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