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The most recent Congress member to be injured was Angie Craig who was assaulted in 2023. All of the 15 Congressmen killed in office were male and 10 were Democrats, four were Republicans, and one was a Democratic-Republican. Four members died in duels, and a total of ten (three senators, six members of the House of Representatives, and one ...
In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm. Such deaths have most often been from natural causes, but there are also cases of ...
Assailant had lost a fistfight with McCook over financing the Dakota Southern Railroad; he returned with a pistol, publicly humiliated by his loss. [32] William McKinley. Republican. 1901 ( details ) President of the United States. Buffalo, New York (at Pan-American Exposition ) gunshot. Leon Czolgosz.
Unknown political opponents Uncertain, but killed in the context of a disputed, fraudulent election. September 6, 1901: William McKinley, President of the United States Leon Czolgosz: Czolgosz shot McKinley while he was shaking hands at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Died on September 14. October 21, 1905
Category. : Lists of politicians who died in office. Lists of politicians who died in office, which means they were the incumbent of an office-position until the time of death. Such deaths have been usually due to natural causes, but they are also caused by accidents, suicides, and assassinations .
Several people died of either heart attacks, strokes or exhaustion during a dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (Holy Roman Empire). Robert Pakington: 13 November 1536: The 47-year-old merchant was killed in London by a wheellock pistol, making his death the first political assassination performed by a firearm. Pietro Aretino
Assassination of Alexander I and Louis Barthou on October 9, 1934, Marseilles, France. Executed body of Abd al-Karim Qasim on February 9, 1963, Baghdad, Iraq. Executed body of Ngô Đình Diệm on November 2, 1963, Saigon, South Vietnam. Assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, Dallas, Texas, United States.
1944–1946. Rank. First lieutenant. Battles/wars. World War II. William Frank Buckley Jr. (born William Francis Buckley; [a] November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative writer, public intellectual, and political commentator. [1] Born in New York City, Buckley spoke Spanish as his first language before learning French ...