1980's Government and Politics | Deaths

Edwin R. Adair, 75, representative (R) from Indiana (1951-1971), 7 May 1983.

Sherman Adams, 87, Republican representative (1945-1947) and governor of New Hampshire (1949-1953), White House chief of staff (1953-1958), 27 October 1986.

Joseph P. Addabbo, 61, representative (D) from New York (1961-1986), 10 April 1986.

Hugh J. Addonizio, 67, representative (D) from New Jersey (1949-1962) and mayor of Newark (1962-1970), 2 February 1981.

George D. Aiken, 92, senator (R) from Vermont (1941-1975), 19 November 1984.

Gordon L. Allott, 82, senator (R) from Colorado (1955-1973), 17 January 1989.

J. Lindsay Almond Jr., 87, Democratic representative (1945-1948) and governor (1958-1962) of Virginia, 14 April 1986.

Joseph Alsop, 78, influential conservative political columnist, 28 August 1989.

John Z. "Jack" Anderson, 76, representative...