U.S. Congress members who died in office |
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The following is a list of United States senators and representatives who died of natural 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 | Democratic | Ohio (17th district) | January 1, 1940 | 72 | paralytic stroke [173] | 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 | 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 | Republican | New York (31st district) | January 3, 1940 | 58 | Heart attack [174] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Clarence E. Kilburn | January 3, 1939 | December 9, 1881 | Black Brook, New York | 76th (1939–1941) | |
Edward W. Curley | Democratic | New York (22nd district) | January 6, 1940 | 66 | Heart attack [175] | New York City, New York | U.S. | Walter A. Lynch | November 5, 1935 | May 23, 1873 | Easton, Pennsylvania | 76th (1939–1941) | |
William E. Borah | Republican | Idaho (Senator) | January 19, 1940 | 74 | cerebral hemorrhage | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | John Thomas | March 4, 1907 | June 29, 1865 | Fairfield, Illinois | 76th (1939–1941) | |
Cassius C. Dowell | 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 | Republican | Maine (2nd district) | April 8, 1940 | 63 | coronary thrombosis [176] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Margaret Chase Smith | January 3, 1937 | June 9, 1876 | Somerset, Maine | 76th (1939–1941) | |
Ernest W. Gibson | Republican | Vermont (Senator) | June 20, 1940 | 67 | pneumonia and heart ailment [177] | 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 | Democratic | Georgia (8th district) | August 7, 1940 | 51 | Stroke [178] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Florence R. Gibbs | January 3, 1939 | April 15, 1889 | Dupont, Georgia | 76th (1939–1941) | |
George N. Seger | 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 | 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 | Democratic | Alabama (7th district) | September 15, 1940 | 66 | "ruptured artery in the abdomen" [179] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Zadoc L. Weatherford | March 4, 1917 | April 12, 1874 | Lamar County, Alabama | 76th (1939–1941) | |
Key Pittman | 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 | Democratic | Oklahoma (7th district) | January 17, 1941 | 70 | "heart failure precipitated by grippe" [180] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Victor Wickersham | January 3, 1935 | August 2, 1870 | Quitman, Mississippi | 77th (1941–1943) | |
Kenneth F. Simpson | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Democratic | New York (14th district) | June 4, 1941 | 53 | heart attack [181] | 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 | Democratic | Mississippi (Senator) | June 22, 1941 | 59 | "from exhaustion following a major intestinal operation" [182] | 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 | Democratic | Texas (Senator) | June 26, 1941 | 87 | "followed an operation for stomach ailment" [183] | Baltimore, Maryland | U.S. | W. Lee O'Daniel | April 21, 1941 | June 21, 1854 | Independence, Texas | 77th (1941–1943) | |
Stephen Bolles | 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 | Democratic | South Carolina (Senator) | August 1, 1941 | 54 | gastric hemorrhage [184] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Roger C. Peace | July 22, 1941 | November 13, 1886 | Milledgeville, Georgia | 77th (1941–1943) | |
Albert G. Rutherford | 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 | 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 | Democratic | California (17th district) | October 11, 1941 | 53 | Bronchial pneumonia [185] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Cecil R. King | January 3, 1939 | September 9, 1888 | Wetmore, Kansas | 77th (1941–1943) | |
Lawrence J. Connery | Democratic | Massachusetts (7th district) | October 19, 1941 | 46 | Heart attack [186] | Arlington, Virginia | U.S. | Thomas J. Lane | September 28, 1937 | October 17, 1895 | Lynn, Massachusetts | 77th (1941–1943) | |
Alva B. Adams | 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 | Democratic | Pennsylvania (11th district) | May 18, 1942 | 62 | coronary thrombosis (2 days) due to atherosclerosis (2 years) [187] | Scranton, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Veronica Grace Boland | March 4, 1931 | January 6, 1880 | Scranton, Pennsylvania | 77th (1941–1943) | |
Frank H. Buck | Democratic | California (3rd district) | September 17, 1942 | 54 | Stroke [188] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Justin L. Johnson | March 4, 1933 | September 23, 1887 | Vacaville, California | 77th (1941–1943) | |
