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Elbridge Gerry
Elbridge Thomas Gerry (pronounced /ˈɡɛri/) (July 17, 1744 – November 23, 1814) was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States of America, serving under James...
Date of birth:
- Jul 17, 1744
Date of death:
- Nov 23, 1814 (age 70 years)
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Theodore Sedgwick
Theodore Sedgwick (May 9, 1746 – January 24, 1813), a Delegate, a Representative, and a United States Senator from Massachusetts and the fifth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, was born in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Sedgwick...
Date of birth:
- May 9, 1746
Date of death:
- Jan 24, 1813 (age 66 years)
Party:
James Madison
James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Considered to be the ...
Date of birth:
- Mar 16, 1751
Date of death:
- Jun 28, 1836 (age 85 years)
Party:
George Tucker
George Tucker (August 20, 1775 - April 10, 1861), was born in Bermuda, and educated at College of William & Mary, where he studied law under St. George Tucker. After practicing law in Richmond, Virginia he moved to Lynchburg, Virginia. He served in...
Date of birth:
- Aug 20, 1775
Date of death:
- Apr 10, 1861 (age 85 years)
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). He was military governor of Florida (1821), commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans (1815), and eponym of the era of...
Date of birth:
- Mar 15, 1767
Date of death:
- Jun 8, 1845 (age 78 years)
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to March 4, 1829. He was also an American diplomat and served in both the Senate and House of Representatives. He was a member of...
Date of birth:
- Jul 11, 1767
Date of death:
- Feb 23, 1848 (age 80 years)
James K. Polk
James Knox Polk (pronounced /ˈpoʊk/ POKE) (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th President of the United States (1845–1849). Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, but mostly lived in and represented the state of Tennessee. A...
Date of birth:
- Nov 2, 1795
Date of death:
- Jun 15, 1849 (age 53 years)
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Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857, an American politician and lawyer. To date, he is the only President from New Hampshire.
Pierce was a Democrat and a ...
Date of birth:
- Nov 23, 1804
Date of death:
- Oct 8, 1869 (age 64 years)
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Thomas Fielder Bowie
Thomas Fielder Bowie (April 7, 1808 – October 30, 1869) was an American politician.
Born in Nottingham, Maryland near Queen Anne, in Prince George's County, Maryland Bowie attended Charlotte Hall Academy in St. Mary's County, Maryland and Princeton...
Date of birth:
- Apr 7, 1808
Date of death:
- Oct 30, 1869 (age 61 years)
Party:
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil...
Date of birth:
- Feb 12, 1809
Date of death:
- Apr 15, 1865 (age 56 years)
Ignatius Donnelly
Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (November 3, 1831–January 1, 1901) was a U.S. Congressman, pseudo-historian, populist writer and fringe scientist, known primarily today for his theories on the history of Atlantis and Shakespearean authorship, which modern...
Date of birth:
- Nov 3, 1831
Date of death:
- Jan 1, 1901 (age 69 years)
Party:
James Garfield
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th President of the United States. His death, two months after being shot and six months after his inauguration, made his tenure, at 199 days, the second shortest (after William...
Date of birth:
- Nov 19, 1831
Date of death:
- Sep 19, 1881 (age 49 years)
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Robert Roosevelt
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, also known as Robert Barnhill Roosevelt (August 7, 1829 – June 14, 1906), was a Congressman from New York (1871-1873).
His father was Cornelius Roosevelt (1794-1871) and his mother was Margaret Barnhill (1799-1861). He was...
Date of birth:
- Aug 7, 1829
Date of death:
- Jun 14, 1906 (age 76 years)
Sherman Hoar
Sherman Hoar, (July 30, 1860 - October 7, 1898), was an American lawyer, member of Congress representing Massachusetts, and U.S. District Attorney for Massachusetts.
He graduated from Harvard University in 1882 and Harvard Law School in 1884. He was...
Date of birth:
- Jul 30, 1860
Date of death:
- Oct 7, 1898 (age 38 years)
Archibald C. Hart
Archibald Chapman Hart (February 27, 1873, Lennoxville, Quebec - July 24, 1935, Teaneck, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives...
