List of members of the United States House of Representatives who were born or died in 1997

This is a list of the 27 voting members of the United States House of Representatives who died in 1997. 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

Harry P. Jeffrey

Ohio

3

1943-1945

|Republican

December 26, 1901

January 4, 1997

Seymour Halpern

New York

4, 6

1959-1973

|Republican

November 19, 1913

January 10, 1997

Paul Tsongas

Massachusetts

5

1975-1979

|Democratic

February 14, 1941

January 18, 1997

Frank Tejeda

Texas

28

1993-1997

|Democratic

October 2, 1945

January 30, 1997

Oren Harris

Arkansas

7, 4

1941-1966

|Democratic

December 20, 1903

February 5, 1997

William L. Scott

Virginia

8

1967-1973

|Republican

July 1, 1915

February 14, 1997

Joseph A. LeFante

New Jersey

14

1977-1978

|Democratic

September 8, 1928

February 26, 1997

Paul W. Cronin

Massachusetts

5

1973-1975

|Republican

March 14, 1938

April 5, 1997

David Martin

Nebraska

4

1973-1975

|Republican

July 9, 1907

May 15, 1997

Charles Hayes

Illinois

1

1983-1993

|Democratic

February 17, 1918

April 8, 1997

Robert E. Jones Jr.

Alabama

8, 5

1947-1977

|Democratic

June 12, 1912

June 4, 1997

Robert C. McEwen

New York

31, 30

1965-1981

|Republican

January 5, 1920

June 15, 1997

Samuel L. Devine

Ohio

12

1959-1981

|Republican

December 21, 1915

June 27, 1997

Joseph F. Holt

California

22

1953-1961

|Republican

July 6, 1924

July 14, 1997

John H. Ware III

Pennsylvania

9, 5

1970-1975

|Republican

August 29, 1908

July 31, 1997

Frank E. Smith

Mississippi

3

1951-1962

|Democratic

February 21, 1918

August 2, 1997

Albert L. Smith Jr.

Alabama

6

1981-1983

|Republican

August 31, 1931

August 12, 1997

Robert L. Leggett

California

4

1963-1979

|Democratic

July 26, 1926

August 13, 1997

James E. Jeffries

Kansas

2

1979-1983

|Republican

June 1, 1925

August 22, 1997

George W. Crockett Jr.

Michigan

13

1980-1991

|Democratic

August 10, 1909

September 7, 1997

Joel Pritchard

Washington

1

1973-1985

|Republican

May 5, 1925

October 9, 1997

Donald R. Matthews

Florida

8

1953-1967

|Democratic

October 3, 1907

October 26, 1997

Walter Capps

California

16

1997

|Democratic

May 5, 1934

October 28, 1997

Helen S. Meyner

New Jersey

13

1975-1979

|Democratic

March 5, 1929

November 2, 1997

Edna F. Kelly

New York

10, 12

1949-1969

|Democratic

August 20, 1906

December 14, 1997

John E. Moss

California

3

1953-1978

|Democratic

April 13, 1915

December 5, 1997

Dale Milford

Texas

24

1975-1979

|Democratic

February 18, 1926

December 26, 1997

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