad | March 4, 1933 | November 12, 1883 | New Washington, Pennsylvania | 79th (1945–1947) |
Joseph W. Ervin | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | North Carolina (10th district) |
December 25, 1945 | 44 | committed suicide | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Sam Ervin | January 3, 1945 | March 3, 1901 | Morganton, North Carolina | 79th (1945–1947) |
J. Buell Snyder | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Pennsylvania (23rd district) |
February 24, 1946 | 69 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Carl H. Hoffman | March 4, 1933 | July 30, 1877 | Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania | 79th (1945–1947) |
William O. Burgin | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | North Carolina (8th district) |
April 11, 1946 | 69 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Eliza Pratt | January 3, 1939 | July 28, 1877 | Marion, North Carolina | 79th (1945–1947) |
Carter Glass | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Virginia (Senator) |
May 28, 1946 | 88 | congestive heart failure | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Thomas G. Burch | February 20, 1920 (U.S. House tenure November 4, 1902 – December 16, 1918) | January 4, 1858 | Lynchburg, Virginia | 79th (1945–1947) |
John H. Bankhead II | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Alabama (Senator) |
June 12, 1946 | 73 | stroke | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | George R. Swift | March 4, 1931 | July 8, 1872 | Old Moscow, Alabama | 79th (1945–1947) |
William Gallagher | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Minnesota (3rd district) |
August 13, 1946 | 71 | liver ailment | Rochester, Minnesota | U.S. | George MacKinnon | January 3, 1945 | May 13, 1875 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 79th (1945–1947) |
Charles O. Andrews | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Florida (Senator) |
September 18, 1946 | 69 | "acute heart attack"[179] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Spessard Holland | November 4, 1936 | March 7, 1877 | Ponce de Leon, Florida | 79th (1945–1947) |
William B. Barry | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | New York (4th district) |
October 20, 1946 | 44 | pneumonia | Queens, New York | U.S. | Gregory McMahon | November 5, 1935 | July 21, 1902 | Concord, New Hampshire | 79th (1945–1947) |
Robert K. Henry | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Wisconsin (2nd district) |
November 20, 1946 | 56 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Madison, Wisconsin | U.S. | Glenn Robert Davis | January 3, 1945 | February 9, 1890 | Jefferson, Wisconsin | 79th (1945–1947) |
Josiah Bailey | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | North Carolina (Senator) |
December 15, 1946 | 73 | cerebral hemorrhage, due to arterial hypertension and arterial sclerosis[180] | Raleigh, North Carolina | U.S. | William B. Umstead | March 4, 1931 | September 14, 1873 | Warrenton, North Carolina | 79th (1945–1947) |
Fred B. Norman | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Washington (3rd district) |
April 18, 1947 | 65 | heart attack | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Russell Vernon Mack | January 3, 1947 (previously served January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945) | March 21, 1882 | Martinsville, Illinois | 80th (1947–1949) |
Charles L. Gerlach | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Pennsylvania (8th district) |
May 5, 1947 | 51 | immediate: congestive heart failure, coronary thrombosis; due to coronary sclerosis[181] | Allentown, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Franklin H. Lichtenwalter | January 3, 1939 | September 14, 1895 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | 80th (1947–1949) |
Frederick Van Ness Bradley | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Michigan (11th district) |
May 24, 1947 | 49 | heart attack | New London, Connecticut | U.S. | Charles E. Potter | January 3, 1939 | April 12, 1898 | Chicago, Illinois | 80th (1947–1949) |
Joseph J. Mansfield | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Texas (9th district) |
July 12, 1947 | 86 | arteriosclerosis[182] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Clark W. Thompson | March 4, 1917 | February 9, 1861 | Wayne, West Virginia | 80th (1947–1949) |
Theodore G. Bilbo | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Mississippi (Senator) |
August 21, 1947 | 69 | cancer of the mouth, later "complicated by inflammation of the nerves, partial paralysis and a blood clot on the lung"[183] | New Orleans, Louisiana | U.S. | John C. Stennis | January 3, 1935 | October 13, 1877 | Pearl River County, Mississippi | 80th (1947–1949) |
Charles L. Gifford | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Massachusetts (9th district) |
August 23, 1947 | 76 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Cotuit, Massachusetts | U.S. | Donald W. Nicholson | November 7, 1922 | March 15, 1871 | Cotuit, Massachusetts | 80th (1947–1949) |
Raymond S. Springer | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Indiana (10th district) |
August 28, 1947 | 65 | myocardial failure due to coronary thrombosis[184] | Connersville, Indiana | U.S. | Ralph Harvey | January 3, 1939 | April 26, 1882 | Indianapolis, Indiana | 80th (1947–1949) |
