List of members of the United States House of Representatives who died in 2015
This is a list of the 22 voting members of the United States House of Representatives who died in 2015. There is one member listed in bold who died in office.
Deaths
Representative |
State |
District(s) |
Served |
Party |
Date of birth |
Date of death |
Age |
Arch A. Moore, Jr. |
West Virginia |
1 |
1957–1969 |
Republican |
April 16, 1923 |
January 7, 2015 |
7009289472400000000♠91 years, 266 days |
John T. Myers |
Indiana |
7 |
1967–1997 |
Republican |
February 8, 1927 |
January 27, 2015 |
7009277601040000000♠87 years, 353 days |
Wes Cooley |
Oregon |
2 |
1995–1997 |
Republican |
March 28, 1932 |
February 4, 2015 |
7009261476640000000♠82 years, 313 days |
Alan Nunnelee |
Mississippi |
1 |
2011–2015 |
Republican |
October 9, 1958 |
February 6, 2015 |
7009177759360000000♠56 years, 120 days |
Donald H. Clausen |
California |
1, 2 |
1963–1983 |
Republican |
April 27, 1923 |
February 7, 2015 |
7009289645200000000♠91 years, 286 days |
Joseph M. Gaydos |
Pennsylvania |
20 |
1968–1993 |
Democratic |
July 3, 1926 |
February 7, 2015 |
7009279599040000000♠88 years, 219 days |
Cass Ballenger |
North Carolina |
10 |
1986–2005 |
Republican |
December 6, 1926 |
February 18, 2015 |
7009278346240000000♠88 years, 74 days |
Robert Kastenmeier |
Wisconsin |
2 |
1959–1991 |
Democratic |
January 24, 1924 |
March 20, 2015 |
7009287649360000000♠91 years, 55 days |
John Paul Hammerschmidt |
Arkansas |
3 |
1967–1993 |
Republican |
May 4, 1922 |
April 1, 2015 |
7009293198400000000♠92 years, 332 days |
Bruce Alger |
Texas |
5 |
1955–1965 |
Republican |
June 12, 1918 |
April 13, 2015 |
7009305588160000000♠96 years, 305 days |
Robert P. Griffin |
Michigan |
9 |
1957–1966 |
Republican |
November 6, 1923 |
April 17, 2015 |
7009288573840000000♠91 years, 162 days |
Jim Wright |
Texas |
12 |
1955–1989 |
Democratic |
December 22, 1922 |
May 6, 2015 |
7009291496320000000♠92 years, 135 days |
John M. Murphy |
New York |
16, 17 |
1963–1981 |
Democratic |
August 3, 1926 |
May 25, 2015 |
7009280255680000000♠88 years, 295 days |
Mario Biaggi |
New York |
24, 10, 19 |
1969–1988 |
Democratic |
October 26, 1917 |
June 25, 2015 |
7009308199600000000♠97 years, 242 days |
Richard Schweiker |
Pennsylvania |
13 |
1961–1969 |
Republican |
June 1, 1926 |
July 31, 2015 |
7009281381040000000♠89 years, 60 days |
Louis Stokes |
Ohio |
21, 11 |
1969–1999 |
Democratic |
February 23, 1925 |
August 18, 2015 |
7009285539040000000♠90 years, 176 days |
James David Santini |
Nevada |
At-large |
1975–1983 |
Democratic |
August 13, 1937 |
September 22, 2015 |
7009246494880000000♠78 years, 40 days |
Don Edwards |
California |
9, 10, 16 |
1963–1995 |
Democratic |
January 6, 1915 |
October 1, 2015 |
7009317891520000000♠100 years, 268 days |
Gus Savage |
Illinois |
2 |
1981–1993 |
Democratic |
October 30, 1925 |
October 31, 2015 |
7009284027040000000♠90 years, 1 day |
Howard Coble |
North Carolina |
6 |
1985–2015 |
Republican |
March 18, 1931 |
November 3, 2015 |
7009267071040000000♠84 years, 230 days |
Tim Valentine |
North Carolina |
2 |
1983–1995 |
Democratic |
March 15, 1926 |
November 10, 2015 |
7009282936240000000♠89 years, 240 days |
Allen E. Ertel |
Pennsylvania |
17 |
1977–1983 |
Democratic |
November 7, 1937 |
November 19, 2015 |
7009246252960000000♠78 years, 12 days |
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