List of members of the United States House of Representatives who died in 1996

This is a list of the 19 voting members of the United States House of Representatives who died in 1996. There is 1 member listed in bold who died in office. No births have been recorded for this year.

Births

• None

Deaths

Representative	State	District(s)	Served	Party	Date of birth	Date of death	Age
Mike Synar	Oklahoma	2	1979–1995	Democratic	October 17, 1950	January 9, 1996
Barbara Jordan	Texas	18	1973–1979	Democratic	February 21, 1936	January 17, 1996
Willard S. Curtin	Pennsylvania	8	1957–1967	Republican	November 28, 1905	February 4, 1996
Joseph W. Barr	Indiana	11	1959–1961	Democratic	January 17, 1918	February 23, 1996
Winifred C. Stanley	New York	At-large	1943–1945	Republican	August 14, 1909	February 29, 1996
Rodney M. Love	Ohio	3	1965–1967	Democratic	July 18, 1908	May 5, 1996
Edward Gurney	Florida	11 5	1963–1969	Republican	January 12, 1914	May 14, 1996
Newt V. Mills	Louisiana	5	1937–1943	Democratic	September 27, 1899	May 15, 1996
William Van Pelt	Wisconsin	6	1951–1965	Republican	March 10, 1905	June 2, 1996
Hugh Mitchell	Washington	1	1949–1953	Democratic	March 22, 1907	June 10, 1996
Bill Emerson	Missouri	10 8	1981–1996	Republican	January 1, 1938	June 22, 1996
Edward H. Jenison	Illinois	18 23	1947–1953	Republican	July 27, 1907	June 24, 1996
William T. Cahill	New Jersey	1 6	1961–1969	Republican	June 25, 1912	July 1, 1996
Hamilton Fish IV	New York	28 25 21 19	1969–1995	Republican	June 3, 1926	July 23, 1996
Paul J. Krebs	New Jersey	12	1965–1967	Democratic	May 26, 1912	September 17, 1996
James F. Battin	Montana	2	1961–1969	Republican	February 13, 1925	September 27, 1996
Leo Isacson	New York	28	1948–1949	American Labor	April 20, 1910	September 28, 1996
Coya Knutson	Minnesota	9	1955–1959	Democratic-Farmer-Labor	August 22, 1912	October 10, 1996
Ray Blanton	Tennessee	7	1967–1973	Democratic	April 10, 1930	November 22, 1996

See also

• List of former members of the United States House of Representatives
• List of living former members of the United States House of Representatives
• List of the oldest living members of the United States House of Representatives

External links

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