List of members of the United States House of Representatives who were born or died in 1971

This is a list of the 9 births and 43 deaths of voting members of the United States House of Representatives in 1971. There are 4 members listed in bold who died in office.

Births

Representative

State

District(s)

Served

Party

Date of birth

Date of death

Age

Marc Veasey

Texas

33

2013–Present

|Democratic

January 3, 1971

Living

Thomas Massie

Kentucky

4

2012–Present

|Republican

January 13, 1971

Living

Bobby Jindal

Louisiana

1

2005–2008

|Republican

June 10, 1971

Living

Sean Duffy

Wisconsin

7

2011–Present

|Republican

October 3, 1971

Living

Martin Heinrich

New Mexico

1

2009–2013

|Democratic

October 17, 1971

Living

Richard Hudson

North Carolina

8

2013–Present

|Republican

November 4, 1971

Living

Tom W. Reed

New York

29, 23

2013–Present

|Republican

November 18, 1971

Living

Kristi Noem

South Dakota

At-large

2011–Present

|Republican

November 30, 1971

Living

Heath Shuler

North Carolina

11

2007–2013

|Democratic

December 31, 1971

Living

Deaths

Representative

State

District(s)

Served

Party

Date of birth

Date of death

Age

Georgia L. Lusk

New Mexico

At-large

1947–1949

|Democratic

May 12, 1893

January 5, 1971

Howard E. Campbell

Pennsylvania

29

1945–1947

|Republican

January 4, 1890

January 6, 1971

James G. Beall Sr.

Maryland

6

1943–1953

|Republican

June 5, 1894

January 14, 1971

Richard J. Tonry

New York

8

1935–1937

|Democratic

September 30, 1893

January 17, 1971

William I. Troutman

Pennsylvania

At-large

1943–1945

|Republican

January 13, 1905

January 27, 1971

Chester C. Thompson

Illinois

14

1933–1939

|Democratic

September 19, 1893

January 30, 1971

Edward R. Finnegan

Illinois

12, 9

1961–1964

|Democratic

June 5, 1905

February 2, 1971

Tom A. Yon

Florida

3

1927–1933

|Democratic

March 14, 1882

February 16, 1971

Ralph R. Eltse

California

7

1933–1935

|Republican

September 13, 1885

March 18, 1971

Peter F. Hammond

Ohio

11

1936–1937

|Democratic

June 30, 1887

April 2, 1971

Robert B. Chiperfield

Illinois

15, 19

1939–1963

|Republican

November 20, 1899

April 9, 1971

Robert J. Corbett

Pennsylvania

30, 29, 18

1939–1941, 1945–1971

|Republican

August 25, 1905

April 25, 1971

Thomas J. Dodd

Connecticut

1

1953–1957

|Democratic

May 15, 1907

May 24, 1971

George B. Kelly

New York

38

1937–1939

|Democratic

December 12, 1900

June 26, 1971

John H. Marsalis

Colorado

3

1949–1951

|Democratic

May 9, 1904

June 26, 1971

Thomas E. Martin

Iowa

1

1939–1955

|Republican

January 18, 1893

June 27, 1971

B. J. Monkiewicz

Connecticut

At-large

1939–1941, 1943–1945

|Republican

August 8, 1898

July 2, 1971

Earl H. Beshlin

Pennsylvania

28

1917–1919

|Democratic

April 28, 1870

July 12, 1971

Harold G. Mosier

Ohio

At-large

1937–1939

|Democratic

July 24, 1889

August 7, 1971

Walter E. Brehm

Ohio

11

1943–1953

|Republican

May 25, 1892

August 24, 1971

Dow W. Harter

Ohio

14

1933–1943

|Democratic

January 2, 1885

September 4, 1971

James S. Golden

Kentucky

8

1949–1955

|Republican

September 20, 1891

September 6, 1971

Gerald W. Landis

Indiana

7

1939–1949

|Republican

February 23, 1895

September 6, 1971

Winston L. Prouty

Vermont

At-large

1951–1959

|Republican

September 1, 1906

September 10, 1971

George Huddleston Jr.

Alabama

9, At-large

1955–1965

|Democratic

March 19, 1920

September 14, 1971

John L. Cable

Ohio

4

1921–1925, 1929–1933

|Republican

April 15, 1884

September 15, 1971

Frazier Reams Sr.

Ohio

8

1951–1955

| Independent

January 15, 1897

September 15, 1971

C. W. Bishop

Illinois

25, 26

1941–1955

|Republican

June 29, 1890

September 21, 1971

John C. Watts

Kentucky

6

1951–1971

|Democratic

July 9, 1902

September 24, 1971

Noble J. Gregory

Kentucky

1

1937–1959

|Democratic

August 30, 1897

September 26, 1971

William O. Cowger

Kentucky

3

1967–1971

|Republican

January 1, 1922

October 2, 1971

Reuben L. Haskell

New York

10

1915–1919

|Republican

October 5, 1878

October 2, 1971

Henderson H. Carson

Ohio

16

1943–1945, 1947–1949

|Republican

October 25, 1893

October 5, 1971

James G. Fulton

Pennsylvania

31, 27

1945–1971

|Republican

March 1, 1903

October 6, 1971

John E. Miles

New Mexico

At-large

1949–1951

|Democratic

July 28, 1884

October 7, 1971

Sam M. Russell

Texas

17

1941–1947

|Democratic

August 9, 1889

October 19, 1971

Absalom W. Robertson

Virginia

At-large, 7

1933–1946

|Democratic

May 27, 1887

November 1, 1971

Winfield K. Denton

Indiana

8

1949–1953, 1955–1966

|Democratic

October 28, 1896

November 2, 1971

Tom J. Murray

Tennessee

8, 7

1943–1966

|Democratic

August 1, 1894

November 28, 1971

James T. Igoe

Illinois

6

1927–1933

|Democratic

October 23, 1883

December 2, 1971

John G. Alexander

Minnesota

3

1939–1941

|Republican

July 16, 1893

December 8, 1971

Courtney W. Campbell

Florida

1

1953–1955

|Democratic

April 29, 1895

December 22, 1971

George W. Andrews

Alabama

3, At-large

1944–1971

|Democratic

December 12, 1906

December 25, 1971

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