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