Patrick H. Drewry | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Virginia (4th district) |
December 21, 1947 | 72 | acute congestive heart failure[185] | Petersburg, Virginia | U.S. | Watkins M. Abbitt | April 27, 1920 | May 24, 1875 | Petersburg, Virginia | 80th (1947–1949) |
John M. Robsion | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Kentucky (9th district) |
February 17, 1948 | 75 | coronary occlusion due to coronary sclerosis and generalized arteriosclerosis; influenza four days[186] | Barbourville, Kentucky | U.S. | William Lewis | January 3, 1935 (previously served March 4, 1919 – January 10, 1930/U.S. Senate tenure January 11, 1930 – November 30, 1930) | January 2, 1873 | Berlin, Kentucky | 80th (1947–1949) |
Orville Zimmerman | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Missouri (10th district) |
April 7, 1948 | 67 | heart attack | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Paul C. Jones | January 3, 1935 | December 31, 1880 | Glenallen, Missouri | 80th (1947–1949) |
John H. Overton | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Louisiana (Senator) |
May 14, 1948 | 72 | following abdominal operation[187] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | William C. Feazel | March 4, 1933 (U.S. House tenure May 12, 1931 – March 3, 1933) | September 17, 1875 | Marksville, Louisiana | 80th (1947–1949) |
Thomas L. Owens | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Illinois (7th district) |
June 7, 1948 | 50 | Heart attack | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Adolph J. Sabath | January 3, 1947 | December 21, 1897 | Chicago, Illinois | 80th (1947–1949) |
Harlan J. Bushfield | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | South Dakota (Senator) |
September 27, 1948 | 66 | cerebral hemorrhage | Miller, South Dakota | U.S. | Vera C. Bushfield | January 3, 1943 | August 6, 1882 | Atlantic, Iowa | 80th (1947–1949) |
Milton H. West | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Texas (15th district) |
October 28, 1948 | 60 | lymphoma | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Lloyd Bentsen | April 23, 1933 | June 30, 1888 | Gonzales, Texas | 80th (1947–1949) |
John J. Delaney | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | New York (7th district) |
November 18, 1948 | 70 | Unknown, undetermined, unavailable to public, or yet to be researched (as of April 19, 2019) | Brooklyn, New York | U.S. | Louis B. Heller | November 3, 1931 (previously served March 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919) | August 21, 1878 | Brooklyn, New York | 80th (1947–1949) |
J. Melville Broughton | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | North Carolina (Senator) |
March 6, 1949 | 60 | heart attack | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Frank P. Graham | December 31, 1948 | November 17, 1888 | Raleigh, North Carolina | 81st (1949–1951) |
Sol Bloom | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | New York (20th district) |
March 7, 1949 | 78 | heart attack | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. | March 4, 1923 | March 9, 1870 | Pekin, Illinois | 81st (1949–1951) |
Andrew L. Somers | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | New York (10th district) |
April 6, 1949 | 54 | liver ailment | Queens, New York | U.S. | Edna F. Kelly | March 4, 1925 | March 21, 1895 | Brooklyn, New York | 81st (1949–1951) |
Robert L. Coffey | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Pennsylvania (26th district) |
April 20, 1949 | 30 | plane crash | Albuquerque, New Mexico | U.S. | John P. Saylor | January 3, 1949 | October 21, 1918 | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 81st (1949–1951) |
Richard J. Welch | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | California (5th district) |
September 10, 1949 | 80 | coronary occlusion | Needles, California | U.S. | John F. Shelley | August 31, 1926 | February 13, 1869 | Monroe County, New York | 81st (1949–1951) |
Bert H. Miller | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Idaho (Senator) |
October 8, 1949 | 69 | heart attack | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Henry Dworshak | January 3, 1949 | December 15, 1879 | St. George, Utah Territory | 81st (1949–1951) |
George J. Bates | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Massachusetts (6th district) |
November 1, 1949 | 58 | plane crash | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | William H. Bates | January 3, 1937 | February 25, 1891 | Salem, Massachusetts | 81st (1949–1951) |
Clyde M. Reed | style="background:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | | Republican | Kansas (Senator) |
November 8, 1949 | 78 | heart attack | Parsons, Kansas | U.S. | Harry Darby | January 3, 1939 | October 19, 1871 | Champaign County, Illinois | 81st (1949–1951) |
Martin Gorski | style="background:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/color" | | Democratic | Illinois (5th district) |
December 4, 1949 | 63 | heart attack | Chicago, Illinois | U.S. | John C. Kluczynski | January 3, 1943 | October 30, 1886 | Poland | 81st (1949–1951) |
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–1999)
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (2000–)
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