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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.
Alabama : June 1, 1978 65 Heart attack [147] Gulf Shores, Alabama: U.S. Maryon Pittman Allen: January 3, 1969 December 28, 1912 Gadsden, Alabama: 95th (1977–1979) Clifford Allen Democratic Tennessee (5th district) June 18, 1978 66 Heart attack [148] Nashville, Tennessee: U.S. Bill Boner: November 25, 1975 January 6, 1912 Jacksonville, Florida ...
Resigned to become a US judge for the Middle and Northern District of Alabama. Newton N. Clements: December 8, 1880 – March 4, 1881 Democratic: 6th: Elected to finish Lewis's term. Retired. David Clopton: March 4, 1859 – January 21, 1861 Democratic: 3rd: Elected in 1859. Withdrew due to Civil War. James E. Cobb: March 4, 1887 – April 21 ...
Oswald was himself killed by Jack Ruby in the basement of the Dallas police station. JFK’s brother, Robert F. Kennedy , was a senator from New York when he was running for president in 1968.
A Chicago mass shooting killed three people and injured five others on Monday, police said. The shooting happened at around 2:10 p.m. inside a home in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood in the ...
One person was killed and a dozen others were injured in a shooting on the last day of homecoming week at Alabama’s Tuskegee University early Sunday morning, according to the university and ...
Alabama (7th district) May 13, 1919 65 Heart failure [104] Gadsden, Alabama: Forest Cemetery, Gadsden, Alabama: Lilius Bratton Rainey: March 4, 1899 January 20, 1854 Cedar Bluff, Alabama: 66th (1919–1921) Carl Van Dyke Democratic Minnesota (4th district) May 20, 1919 38 Gastrointestinal bleeding [105] Washington, D.C. Forest Cemetery, St ...
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