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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.
Joseph Robert Kerrey (born August 27, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 35th governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001. Before entering politics, he served in the Vietnam War, as a United States Navy SEAL officer and was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery in combat ...
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]
Fred Harris, a former U.S. senator from Oklahoma, presidential hopeful and populist who championed Democratic Party reforms in the turbulent 1960s, died Saturday. He was 94.
Buckley served in a high office in all three branches of the U.S. government and was a hero to many in the conservative movem. Former U.S. Senator James Buckley, a premier conservative voice in ...
US Sen. Jim Inhofe, the longest-serving U.S. senator in Oklahoma history, died Tuesday. Here's a look at notable moments across his political career.
Jean Anne Carpenter was born on December 20, 1933, in Washington, D.C., to a working-class family; her father was a plumber and her mother a hairdresser. [1] She and her future husband, Mel, both went to Anacostia High School, where they sat next to each other in class. [2]
He worked as a professor of public policy and physics, and during his tenure in Congress he was one of two physicists and the only Quaker there. [2] Holt sought the Democratic nomination in the 2013 special primary election to fill the seat of U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg, who died in office on June 3, 2013. He lost the nomination to Newark ...