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All of the 14 Congressmen killed in office were male and 10 were Democrats, three were Republicans, and one was a Democratic-Republican. Four members died in duels, and a total of ten (three senators, six members of the House of Representatives, and one territory delegate to the House) died from gunshot wounds.
The following is a list of United States senators and representatives who died of natural or accidental causes, or who killed themselves, while serving their terms between 1950 and 1999. For a list of members of Congress who were killed while in office, see List of United States Congress members killed or wounded in office.
Resigned when appointed judge for 5th Alabama Circuit. Frank W. Boykin: July 30, 1935 – January 3, 1963 Democratic: 1st: Elected to finish McDuffie's term. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost renomination to Huddleston Jr. Taul Bradford: March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877 Democratic: 3rd: Elected in 1874. Retired. John Bragg: March 4 ...
A one-hour television special, Conscience of a Congressman: The Life and Times of Carl Elliott, was produced as an episode of The Alabama Experience documentary series by the University of Alabama Center for Public Television & Radio. Only weeks before her death, the ailing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis watched "Conscience of a Congressman." She ...
Killed by prospective challenger for 2003 Council special election [11] Henry Denhardt: Democratic 1937 Lieutenant Governor (former) Kentucky: Shelbyville, Kentucky (outside the Armstrong Hotel) gunshots E.S. Garr; Roy Garr Killed by brothers of his late fiancée whom he was charged with murdering [12] Louis F. Edwards: Democratic 1939 Mayor ...
Wallace was Alabama's first female governor and was the only woman to hold the governorship until Kay Ivey succeeded to the office in April 2017. Wallace is also (as of 2024) the only female governor in U.S. history to have died in office as well as being the first and only female Democrat to have served as governor in Alabama history.
from Alabama; In office November 3, 1920 – March 3, 1931: Preceded by: B. B. Comer: Succeeded by: John H. Bankhead II: Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 5th district; In office May 19, 1904 – November 1, 1920: Preceded by: Charles Winston Thompson: Succeeded by: William B. Bowling: 25th Secretary of State of Alabama ...
Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819. The state elects U.S. senators to class 2 and class 3. Its United States Senate seats were declared vacant from March 1861 to July 1868 due to its secession from the Union during the American Civil War. Richard Shelby is Alabama's longest