List of members of the United States House of Representatives who were born or died in 1978
This is a list of the 3 births and 30 deaths of voting members of the United States House of Representatives in 1978. There are 6 members listed in bold who died in office.
Births
Representative |
State |
District(s) |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adam Kinzinger |
Illinois |
11, 16 |
2011–Present |
|Republican |
February 27, 1978 |
Living |
|
Ron DeSantis |
Florida |
6 |
2013–Present |
|Republican |
September 14, 1978 |
Living |
|
Jaime Herrera Beutler |
Washington |
3 |
2011–Present |
|Republican |
November 3, 1978 |
Living |
Deaths
Representative |
State |
District(s) |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lee Metcalf |
Montana |
1 |
1953–1961 |
|Democratic |
January 28, 1911 |
January 12, 1978 |
|
Clarence Dill |
Washington |
5 |
1915–1919 |
|Democratic |
September 21, 1884 |
January 14, 1978 |
|
C. Jasper Bell |
Missouri |
4 |
1935–1949 |
|Democratic |
January 16, 1885 |
January 21, 1978 |
|
William T. Murphy |
Illinois |
3 |
1959–1971 |
|Democratic |
August 7, 1899 |
January 29, 1978 |
|
Joseph F. Ryter |
Connecticut |
At-large |
1945–1947 |
|Democratic |
February 4, 1914 |
February 5, 1978 |
|
William H. Stevenson |
Wisconsin |
3 |
1941–1949 |
|Republican |
September 23, 1891 |
March 19, 1978 |
|
J. Hardin Peterson |
Florida |
1 |
1933–1951 |
|Democratic |
February 11, 1894 |
March 28, 1978 |
|
Alfred E. Santangelo |
New York |
18 |
1957–1963 |
|Democratic |
June 4, 1912 |
March 30, 1978 |
|
Walter K. Granger |
Utah |
1 |
1941–1953 |
|Democratic |
October 11, 1888 |
April 21, 1978 |
|
Terry Carpenter |
Nebraska |
5 |
1933–1935 |
|Democratic |
March 28, 1900 |
April 27, 1978 |
|
Errett P. Scrivner |
Kansas |
2 |
1943–1959 |
|Republican |
March 20, 1898 |
May 5, 1978 |
|
Kenneth W. Dyal |
California |
33 |
1965–1967 |
|Democratic |
July 9, 1910 |
May 12, 1978 |
|
Joseph Montoya |
New Mexico |
2 |
1957–1964 |
|Democratic |
September 24, 1915 |
June 5, 1978 |
|
Clifford Allen |
Tennessee |
6 |
1975–1978 |
|Democratic |
January 6, 1912 |
June 18, 1978 |
|
William M. Ketchum |
California |
36, 18 |
1973–1978 |
|Republican |
September 2, 1921 |
June 24, 1978 |
|
R. Walter Riehlman |
New York |
36, 35, 34 |
1947–1965 |
|Republican |
August 26, 1899 |
July 16, 1978 |
|
Herman C. Andersen |
Minnesota |
7 |
1939–1963 |
|Republican |
January 27, 1897 |
July 26, 1978 |
|
Phil Ferguson |
Oklahoma |
8 |
1935–1941 |
|Democratic |
August 15, 1903 |
August 8, 1978 |
|
Joachim O. Fernández |
Louisiana |
1 |
1931–1941 |
|Democratic |
August 14, 1896 |
August 8, 1978 |
|
Ralph Metcalfe |
Illinois |
1 |
1971–1978 |
|Democratic |
May 30, 1910 |
October 10, 1978 |
|
Goodloe Byron |
Maryland |
6 |
1971–1978 |
|Democratic |
June 22, 1929 |
October 11, 1978 |
|
George M. Rhodes |
Pennsylvania |
13, 14, 6 |
1949–1969 |
|Democratic |
February 24, 1898 |
October 23, 1978 |
|
James B. Frazier Jr. |
Tennessee |
3 |
1949–1963 |
|Democratic |
June 23, 1890 |
October 30, 1978 |
|
Patrick B. O'Sullivan |
Connecticut |
5 |
1923–1925 |
|Democratic |
August 11, 1887 |
November 10, 1978 |
|
Leo F. Rayfiel |
New York |
14 |
1945–1947 |
|Democratic |
March 22, 1888 |
November 18, 1978 |
|
Leo Ryan |
California |
11 |
1973–1978 |
|Democratic |
May 5, 1925 |
November 18, 1978 |
|
William A. Steiger |
Wisconsin |
6 |
1967–1978 |
|Republican |
May 15, 1938 |
December 4, 1978 |
|
James I. Dolliver |
Iowa |
6 |
1945–1957 |
|Republican |
August 31, 1894 |
December 10, 1978 |
|
Edward L. Sittler Jr. |
Pennsylvania |
23 |
1951–1953 |
|Republican |
April 21, 1908 |
December 26, 1978 |
|
John R. Pillion |
New York |
42, 39 |
1953–1965 |
|Republican |
August 10, 1904 |
December 31, 1978 |
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