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There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include: List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949) List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–1999)
Date of death Age at death (years) Cause Place of death Place of burial John Murtha Democratic Pennsylvania (12th district)February 8, 2010 77 Infection following gallbladder surgery [19]
The members of Congress were either injured or killed by someone intending serious harm, or there is evidence of lethal intent by an unknown assailant (such as the two congressmen who died of the National Hotel disease). The first member of Congress to be killed or wounded in office was Henry Wharton Conway who was killed in a duel in 1827.
The following is a list of United States senators and representatives who died of natural or accidental causes, or who killed themselves, while serving their terms between 1950 and 1999. For a list of members of Congress who were killed while in office, see List of United States Congress members killed or wounded in office.
Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., the veteran Democrat who represented the Paterson area in Congress for nearly three decades, died Wednesday, his family confirmed. He was 87 years old.
Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day — has died. A fourth-generation Republican "in the mold of ...
The following is a list of United States senators and representatives who died of natural and accidental causes, due to illnesses, and by suicide, while they were serving their terms between 1900 and 1949.
The grandson of Italian immigrants, William James Pascrell Jr. was born on Jan. 25, 1937, in Paterson, New Jersey's third-largest city where he would later be elected mayor.