Date of birth:
- Feb 27, 1873
Date of death:
- Jul 24, 1935 (age 62 years)
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Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871–July 23, 1955) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best-known as the longest-serving Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President...
Date of birth:
- Oct 2, 1871
Date of death:
- Jul 23, 1955 (age 83 years)
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Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Fiorello Henry La Guardia (born Fiorello Enrico La Guardia; December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was Mayor of New York for three terms from 1934 to 1945. He was popularly known as "the Little Flower", the translation of his Italian first name,...
Date of birth:
- 1882
Date of death:
- 1947 (age 65 years)
Party:
Clarence E. Kilburn
Clarence Evans Kilburn (April 13, 1893 – May 20, 1975) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.
Kilburn was born in Malone, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1916. He served in the Twenty...
Date of birth:
- Apr 13, 1893
Date of death:
- May 20, 1975 (age 82 years)
Party:
Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Boothe Luce (April 10, 1903, New York City – October 9, 1987, Washington D.C.) was an American playwright, editor, journalist, ambassador, socialite and U.S. Congresswoman, representing the state of Connecticut.
Clare Boothe Luce was born Ann...
Date of birth:
- Apr 10, 1903
Date of death:
- Oct 9, 1987 (age 84 years)
Sam Rayburn
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (January 6, 1882 – November 16, 1961), often called "Mr. Sam," was a Democratic lawmaker from Bonham, Texas, who served as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for seventeen years, the longest tenure in U.S....
Date of birth:
- Jan 6, 1882
Date of death:
- Nov 16, 1961 (age 79 years)
Party:
Harrison A. Williams
Harrison Arlington "Pete" Williams, Jr. (December 10, 1919 – November 17, 2001) was a Democrat who represented New Jersey in both the United States House of Representatives (1953-1957) and the United States Senate (1959-1982). Williams was convicted...
Date of birth:
- Dec 10, 1919
Date of death:
- Nov 17, 2001 (age 81 years)
Party:
John Lindsay
John Vliet Lindsay (November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician,lawyer and broadcaster who was a U.S. Congressman, Mayor of New York City, candidate for U.S. President and regular guest host of Good Morning America substituting...
Date of birth:
- Nov 24, 1921
Date of death:
- Dec 19, 2000 (age 79 years)
Robert E. Cook
Robert Eugene Cook (May 19, 1920 – November 28, 1988) was an American politician of the Democratic party from Kent, Ohio who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1963. He also served as a common pleas judge from 1963...
Date of birth:
- 1920
Date of death:
- 1988 (age 68 years)
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29 , 1917 – November 22 , 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy or Jack Kennedy , was the 35th President of the United States. He served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Major events...
Date of birth:
- May 29, 1917
Date of death:
- Nov 22, 1963 12:30pm (age 46 years)
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Tip O'Neill
Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill, Jr. (December 9, 1912–January 5, 1994) was an American politician. O'Neill was an outspoken Democrat and influential member of the U.S. Congress, serving in the House of Representatives for 34 years and representing two...
Date of birth:
- Dec 9, 1912
Date of death:
- Jan 5, 1994 (age 81 years)
Party:
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969 after his service as the Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963. He served in all four elected offices of...
Date of birth:
- Aug 27, 1908
Date of death:
- Jan 22, 1973 (age 64 years)
Party:
Theodore Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens (born November 18, 1923) is a former United States Senator from Alaska, serving from December 24, 1968, until January 3, 2009. Stevens was President pro tempore in the 108th and 109th Congresses from January 3, 2003, to...
Date of birth:
- Nov 18, 1923 (age 86 years)
Party:
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974) and is the only president to resign the office. He was also the 36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961).
Nixon was born in...
Date of birth:
- Jan 9, 1913
Date of death:
- Apr 22, 1994 (age 81 years)
Party:
Dave Obey
David Ross "Dave" Obey (pronounced Obee) (born October 3, 1938) is a Wisconsin politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1969, representing Wisconsin's 7th congressional district (map). The...
