List of members of the United States House of Representatives who died in 1979
This is a list of the 27 voting members of the United States House of Representatives who died in 1979. None of them died in office. No births have been recorded for this year.
Births
- None
Deaths
Representative |
State |
District(s) |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John B. Hollister |
Ohio |
1 |
1931–1937 |
|Republican |
November 7, 1890 |
January 4, 1979 |
|
James P. Richards |
South Carolina |
5 |
1933–1957 |
|Democratic |
August 31, 1894 |
February 21, 1979 |
|
Herbert Zelenko |
New York |
21 |
1955–1963 |
|Democratic |
March 16, 1906 |
February 23, 1979 |
|
Wilburn Cartwright |
Oklahoma |
3 |
1927–1943 |
|Democratic |
January 12, 1892 |
March 14, 1979 |
|
Samuel Friedel |
Maryland |
7 |
1953–1971 |
|Democratic |
April 18, 1898 |
March 21, 1979 |
|
Corinne Boyd Riley |
South Carolina |
2 |
1962–1963 |
|Democratic |
July 4, 1893 |
April 12, 1979 |
|
Rogers Morton |
Maryland |
1 |
1963–1971 |
|Republican |
September 19, 1914 |
April 19, 1979 |
|
Ezekiel C. Gathings |
Arkansas |
1 |
1939–1969 |
|Democratic |
November 10, 1903 |
May 2, 1979 |
|
Albert W. Cretella |
Connecticut |
3 |
1953–1959 |
|Republican |
April 22, 1897 |
May 24, 1979 |
|
Leonard W. Hall |
New York |
1, 2 |
1939–1952 |
|Republican |
October 2, 1900 |
June 2, 1979 |
|
William G. Bray |
Indiana |
7, 6 |
1951–1975 |
|Republican |
June 17, 1903 |
June 4, 1979 |
|
Kathryn E. Granahan |
Pennsylvania |
2 |
1956–1963 |
|Democratic |
December 7, 1894 |
July 10, 1979 |
|
John B. Breckinridge |
Kentucky |
6 |
1973–1979 |
|Democratic |
November 29, 1913 |
July 29, 1979 |
|
John L. McMillan |
South Carolina |
6 |
1939–1973 |
|Democratic |
April 12, 1898 |
September 3, 1979 |
|
Frank W. Towey Jr. |
New Jersey |
12 |
1937–1939 |
|Democratic |
November 5, 1895 |
September 4, 1979 |
|
Orrice A. Murdock Jr. |
Utah |
1 |
1933–1941 |
|Democratic |
July 18, 1893 |
September 15, 1979 |
|
Donald H. Magnuson |
Washington |
At-large, 7 |
1953–1963 |
|Democratic |
March 7, 1911 |
October 5, 1979 |
|
Tom V. Moorehead |
Ohio |
15 |
1961–1963 |
|Republican |
April 12, 1898 |
October 21, 1979 |
|
Billie S. Farnum |
Michigan |
19 |
1965–1967 |
|Democratic |
April 11, 1916 |
November 18, 1979 |
|
Dewey J. Short |
Missouri |
14, 7 |
1929–1931, 1935–1957 |
|Republican |
April 7, 1898 |
November 19, 1979 |
|
Charles E. Potter |
Michigan |
11 |
1947–1952 |
|Republican |
October 30, 1916 |
November 23, 1979 |
|
Michael J. Bradley |
Pennsylvania |
3 |
1937–1947 |
|Democratic |
May 24, 1897 |
November 27, 1979 |
|
E. A. Mitchell |
Indiana |
8 |
1947–1949 |
|Republican |
December 2, 1910 |
December 11, 1979 |
|
Sherman P. Lloyd |
Utah |
2 |
1963–1965, 1967–1973 |
|Republican |
January 11, 1914 |
December 15, 1979 |
|
Raymond S. McKeough |
Illinois |
2 |
1935–1943 |
|Democratic |
April 29, 1888 |
December 16, 1979 |
|
Thomas O'Malley |
Wisconsin |
5 |
1933–1939 |
|Democratic |
March 23, 1903 |
December 19, 1979 |
|
Felix E. Hébert |
Louisiana |
1 |
1941–1977 |
|Democratic |
October 12, 1901 |
December 29, 1979 |
See also
- List of the 100 oldest members of the United States House of Representatives
- List of former members of the United States House of Representatives
- List of living former members of the United States House of Representatives
- List of the oldest living members of the United States House of Representatives
- List of current members of the United States House of Representatives by age