List of members of the United States House of Representatives who were born or died in 1985
This is a list of the 33 voting members of the United States House of Representatives who died in 1985. There is 1 member listed in bold who died in office. No births have been recorded for this year.
Representative |
State |
District(s) |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Edwin D. Eshleman |
Pennsylvania |
16 |
1967–1977 |
|Republican |
December 4, 1920 |
January 10, 1985 |
|
John W. Byrnes |
Wisconsin |
8 |
1945–1973 |
|Republican |
June 12, 1913 |
January 12, 1985 |
|
Howard M. Baldrige |
Nebraska |
2 |
1931–1933 |
|Republican |
June 23, 1894 |
January 19, 1985 |
|
Gillis W. Long |
Louisiana |
8 |
1963–1965, 1973–1985 |
|Democratic |
May 4, 1923 |
January 20, 1985 |
|
Boyd A. Tackett |
Arkansas |
4 |
1949–1953 |
|Democratic |
May 9, 1911 |
February 23, 1985 |
|
Earle C. Clements |
Kentucky |
2 |
1945–1948 |
|Democratic |
October 22, 1896 |
March 12, 1985 |
|
Samuel K. McConnell Jr. |
Pennsylvania |
17, 16, 13 |
1944–1957 |
|Republican |
April 6, 1901 |
April 11, 1985 |
|
Sam Ervin Jr. |
North Carolina |
10 |
1945–1947 |
|Democratic |
September 27, 1896 |
April 23, 1985 |
|
Harold C. Ostertag |
New York |
41, 39, 37 |
1951–1965 |
|Democratic |
June 22, 1896 |
May 2, 1985 |
|
Mark W. Hannaford |
California |
34 |
1975–1979 |
|Democratic |
February 7, 1925 |
June 2, 1985 |
|
Fred Marshall |
Minnesota |
6 |
1949–1963 |
|Democratic–Farmer–Labor |
March 13, 1906 |
June 5, 1985 |
|
John Y. Brown Sr. |
Kentucky |
At-large |
1933–1935 |
|Democratic |
February 1, 1900 |
June 16, 1985 |
|
Preston E. Peden |
Oklahoma |
7 |
1947–1949 |
|Democratic |
June 28, 1914 |
June 27, 1985 |
|
Henry Ellenbogen |
Pennsylvania |
33 |
1933–1938 |
|Democratic |
April 3, 1900 |
July 4, 1985 |
|
Joseph P. Monaghan |
Montana |
1 |
1933–1937 |
|Democratic |
March 26, 1906 |
July 4, 1985 |
|
Charles R. Clason |
Massachusetts |
2 |
1937–1949 |
|Republican |
September 3, 1890 |
July 7, 1985 |
|
M. Blaine Peterson |
Utah |
1 |
1961–1963 |
|Democratic |
March 26, 1906 |
July 15, 1985 |
|
George H. Wilson |
Oklahoma |
8 |
1949–1951 |
|Democratic |
August 21, 1905 |
July 16, 1985 |
|
Leslie C. Arends |
Illinois |
17, 15 |
1935–1974 |
|Republican |
September 27, 1895 |
July 17, 1985 |
|
J. Edward Hutchinson |
Michigan |
4 |
1963–1977 |
|Republican |
October 13, 1914 |
July 22, 1985 |
|
William L. Pfeiffer |
New York |
42 |
1949–1951 |
|Republican |
May 29, 1907 |
July 22, 1985 |
|
Ellis E. Patterson |
California |
16 |
1945–1947 |
|Democratic |
November 28, 1897 |
August 25, 1985 |
|
Charles W. Sandman Jr. |
New Jersey |
2 |
1967–1974 |
|Republican |
October 23, 1921 |
August 26, 1985 |
|
Harold H. Velde |
Illinois |
18 |
1949–1957 |
|Republican |
April 1, 1910 |
September 1, 1985 |
|
Charles K. Fletcher |
California |
23 |
1947–1949 |
|Republican |
December 15, 1902 |
September 29, 1985 |
|
Numa F. Montet |
Louisiana |
3 |
1929–1937 |
|Democratic |
September 17, 1892 |
October 12, 1985 |
|
Calvin D. Johnson |
Illinois |
22 |
1943–1945 |
|Republican |
November 22, 1898 |
October 13, 1985 |
|
John D. Lodge |
Connecticut |
1 |
1947–1951 |
|Republican |
October 20, 1903 |
October 29, 1985 |
|
Gale H. Stalker |
New York |
37 |
1923–1935 |
|Republican |
November 7, 1889 |
November 4, 1985 |
|
Armistead I. Selden Jr. |
Alabama |
6, At-large, 5 |
1953–1969 |
|Democratic |
February 20, 1921 |
November 14, 1985 |
|
John Sparkman |
Alabama |
8 |
1937–1946 |
|Democratic |
December 20, 1899 |
November 16, 1985 |
|
George H. Mahon |
Texas |
19 |
1935–1979 |
|Democratic |
September 22, 1900 |
November 19, 1985 |
|
Henry C. Schadeberg |
Wisconsin |
1 |
1961–1965, 1967–1971 |
|Republican |
October 12, 1913 |
December 11, 1985 |
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