Date of birth:
- Oct 3, 1938 (age 71 years)
Party:
Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party. He has been the Senate's Majority Leader since January 2007.
Reid has been leader of the Senate Democrats since 2005,...
Date of birth:
- Dec 2, 1939 (age 70 years)
Party:
Charles B. Rangel
Charles Bernard "Charlie" Rangel (born June 11, 1930), (pronounced /ˈræŋɡəl/) is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1971, representing the Fifteenth Congressional District of...
Date of birth:
- Jun 11, 1930 (age 79 years)
Party:
Ralph Metcalfe
Ralph Harold Metcalfe (May 30, 1910 – October 10, 1978) was an African-American athlete and politician who came second to Jesse Owens in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Metcalfe jointly held the world record for the 100 meter sprint. Metcalfe was known as...
Date of birth:
- May 30, 1910
Date of death:
- Oct 10, 1978 (age 68 years)
Party:
Donald Young
Donald Edwin "Don" Young (born June 9, 1933) has been the sole Representative from Alaska in the United States House of Representatives since 1973. He is a Republican. Currently Young is the 7th most senior U.S. Representative and the 2nd most...
Date of birth:
- Jun 9, 1933 (age 76 years)
Party:
John Murtha
John Patrick “Jack” Murtha, Jr. (born June 17, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Murtha, a Democrat, has represented Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since...
Date of birth:
- Jun 17, 1932 (age 77 years)
Party:
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.) (July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. As the...
Date of birth:
- Jul 14, 1913
Date of death:
- Dec 26, 2006 (age 93 years)
Party:
Jim Jeffords
James Merrill "Jim" Jeffords (born May 11, 1934) is a former U.S. Senator from Vermont. He served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become an independent.
Jeffords was born in Rutland, Vermont, the son of Marion Hausman and Olin...
Date of birth:
- May 11, 1934 (age 75 years)
Party:
George Miller
George Miller III (born May 17, 1945) is an American politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1975, representing California's 7th congressional district (map).
The son of liberal State Senator...
Date of birth:
- May 17, 1945 (age 64 years)
Party:
Henry Waxman
Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is an American politician. He has represented California's 30th congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1975. Waxman, a Democrat, is considered to be one of the most...
Date of birth:
- Sep 12, 1939 (age 70 years)
Party:
Jim Oberstar
James Louis "Jim" Oberstar (born September 10, 1934) is a United States politician. Oberstar has been a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party member of the United States House of Representatives since 1975, representing Minnesota's 8th congressional...
Date of birth:
- Sep 10, 1934 (age 75 years)
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989-1993). He was also Ronald Reagan's Vice President (1981–1989), a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.
Bush was born in...
Date of birth:
- Jun 12, 1924 (age 85 years)
Party:
Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce Cheney (born January 30, 1941) served as the 46th Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 in the administration of George W. Bush. Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, but soon moved with his family to Casper, Wyoming,...
Date of birth:
- Jan 30, 1941 (age 68 years)
Party:
Michael Myers
Michael Joseph "Ozzie" Myers (born May 4, 1943) is a politician from the American state of Pennsylvania.
Myers was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1970, serving until 1976. Myers was elected to the U.S. House of...
Date of birth:
- May 4, 1943 (age 66 years)
Party:
Ed Markey
Edward John "Ed" Markey (born July 11, 1946) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1976, representing the 7th District of Massachusetts. The district includes most of Boston's northern and western suburbs,...
Date of birth:
- Jul 11, 1946 (age 63 years)
Party:
Nick Rahall
Nick Joe Rahall II (born May 20, 1949), an American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing West Virginia's 3rd congressional district since 1977 (map). He is the Dean of the West Virginia...
Date of birth:
- May 20, 1949 (age 60 years)
Party:
Norman D. Dicks
Norman DeValois "Norm" Dicks (born December 16, 1940), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1977, representing Washington's 6th congressional district. The district is located in the...
