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Dalip Singh Saund (September 20, 1899 – April 22, 1973) was an Indian-born American farmer, lobbyist, judicial officer, academic, and Democratic Party politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1957 to 1963. He was the first Sikh, first Indian American, and first Asian American elected to the United States Congress.
The first member of Congress to be killed or wounded in office was Henry Wharton Conway who was killed in a duel in 1827. The most recent death occurred in 1983 when Korean Air Lines Flight 007, carrying Larry McDonald, was shot down over the Pacific Ocean. The most recent member of Congress to be injured was Angie Craig who was assaulted in 2023.
Senior U.S. officials met with Sikh advocates on Thursday to discuss threats facing Sikhs in the United States, including a foiled murder plot against a prominent activist last year, several ...
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Killed by a prospective challenger for the 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 the brothers of his late fiancée whom he was charged with murdering [12] Louis F. Edwards: Democratic 1939
“I was among five potential targets of an assassination plot warned by federal authorities.”
U.S. Congress Glenard P. Lipscomb Republican California (24th district) February 1, 1970 54 Complications following surgery to remove intestinal tumor [117] Bethesda, Maryland: U.S. John H. Rousselot: November 10, 1953 August 19, 1915 Jackson County, Michigan: 91st (1969–1971) James B. Utt Republican California (35th district) March 1, 1970 ...
Sikh activist Bobby Singh, left, a Sacramento State student, stands in 2019 at a Sikh activism conference in Toronto with Hardeep Nijjar, who was allegedly assassinated by Indian intelligence on ...