List of United States Congress members who died in office (2000–)

The following is a list of United States senators and representatives who died while they were serving their terms after 2000.

2000s

Member	Party		State (district)	Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause	Place of death	Place of burial
Paul Coverdell		Republican	Georgia (Senator)	July 18, 2000	61	Cerebral hemorrhage [1]	Atlanta, Georgia	Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Georgia
Herb Bateman		Republican	Virginia (1st district)	September 11, 2000	72	Unspecified natural causes	Leesburg, Virginia	Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, Virginia
Bruce Vento		Democratic	Minnesota (4th district)	October 10, 2000	60	Mesothelioma [2]	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Julian Dixon		Democratic	California (32nd district)	December 8, 2000	66	Heart attack [3]	Marina del Rey, California	Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California
Norman Sisisky		Democratic	Virginia (4th district)	March 29, 2001	73	Lung cancer [4]	Richmond, Virginia	Beth El Cemetery, Henrico County, Virginia
Joe Moakley		Democratic	Massachusetts (9th district)	May 28, 2001	74	Myelodysplastic syndrome [5]	Bethesda, Maryland	Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree, Massachusetts
Floyd Spence		Republican	South Carolina (2nd district)	August 16, 2001	73	Cerebral thrombosis [6]	Washington, D.C.	Saint Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, South Carolina
Patsy Mink		Democratic	Hawaii (2nd district)	September 28, 2002	74	Viral pneumonia following chickenpox [7]	Honolulu, Hawaii	National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
Paul Wellstone		Democratic	Minnesota (Senator)	October 25, 2002	58	Plane crash [8]	Eveleth, Minnesota	Lakewood Cemetery, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Bob Matsui		Democratic	California (5th district)	January 1, 2005	63	Myelodysplastic syndrome [9]	Bethesda, Maryland	East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, California
Charlie Norwood		Republican	Georgia (10th district)	February 13, 2007	65	Liver cancer [10]	Augusta, Georgia	Westover Memorial Park, Augusta, Georgia
Juanita Millender-McDonald		Democratic	California (37th district)	April 22, 2007	68	Colon cancer [11]	Carson, California	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, California
Craig L. Thomas		Republican	Wyoming (Senator)	June 4, 2007	74	Leukemia [12]	Bethesda, Maryland	Riverside Cemetery, Cody, Wyoming
Paul Gillmor		Republican	Ohio (5th district)	September 5, 2007	68	Fall down stairs [13]	Arlington, Virginia	Pleasant Union Cemetery, Old Fort, Ohio
Jo Ann Davis		Republican	Virginia (1st district)	October 6, 2007	57	Breast cancer [14]	Gloucester, Virginia	Bellamy Memorial Cemetery, Bellamy, Virginia
Julia Carson		Democratic	Indiana (7th district)	December 15, 2007	69	Lung cancer [15]	Indianapolis, Indiana	Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Tom Lantos		Democratic	California (12th district)	February 11, 2008	80	Esophageal cancer [16]	Bethesda, Maryland	Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Democratic	Ohio (11th district)	August 20, 2008	58	Cerebral hemorrhage [17]	East Cleveland, Ohio	Cremated
Ted Kennedy		Democratic	Massachusetts (Senator)	August 25, 2009	77	Brain cancer [18]	Hyannis Port, Massachusetts	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia

2010s

Member	Party		State (district)	Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause	Place of death	Place of burial
John Murtha		Democratic	Pennsylvania (12th district)	February 8, 2010	77	Infection following gallbladder surgery [19]	Arlington, Virginia	Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Robert Byrd		Democratic	West Virginia (Senator)	June 28, 2010	92	Unspecified complications following hospitalization for heat exhaustion [20]	Falls Church, Virginia	Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Donald M. Payne		Democratic	New Jersey (10th district)	March 6, 2012	77	Colon cancer [21]	Livingston, New Jersey	Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield, New Jersey
Daniel Inouye		Democratic	Hawaii (Senator)	December 17, 2012	88	Respiratory complications during hospitalization [22]	Bethesda, Maryland	National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
Frank Lautenberg		Democratic	New Jersey (Senator)	June 3, 2013	89	Viral pneumonia [23]	New York City, New York	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Bill Young		Republican	Florida (13th district)	October 18, 2013	82	Multiple myeloma [24]	Bethesda, Maryland	Bay Pines Cemetery, Bay Pines, Florida
Alan Nunnelee		Republican	Mississippi (1st district)	February 6, 2015	56	Brain cancer [25]	Tupelo, Mississippi	Maxcy Cemetery, Belden, Mississippi
Mark Takai		Democratic	Hawaii (1st district)	July 20, 2016	49	Pancreatic cancer [26]	Aiea, Hawaii	National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
Louise Slaughter		Democratic	New York (25th district)	March 16, 2018	88	Fall [27]	Washington, D.C.	Cremated [28]
John McCain		Republican	Arizona (Senator)	August 25, 2018	81	Brain cancer [29]	Cornville, Arizona	United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland
Walter B. Jones Jr.		Republican	North Carolina (3rd district)	February 10, 2019	76	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [30]	Greenville, North Carolina	Forest Hills Cemetery, Farmville, North Carolina
Elijah Cummings		Democratic	Maryland (7th district)	October 17, 2019	68	"Complications concerning long-standing health challenges" [31]	Baltimore, Maryland	Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

2020s

Member	Party		State (district)	Date of death	Age at death (years)	Cause	Place of death	Place of burial
John Lewis		Democratic	Georgia (5th district)	July 17, 2020	80	Pancreatic cancer [32]	Atlanta, Georgia	South-View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
Ron Wright		Republican	Texas (6th district)	February 7, 2021	67	COVID-19 [33]	Dallas, Texas	Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas [34]
Alcee Hastings		Democratic	Florida (20th district)	April 6, 2021	84	Pancreatic cancer [35]	Undisclosed	Cremated [36]
Jim Hagedorn		Republican	Minnesota (1st district)	February 17, 2022	59	Kidney cancer [37]	Rochester, Minnesota [38]	Riverside Cemetery, Blue Earth, Minnesota [39]
Don Young		Republican	Alaska (at-large)	March 18, 2022	88	Unspecified natural causes [40]	SeaTac, Washington [41]	Cremated [42]
Jackie Walorski		Republican	Indiana (2nd district)	August 3, 2022	58	Traffic collision [43]	Union Township, Elkhart County, Indiana	Southlawn Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana [44]
Donald McEachin		Democratic	Virginia (4th district)	November 28, 2022	61	Colorectal cancer [45]	Richmond, Virginia [46]	Mount Calvary Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia [47]
Dianne Feinstein		Democratic	California (Senator)	September 29, 2023	90	Unspecified natural causes [48]	Washington, D.C. [49]	Colma, California [50]
Donald Payne Jr.		Democratic	New Jersey (10th district)	April 24, 2024	65	Heart attack [51]	Newark, New Jersey [51]	Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield, New Jersey [52]
Sheila Jackson Lee		Democratic	Texas (18th district)	July 19, 2024	74	Pancreatic cancer	Houston, Texas [53]	TBA
Bill Pascrell		Democratic	New Jersey (9th district)	August 21, 2024	87	Unspecified natural causes amid "fever symptoms" [54]	Livingston, New Jersey [55]	Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Totowa, New Jersey [54]
Sylvester Turner		Democratic	Texas (18th district)	March 5, 2025	70	Unspecified natural causes [56]	Washington, D.C. [57]	TBA

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)
• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–1999)
• List of United States Congress members killed or wounded in office

References

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