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

• None

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 longest-living United States Senators
• List of living former United States Senators
• Earliest serving United States Senator
• List of former United States Senators

External links

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• The Political Graveyard