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

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

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2000s

MemberParty
State
(district)
Date of deathAge at death (years)CausePlace of deathPlace of burial
Paul Coverdell  Republican Georgia
(Senator)		July 18, 200061 Cerebral hemorrhage [1] Atlanta, Georgia Arlington Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Georgia
Herb Bateman  Republican Virginia
(1st district)		September 11, 200072Unspecified natural causes Leesburg, Virginia Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, Virginia
Bruce Vento  Democratic Minnesota
(4th district)		October 10, 200060 Mesothelioma [2] Saint Paul, Minnesota Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Julian Dixon  Democratic California
(32nd district)		December 8, 200066Heart attack [3] Marina del Rey, California Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, California
Norman Sisisky  Democratic Virginia
(4th district)		March 29, 200173Lung cancer [4] Richmond, Virginia Beth El Cemetery, Henrico County, Virginia
Joe Moakley  Democratic Massachusetts
(9th district)		May 28, 200174 Myelodysplastic syndrome [5] Bethesda, Maryland Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree, Massachusetts
Floyd Spence  Republican South Carolina
(2nd district)		August 16, 200173 Cerebral thrombosis [6] Washington, D.C. Saint Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, South Carolina
Patsy Mink  Democratic Hawaii
(2nd district)		September 28, 200274 Viral pneumonia following chickenpox [7] Honolulu, Hawaii National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
Paul Wellstone  Democratic Minnesota
(Senator)		October 25, 200258 Plane crash [8] Eveleth, Minnesota Lakewood Cemetery, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Bob Matsui  Democratic California
(5th district)		January 1, 200563Myelodysplastic syndrome [9] Bethesda, Maryland East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, California
Charlie Norwood  Republican Georgia
(10th district)		February 13, 200765 Liver cancer [10] Augusta, Georgia Westover Memorial Park, Augusta, Georgia
Juanita Millender-McDonald  Democratic California
(37th district)		April 22, 200768 Colon cancer [11] Carson, California Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, California
Craig L. Thomas  Republican Wyoming
(Senator)		June 4, 200774 Leukemia [12] Bethesda, Maryland Riverside Cemetery, Cody, Wyoming
Paul Gillmor  Republican Ohio
(5th district)		September 5, 200768Fall down stairs [13] Arlington, Virginia Pleasant Union Cemetery, Old Fort, Ohio
Jo Ann Davis  Republican Virginia
(1st district)		October 6, 200757Breast cancer [14] Gloucester, Virginia Bellamy Memorial Cemetery, Bellamy, Virginia
Julia Carson  Democratic Indiana
(7th district)		December 15, 200769Lung cancer [15] Indianapolis, Indiana Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Tom Lantos  Democratic California
(12th district)		February 11, 200880 Esophageal cancer [16] Bethesda, Maryland Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones  Democratic Ohio
(11th district)		August 20, 200858 Cerebral hemorrhage [17] East Cleveland, Ohio Cremated
Ted Kennedy  Democratic Massachusetts
(Senator)		August 25, 200977 Brain cancer [18] Hyannis Port, Massachusetts Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia

2010s

MemberParty
State
(district)
Date of deathAge at death (years)CausePlace of deathPlace of burial
John Murtha  Democratic Pennsylvania
(12th district)		February 8, 201077Infection following gallbladder surgery [19] Arlington, Virginia Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Robert Byrd  Democratic West Virginia
(Senator)		June 28, 201092Unspecified 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, 201277 Colon cancer [21] Livingston, New Jersey Glendale Cemetery, Bloomfield, New Jersey
Daniel Inouye  Democratic Hawaii
(Senator)		December 17, 201288 Respiratory complications during hospitalization [22] Bethesda, Maryland National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
Frank Lautenberg  Democratic New Jersey
(Senator)		June 3, 201389 Viral pneumonia [23] New York City, New York Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Bill Young  Republican Florida
(13th district)		October 18, 201382 Multiple myeloma [24] Bethesda, Maryland Bay Pines Cemetery, Bay Pines, Florida
Alan Nunnelee  Republican Mississippi
(1st district)		February 6, 201556 Brain cancer [25] Tupelo, Mississippi Maxcy Cemetery, Belden, Mississippi
Mark Takai  Democratic Hawaii
(1st district)		July 20, 201649 Pancreatic cancer [26] Aiea, Hawaii National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii
Louise Slaughter  Democratic New York
(25th district)		March 16, 201888 Fall [27] Washington, D.C.Cremated [28]
John McCain  Republican Arizona
(Senator)		August 25, 201881 Brain cancer [29] Cornville, Arizona United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland
Walter B. Jones Jr.  Republican North Carolina
(3rd district)		February 10, 201976 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [30] Greenville, North Carolina Forest Hills Cemetery, Farmville, North Carolina
Elijah Cummings  Democratic Maryland
(7th district)		October 17, 201968"Complications concerning long-standing health challenges" [31] Baltimore, Maryland Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

2020s

MemberParty
State
(district)
Date of deathAge at death (years)CausePlace of deathPlace of burial
John Lewis  Democratic Georgia
(5th district)		July 17, 202080 Pancreatic cancer [32] Atlanta, Georgia South-View Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
Ron Wright  Republican Texas
(6th district)		February 7, 202167 COVID-19 [33] Dallas, Texas Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Texas [34]
Alcee Hastings  Democratic Florida
(20th district)		April 6, 202184 Pancreatic cancer [35] UndisclosedCremated [36]
Jim Hagedorn  Republican Minnesota
(1st district)		February 17, 202259 Kidney cancer [37] Rochester, Minnesota [38] Riverside Cemetery, Blue Earth, Minnesota [39]
Don Young  Republican Alaska
(at-large)		March 18, 202288Unspecified natural causes [40] SeaTac, Washington [41] Cremated [42]
Jackie Walorski  Republican Indiana
(2nd district)		August 3, 202258 Traffic collision [43] Union Township, Elkhart County, Indiana Southlawn Cemetery, South Bend, Indiana [44]
Donald McEachin  Democratic Virginia
(4th district)		November 28, 202261 Colorectal cancer [45] Richmond, Virginia [46] Mount Calvary Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia [47]
Dianne Feinstein  Democratic California
(Senator)		September 29, 202390Unspecified natural causes [48] Washington, D.C. [49] Colma, California [50]

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