List of United States Senators who died in the 1990s
This is a list of the 49 United States Senators who died in the 1990s. There are 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph S. Clark Jr. |
Pennsylvania |
1957–1969 |
|Democratic |
October 21, 1901 |
January 12, 1990 |
|
Spark Matsunaga |
Hawaii |
1977–1990 |
|Democratic |
October 8, 1916 |
April 15, 1990 |
|
Frank Lausche |
Ohio |
1957–1969 |
|Democratic |
November 14, 1895 |
April 21, 1990 |
|
John A. Danaher |
Connecticut |
1939–1945 |
|Democratic |
January 9, 1899 |
September 22, 1990 |
|
John S. Cooper |
Kentucky |
1946–1949, 1952–1955, 1956–1973 |
|Republican |
August 23, 1901 |
February 21, 1991 |
|
H. John Heinz III |
Pennsylvania |
1977–1991 |
|Republican |
October 23, 1938 |
April 4, 1991 |
|
John Tower |
Texas |
1961–1985 |
|Republican |
September 29, 1925 |
April 5, 1991 |
|
Happy Chandler |
Kentucky |
1939–1945 |
|Democratic |
July 14, 1898 |
June 15, 1991 |
|
Benjamin A. Smith II |
Massachusetts |
1960–1962 |
|Democratic |
March 26, 1916 |
September 6, 1991 |
|
S. I. Hayakawa |
California |
1977–1983 |
|Republican |
July 18, 1906 |
February 27, 1992 |
|
Gale W. McGee |
Wyoming |
1959–1977 |
|Democratic |
March 17, 1915 |
April 9, 1992 |
|
George Murphy |
California |
1965–1971 |
|Republican |
July 4, 1902 |
May 3, 1992 |
|
Thomas J. McIntyre |
New Hampshire |
1962–1979 |
|Democratic |
February 20, 1915 |
August 8, 1992 |
|
Quentin N. Burdick |
North Dakota |
1960–1992 |
|Democratic |
June 19, 1908 |
September 8, 1992 |
|
Frank P. Briggs |
Missouri |
1945–1947 |
|Democratic |
February 25, 1894 |
September 23, 1992 |
|
Ross Bass |
Tennessee |
1964–1967 |
|Democratic |
March 17, 1918 |
January 1, 1993 |
|
J. Allen Frear Jr. |
Delaware |
1949–1961 |
|Democratic |
March 7, 1903 |
January 15, 1993 |
|
J. Caleb Boggs |
Delaware |
1961–1973 |
|Republican |
May 15, 1909 |
March 26, 1993 |
|
Milward L. Simpson |
Wyoming |
1962–1967 |
|Republican |
November 12, 1897 |
June 10, 1993 |
|
Robert Taft Jr. |
Ohio |
1971–1976 |
|Republican |
February 26, 1917 |
December 7, 1993 |
|
Joseph H. Ball |
Minnesota |
1940–1942, 1943–1949 |
|Republican |
November 3, 1905 |
December 18, 1993 |
|
Wallace F. Bennett |
Utah |
1951–1974 |
|Republican |
November 13, 1898 |
December 19, 1993 |
|
Richard Nixon |
California |
1950–1953 |
|Republican |
January 9, 1913 |
April 22, 1994 |
|
Hugh Scott |
Pennsylvania |
1959–1977 |
|Republican |
November 11, 1900 |
July 21, 1994 |
|
Jack Miller |
Iowa |
1961–1973 |
|Republican |
June 6, 1916 |
August 29, 1994 |
|
Thomas Kuchel |
California |
1953–1969 |
|Republican |
August 15, 1910 |
November 21, 1994 |
|
J. William Fulbright |
Arkansas |
1945–1974 |
|Democratic |
April 9, 1905 |
February 9, 1995 |
|
John C. Stennis |
Mississippi |
1947–1989 |
|Democratic |
August 3, 1901 |
April 23, 1995 |
|
Margaret Chase Smith |
Maine |
1949–1973 |
|Republican |
December 14, 1897 |
May 29, 1995 |
|
Ralph Yarborough |
Texas |
1957–1971 |
|Democratic |
June 8, 1903 |
January 27, 1996 |
|
Edmund Muskie |
Maine |
1959–1980 |
|Democratic |
March 28, 1914 |
March 26, 1996 |
|
Edward Gurney |
Florida |
1969–1974 |
|Republican |
January 12, 1914 |
May 14, 1996 |
|
Hugh Mitchell |
Washington |
1945–1946 |
|Democratic |
March 22, 1907 |
June 10, 1996 |
|
Harold Hughes |
Iowa |
1969–1975 |
|Democratic |
February 10, 1922 |
October 23, 1996 |
|
Paul Tsongas |
Massachusetts |
1979–1985 |
|Democratic |
February 14, 1941 |
January 18, 1997 |
|
William L. Scott |
Virginia |
1973–1979 |
|Republican |
July 1, 1915 |
February 14, 1997 |
|
William B. Spong Jr. |
Virginia |
1966–1973 |
|Democratic |
September 29, 1920 |
October 8, 1997 |
|
Abraham A. Ribicoff |
Connecticut |
1963–1981 |
|Democratic |
April 9, 1910 |
February 22, 1998 |
|
Donald S. Russell |
South Carolina |
1965–1966 |
|Democratic |
February 22, 1906 |
February 22, 1998 |
|
Terry Sanford |
North Carolina |
1986–1993 |
|Democratic |
August 20, 1917 |
April 18, 1998 |
|
Jennings Randolph |
West Virginia |
1958–1985 |
|Democratic |
March 8, 1902 |
May 8, 1998 |
|
Barry Goldwater Sr. |
Arizona |
1953–1965, 1969–1987 |
|Republican |
January 2, 1909 |
May 29, 1998 |
|
Floyd K. Haskell |
Colorado |
1973–1979 |
|Democratic |
February 7, 1916 |
August 25, 1998 |
|
Muriel Humphrey Brown |
Minnesota |
1978 |
|Democratic |
February 20, 1912 |
September 20, 1998 |
|
Albert Gore Sr. |
Tennessee |
1953–1971 |
|Democratic |
December 26, 1907 |
December 5, 1998 |
|
Lawton Chiles |
Florida |
1971–1989 |
|Democratic |
April 3, 1930 |
December 12, 1998 |
|
Berkeley L. Bunker |
Nevada |
1940–1942 |
|Democratic |
August 12, 1906 |
January 21, 1999 |
|
Roman Hruska |
Nebraska |
1954–1976 |
|Republican |
August 16, 1904 |
April 25, 1999 |
|
John Chafee |
Rhode Island |
1976–1999 |
| Republican |
October 22, 1922 |
October 24, 1999 |
See also
- List of the oldest United States Senators
- List of longest-living United States Senators
- List of living former United States Senators
- Earliest serving United States Senator
- List of former United States senators