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