List of members of the United States House of Representatives who died in 2008

This is a list of the sixteen members of the United States House of Representatives who died in 2008. Members listed in bold died in office.

Representative	State	Years served	Party	Date of birth	Date of death	Age
Tom Lantos	California	1981–2008	Democratic	February 1, 1928	February 11, 2008	&1000000000000008000000080 years, &1000000000000001000000010 days
John C. Mackie	Michigan	1965–1967	Democratic	June 1, 1920	March 5, 2008	&1000000000000008700000087 years, &10000000000000278000000278 days
William L. Dickinson	Alabama	1965–1983	Republican	June 5, 1925	March 31, 2008	&1000000000000008200000082 years, &10000000000000300000000300 days
Lionel Van Deerlin	California	1963–1981	Democratic	July 25, 1914	May 17, 2008	&1000000000000009300000093 years, &10000000000000297000000297 days
Dan Kuykendall	Tennessee	1967–1975	Republican	July 9, 1924	June 12, 2008	&1000000000000008300000083 years, &10000000000000339000000339 days
Clem McSpadden	Oklahoma	1973–1975	Democratic	November 9, 1925	July 8, 2008	&1000000000000008200000082 years, &10000000000000242000000242 days
John F. Seiberling	Ohio	1971–1987	Democratic	September 8, 1918	August 2, 2008	&1000000000000008900000089 years, &10000000000000329000000329 days
Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Ohio	1999–2008	Democratic	September 10, 1949	August 20, 2008	&1000000000000005800000058 years, &10000000000000345000000345 days
Glenn Andrews	Alabama	1965–1967	Republican	January 15, 1909	September 25, 2008	&1000000000000009900000099 years, &10000000000000254000000254 days
Paul Rogers	Florida	1955–1979	Democratic	June 4, 1921	October 13, 2008	&1000000000000008700000087 years, &10000000000000131000000131 days
Matthew J. Rinaldo	New Jersey	1973–1993	Republican	September 1, 1931	October 13, 2008	&1000000000000007700000077 years, &1000000000000004200000042 days
Lyle Williams	Ohio	1979–1985	Republican	August 23, 1942	November 7, 2008	&1000000000000006600000066 years, &1000000000000007600000076 days
Paul H. Todd Jr.	Michigan	1965–1967	Democratic	September 22, 1921	November 18, 2008	&1000000000000008700000087 years, &1000000000000005700000057 days
Jim Mattox	Texas	1977–1983	Democratic	August 29, 1943	November 20, 2008	&1000000000000006500000065 years, &1000000000000008300000083 days
Raymond F. Lederer	Pennsylvania	1977–1981	Democratic	May 19, 1938	December 1, 2008	&1000000000000007000000070 years, &10000000000000196000000196 days
William N. Patman	Texas	1981–1985	Democratic	March 26, 1927	December 9, 2008	&1000000000000008100000081 years, &10000000000000258000000258 days

Current members	By length of service Freshmen Youngest members Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Delegates Longest-serving members ever

Senate	Current Current by seniority Current by age Dean of the Senate Former senators Living former senators Oldest Earliest serving Earliest living Expelled or censured Classes

House	Current Current by seniority Current by age Dean of the House Former representatives Living former representatives Oldest Oldest living Expelled, censured, and reprimanded Deaths by year (2008 2009 2010 2011 2012)

Women and minority members	African American members Hispanic and Latino members Asian Pacific American members Congressional Member Organizations (caucuses) Women in the House Women in the Senate

Districts	Apportionment Districts by area

Privileges and benefits	Salaries Franking Congressional immunity

Leaders

Senate	President (list) President pro tempore (list) Majority and minority leaders Assistant party leaders Democratic Caucus (Chair Secretary Policy Committee Chair) Republican Conference (Chair Vice-Chair Policy Committee Chair)

House	Speaker (list) Majority and minority leaders Party whips Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Democratic Caucus Republican Conference

Offices and
employees

Government Accountability Office (Comptroller General) Congressional Budget Office Architect of the Capitol Capitol Police (Capitol Police Board) Capitol Guide Service (Capitol Guide Board) Office of Compliance Library of Congress Government Printing Office Office of Technology Assessment

Senate employees	Secretary Chaplain Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper Curator Historian Librarian Parliamentarian Pages

Senate offices	Office of the Secretary: Senate Library Office of Senate Curator Senate Historical Office

House employees	Clerk Chief Administrative Officer Chaplain Doorkeeper Postmaster Sergeant at Arms Historian Parliamentarian Reading Clerk Pages (Page Board)

House leadership employees	Majority Floor Services Chief Director of Floor Operations

House offices	Congressional Ethics Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations Interparliamentary Affairs Law Revision Counsel

Powers,
procedure
and customs

Powers

Enumerated	Article I Taxing and Spending Commerce Dormant Commerce Naturalization Copyright Declaration of War Clause Impeachment Power of enforcement

Implied	Necessary and Proper Clause Contempt of Congress

Legislative and
parliamentary
procedure

Committees

Senate-specific

Items

History

Capitol
Complex

Capitol

Office
buildings

House	Cannon Ford Longworth Rayburn O'Neill House Office Building Commission

Senate	Dirksen Hart Russell

Other
facilities

Library of
Congress and
Government
Printing Office

Library of Congress	Congressional Research Service (reports) Law Library THOMAS Copyright Office (Register of Copyrights) Poet Laureate Jefferson Building Adams Building Madison Building

Government Printing Office	Public Printer of the United States Congressional Record Official Congressional Directory United States Congressional Serial Set United States Statutes at Large United States Code

Media

Miscellaneous

Websites:

List of members of the United States House of Representatives who died in 2008

See also