List of members of the United States House of Representatives who were born or died in 1981

This is a list of the 2 births and 33 deaths of voting members of the United States House of Representatives in 1981. There are 2 members listed in bold who died in office.

Births

Representative

State

District(s)

Served

Party

Date of birth

Date of death

Age

Tulsi Gabbard

Hawaii

2

2013–Present

|Democratic

April 12, 1981

Living

Aaron Schock

Illinois

18

2009–Present

|Republican

May 28, 1981

Living

Deaths

Representative

State

District(s)

Served

Party

Date of birth

Date of death

Age

Emanuel Celler

New York

10, 15, 11

1923–1973

|Democratic

May 6, 1888

January 15, 1981

Olin E. Teague

Texas

6

1946–1978

|Democratic

April 6, 1910

January 23, 1981

Gerald J. Boileau

Wisconsin

7

1931–1939

Republican, Progressive

January 15, 1900

January 30, 1981

Hugh J. Addonizio

New Jersey

11

1949–1962

|Democratic

January 31, 1914

February 2, 1981

Ella T. Grasso

Connecticut

6

1971–1975

|Democratic

May 10, 1919

February 5, 1981

Jack Z. Anderson

California

8

1939–1953

|Republican

March 22, 1904

February 9, 1981

Paul C. Jones

Missouri

10

1948–1969

|Democratic

March 12, 1901

February 10, 1981

Jacob H. Gilbert

New York

23, 22

1960–1971

|Democratic

June 17, 1920

February 27, 1981

George E. Outland

California

11

1943–1947

|Democratic

October 8, 1906

March 2, 1981

Peter H. Dominick

Colorado

2

1961–1963

|Republican

July 7, 1915

March 18, 1981

Tennyson Guyer

Ohio

4

1973–1981

|Republican

November 29, 1913

April 12, 1981

Eliza J. Pratt

North Carolina

8

1946–1947

|Democratic

March 5, 1902

May 13, 1981

Donald L. Jackson

California

16

1947–1961

|Republican

January 23, 1910

May 27, 1981

Carl Vinson

Georgia

10, 6

1914–1965

|Democratic

November 18, 1883

June 1, 1981

Colgate Darden

Virginia

At-large, 2

1933–1937, 1939–1941

|Democratic

February 11, 1897

June 9, 1981

Robert V. Denney

Nebraska

1

1967–1971

|Republican

April 11, 1916

June 26, 1981

Irwin D. Davidson

New York

20

1955–1956

|Democratic, Liberal

January 2, 1906

August 1, 1981

James A. Haley

Florida

7

1953–1973

|Democratic

January 4, 1899

August 6, 1981

J. L. Pilcher

Georgia

2

1953–1965

|Democratic

August 27, 1898

August 20, 1981

Catherine D. Norrell

Arkansas

6

1961–1963

|Democratic

March 30, 1901

August 26, 1981

Frank J. Becker

New York

3, 5

1953–1965

|Republican

August 27, 1899

September 4, 1981

William R. Cotter

Connecticut

1

1971–1981

|Democratic

July 18, 1926

September 8, 1981

Robert T. Ross

New York

5

1947–1949, 1952–1953

|Republican

June 4, 1903

October 1, 1981

Carlton Mobley

Georgia

6

1932–1933

|Democratic

December 7, 1906

October 4, 1981

Brooks Hays

Arkansas

5

1943–1959

|Democratic

August 9, 1898

October 11, 1981

Thurman C. Crook

Indiana

3

1949–1951

|Democratic

July 18, 1891

October 23, 1981

William A. Dawson

Utah

2

1947–1949, 1953–1959

|Republican

November 5, 1903

November 7, 1981

T. James Tumulty

New Jersey

14

1955–1957

|Democratic

March 2, 1913

November 23, 1981

Braswell Deen

Georgia

8

1933–1939

|Democratic

June 28, 1893

November 28, 1981

James P. Scoblick

Pennsylvania

10

1946–1949

|Republican

May 10, 1909

December 4, 1981

James C. Healey

New York

22, 21

1956–1965

|Democratic

December 24, 1909

December 16, 1981

Clark W. Thompson

Texas

7, 9

1933–1935, 1947–1966

|Democratic

August 6, 1896

December 16, 1981

James C. Davis

Georgia

5

1947–1963

|Democratic

May 17, 1895

December 18, 1981

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