List of United States Senators who died in the 1980s

This is a list of The 50 United States Senators who died in the 1980s. There are 3 senators listed in bold who died in office. No births have been recorded for these years.

Births

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Deaths

Senator

State

Served

Party

Date of birth

Date of death

Age

A. S. Mike Monroney

Oklahoma

1951–1969

|Democratic

March 2, 1902

February 13, 1980

Wilton E. Hall

South Carolina

1944–1945

|Democratic

March 11, 1901

February 25, 1980

Forrest C. Donnell

Missouri

1945–1951

|Republican

August 20, 1884

March 3, 1980

James W. Huffman

Ohio

1945–1946

|Democratic

September 13, 1894

May 20, 1980

G. Lloyd Spencer

Arkansas

1941–1943

|Democratic

March 27, 1893

January 14, 1981

John E. Miller

Arkansas

1937–1941

|Democratic

May 15, 1888

January 30, 1981

Peter H. Dominick

Colorado

1963–1975

|Republican

July 7, 1915

March 18, 1981

Clifford P. Case

New Jersey

1955–1979

|Republican

April 16, 1904

March 5, 1982

Thruston B. Morton

Kentucky

1957–1968

|Republican

August 19, 1907

August 14, 1982

Homer S. Ferguson

Michigan

1943–1955

|Republican

February 25, 1889

December 17, 1982

Hall S. Lusk

Oregon

1960

|Democratic

September 21, 1883

May 15, 1983

Milton Young

North Dakota

1945–1981

|Republican

December 6, 1897

May 31, 1983

Leonard B. Jordan

Idaho

1962–1973

|Republican

May 15, 1899

June 30, 1983

John A. Carroll

Colorado

1957–1963

|Democratic

July 30, 1901

August 31, 1983

Henry M. Jackson

Washington

1953–1983

|Democratic

May 31, 1912

September 1, 1983

Frank Church

Idaho

1957–1981

|Democratic

July 25, 1924

April 7, 1984

Glen H. Taylor

Idaho

1945–1951

|Democratic

April 12, 1904

April 28, 1984

Ernest McFarland

Arizona

1941–1953

|Democratic

October 9, 1894

June 8, 1984

Joseph H. Bottum

South Dakota

1962–1963

|Republican

August 7, 1903

July 4, 1984

George Aiken

Vermont

1941–1975

|Republican

August 20, 1892

November 19, 1984

Stephen M. Young

Ohio

1959–1971

|Democratic

May 4, 1889

December 1, 1984

J. Lister Hill

Alabama

1938–1969

|Democratic

December 29, 1894

December 21, 1984

Eva Bowring

Nebraska

1954

|Republican

January 9, 1892

January 8, 1985

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

Massachusetts

1937–1944, 1947–1953

|Republican

July 5, 1902

February 27, 1985

John C. Gurney

South Dakota

1939–1951

|Republican

May 21, 1896

March 9, 1985

William E. Jenner

Indiana

1944–1945, 1947–1959

|Republican

July 21, 1908

March 9, 1985

Earle C. Clements

Kentucky

1950–1957

|Democratic

October 22, 1896

March 12, 1985

Elmer A. Benson

Minnesota

1935–1936

|Farmer-Labor

September 22, 1895

March 13, 1985

Sam Ervin

North Carolina

1954–1974

|Democratic

September 27, 1896

April 23, 1985

John Sparkman

Alabama

1949–1979

|Democratic

December 20, 1899

November 16, 1985

James Eastland

Mississippi

1941, 1943–1978

|Democratic

November 28, 1904

February 19, 1986

Jacob K. Javits

New York

1957–1981

|Republican

May 18, 1904

March 7, 1986

John W. Bricker

Ohio

1947–1959

|Republican

September 6, 1893

March 22, 1986

John P. East

North Carolina

1981–1986

|Republican

May 5, 1931

June 29, 1986

Raymond E. Baldwin

Connecticut

1946–1949

|Republican

August 31, 1893

October 4, 1986

Alton Lennon

North Carolina

1953–1954

|Democratic

August 17, 1906

December 28, 1986

Harry Darby

Kansas

1949–1950

|Republican

January 23, 1895

January 17, 1987

Charles Goodell

New York

1968–1971

|Republican

March 16, 1926

January 21, 1987

Edward Zorinsky

Nebraska

1976–1987

|Democratic

November 11, 1928

March 6, 1987

Frank Carlson

Kansas

1950–1969

|Republican

January 23, 1893

May 30, 1987

John J. Williams

Delaware

1947–1970

|Republican

May 17, 1904

January 11, 1988

Samuel W. Reynolds

Nebraska

1954

|Republican

August 11, 1890

March 20, 1988

Price Daniel

Texas

1953–1957

|Democratic

October 10, 1910

August 25, 1988

Alan Bible

Nevada

1954–1974

|Democratic

November 20, 1909

September 12, 1988

Stuart Symington

Missouri

1953–1976

|Democratic

June 26, 1901

December 14, 1988

Gordon L. Allott

Colorado

1955–1973

|Republican

January 2, 1907

January 17, 1989

Norris Cotton

New Hampshire

1954–1974, 1975

|Republican

May 11, 1900

February 24, 1989

Gladys Pyle

South Dakota

1938–1939

|Republican

October 4, 1890

March 14, 1989

Warren Magnuson

Washington

1944–1981

|Democratic

April 12, 1905

May 20, 1989

Claude Pepper

Florida

1936–1951

|Democratic

September 8, 1900

May 30, 1989

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