Philip Allen Bennett | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Democratic | Kentucky (4th district) | October 13, 1943 | 59 | Stroke [189] | Hodgenville, Kentucky | U.S. | Chester Carrier | November 5, 1935 | November 20, 1883 | LaRue County, Kentucky | 78th (1943–1945) | |
J. William Ditter | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 Thomas | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Democratic | Florida (Senator) | September 18, 1946 | 69 | "acute heart attack" [190] | Washington, D.C. | U.S. | Spessard Holland | November 4, 1936 | March 7, 1877 | Ponce de Leon, Florida | 79th (1945–1947) | |
William B. Barry | 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 | 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 | Democratic | North Carolina (Senator) | December 15, 1946 | 73 | cerebral hemorrhage, due to arterial hypertension and arterial sclerosis [191] | Raleigh, North Carolina | U.S. | William B. Umstead | March 4, 1931 | September 14, 1873 | Warrenton, North Carolina | 79th (1945–1947) | |
Fred B. Norman | 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 | Republican | Pennsylvania (8th district) | May 5, 1947 | 51 | immediate: congestive heart failure, coronary thrombosis; due to coronary sclerosis [192] | Allentown, Pennsylvania | U.S. | Franklin H. Lichtenwalter | January 3, 1939 | September 14, 1895 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | 80th (1947–1949) | |
Frederick Van Ness Bradley | 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 | Democratic | Texas (9th district) | July 12, 1947 | 86 | arteriosclerosis [193] | Bethesda, Maryland | U.S. | Clark W. Thompson | March 4, 1917 | February 9, 1861 | Wayne, West Virginia | 80th (1947–1949) | |
Theodore G. Bilbo | 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" [194] | New Orleans, Louisiana | U.S. | John C. Stennis | January 3, 1935 | October 13, 1877 | Pearl River County, Mississippi | 80th (1947–1949) | |
Charles L. Gifford | 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 | Republican | Indiana (10th district) | August 28, 1947 | 65 | myocardial failure due to coronary thrombosis [195] | Connersville, Indiana | U.S. | Ralph Harvey | January 3, 1939 | April 26, 1882 | Indianapolis, Indiana | 80th (1947–1949) | |
Patrick H. Drewry | Democratic | Virginia (4th district) | December 21, 1947 | 72 | acute congestive heart failure [196] | Petersburg, Virginia | U.S. | Watkins M. Abbitt | April 27, 1920 | May 24, 1875 | Petersburg, Virginia | 80th (1947–1949) | |
John M. Robsion | Republican | Kentucky (9th district) | February 17, 1948 | 75 | coronary occlusion due to coronary sclerosis and generalized arteriosclerosis; influenza four days [197] | 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 | 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 | Democratic | Louisiana (Senator) | May 14, 1948 | 72 | following abdominal operation [198] | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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) |
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James Lee Hagedorn was an American politician from Minnesota. A Republican, he was the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district from 2019 until his death. The district stretches across southern Minnesota along the border with Iowa and includes Rochester, Austin, and Mankato.
The 2020 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Pennsylvania voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Pennsylvania had 20 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
The Pennsylvania Auditor General election of 2020 took place on November 3, 2020. Primary elections were originally due to take place on April 28, 2020. However, following concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic the primaries were delayed until June 2, 2020. Under the Pennsylvania Constitution incumbent Democratic Auditor General Eugene DePasquale was ineligible to seek a third consecutive term.
The 2021 Pennsylvania elections were held on November 2, 2021, to fill judicial positions on the Supreme Court, Superior Court, and Commonwealth Court, to allow judicial retention votes, and to fill numerous county, local and municipal offices.
Eliza Kennedy Smith, also known as Mrs. R. Templeton Smith, was a 20th-century American suffragist, civic activist, and government reformer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Upon her death in 1964, The Pittsburgh Press described her as "a relentless, tenacious watchdog of the City's purse strings" who "probably attended more budget sessions over the years than anyone else in Pittsburgh either in or out of government".