List of members of the United States House of Representatives who were born or died in 1987

This is a list of the 36 voting members of the United States House of Representatives who died in 1987. There are 2 members listed in bold who died in office. No births have been recorded for this year.

Births

  • None

Deaths

Representative

State

District(s)

Served

Party

Date of birth

Date of death

Age

William R. Poage

Texas

11

1937–1978

|Democratic

December 29, 1899

January 3, 1987

Aubert C. Dunn

Mississippi

5

1935–1937

|Democratic

November 20, 1896

January 4, 1987

Charles Goodell

New York

43, 38

1959–1968

|Republican

March 16, 1926

January 21, 1987

Sala Burton

California

5

1983–1987

|Democratic

April 1, 1925

February 1, 1987

Harold Earthman

Tennessee

5

1947–1949

|Democratic

April 13, 1900

February 26, 1987

LaFayette L. Patterson

Alabama

5

1928–1933

|Democratic

August 23, 1888

March 3, 1987

W. Sterling Cole

New York

37, 39

1935–1957

|Republican

April 18, 1904

March 15, 1987

Claude I. Bakewell

Missouri

11

1947–1949, 1951–1953

|Republican

August 9, 1912

March 18, 1987

Tim L. Carter

Kentucky

5

1965–1981

|Republican

September 2, 1910

March 27, 1987

James G. Donovan

New York

18

1951–1957

|Democratic

December 15, 1898

April 6, 1987

Orland K. Armstrong

Missouri

6

1951–1953

|Republican

October 2, 1893

April 15, 1987

Albert L. Reeves Jr.

Missouri

5

1947–1949

|Democratic

May 31, 1906

April 15, 1987

Edith Green

Oregon

3

1955–1974

|Democratic

January 17, 1910

April 21, 1987

Stewart McKinney

Connecticut

4

1971–1987

|Republican

January 30, 1931

May 7, 1987

James J. Delaney

New York

6, 7, 9

1945–1947, 1949–1978

|Democratic

March 19, 1901

May 24, 1987

Frank Carlson

Kansas

6

1935–1947

|Republican

January 23, 1893

May 30, 1987

Robert N.C. Nix Sr.

Pennsylvania

4, 2

1958–1979

|Democratic

August 9, 1898

June 22, 1987

Alvin O'Konski

Wisconsin

10

1943–1973

|Republican

May 26, 1904

July 8, 1987

Dominick V. Daniels

New Jersey

14

1959–1977

|Democratic

October 18, 1908

July 17, 1987

William S. Moorhead

Pennsylvania

28, 14

1959–1981

|Democratic

April 8, 1923

August 3, 1987

John W. Wydler

New York

4, 5

1963–1981

|Republican

June 9, 1924

August 4, 1987

Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.

Maryland

3

1939–1947

|Democratic

August 1, 1903

August 23, 1987

Francis E. Dorn

New York

12

1953–1961

|Republican

April 8, 1911

September 17, 1987

Harold R. Gross

Iowa

6

1949–1975

|Republican

June 30, 1899

September 22, 1987

Howard W. Robison

New York

37, 33, 27

1958–1975

|Republican

October 30, 1915

September 26, 1987

John N. Camp

Oklahoma

6

1969–1975

|Republican

May 11, 1908

September 27, 1987

Ray J. Madden

Indiana

1

1943–1977

|Democratic

February 25, 1892

September 28, 1987

Raymond W. Karst

Missouri

12

1949–1951

|Democratic

December 31, 1902

October 4, 1987

Charles J. Carney

Ohio

19

1970–1979

|Republican

April 17, 1913

October 7, 1987

Clare Boothe Luce

Connecticut

4

1943–1947

|Republican

March 10, 1903

October 9, 1987

John E. Sheridan

Pennsylvania

4

1939–1947

|Democratic

September 15, 1902

November 12, 1987

Harold Washington

Illinois

1

1981–1983

|Democratic

April 15, 1922

November 25, 1987

Abraham Kazen

Texas

23

1967–1985

|Democratic

January 17, 1919

November 29, 1987

Eugene Siler

Kentucky

8, 5

1970–1979

|Republican

June 26, 1900

December 5, 1987

Albert P. Morano

Connecticut

4

1951–1959

|Republican

January 18, 1908

December 16, 1987

Monroe M. Redden

North Carolina

12

1947–1953

|Democratic

September 24, 1901

December 16, 1987

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