Date of birth:
- Dec 16, 1940 (age 69 years)
Party:
Dale E. Kildee
Dale Edward Kildee (b. September 16, 1929, Flint, Michigan) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan since 1977, representing Michigan's 5th congressional district since 2003. The district includes...
Date of birth:
- Sep 16, 1929 (age 80 years)
Party:
Ike Skelton
Isaac Newton "Ike" Skelton IV (born December 20, 1931) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Missouri currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. A Democrat, he represents Missouri's 4th congressional district which takes in...
Date of birth:
- Dec 20, 1931 (age 78 years)
Party:
Al Gore
Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., is an American environmental activist, author, businessperson, former politician and former journalist. He served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. ...
Date of birth:
- Mar 31, 1948 (age 61 years)
Party:
Jon Hinson
Jon Clifton Hinson (March 16, 1942 – July 21, 1995) was a politician from the state of Mississippi.
Hinson was born in Tylertown, Mississippi, and he graduated from the University of Mississippi in Oxford. Hinson was an aide to Representatives...
Date of birth:
- Mar 16, 1942
Date of death:
- Jul 21, 1995 (age 53 years)
Party:
Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest “Ron” Paul is a 10-term Congressman, medical doctor (M.D.), and a 2008 presidential candidate from the U.S. state of Texas. As a Republican, he has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives...
Date of birth:
- Aug 20, 1935 (age 74 years)
Party:
Jim Sensenbrenner
Frank James (Jim) Sensenbrenner, Jr. (born June 14, 1943) is an American politician who has been a member of the Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives since 1979, representing Wisconsin's 5th congressional district (map)....
Date of birth:
- Jun 14, 1943 (age 66 years)
Party:
Tom Petri
Thomas Evert Petri (born May 28, 1940), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1979, representing Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. The district includes most of the east-central...
Date of birth:
- May 28, 1940 (age 69 years)
Party:
Hal Rogers
Harold Dallas "Hal" Rogers (born December 31, 1937), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1981, representing the Kentucky's 5th congressional district. His offices are currently...
Date of birth:
- Dec 31, 1937 (age 71 years)
Party:
Ralph Hall
Ralph Moody Hall (born May 3, 1923) is a United States Representative from Texas's 4th congressional district. First elected in 1980, Hall is the ranking Republican of the Science Committee and a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee....
Date of birth:
- May 3, 1923 (age 86 years)
Party:
Frank Rudolph Wolf
Frank Rudolph Wolf (born January 30, 1939) is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia's 10th congressional district. He is the most senior of Virginia's eleven Congressmen, having served since 1981.
Wolfe was...
Date of birth:
- Jan 30, 1939 (age 70 years)
Party:
Chris Smith
Christopher Henry "Chris" Smith (born March 4, 1953, in Rahway, New Jersey) is an American Republican Party politician, who is a member of the United States House of Representatives, where he represents the New Jersey's 4th congressional district....
Date of birth:
- Mar 4, 1953 (age 56 years)
Party:
Barney Frank
Barney Frank (born March 31, 1940) is the United States House Representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 1981. He is a member of the Democratic Party. In 1982, he won his first full term, and he has been re-elected ever...
Date of birth:
- Mar 31, 1940 (age 69 years)
Party:
Chuck Grassley
Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is the senior United States Senator from Iowa. A moderate to conservative Republican, he has served in the Senate since 1981. From 1958 to 1974, he was an Iowa state legislator. Thereafter he...
Date of birth:
- Sep 17, 1933 (age 76 years)
Party:
Tom Lantos
Thomas Peter Lantos (February 1, 1928 – February 11, 2008) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until his death, representing the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and a portion of southwest San...
Date of birth:
- Feb 1, 1928
Date of death:
- Feb 11, 2008 (age 80 years)
Party:
Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton Hoyer (born June 14, 1939) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Maryland's 5th congressional district since 1981. On November 16, 2006, Hoyer was elected as House Majority Leader over John...
Date of birth:
- Jun 14, 1939 (age 70 years)
